The tradeshow on the top floor of Datchet Water Sailing Club was very good with the usual traders selling a huge variety model yachting equipment and including a stand for the DF boats, which looked very impressive. I took along my UP and rigged it in B rig, set up a whole Footy stand with two ICE and a SUPABUG with drawings and even cutout hull panels. An interested grandad did take them away!
Of greatest interest was the 1976 BLOODAXE hull, still in 2 parts just as it came out of the moulds. This was en route to Peter Hopkins in Bournville. I took some photos and these are attached on the pic page. BLOODAXE was one of the the top Marblehead in that era and the hull shells weighed 38 ounces as it was quite a big surface area compared with the UP weight of just 14 ounces!
There was a very interesting foiling trimaran made in Australia along with some interesting 3D printing work done for a 6 metre in 4 large pieces and a mould for an A boat.
The AGM itself was a great disappointment not just because the Guildford and other 4-clubs amendment to the MYA motion one was not carried, but because there was no discussion or short introduction to each officer’s subject. We were told that the reports were on the web and that we must have read them by now, so any comments? The only discussion came the scrutineers were counting votes. Chris Durant asked basic questions about the budget and other finances and the Council clearly didn’t have an answer and it would appear there is still no budget for 2020. In previous years there has always been some discussion all through the AGM with officers giving a short summary highlighting the important issues in their report.
So our subscription stays at £14 and juniors are free. (the committee have now agreed that our club subscription should be free also).
