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TVBC Club Notices Chertsey Lock Closure 6pm 24th Sept 2023 Members should be aware that Chertsey lock will close for emergency repairs on 24th Sept and will remain closed until repairs are completed.
31st October update There was a possible opening planned for 1st November, however as the river is still flowing quite fast, this has been cancelled. If we hear of any future lock passage dates they will be posted here. Chertsey Lock breakdown - river closure notice.pdf
Thames Traditional Boat Festival 2023
TVBC SAIL-PAST SCHEDULES
Our TVBC sail-pasts are always one of the major spectacles of the Festival. It would be great if every TVBC boat took part on each day!
Friday 14th July: 11am Please cast off by 10.30am and assemble below Temple Island. The Commodore, David Lister, will lead in ‘Lady Genevieve’ Please follow behind ‘Lady Genevieve’
Saturday 15th July: 11am Please cast off by 10.30am and assemble below Temple Island. The Commodore, David Lister, will lead in ‘Lady Genevieve’ Please follow behind ‘Lady Genevieve’
Sunday 16th July: 12.30pm Please cast off by 12 noon and assemble below Temple Island. The Commodore, David Lister, will lead in ‘Lady Genevieve’ Please follow behind ‘Lady Genevieve’
For each Sail Past: Please make your way downstream half an hour before the scheduled Sail Past (details above) and muster below Temple Island. Each Sail Past lasts an hour.
Please do not take a short cut by cutting in front of Temple Island as you could end up in front of the Commodore’s boat or cut up boats already assembled behind ‘Lady Genevieve’. Join the waiting TVBC boats by going down below Temple Island and queue behind.
Rear Commodore Hannah will take up the rear of the parade in ‘St. Joan’.
Please keep 7 white posts apart from each other during the Sail Past. Please do not bunch up or cut in to shorten the distance between the boats.
Make sure your Rally number is clearly visible on the starboard side to assist the Commentary tent.
Please fly the club burgee if you have one. You can buy one for a special rate at the TVBC table in the Stanley & Thomas tent.
TVBC 40th Anniversary Celebration Dinner
1983 - 2023
The Thames Vintage Boat Club 40th Year Ruby Celebration Dinner Leander Club Sunday 16th July 2023
Dear Members
In celebration of our 40th year, the Committee are delighted to be returning to the Leander Club to host a special dinner for our members.
A complimentary pre-dinner glass of Prosecco will be served on arrival from 18.30.
Menu
Halloumi, courgette, and herb cakes (v) ~ Lamb loin with mild mushroom risotto, parmesan shavings and rocket or Miso aubergine steak with wild mushroom rice (v/vg option) ~ Spiced apple croissant butter pudding with apple crips and calvados cream ~ Tea, coffee, and chocolates
The price per ticket is £45 per head. Wine can be purchased at the bar before you take your seats and during the meal.
Dress code: Jackets/blazers and ties; cocktail dresses Time: 18.30 for 19.00
Full address: Leander Club, near Henley Bridge, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2LP There is ample parking in the car park and limited mooring on the river.
Please complete this Booking Form (it’s a word document, so can be edited) and email it to honsec@thamesvintageboatclub.com
State the full names of your group as you wish them to be displayed on the table plan and any dietary requirements.
Each table will seat a maximum of 12 guests.
Please pay the full amount for the numbers stated on your form, preferably by BACS, to the Thames Vintage Boat Club account before returning your completed booking form: 40-38-04 31380656 Reference: Leander
Alternatively, please send a cheque payable to the Thames Vintage Boat Club (please write the full name of the club on the cheque) and send to: Hon Treasurer, Peter Scrutton, 12 Ferndale Avenue, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 9RB
There are a limited number of very comfortable bedrooms at the club for those wanting to stay overnight. Contact Leander Club on Tel no. 01491 575782 to check availability. Please mention you are attending the TVBC Celebration Dinner and pay Leander directly for the accommodation. Further details can be found on https://www.leander.co.uk/sleep/
The closing date for receiving bookings is Friday 30th June, 12 noon.
If you have any questions, please phone the Commodore, David Lister (the organiser) on 07973 265930 or email: david@johnlister.ltd.uk
We look forward to seeing you at this special occasion.
Kind regards
Theresa Scrutton Hon Secretary, on behalf of the TVBC Committee
Proposed additions to Section 4.2 of the
Constitution are highlighted.
SECTION 4 - ELIGIBLE CRAFT
4.1 Owners with vintage, traditionally built boats shall be eligible
for Full membership.
4.2 Craft will be considered for membership of the TVBC
if their
hulls are constructed of the following materials:
1. Timber planks
2. Marine plywood
3. Composite Timber construction (which may include glass fibre
sheathing) where the main structural material, including both frames
and planks is timber.
4. Iron
5. Steel
6. Aluminium
7. Ferro Cement
AND by the following methods:
2. Clinker planking
3. Double diagonal planking
4. Cold or Hot moulded construction
5. Strip plank construction
6.
Rivetted Iron, Steel
or Aluminium
7. Welded Steel. Boats built of steel with welded construction are
eligible if they are at least 60 years old at the time of
application and that the superstructure is constructed of timber.
This does not apply to commercial boats such as tugs where the
superstructure forms an integral part of the hull.
NOTE: Location and parking
Parking is free provided you type your car
registration number on the screen in reception.
