Chairman’s Report

During the AGM it was suggested I gave a quick summary of the points that came out of the
committee meetings. So here is the update for November:

Safety

• We plan to do a man over board practice in the next few weeks to find the best ways, if any,
  of getting someone back onto the boat.
• We now have safety bags for all 4 of our boats that are on the water.

Finance

• We hoped to have refurbished one of our seine boats in the late summer. The weather will
  now not be favourable for doing this. This will mean 2 of our seine boats are now planned
  for a refurb next year.
• We have designed some excellent hoodies sporting our logo on the front and back.
  You will be offered the chance to purchase these over the next few weeks.

Events on the water

• Last year we had a lovely fancy dress row up to the FBI in Dittisham. We plan to repeat the
  event this year. This event will be publicised very soon. Hope to see you there!
• Due to the shorter days, most of our scheduled rows are now taking place earlier in the day.
  This makes it hard for those working to enjoy these rows. As such we will be installing a
  Saturday morning row at 9am. The boat will leave from where the largest part of the crew
  comes from. Look out for Cliff’s poll.
• Recent weeks have shown us there is still a shortage of coxes. 4 more are in the process of
  being trained. If you are interested in becoming a cox then please let us know

Events off the water

• There will be a repeat of the successful skittles evening sometime in February.

Bosun

• We recently had a set of oars refurbished and put back into Aimee. Unfortunately, one of these oars has subsequently broken. We think it is beyond repair.
• The set of oars that were in Aimee across this year are now being refurbished.
• An automatic bilge pump is now in our 440 Fly. We will monitor the success of this and may look at
• installing across our other boats if successful.

Happy rowing

Noel

Website Update

Brian’s Note: I undertstand that a gig at Barnstable was recently hit amidshipe by a fishing vessel leaving one person slightly injured and one in the water. It can happen – be prepared!

Committee Members Updated – See sidebar on Home Page and Who’s Who.

Aims of the RDRC Committee 2023 to 2025. See page HERE.

Minutes of AGM – see HERE.

Minutes of 11 Nov 24 committee meeting – See HERE.

Our Constitution – Updated. See HERE.

Finances Update. See HERE.

Past Events – Head of the Dart 2024 – a Cox’s perspective. See HERE.