C'mon Netherlands o======<() ~? ?? ?? ?? ?? Football world cup is drawing to a close ~ last games as follows

Saturday at 2230 ~ Uruguay vs. Germany

Sunday at 2230 ~ Spain vs. Netherlands

The summer rugby season is upon us again with the start of the Tri Nations Rugby.. starting this Saturday morning ~~ New Zealand’s “All Blacks” take on South Africa’s Springboks” starting at 1135. From Kickoff to the final whistle all HNK pints will be AED15 per pint and buckets of 6 HNK bottles AED54.00.A selection of beef, chicken and mushroom or chicken curry pies at AED17 each will be available for you to tuck into. Enjoy the change from the round ball.

The Heineken Cup challenge starts this month with the first yachts taking to the water in a pursuit challenge on Saturday 17^th July please email David Stuckey for SI’s and how the challenge will work. [davidstuckey48@gmail.com]

Have a great weekend hope to see you down at the club

Keith

The weekely pursuit race will take place again today ~ skippers please sign off so we can correct handicaps.

FOOTBALL SEMI FINNALS”             CALLING ALL DUTCH MEMBERS AND THEIR FRIENDS 

DOSC FOOTBALL SPECIAL ~ THE CLUB IS GOING DUTCH ~ OUR SUPPORT WILL BE BEHIND THE NETHERLANDS AND TO SHOW THIS:

ALL HENEKIN BOTTLES AT AED 9 FROM KICK OFF TO THE FINAL WHISTLE FOR THE QUARTER FINAL GAMES

DOSC BURGERS AED15 UNTIL 2330

BEEF, CHICKEN MUSHROOM OR CHICKEN CURRY HOME MADE PIE AED17 UNTIL 2330

NEDERBURG RED,WHITE OR ROSE AED90 PER BOTTLE FOR EACH GAME 

GAMES AS FOLLOWESNETHERLANDS VS. URUGURY    6th JULY 2230 ~ GERMANY  VS. SPAIN               7th JULY 2230     

BRING YOUR FRIENDS, BRING YOUR MUFFLED VUVUZELAHS AND COME ON DOWN TO THE CLUB FOR THE GAMES ~ SEE YOU SOON

http://www.marca.com/deporte/futbol/mundial/sudafrica-2010/calendario-english.html

Sailing at sunset on Tuesday night will continue with start times up on the white board for tonight’s race… followed by a buffet at the club and the weekly accumulator draw at 2030.

The continued development of the building on the roof as well as the terrace deck and marina extension is all moving ahead albeit slowly due to interesting hurdles thrown at us by the authorities.. we will persevere and with luck all will be completed by the start of the 2010/11 sailing season.

The winter series rugby matches will be screened as well as the football at the club while the tempretures are to high to go sailing. The Dom Perignon challenge is now on and all details are on the web page at www.dosc.ae under SI’s as is the ongoing blog from John and Sue in Chagos.. pop over to the web page and read about their travels on the ocean..

That’s all from me, enjoy the week, stay out of the sun and remeber the words of a wise man.....

Wear sunscreen

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by
scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience, I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not
understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
But trust me, in 20 years youll look back at photos of yourself and
recall in a way you cant grasp now how much possibility lay before
you and how fabulous you really looked.Youre not as fat as you
imagine.

Dont worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as
effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing
bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that
never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm
on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing everyday that scares you

Sing

Dont be reckless with other peoples hearts, dont put up with
people who are reckless with yours.

Floss

Dont waste your time on jealousy; sometimes youre ahead, sometimes
you?re behind?the race is long, and in the end, its only with
yourself.

Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you
succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch

Don?t feel guilty if you don?t know what you want to do with your
life?the most interesting people I know didn?t know at 22 what they
wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year
olds I know still don?t.

Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees, youll miss them when theyre gone.

Maybe youll marry, maybe you wont, maybe youll have children,maybe
you wont, maybe youll divorce at 40, maybe youll dance the funky
chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary what ever you do, dont
congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either- your
choices are half chance, so are everybody elses. Enjoy your body,
use it every way you candont be afraid of it, or what other people
think of it, its the greatest instrument youll ever
own..

Danceeven if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don?t follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents, you never know when theyll be gone for
good.

Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the
people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you
should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and
lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you
knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live
in Dubai once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will
philander, you too will get old, and when you do youll fantasize
that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were
noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Dont expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund,
maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one
might run out.

Dont mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will
look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who
supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of
fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the
ugly parts and recycling it for more than
its worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen

Keith

P.S. we are running a competition for the naming of the new building on the roof and the new deck off the terrace... a bottle of Mount Gay to the winners of both.. send them to me at manager@doscuae.com please.

