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Contents How to Find Us............................................................ 4 Commodore’s Foreword.......................................... 5 Club Officers & Stewards........................................ 6 Club Membership & Services............................8-9 Membership...................................................................11 Clubhouse & Catering........................................ 12-13 Social Scene............................................................14-17 Archivist’s Report.......................................................18 Club Launch Service.................................................18 Mooring Facilities.................................................... 20 RNCYC Cruising Musters...................................... 20 Charitable Trust ........................................................22 Team Racing 2012......................................................24 One Design Class Contacts & Sailing Committee................................................24 North Sailing...............................................................25 Sonars.............................................................................27 Sailing Report..............................................................30 Sailing Calendar 2012.........................................32-33 Gareloch Points Series 2012.................................34 Gareloch Race Officers 2012............................... 35 East Patch Racing Committee.............................36 East Patch Racing Programme 2012...................36 East Patch Race Officer Duty List 2012...........38 Protest Committee Chairmen 2012..................39 Prizegiving 2011.......................................................... 40 Club Sailors........................................................... 42-43 Glasgow University Yachting Team 10th at World Cup.................................44-45 Memories of sailing in the 1948 Olympic Games.......................................46-48 Hebridean Family Adventure Cruising Trophy Winner...................................50-51 Painting Competition.............................................. 53 Book Review................................................................55 Clyde 19/24 Class – 100 Years On............. 56-57 Photo Competition...........................................58-59 International Collision Regulations................. 60 Greenock Tidal Differences................................ 60 Tidal Information................................................61-63 Club Yachts...........................................................64-66 Cover Photo - Grand Cru, 14th in Rolex Fastnet Race 2011 courtesy of Neill Ross. Photos throughout unless otherwise stated are courtesy of Neill Ross and Alistair Reid. 3