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March 2012
News
Greek Rally – 12th – 26th May 2012 - SKIPPERED CHARTER
Posted 02 March '12
There is still space to book on the Ocean Star 51 (skippered charter which has 4 guest cabins/4sh/wc and crew cabin.)
HMRC Announcement on the use of Red Diesel in Private Pleasure Craft
Posted 05 March '12
On 21st February, the HMRC issued draft legislation (see attachment) to take effect from 1st April, 2012, which HMRC describes as follows:-
Posted 06 March '12
This annual Cambridge University event was dominated by alumni teams over the weekend of the 3rd and 4th March 2012
Race a Club J/80 in Cowes Week
Posted 10 March '12
Our six modified J/80s will be entered as a group for this year's Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week, beginning on Saturday11th August. They will race together within the Mixed Day-Boat class. All six are available to members to charter for the Week at a cost per boat of circa £1,500 including entry fee - the exact figure to be confirmed once Cowes Week entries have been confirmed. Three have been reserved for Royal Thames members, three for Squadron members. There will be a trophy for the best boat among the six (this will be an individual, not inter-club, trophy in order to avoid team-racing clouding the issue - we can do plenty of that outside of Cowes Week). The J/80s are also eligible for the Royal Thames Belgian Yacht Club Dish, awarded for the best performance by any boat in the Mixed Dayboat Class. Members may apply for a boat now and the allocation will be made on Wednesday 2nd May. If on that date more than three applications have been received a draw will be held at that evening's meeting of the Sailing Committee and members informed no later than Friday 4th May if they have been successful. Unsuccessful…
Posted 11 March '12
William Edwards and his team of Oliver Pane and Paul Shapiro were top scorers in the Masters' Random Pairs tournament sailed Sunday 11th March though both Richard Hill (with Claudia and Nick Harnack) and Bernard Kinchin (Simon Harby and Helen Hitchcock) might justifiably feel there was as much luck-of-the-draw as team racing mastery in the Ecurie Edwards victory. As with two weekends ago and the Club Match Race Cup, light airs and zephyrs were the order of the day at Queen Mary Water, and only four team races could be sailed. After four, William had sailed all his matches, being in the winning team three times but losing once. Bernard and Richard each had another match to sail - each were in opposing teams so by definition one or other would have picked up one more point. And that would have forced a first-to-score-two-points tie-break. But the light airs that had given good if less-than-hectic team racing during the morning died at lunch time and though everyone floated around for another forty minutes - and two attempts to get race five away - it became obvious that the breeze was not going to oblige. In Random Pairs, each crew sails…
Posted 20 March '12
Matt Greenfield and his team won the RTYC Open Match Race trophy March 17th-18th and with it a place in the RYA NMRC Final
Posted 26 March '12
Olly Dix, crewed by Amelia Boadle and Charlie Lowe, won the Club’s Random Pairs Two-Boat Team Racing series on Sunday 25th March
Events
Club Masters Championship - two-boat random pairs team racing
11 March '12
A one-day Random Pairs regatta for Masters and Grand Masters
RTYC/RIN Joint Talk - "Ocean Passage Making – Warts and All"
15 March '12
Thursday 15th March at 6.45pm
Royal Thames Open Match Race Trophy
17 March '12 to 18 March '12
All-comers match racing regatta in the J/80s at Queen Mary - Qualifier for the National Finals in November.
Younger Members' Diamonds are Forever Ball
16 March '12
Friday 16th March 2012, 7pm for 7.30pm " As promised, this year is going to be one to remember!"
24 March '12
The weather has finally cheered up and it is high time to start the sailing season proper!
27 March '12
This should be a must for anyone who enjoys sailing in the Eastern Mediterranean and who probably has spent their holidays using one of Rod's pilot books as a bible.