Welcome Back
The Executive Committee would like to welcome you all back to regular sailing schedules after our Christmas Holidays. Whether you were participating in regatta's locally or interstate, we hope you have all had a great break and spent quality time with loved ones. The committee have not stopped during the break and have much to tell in the coming weeks. Our next meeting on being held on Tuesday 4th February. If you have anything you wish to notify the committee on, please don't hesitate to email our secretary Veronica on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Executive Committee 2024/2025
L-R Duncan McColl (Treasurer), John Di Martino (Membership Secretary), Tim Bardon (Rear Commodore), Tony Christmas (Commodore), John Wemyss (Vice Commodore), Neil Whitaker (IT), Veronica Psaila (Secretary), Fiona Lowe (Training & Social Media), Bill Manning (Sailing Committee), Absent John Bacon, James Anderson.
Fee's and Yard Storage
A reminder for those members that have not yet paid this year’s membership fees that they are now well overdue. If you haven’t paid please do so immediately or run the risk of being excluded from sailing and results in the coming weeks. If you are wondering if this might be you please check your email as statements were sent out on New Year’s Day or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to enquire
Off The Beach News
Howdy Gang and Happy New Year to all our members new and old.
Firstly, a brief recap on the last day's sailing on December 22nd, all the way back in 2024 can you believe it! It was a great start to the day for round four of the Community Bank Dromana Club Championship series, with sunshine and wind- plenty of wind, enough to put the wind up some of our more timid sailors in fact. With the weather dog blowing horizontally on his lead and the waves crashing onto the shore, it wasn't for the faint hearted. The forecast said it was supposed to build as well but, the weather apps were showing a mere 10 knots at South Channel; that couldn't be right, let's get out there before Geoff pulls the pin!
From the beach we could see the race team getting organised, so 18 or so boats hit the water with plenty of time to sail out. Or so we thought. No sooner had we left the sand than the wind dropped out to almost nothing, to the point where a third of the fleet missed the start altogether! Oh well, can't say we weren't warned. Those that did make it were faced with a long upwind leg with lots of shifts. The breeze came back a bit so we kept moving, although we didn't have the screaming reaches of the week before. Race one over, a quick change to a sausage course for race two ( damn those catamarans !), and we were off again, this time with a full contingent. Well, we had a full contingent for about 10 seconds until Bill M dropped his mast overboard again! That's two weeks in a row Bill, this time from a loose shackle pin. It's a timely reminder to check all those shackles, especially the ones that don't get undone at the end of the day. One of mine fell off as I was lifting my mast the other week, half a thread more and I would have been on the water when it came out.
Race two was pretty similar to race one with the exception of new member, James Thorne in his Sabre(yay!). James missed the first race, then proceeded to clean us all up easily in the second. Watch out for this guy, I think he knows what he's doing!
Also on the water having a bit of fun in one of the Club Quests was Jamieson F and his mate James. They had wanted to take the boat out on their own, but with the wind honking like it was and James never having been in a yacht, senior members ruled it unwise. The boys were OK with this although rightly disappointed, until another James, Anderson this time, offered to go out with them. A perfect outcome. As it was, when the wind dropped out they would have been fine on their own, but safety always comes first.
Thanks to Geoff and Super D on Start, Mono M and Julian N in Sutherland and a special thanks to John Wemyss (like dreams)who put up his hand to ma a Rhib with first timers Mika and Ben so that Zac L and Finn M could some practice in before their 420 titles. Apparently Mika and Ben had a great time and are keen to do it again, beaudy !
That's all for that week, now a quick look around the traps at some of our SBSC sailors at the various regattas going on. Some of these are still in progress so keep an eye out on the socials.
First up, the B14s at Woollara SC, Sydney. As usual, Craig G and Paul F took out first place with Brent F and Leigh D in second (not always in that order). Also of note was Ewan and Misha C taking out 13th spot. Currently the B14 worlds are on and Craig/Paul are sitting in 1st, Brent/Leigh 4th and Ewan/Misha 19th. That's pretty awesome dudes!
Over in the West at Mandurah, we have the Martins, Ross and Tash currently in 6th place and Mono and Imogen not far behind in 9th. Good luck guys and gals.
Up North at Darling Point QLD we have the mighty Bill Manning, mast intact, doing us proud at the Impulse Nats, sitting in 20th place with a bullet. Go Bill! I know there is a lot more classes to come so stay tuned and give me any info you can.
That's all for now, see you on the water at SBSC this Sunday for round one of the Foundation Series, 13.57 first warning. The weather will be perfect of course!
Cheers, Pete Chippy



Cabana-Gate
Whilst we are experiencing a large number of tourists visiting our beach, we would like to remind all OTB members that we have purchased oranges witches hats to help "claim our beach", so we are not overrun with cabana's! These cones are kept in the spar locker and it would be appreciated if the first members to the yard on a Sunday, lay them out at the bottom of the ramp to secure access to the beach.

