Maxi Association Rally
Bembridge 26th / 27th May 2012
Peter & Sue Stonestreet are hosting the rally and have arranged moorings in Bembridge Harbour
on the Douver Pontoon for Saturday night
High water should allow for arrival mid afternoon on Saturday
with the customary pontoon gathering at 1830 hrs for drinks and nibbles followed by
dinner at “Baywatch” at 1930 hrs
(Meal choice will be selected from their standard menu on the night)
This is just over three weeks away so please reserve your space with
and advise the number of people onboard as soon as possible
to allow final numbers at the restaurant to be confirmed.
Dates of rallies for the rest of the season can be found here.
Maxi Association Rally
Bembridge 26th / 27th May 2012
Peter & Sue Stonestreet are hosting the rally and have arranged moorings in Bembridge Harbour
on the Duver Pontoon for Saturday night
High water should allow for arrival mid afternoon on Saturday
with the customary pontoon gathering at 1830 hrs for drinks and nibbles followed by
dinner at “Baywatch” at 1930 hrs
(Meal choice will be selected from their standard menu on the night)
This is just over three weeks away so please reserve your space with
peter stonestreet
and advise the number of people onboard as soon as possible
to allow final numbers at the restaurant to be confirmed.
*Maxi Yachts Update*
Maxi Yachts has been acquired by Polish boat builder, Delphia Yachts.
These details have been published on the Delphia Yachts website:-
Maxi Yachts has been always a synonymous with well-constructed vessels whose build quality has earned them great respect throughout the sailing world.
Most recently, the Maxi Yachts boatyard constructed 34-42 foot yachts, designed by world champion and Olympics medalist, Pelle Petterson. Since its establishment, the boatyard has released over 16 thousand vessels.
The core values of the Maxi brand are design, comfort and safety.
To own a Maxi yacht demonstrates one’s passion for the life at sea. The typical Maxi owner is a purist sailor seeking the perfect balance between the performance of a boat and the comfort it provides. The Maxi product range combines safety with build quality finished with an eye for the smallest detail. Experience in building yachts shines through in each craft’s functionality, ease of handling and uncompromising comfort for the crew, coupled with contemporary eye-catching Scandinavian styling.
Despite the unmistakable attention to detail and design, these vessels feature excellent nautical capabilities that have earned them loyal enthusiasts worldwide.
It is the firm opinion of Delphia Yachts Kot sp. j., that Maxi yachts deserves to continue to produce fine craft to allow future generations of sailors to forge their character onboard such excellent vessels. Therefore, we regard the acquisition of Maxi Yachts as part of Delphia’s strategic development, going the extra mile to meet clients’ expectations, always seeking new solutions and continuously increasing our product range. The range currently features 10 sailboats, 3 house boats, and some 20 classic models of motorboats and speedboats. Maxi models complement the current Delphia lineup and therefore it is our intention to breathe new life into such beautiful and inspired designs.
Delphia Yachts is a constantly growing company, constantly seeking new challenges. We feel that acquiring Maxi Yachts presents a great challenge – one that takes preparation, investment and time to achieve the desired results. By acquiring Maxi, we are able to expand our dealership network and establish our leading position in a market inspired by such legends and icons of sailing style as Pelle Petterson.
All Maxi yachts will be produced at Delphia Yachts shipyard. At first Delphia plans to restart the production of existing models (Maxi 1300, Maxi 1060 and SM 40) and hopes for the future increase of Maxi Yachts fleet. The positioning of Maxi brand remains unchanged.
It is generally appreciated that yacht building is a highly complex process requiring specialized technical knowledge and skill.
At Delphia Yachts, we combine these attributes with experience, passion and advanced technology allowing us to create a superlative product which will be evident in the first models of Maxi Yachts to leave our production line.
Full details about Delphia Yachts, including the aquisition of Maxi Yachts can be found at http://en.delphiayachts.net/home-page
MAXI OWNERS ASSOCIATION
Annual General Meeting – 11th March 2012
Held at The Pheonix Inn, Twyford @ 1200
Present:
Andy & Sara Horwood ~ Asante
Peter & Sarah Sands ~ Blue Lightning
Peter & Sue Stonestreet ~ Blue Rider
Gerry Good ~ Ceolsige
Kevin & Annie Brown ~ Good Time Girl
Looking Foor Kloos ~ Julian & Carolyn Trimming
Magewind ~ John Skipper
Maxima ~ David & Sandy Hodges
Moonshine Blues ~ Robert & Sally Ledger
Taranaki ~ Roy & Miranda Nield-Dumper
Apologies:
22 apologies received & 3 votes by Proxy,
Chairman’s Report:
Andy Horwood opened the meeting by summarising the events of 2011, noting that events in the Solent area had again been well attended and the 8 events had been supported by 19 individual boats
The East Coast area, despite the efforts of Rod Minkey, has struggled to make any progress in invigorating activity back to the levels that had been enjoyed in earlier years.
The rally organized by John Skipper in Brixham in an attempt to attract the interest of some of the boats in the South West was disappointing in that the only boats attending had sailed from the Solent. There were a number of possible contributing factors for this, not the least the weather. Efforts are on going to recruit an area representative to develop activity.
On the racing circuit, Maxi’s are well represented in the upcoming Royal Southampton YC Double Handed series with 5 Maxi’s competing.
A brief outline of the recent history of the Maxi brand was presented, noting the change of ownership from Nimbus to Najad and more recently to Nordwest and Nordwest’s statement that the Maxi brand does not fit in with their product portfolio so are actively looking for a buyer. We have contact with Nordwest, through Peter Stonestreet so we will continue to monitor the situation and advise of future developments.
