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Safety Beach Sailing Club NEWS 18th December 2024

Photo Of The Week

Thanks Melissa Kelly for this awesome photo of the fleet of boats chasing down 11:11

Inspire Marine Friday Twilight Race 10 on 13/12/24

11 11 fleet chase

Off The Beach News

Ho Ho Ho gang,

what a great day we had on Sunday. As promised (finally), we had near perfect weather for our early start. It actually was perfect for the junior sail training at last. When I got to the club around 9.00, the yard was a hive of activity with kids, parents, boats and trainers everywhere. All the senior sailors had been relegated to the further area of grass. But before long the grass was clear as they were all in the water belting around like they were born to it. Great job guys to keep them so obviously enthused after many weeks of crappy weather.

The last race of the Red Dolphin series was an early start due to the famous SBSC Xmas bunscruff in the afternoon and I think it caught a few unawares, but spare a thought for the race team who, as well as getting our race organised, also had an on water start for the Keelboats to run. Thanks RO Stu S, Asst RO super D, the two Rob's, C and W, Erik M and Simon H in the RHIBs. They all did a cracking job setting the marks for a sausage course ( darn cat sailors ) for the first race and got us away in a massed start with light to medium wind. There were plenty of shifts to work and gains to be made, and lost as I found out at the last second as that cunning bugger, Rick P snuck past me right on the line. He said he was almost going to hold off and give me the win. I'm glad he didn't, as the lesson learned was more valuable, and besides, in the words of the great W.C.Fields, "You should never give a sucker an even break".

As we waited for the tail enders to finish in the easing wind, (no-one was complaining about sailing around in those glorious conditions), the RHIB crews were moving the top marks in shorter to ensure a result. A super quick turnaround and we were off again, but as lap one was stretching out, it became obvious that we weren't going to get the whole race done before sunset, so Stu did the wise thing and shortened the course. Two races done and back to the beach. Some shameful people accepted a tow back, but why would you miss eking out every bit of such a ripper day?

It was great to see the Sharpie back on the water and Mark the markman L even had the Pussy Power zooming along. All up, we had 15 boats join the races. Not bad as some people have already cleared out for the holidays, luck buggers.

Next week we are back to our normal 2.00 start for round four of the Community Bank Southern Peninsula Club Championship series. Here's your chance to pick up some places on those that choose other activities that day- too close to Christmas? Piffle! Even break, sucker, you get the picture.

Back on land, and upstairs for the festivities. Food and drinks on the best deck of any of the Sailing Clubs around, live music and a visit from Santa and that ageless Elf of his, why would you be anywhere else? I hope someone got a picture in the morning of the juniors in the foreground with the OTB fleet mid way and the Keelboats coming home. That really would be one for the poolroom.

That's about it from me this week, but just a reminder; before you go running off to the chandlery to buy new chain plates because you think someone has 'borrowed' yours, have a closer look to make sure you've picked up the right mast- classic!

Cheers, Pete Chippy

Keelboat News

Summer Program - Part 2

Part 2 of the program has now been published on the website. CLICK HERE to view. Please check your duty date(s) and mark it in the diary.

Results

Friday Pursuit - Race 10

1st	11.11	Till Brauckmann
2nd	Fransiska	Peter Morrison
3rd	Limelight	Bernie O'Hanlon

Friday Pursuit - Overall Series 1

1st	Rawhide	Cameron Barwick
2nd	Fransiska	Peter Morrison
3rd	11.11	Till Brauckmann

Friday AMS – Race 10

1st	Maximum Limit	Rick Rogers
2nd	Vamonos	Fiona Jones
3rd	Unprecedented	Andrew McGrath

Friday AMS – Overall Series 1

1st	Maximum Limit	Rick Rogers
2nd	Vamonos	Fiona Jones
3rd	2Xtreme	Andrew Clark

Margaret Hollamby Female Helm - Race 2

1st	Vamonos	Fiona Jones
2nd	Mr Bojangles	Andrea Catling
3rd	Rawhide	Meaghan Densley

Full weekend results available HERE

Another big twilight on the water with 28 starters in the final race of Series 1 and the 2^nd race of the Female Helm Series. Thanks to Mark Bulka (RO) and his 'Balance' crew, along with Amanda Malin for their race control in the tower.

Sunday Club Championship Series - Race 4

Great to see 13 boats competing on a beautiful Sunday morning in the fourth race of the Club Championship Series. A morning start to ensure everyone was back for the club Christmas Party. This week it was 'Vamonos' who took out a clean sweep on the water - 1^st on PHS, AMS and ORC. Another big thank you to Till Brauckmann (RO) and the 'Happy Days' crew for their tower duty.

This Week's Racing

Friday 20 December 2024

Fun Twilight Pursuit Race (with optional spinnaker)

Race Start Time (AEDT): 17:30H Pursuit Start

Race Officer: Amanda Malin

Duty Boat: Layla Rose

Set up/Results: Amanda

Please note: All boats will be automatically entered in the Fun Twilight Race, so no need to do a SailSys entry (if you haven't already). If you decide to use spinnaker on the night, please ensure you advise the tower (via VHF radio) prior to the race and add a 3-minute penalty to your published start-time.

Sunday 22 December 2024

Shark Bay Holiday Series - Race 1

First Warning Signal: 09:55H Tower Start

Race Officer: Rick Rogers

Duty Boat: Maximum Limit

Set up/Results: Dianne Jackson

Shark Bay Holiday Series

The Shark Bay Holiday Series starts THIS SUNDAY and runs over the holiday period (see dates below). Please ENTER NOW and join in the fun - even if it's only for one or two races.

