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News & Events
2009 ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING Thursday 26th
November 2009 7-30 for 8pm WINTER
SAILING EXCLUSION ZONES AT HICKLING BROAD The
club has agreed to co-operate with the Broads Authority in not sailing in
some areas of Hickling Broad during the winter months. These parts of the
broad are to be zoned off for Winter Bird Refuges. The
no sailing zones are shown in red. (November to February inclusive)
The zones will be marked with buoys and should not be entered from 1st
November until 28th February.
It is very important for the club that these no sailing zones are strictly
observed!
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Hickling Windsurfing Club Annual Fun Day September 2009
COME
AND TRY WINDSURFING DAY
Hickling
Windsurfing Club training days!
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NEW SHOWERS AND CHANGING FACILITIES NOW OPEN
Dave
White K-63 opens the new changing facilities.
The club now has hot showers and toilets for both Ladies and Gents
NEW SPEED RECORDS SET
It's
official. In the Masters
of Speed event on the canal Starboard/Pryde
rider, Antoine Albeau breaks the world speed record with an amazing
49.09kts over 500m. It was tough work. In a number of wipeouts he
destroyed 2 weight jackets, one spreader bar and several battens.
Farrel
0'Shea also beat the British record with a stunning 44.46kts
It
won't be long before someone breaks the magic 50.
GPS at HICKLING
Above are the
tracks recorded by Martin Harwood`s Garmin 201 GPS on a recent sail on
Hickling Broad.
The different colours represent the different speeds obtained.
The software for the free analysis tool is
at http://gpsactionreplay.free.fr/index.php?menu=1
Dave White wrote an article on this earlier in the year
in Boards mag.
New Memorial bench for club
I
vans wife Betty and daughter Carol came to see the new Ivan Palfrey memorial bench, that has been installed at the beach and were extremely pleased with the end result. Thanks go to John and Graham for their work.
New storage facility for Club Boat!
Club members have successfully installed the new boat ramp on the beach which will mean the boat can now be stored out of the water, but can be quickly launched when required.
A big thanks to all involved in this project.
Email your news and pics here.
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