The day that knightswood community gather at the park and the pond for a fun filled day

The day  was a pleasant warm day with sun ,not hot but pleasant, with a little wind , so conditions were good for us sailing and we had a good display  both in the marquee and on the water plus of cause the LAUNCH of our TALISMAN.
   As usual the council  provided a large variety of attractions , music, shire horses pulling a seated dray,
 falcon display ( one flew over the pond and set the gulls in flight), displays by the fire brigade and land services
bouncy castles , various other displays, a mobile ski jump, teas provided by the bowling club, and the local
people turned out in large numbers and made a very good friendly  day for all concerned

   We  had a good display of boats of all kinds in the marquee and one of our members spent the day  with the children sailing two of our club tugs which they enjoyed .with a queue waiting to have a turn  all afternoon
(thanks a lot Stephen for all your time and effort) We also had a tombola stall  which raised a good sum for the club funds (thanks to Valerie and Helen) and a big thank you to Bettsy for the food and drinks all day.
  The big event for us was the official launch and sailing of  the Talisman .The launch was carried out by Declan the young son of the local councillor for Knightswood. Mr Paul Rooney
  It consisted of  our dockyard manager for the day , David, holding the boat stern on to the bank  and  our
   Main builder holding the transmitter for the little boy to push the throttle stick forward and send the boat away on its first official sail . I was busy  looking at the boat so could not get a photo of him doing this but got the boat
moving away.
  So all in we had a great day  with  the visiting club members and the public who where asking about various
Boats  and what is involved in building etc
         Thanks to every one who came and made it a very good day.
  

Dockyard manager David at launch

The launch boy Declan