Tuesday night sunset pursuit races will continue throughout the summer [its hot out there] and so will the following:

Notice of Race & Sailing Instructions

The Dom Perignon Trophy 2010

For those who are unaware, the Dom Perignon Trophy has been contested annually every summer for a number of years between 2 boats, Kernowek & Jubalani. The trophy itself & some photographs from previous years can be seen in the trophy cabinet.

Kernowek is the current holder of the trophy & therefore David Stucky is the current Defender.

The race for this prestigious trophy will be opened up this year to all boats & contested, as a summer fun event, under the following rules:

1. The Challenge Race for the Dom Perignon Trophy 2010 will take place between the Defender & the Challenger.
2. The event will take place between 1st July & 31st August 2010, on a date(s) agreed by the Defender & the Challenger(s).
3. Any boat wishing to challenge for the Trophy must present a challenge to the Defender by 30th June 2010.
4. In the event that the Defender receives more than one challenge, all of the challengers will compete in a Qualifying Race & the winner of that race will become the Challenger for 2010.
5. The Defender may also take part in the Qualifying Race. If the Defender wins the Qualifying Race, the boat placed 2nd will become the Challenger.
6. The Challenger must provide a chilled bottle of Dom Perignon to be drunk by both crews at the trophy presentation, after the Challenge Race.
7. The format of both the Challenge Race & the Qualifying Race (if required) are at the sole discretion of the Defender.
8. There will be no spitting, biting or swearing! All other rules for the race will be decided by the Defender. The principles of the Rules of Sailing will apply.
9. The Defender must inform the Challenger(s) of the race format at least 48 hours before the race(s).

John Ford

Cruiser Fleet Captain

And something to look forward to from a fellow member Guy Rickett below:

The summer is fast approaching and we all start to think about how we can entertain ourselves. Well, Loraine and I have decided that a good wedding would perk us all up and we have volunteered to put ourselves forward.

At 16:00 hours on Thursday the 24^th June, we will wed at the Holy Trinity Church and we would love all of you that know us to come along if you are free. If you can't make the church bit, then please do join us at DOSC from 17:00 hours onwards for a sundowner or three. It will be a relaxed affair like all things DOSC and we look forward to sharing our day with you. Don’t think about it, just put it in your diary.

No gifts please, go out and buy yourself something special or give some money to your favourite charity.

We hope to see you on the 24^th.

Loraine & Guy

That’s it from me ~ sailability yachts have now been ordered and will be with us in September ~ a big thanks to all who helped achieve this magnificent goal.

WORLD CUP FEVER IS ALIVE IN THE CLUB ~ FRIDAY AT 1700 COME ON DOWN !!!!!

Keith

Tuesday night pursuit race times are up on the board as well as the course and a sign on sheet, please don’t forget to sign off…

The buffet for tonight is an Asian Fusion collection inside the club house as well as the draw ~ the new summer menu will be out shortly but as of now the pie and gravy and bachelor menus are on the floor.

The big news is there are three days to go before the kick off to the World Cup Soccer in South Africa with the inaugural game at Football stadium between South Africa and Mexico starting at 1800 and will be screened in the club house. ALL THE GAMES will be screened at DOSC, come on down and support your teams, beer and wine on specials, quick meals or big meals available and Amarula bean bags scattered around to flop into and support your team.

The Commodore and Committee have voted unanimously to present Mr. David May and his wife with Life Time memberships for the dedicated work he has given to the club whilst serving on the committee. A dinner will be held in their honor at the start of the sailing seasons in September, all welcome.

A message from the New Commodore ~ Mike Loubser below :

MEMORANDUM

From    : Commodore Dubai Offshore Sailing Club

To        : All Members and Guests

Subject            Outstanding Food and Beverage Accounts.

Unfortunately once again, the monies outstanding on Food and Beverage Accounts has become unacceptably high.

Having reviewed the situation in some detail, the Committee and I have unanimously agreed to the following; All F&B accounts that have monies owing for greater than 60 days must be settled in full within ten [10] days from 08th June 2010. Failure to do so will result in suspension of membership until such time as the outstanding is settled.

We recognize that some members and guests are out of the country – in such circumstances, we are prepared to grant leniency upon proof of travel and will accept payment up until the last day of June 2010. Any late payments must be paid directly to the Club Manager who will ensure receipts are issued against payment and membership is reinstated.

The Committee and I look forward to your full cooperation in this matter.

Mike Loubser

Commodore

Dubai Offshore Sailing Club

08 June 2010

That’s it from me for now, enjoy the week and stay cool.

Keith

Extract from the Laws of the Navy:

If ye win through an African jungle,
Unmentioned at home in the press,
Heed it not. No man seeth the piston,
But it driveth the ship none the less.

Doth the paintwork make war with the funnels
And the deck to the cannons complain?
Nay, they know that some soap and fresh water
Unites them as brothers again.

