Don’t Spread Non Native Species, Check, Clean, Dry…and play safe!

Hirers of RYA East training boats and fleets are requested to ensure they wash down the boats or boards thoroughly on arrival and again before they leave the club site to return to our base at Otley. The wash down on site and before returning to us is vital to ensure no nasties, such as Dikerogammarus villosus, the dreaded Killer Shrimp, are moved around the region on our boats and trailers. Anyone failing to do this simple hygiene process is not only endangering other clean waters, but is in danger of being refused use of the regional fleets in the future.  full story on the HOME page

Nigel takes on two key posts

Nigel Mower is the region’s new Fleets Booking Manager, in charge of running the new on-line booking system. Nigel is also taking on responsibility for co-ordinating the Honda RYA Youth RIB Championship events in this region. Nigel is a qualified power boat driver, retired Sailing Instructor as well as yachtsman. Nigel, known also as Baldrick, is chairman of the Harwich Area Sailing Association (HASA) and in the past has done stints as Moorings secretary at Pin Mill SC when the local council first introduced mooring charges, as Commodore of Haven Ports YC and as Chairman of the Felixstowe Regatta organising committee.

He spent many happy years as an Instructor at the Neptune Youth Group for Suffolk Water Sports. He now concentrates his racing on the Haven Series but used to compete in both the Sail East and EAORA races both in his own boat and as crew with friends. He recently retired as a Service Delivery Manager in BT.

Baldrick first learned to sail with the Sea Scouts on the river Deben (Martlesham Creek) early in 1960’s. He used to play night games on whalers up and down the Deben. Married with, four children and four grand-children, he’s keen to see participation in sailing grow, particularly in the younger generations.

Commenting on his appointment Regional Vice-Chairman and Chairman of the Training Panel Garth Cooper said: “I’ve worked with Baldrick in a number of different guises and I know he will be a welcome addition to the work of the Training Panel. His experience ranging from introducing younger family members to sailing, to running a number of important committees and bodies, will be valuable to us.”

Nigel can be contacted on 01473 780397, or E-mail nigel.mower@Talk21.com.

TRAINING FLEETS ON-LINE BOOKING SYSTEM GOES LIVE

Club contacts will shortly receive an email from Sailracer giving them an individual code number and pre-set password, for logging on to the new on-line training fleet booking system. KEEP IT SAFE. Without it you won’t be able to use the system. Please ensure that if you are not the person who normally books our boats that you pass the information on to the relevant person. They can of course request to be put on the system as your club boat booker.

All you need to do is click on the link on this page or in the training panel on the Home Page to be taken straight to the RYA East On-line Booking System hosted by Sailracer. For those of you who already use the Sailracer systems of conference, course and regatta bookings the concept will be well known. Saves time, saves paper, saves hassle.

THE PROCESS:


Click the Fleet Bookings button and you’ll arrive here: to see if the fleet(s) you want are available when you need them; click on Availability/Booking in the navigation bar.

 

 

 

 

You arrive at Screen 2: this gives you an overview of what fleets are booked out and when. The breaks in the solid bars against a fleet indicate a booking. Having chosen your fleet and dates, click on the Reserve Fleet button at the bottom of the page. (If you get an error warning at this stage it almost certainly means you’ve overlapped with a previous booking and the system won’t let you go any further. Go back and re-assess your dates.)

 

 

This will take you to Screen 3, the club log-on; enter your secure code and password. (This stops outsiders making spoof reservations).

 

 

 

 

 

Screen 4 comes up and using the two calendar panels scroll through to the month and click on the dates to start on the left calendar and to finish on the right calendar. Then enter the details of the person making the booking in the panel on the right along with an email address and click ‘submit’.

 

 

 

The system automatically sends you an E-mail containing the details of the fleet(s), dates of hire and telling you you’ll get a further email confirming your booking once it has been checked by the Fleets Booking Manager. With the second email will come a pro-forma invoice showing the fees and arrangements for collecting the fleet(s). Print this off – it is the only piece of paper generated from the process.

 

 

We strongly recommend you go to the Documentation section on the navigation bar and download a copy of our terms and the data sheet for the type of fleet you are hiring: either windsurf or dinghy. Please read these carefully. Again these have been simplified and condensed and you may wish to print them off – there are important changes to our terms of business you should note.

 

 

 

Got a problem? Mucked it up, don’t worry there are people to help you. This screen gives you the details of the people you need to contact; both for technical help and booking advice.

 

 

 

 

COLLECTING AND RETURNING FLEETS:

Each trailer has a list of the fleet components inside the box lid. Please check that the boats/boards are clean when you arrive to take them away. And check also that all the equipment on the checklist is indeed in the box. If not call the Fleets Booking Manager immediately. Problems of broken or lost equipment can’t be dealt with once the fleet leaves our depot site.

All fleets are picked up from our depot at Otley College near Ipswich and are returned to the site immediately after the completion of the period, unless otherwise arranged and agreed in writing by the Fleets Booking Manager. (If you have problems returning a fleet contact the Fleets Manager for advice). We insist on the fleets coming back to Otley immediately after a hire period to allow us to check, clean and service the equipment and trailers before it goes on to the next hirer.

All payments go with the invoice direct to Regional Treasurer Peter Woods at the end of the hire period.

Here you can download a poster to put on the club notice board Poster.

Hire Costs

Current Costs (February 2011)
To hire a single fleet of training dinghies will cost:
First day £70   Second Day £60  Subsequent days £35 per day.
These costs apply to the Topper, Optimist and Windsurf fleets.
The cost of hiring the new Laser 4000 (2 boats) is £50 a day for the whole period of hire.

Booking

To hire any of the regional training fleets go to the regional website at www.ryaeast.org and log-on to the On-Line Booking System, hosted for us by SailRacer, via the links on the home page or the fleets page www.ryaeast.org/fleets  There is a detailed explanation of how to use the system on the fleets page, just follow the logical sequence. Every club in the region has been given a secure code and numeric password all of its own.

Contact Details

Peter Woods Treasurer RYA Eastern Region,1 Wellington Road, Maldon, Essex,CO5 9TU,Tel 01621 853015 or by eMail to : Garth Cooper, Chairman, Regional Training Panel, tel: 01362 699195. Mob: 07836 530970. E-mail:  garthworld@btinternet.com  .

Terms and Conditions for using the Training Fleet - >>>T&C

Boat users Guide to the Training Fleet - >>>Guide

Windsurfers Guide to the Training Fleet - >>> Guide