Talk Porty ~ Portobello

Jonathan Bendit

This wekend Portobello Sailing & Kayaking Club is holding the last of this seasons kayaking courses; 1 Star, 2 day course for adults 16 +. This is a first rate course as anyone who has been on it will tell you and at a knock-out price; £75 for club members £110 for non-members. (To book click http:/...

Jonathan Bendit

Thanks - we are aware - we think the elite runners will be through between 9 -9.15 so the RYA plan to have boats on the beach well before then. Kids willl just have to dodge the runners as they come through.

Jonathan Bendit

Thanks Granty. It seems llike everyone had a good time. 18 founder members booked too which is a great start. The sun comes out tomorrow (there is a song in there somewhere) so it will be even better!

Jonathan Bendit

Yes - with the fence in place we can start operating as a club. If you are interested in joining as a Founder Member, come along to the yard between 1 and 2pm any day over the next three weekends, 23rd / 24th, 30/31 and 6/7 June. when we will be having a BBQ for the 144 children doing the Sailing Ta...

Jonathan Bendit

The addition of a No Through road sign at the Bath Street junction with Straiton Place would be an improvement. I see several cars going to the end of the road then reversing, the drivers not realising that next stop is the Forth. These are not just people on the hunt for a parking space..

Jonathan Bendit

The weekends of the 23/24 May and the 30/31st May are now booked out. We have added a third weekend for the 6th/7th June.

Jonathan Bendit

If we get more applicants than places we will ask the RYA if they can do a third weekend.

Jonathan Bendit

Tell them to get a move on as we have only got 16 of the original 98 places left.

Jonathan Bendit

Hi Granty

The boats are the Topper Taz.

Here is the web site address http://sailporty.org.uk/?cat=2.

This is the RYA SITC site address which spells it all out: http://www.ryascotland.org.uk/sailingin ... esitc.aspx

Jonathan Bendit

I know this may sound like a daft question, but will the kids get to sail on the water?

Yes - from the get go. No two hour preamble in a classroom if that's what you mean.

Jonathan Bendit

Thanks Bob. We have yet to finalise our own logo so, until then yours would be great.

Jonathan Bendit

Rapunzell - thanks for your thoughts I will look and see what we can do. I have a feeling we have to be registered with someone to sell raffle tickets which maybe difficult to arrange in the timeframe. We will look at other ideas. Re adults having a shot on the water- the short answer just now is: n...

Jonathan Bendit

On the weekends of the 24th and 30th May Portobello Sailing and Kayaking Club will be hosting the RYA's Sailing in the City who will be providing sailing taster sessions for any child aged 8-14. The folowing link http://sailporty.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/sitc-application-form1.doc takes you...

Jonathan Bendit

Thanks for that Marya. I too was under the impression that it was safe to reveal bank details. I have now edited the post.

Jonathan Bendit

Indeed Beachbum you got it in one. Of course its a lot of money (I was being ironic) If the club had the money already we would't be asking for it. The point in this case is that I hoped that if lots of people gave a small amount we would raise the sum by receiving lots of small gifts from intereste...

Jonathan Bendit

Oh! and we can offer free scones and coffee for any body willing to dig. However what we also badly need is money. In fact we need to raise around £1,500 before the middle of May. We have already raised around £850 which leaves a mere £650. In the immediate term we have to pay for some ground works ...

Jonathan Bendit

Enough about Chocolate! Back to matters of sailing please. Next Saturday morning we need VOLUNTEERS to help dig a trench on our patch of land, in so doing, saving us from hiring a digger (£400). If you are fit and able, have a spade and an hour or two to spare please would you come down to the saili...

Jonathan Bendit

Thanks for the plug DG. Chocolates are indeed made in East Lothian by a German Mathematics Doctor. You should check out her Easter Eggs too. Don't be afraid of chocolate, it is one of life's truly great pleasures.

Jonathan Bendit

You too!

Bob Jefferson wrote:It was amazing just how much rubbish was uncovered once the vegetation was removed.

