With a wind forecast of South moving SE and dropping to less than 20 Knots, Course 13 was selected as it is the shortest course and provided a windward-return.  We had five boats enter with 14 crew.  Best start was Cirrus on 10 seconds, Marrakesh and Yknot (20), Etoile (30) and Balance 50 seconds.  However, Balance was the only boat to make the yellow pile in one tack saving considerable time.

 

The wind moved to SSW during the starting sequence, dropping and becoming variable.  It was a slow run to R1 with the larger boats only achieving 3-4 knots.  Balance found an area of no breeze around the mussel farm.

 

Cirrus was first sighted around Martha Point followed by E’toile.  Marrakesh and Yknot had a tacking duel between Martha Point and the yellow pile.  Yknot has superior speed and height in these conditions.

 

Cirrus maintained her lead over Etoile to take the win.  Yknot and Marrakesh followed at 3-minute intervals, with Balance recovering from the area of no wind a further 7 minutes behind.  It was a pleasant winter afternoon on the water.

Dawn Clark assisted in the tower making sure all procedures were followed.

 

The next race on Friday 15 September is the FINAL RACE in the pilot Winter Fun Friday series.  Yknot and Marrakesh are only separated by one point in the series’ lead.  We can expect some tactical sailing from these two boats which will be great to watch. Shimmer, Cirrus and E’toile will be battling it out for the minor podium place.

First Warning Signal:	09.55H  Pursuit Start
Race Officer:	Andrew Stocks
Tower Assistant:	Lynlee Coutts

Please check your pursuit time here

Please also note that the scheduled RESAIL will be held on Sunday 17 September 2023 (due to the cancellation of Race 1 back on 21 May 2023)

It may feel like it’s only Spring, but the Summer Season is fast approaching!  THANK YOU to those Skippers who have already completed their SailSys registration – this greatly assists us processing entries behind the scenes.  We ask those who have not set up their log-in yet to please do so ASAP – it only takes a few simple steps:

1. Go to SailSys home page http://sailsys.com.au/ and register an account
2. Click on the ‘Race Entries’ link on the SBSC website keelboat page or click here
3. Enter any series, this will prompt you to load up all your boat details.  Your boat may already be on the SailSys database so just search your sail number to save time
4. We cannot process your race entries unless you have uploaded your current Cat 5 Safety Declaration and current Insurance Certificate
5. Once your boat is set up you can enter as many series as you wish

You will see that there is now an option to join in with any of the Sunday racing series in a non-spinnaker division.  This gives boats that don’t normally run spinnakers the chance to join in and race on a Sunday.

Division lists, pursuit start times and PHS handicaps will be finalised nearer the start of the season.  Your early series entries help us, so please don’t delay in getting set up.

If you have any questions or need a hand, please contact us through the normal email channel This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  We are happy to arrange a phone call to step you through it.

A Towering Opportunity!

• Are you a new member to the club keen to understand more about its operations?
• Have you been a member for some time but still feel you have not quite “connected”?
• Are you new to sailing and would like to better understand the sport?
• Do you like the thought of participating in an enthusiastic team?

Then you are invited to consider joining the SBSC’s Race Management Team in the Club Tower on a voluntary basis during the sailing season.

To quote an existing team member:

“As a new club member with negligible keelboat experience, I took the leap of joining the Tower team.  With great coaching and support I came to understand many aspects of sailing and racing.  I quickly gained an overview of all aspects of the club and had the opportunity to meet and work with many skippers and crew.  Sailing opportunities arose and new friendships developed which extended beyond club activities.  In hindsight, volunteering in the Tower has been unexpectedly rewarding.”

The SBSC Tower is the onshore base for Keelboat & Trailable Sailboat races, working with the large sailboats on the water to provide a safe, efficient and informed sailing environment for all participants.  The Tower is a vital part of the structure of organised sailing.  Race Management is a dynamic, challenging environment which requires good teamwork and communication across several locations.

What?