All Race Start Times: 09:55 First Warning Signal (Tower Starts)

Race 1: Sunday 22 December

Race 2: Friday 27 December

Race 3: Monday 30 December

Race 4: Friday 3 January 'Race to the Middle'

Race 5: Sunday 5 January

Other Holiday Racing

There's plenty of other racing action happening around the bay over the holiday season. Best of luck to all the following SBSC skippers and crew competitors:

ORCV Cock of the Bay:

Patriot

Rawhide

Unprecedented

Vincitore

Petersville Regatta at BYS:

Organised Chaos

Rawhide

Vamonos

Vincitore

Adams 10 State Titles

SBSC has recently agreed to host the Adams 10 State Titles on the weekend of 29-30 March 2025. Part 2 of the SBSC Summer Program has been updated to include this event. Please note that the Club Championship race times and details on Sunday 30 March are unchanged.

SBSC Keelboat owners and crew, the entry portal for Sail Peninsula 2025 is now open for applications to take part in next year’s event which is being held over the weekend of the 21^st to 23^rd February.

The Sail Peninsula committee is working hard to make next year’s 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.

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Jetski Petition

It doesn't take much to notice that our local beaches are becoming quite hazardous for many users, as we see a rise in popularity of personal water crafts (jetskis). As always the minority of unlawful users are spoiling it for others. After many dangerous accidents over the last few summers, a local Rye resident Robert Stanley contacted the local member Sam Groth to seek advice on how to better control the dangerous behavior and return our waters to a safe and fun place. From this, a petition has been drawn up for anyone interested in contributing to possible legislative change. To sign the petition please CLICK HERE. This has not been organised or endorsed by the club, however it is everyone's right to enjoy the waters safely.

Australian Sailing Calendar Of Events

December 2024 to January 2025

Around Victoria Victoria is home to many events this summer -

Thu 26 Dec

Cock of Bay

Where Ocean Racing Club Victoria

Fri 27 Dec

Melbourne to Hobart Westcoaster

Where Ocean Racing Club Victoria

Fri 27 Dec- Mon 30 Dec

Petersville Regatta

Where Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron

https://www.petersvilleregatta.com.au/

Sat 28 Dec- Fri 3 Jan

Hartley TS16 National Championship

Where Gippsland Lakes Yacht Club

https://www.australianhartleyts16.org.au/events/230736

Wed 1 Jan- Mon 6 Jan

Flying 15 National Championship

Where Davey's Bay Yacht Club

https://www.dbyc.com.au/f15-australian-championship.html

Fri 3 Jan- Sun 5 Jan

Etchells pre-Worlds

Where Royal Brighton Yacht Club

Sat 4 Jan- Fri 10 Jan

64th Heron National Championship

Where St Leonards Yacht Club & Motor Squadron

https://www.stleonardsycms.com.au/slycmsregattas/heron-nationals-2025

Fri 10 Jan- Tue 14 Jan

Etchells World Championship

Where Royal Brighton Yacht Club

Sat 18 Jan- Wed 22 Jan

Mirror National Championship

Where Albury Wodonga Yacht Club

https://www.revolutionise.com.au/mirrorvic/events/230912

Thu 23 Jan- Sun 26 Jan

F18 National Championship

Where Frankston Yacht Club

Fri 24 Jan- Sun 26 Jan

2.4m National Championship

Where Gippsland Lakes Yacht Club

https://cdn.revolutionise.com.au/site/vsrp6mwhptxmh5lz.pdf

Sat 25 Jan- Mon 27 Jan

Festival of Sails

Where Royal Geelong Yacht Club

ORCV News

Ronstan Cock of the Bay (Thursday 26 December)

What better way to spend your Boxing Day than competing in one of the most iconic events on the Australian sailing calendar! The traditional course of approx 21nm starts near Station Pier in Port Melbourne and is designed to sail past major bayside locations for sailors and spectators alike to view. Some say there is no better way to work off the excesses of Christmas the day before! Enter here: www.orcv.org.au/cock-of-the-bay

Melbourne to Hobart ‘Westcoaster’ (Friday 27 December)

The ORCV ‘Westcoaster’ is a legendary yacht race where tactics and sailing well can crown you as the race champion, regardless of boat size. Across the 435nm passage, yachts contend first with Bass Strait before taking on the wilderness and ruggedness of the West Coast of Tasmania and the long ocean swell of the Southern Ocean before turning towards the finish line and the shifting winds of the Derwent. For more than 50 years, the Westcoaster has provided sailors with a unique race full of tactical challenges. Early-bird entries close on 10 November! Enter here: www.orcv.org.au/hobart

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

Photo Gallery

December 13th - 15th

Inspire Marine Friday Twilight Race 10 on 13/12/24 from Lori Wilson

Inspire 1 Inspire 2 Inspire 3 Inspire 4 Inspire 5 Inspire 7 Inspire 8 Inspire 9 Inspire 10

Sunday 15th mix of Juniors and Keelboats from Melissa Kelly

Junior Sail Training 15th December from Jess Greg & Fiona Lowe

Community Bank Southern Peninsula Championship Race 4 on 15/12/24 from Lori Wilson

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Safety Beach Sailing Club NEWS 11th December 2024

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Off The Beach News

Howdy Gang.

Well as promised, Sunday's sailing was an absolute cracker. I knew I'd have to get it right eventually! The sun was out and the breeze was strong, but it was always going to come down to around 15 knots, perfect. Unfortunately it was a bit too strong in the morning for the junior training team again. Those poor buggers just can't take a trick. Undeterred, Nick and his band of merry trainers had the kids out in the RHIBs for a bit of a blast around (don't let them go over to the dark side Obi Wan). Even with a lack of on water time, it seems these juniors are still as keen as mustard and loving every minute. Several of them have already joined as members and one family (Ryan's) have even joined as a family membership with Dad Scott and Grandad Garry buying a Tasar and joining in the afternoon sailing. Great stuff guys.

