Safety Beach Sailing Club NEWS 28th September
New Members
The Executive Committee and members would like to welcome the following new member to Safety Beach SC. We look forward to meeting you at the club or on the water in the very near future.
- Murray Arnott
- Cheryl, Andrew, Nathan, Jake and Rochelle Soligo
- Sonja Marks
Save the Date
| Sunday 2nd October | 9:00am | Working Bee |
| Sunday 2nd October | 1:30pm | SBSC Annual Golf Day (see flyer below) |
| Sunday 9th October | SBSC Opening Day |
Opening Day
Dear Members,
Opening Day is just around the corner! A schedule for the day is being produced and also detail around racing for the day with Sailing Instructions to be produced for racing on the day. The basic plan thus far is:
Sail Past: 10.30am Keel Boats
Sail Past: 10.45am OTB
Warning Signal: 10.55am Keel Boats
Warning Signal: 11.07am OTB
Formalities: 2.00pm arrival for 2.30pm start
Entertainment: 3.00pm - 6.00pm
Don’t forget to dress up your boat to make for a spectacular sight out the front of the club. This is the first opportunity to celebrate the start of the season since 2019! Sailing Instructions will be emailed out shortly.
Committee News
Sailing Committee:
Hi members! Our new media manager has asked me to put pen to paper (like I needed to be asked!) and put some detail around one of the many Committees we have at Safety Beach SC. My role on the Sailing Clubs Executive Committee is that of Rear Commodore. My role takes in all on water activities at the club. At Safety Beach SC we have active Keel Boat and Off the beach dinghy fleets which are both represented by a captain.
The keel Boat Captain is John Wemyss, and the OTB Captain is Peter Chipperfield. Both these positions report to the Rear Commodore and inform me of the progress of both committees and report any problems that might arise which might prevent us from delivering our on water programs. Both Captains, with the assistance of their respective committees write the sailing program for the season and also a roster to ensure there are on water personnel on rescue/committee craft or in the tower on duty for Keel Boat races.
A key person on the sailing Committee is the Race Officer who in our case is Geoff Eldridge. Geoff’s role is to ensure we have a “Notice of Race” document advertising that racing will take place at the club under the current rules and informs members of their obligations as a participant in racing at our club. Geoff is also responsible for producing the Sailing Instructions for both fleets for the season. These are complicated documents, but are vital to successful racing. Geoff is also responsible for notifying competitors of any changes to these instructions throughout the season, to ensure competitors are kept up to date with rule changes or scheduling changes.
Another Sub-committee on the sailing side is the Sail Peninsula Regatta Committee, chaired by Ross Martin. This committee is responsible for delivering the entire Sail Peninsula regatta, which is the premier event for the SBSC. This season we will also be hosting the Victorian 420 Dinghy Championships. We have a number of youth sailing 420’s at our club, so it will be great to have these guys representing our club on home waters in March. We have also had requests for the Open Bic’s to host their championships at the same time, however we weren’t able to facilitate their championship due to already being booked. If for any reason you’d like to comment, ask questions or raise concerns regarding all on water activities, please don’t hesitate contacting me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Cheers Mono
Off The Beach News
Howdy Troops.
Not long to go now, just eleven sleeps! Hasn’t that flown by in the blink of an eye. Of course we’ve all got our winter maintenance done and all those little fix it jobs that were only going to take five minutes to do so I’ll do it a bit later... Sound familiar? Defiantly the case with me. Well luckily there’s some people in the club that are a bit more organised than I am, so things are pretty well ready to roll for opening day on the 9th of October with the Commodores Cup. The first warning is at for some spirited racing then back to the Club for the Opening Bash, which I assure you will be better organised than me!
Thanks to all the people who replied to my message regarding the patrol boat roster. Having availability info before trying to set up the roster is a great help. So on that note, I’ve included the duty list up until Christmas with the rest to follow. I’ve tried to match teams up so as not to put holes in the racing fleet as much as possible. Also the juniors will be rostered on regularly( as per their request) so if you find yourself on a rhib teamed with a junior, please do your best to impart some knowledge, let them do the driving if possible and make it an enjoyable experience for you both. For updated duty roster, click here
This year we have dropped a couple of series in order to up the number of races in the remaining series, as well as cutting back on the trophy list( Ross is running out of shelf space!). In another change to the sailing instructions, we are making it possible to give tailenders a provisional finish time and call them back to the start line so we can get the next race away as soon as possible.
A big thank you to Rob Campbell for his work getting the patrol boats cleaned up, checked out and ready for action; like I said, some people are a lot more organised than me. Hey Rob, any chance you could drop round and repair some dings in my foils, do a bit of welding on my trolley and maybe some stitching on my boat cover? Just a thought, no pressure maaate.
One thing I have sorted is some materials for a couple of jobs at the club for this Sunday’s working bee, repairing the round tables and sanding/oiling the outside bench. Not big jobs but many hands make light work and then we all get to enjoy a free BBQ where we can sit around and talk about all the things that we didn’t get done over Winter- or was that just me?
