Southerly Owners Association

The SOA membership list is now being distributed online.

SOA members can view it here: www.soa-forum.org.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=19

Electronic distribution cuts our postage and printing costs, and makes it easy for members to choose whether to hold the directory electronically or on paper, at home, boat or both.

NB you will need to login to the forum.
~ If you are a SOA member and haven’t registered to use the forum, you will need to register – please follow the instructions – www.soa-forum.org.uk/blog/?page_id=41
~ If you are registered on the forum but cannot see the lists, it will be because you did not validate your membership. Email admin@soa-forum.org.uk or send a message via the “personal message” facility on the forum.

Data protection: The SOA holds data in electronic and manual form, for the purposes of administering our membership, keeping accounts and producing the Membership Directory. We undertake not to supply this information to third parties. Members details, unless they request otherwise, will be included in the Membership Directory which is published annually. We ask that Members keep their copy of the Membership Directory safe and do not pass details on outside of the SOA.

Members are asked not to distribute the membership list to third parties for any reason, commercial or pleasure.

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting will take place at 1100 on Saturday 4th February, 2012 in the Fabrosa Room of Hornet Sailing Club, Gosport

AGENDA

Apologies for absence

Minutes of AGM held on Saturday 29th January, 2011

Treasurers Report and adoption of accounts

Secretary’s Report

Membership Secretary’s Report

Chairman’s Report

Election of Officers and Committee 2012:

Committee Nominations:

~ Chairman -David Thomas
~ Vice Chairman -Paul Garbett
~ Secretary -Les Webb
~ Treasurer -Nigel Campling
~ Membership Secretary -Carol Borton-Berry
~ Magazine Editors -David and Helen Harbour
~ Rally Coordinators -Reg and Chris Hadwen
~ Committee Member -Andrew Scott-Brown
(Nominations should reach the Secretary Les Webb by 20th January, 2012)

John Manley Award

Swing Keel Trophy

Northshore Trophy

Photographic Competition Prize

Election of Club’s Account Examiner

Future Events

Coffee will be available in the Fabrosa Room from 1030.

There will be a buffet lunch served at 1300. Cost £10.00 per head.

Following the AGM our speaker is Trycha Darling, who will talk about her ARC trip in her S42RST ‘Triple D’ with her two daughters. The Darlings originally did the trip raising funds for Centrepoint a charity for the homeless in London. Any donations for the charity would be most welcome.

Hornet Sailing Club shares its premises with the JSSC (Joint Services Adventure Sail Training Centre), and hence is subject to some Ministry of Defence Rules. These only require us to give prior warning of cars and people using the site.

So If you Intend coming to the SOA AGM at Hornet Sailing Club, please contact Andrew Scott-Brown by email to let him know the names of those coming with you and the registration number of the car in which you will be travelling. Andrew.scott-brown@tiscali.co.uk

DIRECTIONS – RECOMMENDED ROUTE

Whether coming from the East or West leave the M27 at Junction 11, and follow the signs for Gosport (A32)

After going under the railway bridge, get into the right hand lane.

Ahead at the next roundabout (2nd exit), follow the signs for lee-on-the-Solent (B3385).

Over the bridge.

Ahead at the next roundabout (2nd exit)

Again ahead at the next roundabout (2nd exit)

Again ahead at the next large roundabout (2nd exit)

On reaching the coast turn left to Gosport (B33330)

After about 1.7 miles, turn right onto unclassified road to Stokes Bay

At the next roundabout turn right to Stokes Bay (2nd exit)

After about 1 mile straight across mini-roundabout into Fort Road

After about another 1 mile, follow road round to left, and take the next turn to the right

Pass Haslar Hospital and the Submarine Museum on your right, and when you see the traffic lights ahead, turn right into JSTASTC and Hornet Sailing Club

Hopefully you have all had an excellent 2011 sailing season, despite the unreliable summer weather and you were able to join in with some of our rallies this year.

Below is our provisional 2012 programme, which I hope will help you plan your itinerary for 2012. If anyone has any further ideas for events outside the Solent area, any comments or is interested in helping to organise one of our events in their area, please contact Reg Hadwen on brhadwen@btinternet.com or 01494 673968.

