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Please see the link on the "Notices" page of the website.
May 16, 2012
May 14, 2012
Rumours
April 17, 2012
SAILING MEMOIR
I'm collecting personal memoirs from friends and colleagues who knew my parents from all areas of their life to build into a book as a tribute to them and as a social history.
I've had around 35 back so far but WYC and the sailing days haven't really been covered yet, so it would be lovely if you would like to contribute your memoir to the collection.
Remember, this is all about your life and how you came to know Brian and Maggie Bottomley.
As a general rule of thumb, the more detail you put in, the more interesting it is to read.
I'll just give you a few prompts if you don't mind as areas to include if helpful.
I would talk about how you first discovered/came to be in Whitby, your roots, what did your parents and you do?
An overview of the sailing at that time in Whitby before the Marina was built.
How did the fisherman take to having yachts moored next to trawlers?
WYC- what it was like before the refurbishment....old school etc.
How you first met Brian and Maggie
Where did you sail to/race?
What kind of boat/s did you have over the years?
Who were the characters and personalities around in those days?
Commodores, sail past, Regatta, social events etc.
Keith Shellenberg- buying the Whitehall Shipyard- turning it into a club- what was it like?
What was he like? How was he perceived in Whitby?
60's/70's developments in small yachts, improved materials -extrusion plastics that could be injection moulded to form one piece boats and fibre glass hulls- making sailing more affordable for first time?
I believe Dad first came to Whitby as a single man to sail? His boats were Solitude, Windsbraut and Cariad (ecume der Mer) and one was an old wooden Folk Boat?
A portrait of Brian and Maggie, what were they like? any personal anecdotes, working habits etc. They developed several properties together before buying The Mount c.1973 and turning it into an Antique shop -stone cottages at Egton and bought Kirby's Hotel; if you know anything about that it would be interesting. The Mount closed October 1994 after mum died.
Their home the Old Hall, Boghall.
I would bring the story up to date of change in sailing yachts, and post marina new generation of sailors- high tech- satellite navigation etc. How Whitby has changed since then and WYC and what you went on to do.
I'd include any old photos of you and the Bottomley’s in your text and anything else you feel pertinent
Many thanks and look forward to having your memoir emailed/posted in your own time.
David Bottomley dmbottomley@hotmail.co.uk
Flat 4, 12 Montague Avenue, London SE4 1YP
tel 07932 411455
I've had around 35 back so far but WYC and the sailing days haven't really been covered yet, so it would be lovely if you would like to contribute your memoir to the collection.
Remember, this is all about your life and how you came to know Brian and Maggie Bottomley.
As a general rule of thumb, the more detail you put in, the more interesting it is to read.
I'll just give you a few prompts if you don't mind as areas to include if helpful.
I would talk about how you first discovered/came to be in Whitby, your roots, what did your parents and you do?
An overview of the sailing at that time in Whitby before the Marina was built.
How did the fisherman take to having yachts moored next to trawlers?
WYC- what it was like before the refurbishment....old school etc.
How you first met Brian and Maggie
Where did you sail to/race?
What kind of boat/s did you have over the years?
Who were the characters and personalities around in those days?
Commodores, sail past, Regatta, social events etc.
Keith Shellenberg- buying the Whitehall Shipyard- turning it into a club- what was it like?
What was he like? How was he perceived in Whitby?
60's/70's developments in small yachts, improved materials -extrusion plastics that could be injection moulded to form one piece boats and fibre glass hulls- making sailing more affordable for first time?
I believe Dad first came to Whitby as a single man to sail? His boats were Solitude, Windsbraut and Cariad (ecume der Mer) and one was an old wooden Folk Boat?
A portrait of Brian and Maggie, what were they like? any personal anecdotes, working habits etc. They developed several properties together before buying The Mount c.1973 and turning it into an Antique shop -stone cottages at Egton and bought Kirby's Hotel; if you know anything about that it would be interesting. The Mount closed October 1994 after mum died.
Their home the Old Hall, Boghall.
I would bring the story up to date of change in sailing yachts, and post marina new generation of sailors- high tech- satellite navigation etc. How Whitby has changed since then and WYC and what you went on to do.
I'd include any old photos of you and the Bottomley’s in your text and anything else you feel pertinent
Many thanks and look forward to having your memoir emailed/posted in your own time.
David Bottomley dmbottomley@hotmail.co.uk
Flat 4, 12 Montague Avenue, London SE4 1YP
tel 07932 411455
February 10, 2012
NECRA Extra-Ordinary Open Meeting
NECRA Extra-Ordinary AGM and Open meeting.
7.30 Pm, Friday 17-2-2012
THYC
AGENDA
Only one Agenda item:-Election of officials.
Following the AGM will be an Open Meeting:-
Confirmation of 2012 NECRA programe,
Fees,
Sailing insructions
Other matters from previous meetings.
Between the two meetings coffee and biscuits will be served.
The bar will be open about 9pm.
Look foreward to seeing you there!
