Competition Exercises for the Kingston Rally 2010,
Dinner Booking Form,
Due to the number of members not wishing to eat pork the menu has been changed to chicken or vegetarian dish. Members requiring fish must notify Neil Blake at least 14 days in advance.
The craft registration renewals are going out now and I just wanted to flag with you as ATYC that we are offering 50% off tenders in 2010 when they are registered at the same time as the main boat.Angela Quayle,Strategic Waterway Manager
The future of the waterways could depend on your actions today
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Dunkirk 70th Anniversary May 26th to May 31st 2010
Is your club organising a cruise to the Dunkirk for the anniversary calibrations? Please register your interest with Chris Turner with your estimate of numbers and their contact details.The planned dates for the Dunkirk Return are:
Wednesday 26th May 2010 ADLS Fleet converge in Ramsgate Harbour
Thursday 27th May Depart Ramsgate (bad weather fall-back on the Friday)
Saturday 29th May, 4pm Commemorative ceremony at the Allied Memorial in the Dunes and wreath laying (ADLS at sea - weather permitting)
Monday 31st May Return to Ramsgate
More information is in the library under Misc. and Navigation
These are notes received from the Dunkirk Harbour Master
On previous returns the support fleet of other clubs have made their crossing the day before the ADLS so that the number of vessels crossing the channel is kept to a minimum. We are having a meeting with the Deputy Mayor of Dunkirk and the Ramsgate Harbour master on 23rd and 24th November to discuss the Return. In the past the support fleet have made their own contacts with Dunkirk and Ramsgate (via theRoyal Temple Yacht Club for Ramsgate), so I would ask if you could start that process.
Dunkirk Harbour Master
Michel MOAL
Richmond Lock charges £5.00 per day (out and in again same day)
High speed craft - Flashing Amber Lights.
With effect from 26 October 2009; all High Speed Craft (HSC) coded vessels operating within the jurisdiction of the Port of London Authority shall display a flashing amber light visible all round the horizon at a range of at least 2 miles. See PLA Notice 21 of 2009 in the Library for more details.
ATYC Rally:-Swan (Radcott) Cruiser Club Win again
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PLA and EA Notices to Mariners are now in the Library filed under 'Navigation'Note that the first letter indicates the part of the Thames, L Lower, M middle, U upper.
Pollution Issues
When I asked our Club Newsletter Editor if I might do an article on 'pollution', I had literally spent the previous day up to my armpits in the most disgusting water imaginable removing badly affected swans. No it was not a cesspit, nor was it a silt-tank in a water reservoir, both of which my husband (Max) and I have encountered during our years of swan rescue work - it was the River Thames at Walton Wharf Read more.... ,
Serious work on all sides of the mooring issues continues
into year two of the process. Initial work during 2008 led to an improvement in the enforcement issues on over-stayers on twenty-four hour moorings, mainly in the lower river but includes the Tesco “hot spot” below Caversham lock. From comments, both positive and critical, following the removal of a boat from the Desborough back water by the EA, it appears that many users are not aware of the amount of work being carried out on behalf of all the boaters and residents living on the side of the river. The minutes of the River Thames Alliance Mooring Group now in the library section go some way to update the current situation and ATYC members are asked to expedite the information as they talk to other interested people who have concerns. A full report was given at the ATYC AGM and at RUG 8 on Tuesday 21 April (Thames Motor YC).
Taking the Boat abroad?
Then take a copy of the Red Diesel used in UK letters with you that have been translated into French, German and Dutch to save you any problems with the authorities.The RYA (Royal Yachting Association) has expressed its disappointment at the DfT’s (Department for Transport) consultation paper regarding draft regulations for alcohol limits for non-professional mariners and inland boaters, which the RYA describes as being misguided Read more....
EA's New web page showing up to date River Thames conditions .
and advice to boaters. Add this link to your own clubs web and check it out before starting any trips or events.
Have you noticed the new 'Photos' tab?
If you have any photo's of any ATYC events we would like to display them here so please send them to Peter Hasler
New Speed Limits in Central London?
Your club can post events on the event page by sending them to Pete Hasler