Further details can be found here:
https://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/gb/en/shepperton/lonsh/hoteldetail
AGM Minutes
2022 Venue: Holiday Inn, Shepperton Date:
Saturday 9th
April 2022
Attendees Apologies received Minutes of the 2020 AGM Commodore’s
Report Having taken the unusual step of completing a third year as your Commodore, and about to start a FOURTH (!!), due to the 2020 non-event, something I believe is unique in TVBC history, though others have done second stints, including Grant Kinnaird some years ago, and more recently our esteemed "Boater" Editor, Jane Percival, it gives me enormous pleasure to continue in the role until next year, when you are finally rid of me ! As always, the Club couldn't run without the dedicated efforts of your Committee, and fortunately we have been able to run a full, if slightly jumbled, Calendar over this last year, with good attendances at most events, though some were more tentative waterborne ones, we were a little thin on attendance at Hurley last year I think, with levels of Covid varying and improving with vaccination regimes taking effect. The "slightly jumbled" theme continues to some extent this coming season, but we can look forward to a full Calendar once again, so you are warmly encouraged to join us, after studying the Calendar and putting the events in your diaries, and on your kitchen calendars....my "Eric the Penguin" kitchen calendar is the "brains" behind my life organisation.....and a longstanding family Christmas Tradition, with my sister benefitting from "Simon's Cat" calendars over the years! So now I must extend my gratitude and thanks to our President, John Llewellyn for his steady and knowledgeable advice, "from the top"; to David Lister again as Vice Commodore for his common sense approach to issues, Jane Percival for her hard work as Rear Commodore and "Boater" Editor, despite having moved down to Portsmouth to set up and run the busy Arthur Beale Chandlery business within the Historic Dockyard, with more exciting challenges to come from within the Company; our esteemed and amazingly organised Hon Sec Theresa Scrutton, keeping us informed and setting up events and Calendar, despite being Head of Music and running two orchestras and concerts at Sir William Perkins’s School in Chertsey; Peter Scrutton continues to keep a careful eye on our finances, and keeps us in a position to run subsidised or free events, while maintaining a healthy Bank Balance, as well as sharing Membership Secretary duties with Theresa; committee members Pam and Phillip Chart, who are our "Intelligence Eye " on all things Thames with their involvement at the ATYC and EA Committees. Thanks too, go to Mike Phillips as our busy Webmaster, Facebook site manager and Deputy "Boater" Editor, whose input provides our excellent communications network, not forgetting the solid input from David Knight who has many valuable connections with his CMBA duties and American connections, and finally Hannah, now converted from a Bramwell into a Farrell since marrying Ryan mid last year, and is now expecting a new crew member for "St. JOAN" in the not too distant future.....Someone to keep an eye on the ship's Labrador, Hank, and handle ropes in years to come. Once again, my thanks to all your Committee for their amazing support in keeping the Club moving inexorably forwards, to produce warm and friendly events for you, our Membership, and the professional quality magazine to entertain our downtime, our Facebook site for interaction online and our Website for information on who's who and what's what regarding the Club. I can, in conclusion only encourage you All to get involved and meet up with so many like-minded and friendly Classic Boaters to make cruising Old Father Thames a unique pleasure and social occasion with good food an integral part of the show. Here's to a fabulous Boating season in 2022! Patrick Prince Honorary Secretary ’s Report
I’m here to
talk about this year’s Calendar. It was with great sadness when I read the
Minutes of the 2020 AGM and saw what should have been, the Calendar we should
have had – it was a year that never existed. For 2021, we started to put into
place some of our new ideas that the Committee had been discussing and these have
followed through to this year’s Calendar. Honorary Treasurer’s Report
18 new member TVBC boats and 24
owners/new members: MOONRAKER ADLS TVET 150 – Richard Winton Taylor LAVINIA B NVET 157 – Trevor Westoll and David Cherrett MARGO II ADLS NVET 156 – David and Susan Knight MARY IRENE ADLS NVET 152 – Tony Woollard, NEPTUNE NVET 151 – Nicholas Winkfield LOTUS ROSE NVIN 153 – Roland Phillips and Lynne JonesMUGUETU WUAME NVIN 151 – Nick PatrickTI-GER-LU III NVIN 150 – Anthony JohnsZEPHYR NVIN 152 – Geoff and Sally Chiverton
RAZORBILL
TVET 147 Jez
Hermer
PATENTIA EST
VIRTUS
TVET 129 Nigel
Banks & Ian Ruffell
WISE FOLLY
TVET 001 Michael and Haylee Bowsher
LITTLE ANN II
NVIN 134 Adrian
and Kate Lockwood
CRISTOBEL II
TVIN 160 Paul
and Gail Noon
PERRAPIN
NVIN 103 Robert Beale and Cynthia Plag
JANET
TVIN 145 Stephen Robson
VIOLA 9H
NVET 122 Hugh
and Jane McGarel-Groves
PERDITA
TVET 125 Mark and Isabel Holdaway
GREYHOUND
TVIN 012 Rory
and Lindsay Hunt
(formerly HENNERTON
QUEEN)
Mick Gentry Andy Hill Douglas and
Carole Mancini David and
Kenna Worthington It’s now
eight years since I took over from John as Boater Editor - doesn’t time fly
when you’re enjoying yourself! It’s still a
privilege to be custodian of this very important asset of the TVBC; there are
very few clubs that keep a magazine going constantly. We reduced the publication
to three editions per year which has made it both more manageable for myself and
Deputy Editor Mike Phillips and it’s more cost effective. At this point I must applaud
the professional standard of presentation Mike achieves in the compilation of
The Boater. Happily,
with the support from our increasing number of Advertisers much of the costs
are now covered, but it still remains a major expenditure, so my job is to
ensure you are receiving value for your subs. The Club Magazine is here to reinforce the aims of the TVBC. It gives us the opportunity to look back on our illustrious past as well as look forward to a very exciting future - rescuing, restoring and enjoying classic boats -and as we know, it’s not just about the restoration, it’s then about the preservation once we’ve got these boats into really wonderful condition. It enables
us to stay connected with members further afield and promotes the social aspect
of the club. We can highlight our thriving Boatyards, Engineers, Trimmers etc.
for which our membership provides a huge source of income. We can do something
for others by continuing to nominate and support a boating charity. Since we’ve
been supporting charities, we’ve raised thousands of pounds over the last 20
years. We’ve given lots of money towards the upkeep of Momentum’s narrowboat.
Jane Percival Here is our
public web site (displayed
on screen). I have been
its Webmaster now for just over 30 years. The streaming photo display at the
top of our website now has well over 100 photos of club boats and activities
over the years so you might like to sit back one day and play it all the way
through just for a history lesson! It also gives a very thorough insight to
anybody interested in joining the club. The club Calendar page is kept up to
date, and new news is posted on the Club Notices page. Recently I completed a
project at the request of our founder Robin Newlands, which was to have a page
on the website listing all the past TVBC Commodores right back to the beginning
in 1983 when the club started. Robin had done the early listings himself and
had also included lists of Secretary, Treasurer, and Boater Editor. You will
find the finished table on the website via its new menu entry. Part of it is
shown on this slide. The web site itself is due for an overhaul as some parts
are sadly out of date, and I plan to start on that once the new Boater mag is
finished. I am also working on a longer-term project to create a new site menu
with many more items, using up-to-date website code. Facebook page Our TVBC
Facebook page is steadily gathering club members and other enthusiasts and now
has 325 followers. I screen all applications for entry and only keep those who
either have a vintage boat or are a genuine enthusiast of traditional boating.
I do hope you will visit it if you haven’t already and do feel free to post
appropriate content any time you wish. It is also a resource if you need some
advice on any issues you might have with your boat or boating. There are many
experienced and professional people on board very willing to help. Another of
its functions is as a news source for club events, and Thames’ news in general.
