Hi Everybody
Race day once again
Isn't the weather fabulous, maybe even a little too warm for some, but all in all it was a great day for racing. But, and it's a big but, the dreaded weed has returned in a big way to our preferred course.
We had to carry on, so David B moved the course to the far left bank of the lake and almost twenty of us raced from there. There is not weed in that part of the lake. The area is not ideal, as we are not protected from the general public and WILD DOGS who like to walk all over peoples boats, Dogs owners in the Park, "Get a Life get a lead on your dogs".
We had four heats this morning and the time just flew. Whilst on the subject of racing don't forget demonstration racing at Carr Mill next Sunday between 1.00pm & 2.00pm as many racers as possible please, we may even get a chance to be on the telly so t-shirts and caps if poss please.
A few of the scale modellers Alan L and yachtsmen, Ian and Wal spent a while on the landing stage but the weed was a problem for them so unfortunately they did not stay long.
I have spoken to Maintenance Services at the Council this morning and my contact there say that he will do his best to remove the weed for us as soon as he can.
We all left around midday after tea and toast
See you all next week
Christine Hon Sec
Monday, May 28, 2012
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Thursday Sail
Shipmates
Summer is here at last !
Another good day at the office. the rescue boat was painted and both legs cleaned and tidied
Only Chris and myself today, As usual whenever work is mentioned everyone runs a mile
I know quite a few of you have joined our club just to take advantage of our 500 course, we only see you on race days ! however it would be a nice gesture if you would assist in other aspects of the club.
and help out when possible. we are all in the same boat !
Take great care when replacing equipment back into the leg, some items have been damaged.
Please take great care when handling the rescue boat now that it has been painted in our club colours, apart from scraping the paint the rims are being warn away and are breaking up, treat it as if it were your own
We finally got to sail late on, beware the weed is back !
John
Summer is here at last !
Another good day at the office. the rescue boat was painted and both legs cleaned and tidied
Only Chris and myself today, As usual whenever work is mentioned everyone runs a mile
I know quite a few of you have joined our club just to take advantage of our 500 course, we only see you on race days ! however it would be a nice gesture if you would assist in other aspects of the club.
and help out when possible. we are all in the same boat !
Take great care when replacing equipment back into the leg, some items have been damaged.
Please take great care when handling the rescue boat now that it has been painted in our club colours, apart from scraping the paint the rims are being warn away and are breaking up, treat it as if it were your own
We finally got to sail late on, beware the weed is back !
John
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Shipmates
Our advertised All Day Wednesday Sail was a spetacular flop, never mind we can but try !
Only eight members present in the morning and only three remained after lunch.
We made good use of the warmer weather by etch priming the Rescue Boat, we hope to twin pack it in
our club colours tomorrow , Thursday. We shall be at the lake all day if you want to join us for a sail.
Can we implement a new club rule - if you do not contribute anything to the club you are not allowed to complain.
John
Our advertised All Day Wednesday Sail was a spetacular flop, never mind we can but try !
Only eight members present in the morning and only three remained after lunch.
We made good use of the warmer weather by etch priming the Rescue Boat, we hope to twin pack it in
our club colours tomorrow , Thursday. We shall be at the lake all day if you want to join us for a sail.
Can we implement a new club rule - if you do not contribute anything to the club you are not allowed to complain.
John
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Sunday 20th May
Hi Shipmates
Filling in for Chris as she was AWOL this morning, a very rare event and everyone was concerned and missed her.
Kind of surreal day, not many boats on the water which was flat as a pancake and ideal for
smaller craft.
Spent a while watching Jay's Quavers expelling fat globule's and propelling themselves in the water, fascinating ! there lies an idea - A Quaver driven boat, similar principle to the baking powder driven
submarine's we use to get in cereal boxes, showing my age there !
Mentioning age it was Jim Nolan's birthday yesterday, will not give you age away Jim but it certainly frightened me. Best Wishes and Good Luck. Oldies rule OK. we had it hard mate, this younger generation - tut tut.
We all left a little bit early before the toddlers fair got going proper and the smell of burgers enticed us that way . Dave Maddox did not succumbe either, well done Dave , proud of you unless you sneaked back later.
Anyone interested in another tug towing day on wedneday bring your tug.-whoooop - whooop
John
Filling in for Chris as she was AWOL this morning, a very rare event and everyone was concerned and missed her.
Kind of surreal day, not many boats on the water which was flat as a pancake and ideal for
smaller craft.
Spent a while watching Jay's Quavers expelling fat globule's and propelling themselves in the water, fascinating ! there lies an idea - A Quaver driven boat, similar principle to the baking powder driven
submarine's we use to get in cereal boxes, showing my age there !
Mentioning age it was Jim Nolan's birthday yesterday, will not give you age away Jim but it certainly frightened me. Best Wishes and Good Luck. Oldies rule OK. we had it hard mate, this younger generation - tut tut.
