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Lake Boga Easter Regatta 2023
This years convoy to Lake Boga, just 15km shy of Swan Hill, on the shores of the immaculately grassed lake was bigger than ever. An estimated 50 members converged on the Lake Boga Yacht Club (LBYC) for their annual Easter regatta. The attraction of this regatta is that it is generally 4-5 degrees warmer than Melbourne, dry and offers all that you could wish for when going to a sailing regatta. The convenience of camping next to the lake, your boat just a stone throw away from what is now a permanently full lake. The LBYC offers such wonderful country hospitality and this year the sailing was the highlight.
With a cold front sweeping across the state in time for Easter, this was a fair departure from the balmy high 20’s to low 30’s of the previous 10 years, with sketchy wind that always delivered an unexpected lay day. This year however we were treated to rain for the first time in 10 years (albeit just 4mm on Good Friday) and solid south - south- westerly breezes ranging from 10-30knts. On flat water, this provided all sailors with some exciting reaching opportunities. A 7 race regatta was achieved, with all races being sailed to full distance. On the South side of the lake, the catamaran fleet was separated from the monohull fleet to the North of the Lake, and just as well as the foiling cats and IQ Foiling Boards were buzzing around, taking out unsuspecting Optimist Dinghy Sailors and Carp en route to their respective start lines. The Saturday morning back to back races were taxing for the entire fleet, with many of the 90 strong fleet opting to take a breather on Sunday morning. The sailing was tight and well contested over both fleets with the Safety Beach Sailing Club contingent ( 20% of the total fleet) coming up trumps in a few divisions.
Congratulations to the following members (and a soon to be new member) David Brewer 1st in the big Cats Bill Manning 1st in Sabre Division 4 Mark and Oliver Bulka in Tasar Division 8 Liv/Gary Cameron 1st 420 Class (soon to be new members) It was great to see such a large youth turnout from our club, in fact we were the only club with such a youth contingent, all get along and have fun.
The parents of this group organised mass catering for the three nights including Paella on the Friday night (it’s fair to say that maybe we’re all going to hell, as there was not a bit of seafood to be seen in that Paella), Lamb Gyros and Souvlakis on the Saturday Night and the mother of all grazing tables on Sunday night. Bring on a warmer 2024 with an even larger Safety Beach Sailing Club turnout!
Cheers Mono
Keelboat News
This Weeks Race:
Sunday 16 April – Club Championship Series (Race 9)
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First Warning Signal:
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13:25H Boat Start
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Race Officer:
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Elaine Nicholas
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Tower Assistant:
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Graeme Ainslie
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Skipper & Crew Meeting
NEW DATE – Sunday 30 April 2023 – 10.00am at the club
We look forward to seeing you all at this meeting on Sunday 30 April, prior to the 1.00pm Club Championship Race.
Your attendance is very important as the focus will be to update you all on the new Sailor App. The App will be implemented for all Keelboat Races through winter (in parallel with Top Yacht), and then ongoing into next summer season (replacing the Top Yacht system).
Like many other Apps, Sailor App is user friendly, and all skippers will be required to use the App when racing to:
- enter a race (sign-on)
- access the course number
- get your individual boat’s countdown clock
- update your boat/crew information
- access results
The aim of this Skippers and Crew Meeting is to get you ‘up and running’ with the App and answer any questions, as we make this transition to a more streamlined racing system. Further information (including the first step of downloading the App) will follow prior to the meeting.
Save The Date
On 7th May, there will be a 1st aid and CPR course held at SBSC. Pricing and details to follow.
Club Merchandise
Club Merchandise is now ready for order. Contact Marg Fleming on her email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to discuss your options. The youth t-shirts (with names on them) will have another order put in soon, so if you missed out on first round orders, please contact Marg to make sure you get one in the next batch, which will be processed by end of March. These t-shirts have been a hit with the juniors and will be great to wear to regatta's etc.
Beach Cleanup
Our APRIL beach clean is on Sunday 16th April 9.00am at the beachside carpark opposite BP.
Please come down and help out for an hour and maybe join us for a coffee afterwards.
Photo Of The Week
Sunrise at Lake Boga taken by Jen Graham
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