As for the rest of us, 15 boats in total, with a mix of Lasers, Sabres, 420s, Impulses and Tasars in the mono department, and a Cobra, a Windrush and a Taipan for the Cats, went out in near perfect conditions to battle it out for the club Championship race. A NorWester about 15 knots blew all day (max gust was a mere 21 knots). It was 20 degrees and hardly a cloud in the sky. Plenty of shifts on the upwind legs to keep it interesting and some good waves ( not too big) to surf on the reaches and runs. I hope I'm painting you a good picture here, as there weren't nearly enough boats on the water to take advantage of these mint conditions.

Race one, course one, a fairly biased pin end and then a wind shift made it hard to start on starboard so most of the fleet opted for a port start, except Rick P, who got a bit fancy and went for a dip start only to come up a bit short and was called OCS. "I was robbed!" He cried. "Tell it to the judge", they cried back, and Fiona M said "Thank you very much, I'll take first place!".

Race two, course two, ready to go. Hang on a minute, something is wrong with the laundry as Geoff calls it, or in this case, the clothes line. Turns out the bolt at the top of the brace has come out and the whole lot is about to come crashing down on them - disaster! What they need is a dashing hero to leap in and save the day. Enter The Cisco Kid and his faithful side kick Pancho, AKA Ross and Natasha M. As one of the RHIBs raced over to pluck him from his trusty steed, Tash took over on the tiller to sail effortlessly, single handed in heaving seas (poetic licence here) until Ross returned. Leaping onto the Start boat like a buccaneer of old, he climbed to the top of the rigging, cutlass in his teeth, toupee flying in the wind and a piece of old rope to carry out the repairs. In no time at all the day was saved and Ross was carried triumphantly back to Tash amid the cheers of the adoring crowd- Huzzah ! Jokes aside, this was a pretty cool effort from both Ross and Tash, as neither job was easy and they made it look very easy.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, flags up, flags down, fleet away. A good clean start this time and a more even breeze made for a really nice race. Katrina M had an exceptional second lap, where I'm sure she started a hidden outboard motor going by the way she flew past me and nearly caught Fiona M. Likewise, Bill was back to his normal blistering pace, albeit with a large piece of duct tape covering the hole in his foredeck from last weeks mishap.

Thanks to all the race crew, including new guy Julian Nortcliffe, one of our Coast Guard friends doing RHIB duty so the sailors can sail. Likewise Tim B, who contacted me earlier in the morning to offer his services. This let a grateful Fiona M sail. How about we have a bit more of this communication. If you can't sail-no crew, boat's not ready, twenty twenty rule or any other reason, please contact me as early as you can so we can let someone sail-PLEASE. After all, a day on the water is better than a day not on the water, even in a RHIB !

That's all for this week. Cheers, Pete Chippy

PS; check out the photos, complements to Super D, of Ross in the rigging and new members Scott and Garry belting along in their ex-Navy Tasar.

Keelboat News

Results

Friday 6 December 2024

Twilight Pursuit Series 1 - Race 9

1st	Vamanos	Fiona Jones
2nd	Rawhide	Cameron Barwick
3rd	Vitesse	Ray Bateman

Friday AMS – Race 9

1st	Vamanos	Fiona Jones
2nd	Rawhide	Cameron Barwick
3rd	Maximum Limit	Rick Rogers

It was great to see 26 yachts take to the water for the Pursuit Race on Friday. After much deliberation Course #1 was selected. The changeable and somewhat damp conditions provided the fleet with plenty of challenges but Vamonos, with Andrew McGrath (aka The X Factor) onboard who is enjoying recent ORCV success, thrived in tricky conditions coming in 1st and well clear of Rawhide in 2nd place.

Just to provide some additional interest, Steve Twentyman and the crew from Shimmer on tower duty ran a 'closest to the start' competition. It would seem that some of the fleet got wind of this exciting news as we had four yachts (not naming names) that were On Course Side at their start. We had a number of very good contenders with Cirrus coming out on top, crossing the line bang on their start time. Some of the other closer starts were from Vamonos, 11-11, Maximum Limit and Limelight. Big thanks to Steve who shouted a couple of drinks back at the club for all those starting within 10secs of their start time.

Sunday Summer Series (Race 4)

Congratulations to 'Mr Bojangles' who took out a clean sweep on Sunday - 1^st on PHS, AMS and ORC.

A huge thanks to our tower crews over the weekend; Dianne Jackson (RO) and the Shimmer crew on Friday night, and Elaine Nicholas (RO) assisted by Judy Champion on Sunday morning.

This Week's Racing

This week is the last of Friday Twilight Series 1 and also the second race in the Female Helm series. It was great to see 26 yachts take to the water for the Pursuit Race on Friday. After much deliberation Course #1 was selected.

The changeable and somewhat damp conditions provided the fleet with plenty of challenges but Vamanos,, with Andrew McGrath (aka The X Factor) who is enjoying recent ORCV success on board, thrived in tricky conditions coming in 1st and well clear of Rawhide in 2nd place. Just to provide some additional interest, Steve Twentyman and the crew from Shimmer ran a closest to the start competition. It would seem that some of the fleet got wind of this exciting news as we had 4 yachts that were On Course Side at their start.

We had a number of very good contenders with Cirrus coming out on top crossing the line bang on their start time. Some of the other closer starts were from Vamanos, 11-11, Maximum Limit and Limelight. Big thanks to Steve who shouted a couple of drinks for all those starting within 10secs of their start time.

