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Shearwater Annual Dinner, Dance & Prize Giving Friday 28th November 2014 @ The Mill Rode

Dear All,

There is still plenty of sailing to take part in at Shearwater over these next two months, but looking towards the end of our sailing season I am pleased to announce that our Annual Dinner, Dance and Prize Giving will be taking place on Friday 28th Noverber 2014 @ 7 for 7.30pm at The Mill Rode.

This is a fantastic venue and this year we have a very exciting menu to choose from which I list below. In addition live music will be provided by the Bill Lynn Trio plus Special Guests, playing a broad range of both jazz and popular music.

Tickets are priced at £26 each and once again to encourage our younger members to join us for this event Junior tickets will be £16.

Please feel free to bring along any family members or friends to join us for this special evening in our Club calender, and a chance to get dressed up for a good night out.

Menu

Starters

Seared Calves Liver on Toasted Ciabatta with Sage & Lime Butter

French Onion Soup with Parmesan Crouton

Potted Shrimp with Cayenne & Mace Seasoned Butter & Brown Bread

Goats Cheese, Pear & Watercress salad with Cranberry & Olive Oil Dressing √

Main courses

Confit Pork Belly, Braised Celeriac, Boulangerie Potatoes, Cider Jus & Buttered Kale

Slow Roasted Shoulder of Lamb, Champ Mash, Braised Vegetables & Red Wine Jus

Chestnut, Stilton & Leek Wellington, Spinach, Roast Parsnips & Potatoes with Cranberry Gravy √

Pan Roasted Hake Fillet with Tomato, Saffron & Fennel Broth, Sautéed Mixed Greens & New Potatoes

Roasted Chicken Breast filled with Mushrooms, Wrapped in Streaky Bacon, served with Green Beans & Blue Cheese & Port sauce

Desserts

Iced Peanut Butter & Milk Chocolate Parfait with Sesame Seed Brittle

Panattone & Marmalade Pudding with Vanilla Custard

Fresh Raspberry & Chambord Crème Brulee with Lange Du Chat Biscuits

Millionaires Shortbread Cheesecake – Salted Caramel, Milk Chocolate & Clotted Cream

To Finish

Freshly Ground Coffee, Fruit Teas & Homemade Fudge

Attached is a menu sheet for you to make your menu selection when purchasing your tickets with details of how to make payment.

SSC Dinner Booking Form 2014

Please note that The Mill require our final orders two weeks prior to the event and therefore the cut off date for placing orders and making payment will be the 14th November 2014.

I do hope you will be able to join us and take this opportunity of meeting fellow Club Members, Family and Friends.

Martyn Stubbs

Commodore for 2014

 

Bart’s Bash Results

Shearwater’s results are now posted on the Bart’s Bash website @ www.bartsbash.co.uk/results. Please note these results are based upon ‘The Bart Number’ handicap system rather than a PY number. Bart’s Bash 2 will be held on Sunday 20th September 2015.

Shearwater Sailing Club, Autumn Log, 2014.

Dear Friends,

Such a lot has happened this summer. As you’ll have been aware, West Wilts Youth Sailing Association lost their sail store and safety boats in an arson attack earlier this year, and Martyn our Commodore at Shearwater stepped in to offer them the use of our facilities. With the goodwill of the Longleat Estate, the West Wilts youngsters and their adult volunteers were able to run many happy Saturday sessions and the youngsters could explore our larger lake. That was until, ‘The Green Algae Attack’.

Suddenly, between Sunday and Tuesday, the lake turned to bright green, and looked like a special effect on ‘Photoshop’. My favourite pastime, capsizing, was curtailed and the young and infirm were told to keep clear. The rest of us sailed on, as if on a toxic waste pond at Hinckley B.

In spite of all of this, and a summer of lovely weather, but many light winds, the show went on. We have had a good turn out for races, Martin Honor has co-ordinated teams of merry helpers for every race and Chris Barlow has verified the results in accordance to the very latest RYA handicap figures. (Lasers have gotten slower apparently – mine certainly has, but that’s through lack of practice.) As always, it’s the folk that attend the most races that do best. We have seen Bill Lynn steaming up the league tables (admittedly from a very low starting point) and his perseverance is paying dividends (at last). In the tail end of Hurricane something that came over just in time to wipe out the ‘Shearwater’s Summer Event’, Bill was the only fool who took to the water in his trusty Mirror Dinghy. We all watched a perilous down-wind return and he offered me a go, so I crewed for him ‘The little boats really humming!’ said Bill, I said ‘That’s the loose dagger-board.’ ‘Can we do a jibe Bill?’ ‘Oh, Jibe Ho!’….. happy times!

Still, I digress. We have just had a re-run of the Summer’s Day Event and I’d like to thank the Barlows and the Pells for all their hard work, everyone who came and sailed their little socks off, the prize winning ‘Mulholland and Team Brewerton’ and James and myself for lighting the BBQ.

Next up at Shearwater is ‘Bart’s Bash’ on 21st September, Vintage boats event on 5th October, Founder’s day on 19th October, and regular races right up until the Dinner Dance on 28th November and the Final Thrash on 30th November. That’s 12 more sailing Sundays until Christmas!

Happy sailing,

Peter Barnes.

Bart’s Bash Update Following Shearwater’s Event

A big thank you to all who competed and those who helped make Shearwater’s Bart’s Bash such a great event today. A total of 20 dinghies entered and a sum of £105 in voluntary entry fees was raised together with a further £14 in cakes sales thanks to the efforts of Pat Jones and Christine Langley. All funds raised will go to the work of the Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation.
Shearwater results data will be submitted on-line within the next 24 hours for Bart’s Bash with overall positions being published on www.bartsbash.co.uk when all results from clubs taking part are in. This may take some time given the numbers.
In the meantime we can announce our own results for Shearwater based upon an Average Lap Race as follows:
1st Jack Langley
2nd Chris Mulholland
3rd Mike Dickins
1st Lady Helm Yvonne Smith
1st Youth Fraser Jones