Little Ship Club of Canterbury

Kia Ora everyone,

Thanks so much to David Kennett for his great online talk about cruising the North Island a couple of weeks ago. We had a large crowd of people online listening to the talk. David always gives some great navigation and safety tips along with the stories of their adventures along the way. I hope you've been in to spend your Oborns Nautical voucher David!

It is great to FINALLY be allowed back out on the water! I was so excited to get out on Thursday that I managed to suck some sludge up in to my fuel filters from the bottom of the tank and had to sail back in to the marina. We were heading out to meet Bill Norrie on board his boat Pixie. Bill had sailed all the way from Canada on a solo circumnavigation - last stop was South Africa 3 months ago! It was great to be able to welcome him to Lyttelton. He is berthed on C pier if you want to head down and meet Bill and see Pixie - a tiny 28' Bristol Channel Cutter. Some more info here. 


Tomorrow - Sunday is the first day of the Naval Point Winter Series. This is a great relaxing way to try racing if you haven't done so before. The race course is a short triangle - one windward and two downwind legs. Everyone starts at 1pm and finishes at 3pm (I think) and the race officers count how many laps you do and how long it takes you to get around. It is great fun! You can enter online here: https://www.revolutionise.com.au/npcl/events/59064/

 

As the yacht club bar is still closed, we will postpone our scheduled May talk to August. Hopefully we will be good to go on the 3rd week of June! 

We are looking for some speakers or topics for later in the year. If you have something you'd love to hear about or know of someone who'd have a great story to share. please let me know! And if you haven't paid a sub yet for this financial year, we'd really appreciate your $20 to help us buy some small gifts for our speakers and assist with the club's running expenses. The bank account details are below. 

Can't wait to see you all again really soon!

Cheers
Viki  
President
(P.S. can you believe this was 25 years ago!?)


Sailing to Fiji This Year?

Is anyone considering a passage to Fiji this season?

Tania Davies is working with various parties & authorities to get a definite answer but needs a Yes or a No this week.

She has been "instructed" that information is required on how many vessels would still be interested to come this year.

The details requested are: Capt or Owner/Vessel Name / Vessels Location/ Crew #/ email address which can be PM to Tania or Jo Pullin.

Very IMPORTANT it is only for vessels that have been in NZ and Departure from NZ directly to Fiji Islands.
Secondly, the crew have to have been in NZ for at least 3 months in Isolation.

All vessels are checked on current location prior to adding to the List.

More info on the following page: please spread the word! 

Thanks
Tania
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Opuatofiji2020/

Join the Club! The best fun you'll have for $20!!
Its time to pay $20 again! Our membership year runs from 1 October - 30 September. We don't send subs invoices out, so if you'd like to renew for the upcoming year please send your $20 through now. 
This small financial contribution supports buying small gifts for our guest speakers, and assist with the running of other events. We also sometimes get invited to special events with limited numbers and these are available to current members only. Other benefits of membership can be found on our website. If you are not sure if you have paid then drop me an email and I can let you know.
Your $20.00 payment can be made in to our bank account number 03 0802 0094950 00. Or in cash directly at our next meeting.
Please also drop us an email to let us know your details.