That will do for now. Keep those cards and letters coming in and please let me know your availability if you haven’t already.
Cheers, Pete Chippy (Peter Chipperfield)
Working Bee is THIS SUNDAY 2nd October, 9am - midday with sausage sizzle and beers on completion.
Please contact John Matheson 0418 173628 if you can help.
Keelboat News
The summer season is just around the corner, and you will find the Notice of Race for the 2022-23 Season HERE The Sailing Instructions will be posted shortly.
Please make sure you have everything ready for the start of the new season. This includes:
- Cat 5 Safety Declaration
- Current Insurance Certificate
- Revalidation of AMS or ORC certification
These documents are to be sent to
If you haven’t already noticed the Start Sheet and Results pages have already been posted so, please take note of these links below for future reference:
The Adventures of Y Knot
Rob Rainsford & Y Knot have had an epic journey to get North. Setting off in June 2021 – Covid soon put a stop to regattas for 2021. Determination and enthusiasm from Rob & his crew found the opportunity to rekindle the journey in 2022. Starting with Port Douglas Regatta in May – Y Knot only just missed out on a podium spot with a 4th in the Division Series.
Come August, and the Airlie Regatta, Y Knot shone thru to take out the Division 2 Series, including Iine honours in 4 out of 5 races. They went on to compete at Magnetic Island Race Week. They were leading the series right up until the last race day. They ended 2nd overall in Division 2.
Winners Airlie Race week: L-R: Linda Wooley, Rob Fleming, Stuart Moseley, Rob Rainsford, Mike Squires, Marissa McManus and John Wemyss
Magnetic Island Race Week was the last of the 3 series of Y Knot’s campaign of Sailing up North for 2021/22 .He will be heading home for Christmas in time for the SBSC series.
Magnetic Island Race Week: 2nd Division winners: L-R Rob Rainsford, Stuart Moseley, Marissa McManus, Phil Wooley, Tony Lohman, Linda Wooley, Linda Clarkson and Tom Bateman. Missing in action- Bill Mitchell
Thank you to our shore crew- Linda Clarkson and Marg Fleming
The sun, weather & crew is second to none – beats being in “Coldbourne”
It was great to see other SBSC boats, crew and members competing in the regattas up North
ORCV News
October 1st - Overnight Race
Improve your night racing skills in a competitive environment. Select your starting point and sail to Improve their night racing skills in a competitive environment. Select from one of three starting points (Corio Bay, Dromana or near RBYC) before converging in the centre of Port Phillip and sailing then on a common course to finish at Hobsons Bay for breakfast. Entry is free.
October 28th – Devonport, The Rudder Cup.
Now on the Melbourne Cup long weekend, you can now be part of the Rudder Cup race to Devonport, the oldest ocean race in Australia, a qualifier race for Hobart.
November 9th & 13th - Bowman Course – Master the Pointy End
“Master the bow position and you will always have a boat to sail on. Skill up and be confident and you can go places with it. Being a good bowman, opened opportunities to sail on some incredible boats, with some of the best sailors in the world, taking me to places that I had only dreamt of going!” is how Peter Dowdney sees the bow. Join Peter and learn from his 30 years' experience on the next Bowman’s course,
Fishing At Martha Cove
For those members not aware, there has been an explosion of people fishing in and around the environs of Martha Cove. Of particular concern is the fishing taking place on the groynes of the marina entrance, creating a dangerous issue of fishing line becoming entangled in propellers of motor craft entering and exiting the marina, the express purpose for which the marina was built. There are currently no laws which prevent people from fishing in and around the marina, in fact there has been promotion of the activity via social media. The people fishing are aware of the laws and are quite aggressive towards anyone who challenges their practice.
The sailing club was invited to attend a meeting held by the Owners Corporation, to add our voice to the petition currently circulating, to raise awareness to all levels of government and authority. We have since sent a letter of support to help add weight to the petition. Below is the link to the petition which we would encourage all members to sign, to ensure this issue is dealt with as soon as possible before a preventable accident occurs. Sign petition here
Photo Of The Week
Photographer; Yanni (The News - Mornington Peninsula) Subject; Fisherman and protestors Location; Dog beach car park Date; Sept 2022
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What's On In September
Annual Golf Day is Back
All are welcome - if you would like to participate, please get in touch with David on #0439314179 before the RSVP date of Friday 30th September. Payment on the day at the golf club. It is a fun social afternoon and kicks off after the SBSC working bee so you’ll be able to fit in both events!! Thanks to Glenn Lazzar for helping co-ordinate with the Golf Club.
For Sale
Laser 2
2 person sailing dinghy, ideal for parent and child to learn and have heaps of fun and grow with or to race competitively.
Fully refurbished and in immaculate condition.
New set of sails including spinnaker
Centreboard and rudder in as new condition.
Complete with new beach dolly, foil bags and new ropes and fittings
This boat is ready to go, nothing to spend and lots of fun.
$2100 ono
Phone Murray 0414 533 305
Submission's
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