Thanks Di Jackson

Friday 13 December 2024

Twilight Pursuit Series 1 - Race 10 (final race of series)

and

Margaret Hollamby Female Helm Sub-series - Race 2

Race Start Time (AEDT)	17:30H Pursuit Start
Race Officer	Mark Bulka
Duty Boat	Balance
Tower Assistant	Amanda

Sunday 15 December 2024

Club Championship Series - Race 4

First Signal Warning	09:55H Tower Start
Race Officer	Elaine Nicholas
Assistant	Jann Wilson

Remember it is a AM start this week so everyone can get back to the club for the Xmas Party - see you there!

Shark Bay Holiday Series

While it's a busy time for many, remember that we have the Shark Bay Holiday Series running over the holiday period (see dates below). A great time to be out on the water while the beaches are crazy (and to work off that Xmas pudding). PLUS, enjoy the sanctuary of the club for a post-race drink or lunch.

Remember that your entries have to be processed at our end, so click here to ENTER NOW any make it easy for everyone over the silly season.

All Race Start Times: 09:55 First Warning Signal (Tower Starts)

Race 1: Sunday 22 December

Race 2: Friday 27 December

Race 3: Monday 30 December

Race 4: Friday 3 January 'Race to the Middle'

Race 5: Sunday 5 January

Happy Hour Save the Dates dec 24 Jan feb 25

SP25 POSTER

Sail Peninsula 2025 Regatta is on again !

Preparations are well underway for another great Sail Peninsula event. 21st-23rd February. NOR and SailsSys entries will be available soon.

This year we have partnered with Bambak Recycled Sails. Bambak take old sails that are destined for landfill, ship them over to Vanuatu where they are recycled into bags. This not only keeps sails out of landfill but provides much needed employment and community support in Vanuatu. It is a great initiative that SBSC are proud to support.

To kick of our partnership Bambak have generously offered SBSC members a discount on their great range of products. See the flyer below and check them out at http://www.bambak.co

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ORCV News

Ronstan Cock of the Bay (Thursday 26 December)

Melbourne to Hobart ‘Westcoaster’ (Friday 27 December)

Melbourne to Port Fairy (Friday 14 February)

Photo Of The Week

Mr Bojangles, taken by Nick Jones' drone

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Safety Beach Sailing Club NEWS 4th December 2024

Commodore's News

Dear Members,

Recently, the EC became aware of an opportunity to purchase a larger, better positioned berth than the one we had in Hidden Harbour. As we considered selling the Hidden Harbour berth to fund the purchase of the new berth, a generous offer came from a benefactor to financially support the purchase of the new berth until the completed sale of the Hidden Harbour berth.

A couple of weeks ago we signed a contract of sale on the Hidden Harbour berth and today we hope to finalise the purchase on the new berth.

The new berth allows the SBSC start boat to be kept closer to the Club and not need putting in the water each week. It provides a great investment as berths closer to the marina entrance and more valuable and more in demand than those in Hidden Harbour and it means we have an appreciating asset that will grow in value for the future.

The EC believes that we have significantly strengthened the assets of the Club with an asset that we will own outright following the completed sale of the Hidden Harbour berth in the near future.

Best regards,

Tony

Off The Beach News

Howdy gang.

Sorry for being off the grid last week, but from all reports from RO Bill M it was a fairly light day with no incidents of note, except maybe Matt W and Abbey E attempting a close sail past of Mum and Dad on duty in Woodsy and not realising they had a bouy tied to the side. Matt on trapeze versus big inflatable thing, one was already floating in the water, then suddenly they both were, how embarrassment!

Two races were run with the second shortened as the wind died out. Two races??? That's almost a record for this season so far. Thanks Bill and Super D for working so hard to get a result. Thanks also to Neil and Loraine W in Woodsy and the two Robs, W and C in Sutherland. Also in Sutherland was new member and willing RHIB crew, Dave Arundale. Dave apparently had a great time and is keen to continue, you Ripper!

Now on to this week, which was a completely different ball game. With the wind blowing hard on shore in the morning with plenty of rain squalls as well, it was a no go for the sail training team to get on the water. Nick said he was going to have them practicing capsizing, that would have been pretty easy I reckon!

By midday the wind had backed off a bit but not much and the patches of rain kept rolling through, not looking promising at all. Everyone had their various weather apps open, hopefully scrolling and banking on that downward trend. Some clever buggers even looked out over the water at the waves and clouds and declared that a good day was imminent, if only it would stop raining. That didn't stop our intrepid race team though. As we all huddled under shelter to keep dry( what were we thinking?), RO Greg L and Super D, yes her again, in Start, Rob C, Simon H in Woodsy and Katrina and Charlie M in Sutherland headed out into that muck to get us a race going. At one point both RHIBs headed back in to shelter for safety's sake, wise move. It wasn't long though before they were back out again and Greg had them dropping marks, so it was time to to decide. Do ya feel lucky Punk? Well, do ya? Yes, we did! I even got excited when Mark,the markman L said to Rob F, as a squall eased off, " Well, if we're going to do it, we'd better do it now." A couple of Windrushes out there would have been interesting. Alas, they were only talking about de-rigging while it wasn't raining!

Nine boats braved the waves in a mixed fleet, a Martinfest in the three Tasars, two each 420s and Sabres, Bill M in his Impulse (aptly named) and Beau G in a Terra. Beau hasn't sailed for a couple of years and I put it down to the confidence of youth to go out in that weather in such a small boat after such a long break. Well, he made it out, and more importantly, he made it back. I saw his centreboard pointing skyward at least once, but that didn't take the smile off his face, welcome back Beau.

Poor old Bill picked the wrong time to leave the beach, as the waves were still breaking and tipped him in before he got too far, much hilarity. He finally got away, as did the rest of us, and with no messing around, RO Greg sent us off in a massed start. After about one minute, the various classes headed in different directions and were lost to each other in the 2 metre swell. I was following Rick P (of course) and thought we were the only ones out there, until a Tasar went flying past towards the bottom mark. That second reach was pretty good fun, and the runs down the face of those waves had me hanging on with both hands and anything else I could get a grip with. It's a shame Mark and Rob didn't make it out, those Windrushes would've been in their element, hmm, maybe not.

