Club Volunteers

At BBSC we publish the roster about a month in advance and post it to each person involved, we also publish it on the web site. http://homepages.rya-online.net/BoughBeechSC/Duties/may.htm The OOD phones round in the week before  to make sure all are going to turn up.  It is the persons own resposibility to get a swap if their date is not suitable.  We only rarely get a "no show" and if the reason is not good enough they get a blast of a letter from the Comodore.  I suppose persistent ofenders would be asked not to apply next year.  If you look at our site you'll see the duties we roster. 

The most difficult to fill used to be Safety Boat Skipper and Race Officer.  We have solved the first by having a dedicated team who do more than the obligatory 2 duties a year but they get training and generally enjoy themselves.  We are about to do the same sort of thing for Race Officers but this is a skill which sometimes even the best racers aren't good at.  We are demanding at BBSC though because we always start and finish our races from the water and insist on a good beat and a square line.  Perhaps that's why we have so many top sailors at our club.