Presentation Night 2019

Another year of sailing gone Though this year I was just a Race Management volunteer.
We met up on Friday night s usual to do the decoration

The theme this year was newspaper boats or hats
Being Election night many had an extra political note to them

my hat Newspaper pleated with boats and a staked Black Heart of Peter Dutton 

 Sonia wanted everyone to get onion the act So she had created some headband thats he trimmed to boat same anyone who had not done anything reactive she gave them a band

Mark (a double winner) had a jacket made our pf election flyers 

This couple won the hat competition 

Jeremy in his fine epaulets (treasurer) and his wife dressed up  She even has a corsage !

Awards to the race management group who wee there (not many) 

Commodore Paul Leitenger 

starting of on the Challenge 

 Each year Di develops a challenge to keep the non sailor occupied They need to find boats with number son them among the hanging boats Arrange them in numerical order (our table forgot this step) and find the boat owners Meant you and to go and chat to people

Views form the Club are great!

Simon Potocnik was the Club Member of the Year 

We had 4 kid there who made great use of the dance floor  during the breaks 

Martin and Simon spoke about the Around the Bay trips the JBs and Cats did at Easter 

Their route was averages of each other Plagued by light wind 

Japanese Friends

It was great to catch up with Sakurako, her mother Masako and her family

They live in Uji, just near Kyoto and we organised to meet her in Uji to see Byodo-in Temple

Tatsuya, Sakurako's father was looking after the boys but we ran into him and her youngest Akinobu near the Shrine, while they were waiting for Takumi to finish school.

sakurako reading the book I gave them with Akinobu

Masako and Tatsuya He was looking up our houses on Google earth

Takumi and Akinobu

demonstrating hashi skills!

Takumi was learning English, and spoke a few words. After a while he got used to my asking questions in Japanese and answered  rather than look blank.

Kazuhiru Arrived from work and at end of his meal was very tolerant!

 We moved on to Fukuyama from where we met up with Kiyoe, Hideo and her 2 sons Keita and Yuki

at temple in Kurashiki

spent a long time trying to get a photo of Yuki but caught him here!