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RVYC Social Calendar
Club Opening Times
Winter opening times for the Club from 1st November 2011 to 31 March 2012.
Office
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 1000 - 1700
Wednesday: 1000 - 1700
Thursday: 1000 - 1700
Friday:
1000 - 1700
Saturday: 1000 - 1300
Sunday: Closed
Bar Lunch Evening
Monday: closed Closed
Tuesday: 1200 - 1500 Closed
Wednesday: 1200 - 1500 1800 - 2200
Thursday:
1200 - 1500 Closed
Friday: 1200 - 1500 1800 - 2300
Saturday: 1200 - 1500 Closed
Sunday:
1200 - 1600 Closed
Kitchen Lunch Evening
Monday: Closed Closed
Tuesday: 1230 - 1500 Closed
Wednesday: 1230 - 1500 1830
- 2030
Thursday: 1230 - 1500 Closed
Friday: 1230 - 1500 1830 - 2030
Saturday: 1230
- 1500 Closed
Sunday carvery: 1230 - 1500 Closed
Opening times subject to change
for club functions.
All talks will take place at the Club on Wednesday evenings at 8.00 p.m.
A light supper @ £6.00 per head will be provided beforehand at 7.00 p.m.
Full details of each talk will be broadcast nearer the dates.
15 February ‘Classic Boat Museum Gallery – a trawl through the archives’.
Speaker: Rosemary Joy, Curator of the CBMG
22 February In the Wake of Captain George Vancouver-
Exploring the British Columbia Coast
Speaker: Hilary Martin
29 February ‘Club Quiz Night’
7 March ‘A trip to Ireland via the Fastnet Rock’
Speaker: Dr. Neil Greenwood
14 March ‘Growing up on a boat in Wootton Creek’
Speaker: Charles Betts, Chief designer, Royal Corps of Naval Constructors (Rtd.)
Winter Talks Programme 2011-2012
The RVYC operates a lively social calendar throughout the year, with a mix of formal and informal events and activities, to which all members (and guests) are welcome. More details are broadcast prior to specific events or just follow the links on this website.
Next Winter Talk
8 February ‘The View from the Bridge’- a sea captain’s encounters with yachts!
Speaker: Capt. Colin Johnston
P & O Strategic Development Manager (Rtd.)
Illustrated by a slide presentation, ‘The View from the Bridge’ is intended to give a view of small craft such as our beloved boats as seen from the bridge of large commercial craft.
Colin Johnston, a retired Master Mariner, lays particular emphasis on how difficult it is for those on a ship’s bridge some 40 metres or more above sea level to spot small leisure craft. He goes on to discuss the various ways we as leisure sailors can make best use of evolving technology to make others aware of our presence when out in the wide blue yonder.
Colin himself has spent a lifetime in the maritime industry. He served his apprenticeship with the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Now retired, he continues to act occasionally as a Marine Consultant and cruises on both sides of the Channel in his Oceanis 411 – so he will be speaking very much from experience on all counts!
Every Thursday
2.30 – 4.30 p.m. Bridge Improvers’ Club
Friendly weekly sessions of non-competitive 'kitchen' bridge are open to all Club members. £2 per person (which includes tea and biscuits). For further information please contact Jane Pearson on 884138 or e mail: tony_pearson@talk21.com (preferably before coming along to the Club).
Every Friday
10.00 – 12 noon Leisure Painting Group:
Why not practise your artistic skills (good or not so good!) in the company of this small informal band of friends who join together to paint in any medium. We encourage each other, enjoy the club atmosphere and do "our own thing". No real competence necessary, just enthusiasm. A donation of £2 towards the Club charity of the year is the only obligation. We look forward to seeing you there! (For more information, call Meryel Boyd: 01983-566747).
