For our Club Night on Wednesday 28 June we have arranged something a bit special for the Oxted Offshore Ladies and to celebrate the summer solstice. OK – it’s a week late, but it will still be a long and hopefully balmy night!
We’ve all got bits of sailing paraphernalia cluttering up the cupboards – from training books, sailing novels and duplicate charts to unused thermal hats, a spare head torch or that Musto polo that never did fit properly!
Boat insurance specialists MS Amlin have launched a competition to find the most interesting and creative boat names out there. The winners, selected on a monthly basis, will be awarded Southampton Boat Show tickets.
We think that Degree of Latitude may be a strong contender? Someone want to nominate it?
Classic Sailing have published a 58-page guide to Tall Ships and Tall Ship Races which is free to download and includes:
There’s also a section on How to Spot Wildlife at Sea and a calendar of 2017 Tall Ship Races. A really good read if Tall Ships float your boat!!
Download a copy here:
We have been sent the following information from Colin Hall which might be of interest:
From now till 1 April 2017 the Royal Southern is waiving its joining fee to encourage new members. Details are here:
http://royal-southern.co.uk/Membership/Becoming-A-Member
I’m sure that John and Colin would be happy to show people around and be supporters of your membership application.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is advising boat owners, shipping companies and anyone who puts out to sea about a change in some of the VHF channel numbers used to contact UK Coastguard.
As a result of changes to Appendix 18 (Marine VHF) of the Radio Regulations it will mean that VHF channels 23, 84 and 86 will no longer be used for either Maritime Safety Information (MSI) or Radio Medical Advice. The channels to use from September 2017 will be VHF 62, 63 and 64. The use of VHF Channel 10 for MSI and pollution control (back up) is unchanged.
This links to a short video on the use off 112 as an emergency contact from a mobile. It has the benefit that it is not limited by the contract with your provider, so as it is an emergency number any carrier will be used and irrespective of funds on your account..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPZv_8dABfU&feature=youtu.be
Many thanks to Roger Cornish for this
Rgds
Kevin
From: “Little Ship Club – Commodore” <commodore [at] littleshipclub [dot] co [dot] uk>
Date: 1 March 2012 06:00:34 GMT
Subject: Red diesel fiasco – sign the Little Ship Club petition
Reply-To: “Little Ship Club – Commodore” <commodore [at] littleshipclub [dot] co [dot] uk>
Dear Member,
You may well have seen the piece on our website concerning red diesel, if not I think it is important that you do read it.
HMRC are proposing that from 1st April this year all skippers of UK leisure craft will be asked to sign a declaration, when filling their diesel tanks, to the effect that they will not use the fuel outside UK waters.
I probably don’t need to tell you how ridiculous such a proposal is and how impractical it is. This means, for instance, that if you fill your tanks in June and still have any of that red diesel left in them the following May, when you plan that quick dash to buy wine in Cherbourg, you will be breaking the law.
The fact that it is almost impossible to buy un-dyed diesel in any UK marina seems to have escaped HMRC.
This directive seems to be a nod in the direction of the Belgian authorities who have made it illegal for any vessel to carry dyed diesel in their tanks in Belgian waters.
The Club has set up an online petition which is gathering momentum. We reached 241 signatures when I checked today, but we’d like to reach 3,000 signatures by the consultation closing date of 11 March. If you haven’t signed it already, please do so now.
(Ask your sailing friends to sign too, by cutting and pasting the link to the petition into an email and sending it to them: http://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/30209)
I strongly urge you to write to your MP and your MEP and to encourage any of your crew or sailing friends to do likewise. We simply cannot accept this sort of silly bureaucracy to blight our legitimate pursuit of our leisure activity.
Sign the petition and write to your MP today!
Best regards,
David Roache
Commodore, Little Ship Club
Further information
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