Archivist My role as
Archivist very much involves management of our large digital database, which is
in fact the “detailed register of boats as an historical record” as required by
Item 2 of the Aims of the club. It is very much a never-ending project and is
being constantly updated with new entries by the membership officers and it is
generally maintained by me, including adding photos and adding and correcting
data plus looking for missing data – our records are far from complete. We do
rely on you the members to write in and tell us whenever you make major changes
to your boats. All club members have full access to the database of boats and
I’m sure you remember the password which is the name of the road where Peter
and Theresa live but please don’t tell anyone! The login is TVBC all in
lowercase. Do drop in and have a look at the entry for your boat, and please
send any required amendments or additions and any new photos of your boat to
our membership officers, Peter and Theresa. Recently the
committee were discussing the idea of presenting some kind of recognition
awards, to not only our founding members, (those of them who are still with
us), but also to all of you loyal members who have been members for 10, 20 or
30 years or more (34 years for Moira and I). However, we ran into a problem
when I discovered that for the early club members before number 308, or who
joined before 1995, we have no record of the date they joined. Joining dates
were apparently never recorded before then. However, we believe that by going
through all the old Boater magazines we can fill in most of those missing
joining dates and continue with the project. How many of you joined before
1995? Can I ask you to help us out and come forward after the meeting and fill
in the date you joined the club, month and year, or even just the year, on the
sheet I will leave on the table. Thank you. So hopefully you will be hearing
more about this scheme in the coming months. Deputy Boater Editor Jane has
just talked about her role as Editor of The Boater magazine, and I am the
deputy Boater editor, or you might call it Production Editor. If I’m honest,
putting all Jane’s excellent content together, much of it written by you the
members, editing all the photos and preparing the layout for printing is
probably one of my favourite pastimes. As an ex-professional photographer, I
have a “thing” about photo quality and I spend a lot of time on the pictures. I
get a real buzz when the printer’s proof arrives each time, prior to the full
print run! Jane is brilliant in the way she manages to collect up all the
content for each issue, and that is what makes the magazine as good as it is. I
think with issue 144 we are now on our 17th issue together, and we do hope that
you read and enjoy your copy. Our maximum size now is 60 pages including the
covers, and we regularly fill it up to that size. Aquatint, our printers, have
been doing the magazine for several decades now and are quite missionary about
the quality. They go to a lot of trouble to make it look good and professional.
It was originally produced on a photocopier, just a few pages, back in the day,
but is now printed on a state-of-the-art digital press. We are currently
finishing off issue 144, which is due out at the end of April. I think you will
like it! Thank you. Mike Phillips The following were elected for the 3rd year of the three-year cycle having been approved by a show of hands from the floor. Jane Percival has agreed to be Rear Commodore for a third year. If anyone is co-opted onto the committee during the year, they have the opportunity of taking on this role in 2023. 2019 was the first year of the cycle, 2021, the second. It was agreed that due to the pandemic 2020 would not count as one of the three years. EX OFFICIO MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE – 3rd year of three-year cycle PRESIDENT: John Llewellyn
There are
currently four vacancies on the Committee. If anyone would like to be co-opted
onto the Committee, please contact the Secretary. AOB: there were no submissions this year. The AGM ended at 15:30. Annual Awards 2021 The Annual Awards for 2021 were presented by the Commodore,
Patrick Prince. The John Mauger Trophy for “Best Amateur Restoration”:
Ben Ludford - ‘ETOILE
DE PARIS’ Boat Handling Trophy for “Most
skilful boat handling” in 2021: Hannah Farrell - ‘ST. JOAN’ Illuminated Cruise Trophy: “Best
TVBC presentation in the Trad Festival 2021’’: Nigel Hughes -
‘SHACKLETON’ (unable to attend this afternoon)
Theresa Scrutton, Honorary Secretary The 2022 TVBC Annual General Meeting 9th April Dear Members The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the TVBC
will be taking place at 2.30pm on Saturday 9th
April 2022 at
the
newly refurbished Holiday Inn,
Felix Lane,
Shepperton TW17 8NP Before the formal AGM there will be a lunch at 1pm for members who wish to attend this separate function. If you would like to eat before the AGM, please let me know by email (honsec@thamesvintageboatclub.com) immediately as I need to give the manager advance notice of the numbers requiring food.
Main - Roast pork loin, roast potatoes, veg and gravy Dessert – Apple Crumble and Custard The cost per person will be £20 which must be paid in advance by cheque (payable to Thames Vintage Boat Club) and sent to the Treasurer at 12 Ferndale Avenue, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 9RB or, preferably, by
BACS:
40-38-04
31380656 Reference:
AGMlunch2022
If you have any dietary requirements or
food allergies or intolerances, please let me know so that I can
advise the catering staff at Holiday Inn. Best wishes Theresa (HonSec)
Agenda for the 2022 AGM
Welcome & Apologies Received
2.30
The Minutes from the 2020 AGM
2.32
Commodore’s Report
2.34
Hon. Secretary’s Report
2.44
Hon. Treasurer’s Report
2.46
Membership Secretary’s Report
2.48
Webmaster and Archivist
2.50
Election of Committee
(en-bloc)
2.54
AOB
(AOB items must be submitted to the Hon Secretary
no later than fourteen days before the date of the AGM)
After the formalities, there will then follow the
presentation of the
Thames Vintage Boat Club Annual Awards for 2021
Please note:
The AGM is the cut-off date for all Membership subs.
If you have not yet paid your Annual subscription, Peter Scrutton, our
Hon. Treasurer, will be happy to receive your payment this
afternoon.
If you miss it, you will have to pay the £15 re-joining fee.
Fees are Full Member: £30 Associate
Member: £20.
Theresa Scrutton Hon. Secretary TVBC
Committee
Meeting Minutes – Saturday 29th January 2022
Pam
Chart, Phillip Chart, David Lister, John Llewellyn, Jane Percival,
Patrick Prince, Peter Scrutton, Theresa Scrutton
Apologies:
Hannah Farrell, David Knight, Mike Phillips
Minutes of the previous
meeting held on 02/10/2021
These were approved.
Feedback on recent past events
and considerations
a)
Laying Up Supper at Holiday Inn Shepperton on Saturday 20th
November 2021
What we needed! It was a super venue and Celia gave a
highly entertaining talk about Eel Pie Island.
Forthcoming events and
considerations
a)
AGM and Awards on Saturday 9th April at Holiday Inn
Theresa will email a draft of the agenda first to the
committee.
The event will consist of two sections:
1.
Social gathering with sit down two-course meal followed by tea and
coffee 1pm – 2.30pm
2.
The formal AGM and Awards 2.30pm-c4pm
We decided on the two-course meal:
Main: Roast pork loin with roasted potatoes, veg and
gravy
A vegetarian option will be available
Dessert: Apple Crumble and Custard
Re the Annual Awards: we decided on some of the
awards. Theresa will
email the list out to the committee as there are some awards still
to consider.
David L won’t be able to attend the occasion.
b)
The new trophy to commemorate Robin Newlands
John showed us the design – 3 silver plaques mounted
on varnished mahogany with a support at the back (like a photo).
The top plaque will be an engraved side view of ‘Wise Folly’
as she was originally.
John and Liz Newlands found two photos of her to work on the
outline. John received two estimates for the cost of the silver
plaques. First
quote, for pure silver and engraving: £400; 2nd quote for
composite silver plus free hand engraving to judge if it’s what we
want: £100. We
agreed the second quote.
The Newlands trophy will replace the Boater Trophy
for Best Contribution to the Club.
c)
Skittles lunch on Saturday 19th February
8 have signed up so far (by 29 Jan).
The event may have to be postponed if a minimum of 12 isn’t
reached to cover the cost of doing this, the hire of the alley etc.
The maximum was 40, which was then reduced to 30, to give
more space.
Theresa will email a reminder to the members.
d)
2022 calendar update
Hurley rally – Patrick to speak to Giles and check
out ‘The Rising Sun’ and work out the date from his other
commitments in June.
