Progress on Capricornia

Piet Lunstedt and Henk Brolsma have been working away on the new centreboard case. Henk sent in the attached photo: ‘Capricornia – the old and the new. The old centreboard and the new centreboard housing.‘

Piet Lunstedt and Henk Brolsma have been working away on the new centreboard case. Henk sent in the attached photo: ‘Capricornia – the old and the new. The old centreboard and the new centreboard housing.‘

See the flyer below for details.

The editor of the LBT news column (Richard) will be away for 6 weeks from September the twentieth. We are looking for somebody to help out for this period. For anybody who is interested it is an opportunity to learn…

Bring your dish from Spain, Italy, the Levant, North Africa, you choose. After 6pm, with something to drink and $5 for the kitty.

Turns out that the ‘Jack de Crow’ special featured last week and pictured below belongs to LBT member Oscar Ellis. He and his family are living in Boat Harbour at the moment, hence the confusion. We suspect that Oscar’s father…

Sometimes Murphy looks the other way, or loses concentration or gets it wrong. In any event he allowed us perfect weather, a coincidence with Father’s Day and didn’t interfere with the excellent organisation which led to the Sunday Catch Up…

‘The Ballad of Wallis Island is a wonderfully warm and quirky film centred around Charles, an eccentric lottery winner living a quiet, isolated life on a remote Welsh island. His great passion is music, and when he gets the chance…

Winter has returned with a sting in its tail, just the sort of weather that is perfect for hearty British dishes, both savoury and sweet. Bring yours to share, along with something to drink, and $5 for the kitty.

It has been book week at local schools, with lots of fun and games and dress ups. We like the literary taste of Boat Harbour Primary School. (Thanks to Endra and David Ellis for spotting this one)

A tap valve in this case – remember the leaking tap over the kitchen sink? It has taken 3 trips to Kingston so far, and we may finally have the right one. Thanks John Avery for persevering.