Newport Rally

~ Sat 5th May in Bembridge, meal in Brading Yacht Club
~ Sun 6th May in Newport, dinner in Lugleys Restaurant

Northshore Regatta

~ Sail in company to Plymouth for Sun 20th May registration
~ 21st – 25th May Northshore Regatta

SW Muster

~ To be advised – possibly encompassing Northshore Regatta

Solent Muster

~ Sat 30th June

East Coast Rally

~ End of July

Ashlett and Haslar

~ Fri 3rd August in Haslar with a meal in Hornet
~ Sat 4th August in Ashlett with a meal in Ashlett Yacht Club

Welsh Rally

~ To be advised

Poole Rally

~ Fri 7th September anchor in Studland and meal in pub
~ Sat 8th September in Poole Yacht Club, DIY BBQ using club facilities

Autumn Solent Muster

~ Sat 29th – Sun 30th September in Ryde

Laying Up Supper

~ Our laying up supper will be held on November 3rd 2012 in Crouchers Hotel after the Northshore Open Day. James Stevens, recently retired as Head of RYA Training and Examining has agreed to come to be our speaker. Make a note in your diary as it promises to be a cracking good evening.

A full rally programme with an expression of interest form will be in the Spring Magazine.
Information will be on our web site over the winter months It is necessary to have an idea of numbers for each rally so that the organisers can liaise with the security/caterers at each marina.

Reg Hadwen will be taking over as rally co-ordinator for the coming season.

A provisional list of rallies will be published soon – we know some people were requesting it at the Northshore open day – and will be published on here and in the magazine.

Reg can be contacted at: brhadwen@btinternet.com

During the year ahead to SOA intend to migrate the existing paper members list to an electronic format.

This will be held on the “members only” area of our forum, and thus only available to SOA members who are logged in.

Paper copies will still be available on request.

Details included will be Name, boat name, boat details, contact details (phone and email). Addresses will not be published.

If any members wish to opt out of having their details published electronically please let the membership secretary know – soa.carol@hotmail.com

We have only received a few photos for the competition so far.

I am sure that there are loads more out there that would be suitable, so have a quick review and send them in as soon as possible. Just click on my name in the post in the magazine section and you should get the option to email me just to make it easier.

The 3 chosen will each receive a prize, so enter straight away.

The Laying Up Supper will be held on November 5th this year at Crouchers Hotel after the Northshore open day.

We have negotiated a deal whereby if we take all the rooms for the night we will get them all at £ 110 B&B each room. Book early so we all get the discount.

The Application Form and Menu Choices are in the centre of the next Magazine which has just been published, or appended below.

Please return the completed form together with your cheque for the total amount to Reg Hadwen.

Los detail

Contributed by Christopher Hill

After circulating all the SOA members whose boats are based in Wales, the original intention was to hold a rally in Aberystwyth with Dulcibella II coming up from Milford, Pascanale coming from Cardigan and Annie Gunn coming down from Pwllheli. However, Harry and Sandra Foster in Annie Gunn was unable to make it after all and so the rally was switched to Solva, so that Jonathan and Carol Pearce in Aurial could make it. They were coming back from an Irish cruise on the Saturday and expected to be in Solva at about 6pm.

Well, on the Friday the forecast was for NW F5-6 and this would make it difficult for Pascanale coming down from Cardigan, around Strumble Head, St. David’s Head and through Ramsey Sound. Additionally, Dulcibella II would have to navigate Jack Sound or go around the outside of Skomer, equally daunting in strong winds! So the decision was made for Alan and Christine Cooper of Pascanale and David and Andrea Hill of Dulcibella II to turn up by car!

Early Saturday, David received an sms message from Jonathan to say that they had set off from Kilmore Quay at 6am and were on their way! We were somewhat relieved to hear that they had arrived in Solva after 10 hours! Jonathan and Carol with their crew Pete (Badger) and Sue had had an exciting (to say the least) sail. They had F6 winds which increased to F7 and especially near the South Bishop lighthouse, the waves were quite something. Aurial made the crossing with just the (full) main up, no jib or mizzen (Aurial is a 105 ketch rig Southerly).

Alan, Christine, David and Andrea were awaiting Aurial’s crew when they came ashore at Solva’s slip and we all went off to the Harbour Inn and had a very convivial time over dinner.

One day, the weather will be kind to us and we will be able to hold a proper rally somewhere on the West Welsh coast. However, despite the weather this year we all enjoyed ourselves and Jonathan and Carol and crew were real heroes making the trip from Ireland to be there.

Andrew Constance has published the draft details for Poole 2011:

This year we plan a slightly different format for the Rally.

More details to follow in due course but in the meantime please can you let me know if you are planning to take part in the Rally or informal cruise.

Please contact Andrew direct for more information.