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The HISC Christmas Cracker Open is on Saturday 21 December this year . . . The race is open to all monohull dinghies with a PY of 1451 and below plus the Keelboat classes - Artemis 20, Flying 15, RS K6, RS Elite, X boat, Swallow, Sunbeam, Hawk, Star and Yngling . . . All proceeds will be donated to the Friends of Chichester Harbour . . . more . . .

The Flying 15 Association has a new FF Ranking programme that produces data accross their Open events. In the 2013 Summery, Richard Lovering and Matt Alvarado of HISC were ranked No.1 and Alan Bax and James Grant No.3 . . . The platform can also produce data on how points add up by Club, showing where the main strength of the class is based . . See the table here . . . more . . .

The Club Christmas Turkey Dinner is upon us! Bookings are now being taken for this traditional carve your own night, where a turkey crown is presented to each table and you can practice your carving skills . . . more . . .

DutyMan is now open for you to book your 2014 HISC race duties . . . You should have received an email from DutyMan explaining how to do this . . . Please follow the link on the email which will take you to the allocation page . . . more . . .

Saturday 14 December was the final day of racing for the Saturday Series of the HISC Autumn Open and the idividual event winners were: Fast Handicap, Simon Letten (RS700) . . . Medium Asymmetric Handicap, James and Anne Gardner (RS400) . . . Medium Handicap, Richard Bates and Emma Flight (Tasar) . . . International Moths, Mike Lennon . . . Slow Handicap, Nick Peters (Solo) . . . more . . .

The December Meeting of the Ladies Who Lunch Club will be on Friday 20 December . . . As usual we will meet in the HISC bar between 10.30 - 11.00 for coffee and some lighthearted effort at making Christmassy things under the guidance of Carol Carter . . . more . . .

Thank you to all the HISC members who purchased RNLI merchandise at the Christmas Fare Sunday . . . I am delighted to inform you that £700.71 was raised and a further £347.95 at the two previous Christmas card sales in the bar . . . more . . .

The November draw has now taken place . . . Congratulations to our winners. It's ever so easy to join our 500 Club, and very painless! All you new HISC members - just ask at HISC Reception for a form - go on - please do it now, and thanks . . . more . . .

Having cancelled our work party on Saturday 9 November due to foul weather, we held a mid-week session on Wednesday 27 November, and mustered 12 stalwarts who worked a total of over 40 hours . . . A bonfire below the HW line was created to dispose of most of the trimmings . . . The club kindly provided soup and rolls for the attendees . . . more . . .

Following the recent discussion forum the Racing Committee has introduced a number of changes to the 2014 club racing formats . . . The Pennant Weekends will run to the same format as usual . . . The regular series will now be 2 months long, resulting in four series, plus the Open Winter Series . . . Saturday racing will be changed to provide Saturday Sprints on one Saturday of each month (7 dates in all) . . . more . . .

Survey Equipment Deployed - 1. Mariners are advised that the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS) is carrying out a survey in Chichester Harbour to monitor water quality . . . Stations have been established at 6 points, located outside of the main navigable channels, and are marked by unlighted yellow buoys in the following locations: . . . more . . .

Dear Member, following on from last month here is a summary of the General Committee meeting on 17th November . . . In the absence of an in house communications director or even Malcolm Tucker himself, the task of drafting this is shared between those of us on the General Committee, so this is purely my recollection of the meeting . . . more . . .