The club is having to the replace the Coastal Flare Packs. Upon researching the internet I have found that Marine Megastore are selling the Ikaros ones at £78.29 and free P & P on orders over £100. I have checked and these are new stock with an expiry date of late 2016. Force 4 are …
The BCYA is encouraging members of all of its member clubs to visit each other and to facilitate this it has introduced a new trophy and a new cup. The first is the BCYA Dinghy Challenge Travellers’ Trophy and details of this were attached to this month’s Signal and are also set out on page …
The Forest of Dean Local History Society are holding a history event on Saturday 22 June at the Sea Cadets HQ in Lydney and they have invited us to have a stand to exhibit 50 years of the people of LYC and our part of the former dock area. We do have a stack of …
Hi All; A very successful first Sunday social bar opening! A number of members and a visiting yacht from Portishead. Also some members of a Buckinghamshire Yacht Club. Bar made a good profit and we are setting up a bar/host rota to do this every weekend from now on. Please contact Mark Pagliaro or me …
Hi All, Bar will be open Easter Sunday from 12.00 – around 2pm; Roaring fires beer and bites; come and talk about – or at least think about, boats and sailing!! Kathy
Message from Howard Lavis, Barry YC via BCYA Update on Porlock. “Pud” Harding has now taken over as Harbourmaster, and is planning to lay four visitors moorings alongside the ledge on the Starboard hand at the top of the Gut. These will be suitable for bilge keelers or keel boats capable of standing on legs, …
We are looking at ways to utilise the club’s premises during the autumn and winter and one of these ways is to offer members RYA land based training courses. We can request outside trainers to come in and run these courses for us. The type of courses that we are considering are: Day Skipper Yacht …
Hi I am looking for someone who would like a challenge. We are in need of someone to organise the annual rally on 15 and 16 June. Assistance and support to organise this will be given. It would be nice to see someone different do it and bring some new ideas to the event. Please …
The latest edition of the BCYA’s Blue Book is now available. A mine of information and a must for all of those who sail on the River Severn, Severn Estuary and the Bristol Channel. We have copies available at the club at the cost of £10 each. Please see Kathy or Susan.
THE FIRST LYC “LADIES ONLY” DIRTY WEEKEND commencing 10.am Saturday March 23rd 2013. Bring your own protective clothing, club-hammer and bolster (wide cold-chisel). We are going to wreck the ladies loo – by removing all of the internal rendering, picking out the stonework ready for pointing; scrubbing with fresh water etc etc. We already have …
THE FIRST LYC “LADIES ONLY” DIRTY WEEKEND commencing 10.am Saturday March 23rd 2013. Read More »