One race down and another big squall heading our way was enough to send up the old head for home flag, so that's what we did, to more carnage on the beach as the waves took their toll again. As is usual with the OTB gang, everyone jumped in to help with generally four people per boat to get them ashore safely. A special shout out to the whole Ferguson family, Jamie (Turtle), Michelle and Jamieson, who all leapt into the water to help launch as well as retrieve the boats. Jamieson even swam out to drag Bill's impulse in as he was towed back after losing his mast to a broken forestay. Not Bill's day, as he stood up and promptly fell in backwards in front of the whole crowd, more hilarity. Not so much Gingerbread Bill this week, more like Soggy Biscuit. At least the water is getting warmer, I still think it was a bit rough of Rick P giving him an eight out of ten for his dismount though. Back on the beach with every one safe and sound, it was roundly agreed- best day's sailing ever.

A huge thank you to all of the race team, Greg, Deirdre, Rob, Simon, Katrina and Charlie. Especially those in the RHIBs, as they had no protection from the weather, and kudo's to Katrina and Charlie for heading back into the harbour when they felt uncomfortable with the conditions before racing started, safety first and always. Club Championship race next week, so study up your courses 1 and 2. After a rough trot with the weather, next week will be perfect, I promise.

Cheers for now, Pete Chippy.

Keelboat News

Results

Friday Twilight - Race

1st	Tumi	Jeff Savage
2nd	E'toile	John Gordon
3rd	Whiskers	Terry Jones

Friday AMS – Race 8

1st	Rawhide	Cameron Barwick
2nd	Maximum Limit	Rick Rogers
3rd	Ninjo	John Nicholas

Sunday Club Champs (Race 3) and Long Distance (Race 1)

In contrast to last Sunday's light winds, at the start of Sunday morning's race it was blowing 25kn NNW, gusting 30kn. We had six boats on the start-line and only one retired. 'Unprecedented' skippered by Andrew McGrath continued their form from the ORCV Coastal Sprint last weekend and took out 1st place on all three handicaps (PHS, AMS and ORC). But well done to all who braved the conditions.

In the tower on Friday night, Elaine Nicholas (RO) was assisted by duty boat 'Mr Bojangles', while Amanda Malin (RO) and duty boat 'Magnitude' controlled Sunday's race. Many thanks to all involved for your time and efforts.

This Week's Racing

Friday 6 December 2024

Twilight Pursuit Series 1 - Race 9

Race Start Time (AEDT)	17:30H Pursuit Start
Race Officer	Dianne Jackson
Duty Boat	Shimmer
Tower Assistant	Dianne

Sunday 8 December 2024

Sunday Summer Series - Race 4

First Signal Warning	09:55H Tower Start
Race Officer	Elaine Nicholas
Assistant	Jann Wilson

The Fixed Marks Are In

Last Thursday we received confirmation that 'SB1' and 'SB2' had been installed. These fixed marks are a great asset to the club and we are sure everyone will be glad to see the back of the interim virtual marks!

As you can imagine, a lot of work has gone on behind the scenes by a number of club persons to make this happen, but special thanks to John Wemyss for running the project. In fact, it was very fitting that John was onboard 'Vincitore' as they returned to Safety Beach in the early hours of Friday morning (after months up the east coast) when they carried out a maiden rounding/inspection of SB2. See picture below - beacon working! Night Mark

Happy Hour Save the Dates dec 24 Jan feb 25 CHRISTMAS PARTY FLYER 2024

SP25 POSTER

Sail Peninsula 2025 Regatta is on again !

Preparations are well underway for another great Sail Peninsula event. 21st-23rd February. NOR and SailsSys entries will be available soon.

To kick of our partnership Bambak have generously offered SBSC members a discount on their great range of products. See the flyer below and check them out at http://www.bambak.co

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Bendigo term deposit

Bendigo Bank
Community Bank Southern Peninsula
Rye | Rosebud I Dromana

Hygiene Packs Xmas 2024 Donation Flyer

ORCV News

Ronstan Cock of the Bay (Thursday 26 December)

Melbourne to Hobart ‘Westcoaster’ (Friday 27 December)

Melbourne to Port Fairy (Friday 14 February)

Photo Of The Week

Ghost, taken by Lori Wilson

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Safety Beach Sailing Club NEWS 27th November 2024

Off The Beach News

On Friday the club received our newest training boat, an RS Tera, with thanks from Community Bank - Southern Peninsula. Our juniors hit the water on Sunday and those new to sailing spent their time getting used to movement on boats by being towed around in their Opti's. A couple of our juniors Cooper Jones & Nathan Anderson, who are familiar with sailing, were able to show off their capsizing skills. With almost zero wind, the new kids didn't get a chance to put sails up yet, but watch this space....we will have them moving forward under wind power in no time. Junior boats

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Results

Friday Twilight - Race 7

1st	Maximum Limit	Rick Rogers
2nd	Just Cruisin'	Lorraine Whitaker
3rd	Anthea	John Wemyss

Friday AMS – Race 7

1st	Maximum Limit	Rick Rogers
2nd	Patriot	Jason Close
3rd	Unprecedented	Andrew McGrath

Click here for full results for Friday

Sunday Summer Series - Race 3

Well done to the three boats that ventured out in very light winds on Sunday morning - Empara took out 1^st place, followed by Yknot and Shimmer.

Thanks to the Friday night tower crew of Till Brauckmann (RO) and crew from 11.11, and Lynlee Coutts (RO) and Dawn Clark who were in the tower for Sunday's race.

