10/07/2007 by John.

i might be persuaded to sail if theres a turn-out, as I feel enthused after the open!!! Saturday evening 17.45hrs start time, light winds forcast!, Robert and Mark should be able to make it after the Wedding don`t you think!!!

john

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09/07/2007 by John.

Well I think that went very well indeed!!!………..It was a great weekend sailing, the best that i can remember for a long time now!…………..and today my body is paying for it dearly!!

I think the food side of things could not really have gone much better than it did (apart from having to much!) everybody mucked in and got the job done and everybody fed well and in a timely manner. The race organisation could not have gone better than it did! thanks to the monohull sailors for a great effort! Thanks to those that helped who perhaps didn`t need to, Ann and Roy come to mind! Thanks to Steve who worked very hard behind the scenes and in the bar! and of course thanks to the Dart families left on the beach preparing food and looking after Kids!!!….so important that they can take part too!………………..and the weather even played ball, ………..what about that for a turn up!

While its all fresh in our minds i would like to collect all the information that we can remember regarding the open organisation, and produce a file which we can refer to next year. This might help us make things easier, slicker, and more balanced in terms of food perparation etc. If possible I`m after info. on :- food sold, costs, selling prices :- Breakfast, Daytime, and Evening catering. Any detail would be appreciated. i would also like to know about how individuals thought it went. We have a kind of skeleton framework to manning the event catering, with others filling in where required! did this work or were individuals left doing more than they anticipated? Should we have published opening times for breakfast and daytime catering, would make it easier to man with definate time slots.  Should we limit the evening meal numbers? Any comments would be welcome.

 I hope you all had as good a time as I did, and thanks for the support to my initial e-mail a few weeks ago!

 john 

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02/07/2007 by John.

The open is upon us! Organisation seems to be coming together quite nicely!

Mark Fletcher is sorting a BBQ (simple Burger or a dog!) for friday night. Brian H. and Beverley are doing Breakfast saturday morning. Ann Witmore (10 till 1 ish!)then Ann Fletcher (After sailing till 4 ish!) doing rolls etc. Dee is sorting the evening meal with help from Anne Barlow and others. Roy is doing Sunday Breakfast, need to sort help for him and need to sort Sunday during and after sailing. Food is being sourced by Dee and Anne, the Fletchers, Beverley and Me! Steve is sorting the race organisation, Colin is sorting the Sailing Instructions and Entry forms! ( Can you do the results aswell Col` Ta!)…………….and we have a Band!!!!…….just need some nice weather and everything should be perfect :))…..Oh and I intend to take part now! but haven`t got a crew yet!….any takers?

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