Site Critique Please - Sailing/Wordpress

[SailorTom]

Just put my new Wordpress site live as a replacement for an iWeb site. Designed to promote the sailing club in the local area, communicate with current members and provide all the information people may need for visiting.

www.trimpleysailingclub.co.uk

A few notes:
It doesn't validate because I've used a few non-standard features
It won't look the same in all browsers
I'm thinking of changing the font to luicda grande
I'd like to stylise the sidebar a little more, probably changing fonts
I'd like to have some more CSS effects (i.e more shiny), but got a lot of other features to add first

Any comments you have, I'm sure will be helpful.

Thanks in advance

 

[definitive]

top image has no drop shadows, bottom image has a shadow. also, i think the top image would look better if it was resized and stretched to fit the entire content box from left to right.

 

[SailorTom]

Thanks for your insight. I'll definitely try resizing it as you suggest.

With regards to the drop shadow, this is what I alluded to when I said the site will look different across browsers. The top image actually has a reflection set on it (hence the space underneath), which I think works really well with the water. Unfortunately it's only supported by webkit browsers atm. I might have a look to see if there is a more universal option for it.

Thanks again for having a look.