Boveney rally - Mike to book the moorings.
Hedsor rally – May Day Bank Holiday weekend? August
Bank Holiday? To be discussed further.
We thought Hedsor was too
remote for the Jubilee celebration.
There was a lengthy discussion about commemorating
the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in Windsor in early June. Jane is
waiting for the Leisure Centre to confirm whether moorings can be
booked for our club boats.
e)
The future of the ATYC
Pam advised that Tony Riley is standing down as Chair
and some other committee members are resigning.
It is a time-consuming, onerous job.
The 42 clubs aren’t generating volunteers for the ATYC
committee, and some clubs aren’t responding to ATYC messages. It
only costs £30 a year per club to be an affiliated member – perhaps
this is not a high enough subscription to reflect the significance
of the ATYC. What used
to be popular events, the spring Dinner and Dance and the August
Bank Holiday rally, have not been happening due to Covid and
dwindling numbers interested. The
new CRT Harbour Master is being difficult about the West India Dock
rally (this is always a great weekend). Pam advised that we may know
this weekend what the decision is about the rally.
Many clubs are cancelling events due to lack of
support (Covid has had a huge impact) and like the ATYC are finding
it difficult to attract members onto their committees.
f)
Mooring pontoons at the Trad Festival
We agreed we would rather pay extra to get suitable
pontoons for the boats.
Metal pontoons are a problem, and damage was sustained to one of our
low freeboard club boats which struggled with the wash from passing
boats last Summer. We agreed that a polite letter should be sent to
Cliff to request safer pontoons for our boats.
Patrick will write to Cliff
and send photos that David L has taken of a more suitable edging to
the pontoon.
Membership Secretaries’ report
a)
New members since the meeting last October
Judith II and Little Flagship – respectively 1953 and
1954 Broads cruisers
Returning TVBC member 238 and TVBC boat ‘Taggs’,
owned by member 238 since 1968.
b)
Pennant burgees update
We have lots of new small and large pennant burgees.
Theresa has given a large one to Pam to display in RYC
clubhouse with other boat club burgees.
Treasurer’s report
a)
The current account balance:
On 31 Dec 2021: £23125
On 29 Jan 2022: £26533
b)
Status of membership payments, lapsed memberships, resignations
All standing orders are paid; just waiting for those
who pay annually. Peter
will send a reminder shortly to them. There are no lapsed members at
the moment.
Boater Editor’s report
Lots of material is available for Issue 144 and there are more advertisers
which is generating a revenue of about £502. In Issue 143 there were
some first-time advertisers e.g. Arthur
Beale. There will
be a feature by Bossoms Boatyard of Binsey, Oxford.
Issue 143 will be on display at the Eel Pie Island Museum as it contains
the article about our social evening in November 2021 with the talk
given by Celia from the museum.
Jane
requested that new advertisers get a copy of The Boater, even if
just once.
(Archivist/Deputy Editor report)
Mike was unable to attend. Theresa read out his suggestions about the
calendar events during our discussions above.
(Webmaster’s report)
AOB
The new owner of ‘Old Jolly’ has discovered dry rot; major renovations are
being undertaken.
‘Gray Lady’ has been bought by David Knight and is being restored by
Classic Restoration Services.
The meeting concluded at 16:15.
Date of the next meeting: Saturday 23rd April 2022
12.30pm start
Theresa Scrutton
Hon Secretary
3 February 2022
Committee Meeting Minutes – Saturday 2nd October
2021
Those present:
Pam
Chart, Phillip Chart, Hannah Farrell, John Llewellyn, Mike Phillips
(via Skype), Patrick Prince, Peter Scrutton, Theresa Scrutton,
Apologies:
David
Lister, Jane Percival, David Knight
Minutes of the previous
meeting held on 26/02/2020
These were approved.
a)
Hedsor, Hurley and Boveney rallies
Hedsor Water/Cookham was a great weekend– we all
agreed it’s a lovely mooring. Several ADLS craft who are also TVBC
boats attended, and we gained one new member Margo II ADLS who
joined us about a month later. Hedsor has proved to be an excellent
alternative for Cookham Island where it’s becoming increasingly
difficult to moor several boats. It
was suggested that ADLS member boats are invited to join us again
next year. Hedsor rally will
again take place in the May Bank Holiday weekend in 2022.
Hurley was on the lower moorings this year. 6-7 boats
can safely be accommodated in the lower mooring. However, PP says
it’s nicer to have the upper mooring as the lower moorings are more
public. Elizabeth and
Marco of ’The Rising Sun’ are moving on to new pastures.
The ‘Old Bell’ in the village might be an alternative if ‘The
Rising Sun’ can’t accommodate us at the next rally – Patrick will
investigate nearer the time.
We need to go back to the usual time in our calendar
year for the Hurley rally.
Boveney proved to be popular with the members despite
the uncut grass.
The ATYC rally in the August Bank Holiday weekend
will hopefully be at West India Dock in 2022.
We will encourage TVBC members to attend.
The Commodore of Penton Hook suggested a TVBC rally at the Marina. This
might take the place of one of the above rallies.
b)
Trad Boat Festival (August Bank Holiday 2021)
We all agreed that the Festival was overall a great success and praised
the committee for all their hard work in ensuing it went ahead this
year despite many difficulties they had to overcome.
JL had written a thank you and congratulations letter to the
Festival Committee and received an appreciative reply from Adam
Toop.
On request JP had sent feedback to Lady Judy McAlpine who responded with
answers; TS read out the feedback and responses in the meeting. (See
appendix below for full details).
The food at the Crooked Billet was very good but was the same every
evening which did not give enough choice for those that attended all
four evenings if they only liked one or two things on the set menu,
We all agreed that next year, given the opportunity, we will have a club
evening at Leander. We
feel we bring enough visitors to the festival and by organising our
own event on one evening for about 30 members, it will not adversely
affect the takings of the Crooked Billet.
Considering the understaffing of the pub, it would have
helped them to cater for the large numbers if we had organised our
own gathering elsewhere.
Some of us thought the tables at the Crooked Billet were not well
organised. H stated that the ADLS had to go and look for chairs for
their tables on Friday evening. There were not enough tables –
people were sitting together who have never met before and were not
part of the same club which matters if the club has requested space
to meet together.
There was no dedicated waiter for the TVBC group on Sunday evening.
Everyone enjoyed the music in the pub tent.
HF would have liked ‘St Joan’ to have been closer to
the TVBC so she could have discussed the TVBC with the public.
The lengths of boats and
variable depths of water along the riverbank is a factor, however,
in determining where boats are sited.
This may be something to discuss with Cliff.
For the 2022 Festival we must remember to take some
stakes for the banner that is displayed in front of the boats.
We enjoyed the TVBC social meeting and drinks outside ‘Lady
Genevieve’ on Saturday. This proved to be very popular with our
members and is something we would like to do again next year
provided the weather is fine.
Thanks to David L for organising the drinks.
Re a club tent: many of us agreed with JP that one large tent to
accommodate all clubs would work well.
