vice commodore

I cannot believe how quickly the time went by, it feels like only yesterday that we celebrated the beginning of 2005. I hope that all your dreams were fulfilled for the year gone by.

To the yachties from other countries as well as South Africans visiting yachts: we welcome you at our Club and hope that you have a wonderful stay in our beautiful country and town.

The Club’s lawn and gardens is in excellent condition (thanks Mike & Ina ) and with the Restaurant now in full swing under Otto & Inge’s control, you must treat your self and your family to a meal at our Pelican Bar, or simply come down for a braai or a sundowner at the

deck. Monday night braais also seem to become quite an item,

with some excellent entertaining skills being practiced and lots

of stories being told…

It is so good to see so many people supporting the bar, thank you

guys and girls. To Virginia and the Bar staff a great round of

applause - keep up the good work! Otto & Inge have been

appointed as manager / manageress for the Bar and will take

over duties from Virginia in due course.

On a less festive note I just want to remind those members that

have dinghies without stickers parked at the Club, to please buy

your parking sticker at the office asap (These stickers are numbered

for administration purposes). This is your last chance, as boats that

do not display parking stickers will be auctioned off in the New Year.

I would also like to take this opportunity to wish all our members, their

families, our visitors and last but not least our staff, a blessed Christmas and a phenomenal 2006 filled with success, fun and laughter.

Cheers,

Flash

Gordon

Most of us are relatively new to the office structures of ZLYC and often find that the accounts and administrative duties have an amazing number of tentacles and working on these often take much longer than expected. But we are proud to report that we are making definite progress! There are however, little gremlins in the vineyard with which you as members can assist us tremendously, and in that way help us to use our time more effectively.

TELEPHONE SERVICE?

Please don’t use us as the local telephone directory, and try to find alternative means of locating other member’s contact numbers. You would be surprised at how much time is wasted on this trivial task!

WALK-ON AND GARAGE SALES

In both cases the transactions must be handled by the office and a handling fee is kept by the Club: for Garages R2,000 and for Walk-ons R2,500.

LOST AND FOUND

A bunch of keys and a pair of reading glasses

were handed in at the office

DON’T SHOOT THE MESSENGER!

Please be patient in telephone conversations and when enquiring about accounts. In most of the cases we did not create the problem but want to solve it as much as you do!

LEASE DOCUMENTS

Some of you have received letters notifying you that we do not have signed lease agreements for your garages and/or walk-ons on file. In some cases we have undertaken to forward these leases to you for completion. This process has been delayed, as some of the information on these lease forms is outdated. It is receiving attention and we will continue with this activity in due course.