• Third floor Control Tower at the SBSC clubhouse
• Work with the on-water crews via radio to manage races
• Full training in SBSC operations, racing rules and timing of starts & finishes etc is provided
• Full training on entering results into SailSys
• External training through Australian Sailing is available as appropriate

When?

• The role is performed through a flexible roster system across the whole tower team with opportunities to swap times to meet personal needs
• Friday nights are usually between 5:00pm and can be as late as 8:00pm, October through March (break over Christmas/New Year)
• Sunday race day times will vary depending on the program, but rostering is flexible to fit in with your availability

What to bring

• This is an onshore role so normal clothing appropriate to the conditions
• A willingness to learn and an interest in teamwork

Contact

• To learn more about this unique opportunity, call Tim Bardon on 0426 581 747 or Di Jackson on 0428 077 225, or email your interest to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The ORCV are exited to let you know that entries for the Rudder Cup (Melbourne to Devonport) are now open.

For more information and to enter the 'Oldest Race in Australia' please click here

Get you order in now to ensure that you are decked out in the latest Club Merchandise for he start of the 2023-2024 season 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. 

 Andrew Clarke enjoying Maggie Island Race Week - photo Janine Harrison 

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Hi all,

 

Wow, What a spectacular day on the water on Sunday. With a healthy combined fleet of 30 boats in winter, anyone observing could be confused that we were in the middle of our regular season. Great also to see a huge number of members at the club afterwards enjoying the fire, musical sounds from Mietta and the warmth of club spirit.

 

With a beautiful off shore Easterly of about 10-12knots, everyone would have enjoyed the promised best breeze of the Winter season. From my position on the course, it looked like the Keel Boat fleet enjoyed a windward leeward course out to 25 and back with Vincetore, Shimmer and Cirrus taking the podium positions. The largest and the smallest boats finishing that close together means the handicapper is probably doing a great job! I was asked a few weeks ago if we were going to run the final races of the OTB winter series on Sunday given there were supposed to be so many members not available. Ironically we had the best turn out of the series. Thanks to Ross Martin, Deirdre Snooks on Start and Rob Campbell and Paul Martin (not related) on the Rescue RHIB for providing a fantastic course and for making yourselves available. Great to see Luke Martin (related) and Luke Marchisani out on the water for the first time in a while in their Cobra catamaran. Hopefully we’ll see plenty of both of them this season.

 

Great to see another new 420 in the yard and also Gary Cameron (President of the 420 Association) join our club. The SBSC has also been asked to store the 420 association’s demonstration 420 for any youth that wish to give one a go. Needless to say the club has said yes. We look forward to assisting the 420 Association foster the 420 fleet in Victoria.

 

As we approach the commencement of the 2023/24 season, I’ve been heartened by the offers of help, particularly when it comes to keeping our rescue craft maintained and odd jobs around the club requiring attention. Many hands make light work and to those who offer help, my sincere thanks. The club recently purchased a second hand 5m RHIB for the purposes of coaching. This RHIB will be stored in the stacker at D’Albora Marina at Martha Cove. Whilst this will cost the club about $450 per month, the plan is to offer this RHIB for hire by many of the clubs and associations that ring us requesting to hire our RIHBS. We plan to use that income to offset the costs of stacking the RHIB out the back. The benefits of this are, that our coach Matilda Richardson, can simply step on and off the boat and spend more time coaching than launching and retrieving. The new season commences on Sunday the 8th of October. NOR and sailing Instructions plus the OTB calendar and Roster will be out soon.

 

Cheers, Mono

1st	Vincitore	Peter Russell
2nd	Shimmer	Steve Twentyman
3rd	Cirrus	Tim Bardon

 

Here is a link to full results, as well as updated start times for the next Brass Monkey pursuit race on Sunday 10 September.

Another fantastic winter’s morning race with 17 boats starting and finishing keeping our tower crew busy.  Thank you to Amanda Malin (RO), Glenys Hitchen and Dawn Clark for volunteering their time.