The logistics of running our own tent were discussed. It depends on just a
tiny number of volunteers to do so, at the expense of seeing the
Festival themselves. There is also the logistics of getting the
display material, tables, chairs etc. to the field – no-one was
available to co-ordinate it this year.
JL said he would be happy to man a tent throughout
the Festival and take a lightweight amount of display material to
the Festival in his car.
We discussed the suitability of our existing display
material which is bulky to transport and requires not only a ‘man
with a van’ but also a member of the committee to oversee the
loading and unloading at both ends. HF will investigate alternative
display boards and pop-up banners. Apart from the banner running
along the bank in front of the TVBC cruisers, there is nothing to
explain these boats to visitors strolling along.
HF suggested two or three TVBC boats were featured each year
in perspex display boards, along the lines of what we see at the St
Kat’s rally, which can be displayed in front of the moored boats
(there would need to be communication with Cliff Colborne to ensure
these boats are on the bank). A library of laminated A3 information
posters of TVBC boats could be gradually built up and interchanged
in the Perspex display boards.
Concerns about the metal pontoons have been expressed by one of our new
members whose boat was damaged whilst moored up to a metal pontoon –
he was not advised or expected to have to be equipped with enough
spare fenders to protect his boat. We agreed that we will ask the
festival organisers to advise skippers to bring extra fendering just
in case they are allocated a metal pontoon to moor to. As a club we
can advise our members too.
Forthcoming events and
considerations
a)
Laying Up Supper/November social evening
The Holiday Inn Shepperton has been extensively
refurbished. Pam. Phillip, Peter and Theresa were given a guided
tour of the function rooms when we had a meal at the venue. We were
very impressed with them.
Pam rang up for details: a two or three course afternoon lunch e.g.,for
our AGM would cost about £19.50/£25 respectively per head.
For a social/laying up event a buffet could be provided.
The room hire would cost £100. Pam knows an interesting
speaker, Celia from Twickenham Museum, who has a repertoire of
several illustrated talks e.g.
‘A Slice of Eel Pie’.
She would charge £50 + travel costs and provide a digital
flyer to advertise.
Pam will investigate availability of dates in November for the social and
try and book for either (in this order) Saturday afternoon, Saturday
evening, Friday evening or Thursday evening. She will also enquire
about dates for the AGM in March.
b)
Christmas party
We agreed Sunday lunchtime 12th December at RYC. Everyone
brings a plate as is customary.
PP suggested that we invite the Voci Chamber Choir – TS will ask Sue
if that’s possible.
Mike said he would provide a quiz.
c)
Draft of next year’s calendar
Theresa will start compiling a draft calendar based on the
discussions in this meeting.
d)
Boater Trophy/new trophy to commemorate Robin Newlands
Robin Newlands trophy – this will be for the recipients’
contributions to the club, taking into consideration the aims of the
club.
A line drawing of the original ‘Wise Folly’ must be incorporated
into its design. JL
will take on the design.
The Boater Trophy is now full up with engraved names of past
recipients since 2000. MP is very welcome to keep it as he has been
awarded the trophy three times since 2000.
e)
Charity for the club to support in 2022
We will continue to support Momentum, the children’s
charity in 2022.
f)
EA license/registration charges for 2022-2024 consultation and
g)
EA River Thames investment programme winter 2021-2022
EA are underfunded and subsidised by the government.
The two new EA representatives have established a good
rapport with Tony Riley and the ATYC and other Thames clubs.
We look forward to seeing
some noticeable improvements after the winter programme.
We think deep locks, notably Boulters, Bell Weir and
Romney should always be manned during the day during the boating
season. During our cruises
this year we observed that many lock sides need a thorough cleaning,
especially the steps for safety.
h)
QUEST and updates on boats that have recently rescued/in the process
of being restored
The QUEST at Dennett’s is not the Bidgood family’s
QUEST which is on our database. The search goes on. There seems to
be at least two ‘QUEST’s and both are ADLS.
JOLLY BRIT’s restoration is mentioned on page 23 in
edition 141 of The Boater. She looked superb at the Trad Festival
this year.
OLD JOLLY is gradually being done up -was in a worse
condition than originally thought.
CHARMINA is looking good – she is featured in issue
142 of The Boater.
FLYING SWAN – Steve Dennett was hugely helpful in
salvaging her.
Membership Secretaries’ report
a)
Boat database updates during the summer holiday
TS visited Liz Newlands during the summer to collect
past records/data about members and boats which were created and/or
kept by Robin.
Using this data TS was able to match up nearly all of
the TVET/TVIN/NVET and NVIN plaque numbers with their boats and
added these details to the boat database.
We need a ‘change of name’ field on each boat’s page to assist anyone
researching their boat. TS will liaise with Leon.
TS is also merging Boat and Owner histories as she updates each boat’s
page.
TS is very happy to continue to update the text in the boat pages as new
resource material e.g., TTBF 2021 commentaries, becomes available.
b)
Recent new members
We were very busy sending out welcome packs during
the 2020 lockdown.
From May 2020 – end of August 2021:
10 new boats/new members
7 new members/existing TVBC boats
4 new Associate members.
Since September 2021:
New boat and new members: ZEPHYR (1962 Broads centre
cockpit cruiser)
New owners for existing TVBC boats LITTLE ANN II and
CRISTOBEL II
N.B. CRISTOBEL II needs a plaque
Since last February’s meeting ‘TTBF’, ‘Boat Builder’ and ‘TVBC advert’
have been added to the online application form’s ‘How did you hear
about us?’ field.
c)
Update on sourcing plaques
New and replacement plaques arrived in early July; all the
replacement plaques have been given to their boat owners, some of
them meeting up with TS at the Trad Festival to collect their
plaque.
Treasurer’s report
Current account balance is £27047.15 - some reimbursement monies
need to be paid out which will take the balance to £25,000 when the
bills have been settled.
Membership payments are all up to date.
Boater Editor’s report
Jane continues to write and receive more material than is necessary
for each edition and no 142 is no exception!
She has apologised to a few
advertisers that’s this edition is late, but the Membership never
chase her.
The revenue from the Advertisers is close to £400 and Jane is hoping
that Arthur Beale’s and The Little Ship Club may sign up too which
will take it to £500.
Jane will be asking for feedback from the membership to include in
the TTBF feature in the Christmas Edition. She has already asked Sue
and Lady J to write a piece from the Committee’s point of view.
Archivist/Deputy Editor report
MP showed us the final proof of The Boater, edition 142 via Skype. It’s a
bumper issue, 64 pages long. MP
asked for all content for edition 143 to be sent to him by the end
of October.
Webmaster’s report
The club’s FaceBook page now has about 300 members.
AOB
There was no AOB.
A
Tribute to Robin Newlands As
most of you will know, our Club Founder and long-standing President
Robin Newlands passed away recently.
The
Thames Vintage
Boat Club
AGM Minutes 2019
Venue:
Thames Court, Shepperton
Date: Saturday
23rd March 2019
The AGM
commenced at 4.01pm after a buffet lunch.
