Clubhouse use this week (Tuesday to Thursday)

Jonathan Stone is hosting a function at the club this week with the Society for Acquired Resilience.

He writes:

Dear fellow members, sailors.

Later this month (September 27 - 29 to be precise) another scientific meeting will, with the permission of the DBSC Management Committee, be held at the Clubhouse. It is a sequel to a meeting held in 2020 (March 9 - 11), just before the COVID lockdowns began.

The theme of the meeting is ‘healthy ageing’. There will be ~ 25 presentations from scientists around the world on a phenomenon known as ‘acquired resilience’, the way everyday stresses (like exercise, hypoxia, hunger, solar radiations, and toxins in plants) induce measure improvements in the health of - anyone. Because the young enjoy the resilience of youth, the benefits of exercise, diet management and light-used-as-therapy are more marked in older people. But the benefits can be measured in the young and can be powerful for the aged - for example, delaying Parkinsonism and dementia, speeding wound healing, greater longevity. Acquired resilience is proving powerful medicine for the ageing, and very useful for the young (particularly to speed wound healing).

For more information, see https://societyforacquiredresilience.com/about-us/

We chose Tuesday - Thursday to keep clear of the Club’s weekend racing. And we will hold the meeting at the bay end of the Clubhouse, so that weekday sailors can reach their boats, and the change rooms; even the kitchen but we will be using the kitchen as kitchen for lunches and morning and afternoon teas. And for an hour or two on the Wednesday, if the weather is good, we will have the RIBs in the water (but crewed by club-approved drivers), to give our participants a moment on the water of one of the world’s great harbours. And the Clubhouse will be cleaned during and after the Meeting, so that it will be spick and span well before Saturday racing the next weekend.

So, we will do everything we can not to disturb sailing.

The Society is very grateful to the Club for being allowed to meet in this great location. Our last meeting was a success in every way. I am a little nervous about this next meeting because many participants - daunted I think by the present costs of air travel - have chosen to attend by ZOE (ZOOM or equivalent). I think we have mastered the remote-meeting technology. Wish us luck on the day.

If you have any questions, ask me (jonathanston@gmail.com) or Paul Adam (who a distinguished participant is and is helping with the catering too).

Thank you

Jonathan Stone

Should you need to use the club during this time, please do so mindfully.