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2022-12-16
2023 Reciprocal Agreement - RNYC & Crow’s Nest Officers’ Club
2022-12-16
The Passing of Past Commodore Dr. Nizar Ladha (PDF)
2022-12-16 2023 Reciprocal Agreement - RNYC & Crow’s Nest Officers’ Club (PDF)
RNYC Commodore Capt. Kris Drodge and Crow’s Nest President Dave Paddon
RNYC members and friends,
On behalf of both the RNYC and Crow's Nest Executive Committees, we are pleased to announce that during 2023 both Clubs will share a reciprocal agreement so that members from both Clubs can avail of each others dining facilities. This will help strengthen the historic community that both The Crow’s Nest and The RNYC have been part of over the last century. The Crow’s Nest Officers’ Club, founded in 1942, shares similarities with the Royal Newfoundland Yacht Club, founded as the Avalon Yacht Club in 1936. Both are member and volunteer driven; both are keenly aware and have a responsibility for maintaining and celebrating sailing and maritime tradition; and both are strongly focused on building a community amongst its membership.
We hope that this agreement produces a long-lasting relationship within both Clubs and we look forward to this upcoming year and what it will bring. We will host a dinner at the club to welcome guests from the Crow's Nest in the coming months.
This is also an excellent opportunity to remind the Membership of the RNYC that as a member of a Club with a Royal distinction there are many reciprocating Yacht Clubs throughout the world that will welcome you into their facilities as a reciprocating member, even when not arriving on a vessel. These often require proof of membership or a letter, which the Club Manager can help provide. This is part of being a member of the Royal Newfoundland Yacht Club and I strongly suggest any member that finds themselves in a city with a Royal Yacht Club to avail of this privilege, as I and many of us have done over the years.
Attached you will find a letter with similar writing as above, plus the conditions of the Reciprocal Agreement.
Calm seas and full sails,
Kris
Capt. Kristopher Drodge
Commodore, RNYC
2022-10-24 NOTICE: AGM Thursday, November 24th, 2022, 7:30pm
Dear Fellow Members,
This is to notify the membership of the upcoming Annual General Meeting scheduled for 7:30pm Thursday November 24th, 2022.
A Zoom Invite will be circulated later this week.
Kind regards,
Moya Cahill
Commodore 2022
2022-10-02 IMPORTANT PLEASE READ: RE Cradles, Stands and Trailers
Cradles: Members owning Cradles:
- Print your boat name on the cradle
- Label each end as BOW or STERN to avoid trying to fit your boat in your cradle backwards!
- We have (black and white) paint and brushes in the workshop if you need it - please return when finished for other members to use.
Cradles will be brought down as time permits.
- PLEASE make sure that jack screws on pads are freed up and easily adjusted so we don't have any hold ups.
- Cradles should be inspected by the owner to ensure they are structurally sound and are in good working order prior to haul out.
- Cradles that are deemed unsafe by the yard staff will not be used.
- Please make sure you have all the tools required on hand so no hold ups.
- If YOU have stands in the boat yard PLEASE identify them with your boat name and the number of stands in your set. Label them 1/6, 2/6, 3/6, etc…
- Please ensure your screw jacks are free (not seized) and lubricated
- Pads and stands should be inspected to ensure that they are structurally sound and are in good working order prior to haul out.
- Stands that are deemed to be unsafe by the yard staff will not be used.
- Please have all the tools required on hand so no hold ups.
- If you have a trailer on site please identify it by putting your boat name on it.
- Inspect trailers, especially the wheels and tires to be sure they are not seized.
- Check the screw jack on the trailer hitch and make sure it is operable before haul out.
- Trailers that are deemed to be unsafe by the yard staff will not be used.
- Please have all the tools required on hand so no hold ups.
Thank you
Management
Royal Newfoundland Yacht Club
2022-10-02 Memo : Mast Lift Procedures Revised Fall 2022
Our sailing members will see some changes in the procedures for un-stepping/lifting of masts, especially those with boats that have two or more spreaders.
Employees will no longer be permitted to climb ladders on the decks of boats to rig lifting gear. This is considered an unsafe work practice and is no longer acceptable.
A new system has been developed, which allows masts to be lifted without the need for anyone to climb a ladder. The procedure does require some rigging by the owner prior to the lift. This change only applies to boats with 2 or more spreaders.
We ask all members who require mast lifts to make the following preparations prior to moving over to the boom truck at the marginal wharf:
- Remove sails
- Release furling lines and attach to forestay
- Remove boom
- Ensure 2 spare halyards are available and secure remaining halyards to mast
- All non-essential shrouds and stays to be loosened or released, turnbuckles backed off and cotter pins made ready to pull.
- Disconnect wiring from the base of mast
- All tools required for final rigging detachment should be collected and placed in a readily accessible location aboard the vessel.
Section 10
(10) Due to limited space, sailboat owners are required to remove spreaders on their mast while stored over the winter period. When possible mast racks should be used.
Failure to remove spreaders will result in a fee as set out in Appendix C.
Thank you
Management
Royal Newfoundland Yacht Club
2022-10-01 HAUL OUT 2022 MEMO.pdf