We all left a little bit early before the toddlers fair got going proper and the smell of burgers enticed us that way . Dave Maddox did not succumbe either, well done Dave , proud of you unless you sneaked back later.
Anyone interested in another tug towing day on wedneday bring your tug.-whoooop - whooop
John
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Hi Shipmates
Left for the lake early, bad mistake, had to battle through the school run, can you lend me one of your police sirens Dave , that may help in future. Jim Nolan was already there itching to get the cargo boat onto the water for our tug towing day. We were soon ten in number.
The towing was more difficult than expected. with 30 litres of water as ballast aboard the cargo boat and an on shore wind I am afraid we never made all the gates on a complete circuit, good fun all the same and we learnt a few lessons. We need more horesepower !
Christine brought along her steam launch, Ian his yacht , also in attendance Jim - Sue - John and Derek Grahame, Jim Nolan and Mabel - all in all a good day except that the waders have sprung a leak,
One more thing, before I go completely banzai and jump overboard - if you have any issues or any enquiries concening the web site please contact the webmaster NOT the Secretary.
John
Left for the lake early, bad mistake, had to battle through the school run, can you lend me one of your police sirens Dave , that may help in future. Jim Nolan was already there itching to get the cargo boat onto the water for our tug towing day. We were soon ten in number.
The towing was more difficult than expected. with 30 litres of water as ballast aboard the cargo boat and an on shore wind I am afraid we never made all the gates on a complete circuit, good fun all the same and we learnt a few lessons. We need more horesepower !
Christine brought along her steam launch, Ian his yacht , also in attendance Jim - Sue - John and Derek Grahame, Jim Nolan and Mabel - all in all a good day except that the waders have sprung a leak,
One more thing, before I go completely banzai and jump overboard - if you have any issues or any enquiries concening the web site please contact the webmaster NOT the Secretary.
John
Monday, May 14, 2012
Sunday Morning Sail 13th May 2012
RACE DAY
Hi everybody
Well, what can I say, six races, eight boats in each race, loads of fun, whacking great batteries and charges charging up power packs in order to gain that competitive edge; we ARE watching out for violations of the rules of course!!! Most importantly we attracted a lot of interest for the people visiting the park. Overall a Fantastic morning's racing
We had many members at the lake enjoying themselves and it was impossible to keep track of how many attended today but there were lots. Please keep the attendance up and lets have fun!
I personally really enjoy our sailing days, everybody gets on with each other and the atmosphere is electric with the jokes and cracks flying between the members, its so good that the time just races by. ( Sorry about the pun )
I will put my sec hat on for a min, thanks to you all for adding your names to the lists of Days Out during the summer it is good to see so much interest, 15 members going to Kirklees that is a record, I promise you you will not be disappointed. I know it is quite a long way to travel in these financially hard times, but as my old dad used to say, bless his heart, "you can't take it with you, spend it".
As usual sailing ended around 12.00 so after tea and toast we all went your separate ways.
All for today, so see you next week
Christine Sec
Hi everybody
Well, what can I say, six races, eight boats in each race, loads of fun, whacking great batteries and charges charging up power packs in order to gain that competitive edge; we ARE watching out for violations of the rules of course!!! Most importantly we attracted a lot of interest for the people visiting the park. Overall a Fantastic morning's racing
We had many members at the lake enjoying themselves and it was impossible to keep track of how many attended today but there were lots. Please keep the attendance up and lets have fun!
I personally really enjoy our sailing days, everybody gets on with each other and the atmosphere is electric with the jokes and cracks flying between the members, its so good that the time just races by. ( Sorry about the pun )
I will put my sec hat on for a min, thanks to you all for adding your names to the lists of Days Out during the summer it is good to see so much interest, 15 members going to Kirklees that is a record, I promise you you will not be disappointed. I know it is quite a long way to travel in these financially hard times, but as my old dad used to say, bless his heart, "you can't take it with you, spend it".
As usual sailing ended around 12.00 so after tea and toast we all went your separate ways.
All for today, so see you next week
Christine Sec
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Wednesday 9th May
Shipmates
Ten of our members assembled on the foreshore for our midweek sale. two were non combatants, the weather was kind to us for a change, it has been pretty dismal lately.
We decided to sail off the foreshore as the public have a better view of our activities there, scale models were allocated the section between the cafe and the floating pier . For web site purposes I call this area Port St Helens, fast electrics were allocated the 500 course area.
Chris and Ian emptied the second leg of rubbish which will gives us a bit more storage space, the rescue boat will be kept here. Well done to them. Sorry I never got to photograph of Chris in her green overalls pushing a wheelbarrow.
All went well except for Big Jims Custard slice as a smell of fried speed controller drifted across the lake. back to the dockyard Jim ! . Always go for the heavy side Jim.