P.S. The Live Winter Rugby Tours will be screened at the club on Saturday.

Tuesday sunset sail continues unabated …. Times will be on the white board as normal.

Enjoy the weekend ……………

Keith

Welcome to the new committee members, may the course you choose to sail be calm with fair winds. The web page has been updated with the current committee members so please have a look so you know whom to talk to about what.

The world cup football is upon us with the first games been screened at the club on the 11^th June at 1800. We will be sponsored by Budweiser beer [buckets, pay for 5 and get six deal] Bud Foosball tables [for the duration of the series]and Nederburg and Amarula specials for all to enjoy the games. Quick meal menus are now out and will accompany all the games. Bring your friends, dress to support your teams and enjoy the spectacle, it will be special..

 The Sailability garage sale is on tomorrow from 0730 to 1030 at Villa 55 47B Street Al Thanya ~ its for a very good cause please if you can make it do so.

The Dinghy fun race briefing at 1300 tomorrow depending on the weather as there is a predicted 20 to 30 knots.

Live Winter Rugby Tours will be screened at the club on Saturday with Australia playing against Fiji at 1330 and the South Africa vs. Wales at 1830. Pull out the supporters  jerseys and come on down for a vitamin H infusion and support your team.

Tuesday sunset sail continues unabated …. Times will be on the white board as normal.

Enjoy the weekend ……………

Keith

For those of you who are still in Dubai we would appreciate some help in getting the word out to as many people as possible.  Please print the attached flier and put it up in your local shops, schools, etc.  Give a copy to your maid, gardener, baby sitter or anyone else you think might be interested and ask them to spread the word. 
 
If you have any extra wire coat hangers for all the clothes for sale, or plastic carry bags for the buyers to use to carry home their newly purchased items, please either bring them to the garage sale or let me know so we can arrange to pick them up.

All able bodies are invited to help set up the items for sale on Thursday afternoon, 3 June, at Linda's house [villa 55 47B street Al Thanya - the goal is to finish in two hours.  The garage sale will be held from 7:30 to 10:30 on Friday morning - and if you are interested in helping out on Friday you will be most welcome! 

This is a great fund raising event for Sailability so it will be really interesting to see how much we can raise! 

Thank you all for your continued help!  Hope to see you on the 3rd and/or the 4th of June. 

Dear Dinghy Members,
There are a number of issues that have been brought to my attention this week with several matters regarding dinghy sailing at DOSC, condition of equipment and concerns over some lessons.
 
Without going into detail, many systems had already been put in place in anticipation of the summer maintenance period and some have been added in direct response to the feedback coming recently from the dinghy fleet.
 
Some of the actions being taken include the following;
 
Equipment for each fleet, will be consolidated into one place and should be easy for anyone at anytime to be able to locate any major piece of equipment they require for a hired dinghy. This is to include Optimist bailers to be taken out of the boats daily and stored in the club optimist sail store.
The layout of both club sail stores is being modified to accommodate all equipment.
The workshop will become a workshop only. No boat items will be stored here.
All spares and parts will be organized and then inventoried in order to make sure the bosun has the parts needed to keep on top of maintaining all boats at all times.
In the short term to address the mal-maintained club optimists, an emergency order of spares is being couriered to DOSC this week which includes mast gates and mast clamps.
An additional bosun is being hired as of July 1st to assist with maintenance. Ram’s role will then be to become more permanently on hand at the beach to assist lessons and hired boats with launch and recovery as well as additional safety cover when weather conditions demand.
Thorough monthly maintenance checks will be carried out on all DOSC dinghies, to ensure their condition and level of spares in stock.
I personally will endeavor to be more involved in assistance and supervision of sessions during busy periods.
A long standing battle to obtain VHF licenses is over and we have taken delivery of 11 VHF radios with 2 DOSC dedicated channels (just in time for the end of the season!!!!) This though should mean difficulties in communication during sessions should no longer rely on mobile phone and walkie talky next season.
 
All of the above, which are not implementable immediately, shall be in place for the start of the new season.
 
I would like to stress the importance of your feedback and the assistance it provides me in addressing matters when required. If at any time anyone has any comments regarding any issue whatsoever to do with the Sailing Department or sailing at DOSC, please feel free to contact me at any time. The issues raised over the past couple of weeks have highlighted some significant problems in the department which had been overlooked, and are now are being rectified, thanks to feedback received from you, the members.
 
 
Regards,
Joel Bryant
Sailing Manager
 
P.S. the race on Friday briefing at 1300 and is a pursuit race, cruisers start at 1400 and dinghy's at 1500 any yacht that needs a start time and does not usally race please contact the sailing department for one. Prizegiving at 1800 its a fun race come and have fun bring your hangover and anything else you want the more people in DJ the better
 
Keith

 Accumulator night after the pursuit race with the last [I hope not] of the coolish weather, with Thursday night the famous Oyster and mussel seafood theme night on the terrace, those members who love the mussels [ordered today from New Zealand, should be here by Thursday morning] night come down and join in, wine and beer on Happy Hour prices all night.

