NEWS FROM
THE ROYAL VICTORIA
RVYC Winter newsletter
RVYC 2009/10 Winter Newsletter. An updated version of the Winter Newsletter is available here.
Winter Newsletter
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RVYC Powerboat News 2009
Last
year the club secured a £9,200 grant from Connexions, in support of our
youth programmes and RYA training centre status. A new 5.5m RIB has
been identified and will be on order shortly. The fleet of RIB craft in
the club will now total seven and will be used to support club and
members’ on-water activities. To raise our driving standards, improve
safety and minimise RIB maintenance costs, we will be implementing an
approved power boat drivers list for use of all RIBs craft excluding
the nanny boat ‘Victoria’. We hope to compile this list over the next
six months which will allow all to obtain the desired driving standards
during this period (full planned implementation by July 2010).
This
means that all persons wishing to use any club RIB will require an RYA
Powerboat Level 2 qualification and I would ask anyone with this
qualification to provide a copy of your certificate for our club
training records
Recognising
that a large number of members have been driving RIBs most competently
for years, it would be unreasonable for those members to attend a full
training course. Consequently, the club will be organising direct
powerboat 2 assessments. This would only require a few hours of your
time to complete the RYA assessment (first assessment, March 10). In
addition, those gaining their Level 2 can then apply to the RYA for
their ICC ('International Certificate of Competence').
For
those who would like to attend a suitable training course as the means
to get more from your boat the club is offering a number of weekend
Powerboat 2 courses (first course February 2010).
Further information can be found on the Royal Victoria Yacht Club training web page
which has been created to help you further your power boating & RIB
handling skills by providing information on courses. If you would like
to discuss the above or require any further information please do not
hesitate to contact either Neil Griffiths, Ray Prime, Keith Evans or
e-mail rvyctraining@gmail.com
Whether
you go boating in a RIB, a sports boat or a cruiser, power boating is
exhilarating, fun and fast. Raising our driving standards within the
club is increasingly being viewed as the means to get more from your
own or the club boats through a better understanding of its
capabilities and how to harness its power.
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We have
added a new forum for discussion about sailing and
activities at the club, you can ask questions or look for crew or a
sail at the weekend.
You will need to create a Google account to add items for discussion or
answer posts, but it is simple to join.
Please click on the link in the right hand side of this page.
You can also view the forum without joining.
Don't
forget... the whole world may be watching what you write !! |
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| We have
reinstated the photo gallery which can now be found on the
sailing page and follow the link Photo Gallery on the right hand side. |
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For those
of you that missed the club fireworks, Tony
Sweet has put them on his Facebook page, just click the link, Fireworks
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| New... Dutyman
feed |
| As
you can see in the right hand side of this page we now have a quick
link to the DutyMan website for duties at the club. This is a quick way
to tell if we have a duty available for our next event. |
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Do you
need a venue for a party, Conference, Wedding receptions
or Corporate function? Why not consider hiring our club?
For further details please use this link and click on Hiring
the club. |
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| If you are
new to sailing or are thinking about trying sailing then
there is a new website that has lots of practical information, newtosailing.com |
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