So that you will know one of the important things we are trying to achieve with this new site I am including here something I wrote recently to a club member in response to a question he had:

"Before I describe what I am trying to accomplish with the explanatory text of many of the sections let me give you some background. When I was club Secretary some of us on the board became concerned about how little most members knew about the history and traditions of the club. So I did a short research project to determine the average turnover in the club from its restarting in the 60's up to that time in the late 70s, a period of almost twenty years. The average turnover was 8 to 10%. I suspect that percentage still applies.

"That means that over any five year period one-half the membership is new, so unless steady effort is made to impart history and tradition they can disappear rapidly. Hence, whoever in the club writes anything, be it in the Binnacle, the website, race handbooks, or whatever, they should always assume that at least 10 to 50% of the membership will be learning something for the first time.

"In addition, the website is a window to the club for non-members who may have limited knowledge of the club, for example potential members or those sailors who may be thinking of attending one of our growing number of regional or maybe national one-design regattas."