Howdy Gang.

Well, it's official, sailing has been moved to Monday. Or Tuesday, maybe Wednesday. In fact, any day except Sunday! I've had people ringing me, begging to be on race duty because they know they won't have to do anything. Sorry, that last bit isn't true, I never have people ring me begging to be on duty! 

 

All jokes aside, the season is rapidly drawing to a close and it hardly seems like we've had more than a half dozen sails all year. Last Sunday was typical in that it dawned bright and sunny but with a howling Easterly blowing offshore. It looked great from the deck but if you cast your eyes a bit further out to sea, you would've seen the whitecaps , and even closer in, the constant barrage of bullets would've sent anyone running for cover. 

   

As an indicator of how things can get out of hand when it looks nice in close, a lady decided to take her stand up paddle board out for a ride around 12. o'clock and soon got to the point where she couldn't paddle back against the wind. She tried swimming while towing the board but this was a losing battle. Next stop, Williamstown. Luckily for her, the RHIBs were still in the water at our new birth after being used for the Adam's 10 regatta. Some eagle eyes in the tower spotted the lady in trouble, called down to the yard where Rick P and Mono leapt into action and took one of the RHIBs out to her rescue. Same goes for us OTBers. If you go out in strong offshore wind without the safety net of rescue boats and something happens like a capsize, that boat can get away from you mighty quick. Even a simple gear breakage can mean disaster without a motor. Perhaps our keelboat friends ain't as dim as they sim!

 

Anyway, short story long, sailing was cancelled for the day, but there was still some healthy competition to be had. Some smarty brought along the Giant Jenga and the carpet bowls made an appearance, so the day wasn't a complete loss. The bar and kitchen were open and Sunday Sounds was on with some good vibes, so those that hung around had nothing to complain about (didn't stop us though!)

 

As an aside, I was up at Rick P's house today (Tuesday) checking out his deck. The view over the water is spectacular , and it was perfect for sailing, so maybe Tuesday is the day for racing. Rick has two decks by the way, a big one up top and a much smaller one down low that he only uses on special occasions. He has actually trimmed the bush around the smaller deck to make it look bigger. Even though it is small, Rick is very proud of his deck and has polished it to a high sheen.

   

OK, enough silly buggers. As the persistent and pragmatic sailors that we are, we'll try again next week. Club Championship series so be there to get your name on that big shiny cup and live on in Club history.

 

Thanks again to the people who showed up to crew the race boats even though it was a no go. Rick P (him again) as stand in RO, Super D as Asst RO (after being on duty all Saturday with the Adam's 10 regatta) Greg W as driver on Start, Paul F and Aurelia M on Woodsy with Keith B and Julian N on Sutherland. Legends all.

 

(Please note: the planned "Tack and Trawl" Race for this Sunday, as published on Facebook yesterday, will not be going ahead, it's just going to be a normal Club Championship Race)

 

Cheers till next time, Pete Chippy

 

 

1st	Lumiere	Ian Pearse
2nd	Shimmer	Steve Twentyman
3rd	Mr Bojangles	Linda Wooley

 

Last week was the final race in Friday Twilight Series 2.  

Congratulations to the Series winners:

1st	2Xtreme	Andrew Clark
2nd	Y Knot	Rob Rainsford
3rd	11:11	Till Brauckmann

 

1st	Vamonos	Fiona Jones
2nd	2Xtreme	Andrew Clark
3rd	Rawhide	C. Barwick & G. Sergeant

Thank you to all tower crews over the weekend... Friday night: Ross Martin (RO), duty boat 'The Office' and Elaine Nicholas. And Elaine was back there again on Sunday with duty boat 'Betise'.

 

The State Championship had a perfect day of racing on Saturday - completing 5 windward-return races. Results 

The Adams 10 Association wanted us to pass on "a massive thank you to everyone involved in preparing for and running the states last weekend. Everything ran super smoothly, the racing and courses were great and dinner at the club was exceptional as always. Everyone has said a massive thanks and commented how well run the event was.  And we really appreciate the club incorporating us last minute to get an event in this season."

 

Race Start Time (AEDT)	17:30H Pursuit Start
Race Officer	Elaine Nicholas
Duty Boat	Amity
Tower Assistant	Amanda and Lynlee

Please ensure you advise the tower (via VHF radio) prior to the race if you intend using a spinnaker and add a 3 minute penalty to your published start-time.

Come and join us at Queenscliff Cruising Yacht Club for our Easter Regatta, Saturday 19th April and Sunday 20th April with Monday 21st as a resail option. Something for everyone, a Cat 7 event, providing two racing divisions - Queenscliff Cup ( Division1) series with 5 races over two days and the Commodore's Female Helm Trophy Trophy ( Division 2), a two race series for female crew to take up the helm for Races 3&4.  Plus hot roast dinners and fired up pizza ovens at the end of the day for hungry sailors - not to be missed!  Enter now for the Easter 2025 Queenscliff Cup, Commodores Trophy and Celebrations as berths will fill quickly.

 

 

Incase I haven't already told you this.....I've been working hard over the last coupe of weekends to improve the bare walls of the training room. With many years worth of green fleet and junior sail training photo's, I've been able to create a large photo wall to celebrate the youth of our club. I hope this will inspire our current cohort of juniors to continue their sailing journey with SBSC. So many friendships are created from sailing, and with these friendships we see the joy of buying boats together, heading off to regattas together, and holidaying together. In all sporting clubs, families form lifelong bonds through their kids sport, and speaking from personal experience, SBSC has been instrumental in forming bonds for our family. Next time you are at the club, please pop your head in and have a look at all of the smiling faces on this wall and think of how lucky we are to be in a club like SBSC!

 

Now, a few years ago, when the clubs dining area was renovated, a lot of memorabilia was removed from the walls and never re-hung. So with some guidance from Tom McCulloch, and the help mother nature (too much wind), I was able to inspire Peter Chipperfield and Bill Manning to help me re-hang many of our framed burgee's that had been siting in a corner collecting dust. We are not finished yet, and if sailing conditions are better over the next couple of weeks, I'll be hanging the rest of these frames without assistance. If you are keen to help, I'd appreciate your time, as a second eye is always helpful.

 

If you have something at home that would look great on the walls of the training room, please reach out and I'll try my best to find a spot for it. Here is a couple of photo's of our progress in the room.

Thanks Fiona Lowe

Lake Boga Yacht Club Easter Regatta is just around the corner.

As you may already know, our club have a huge contingent that make the journey to this regatta each year. It is a fun weekend away and a very welcoming regatta. More details can be found HERE.

And here is a photo of last years crew, if you have ever wondered who actually goes from our club.........

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