Weather permitting We hope to have the cargo ship out next Wednesday for the tugs to manouver around. Many of our Fun Day visitors bring tugs, especially Liverpool and Runcorn clubs, they will be wanting to take part in a tug towing course of some kind. If you have a tug pop down next wednesday.
There are quite a few tasks to complete before our Fun Day which will be on us in no time. Amongst other things the cargo ship and barge need renovating and painting. Please help if you can !
15 members have signed up for our trip to Kirklees, Their lake is in a very nice setting as can be seen on our web site Away Days page. A grand day out ! everyone is welcome to come along and help advertise our club. Let Chris know if you wish to join us. it is only 50 min away, the way I drive anyway !
All in all a good day, numbers were low but our spirits were high, just wish the weather would buck up!
Afterwards Chris and I visited the Stanley Arms to replenish stores and fuel.
Full speed ahead - Ships Scribe
Ten of our members assembled on the foreshore for our midweek sale. two were non combatants, the weather was kind to us for a change, it has been pretty dismal lately.
We decided to sail off the foreshore as the public have a better view of our activities there, scale models were allocated the section between the cafe and the floating pier . For web site purposes I call this area Port St Helens, fast electrics were allocated the 500 course area.
Chris and Ian emptied the second leg of rubbish which will gives us a bit more storage space, the rescue boat will be kept here. Well done to them. Sorry I never got to photograph of Chris in her green overalls pushing a wheelbarrow.
All went well except for Big Jims Custard slice as a smell of fried speed controller drifted across the lake. back to the dockyard Jim ! . Always go for the heavy side Jim.
Weather permitting We hope to have the cargo ship out next Wednesday for the tugs to manouver around. Many of our Fun Day visitors bring tugs, especially Liverpool and Runcorn clubs, they will be wanting to take part in a tug towing course of some kind. If you have a tug pop down next wednesday.
There are quite a few tasks to complete before our Fun Day which will be on us in no time. Amongst other things the cargo ship and barge need renovating and painting. Please help if you can !
15 members have signed up for our trip to Kirklees, Their lake is in a very nice setting as can be seen on our web site Away Days page. A grand day out ! everyone is welcome to come along and help advertise our club. Let Chris know if you wish to join us. it is only 50 min away, the way I drive anyway !
All in all a good day, numbers were low but our spirits were high, just wish the weather would buck up!
Afterwards Chris and I visited the Stanley Arms to replenish stores and fuel.
Full speed ahead - Ships Scribe
Port St Helens 9th May
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Sunday Morning Sail 6th May 2012
Hi everybody.
Well, once again what can I say! what an absolutely cracking day in every sense of the word. The sun shone, no wind, no good for yachts, lots of people in the Park and last, but not least, a great bunch of guys and gals who wanted fun and got it in buckets full.
We had a good turnout as usual with all sorts of vessels on the water, including 500's, tugs, launches, no steam today because I had a car boot fun of junk and lastly, Rob with his speeeeeeed boat, which as usual, attracted great interest from the crowds, especially the children.
But the best spectacle was provided by our Chairman Dave.
Over the last few months he has worked extremely hard restoring the Lighthouse which Brian M gave to the club a few years ago. What a fantastic job he has made of it too!
Rather than me trying to describe it here, please take a look at the home page of our website, www.sthelensmodelboatclub.co.uk
The Light almost blinds you, even in daylight and the sound system which is controlled from the shore is nothing short of fantastic. we will of course have to be careful because you can hear the sounds all over the Park and I mean all over the Park. It was a bit like the Pied Piper of Hamlin. It seemed to draw young and old from all over the Park, to the lakeside to enjoy the spectacle.
Soon it was time to leave, no tea and toast today because the cafe was not open.
We all look forward to next Sunday, 500 race day.
See you all then
Christine (Secretary)
Well, once again what can I say! what an absolutely cracking day in every sense of the word. The sun shone, no wind, no good for yachts, lots of people in the Park and last, but not least, a great bunch of guys and gals who wanted fun and got it in buckets full.
We had a good turnout as usual with all sorts of vessels on the water, including 500's, tugs, launches, no steam today because I had a car boot fun of junk and lastly, Rob with his speeeeeeed boat, which as usual, attracted great interest from the crowds, especially the children.
But the best spectacle was provided by our Chairman Dave.
Over the last few months he has worked extremely hard restoring the Lighthouse which Brian M gave to the club a few years ago. What a fantastic job he has made of it too!
Rather than me trying to describe it here, please take a look at the home page of our website, www.sthelensmodelboatclub.co.uk
The Light almost blinds you, even in daylight and the sound system which is controlled from the shore is nothing short of fantastic. we will of course have to be careful because you can hear the sounds all over the Park and I mean all over the Park. It was a bit like the Pied Piper of Hamlin. It seemed to draw young and old from all over the Park, to the lakeside to enjoy the spectacle.
Soon it was time to leave, no tea and toast today because the cafe was not open.
We all look forward to next Sunday, 500 race day.
See you all then
Christine (Secretary)
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