Barry Hughes
Acting Hon Sec NECRA
7.30 Pm, Friday 17-2-2012
THYC
AGENDA
Only one Agenda item:-Election of officials.
Following the AGM will be an Open Meeting:-
Confirmation of 2012 NECRA programe,
Fees,
Sailing insructions
Other matters from previous meetings.
Between the two meetings coffee and biscuits will be served.
The bar will be open about 9pm.
Look foreward to seeing you there!
Barry Hughes
Acting Hon Sec NECRA
January 19, 2012
Marina Parking
All Members
I received this message at the weekend from Lesley in the Harbour Office. Scarborough Borough Council are insisting that all correspondence regarding car parking fees must now be posted to the Head of Tourism and Culture. They have extended the deadline for objections to their proposal to 1st Feb.
"Any objection to the proposed Order must include a statement of the ground(s) upon which it is based and must be submitted in writing so as to reach the Head of Tourism and Culture, Town Hall, St. Nicholas Street, Scarborough, YO11 2HG, no later than first post on Monday 1 February 2012."
Keith Gowland
I received this message at the weekend from Lesley in the Harbour Office. Scarborough Borough Council are insisting that all correspondence regarding car parking fees must now be posted to the Head of Tourism and Culture. They have extended the deadline for objections to their proposal to 1st Feb.
"Any objection to the proposed Order must include a statement of the ground(s) upon which it is based and must be submitted in writing so as to reach the Head of Tourism and Culture, Town Hall, St. Nicholas Street, Scarborough, YO11 2HG, no later than first post on Monday 1 February 2012."
Keith Gowland
October 13, 2011
John Hardy
It is with deep regret that I inform members of the death of John Hardy on Saturday 8th October aged 82 years. John served on the Committee as Rear Commodore Cruise in 1979; he was Commodore in 1983 and was also Assistant Secretary in 1988 & 1989 and up till his death was a Trustee of the Club.
John was a true gentleman and an avid supporter of Whitby Yacht Club and will be sadly missed by those who knew him. He owned serveral boats at Whitby including ‘Godiva’ a Pioneer 30) and ‘Avril Dawn’ (Sparkman & Stevens 30). Whilst he was basically a Crusing man he also enjoyed racing, notably he won the Muir Cup in 1985 and the Early Bird Trophy in 1987, both sailing Avril Dawn. John maintained his connection with the Club after he moved to West Yorkshire and was a regular attendee at the annual Past Commodores Dinner where he was always keen to tell the odd salty dog story or two.
John was born in Morley in West Yorkshire, he attended Giggleswick School. Evacuated to Faiborne in Wales during the war.
He entered HMS Conway January 1946 for a two Year Cadetship, whilst he was at Conway he became Captain of Conway’s 1st XV and Snr. Cadet Captain Forecastle Division. John left HMS Conway in December 1947. He then joined ‘The Clan Line’ – Cayzer Irvine & Co. Trading to South and East Africa via the Cape to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh via Suez.
John then left the sea and gained a pilots licence to fly, he joined his brother crop spraying with his brother who was an ex RAF pilot.
He then joined his Father in the family business - John S. Hardy & Co. Ltd., in the heavy woollens side of the trade. The woollen business was changing rapidly in the late 1960’s – so they commenced trading ‘shoddy’ as fertiliser and sold bagged shoddy to Woolworths.
John being an entrepreneur saw money in redevelopment and bought, demolished and rebuilt industrial buildings to sell or lease in the 1970’s and 1980’s and was still buying and selling industrial land up to his passing away.
John’s first wife, Shirley died of cancer in 1976 aged 42. He later remarried ‘Binky’ Robinson whilst he lived in Whitby and were both very familiar faces in the Club on a Saturday evening!
He leaves two sons Christopher and Robin. John’s daughter, Avril Dawn died tragically in a car accident in 1981.
John’s funeral will take place at 1330hrs on Monday 17th October at Wakefield Crematorium, Stanbridge Lane, Kettlethorpe, Wakefield WF4 3JA. The Coffin will be draped in the Blue Ensign of HMS Conway to which John retained strong links to.
Further details regarding the Funeral can be obtained from:
Howarth Funeral Services
125 Denby Dale Road
Thornes
Wakefield WF2 8EB
Tel. 01924 376590
Neil Williamson
Commodore
Whitby Yacht Club
John was a true gentleman and an avid supporter of Whitby Yacht Club and will be sadly missed by those who knew him. He owned serveral boats at Whitby including ‘Godiva’ a Pioneer 30) and ‘Avril Dawn’ (Sparkman & Stevens 30). Whilst he was basically a Crusing man he also enjoyed racing, notably he won the Muir Cup in 1985 and the Early Bird Trophy in 1987, both sailing Avril Dawn. John maintained his connection with the Club after he moved to West Yorkshire and was a regular attendee at the annual Past Commodores Dinner where he was always keen to tell the odd salty dog story or two.
John was born in Morley in West Yorkshire, he attended Giggleswick School. Evacuated to Faiborne in Wales during the war.
