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CLUB NEWS. Welcome to the first newsletter for 2007. Firstly, let me pay tribute to those stalwarts of the club who give selflessly of their time and efforts to keep the club running. Pat Preedy, caterer, assistant treasurer, assistant secretary, and all round jolly good fellow. Mark Preedy who cajoles, bullies, glad hands, back pats and generally ensures that everybody else gets things done and, despite all that, does all the heavy work around the place, (the work that Clint doesn’t do) well who did you think put those large concrete blocks in place, not me that’s for sure. Pat Drake, Bob Eldridge, Ron Kable, Dave Todd, who ensure that the weeds and are kept in check and the grass is kept short where it matters. I know I’ve missed someone, so I apologise for that. There will be a number of innovations to the club’s calendar this year, - a number of maintenance days in which volunteers are called for to help with grass and weed control at the waters edge. - A number of sale days in which members are invited to bring along anything they wish to sell or give away. - A number of committee meetings at which club members are invited to sit in on. A NEW CLASS In recent months the club has acquired a good contingent of one-metre sailors who race at the lake every Sunday. Lately, Rob McKenna has taken the first steps in setting up a fast electric group. Rob advises that he calls the group “limited offshore” (LSO) class. The class must be either deep vee or catamaran type hull. With minimum hull length of 700mm (26 inches) dead rise angle between 17 and 28 degrees and freeboard not be less than 25mm (1 inch). Boats shall be powered by a single motor of the “700” series or equivalent. Full specifications can be obtained from Rob. FATHER AGAIN. Jason Hatcher is the proud father of a baby girl, Rachel. Born on the 1st February 2007. 9lb 10oz (4.36kgs) mother and baby doing well. Jason looks OK too. CEC DOES IT AGAIN. I have recently learned that Cec Keogh has come off his bike. Motoring along on his electric scooter after shopping, Cec altered course to avoid a curious child and collided with the side of a bridge and came off. He woke up in hospital with abrasions and no wallet. Retrieved the wallet and shopping from the local police station, cash intact. Some people are honest and some people are lucky. EXCITEMENT ON THE LAKE At a trial race of the new fast electrics Rob, Clint and Kev McKenna tried out their new LSO’s on a hastily arranged oval course. With Rob well in the lead, Kev took a short cut but Clint was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Kev collided with Clint, leapt out of the water, and came to rest hanging stern down and half submerged with Clint bobbing around on the waves nearby. The rescue boat was launched and scooted out to assess the boats, no damage, but much guffawing and jocularity. Blokes bonding.!! Most exciting thing on the lake since Pat Drake holed Dave Todd’s warship with a guided torpedo. NEW MEMBERS. New member are; -Rick Mayes and Kev McKenna. Welcome and happy and successful sailing. This brings the total number of members to 43. COMMITTEE RAMBLINGS: Meetings of late, have been short and sweet, just as we like ‘em. Nothing startling to report. IMPORTANT DATES: 17th and 18th March - Interclub Day and Night Sail – at Lake 25th March - One Metre Race Day – at Lake 5th May - Sunshine Plaza Model Boat Show. 12th and 13th May - Logan City Marine Modellers, Open Day and Night Sail – Tygum Lagoon 4th and 5th July - Caloundra Coast Guard Show Day – Apex Park Golden Beach 16th September - Life Line Fete (Doing Dads Proud) at Cotton Tree Park 22nd and 23rd September- Club Regatta and Night Sail at Lake 14th October - A.G.M at Lake 3rd and 4th November - Multihull Association State Titles at Lake 18th November - One Metre Marathon Sail at Lake 25th November - Club Night Sail at Lake Christmas Party - Watch This Space. JOKE JOYCE by Pat Drake Two blondes
living in Sydney were sitting at a bar talking...... MEMBERS CONTRIBUTION – none submitted TRADING CENTRE: Trash and treasure. Advertise your trash and treasure here. Any item you may want to dispose of can be advertised here. Club orientated, household items, personal possessions, etc. Simply lodge your advertisement with the Club Secretary/Editor and it will be published in the next issue of the newsletter and retained for three issues. A selection of Items from Terry Smith. 1 Metal turning lath. Hobbymat. MD65 with all a accessories and attachments incl. End mills, slitting saws etc. large range of Brass and alum. Stock. $2500.00 2 Strobe light for measuring prop RPM. $100.00 3 Battle class destroyer 1/48th scale Offers Phone 54927025. Fax 54927570 Submarine. Shark class WW2 US Sub.1.9 metres in length. Requires motor. Offers invited. Phone Stephen Jetnikoff 0414656887. Paddle wheeler. A beauty in the minimalist caricature style so typical our prolific Master Modeller, Len Hurren. It is described as lovely 1890’s style paddle wheeler, 1000mm long, epoxy resined inside and out. Fully covered bulkheads to give a nice finish to the hull. Complete with cradle, twin motors, neutral, astern and ahead controllers. Needs radio and battery. Len says it’s going for a song and $100.00. Pick your own tune. One-meter yacht. Sparks 2 design regn. 458. Five years old, complete with A & B groovy rigs, wooden sail box, boat box and stand, Two carbonfibre fins, RMG sail winch, 29 meg radio and batteries, fast competitive yacht in excellent condition. Price $1300.00 Contact Bob Eldridge phone 07 54944414 A few boats for sale by Cec Keogh Billings boats for sale include all radio control equipment and motors $200.00 each 600mm Fishing vessel 800mm Tug Amsterdam 1000mm Tug with bow thrusters 600mm The Calypso Yacht – sloop rigged 600mm “Sea Queen” $200.00 A box of bits and pieces $100.00 A mixture of Nicad and carbon/chemical batteries $70.00 Phone Cec on 0754935921 THAT SAYING Groggy In 1740, British Admiral Vernon (whose nickname was "Old Grogram" for the cloak of grogram he wore) ordered that the sailors' daily ration of rum be diluted with water. The men called the mixture "grog". A sailor who drank too much grog was "groggy". ITEM OF INTEREST WD 40 was created in 1953 by three technicians from the San Diego Rocket Chemical Company. It’s name comes from the project that was to find a Water Displace compound. They were successful with the 40th formulation, thus WD-40 was born. The Corvair Company bought it in bulk to protect their Atlas missile parts and the workers were so pleased with the product, they began taking it to use at home. Company executives decide that there might be a consumer market for it and put it in aerosol cans, and the rest, as theysay, is history. It is a carefully guarded recipe known only to four people, one of them being the brew master. There are about 11 million litres of the stuff manufactured each year. It gets its distinctive smell from a fragrance that it is added to the brew. Ken East, one of the founders, says there is nothing in WD-40 that will hurt you.
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