Attendees
Steve Bil, Dilly Bil, Bob
Bossine, Philip Bramwell,
Pam Chart, Phillip Chart, David
Cherrett, Brian Cox,
David Driver, Margaret Driver,
Carol Haler, Christine
Hilton, Paul Hopley, Jim Jackson, David Knight,
Alain Lamens, Evelyn Lewis, John
Llewellyn, Jeannine Llewellyn, Paul
McCarthy, Adrian Mettem, Christine
Mettem, Gillian Nahum,
Liz Newlands, Robin Newlands,
Michael Nowak, Jane Percival, Alex Phillips, Amanda Phillips,
Mike Phillips, Moira Phillips,
Catherine Pickin, Patrick Prince, Alison
Pritchard, Carol Reed, Martin Reed,
Peter Scrutton, Theresa
Scrutton, Brian Smethurst, Carolyn
Smethurst, Malcolm Thomas, Sheila Thomas,
Ed White, Heather White, Chris Wickham, Ros Wickham
Apologies received
Charlie Bil,
Roger Boyland, Guy Gilks,
Terry Blake, Pauline Blake,
Janet Goodhead, Tony Goodhead,
Barton Guthrie,
Peter Harris, Sue Harris,
Bill Hewitt, Magg Hewitt,
Malcolm Jones, David Lister,
Janine Marshall,
Richard Prunier, Elaine Prunier
Welcome
On behalf of the Committee Theresa welcomed everyone to the meeting.
Some members had travelled quite a distance attend, notably Ed
and Heather White from Herefordshire and Brian and Carolyn Smethurst
from Wales.
Minutes
of the 2018 AGM
The
minutes of the 2018 AGM held on Friday 23rd March 2018 at Thames Court
Shepperton were approved by the members present at the 2019 AGM by a
show of hands.
Commodore’s Report
Jane
welcomed everyone and commented on the record number attending the
meeting. The lunch prior to the meeting in the pleasant environment of
Thames Court which is accessible to many members had contributed to the
turnout.
Jane
began by advising that Gillian Nahum had just given her information
about a rally being planned for Thames boats to go across to France. She
continued by mentioning the charity Momentum that the club had supported
in 2018 and encouraged the attendees to dig deep into their pockets for
the charity’s green collection bucket that was on display.
Jane has
now come to the end of her second three-year term as Commodore (the
first time was in 2005). She then went full circle through the nine
cycle of Rear Commodore and Vice Commodore to become Commodore again in
2016. It has been a
privilege and a pleasure to have been Commodore to what has become a big
and popular club, a club that she is very passionate about.
She thanked the Committee – everything the Committee does is for
the membership and to further the Thames Vintage Boat Club. They all
work very hard on the behalf of the members.
Jane thanked Theresa for keeping the members informed through the
emails she sends out. She also thanked Peter for looking after the
finances of the club; the club is in great shape and we are careful with
everyone’s subscriptions to avoid wasting money. We are able amongst
other things to subsidise mooring fees for rallies; not everyone is able
to take advantage of this because they live too far away but
unfortunately that is the nature of the club because we are more or less
Thames based.
Jane had
done some research to find out if the club is now one of the biggest
classic boat clubs in Europe, taking into account its data base.
Active membership at the present time is 214 active members
paying subs, boat owners, previous boat owners and Associate members and
that numbers stays mainly constant so as people give up boating for
whatever reason they are replaced by new people coming into the TVBC.
The plaque works wonders on the boat – new owners often apply to
because of it. This enables us to maintain the historic database which
is part of our Constitution.
Unfortunately, this year has seen quite a few show cancellations,
notably London Boat Show and Beale Park.
Jane tried very hard to get an informal rally on Beale Park lake,
but the trustees were not able to accommodate. The Thames Heritage
Museum at Beale Park is also unlikely to go ahead unless another venue
can be found; that’s a great pity as it would have provided a perfect
home for our archive of photos of Thames boats and the articles that
John Llewellyn has written over the years about 33 different boat yards.
We thought about having an informal rally on the bank outside Beale Park
just to try and keep some presence, but the bankside is not being
maintained so it would not really be a great place to stage a rally. We
will have a cruise upriver after the Trad Festival like we always used
to do.
Beaulieu
Boat Jumble has also been cancelled for the first time in 35 years. Jane
could see the writing on the wall during her visit to this event last
year when it was half the size it used to be. There was a lack of
traders purchasing selling space and a lack of public interest – it had
gone frombeing a traditional boat jumble to a modern shoe shop as there
was very little traditional jumble there. In stark comparison, Jane
pointed out that most of the fittings for ‘Mimosa’ came from Beaulieu 25
years’ ago.
With so
many cancellations this year, the Traditional Boat Festival should
therefore be absolutely buzzing.
Jane encouraged everyone to register their boats as soon as
possible for the event. She will be there in the commentary box and on
the TVBC stand. Jane will
be sending out a request for help with setting up the TVBC stand and
dismantling it afterwards.
There
have been a couple of things that have been important to Jane during her
time as Commodore. Firstly, raising money for Momentum, the charity for
children with life limiting illnesses, whose narrowboat is moored at
Shepperton Marina. Secondly, The Boater is a lot thicker than it used to
be because of the number of articles that are being submitted.
Jane hopes that everyone enjoys reading it.
She has a lot of fun putting it together. Mike Phillips produces
the magazine from the content she gives him; this month Jane has
received lots of articles from the members about the restorations and
trips on their boats which make very interesting reading.
Jane welcomed emails of suggestions for articles.
Jane does
a lot of talks about keeping our heritage alive. Besides promoting the
aims of the Thames Vintage Boat Club, she gives talks about the
restoration of specific classic boats to give the audience an insight
into the money and commitment that it takes to save them. She also gives
talks about what it is like to be a member of the ADLS and do a return
across the Channel – she has some stunning photos to illustrate her
talk, taken by the navy during the last Channel crossing trip.
Jane is
very proud of the success of our club.
As clubs dissolve, she has noticed that some of their members,
notably from the Broads, have joined the TVBC especially in the last
couple of years. Our membership is spreading far and wide.
Over the last three years we have had fifty new members join.
Jane
concluded by requesting that members keep in touch with her with regard
to The Boater,
and
conveyed her best wishes to Patrick who was taking over from her as
Commodore.
Jane
Percival
.
Honorary
Secretary ’s Report
The final version of the TVBC calendar for 2019 has been emailed to the
members. I then showed everyone the Father Thames trophy which was
awarded to the TVBC for having the most members attending the ATYC
Dinner and Dance at Bisham Abbey the previous Saturday. It was the first
time the club had won this award.
All three rallies, Hurley, Boveney and Cookham, have been booked for
2019. The contact details for the organisers of these events are in the
Calendar if further information is required. Patrick is organising
Hurley, Mike is organising Boveney and Cookham this year.
The ATYC rally to West India Dock is in the same August Bank
Holiday weekend as the Cookham rally so members will have a choice of
two events that weekend. ‘Lucy Ann’ will be going to the ATYC rally and
we are hoping that a small flotilla of TVBC boats will accompany her to
the event.