Keelboat News
Shark Bay Holiday Series Overall Results
Division 1
1st PHS
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Empara
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Peter Jones
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1st AMS
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Vamonos
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Fiona Jones
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1st ORC
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Vamonos
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Fiona Jones
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Division 2
1st PHS
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Just Cruisin'
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Neil Whitaker
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Full Holiday Series results available HERE
'Race to the Middle' Report by Dianne Jackson (RO)
Great to see 13 boats out on a fine and sunny Friday for our annual Race to the Middle. The only issue was the light winds that were forecast. The start looked awesome from the tower. Chris and his trusty drone captured some great shots of the busy start and rounding at the yellow pile.
From all the reports it was quite a challenging sail, with many sail changes happening and a number of patches of light wind resulting in a compression of the fleet, which meant for a close finish especially considering the length of the course.
It was quite a sight to see the large number of spectators boats and crowds lining the shores to watch the finish of the race. After over 4 hours of sailing, line honours was incredibly close, with Vincitore pipping Vamonos to the finish line by less than 30secs. They were closely followed by 2Xtreme and the rest of Division 1 were not far behind, with all Div 1 boats completing the course by just after 14:30.
Despite the light winds all our Div 2 boats managed to complete the course, with Just Cruisin' leading the way from Cirrus and all boats finishing well inside the 16:00H cut off time.
Well done to all the participated.

Petersville Regatta
Over 50 yachts and 450 sailors participated in this 4 day regatta with winds from 15-28 knots on Day 1 and 2. The long 23-mile race to Mount Martha saw many yachts rounding up under spinnaker due to strong gusty winds and white caps on the bay. And quite the contrary to Monday, with the final race abandoned due to no wind. SBSC were well represented in both the Cock of the Bay and Petersville Regatta. The Adams-10 'Rawhide' skippered by Cameron Barwick had great success, coming 1st on ORC and AMS in Division 2 Cruising (Spin). And 'hats off' to Fiona and Nick Jones on 'Vamonos' who raced their Adams 10 double-handed in the same Division with some great individual race results.

This Week's Racing
Friday 10 January 2025
Twilight Pursuit Series 2 - Race 1
Race Start Time (AEDT): | 17:30H Pursuit Start |
Race Officer: | Dianne Jackson |
Duty Boat: | Christela |
Set up/Results: | Judy Champion |
Sunday 12 January 2025
Sunday Summer Series - Race 5
First Warning Signal: | 09:55H Tower Start |
Race Officer: | David Donaldson |
Duty Boat: | Renaissance |
Set up/Results: | Jann Wilson |

SBSC Keelboat owners and crew, the entry portal for Sail Peninsula 2025 is open for applications to take part in next year’s event which is being held over the weekend of the 21st to 23rd February.
The Sail Peninsula committee is working hard to make this event one of the best ever and hopes to showcase our club, our waters, our expertise and our club’s fabulous social comradeship and friendship.
To make this one of the best Sail Peninsula events, we need as many SBSC keelboats to enter as possible. It doesn’t matter if you think you are at the pointy end, the middle, or the back of the field. We want and encourage you to enter and support and be part of the club and this event.
To enter please CLICK HERE
Note costs of entry have remained the same as last year’s event.
Cruising News
Have you planned your next visit to Docklands? Click HERE To find out all about what's on offer at this wonderful destination.
Junior Sailing

Junior Sailing starts again on 2nd February and runs until 6th April.
The cost is $120 for members. Please click THIS LINK to register.

ORCV News
Melbourne to Port Fairy (Friday 14 February)
For 2025, the ORCV’s traditional race to the historic and picturesque port of Port Fairy has been rescheduled to mid-February, taking advantage of more favourable weather conditions and providing a feeder race for yachts planning participate in the 75th Adelaide to Port Lincoln race.
The 135 mile course runs SW from Queenscliff past the coastal resorts of Torquay, Anglesea, Lorne and Apollo Bay, before rounding Cape Otway and entering the southern ocean. It’s also Valentines Day, so what better what better way to celebrate your one true love – sailing! Enter here: www.orcv.org.au/port-fairy



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