Thanks were expressed to those present for their attendance
Treasurer’s Statement:
Balance of our accounts at the end of the 2010/11 year was:
Current account: £800
Savings account: £4056
This represents a net income over the year of £500. In addition to the usual operating costs, the only significant investment during the year was the purchase of a new stock of burgees, website hosting costs of £150 / year and software costs of £100.
There is a significant balance in the Associations bank account. Ideas were canvassed for ways this money could be used for Association development and activities.
Membership.
Sara provided an updated membership list for the website showing 109-boat members and 4 associate / honorary members, indicating membership levels have remained static over the past year
The location of boats in the UK was highlighted and noted that the biggest concentration was in the Solent region (close to 40%) which has a bearing on the success of the area’s activities
The burgee stock has now been replenished.
Election:
The existing committee was proposed for re-election on block, Andy Horwood, John Skipper, Rod Minkey, Peter Stonestreet, Sara Horwood, Peter Sands, and were unanimously elected
Graham Bobbit (web master) is about to start a world cruise and a replacement for his position is needed.
Thanks were given to Graham for his diligent works in maintaining the new web site over recent years and also to Andy and Sara for picking up this roll in the interim period.
Other memberships:
The following were proposed and re elected: Mick Nelmes and Hugh Rowan as Honorary Members; SD Marine as associate member; John Haskins Marine – technical advisor as associate member.
Area Coordinators:
The area coords are as set out on the website.
A rally program will be published on the web site.
Peter Sands outlined the programme for the Solent with currently 5 events planned.
It was noted, as referred to in the Chairman’s report, that the momentum for rally participation in other areas had been lost
Rod is still struggling to encourage activities on the East Coast but has agreed to set a date for a rally and advertise it to the local membership. Date and arrangements to be confirmed
Members in other areas are widely dispersed and it was suggested that perhaps this is the reason for the lack of rally activity.
As noted elsewhere, efforts are ongoing to recruit a Co-ordinator in the South West.
Peter Stonestreet further explained the current Maxi Brand and Maxi 11 situation and is in regular contact with Nordwest. It is understood that Nordwest are in discussions with a potential buyer for the Maxi Brand. Updates will be posted on the website as the situation changes.
John Skipper suggested individuals might like to post their cruising plans on the web site to encourage members to meet up for impromptu rallies. This idea was well supported and proposed that a section on the website forum could be dedicated to this activity.
Newsletter
Andy outlined in his opening statement that the news letter had not been published now for 2 years, that being due to the lack of available editorial material.
It was proposed and agreed that future efforts would be towards developing web based activity as this is something that can be done as articles become available, which in turn will hopefully increase website activity.
Helena Douglass has agreed to act as article editor / co-ordinator.
Rod Minkey has some material held in preparation for a news letter print run that have been requested by Andy and will be passed on to Helena for eventual publishing on the web site.
Web Site
There has been significant investment in both cost and effort by members in developing the Association site to where it currently stands. Thanks were expressed to all those that have been involved.
The site is being used with 72 registered users.
We are actively seeking a web master to take over from Graham Bobbit. Anyone willing to consider taking over this role is asked to contact the Chairman.
Web site to become main focus of information publication in place of the news letter.
Development Activities
Rally Participation
Increasing Membership Participation
Review the Association Constitution
AOB
As the Maxi range is no longer in production, the source of available spare parts is becoming more difficult to establish.
Julian proposed that the website could be a place for members to list the names of suppliers where parts can be obtained. This was agreed and will be auctioned by the web master.
Peter Stonestreet recalled that Najad were negotiating with Nimbus for the Maxi spares they held and will enquire from his contacts how far that progressed and where those parts are currently held.
It was proposed that a meeting could be arranged at the London Boat Show, possibly on the last Sunday, as a focal point allowing members from around the Country the opportunity to meet-up. This will be investigated further.
No other items were tabled and the meeting was closed at 13.30 hrs.
M-O-A Committee
MAXI OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION
2012 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING / WINTER WHEELS RALLY
We are pleased to invite you, as a Member of the MAXI OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, to our A.G.M. & Social Event which will take place at:
The Pheonix Inn
High Street, Twyford, Winchester
SO21 1RF (Just off Junction 11, M3)
on
Sunday 11th March 2012
Programme
12.00 AGM (all welcome)
13.00 Drink & Meet
13.30 Lunch
14.00 Skittles / Social
Members and families are welcome to the AGM, but if you would just like to attend the social part you are very welcome. The main purpose for the AGM will be to agree the Association programme for 2012 and to elect Officers to the Committee.
A first drink will be provided by M-O-A.
Vacancy
There is still a vacancy again for webmaster so any volunteers to assist in this area would be gratefully received. This is not an onerous task – just dealing with the emails triggered from the website (1-2 per week) and possibly helping upload articles (although we may have another volunteer to help with this).
All other committee members are willing to continue in post.
Events
We are conscious that currently most events are Solent /South Coast.
Are members in other areas interested in attending events maybe pub meetings, rallies, Boat Show? If so any suggestions would be very useful so they could be discussed at the AGM.
AOB
Anything else members would like to raise then please forward to the committee.
Agenda:
1. Apologies
2. Chairman’s Report – Activities during the year
3. Treasurer’s Report – Membership and accounts
4. Re-election of Officers / Committee Members and Honorary Members
5. Rally co-ordinator’s report on 2012 programme
6. Discussion on web site, help required and developing activity on website
7. Any other business