New Members
The Executive Committee and members would like to welcome the following new members to Safety Beach SC. We look forward to meeting you at the club or on the water in the very near future.
- Chris & Cathy Mitchell
Season Opening
Committee News
Rear Commodore’s Mutterings
Hi Members,
A huge thanks to all that turned out last Sunday for the working bee. What a great turnout! There certainly seems to be some enthusiasm as we transition into what is hoped will be a “normal” sailing season. As we have an early start on Sunday, I am looking for a couple of volunteers to launch the rescue boats on Saturday, also refuel and blow up the marks in readiness for the sail past on Sunday and racing afterwards. This will greatly alleviate time pressures for Sundays timeframe. If you are able to help, please contact me on 0430474735.
With regard to rostering, Pete Chipperfield does and awesome job of putting this together. It is a thankless task and one that without it, we wouldn’t sail. That said, it is, as a responsibility of being a member of our club, you do your duty and if you can’t, please organise a swap to ensure those who want to go sailing, can go sailing. Pease inform Peter on your availabilities to ensure we can complete the roster for the second half of the season.
Calling for volunteers! The sailing committee is looking for volunteers to get involved in rescue boat driving. The club is blessed to have fantastic modern boats to assist in the facilitation of racing at our club, but we need help in driving them. If you are a social member at our club and would like to get involved in this side of the club, then please call me to register your interest and we’ll make sure you get a guernsey as much as you are able to contribute. again, either call me on the above number or email me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Cheers! Mono.
Working Bee
What a great day with weather to match.
Today we must have had around 30 to 40 volunteers who all did there fair share of work.
What we achieved:
* Chipper and team repaired 16 tables.
* All the grounds were cleared, weeded etc
* The whole front of the Club was weeded and trimmed
* Fiona gerni’d “everything”
* Training boats cleaned
* All windows cleaned inside and out
* Drinks shelving on the deck restained
Plus a hundred odd jobs done, all washed down with a beer and sausage sizzle! Thanks to everyone for a huge effort that achieved so much. Looking forward to season opening this weekend!!! John Matheson
Today we must have had around 30 to 40 volunteers who all did there fair share of work.
What we achieved:
* Chipper and team repaired 16 tables.
* All the grounds were cleared, weeded etc
* The whole front of the Club was weeded and trimmed
* Fiona gerni’d “everything”
* Training boats cleaned
* All windows cleaned inside and out
* Drinks shelving on the deck restained
Plus a hundred odd jobs done, all washed down with a beer and sausage sizzle! Thanks to everyone for a huge effort that achieved so much. Looking forward to season opening this weekend!!! John Matheson
Off The Beach News
Hi Gang,
Well it’s almost here, only four more sleeps! Just remember, the Commodore’s Cup starts earlier than our normal race time. We will be having the traditional sail past to salute the Commodore - keel boats at 10.30 followed by a massive OTB fleet at 10.45. Then the race (only one race of about 60-70 minutes), keelboats first warning at 10.45 and OTB straight after at 11.07.
A couple of things to remember:
Be respectful to the Commodore and other dignitaries aboard their boat, no rude gestures or gobbing off. Remember, Tony is a personal friend and relation of Santa and one word in the right ear and you’ll be on that naughty list quicker than an elf to the dole queue on Boxing Day!
Be respectful to the Commodore and other dignitaries aboard their boat, no rude gestures or gobbing off. Remember, Tony is a personal friend and relation of Santa and one word in the right ear and you’ll be on that naughty list quicker than an elf to the dole queue on Boxing Day!
Be aware of the keel boats before the start. There will be a lot of them and if the wind is light, calling starboard on a ten tonne boat with no steerage is not a good move. Just ask Joe Warren, who tried that a few years back and ended up with two boats instead of the one he sailed out on.
Lastly, be aware of the other OTB boats. Many of us haven’t been on the water since last season and could be a bit rusty. So don’t break anything on day one. Have a good sail, dust off the cobwebs then get back to the club for all the opening day stuff that is planned.
That’s about it for this week. Thanks to everyone that came to the working bee last Sunday, it was a great turnout and the club and yard are looking fantastic for Opening Day. Cheers all, Pete Chippy
Duty Roster Information
Just a reminder that it’s less than a month to go until the start of the sailing season. Thank you to all members that have already put their name on the schedule. It's not too late to add yours so if you can help, please click here
Keelboat News
The summer season has finally arrived!! You will find the Notice of Race for the 2022-23 Season HERE.
Club member Peter Hollins has kindly offered his beautiful old world cruising ketch ‘Corinthian’ to host the Commodore and she will be anchored just outside the line of yellow piles, out from the clubhouse carpark. And a general reminder for this summer’s racing to please clear the MC channel as soon as possible to ease any congestion for other boaties, especially as the weather warms up.
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 toThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and to help our volunteers please make sure these are sent in sooner rather than later.
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:
Bon Voyage Mark & Di
Mark and Di jetted off on Monday to start their adventurous summer at sea.
We wish them safe travels and look forward to updates along the way – from Spain to the Caribbean, and tracking them on their rally across the Atlantic (ARC).
ORCV News
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.
What's On In October
The season opening has finally arrived. The club will have live music both on Thursday AND Friday this week and will continue with the live music for the first Friday of the month starting THIS Friday, which is the first Friday of Twilight Keelboat series. Be sure to reserve your table!
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