The Coast Guard’s MOB dummy LEO managed to survive two MOB drills last Sunday after the Brass Monkey Race.

 

Risky behaviour led to him slipping of the stern of ANTHEA when his tethers failed, but he was retrieved – not without some difficulty and two attempts, and in calm conditions.  He was then passed to Y KNOT for their go.

 

A boat hook to grab a handle behind his neck and that is tricky, need to start at front and walk to stern so you can get multiple goes.  We did ours without motor and getting the boat close enough, but going slow enough was not easy.  Once hitched with boat hook he could easily pull someone overboard or break boat hook from the drag if boat can’t be slowed down. Rumours he weighs 85kg are exaggerated.  Official inscribed weight is that number but in lbs = 40kg.  Still, heavy enough to haul out wet.

 

LEO is looking forward to the next dunking from the KB fleet.  He lives locally and can even possibly be delivered to your boat – call Tony Christmas 0400 789 616 or John Wemyss 0409 410 866. 

 

Reminder of the 31 October deadline for MOB declaration, whether it is with LEO or something / someone else is up to you.  Some photographic evidence would be good.

John Wemyss

 

We had a few familiar face up north this year for Hamilton Island Race Week. Bigger Day Out, Baruch, Allegro and Rick Rogers (that we all know from Maximum Limit), sailing on his Queensland based yacht, L’Espirit.    

 

Congratulations to Rick and the team on L’Espirit who had a very successful regatta ending up winning their division in both EHC and ORC AP.  Apparently, they concluded the regatta with a very fine celebration.

 

For all the results please go to https://www.topyacht.net.au/results/2023/hirw/index.htm

The 2023-24 Summer Season is fast approaching.  Part 1 of the program and roster has now been published on the website (under Keelboats Race Documents) and can be viewed HERE.  We are hoping it will be a bumper season both on and off the water.  Please mark important dates in your calendar – especially if you are rostered on for duty.  Also note we are holding the Skipper and Crews Meeting before the season starts (on Sunday 24 September).

The ORCV are exited to let you know that entries for the Rudder Cup (Melbourne to Devonport) are now open.

For more information and to enter the 'Oldest Race in Australia' please click here

Get you order in now to ensure that you are decked out in the latest Club Merchandise for he start of the 2023-2024 season 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. 

 Race to the finish – Brass Monkey Race 7 - Lori Wilson

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Originally scheduled for Friday 18^th, the race was postponed to be run on Sunday 20^th.  A good decision as the wind was 30 kts on Friday afternoon.  Definitely not suitable for a fun race. Sunday’s race was run in a 10 kts or less west/north-west breeze on a sunny afternoon.  Course 1 was selected.  Six boats started with 23 crew.  Two new boats joined the Friday Fun fleet, with Amity and Anthea starting for the first time.  Four boats started at 6 seconds from start time, with Lumiere at 12 seconds and Amity at 60 seconds.

 

On the first beat out to 25, Yknot and Shimmer went to the right and had better breeze.  A lift enabled them to take time out of the other boats.  Amity went well to the left and found the Arthurs Seat wind shadow.  First around 25 was Lumiere followed by Anthea and Marrakesh.  The wind dropped as the boats sailed to R1, with boat speeds dropping to 3 kts.  Anthea and Amity retired on this leg of the course.

 

The next view the race officers had was the great sight of four boats in close proximity with the backdrop of the winter sun on calm waters.  We watched as Shimmer overtook Yknot and Marrakesh, then Yknot passed Marrakesh.  Shimmer had their first win for the series followed by Yknot, Marrakesh and then Lumiere.  All boats finished in a space of 5 minutes.

 

Race Officer for the day was Glenys Hitchen, a National Race Officer from Davey’s Bay Yacht Club. Glenys will be well known to sailors from the club as the PRO for the Petersville regatta at BYS, and Race Officer for the Festival of Sails at Geelong, RBYC, and SheSails.  We were very fortunate to have her experience in the tower.  Dawn Clark assisted with records and Greg Clark managed the lights.  Overall, a wonderful afternoon of winter sailing for all competitors.

