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On the 9th October there were reports of a club member, minus trousers, wading across to the Lilly pads to retrieve a recalcitrant model. Then, on the 12th October Ray Hellicar's MTB 77 hit a buoy, capsized, and sank. An anonymous hero lept in, swam out to the buoy and, diving down, rescued it from the silt. On the 16th October, Arthur Shannon's gunter rigged dinghy was hit by a squall and sank (above left). In this case Reg Radley waded out and performed the rescue... he said he would need more money to take his clothes off and wade in further! However Peter Oram has the solution (right).

Although not a Club Event, David McNair Taylor and David Reith exhibited their models at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Model Ship Weekend (27th & 28th September, 2008) as members of the Surface Warships Association. There's some photos of the proceedings in our Club Events Gallery and even some movies of the action.

The club had a great display at the Lymington Lifeboat day on 3rd August 2008. The RNLI had record takings in the shop and a lot of public interest despite poor weather. David McNair-Taylor, the Scale Section Captain, thanks all who took part. The Lymington Operations Manager presented the club with a framed photo of the Lifeboat as a token of thanks. More photos are available on our Club Events web page.

Photos from the Calshot Lifeboat Fun Day on 20th July 2008. More photos are available on our Club Events web page... and here are Ruff's thoughts on the proceedings!

The Club's 30th anniversary BBQ and Club Day took place at Setley Pond on Sunday, 13th July 2008. The event was very well attended, the food was delicious, and only one boat caught on fire! Chris Chattaway won the impromptu "Steering Competition" and Louis Vaisey won the first prize in the raffle (a tug and barge kit donated by Peter Oram). Photos of the event are on our Club Events page. Finally, these were Ruff's thoughts on the day!

The Steering Competition for the Richard Graham Trophy took place on Sunday, 1st June, 2008. As usual John Frost had designed a fiendish course. Despite the late intervention of the Griggs family, who usually do well, the prize was won by a clear round from our Scale Captain, David McNair-Taylor. He then had the embarrassing honour of presenting the prize to himself! The overall results are available here and photographs are on our Photo Galleries.

On Saturday 10th May we held our first "Navy Day" at Setley Pond. It was well attended with everything from HMS Hood to a humble minesweeper, the weather was perfect for sailing the scale warships, we had the harbour set up and several white ensigns flying. It is intended to make this an annual event. Photographs of the action are featured on our Photo Galleries.

Well known club member Don Scott was recently featured on the pages of the Daily Echo with his new model of the Ventura, here is a clipping, well done Don! They also shot a Video News item which you can view on the Daily Echo site or watch it from our Movie Gallery on this site.

The Club's 30th Anniversary Annual Highcliffe Exhibition on 8th March raised over £800 for the RNLI! Photographs of the Show are featured on our Club Events web page.