History

1982

Winter work: The secretary, Betty Brown reports:

Working parties in 1982 completed repairs to the bank beside the North jetty, drainage to the ‘Wayfarer site, cleaning up the car park and the making and installation of an anemometer.

Membership numbers were maintained and at the end of the season stood at 215 (excluding honorary members) with a waiting list of l6 for 1983.

The Treasurer succeeded in repaying all the outstanding loans from members and had no sooner done so than we were faced for the first time with a demand for rates. An appeal against the assessment is pending but we are certain to have to pay a not inconsiderable sum in future years and have been forced to increase subscriptions to Family – £15, H/W – £l3, Single – £11, Entrance –

£20. Juniors – £5 and £5.

In spite of our full membership slightly fewer boats turned out to race than in the previous year. It turned out to be the year of the younger members at the Club, and outside; Keith Boggis did well with Mark Tincombe in the Three Rivers and Jayne Lewis in the Schools Regatta and in the National Schools Regatta at Northampton.

We hosted the Woodcock Salver, The Broads Junior Enterprise and an invitation Wayfarer meeting, where Chris Sallis finished third overall.

11) 1983 J Bright reports:

During the winter work the Berthing Master, David Hampshire, relayed and renumbered the berth slabs and cleared berths by pruning back overhanging branches.

Keith Sarsby was mainly responsible for the installation of a louder audible warning device in the starting box and a water heater.

Eddie Brown raised the height of the anemometer vanes to give a truer reading.

The ladies’ changing room was extended by taking the former engine shed. The rescue boat engine was moved to the little shed, the padlock of which was changed so that it could be opened with the main gate key. This provided access to rescue facilities when the clubhouse was locked.

Repairs were made to the landward end of the main jetty.

The East Anglian Water Company continued to provide generous support. They made a donation amounting to half the total towards the first rates bill, renewed the Clubhouse doors and

rehung them to open inwards, renewed a great deal of rotten timbering and repainted the Clubhouse.

During the year we obtained a radio licence and aided by Roy Chastney’s gift of a surplus two-way radio and Phil Cooper installed two-way communication between the box and the rescue boat.

The sailing committee was elected for the first time at a special general meeting held immediately before the twelth AGM.

At this AGM an annual member, Norman Bambra, became Commodore for the first time in the Club’s history.