 

Next race Friday 1^st September.

First Warning Signal:	09.55H  Pursuit Start
Race Officer:	Amanda Malin
Tower Assistant:	Glenys Hitchen

The 2023-24 Summer Season is fast approaching.  Part 1 of the program and roster has now been published on the website (under Keelboats Race Documents) and can be viewed HERE.  We are hoping it will be a bumper season both on and off the water.  Please mark important dates in your calendar – especially if you are rostered on for duty.  Also note we are holding the Skipper and Crews Meeting before the season starts (on Sunday 24 September).

The ORCV are exited to let you know that entries for the Rudder Cup (Melbourne to Devonport) are now open.

For more information and to enter the 'Oldest Race in Australia' please click here

A three-day celebration of classic boats, maritime culture and cruising on the Gippsland Lakes

If it's older than 25 years, or of classic design and lines ... you just might see it at the rally!
On land or on water, there are so many opportunities to see these magnificent boats up close and in action across the weekend.

Get you order in now to ensure that you are decked out in the latest Club Merchandise for he start of the 2023-2024 season 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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With dates already in the calendar for inter series in 2024, I’m hoping that we can better plan the roster to keep more boats sailing. As next year’s series approaches we may invite you to let us know when you plan music camps, getting wisdom teeth out, going overseas or breaking a leg! Of course some things aren’t planned, but it is always better racing and more fun with more boats racing. So where practical we will try to get duties out of the way for a skipper or crew so the rest of the series may be free to sail and enjoy rivalries.

 

Thanks to everyone who put their names down for duty and did their part. Special thanks to Neil & Lorraine, Chipper, Deirdre and Ross who volunteered but didn’t sail with us, and of course Geoff for results and sign on set up.

 

On the subject of appreciating race management, from our Race Officer can I pass on a request for a little more respect for our teams helping out each week. No RO likes to disappoint or leave anyone out by starting on time, but we owe it to everyone who does make the effort, to attempt to start as scheduled. We will do our best to provide fair racing for everyone. If we are late, we put the RO in a difficult position of drawing a line between who makes it and who doesn’t. I’m assured racing will start on time next week.

 

Sorry I missed this week, we can’t do everything, but for Mordy there was a better forecast, promise of more sabres and I was less likely to have any ego bruised!

 

We have one more session scheduled so I’ll be on the phone looking for a couple of volunteers to assist Ross and Deirdre, despite some juniors committing to Uni open days and others also absent.

 

As this series come to a close let’s look forward to a bigger better winter series next year with the consistent winds Mono keeps promising.

Bill

CitySail is coming up soon. For all information on this regatta, please click here.

1st	Vamonos	Fiona Jones
2nd	Rells	Mal Winder
3rd	Anthea	John Wemyss

 

Full results here

Thanks to Race Officer Judy Champion and Till Brauckmann for assisting in the tower on Sunday.

 

Some images from Sunday 13th

First Warning Signal:	13.55H  Pursuit Start
Race Officer:	TBA
Tower Assistant:	Greg & Dawn Clark

A confirmation email (with course number) will be sent out to all skippers and crew on Friday morning, before 11.00am.

Remember, your start time is different to the Brass Monkey series, so please check your pursuit time HERE

The ORCV are exited to let you know that entries for the Rudder Cup (Melbourne to Devonport) are now open.

For more information and to enter the 'Oldest Race in Australia' please click here

A three-day celebration of classic boats, maritime culture and cruising on the Gippsland Lakes

If it's older than 25 years, or of classic design and lines ... you just might see it at the rally!
On land or on water, there are so many opportunities to see these magnificent boats up close and in action across the weekend.

Get you order in now to ensure that you are decked out in the latest Club Merchandise for he start of the 2023-2024 season 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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