Sailing to resume this Sunday

Dear Member,

Following the recent colder weather and rain fall there has been a visible improvement in the quality of the water on the tarn. The committee have therefore taken the decision to resume sailing as of Sunday.

This does come with caution as no formal tests have been conducted on the water quality. The council will not be in the position to conduct tests for some weeks. Therefore I would strongly recommend not sailing if Blue Green Algae would have a serious impact on your health. The biggest risk is from ingestion, therefore can I ask all members to sail within their comfort zone and rig according to the conditions. If you are unsure about reducing the power of your boat then please ask for guidance.

It is also possible for Blue Green Algae to irritate the skin, therefore please wear appropriate clothing such as a dry suit (but this is not compulsory). It is cold, therefore I won’t expect to see anyone in shorts and t-shirts.

The plan is for a short 2 race day series to be held this Sunday with the frostbite running from the 2^nd December until 23^rd December.

Sailing on Sunday will start at 12noon, David Hinks will be the OOD.

There will be a notice regarding the declaration to sail, and by signing on you will be agreeing with this declaration. Further information from the RYA can be found here: http://alturl.com/mhdfb

 

Many thanks

 

Tim Burnett

Commodore

Fish and Chip supper social

We are arranging a fish and chip supper at the Wetherby Whaler in Guiseley on Tuesday 27th November at 7.00pm.

All club members and their families are very welcome.

£8.25pp inc bread and butter, tea or coffee.

 

Please let us know if you will be coming by email to secretary@yeadonsailingclub.co.uk with the number of places you require.  Please reply by 20th November.

 

 

Annual General Meeting

The 2012 AGM will be held on Thursday 6th December at 8.00pm in the clubhouse.

All club members are encouraged to attend and have a say in the running of your club.

The agenda and last year’s minutes have been circulated to members.

Blue Green Algae Update

Dear Member,

The council are currently still waiting for the equipment to re test the tarn for Blue Green Algae. I inspected the water today and I believe it is lossing its 'Pea Soup' colour and therefore we may be soon be able to sail, but not yet.

The committee will be discussing the matter further at the next meeting on Monday, if you wish to share any views on the matter beforehand then please email me.

We have said that we will follow the process of 2 clear tests before we lift the sailing ban. With luck we will be able to sail most of the frost bite season. Any member wishing to sail at either Yorkshire Dales Sailing Club or Ripon Sailing club, then please see earlier communications for further information.

The Newsletter will be out soon, so look out for that.

Thanks

Tim B
commodore@yeadonsailingclub.co.uk

Blue Green Algae Update - No Sailing

Dear Member,

I've been in communication with the Council and they inform me that they are in the process of implementing a testing system. This will take samples and indicate the whether Blue Green Algae is present and how many.

The latest observations indicate that the Algae is still present in large numbers.

I will update you if anything changes.

Kind regards

Tim Burnett

Out and About !

While we have been ‘algea’ed off the Tarn members have been out and about flying the flag for Yeadon.


The Streakers lead the way when they attended the Ripon Open meeting and left their boats there, subsequently, amongst others, John with his Laser and Phil with his Graduate have joined them.

South Shields Topper Open

The Juniors have been the busiest ! The Toppers have been out on the road, on the sea for the South Shields SC Open Meeting, sailing in epic conditions on Rutland Water in the RYA Zone Championships and training at Carsington Resevoir. A number will also be at Pennine Open next weekend and possibly the Autumn Open at Carsington the weekend after.




Toppers on the far side of Rutland Water

 Matt and Ben have been sailing their 420 at Burton and on the South Coast training at Itchenor, however the they would have preferred not to have meet the port tack boat quite the way they did ! While Luke has been doing the Northern Laser Open training sessions at Derwent, Sunderland, and will be at Yorkshire Dales and Scaling Dam in the next few weeks. He has also been doing the World/European (and RYA Youth squad) autumn qualifiers – at Sunderland where he did really well and at Pwllheli where he didn’t ! The last qualifier is at Plymouth in a couple of weeks time which is a long way to go!

420s Inlands at Burton

The National 12s have come across both extremes of conditions in Open Meetings they attended over the last two weekends. At Yorkshire Dales it was too windy to hold the last two races while and Ripon on Sunday they didn’t have enough wind to race. They are heading up to sail on the River Tyne at Newburn in a few weeks time.

If you are missing your regular fix of sailing please, like a number of fellow Club sailors, please take advantage of the kind offers we have had from Yorkshire Dales and Ripon Sailing Clubs to join in with their Club racing programme. Please speak to Tim, or any Committee member if you need any more information about sailing at either Club.

N12s at Yorkshire Dales (before the wind really arrived !)

Streaker and Solo Open Cancelled due to Algae Problem

Dear Member,
Unfortunately due to the on-going Blue Green Algae problem we have taken the decision to cancel the planned Streaker and Solo Open Meeting at Yeadon Tarn on Saturday 20th October.

Testing this week has confirmed that there is still high levels of Blue Green Algae in the water, it is unlikely that we will have a clear test sample prior to this event.

Kind Regards

YSC Committee