If you have not already done so, now is your chance to say thanks, by putting in your nomination for Club Person of the Year, both Junior and Senior. If you can't decide on one person, name two- or more by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Book tickets by following this link Presentation Night 2023
What's On
Off The Beach News
Duty Roster for Winter Series, here.
Keelboat News
Results
Great to see 13 boats took to the water on Sunday for the BMWS. Thank you to Di Jackson – Race Officer and Tower Aficionado!
Winter Fun Friday Series (Race 1)
| 1st |
Cirrus |
Tim Bardon |
| 2nd |
Vamonos |
Fiona Jones |
| 3rd |
2xtreme |
Andrew Clark |
This Week’s Race
Winter Fun Friday Series Friday 9 June 2023
First Warning Signal: 13.55H Pursuit Start
Race Officer & Tower: to be advised
Race Management Software – Update on Evaluation Process
Time for a quick update on what is happening regarding the new race management software. As most would know the OTBs have been running SailorApp and KBs running TopYacht for some years. Almost 12 months of work with SailorApp on transitioning KBs has unfortunately had to be discarded with the recent passing of the company founder, forcing a change in tack to look at other alternatives.
A working group of four (Di Jackson, Geoff Eldridge, Time Bardon, John Wemyss) has been set up to research and evaluate options, reporting back to the EC in about July if not sooner. The group has in the past 2 weeks had online meetings with MYC (who last summer implemented SailSys for both KB and OTB) and with SailRes (Sail Melbourne and BYC). There will likely be more.
Contact made directly to SailSys has quickly resulted in them offering to set up a trial SailSys for the Brass Monkey and Winter Fun Friday series this winter and this is now in place, running in the background to TopYacht.
We will keep you posted!
Cheers KB Capt John
ORCV NEWS
Discount Yachting Winter Series – 4 longer passage races incorporating the 2 popular destination races to Blairgowrie & Geelong. Starting with an on-water distress drill before race 1 on June 24
th. Only those who enter the series or race 1 can participate in the drill. Entries are open for the series and race 1 here
https://www.orcv.org.au/winter-series
Navionics & Fundamentals of Navigation, 2 courses. Navigation has changed a lot in the past few years. You no longer need specialised skills. While tacticians have significance, the capacity for all crew members to navigate proficiently has become more attainable than ever before by software on their smartphones and GPS devices. This shift holds immense potential in bolstering safety on board, as every crew member can actively participate or should know how to navigate, thereby reducing the hazards associated with erroneous navigation. Learn how to use Navionics and learn the fundamentals of navigation by joining the 2 upcoming courses. Learn more here
https://www.orcv.org.au/training/navigation
Weather for Sailors – Robin Hewitt will once again be sharing his detailed knowledge on Weather for Sailors with module 1, the Fundamentals. Over 3 nights via an online platform. Learn more here
https://www.orcv.org.au/training/weather-courses
ORCV Training – Winter is a great time to build your skills and increase your knowledge. There’s a range of courses on: Navionics, Fundamentals of Navigation, Weather for Sailors, Bowman Essentials, Practical hands-on radio Workshop through to the Safety and Sea Survival course. Click out the options here
https://www.orcv.org.au/calendar/orcv-training-calendar
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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.
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