MOCRA AGM 2025

Dear MOCRA Member,

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 melanieholder23@gmail.com 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: willrogers1982@gmail.com

Hope to see you on 22nd November.

With kind regards

Melanie Holder

Hon. Secretary MOCRA

melanieholder23@gmail.com