This Week's Racing

Friday 29 November 2024

Twilight Pursuit Series 1 - Race 8

Race Start Time (AEDT)	17:30H Pursuit Start
Race Officer	Elaine Nicholas
Duty Boat	Mr Bojangles
Tower Assistant	Elaine

Sunday 1 December

Club Championship Series - Race 3

and Long Distance Sub-Series - Race 1

First Signal Warning	09:55H Tower Start
Race Officer	Amanda Malin
Duty Boat	Magnitude

Please note that Sunday's Club Championship race is a morning start due to it also being the first race of the Long Distance Series.

Congrats to Unprecedented

After using Friday night's twilight race as a warm up (and coming 3^rd on AMS), Unprecedented zipped over to Queenscliff for an early start on Saturday morning in the ORCV Coastal Sprint down to Cape Schanck and back. Skipper Andrew McGrath and his double-handed crew member, Ben Thompson, took out the clean sweep! 1^st AMS, ORC, PHS and the double-handed. Congrats guys!

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Sail Peninsula 2025 Regatta is on again !

Preparations are well underway for another great Sail Peninsula event. 21st-23rd February. NOR and SailsSys entries will be available soon.

To kick of our partnership Bambak have generously offered SBSC members a discount on their great range of products. See the flyer below and check them out at http://www.bambak.co

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Ronstan Cock of the Bay (Thursday 26 December)

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Safety Beach Sailing Club NEWS 20th November 2024

Off The Beach News

Howdy Gang,

Not much to write about this week unfortunately. The forecast for Sunday was never great but we live in hope and as they say “Hope springs eternal”. Sadly for us it was eternal gale force wind ! We had a cracking team set to go in the support boats, and they were ready early for an on water start for the keelboats ’but it was a case of ‘Hurry up and wait’ as the weather got wilder and wilder. RO Stu Scott ran up the old postponement flag but it was more a case of postponing the inevitable as the rain was belting against the glass upstairs and the waves were crashing over the rock wall twice the height of said wall. The lucky thing was that the front didn’t come through before the opening of the first junior training session in the morning. I’m sure there will be more about this in the enews, but I just wanted to say congrats to all concerned as it was a great turnout and reward for a lot of hard work by the junior training team both young and old.

Some additional news in that regard, Mem Mackie, our former Secretary, has managed to secure a grant of $15 THOUSAND ! DOLLARS !!! To go towards our sailing and junior training programs. This was gratefully received from The Bendigo Bank (one of our regular sponsors) and has earned them the naming rights for both the OTB and Keelboat Club Championship series, to be known for the next three years, and hopefully longer, as the ‘Community Bank Southern Peninsula Club Championship’. Great job Mem, and thanks to Bendigo Bank. They really are a great crowd to deal with so please give them a thought if you are thinking finance.

When I got to the club, with absolutely no thought of getting a sail in, I was amazed to see a dozen of our young people in the water in front of the club body surfing on some enormous waves. These waves would have made Mick Fanning happy, and not a shark to be seen! If you check out the picture and take note of the size of the person in the foreground and compare them to the person in the middle, then to the wave in the background- that’s a Dern Big Wave! I’ve also included a photo, compliments of Linda Wooley, of a new wind indicator that the Club is trialing. When they say the wind is strong enough to blow a dog off its chain, this is what they mean!

Then, as so often happens, just as it was too late to launch RHIBs and the Start boat, the wind eased right back and the sea flattened out to a great looking sailing area. But alas, by then there were few sailors left and it would not have been viable, or fair on the race team to try and start something. Not to worry, there is always next week.

On a different note, I’m thinking of starting up a bio segment to introduce our members, new and old, to each other with things we might not know about them. For example, did you know that Ross Martin is completely bald and has worn a toupee for years. This came about from a nasty incident while smoking and walking behind his old schoolmate Rob Campbell when he was practicing his hands free (and trumpet free) trumpet solo. So if I happen to ask you some questions about yourself, you might as well answer, cos I’ll just make it up anyway!

Cheers for now, Pete Chippy

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Results

Friday Twilight - Race 6

1st	Renaissance	David Donaldson
2nd	Amity	David Mason
3rd	Just Cruisin'	Lorraine Whitaker

Friday AMS – Race 6

1st	Rawhide	Meaghan Densley
2nd	Maximum Limit	Rick Rogers
3rd	Marrakesh	Neil Hawker

Margaret Hollamby Female Helm Series

1st	Just Cruisin'	Lorraine Whitaker
2nd	Christela	Glenys Hitchen
3rd	Rawhide	Meaghan Densley

Click here for full results for Friday

Thank you to our tower crew on Friday night who did a sterling job - Ross Martin (RO), Duty Boat 'Organised Chaos' and Tower Assistant Elaine Nicholas. For those sailors who haven't experienced a Friday night tower duty, with a setting sun and 20+ boats racing to the finish line it can be challenging identifying sail numbers!! So a huge thank you to Friday night's team.

Club Championship Series - Race 2

Weather abandonment.

This Week's Racing

Friday 22 November 2024

Twilight Pursuit Series 1 - Race 7

Race Start Time (AEDT)	17:30H Pursuit Start
Race Officer	Till Brauckmann
Duty Boat	11:11
Tower Assistant	Jann

Sunday 24 November

Sunday Summer Series - Race 3

First Signal Warning	09:55H Boat Start
Race Officer	Lynlee Coutts
Tower Assistant	Dawn

Single Malt @ TYC

As most of you are aware, 'Single Malt' (from Clarky’s

Adams 10 collection) has been up in Townsville the last couple of years, mainly used as the TYC all-girl crew. Following on from the SBSC 'Malt-Teasers' all-girl crew, this bunch call themselves the 'Northern Malt-Teasers'. They have had a stellar sailing season, cleaning up in numerous series including the 2024 Commodore's Cup Club Championship series! Photo below from the annual TYC GaLS Regatta

Sail Peninsula 2025 Regatta is on again !