He entered HMS Conway January 1946 for a two Year Cadetship, whilst he was at Conway he became Captain of Conway’s 1st XV and Snr. Cadet Captain Forecastle Division. John left HMS Conway in December 1947. He then joined ‘The Clan Line’ – Cayzer Irvine & Co. Trading to South and East Africa via the Cape to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh via Suez.
John then left the sea and gained a pilots licence to fly, he joined his brother crop spraying with his brother who was an ex RAF pilot.
He then joined his Father in the family business - John S. Hardy & Co. Ltd., in the heavy woollens side of the trade. The woollen business was changing rapidly in the late 1960’s – so they commenced trading ‘shoddy’ as fertiliser and sold bagged shoddy to Woolworths.
John being an entrepreneur saw money in redevelopment and bought, demolished and rebuilt industrial buildings to sell or lease in the 1970’s and 1980’s and was still buying and selling industrial land up to his passing away.
John’s first wife, Shirley died of cancer in 1976 aged 42. He later remarried ‘Binky’ Robinson whilst he lived in Whitby and were both very familiar faces in the Club on a Saturday evening!
He leaves two sons Christopher and Robin. John’s daughter, Avril Dawn died tragically in a car accident in 1981.
John’s funeral will take place at 1330hrs on Monday 17th October at Wakefield Crematorium, Stanbridge Lane, Kettlethorpe, Wakefield WF4 3JA. The Coffin will be draped in the Blue Ensign of HMS Conway to which John retained strong links to.
Further details regarding the Funeral can be obtained from:
Howarth Funeral Services
125 Denby Dale Road
Thornes
Wakefield WF2 8EB
Tel. 01924 376590
Neil Williamson
Commodore
Whitby Yacht Club
October 09, 2011
Lift Out 2011
Lift out has now been confirmed and will take place on Saturday 29th October 2011 commencing at 0800hrs.
The existing dockside crane has been decommissioned and sold so we have now decided to hire in a contractor to take it’s place.
The lift will commence as usual at 0800hrs and the slings etc will be available for use.
The list below is of the boats registered with us for the lift at this time.
Unfortunately we will not be able to include any late arrivals as this would entail hiring the crane for additional time incurring further expense.
Ensure your trailer is prepared and ready for use.
Bite the Bullet
Flying Start
Monty
Kumala
Nemesis
Raumo
No Compromise
Karlee
The existing dockside crane has been decommissioned and sold so we have now decided to hire in a contractor to take it’s place.
The lift will commence as usual at 0800hrs and the slings etc will be available for use.
The list below is of the boats registered with us for the lift at this time.
Unfortunately we will not be able to include any late arrivals as this would entail hiring the crane for additional time incurring further expense.
Ensure your trailer is prepared and ready for use.
Bite the Bullet
Flying Start
Monty
Kumala
Nemesis
Raumo
No Compromise
Karlee
October 04, 2011
Hull Marina
Would all Hull Marina customers please be aware that during the period 1st October 2011 to 31st March 2012, any penning activity between the hours of 2000 and 0600 will need to be booked with the duty lock keeper at least 24 hours prior to the overnight period of which you wish to pen. The booking can be made in person or by calling the Lock Keeper on: 07789178501, Channel 80 or during office working hours on: 01482 609960.
Cancellations will be accepted at any time up to 1600 prior to the overnight period for which the booking was made. Cancellations made after this time may be subject to a £25 charge unless the cancellation was due to severe weather conditions.
If you have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact the Hull office on: 01482 609960.
Cancellations will be accepted at any time up to 1600 prior to the overnight period for which the booking was made. Cancellations made after this time may be subject to a £25 charge unless the cancellation was due to severe weather conditions.
If you have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact the Hull office on: 01482 609960.
August 16, 2011
Press Release from Rear Commodore House
2011 Laying Up Dinner
I am very pleased to announce that this years ‘Laying Up Dinner’ is going to be held at the newly built Raithwaite Hall Hotel on Saturday 22nd October 2011. The Raithwaite Hotel has been superbly finished to provide outstanding accommodation, please follow the Link to explore the Hotel:
http://www.raithwaitehallwhitby.co.uk/accommodation.shtml
Would members note that tickets are £35 each and payment with seating reservation(s) is requested by Wednesday 31st August 2011.
The Club has negotiated preferential rates for accommodation over the ‘Laying Up Weekend’, if you would like to ‘make a weekend of it’ please contact me for further details. My email address is janet.linley@ntlworld.com
"More details on the Notice Board"
Regards,
Janet Linley
RCH
August 08, 2011
The Club Forum
As some of you will already know the Club Forum on the website came under attack from other sources at the end of July. This resulted in our website along with some others having to be removed and cleaned.
The result of this is that part of the data base along with some of the most recent backups have had to be removed as they are so badly damaged. This in turn means that the most recent register is not quite up to date so if you are having difficulty logging on then you are advised to re register.
Alan
The result of this is that part of the data base along with some of the most recent backups have had to be removed as they are so badly damaged. This in turn means that the most recent register is not quite up to date so if you are having difficulty logging on then you are advised to re register.
Alan