FED Latest News 2010 . . .
Date for your DiaryChichester Harbour FED WEEK 2010 will be from Monday 9 to Friday 13 August.
Rules Disputes – What to doTwo documents explaining the procedure to follow with incidents (rules disputes) on the water, if no boat takes a penalty at the time, have been added to the website.
To encourage everyone to follow The Racing Rules of Sailing, ChiFed has produced a modification to the RYA Alternative Disputes Resolution, which will be used for Fed Week 2010.
Click on the FED Week link
Basil Rizzi - Former owner of Sparkes Marina & past member of Chifed Chairman’s Committee It is was with great sadness that we heard of the death of Basil Rizzi, who passed away peacefully on Friday 29 January at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth.
Basil was a member of HISC for 53 years. He became National Flying Fifteen champion and dominated the fleet during the late 60’s, regularly racing against Prince Phillip and Uffa Fox.
As proprietor of Sparkes Marina and Boatyard, Basil was often requested to give voluntary support to many organisations. For two years he held the responsible position of Chairman of the British Marine Federation South, who organise the London Boat Show, and support employment opportunities and businesses trading within the British marine industry.
Basil also gave his time willingly to sit on the various committees associated with the Chichester Harbour Conservancy who maintain the beauty of the harbour that Basil loved so much.
In retirement he migrated to motor cruising, enjoying regular voyages in the company of friends within the HISC social sailing fleet. Basil was always ready to seek a new pasture and a new adventure. He will be sadly missed by all who knew him.
Full Obituary here
Federation appoints Harbour Youth Coordinator . . .The Federation has appointed a Youth Coordinator, whose responsibilities will be to concentrate on helping the youth sections of the Chichester Harbour Clubs to work to the benefit of all the clubs and the many aspiring young harbour sailors. The principal objectives will be to:
Coordinate youth activities between the harbour clubs
Assist establishing the Federation Youth Regatta - July 24/25, 2010
Promote both training and racing events on a harbour-wide basis
Sharon Houston, a member of both Mengeham Rythe and Hayling Island Sailing Clubs has stepped forward to take on the role which the Federation believes is important to build the long term relationships for young sailors in the harbour. Sharon who has been sailing for some twenty years with husband Roger, has two children sailing in the Topper Squad, and Fevas respectively. She has relinquished all previous club roles enabling her to concentrate on this new task.
Sharon can be contacted at youth@chifed.org
Many parents, particularly with the current economic climate, have been reconsidering the need to travel away to quite so many ‘Open Meetings’ when most of the harbour clubs are able to offer excellent training and racing facilities. By encouraging the clubs to cooperate more closely, it should help all the local sailing community.
The Federation are proposing to hold a Youth Secretaries Meeting on Saturday morning 6 February, 2010, details will be circulated to all clubs.
Of particular importance will be the new Federation Youth Regatta to be raced on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 July 2010 with prizes for the first club team, and the club with the most entries. Full details will be posted shortly.
Updates to Website . . .The new 2010 Dinghy and Cruiser racing programmes for the clubs in Chichester Harbour have been added to the website. Click on the side-bar menu items.
A ‘classic’ Fed Week for 2009 event . . . At last the weather was kind, with Federation Week 2009 reverting to its usual format of one race a day for Series 1 and 2 classes, and two races for the smaller Series 3 events.
Click her for Full Race Report and Results . . .
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