Preparations are well underway for another great Sail Peninsula event. 21st-23rd February. NOR and SailsSys entries will be available soon.

To kick of our partnership Bambak have generously offered SBSC members a discount on their great range of products. See the flyer below and check them out at http://www.bambak.co

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ORCV News

West Offshore Products Coastal Sprint (Saturday 23 November)

The West Offshore Coastal Sprint races kick-off in just a couple of weeks! The second of three coastal sprints on the ORCV calendar, the race on Saturday 23 November will see crews start at Queenscliff and compete over a 55nm course that will have you home before dark. The Coastal Sprint races have been designed as short-distance ocean sprints to provide a crew development pathway for longer ocean races and as a stand-alone coastal racing program. Enter here: www.orcv.org.au/coastal-sprints

Safety and Sea Survival Courses (Sunday 1 December)

Register for ORCV’s Safety and Sea Survival Courses on Sunday 1 December! As well as ensuring your boat has the required number of certified crew, these courses allow you to confidently support your Skipper and other crew members by gaining a deeper understanding of safety and survival. December’s course is your last chance to obtain certification before the Melbourne to Hobart race, so check your currency, and register for the refresher or full course.

Ronstan Cock of the Bay (Thursday 26 December)

Melbourne to Hobart ‘Westcoaster’ (Friday 27 December)

Melbourne to Port Fairy (Friday 14 February)

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Junior Sail Training

Well, we finally began our junior sail training on Sunday, and we welcomed 12 juniors to the club. The weather was instantly a challenge and head coach Nick Meijer made the smart decision to keep all the kids on the beach, as the wind ease off to almost glassy conditions, then blew back into shore with cyclonic strength. Thankfully Nick stuck to his guns and kept everyone on shore due to the thunderstorm warning.

The juniors learnt all things sailboats and were shown the different styles of dinghies they will be using for their training. Nick, Jess and James took them through a few lessons on rigging and knot tying, then hit the beach for some popular games, tug o war, and captains captain.

We are looking forward to getting our new junior out onto the water this week with a much better forecast, predicting light winds. As you arrive at the club to rig up for the day, please make our new parents feel welcome, as most of them are new to sailing.

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Safety Beach Sailing Club NEWS 13th November 2024

New Members

The Executive Committee and members would like to welcome the following new members to Safety Beach SC. We look forward to meeting you at the club or on the water in the very near future.

Glenn Schneider
Monty and Robyn Rode
Rohan Merry
John and Maria Di Losa
Katherine Prestney

Sunday Sounds Andrew Farrell 17 Nov 24

Off The Beach News

Howdy Gang,

Nice day to be on the water last Sunday wasn’t it? Shame about the wind dropping out, but hey, that’s sailing for ya. Wayne J and Russell T in Sutherland said that when they first went out the wind was up around 15 knots way out past the mussel farm, hence the long course. Alas it wasn’t to last and after a bunch of boats ended up camped between the wing and bottom marks (and some of us didn’t even get that far) it was decided to pull the pin on that race and wait a bit for some breeze.

Earlier, up near the Dromana pier, one of the Keelboats, ‘Vamonos’ had come in a wee bit close to shore, well a lot too close to the shore really, and ended up fairly stuck on the sand. Da da dat daah- key the Indiana Jones music, and off went the Flying Red RHIBs to the rescue! They pulled this way and they pulled that way, they even tried pulling the other way but all to no avail as ten tonne of keelboat firmly stuck was more than a match for our dynamic duo and they prudently decided to call it quits before tearing the bum out of the RHIBs. I wonder if they tried both pulling from the same side, hmm.
Poor old Vamonos had to wait for high tide, I’ll bet they wished they could have just pulled up the centreboard !

Meanwhile, back at the Ranch, RO Geoff, ably assisted by Judy the Champion, were trying their best to give us a race in a frustrating situation where the wind would pick up then drop to nothing as the sea breeze fought the offshore breeze, and just like Vamonos, we ended up going nowhere.

Closer in to the beach, much of the fleet were having a bit of fun in the shallows taking every advantage of whatever wind they could get while waiting to see what would happen on the course proper. Well, the answer was- nuthin’, not a soss, nada, and up went the dreaded AP over A, and that was all she wrote. Of course as we were sailing back, the wind picked up and a few of us tried a mini race around the yellow piles but it was not to last, and when that fizzed out it was back to the beach for all of us.

So to recap, 22 boats headed out on a beautiful sunny day, sailed around for a bit, sailed back to the beach, talked some bull dust and had a laugh in the yard then headed upstairs for a cleansing ale and more bull dust. Still sounds like a pretty good day to me. And we managed to reach week 5 before we lost a day, a bit better than last season.

Talking about SBSC members who can really sail, some of our guys were up at The Woollahra Sailing Club the other week for the NSW B14 state titles and gave them all a lesson in how it’s done. Paul F and Craig G winners with three 1sts, a 2nd a 3rd and a 4th for 8 points after six races. Leigh D and Brent F in second place with two firsts and four 2nds also with 8 points. It doesn’t get much closer than that. Fancy having a 2nd place as your drop and still being the bridesmaid !

That’s about all for this week folks. Thanks to Geoff and The Champion Judy on Start, Muzza McN and Rob W in Woodsy and Wayne J and Russell T in Sutherland. You did your best guys.

Cheers, Pete Chippy
Ps: I wonder if Vamonos is still there ???

Sail Peninsula 2025 Regatta is on again ! Make sure you Save the dates in your diary and stay tuned for more updates on entry via emails, the Sail Peninsula website, and our SP25 Facebook page. Notice of Race (NOR) coming soon. We can't wait to have you all out on the water again & back at the clubhouse for our great array of events that make up this incredible regatta. Get ready for some epic sailing and amazing memories!

