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Your Cruising Committee for 2020/2021
Rear Commodore - Cruising Guenter Wabnitz
Aims of the Cruising Committee
We aim to provide club members with:
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Events and activities that includes all members’ interests;
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Summer and Winter programme;
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Increased Safety Awareness and Practice;
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‘Technical’ and ‘Social/Nautical’ events
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‘Technical’
− Safety sessions;
− VHF – regulatory courses and VHF
protocols;
− Engines and Ancillary Systems e.g
electrical, fridge/cooling, drive lines − ‘Safety Saturdays’
‘Social’
− Cruising presentations;
− ‘Movie’ nights;
− ‘Noggin and Natter’ nights;
− Visits to places of interest;
Social Cruising Events
− Raft-ups
− BBQ on islands
− Fireworks night
Special Interests
− Dedicated trailer sailer
events;
− Dedicated launch/motor
vessel events;
− Fishing competitions;
Cruising Events
− Cook Strait Crossing Flotillas;
− Sail/Dine nights;
− Provide a ‘Rendezvous Schedule’
during holiday periods;
We are in the LYBC Winter Program, which has a primary focus on ‘off water’ events,
(except for a few ‘raft-ups’ in the Harbour.
So far this year we have:
• A Presentation of 5 years cruising the Southern US, Bahamas and Caribbean;
• Presented 3 ‘Engines’n’Stuff sessions on propulsion systems and auxiliaries, with
an emphasis on the faults and how to solve them;
• Provided a ‘live’ demonstration of life raft use and deployment;
• Held film nights every month
• Two raft up’s and BBQ’s