Dear MOCRA Member,
I have now sent out the emailed invitations to everyone who has given us an email
address. Some have bounced straight back to me. Others will be rejected because of the
menu and agenda attachments. If you have not received an email from me please check
that we have your current email address, that it hasn’t been sent to junk, and that
attachments from me are permitted. All of the details are below, and attachments on the
website and Facebook page.
I am delighted to announce that the MOCRA AGM this year will take place on Saturday
22nd November 2025 again at the RNLI College in Poole. The venue will be ours from
6pm, and the meeting will begin at 6:30pm. The AGM will be followed by dinner and prize
giving, plus a talk by Andy Claughton. Andy has had a full and varied career in the world
of sailing as a naval architect, working as chief designer for Ben Ainslie Racing and now
working at the ORC. It promises to be a fascinating talk.
Dinner comes at a cost of £42.50 a head. There is a menu choice and payment must be
made in advance. I therefore ask that you get your menu choice and money to me no later
than Thursday November 6th. Please email me at email hidden; JavaScript is required with your
menu choice, and make your payment of £42.50 via paypal using AGM 2025 and your
name as a reference, or a bank transfer of the same amount and reference. Please do
remember to put your name as the reference as every year I have to try to match
unnamed payments to menu choices!
Hotel rooms are available at the venue, and a limited number of these will be available at a
discounted rate. Just mention that you are attending the MOCRA AGM that will take place
there on contacting the hotel. Tel: 0300 3007654
This year’s trophies will be handed out at the AGM, and we sincerely hope to see trophy
winners at the AGM to be able to congratulate you and give you your trophies. There are
a number of trophies out there which need returning. If you are able to return these it
would be much appreciated. Should you be in possession of a trophy but not know how
best to return it please let me know. Thank you.
It is now coming towards the end of the sailing season for many of us. We would love to
have reports of the sailing you have done that we can share with your fellow MOCRA
members in the MOCRA Review. The Review is one of the things that members say they
value highly, but we need your contributions to share. A contribution might be anything
from a couple of paragraphs and a photo upwards. All articles will be published providing
that they arrive with us by Christmas. Time is needed to collate and prepare for
publication. You can send articles to me, or to Will Rogers: email hidden; JavaScript is required
Hope to see you on 22nd November.
With kind regards
Melanie Holder
Hon. Secretary MOCRA
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