Hello Junior Sailor,

The club is pleased to announce that our Junior Sail Program will be continuing for season 2024/25. If you missed out on junior sail training earlier in the year (or enjoyed your time on the water last season) and wish to come and have some fun in the sun while learning a new skill, please let us know. Our instructors for the season are Nick Meijer, Jess Lowe, Matt Whitaker and James Anderson and they are ready to get you out on the water gaining confidence as a junior sailor.

The Junior Sail Program will be held on Sunday mornings. Start time 9.00am – 11.30am.
The program is designed to accommodate all learning levels from “never sailed” to “have sailed and want to get better”.
Our instructors will assess and tailor programs catering to your child’s needs in accordance with the Australian Sailing “Start Sailing” program. Australian Sailing - Start Sailing
Parents are to remain at the club during all training sessions and are encouraged to assist with rigging/de rigging of boats.
Life jackets will be provided, however if you have your own you can us it (needs to be in date and certified), Waterproof shoes are ideal, wetsuit booties, or sailing booties are also ideal but not compulsory.
Children must arrive at the club dressed and ready to sail (bring change of clothing, towel, and hat. Sunscreen will be provided).
All attendees must be a member of the club, Junior Membership starts at $145. Membership Options
Cost for November – December 2024 Program is $100.
Cost for the February – April 2025 Program is $120.
Not compulsory to do both programs.
If you are completely new to sailing, we can offer 2 free sessions before committing to the program, as a try before you buy.

Please email Fiona Lowe This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .au for further information or register with this link. https://www.revolutionise.com.au/sbsc/events/267033

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Message from the Captain

Friday's twilight saw breezy and cold conditions and those brave enough (not our little boat!) managed to have a great race down to SB2. The feedback was it was great to expand our sailing ground and sail a longer course. It was such an exhilarating sail some of the fleet forgot which way to round the mark, which caused a bit of mayhem at the mark rounding. Please make sure you always have a printed copy of the latest courses onboard as a quick reference guide.

While we’re on the topic of courses, Sunday’s race (in fact also on Friday night) some of the fleet entered the shipping channel, and when on the tack back past with Channel Mark 25 to port and 23 to starboard leaving little doubt. We must remember not to enter the shipping channel at all. This instruction is from Ports Victoria and is why we have had to remove all channel marks as rounding marks. It’s easiest to imagine a straight line between the Green markers and not pass through this.

Now I’ve had my say on 'who' did 'what' wrong in both Friday and Sunday races from my high horse and keyboard(!), I can confidently inform the keelboat fleet that there is not enough water SE of the pier mark off Dromana. I won’t charge the club for my survey findings as I believe my research benefits us all!! Jokes aside, the weekend’s grounding incident will be reviewed by the club with findings published in a separate communication - to help minimise these events occurring and streamline the rescue processes in place.

Cheers

Nick Jones

Change to Sailing Instructions

In relation to the KB Captain's message above, please download a copy of the amendment to the Sailing Instructions - now available on the Keelboat homepage. Click on the links below to read the change and update your version of the SIs.

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Sailing Instructions 2024-25 - Version 1.4

It is also timely reminder of Sailing Instruction 10.3, relating to the commercial shipping channel being deemed an Exclusion Zone.

Results

Friday Twilight - Race 5

1st	Running Bare	Tim Pepperell
2nd	Rawhide	Cameron Barwick
3rd	Renaissance	David Donaldson

Friday AMS – Race

1st	Shimmer	Steve Twentyman
2nd	Anthea	John Wemyss
3rd	2Xtreme	Andrew Clark

Click here for full results for Friday

Sunday Summer Series - Race 2

Race abandoned - time limit reached.

This Week's Racing

Friday 15 November 2024

Twilight Pursuit Series 1 - Race 6

and Margaret Hollamby Female Helm Series - Race 1

Race Start Time (AEDT)	17:30H Pursuit Start
Race Officer	Ross Martin
Duty Boat	Organised Chaos
Tower Assistant	Elaine

Sunday 17 November

Club Championship Series - Race 2

First Signal Warning	12:55H Boat Start
Race Officer	Graham Hopgood
Duty Boat	La Mer
Tower Assistant	Judy

Female Helm Series

The Margaret Hollamby Female Helm Series starts this Friday night. As mentioned in last week's KB news, an Individual Series has now been set up in Sailsys for this series. Please organise your female helm and CLICK HERE to register. Entries close at midday on Friday so they can be processed in time for the race.

You don't have to do anything if you just intend to race the Friday Twilight Pursuit Series but not the Margaret Hollamby Female Helm Series.

Cup Weekend 2024 - Cruise Notes

Four boats - Whiskers, Joint Venture, Summer Breeze and Seaclusion sailed up to Docklands for a fun weekend in Melbourne. It was great to see Mark & Gwen McAuliffe getting back into cruising on their new purchase, ‘Seaclusion' a 42ft Jeanneau. We docked at Yarra’s Edge Marina which is right next door to DFO South Wharf and has easy access to just about everything via the wonderful free trams in the city. We enjoyed a restaurant dinner on Saturday night then a ‘cook up’ on Whiskers for a Sunday night BBQ with lots of goodies from the Queen Vic Market. It was a great way to spend the weekend. If you missed out this year, put it in your calendar for next year as we plan to make it an annual event.

Terry Jones

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Safety and Sea Survival Courses (Sunday 1 December)

Ronstan Cock of the Bay (Thursday 26 December)

Melbourne to Hobart ‘Westcoaster’ (Friday 27 December)

Melbourne to Port Fairy (Friday 14 February)

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