Tony Goodhead has kindly agreed to give a talk on Thursday 1st
November at ‘The Bells’ in Staines about circumnavigating Great Britain
in ‘St. Joan’ last year to raise funds for the RNLI and RAF 100
Charities. It promises to be a
very interesting talk. By popular request, we will be again sharing our
Christmas Party with Richmond Yacht Club at their clubhouse on Eel Pie
Island.
During last year’s AGM there was a discussion about proximity of venues
to where our members live. Immediately after the AGM Peter created a
heat map from the club’s database to illustrate where our members are
sited along the Thames and elsewhere which was emailed out to everyone.
The Chertsey-Shepperton area is right in the middle and it clearly shows
a large cluster of members in this stretch of the Thames. We will,
however, continue to explore and consider new venues to ring the
changes. We’ve just visited
Bisham Abbey – we wanted Bisham Abbey for our own fitting out supper
this year, but it seemed more practical to combine it with the ATYC
dinner and dance. We are
also considering the Upper Thames Sailing Club for a function; this
venue is currently undergoing refurbishment and we will visit it when
the work has been completed.
Theresa Scrutton
Honorary Treasurer’s Report
Peter reported that the club made a loss of £1097.10 in 2018, the first
year for several years that we have not had a surplus. The reasons for
this are as follows:
1) The cost of printing The Boater has increased in 2018 compared to
2017. In 2017 the cost of
two editions were recorded in the accounts, in 2018 there were four
editions. The cost per edition has also increased a little due to the
magazine being increased in size from 40 pages to 56. The larger size
has also increased the postage cost.
2) Expenses were incurred to make changes to the Website database to
enable the club
to comply with the GDPR regulations introduced in 2018. These changes
were carried out very efficiently by Leon Phillips and at very
reasonable cost.
3) The Annual dinner at The Runnymede Hotel was not well attended. The
minimum number that the hotel will accept is 50 which, despite valiant
efforts by the Secretary, we failed to achieve. Most quality venues
place a minimum number of attendees on these sorts of events. Therefore,
in addition to the £500 booking fee which we had to pay, we also had to
pay for several places that were not taken up and therefore a
significant loss was incurred.
It seems that the members are not very interested in attending these
events as it has
become increasingly difficult to get anywhere near the minimum number
required.
For that reason, and having considered Bisham Abbey ourselves for a club
dinner this year, we encouraged members to attend the ATYC dinner at
Bisham Abbey which requires a minimum of 80 people. 23 members including
two from Greece attended. Unless there is a genuine demand, it is
unlikely that we will reintroduce our own annual dinner as we cannot
justify continuing to subsidise a loss‐making event every year for
relatively few members.
Most subscriptions for this year have now been paid. Peter advised the
few attending the AGM who have not yet paid that they could do so during
the afternoon. He also said that
paying by Standing Order is easier for the member, and for the Treasurer
to process. Standing Order
forms can be downloaded from the website or obtained by emailing the
Secretary.
Peter Scrutton
Membership Secretary’s Report
I began my report by referring to four
letters – ‘GDPR’ - the
General Data Protection Regulation. The deadline date for ensuring the
club was fully compliant with GDPR was Friday 25th May 2018.
We were mostly compliant before this date and it was just a case of
completing some paperwork to show precisely how we store our members’
data and what we do with it. We’ve always been security conscious about
our members’ personal details thanks to our Webmaster Mike Phillips who
long ago set up safeguards to ensure no one can access these details.
To comply with GDPR we basically had to state our Data Protection
Policy. We also had to ensure that all the members signed a consent form
to say they agreed to us storing their data, and give or not give
permission to use their photos in our magazine and on the website or in
any promotional material, and to be named as the owner of their boat in
the Boat Database. There
were also Child Protection issues to address. By 25th May we
had received back signed forms from nearly all our members. The
Affiliated members, mostly boatbuilders, were virtually the only ones
left on the ‘chasing list’. The boat database has been updated by Mike
so only the owner’s membership number is displayed at the top of the
boat’s page. The name of the owner is only stated in the ‘Boat History’
section lower down the boat’s page if the owner has given permission.
Peter has now created an online application
form which includes all the permission options that the new members can
give. This has streamlined the application process and made it less
labour intensive for processing the applications of new members.
Mike has included a field on each member’s page that we tick to show
that members have given their permission for us to use photos of them
and their family.
Members can change their mind and rescind or give their permission to
the club at any time.
Obviously, this can’t be done retrospectively if a photo of them is
already printed in The Boater.
We will not send out a renewal consent form to be signed each year –
that would be a very time-consuming and expensive process.
I will send an annual reminder to everyone to advise that they
have the right to change their minds at any time about how we use their
data. Obviously, we need to
store members’ contact details so they can receive the magazine and
emails.
At some point in the future we hope to allow the general public access
to just the boat database so they can view all our lovely boats; at the
moment, it is a closed shop so only TVBC members can look at each
other’s boats. If you don’t know how to do so, please email me and I
will let you know how to do that. I will be sending out a message to
members to check their boat page; they won’t be able to edit it
them-selves, we will do that for them if they email me the amendments or
further details. The more details about the boats, the better, and a
good quality photo, to make the database interesting to explore.
Since March 2018 a good many new boats and members have joined, and
since the introduction of the online application form, we are now
getting more frequent applications. I’ve got two that came through this
week I’ve not yet processed, and I’m waiting for one Associate and one
Full member to complete their applications.
Statistics, since March 2018, under the following categories:
New boat and new member; 12 boats
Boat already on the database – new human member: 3
New Associate members: 3
Existing member with new 2nd boat: 1
Two new categories have arisen:
Existing member has bought existing TVBC boat: 1
Upgrading from Associate to Full member: 1
Returning member (due to Jane): 1
Theresa Scrutton
Webmaster’s report Mike began by suggesting that commentaries
prepared by TVBC skippers for the Trad Festival could be sent to Theresa
to update their boat’s details in the database. He then revealed
something ‘vey secret’, the login and password to access the Boat
database, that all members are entitled to know, to make life easier for
the Hon Secretary. (Eventually just this part of the database will be
accessible to everyone to view the boats, without the need for a
password). All lower case, the login is &&&&, the password is &&&&. We
don’t put these details in the Boater because the magazine goes on sale
in various places such as the Trad Festival. Mike then reminded
everyone about the club’s Facebook page and encouraged them to have a
look and join. A couple of new members have just been recruited via the
Facebook page. It is a private page, so Mike has to ‘OK’ anyone signing
up for it. Members of the page post interesting features – there are
already lots of interesting postings to scroll through.
In response to a
question about what the criteria is for what is posted on the Facebook
page, Mike replied that there are some instructions on the page which
tell you what you can and what you can’t post, but basically anything to
do with vintage boats, anything that would interest the members in the
club such as adventures with the boat and advice on renovation. You can
ask questions, it would be good to have some technical questions now and
again as there are a number of boat builders who subscribe to the site,
they may give some advice.
