The view from the balcony tonight

The Commodore and Committee would like to say a big ‘THANK YOU’ to everyone who gave up their time to make yesterday’s Regatta Day so successful.

Those who contributed to the teas or helped to prepare, serve and clear them up.  Those who drove the liberty boats to bring the racing crews to and from their boats.  Those who put up and took down the marquee.  Those who helped out with Regatta administration.

In fact everyone who was involved.

We do appreciate your help – thank you.

Dear Member

I have the honour of being elected Commodore of HRSC, so a little profile of my connection to the Helford River and HRSC.

I was born just outside of St Keverne, about a quarter of a mile from Coverack Bay. At 18 months old the family moved to Withan Farm which ran down to Frenchman’s Creek. We spent a few years at Treveador Farm again bordering Frenchman’s Creek and the Helford River, a short time at Trewothack Farm overlooking Falmouth Bay, back to Withan Farm where I lived until I moved to my own farm which overlooks Carn Creek, so all of my life has been within a short distance of the water.

COMMODORE’S REPORT

What a fantastic season we have had at the sailing club, I would like to thank all the staff, committee members and people behind the scenes for all their hard work and commitment.

We have 3 drying moorings still available to rent. These are fairly close to the Club pontoons and are suitable for boats up to 22ft.

The cost is £364 for the season.

If you are interested in renting one of these please call Penny in the Club office on 01326 231006.

I am very proud to represent all Members as the new Commodore for Helford River Sailing Club. I have taken over the helm at a very busy but exciting time seeing all the improvements starting to take shape. I would like to thank Jane Benney and her Committee for all the great work that has been done over the last three years, leaving us in a very good position for the future developments. I want to take this opportunity to welcome the new Committee and thank them all for making such a huge commitment to the Club.

I am pleased to report that the work on the Clubhouse is progressing well and by now most of the dirty work has been completed. The timber frame will soon be erected and things should start to progress quickly after that. However there may be a certain amount of disruption for a short period of time, please bear with us – it will be worth it!

The new Stewards Tom and Ben have been appointed and are looking forward very much to meeting you all and extending the famous Helford River welcome. I would like to encourage you to come down and introduce yourselves and sample what is available on the menu.

As you should all be aware, Sports England has made a grant of £50,000 to help with the Club re- development. I am really excited to announce that on 11th May we are staging a big public relations event to receive the cheque and we will have, as Guest of Honour, three time Olympic champion Ben Ainslie. Ben is taking time out from his busy preparations for the Finn Gold Cup to come along and present the cheque and meet the Members. Please make a note in your diary as this is an event not to be missed. Details of this are in the Social Calendar at the end of this newsletter.

Finally the start of the sailing season is now only a couple of weeks away and we are hoping that the dinghy fleet will increase its numbers as both the juniors and Tuesday night sailors have expressed an

interest in joining the racers. I am delighted to announce that there have been seven additions to the Hunter 707 fleet over the winter period which will bring a total often to the start line competing against thePYandIRCfleetson4th April.

I look forward to seeing you all enjoying what our Club has on offer over the next few months and wish you all fair winds and good sailing.

Julian Samuel – Commodore