Save the Date
| Saturday 18th June | 6pm | End of Season Presentations. Bookings close tomorrow |
| Sunday 19th June | 12pm | Lunch available at the club |
| Sunday 19th June | 2pm -5pm | Sunday Sounds with 'Out of Nowhere' |
| Sunday 17th July | TBC | Winter in July - See flyer below |
| Sunday 31st July | 2.30pm | AGM at SBSC Clubhouse |
What's On @ SBSC in June
Don't miss out on this fabulous night at SBSC to round out at fabulous season for all. Bookings close on this 16th so don't miss our - CLICK HERE!
Come down to the club and enjoy an afternoon of music and fun. Great thing to do on a leisurely Sunday afternoon or after a brisk sail on a Sunday morning. Lunch is available from 12 Noon.
Annual General Meeting
The 56th Annual General Meeting of Safety Beach Sailing Club will be held on Sunday the 31st July @ 2:30pm. Hopefully this time we will be able to hold the meeting at the Safety Beach Sailing Club which hasn't happened since 2019 due to Covid restrictions.
If you have any motions that you would like presented at this AGM then they must be received by the Secretary no later than Sunday the 3rd July. Please email direct to s
Keelboat & Tower News
Racing this week
Sunday 19th June - BMWS Race |
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| First Warning Signal: | 9:55H Tower Pursuit Start |
| Race Officer: | Judy Champion |
| Tower Assistant: | Glenys Hitchen |
| Results & Set Up: | Judy Champion |
| Course Selection: (Not required in tower) | John Wemyss |
The race on Sunday has a tower pursuit start. There is the option to run a spinnaker. If you do plan to run a kite please notify the SBSC tower when you sign on for the race on VHF 69 and add 4-minutes to your nominated start time.
The start sheet is available at BMWS Start Sheets
AWKR 2022
After a 2 year break due to Covid , Australian Women's Keel Boat Regatta (AWKR) was run last weekend in some pretty cold and miserable conditions. Hosted by Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron and the 30th time the regatta has been run, with competitors from every state capital city vying for the booty.
The Saturday and Sunday both had winds in the high teens and gust up to 25 knots, and being South Westerly’s the sea state was choppy with 2mt waves at times. The Monday being much lighter requiring a change in gears from the previous days conditions which proved problematic for some in borrowed yachts. Arriving and sailing a different yacht to that you practiced on or race regularly at your home club is a real challenge in itself and a real credit to all competing.
The two divisions of 24 yachts in total battled it out with some very tidy sailing skills and in most cases a battle with Mother Nature as well as competitors. Div. 2 also had a sub group of S80's competing for a prize.
Lots of broken gear, 2 MOB's and a few lost halyards. Lots of social mixing back at RMYS each night with food and wine thankfully supplied by great sponsors. The camaraderie was brilliant with all the women quick with advise and help when needed. Luckily a very clean regatta with no incidents requiring a hearing in the room thank goodness.
I loaned 2Xtreme out to a group of fabulous sailors from Middle Harbour in Sydney who sailed her extremely well and led Division 1 all weekend and came home with wins in Div. 1 EHC and ORCc with a second in AMS (only 2 points difference in the last race) . I delivered 2Xtreme up last week and returned today (Tuesday) and fully understand how cold the last two weeks on the water has been. A little bit of coaching on the boat and some hints on local conditions was sought from me but the women really did the girl (2Xtreme) proud on their own.
I’m very proud to be a sponsor of this very important regatta and hope it continues to get bigger and better every year.
This is a regatta that deserves a warmer time of year to be run to showcase both the talent and the importance of women's sailing and it’s inclusiveness, fingers crossed for a date change next year or following.
SBSC only had Sue Turnbull flying the flag although sailing with the Darwin team this regatta. Hopefully we can get a club team together in future.
Clarky
For more news, information and photo's from the regatta please go to Australian Women's Keelboat Regatta
ORCV News
Winter Series, starts June 25th
After an on-water distress drill before the start of Race 1, we will take you places to our partner clubs of Blairgowrie and Geelong in races 2 and 4. Only those who enter Race 1 can take part in the on-water distress practice.
RBYC have kindly offered some complimentary berths on the Friday night for those boats from your club who may wish to come and join the Winter Series races. They can tie up and then come and enjoy the RBYC hospitality with the bar and restaurant open for them to enjoy. To reserve their berth, they just drop a line to
Races are individually entered at: https://www.orcv.org.au/winter-series