37 bags of rubbish collected until bad light stopped play. I will try to persuade the council to remove them.

Jonathan Bendit

Clear up starts shortly.

Jonathan Bendit

I have just talked to Scott Thompson. He said that apart from the dead ones, there was one tree that was taken out that, with hindsight he might not have done since it was not as sick as he thought. However he said it would be no problem to put some trees back, (new trees) though now is not the time...

Jonathan Bendit

According to Scott Thompson who is the Council manager who looks after all the green sites/ parks etc in this area and who's contractors are doing the clearance work, the only trees coming out are dead ones. If live ones are being felled then it is a mistake and I will talk to Scott and see what con...

Jonathan Bendit

Between now and early May there will be some considerable activity on the future dinghy park. Firstly, the land will be cleared of the bushes and many of the rather tatty shrubs etc. The tress will remain. The grass will remain. Next we will be digging a trench along the front length of the land (an...

Jonathan Bendit

There is a side entrance on Bath Street with an internal ramp. Since the internal floor is around a foot higher than the prom we were obliged to do this; good for wheelchairs and for buggies.

Jonathan Bendit

Thanks Bob. Doing much better thanks. Cafe is fine unless it rains, when the prom is deserted - same for everybody I expect.

Jonathan Bendit

Useful, thanks. Until we get the fence up against the back wall we had better have a no dogs policy. We will also soon be applying for planning permission for a shed which will have joint use as home for a rescue boat and for all the stuff that a sailing club will need. It will also have changing fa...

Jonathan Bendit

Yes we are going ahead. No plans for lights.

Jonathan Bendit

Following a bit of jiggery-pokery with the staging of the fence, we (the committee) are pleased to announce that the fence for the Portobello Sailing & Kayaking Club has been commissioned and should be installed by early May. This first phase will fence the front and sides of the patch of land and o...

Jonathan Bendit

A quick update about Portobello Sailing & Kayaking Club. I am delighted to report that we have been awarded our first grant of £5,000 from the Scottish Community Foundation. However, we need a whole lot more so if anyone wants to suggest any avenues we might persue, suggest away!

Jonathan Bendit

At one stage, it looked like the widening of the alley for vehicle access and putting car-parking spaces on the land was to be a condition for planning approval, but, as per my ealier post, when the approval document came through, no such conditions were mentioned.

Jonathan Bendit

The planning authority has granted planning permission. In the conditions, there was no mention of the need for a car park or the need for vehicular access to the yard down the alleyway.

Jonathan Bendit

Well, we have done it. We have been granted planning permission to create a sailing and kayaking club in Portobello. The news was received by a breathless motorcycle dispatch courier sent direct from the Scottish Executive who arrived clutching a handwritten envelope from the Chief Commissioner of P...

Jonathan Bendit

Situation update. Midway through the planning application, I was advised that the Roads department were unhappy about the likely increase of parking pressure in Straiton Place and surrounding area and concerned that dinghy sailors would arrive towing a boat and find nowhere safe (off road) to unhitc...

Jonathan Bendit

Dear all I am delighted to report that planning permission has been approved...... almost. Because it involves council land, the city planners need to run it past the Scottish Executive’s planning department. There is a 28 day turnaround for this but we would not hear anything unless they have an ob...

Jonathan Bendit

Thumper* Thanks for the enthusiastic posting - and I really appreciate the offer for help re manning safety boats. The suggestion that the club should become a focal point for all water sports users in Portobello was made informally at a meeting held to discuss the petition to the Scottish Executive...

Talk Porty ~ Portobello

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Kayaking Courses 2 adult places remaining

Marathon

New weekend for Sailing in the City

Sailing in the City. Sailing for kids aged 8-14

Trees

Land works on the land that will become the dinghy park

Wheelchair access to the cafe.

Dogs

Lights

Some progress at last

Fund raising

Access to the dinghy park

Planning pemission granted

Vehicle access

Planning permission