In response to another query, Mike
confirmed that the Facebook page is not restricted to the UK and that he
has people contributing who live in Australia, USA, ‘all over the world
actually’. He checks them out by looking at their own Facebook pages to
ensure they are genuinely interested in vintage and classic boats and
likely to contribute. It would be nice to have the majority of TVBC
members on board. On the website
there’s general updating going on.
You can access Peter’s joining page on
the
www.thamesvintageboatclub.com
website via a link. If you come across anyone who wants to join the
club, please refer them to the website.
The scrolling banner at the top is
very pretty but is about 10 years’ old and needs updating.
Mike promises to put ‘Lady Evelyn
II’’s photo on the web page. The photo archive needs updating.
There is a very large collection of
Mike’s photographs going back to before the year 2000, between
8,000-10,000 photos of TVBC boats and other vintage and classic boats –
Mike is going to get some outside help to update this collection and
turn it into a workable database.
Organising these photos which are
referenced at the moment just by numbers, will mean that we will be able
to find a specific boat and all the photos taken of her in a specific
year. There are probably
about 50 boats on the database that don’t yet have photos on their
pages.
When a new boat joins, Peter puts her
photo on her page, but these boats who signed up in the past. One of the
purposes of the club, stated on the back page of the Boater, is to keep
a register of boats.
It doesn’t specifically say TVBC boats
so you will find on the Boat database a very wide collection of
different boats.
Mike requested that when photos are sent in to
please make sure they are high resolution; as we use these photos for
the Boater magazine, they need to be high quality. If the photo is taken
on an iPhone, please send a full-size version. Mike can receive anything
up to 10MB. Mike reiterated what the Membership Secretary
had said that we do need members to update their boat’s entry in the
Boat database. As Deputy Editor of The Boater, he also said that the
magazine has been made as fat as possible and now contains 60 pages; he
hoped that everyone was enjoying it. Mike looks after the layout within
the magazine. the photos and the printing; he is dedicated to using the
very best quality photographs in the magazine. He requested that members
keep sending in articles to Jane, our fantastic Editor who does a huge
amount for every issue, it is better to have too much than too little. Mike concluded
by acknowledging the work that Committee puts into running the club,
including the Hon Secretary’s input.
Mike Phillips There then followed
the formal election of the 2019 Committee. Per the Constitution, having
been nominated and seconded before the meeting, this was done by a show
of hands for each officer and member.
Jane has agreed to be
Rear Commodore for a year.
If anyone is co-opted onto the
committee during the year, they have the opportunity of taking on this
role in 2020.
Election of Flag Officers and Committee
PRESIDENT: Robin Newlands (founder member of The Thames Vintage Boat
Club)
The following were elected for the 2019 committee having been approved
by the floor during the AGM.
EX OFFICIO MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE – 1st year of three-year
cycle
THE COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT (all re-elected at the AGM):
Pam Chart, Phillip Chart, David Knight, John Llewellyn, Jane Percival
(Boater Editor),
Mike Phillips (Webmaster, Deputy Editor and Archivist)
Adrian Mettem has had to step down from the committee.
We thanked Adrian for his contribution over the past two years
and hoped that he would continue to assist with sourcing the new
plaques. Everyone gave Adrian a big round of applause.
We have some vacant spaces on the committee so if anyone would like to
be co-opted on or
nominate anybody, although the deadline has now passed, please let the
committee know. It’s not too late to join us.
Patrick then received the Commodore’s flag from Jane.
Patrick gave Theresa his Vice commodore flag to give to David
Lister who was unable to attend the AGM. Jane already has the Rear
Commodore flag.
There was no AOB as no-one had submitted items to the Hon Secretary 14
days before the date
of the AGM.
Patrick then made his first speech as the new Commodore of the Thames
Vintage Boat Club.
The new Commodore’s speech
Patrick joined the TVBC in the summer of 2000 as an Associate member,
having restored a boat with a substantial quantity of that old boating
swear word ‘marine ply’ in it. He would probably have laughed if someone
had said then that he would have the honour of being Commodore of this
club. About four years’ later, Patrick was asked if he would like to
join the committee to which he replied that he was only an Associate
member. The then Commodore, Grant Kinnaird, said, ‘No you’re not, you’re
a Full member’ which was news to Patrick.
Patrick clearly remembers the pride and pleasure he felt 6 years’ ago
when he was asked to be Rear Commodore by fellow committee members that
he had come to respect and admire enormously. So, having ‘staggered up
the ladder of seniority’ here he is, about to step into the boots
vacated by Jane. Patrick has a great challenge ahead of him to step up
to the mark set by Jane’s hard work and dedication coupled with her
natural organisation capabilities. Supported by the committee, the club
will continue to be run in the manner to which it has become accustomed.
Patrick started ‘mucking about with boats’ when he was a teenager. He
joined 2nd Kingston Sea Scouts where he learnt to row, canoe
and sail and tie knots. For 16 years he was a chef in the Air Force,
then after demobilisation he joined Air Canada. He found himself
‘odd-jobbing’ in Nicholl’s boat yard for Ian McDougall and met Mark
Stanley who was also operating there, who advised Patrick when he was
restoring his boat. Patrick then started cruising with the Dunkirk
Little Ships, crewing for Raymond Baxter on ‘L’Orage’ and in more recent
times he has been crewing on ‘Janthea’.
About thirty years’ ago, Patrick was adopted by ‘Miss Coquette’; the
plan was to restore her over 8 years, and she has given Patrick 20
years’ of boating pleasure. Patrick signed her up for the Trad Boat
rally and was encouraged to enter her for the Freebody trophy which he
won.
Patrick is looking forward to working with Jane, David as Vice, Theresa
and Peter, John Llewellyn, David Knight, Pam and Phillip, and taking
this fabulous club and beautiful boats forward on our long voyage of
restoration, preservation and enjoyment.
Patrick Prince
The
Annual Awards were then presented.
The Tony
Saunders Attendance Trophy for 2018 - Jim Jackson and Christine Hilton
Boat Handling Trophy for “Most skilful boat handling’ - Ed White with
‘Lemara’
The
Silver Salver: for the best TVBC boat of the year: ‘Gelyce’
The
Silver Salver was presented to Evelyn Lewis on behalf of her owner
The following are award winners that could not attend the AGM
Illuminated Cruise Trophy: “Best TVBC presentation in the Trad Festival
2018” – Andy Jenkinson and ‘Glitterwake’
The Longest Cruise: Tony
Goodhead and ‘St. Joan’ who circumnavigated the UK, raising funds
for the RNLI and RAF100 Charities.
Best new TVBC boat at the Trad Rally: ‘Lady
Emma’ owned by Simon McMurtrie
Skittles champions 2019: Karen and David Guy (‘Harmonie 3’)
There followed a presentation to Jane Percival in recognition of the
service she has given the Thames Vintage Boat Club over the past nine
years as Rear Commodore, Vice Commodore and Commodore and as the Boater
Editor.
The meeting was closed by the Commodore, Patrick Prince at 5.15 pm.
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