The list of allocated space for dinghies and the layout is displayed in the Clubhouse.
Concrete blocks are available for use as tie-downs. Bow rails will eventually be erected but, in the meantime, if car tyres are used as supports please can you ensure that the tyres are fastened together.
Anyone who has sailed over the last weeks will appreciate that recovery of dinghies from the slipway is most definitely a team activity. So as to speed up this process it would be helpful if you could ensure that both your name and boat class are boldly displayed on your launching trolley.
Yacht Tender owners - Please can you therefore ensure that all tenders are secured by padlock to the tender rack or, until the racks are installed, to the fencing on the eastern side of the Boat Park.
You may remember that over the winter the stored keelboats were asked to prevent their rigging frapping as we had received a letter of complaint from Weymouth and Portland Borough Council. The keelboat owners all responded quickly and the problem was resolved.
Since the dinghies arrived, frapping has started again so please could all dinghy sailors get into the habit of tying halyards away from masts. I have it on reliable authority that the noise carries into Hillcrest Road and thus is likely to irritate our neighbours. With a little care, we can avoid this problem. Many thanks in advance.