Big Screen Rugby
Well this is it - the last chance for Wales to exonerate themselves after the lacklustre performance against Ireland. Tomorrow (Saturday), Wales play Italy at home at 2.30 pm and the usual refreshments and cheer will be available at the club - so see you there.
Race Officer Assistants Ahoy!
An ongoing reminder to all of you who indicated that you could help with dinghy sailing on your application form to attend the race officer training session on Saturday, March 27. This will be an afternoon session starting at 2.30 pm.
The preparation of this year's rota of duties to run the club races has been very difficult - we must have new faces to assist with race management, please come on 27th if you can. Please contact Chris on 01437 541318 or Trevor on 811235.
Working Party
All welcome to help with preparations for the new season at 10 am on Sunday, March 28. Any skill is acceptable or even just enthusiasm!
Friday Nights
The club remains open every Friday night from 8 pm and members who do not normally join this gathering are warmly invited for a drink or two and to exchange some yarns with the old salts who regularly enjoy this evening at the club.
Membership Renewal
Please keep your membership renewals rolling in. For any queries on membership, please contact Trevor on 811235 or email [email protected]">[email protected],
Nautical Nips
Racing between different classes of boats depends upon the Portsmouth Yardstick system developed by the RYA in the 1950s.
Every class is given a Portsmouth Number (PN) which is used to adjust the actual race time to determine the final placing in a race.
A 'fast' boat with a PN of say 800 having sailed a race in 45 minutes will have an adjusted time of 56.25 minutes (45 x 1000 divided by 800) and will thus be beaten by a 'slow' boat with a PN of say 1200 which sails the same race in 60 minutes which when adjusted = 50 minutes (60 x 1000 divided by 1200).
For the first time this year, information submitted by clubs via the RYA website, has enabled more confident and accurate amendments to the Portsmouth Number list to be made.
The RYA claims that this has allowed handicaps to be adjusted more aggressively and with far greater confidence.
This has led to some big adjustments, for example, the International 14 has moved down 10 points to 840 and the Phantom has moved down eight points to 1035.
Skipper's Mate