General News

Bonfire and fireworks on Saturday the 3rd at the club

Come along to the clubs spectacular bonfire and firework display on Saturday night from 8pm. Going by the amount of wood delivered thanks to M&J Timber today and moved to the beach area tonight it should be quite a fire…donations will taken towards the cost on the night Alex  

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Busy weekend just passed, and another to come

Who would have thought that in the closing days of October 2012 the Boat Club would have seen so much activity. Every weekend in October has something going on. Last weekend we had the MS Fundraiser on Friday night organised, in part, by George Carson. It was so busy the

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Colin the Boatman

Colin & Betty Campbell After 44 years as the Club’s Boatman Colin officially retired on Friday. His career with us started as a request in 1968 to “have a look at some boats that needed some attention”. He has maintained the Club’s Pleasure Fleet ever since. His retirement was marked

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A Day to Remember Birdie Bowers

Next Sunday there are a number of events going on in town to commemorate the life of Lieutenant Henry (Birdie) Bowers. The Club is involved in a number of these: 10:00 Anne Strathie, author of the new biography “Birdie Bowers – Captain Scott’s Marvel” will be at the Club along

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Wreath Laying Ceremony for Birdie Bowers

Lilian Newman MBE (Treasurer of Inverclyde CVS) is organising a wreath laying ceremony at the Bowers family memorial in Greenock Cemetery on Sunday 21 October between 2.15 and 2.30. She asked us to advise Royal West Members about this event.

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Closing Cruise Regatta

Yesterday’s weather did not dampen the enthusiasm of the 20 people who turned up to mark the end of the Summer Season and start of the Winter Season. There was even a very short trip in Birdie Bowers for a mixed crew. Land based competition was the order of the

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Closing Cruise Regatta, today

From 1pm today we are running a Scratch Regatta at the Club to mark the end of the season. Racing will be in any and all forms of craft if conditions permit. If conditions not right we will have some land based competition. Later in the afternoon we will clear

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Shed door locks being changed

Locks to boat sheds and changing rooms are being changed on Monday 1st October. Key replacement procedure is as follows • If you have existing keys you will be able to swap them for new ones at the bar, we will also require you to register that you have keys.

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