The Clubs Quiz night with game show Colin hosting will be on the 19^th and the dinghy prize giving on the 21^st ~ please book tables for both these functions. The barasti has been erected along the beach fence and does give us a level of privatization ~ other work related projects are moving ahead albeit slower that we wanted due to outside influences.

Membership is now settled for the most part and here is the FIRST notice of marina fees due in September ~ I know its 4 months away but you can ask tell members enough times to pay fees due. Have a great week ahead and we shall see you during the course of the week…..

Keith

Message from the Honorary Secretary:

Will all members please note, that the Dubai Offshore Sailing Club A.G.M. is to be held on Tuesday the 1st of June 2010, commencing at 7.30pm in the Clubhouse.

Any member wishing raise business for discussion at the A.G.M. should inform the Honorary Secretary, in writing ,before Saturday the 22nd of May 2010, so that the matter may be added to the Agenda.

Candidates for the election to the Committee will be those Members of the retiring Committee who have offered themselves for re-election, and other Members of the Club, who have been duly proposed and seconded in writing on the Committee Election Notice, which will be posted on the Main Notice Board for 14 days from Monday the 17th of May 2010. Candidates must also affix their signature to this Notice to show that they have accepted their nomination.

Any Member who is entitled to vote and cannot attend, may appoint a proxy to vote on his or her behalf, provided that the proxy is declared in advance of the A.G.M. To ensure that proxies are not abused, the Committee requests that they are confirmed in writing and duly signed.

No Member may hold more than 5 proxy votes.

If  an election is required for Membership of the Committee, Club Members will be asked to vote as they enter the Clubhouse from 6.30pm to 7.30pm.

The A.G.M. will start promptly at 7.30pm.

The Committee hope that as many Members as possible will attend.

Ian Gooding      Honorary Secretary.

With the start of May all membership fees are now frozen and those who have not paid, it is noted by the membership secretary that you did not wish to renew your membership and as such will be removed from the membership roll.

The May Ball is just around the corner, those who have reserved seating or tables must pay for them before the 9th May [as per the House Members request] as there is a waiting list of members who have paid but remain hopeful to get a seat/table.

The improvements/building work at the club is now moving along with work being done on the club house roof, the terrace area and in the water in front of the club. We apologies for any inconvenience caused while this work is in progress.

This Wednesday and on the 19th May are quiz nights, the 5th is a charity night at the TT bar and tickets can be purchased on the night and the 19th will be in the club-house and will be hosted by the one and only quizmaster Colin Taylor all the way back from Thailand for the event. Put both dates into your iphones.....

Tuesday Night [4th] is the pursuit race with start times up on the whiteboard followed by the accumulator and theme live cooking. Thursday [6th] is the French Theme Night ~ tables can be booked at extension 1008, members are asked to consider other members and not book tables for 17 guests at a time. Friday [7th]is the last Commodores cup cruiser fleet race sponsored by Mount Gay ~ followed by Rod Stewart and Spandau Ballet at the Dubai rugby grounds.... will be great.

John and Sue continue to entertain us with their adventures in Chagos which can be followed on the DOSC web page with the TAB on the left hand side.

Message from the Honorary Secretary:

Will all members please note, that the Dubai Offshore Sailing Club A.G.M. is to be held on Tuesday the 1st of June 2010, commencing at 7.30pm in the Clubhouse.

Any member wishing raise business for discussion at the A.G.M. should inform the Honorary Secretary, in writing ,before Saturday the 22nd of May 2010, so that the matter may be added to the Agenda.

Candidates for the election to the Committee will be those Members of the retiring Committee who have offered themselves for re-election, and other Members of the Club, who have been duly proposed and seconded in writing on the Committee Election Notice, which will be posted on the Main Notice Board for 14 days from Monday the 17th of May 2010. Candidates must also affix their signature to this Notice to show that they have accepted their nomination.

Any Member who is entitled to vote and cannot attend, may appoint a proxy to vote on his or her behalf, provided that the proxy is declared in advance of the A.G.M. To ensure that proxies are not abused, the Committee requests that they are confirmed in writing and duly signed.

No Member may hold more than 5 proxy votes.

If  an election is required for Membership of the Committee, Club Members will be asked to vote as they enter the Clubhouse from 6.30pm to 7.30pm.

The A.G.M. will start promptly at 7.30pm.

The Committee hope that as many Members as possible will attend.

Ian Gooding      Honorary Secretary.

That’s all from us for now, enjoy the week and sadly the last of the outdoor weather ~ hope to see you all on the water on Tuesday evening.

Keith