Progress Report

HARD WORK

You may have noticed that there have been a number of areas of concrete hard replaced.

Reasons for this expensive bit of work are several, but mainly ones of safety. The old concrete was sinking due to the continuous ebb and flow of water through the sheet piling and the fill material under the concrete. The water washes away the small particles and then the larger ones try to fill the gap, with the weight of the concrete above pushing it down. The Oak edge beams are connected to the top of the steel sheet piling and some other piles. They stay in position, and hence we have a step - which is a trip hazard and would be in the case of an accident a serious matter. Fact is you would probably just fall into the water - but we have to be so careful these days.

There was a small area near my heatwave dinghy that was repaired too, but you may have noticed that the oak beam is below the concrete. This is beacause it is a bit loose. John (who did a great job with his son Jake of the repairs - dont ever mix it with him on a dark night - I have never seen two blokes able to dig and work so hard for so long) suggested that we cut off the beam and get a new one. Once I pointed out that a new oak beam would cost about £300 min we decided to leave it in place. We need to get some volunteers to do this - we get into one of the club dory's and put acrow props on the river bed and jack up the beam to the right position. Then we drill into the concrete some big expanding Rawl Bolts to hold it all in place! So anyone wishing to volunteer for some light Civil Engineering works please let me know!

The polythene needs to be cut back now and the loose bits of concrete broken up and cleared away - so again feel free to do it!! But it may be that the Harbour Master will be doing this in the next few days - but wouldn't it be nice if Nick was surprised to see it all done! And there are lots of other jobs that need doing - the more we do the more cash we have left in the club funds for better things.

But thanks to John and Jake and a few others for the work - moving 6m3 of concrete, and the equivalent back the skip all by wheel barrow is not easy!

Stuart Gurney - Vice Commodore

TRENCH DUG, TRENCH FILLED

You may also have noticed that a trench has been dug and filled in again between the club house and the mast rack right across the top of the bank. This is the installation of the new power supply to the clubhouse to comply with Insurance. Thanks in the main (no pun intended) go to Sam for undertaking this in the sweltering conditions enjoyed by the sail training. So far new the new power cable and fuse box have been installed. Other works including security lighting are on going at the time of writing.

Page last updated:  05/05/2007 19:37:43

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