GSC Forum

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I have only just found this webcam link:
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https://www.camsecure.co.uk/beaumaris_webcam.html
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It gives a good clear view a lot of the moorings and the foreshore.
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Congratulations to Tony Lamb, the outright winner. A closely contested and entertaining tournament, thanks to all who helped.

great to see the club coming back to life!

cheers, David

Last night, at the Pool, Norman informed me of this:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... sland-king

Lets hope the crowning is on a sailing weekend
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Glasson Sailing Club Annual Quiz

Quiz Master: Jim Cruise


To further celebrate the start of the new season, the GSC Annual Quiz will take place on

Saturday April 2nd

Start time: 8 pm

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I have also just changed the password on those web pages which are for menber's sight only. This can also be found on your new membership card.
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Dear member,

Today the club gate code was changed to that on your new 2022 membership card.

12 days to go to our first Social of the year - The Pool Tournament.

David Booth

At 2pm Friday18th:

Glasson Sailing Club Annual Pool Competition To celebrate the start of the new season, the Annual Pool Competition will take place on Saturday March 12th at 7 pm Entry £1, winner takes all. Registration will open at 7pm, followed by the draw. The first round will start at 7.30pm.

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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... dApp_Other
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Ive just put some more pictures of the canopy on the blog post.
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From Christine's friend:
The same collapsed jetty - I wonder if the poles were rotten?
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. Thanks for that, George. Dave Slippers mentioned last weekend that Jack Broadhead had been up there and seen some real carnage. Perhaps he has some pictures? We are big on damage pictures on here! . I have started a blog post to record things to do with Arwen and GSC: http://glassonsailing.co.uk/w...

Hi John,

The galley should be be working as normal, the only problem being no hot water, lighting or showers in that part of the building till electrics proved safe.

John and Gilly and Kevin will be able to get you some tokens when they are about.

Cheers David

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Aimed at canal boaters, but what a well presented video, naming all the locations visited would make a great lockdown Zoom quiz
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-FdKffDmY0
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(don't really fancy lockdown again thinking back to this time last year. eek)
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. . Just a reminder that the online AGM is on Wednesday 10 November at 7.30pm, we do hope that you and some of your members will be able to join us. I have attached another copy of the Agenda which includes joining instructions which are also copied below. The formal business is not expected to take...

. Due to the closing - in of the season, the bar will now only be opened regularly on Saturday and Sunday lunchtimes. . However, John is perfectly happy to open up at any time (eg Saturday evenings) by a prior request to himself. . There is still a good selection of Lancaster Brewery beers and their...

It's been a long time, but the last bits of Kiboko probably left the basin today in the backs of some tipper wagons. They were loaded with this enormous digger with a grab. It was pouring down when I passed, so no action shots, I'm afraid. IMG_20211022_161400110_HDR.jpg p IMG_20211022_161450853_HDR....

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Good Grief! not much winter sailing going to happen from there then. I wonder if they are going to elecrify the whole lot and update it by a couple of centuries?
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. . All members with registered email addresses should already have had notification about the AGM - Sunday 31st October 2021 commencing at 1300 hours. This will be done via Zoom again, joining details to follow by email. The audited accounts are now on the Club Website, under "Blog" - htt...

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I've deleted that confusing screen shot, I was just showing the phbb control panel where our images are now set to a maximum size of 1200 x 900 pixels which is ample for most purposes,

cheers, David

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I took a screenshot on my Motorola by long pressing with 3 fingers at once with only the part of the picture i wanted showing on screen.
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On my old Samsung I pressed the volume down and the power buttons simultaniously:

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(to be continued.........)
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. nearly all photos these days seem to be taken with phones ( for obvious reasons) and the quality is generally excellent, but that comes at a cost, and that is the large file size they create when they come out because most people want the best quality possible. My phones are set at 8Mb and 6Mb whi...

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Sorry, I have just seen this, I must be spending too much looking at Facebook and other diversions

You should be able to do it again, I was experimenting with settings some time ago.

cheers, David
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The front plate is back after treatment and the forks can be used again, so all's well.
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Just wait till the new eden project is built in Morecambe. Now is your chance to make an investment!. There is going to be a price boom.
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