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
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.


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 !!
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.
For those of you that missed the club fireworks, Tony Sweet has put them on his Facebook page, just click the link, Fireworks

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.
Do you need a venue for a partyConference, Wedding receptions or Corporate function? Why not consider hiring our club?
For further details please use this link and click on Hiring the club.
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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