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she was sure all would support to further our aims and objectives to foster
friendship and camaraderie between all those who sail and share an interest
in Folkboats to encourage the true spirit of FB sailing.

1. Apologies for absence.
Apologies were received from Simon Osgood; Ed Donald; Kim Morley; Stuart
Watson; Miles Peckham; Richie Bell; Keith Whitelaw; Chris Beane; Nigel
Campling; Jeremy Willcock; Jonathan Proctor; Jeremy Austin; Patrick Farrell;
Stuart Wood.

2. To Receive the Minutes of the 61st Annual General Meeting held on 14
th
March 2022.
The Minutes had been made available to all members. Acceptance of the
minutes was proposed by Julian Sowry and seconded by Nick Ingram. The
members accepted them as a true record of that meeting by a show of hands.

3. Chairman’s Report 2022.
The Chairman said it had been a very busy year; with a lot of the focus being
on the Sessan Cup. He thanked all those on the Sessan Cup Committee for all
their hard work on what proved to be a larger project than envisioned. He
commented that the weather had had quite a impact on the season with
either too much or too little wind both at FB Week and the Sessan Cup. He
hoped that the Foatboat camaraderie, where like-minded people could enjoy
their sport would be in greater evidence next season. There are to be some
changes to the programme next year involving FB Week and the Nationals.
There are also changes on the Committee, with the new rules now having
been in a year there will be rolling changes to the Committee. DF thanked
James Hoare for all the work and support he had given as Vice Chairman, a
position he is stepping down from however he will still be on the Committee.
The Chairman thinks that the Folkboat Class in all its guises has a good future,
being relatively cheap to buy and run we should be encouraging the slightly
younger end of the sailing fraternity. FBs are tough little boats, and it is good
to see the Classic boats joining the racing more and more. The Chairman
pointed out that most of the Committee meetings are done by 'Zoom' which
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