Shut your eyes for a moment and pretend that it has stopped snowing.
Good! Welcome to the 1994 season.

Committee

Our current Chairman, Ian Cuthbertson. sadly will be moving to London at the end of March. This will be a long term move and consequently he has had to give up his Club membership. Iain has been a member since he was a lad and has devoted a great deal of his time and energy to the Club. He was responsible for much of the maintenance of the premises which is undertaken during the winter. It is unfortunate that after so many years he has lost the opportunity to represent the Club as its Chairman.

A painting of the loch and clubhouse by Joe Swierczek. has been presented to Iain by the Club as a memento of his membership. We wish him well and are sure that he will be thinking of Fannyside as he cruises the Solent

Andrew Riddell, who has for many years now carried out the roles of Secretary and Treasurer has seen this a suitabIe moment to resign his post. Andrew too has served the Club well and no doubt members will wish to thank him for his efforts over the years.

And there's more. Due to other commitments Lex Slessor has also rehJctantly 1W to sIaod down from the

This being the busiest time of the year the Committee have bad to reorganise quick1y . Andrew Dean. the present Vice-Chairman will take over as Chairman from the end or March. Andrew Riddell's post will be divided between Brian Coles as Secretary I and Frank Connor as Treasurer. To provide some continuity the Past-Chairman John Peter has agreed to return as a Committee Member and Ken Roxburgh bas also rejoined after an absence of several years.

Racing Programme

The season officially begins on Sunday 17th Apri1 with the opening regatta. Month1y regattas will be on the first Sunday of the following months until the closing regatta on 2nd October. The May event will be postponed for one week until 8th May to avoid the holiday weekend.

The A.G.M. directed that the Tuesday evening sailing should be changed to Wednesdays to allow a greater turnout. There will be 18 organised evenings commencing on the 4th May. Three series are to be competed for; Red, Blue and Green. These will consist of six consecutive Wednesdays, the best four results to count. Racing generally begins at around 7pm

Maintenance

Only around half of the current outstanding items have been attended to. Members are asked to look at the list in the clubhouse and, if they can help, to speak to a member of the Committee.

Those who have been at the loch over the winter will have noticed that the end section of the jetty has been destroyed by the weather. Although the loch has recently been kept high, thanks to Iain Waugh, the deepest end of the jetty is important to the larger boats with deep centreplates and faster boats such as the catamarans. The repair of this section is therefore the main priority.

Improvements which are to be carried out this season include the re-siting of the urn, installation of a Water heater at the sink and the provision of a microwave oven.

The work Carried out last year to improve the ventilation has been highly successful in reducing the dampness problem in the spar shed and changing rooms.

Sailboarders

sailboarding members will already have received a newsletter in January. Brian Coles has put forward a number of interesting ideas some new and some repeats of previous successful events. These will begin with a talk from Mark Livingston of the R.Y.A. on Tuesday 5 April at 7.30.

Weekends Away

Three weekends are again proposed this year at the usual times. The first will be a return to Arisaig for the early May holiday, 29 Apri1-2 May. Details of the Glasgow Fair weekend have not yet been confirmed but we expect to be back at Creran Moorings. A final trip at the September Weekend is proposed but no plans have yet been made and we are open to suggestions

The circle of members who have attended the weekends away continue to expand and in May will include a sai1boarder for the first time. There are generally more than enough dinghies, so if you cannot take a boat or board you will certainly be welcome as a crew. The weekends are very informal and all are welcome. There are places available on all three trips so if you are at all interested please ask.

Telephone

The Clubhouse telephone was installed for the A.G.M. It will accept incoming calls and members can be contacted on {Tel Number}.

Events

The Christmas night out was again popular last year with a repeat visit to the Avonbridge Hotel in Hami1ton.

The Fun Day and Two Day Event are both planned for later in the year, probably sometime in August detai1s to be announced

Contributions

Photographs and information from members continue to be welcome for inclusion in the Newsletters.

For-Sale

Laser, Sail Number 91269, £500 o.n.o. lying at the Club. Tel Andrew Dean {tel number}