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A few members have expressed an interest in forming a band/ensemble/group and the first meeting to see how we take this on, is Tuesday 26th February.19.30hrs If anyone else is interested please come along and bring your instrument, wether its a double bass or spoons. Tony Freeth 0191 2529591 tonyfreeth@yahoo.com

We have agreed to a Harbour request to accommodate two aluminium catamarans from Alnmaritec for a period of two weeks, awaiting their next contract schedules and these are now moored to the visitors pontoon. The Port are unable to provide berthing facilities for them as they are very busy presently […]

Club subscriptions have remained unchanged again this year, a fact that may have gone un-noticed by most of you as there has been a delay in sending out the invoices, a fact certainly noticed by some of you. The invoices are now in the post. To assist the majority of […]

Just a reminder that the first Wednesday talk series resumes tomorrow, Wednesday 6th February, with Stuart Carruthers (Cruising Manager) and Gus Lewis (Head of Legal & Government Affairs) coming up from RYA Hamble. Following representations made to the RYA by the Club concerning their visibility and what they do for […]

I have been approached by Dick Durham, the news editor of Yachting Monthly, to see if any RNYC member would be interested in taking their team out for a sail from Blyth with a view to producing a ‘Me & My BoatÂ’article for their magazine. Recent articles have included reports […]

The first Wednesday talk series resumes on Wednesday 6th February with Stuart Carruthers (Cruising Manager) and Gus Lewis (Head of Legal & Government Affairs) coming up from RYA Hamble. Following representations made to the RYA by the Club concerning their visibility and what they do for cruising yachtsfolk in general […]

The results of the Club Development Questionnaire have been posted. The link is http://rnyc.org.uk/facility/Open_Forum_questionnaire.pdf.

Please note that applications for moorings need to be received by Mike Wade no later than 31 January 2013. ABG

The RYA NE Spring Conference will be held at Derwent Reservoir SC (NB change of venue. It was South Shields SC) on 16 February. A provisional Programme has been posted on the RYA website. Bruce Grant will be giving a shortened version of his illustrated talk on 'Cannibalism: A Custom […]

The boatyard gates are still being left open at the end of day. Please before you leave look around and if you are the last person out lock the gates. Until this happens thefts from boats are going to continue. TF