Work Party Sat 28th Feb 2026
Neil Chadborn will be leading the work party, on Saturday 28th Feb at 10am – this will mainly be cleaning inside and below the club house in preparation for the County Cooler open meeting (free hot snacks / soup). Contact at commodore@ncsc.org.uk
Outdoors – Weather permitting | ||
Tree / bush cutting | a) helpers to clear wood and move or burn. b) “qualified” and experineced chain saw operators with full safety gear . | Stout gardening long gloves, choppers / loppers and the like to cut up small branches, safety glasses. |
Collect and stack surplus tyres in one area | Wheelbarrow or similar, bring work gloves | |
Remove boats sitting on fences | Under supervision of flag officer or boat park manager | |
Audit and decide on repair boat park fencing, identify empty berths, strim | Flag officer or boat park manager | Strimmer |
Abandoned boats move | Boat park manager | |
Clear under clubhouse and around containers, abandoned items, including abandoned masts near Rigiflex | Training and flag officer | Skip |
Trim trees and shrubs between small and large lake | Loppers, hedge trimmers etc | |
Row D remove tall grass and widen launch area near waters edge | Waders and trimmers etc | |
Gangplank 1, by south slipway, to be moved up from water’s edge to top of slope; above the flood line. Rest it flat on a pair of timber bearers. | NB. This job requires at least 6 people working in pairs, with a length of rope between each pair. | |
Gangplank 2, currently lashed to side of ramp up to clubhouse, needs moving to under-side of clubhouse. Stand it on edge, on a pair of timber bearers, & lash to the north side of the second row of steel stanchions. | NB. This job requires at least 8 people, working in pairs, with a length of rope between each pair. | |
Large aluminium wear-plate, clubhouse: currently with gangplank 2 above, to be moved under clubhouse. Stand on edge & lash it alongside the g-plank. | ||
Equipment, Materials, Rubbish, strewn &/or stored beneath the clubhouse. This needs to be sorted through & separated into: – Stuff that has value… – Do we keep it? Where & How? Do we sell the rest? To Whom? – Store the stuff to be kept in a safe & rational manner – Worthless, worn-out stuff. | Commodore or Works and ways / training. Remove to by the skip ‘til there is time/resources to load it in efficiently. | Getting full use [full value] from the Skip: This is costing the club almost £400, so it needs to be filled carefully to fill it thoroughly. – Pack it carefully so gaps & voids are minimised. – Nothing must project above the metal sides of the skip; otherwise, the supplier will not take the skip away. |
