We extend a very warm welcome to you and your members to come and have some competitive fun at our Christmas Open meeting for Marbleheads and BOTTLE boats.
We hope that you will come and enjoy racing in a relaxed mode at Abbey Meads lake, Chertsey to get you into the party mood. Festive dress for self/boat is anticipated! As usual, we will be stopping for lunch when mince pies and mulled wine will be served. We do hope that you will come and join the party.

Following GMYC tradition there will be no normal financial entry fee. Instead, please bring a wrapped present containing something that you might like to win!

We will be racing mostly Marbleheads, but with BOTTLE boats starting together. The latter will have a course handicap, as we normally do very successfully in our club events to even up the performance difference.

For those of you who have not been before, you will find ABBEY MEADS lake easily. From whatever direction you are travelling, follow the signs to THORPE PARK and go to the roundabout at their entrance. Then travel south on the A320 towards Chertsey and you will see the lake on your left. After a few hundred yards turn left off the road after you see a sign, RADIO SAILING. If you arrive late and the inner gate is locked, put 1617 into the brass GMYC number padlock to open and just slide the horizontal bar back to open and replace after entry.

The racing will be conducted using the RRS 2013-2016 modified by the MYA SSIs. The relevant notices are as follows:
BRIEFING – this will start at approximately 09.40 hours. RACING TIMES – the first race will start soon after the briefing at approximately 10.00 hours – no race will start after 15.00 hours and any race in progress at 15.20 hours will be abandoned.

The closing date for entries for that event is midnight on Thursday 11th December 2014. Please ring Roger with your entry on 01483 421 801 or e-mail him on stollery17@sky.com . If there is more than one boat entered with the same number, we will inform you prior to the event as to the prefix or the modification of your number. If you don’t have a Marblehead or BOTTLE boat, but would like to come for a bit of fun, please ask to borrow a boat.
We look forward to seeing you!