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Off The Beach News

Lake Boga Easter Regatta 2023

This years convoy to Lake Boga, just 15km shy of Swan Hill, on the shores of the immaculately grassed lake was bigger than ever. An estimated 50 members converged on the Lake Boga Yacht Club (LBYC) for their annual Easter regatta. The attraction of this regatta is that it is generally 4-5 degrees warmer than Melbourne, dry and offers all that you could wish for when going to a sailing regatta. The convenience of camping next to the lake, your boat just a stone throw away from what is now a permanently full lake. The LBYC offers such wonderful country hospitality and this year the sailing was the highlight.
 
With a cold front sweeping across the state in time for Easter, this was a fair departure from the balmy high 20’s to low 30’s of the previous 10 years, with sketchy wind that always delivered an unexpected lay day. This year however we were treated to rain for the first time in 10 years (albeit just 4mm on Good Friday) and solid south - south- westerly breezes ranging from 10-30knts. On flat water, this provided all sailors with some exciting reaching opportunities. A 7 race regatta was achieved, with all races being sailed to full distance. On the South side of the lake, the catamaran fleet was separated from the monohull fleet to the North of the Lake, and just as well as the foiling cats and IQ Foiling Boards were buzzing around, taking out unsuspecting Optimist Dinghy Sailors and Carp en route to their respective start lines. The Saturday morning back to back races were taxing for the entire fleet, with many of the 90 strong fleet opting to take a breather on Sunday morning. The sailing was tight and well contested over both fleets with the Safety Beach Sailing Club contingent ( 20% of the total fleet) coming up trumps in a few divisions.
 
Congratulations to the following members (and a soon to be new member) David Brewer 1st in the big Cats Bill Manning 1st in Sabre Division 4 Mark and Oliver Bulka in Tasar Division 8 Liv/Gary Cameron 1st 420 Class (soon to be new members) It was great to see such a large youth turnout from our club, in fact we were the only club with such a youth contingent, all get along and have fun.
 
The parents of this group organised mass catering for the three nights including Paella on the Friday night (it’s fair to say that maybe we’re all going to hell, as there was not a bit of seafood to be seen in that Paella), Lamb Gyros and Souvlakis on the Saturday Night and the mother of all grazing tables on Sunday night. Bring on a warmer 2024 with an even larger Safety Beach Sailing Club turnout!
 
Cheers Mono
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Keelboat News

This Weeks Race:

Sunday 16 April – Club Championship Series (Race 9)
First Warning Signal:
13:25H  Boat Start
 
       
Race Officer:                 
Elaine Nicholas    
 
Tower Assistant:
Graeme Ainslie

Skipper & Crew Meeting

NEW DATE – Sunday 30 April 2023 – 10.00am at the club
We look forward to seeing you all at this meeting on Sunday 30 April, prior to the 1.00pm Club Championship Race.
Your attendance is very important as the focus will be to update you all on the new Sailor App.  The App will be implemented for all Keelboat Races through winter (in parallel with Top Yacht), and then ongoing into next summer season (replacing the Top Yacht system). 
Like many other Apps, Sailor App is user friendly, and all skippers will be required to use the App when racing to: 
  • enter a race (sign-on)
  • access the course number
  • get your individual boat’s countdown clock
  • update your boat/crew information
  • access results 
The aim of this Skippers and Crew Meeting is to get you ‘up and running’ with the App and answer any questions, as we make this transition to a more streamlined racing system.  Further information (including the first step of downloading the App) will follow prior to the meeting.

Save The Date

On 7th May, there will be a 1st aid and CPR course held at SBSC. Pricing and details to follow.

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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Beach Cleanup

Our APRIL beach clean is on Sunday 16th April 9.00am at the beachside carpark opposite BP.
Please come down and help out for an hour and maybe join us for a coffee afterwards.

Photo Of The Week

Sunrise at Lake Boga taken by Jen Graham
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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.

  • Nick and Cathie Wareham
  • Jenny Conti
  • Asbjorn Pedersen

What's On 

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kezra

Off The Beach News

Hi there Gang, not a lot to report on this week I'm afraid.
Sunday started out nice and sunny with very little wind in the morning, but the breeze picked up a bit in the afternoon. Not a howling gale that's for sure, but enough to get a couple of races in. With Geoff E away officiating at another regatta, Ross M, AKA 'The Cisco Kid', stepped in as RO for the day. Now Ross runs a pretty tight ship so it was not a good idea to leave the beach too late as the first race started bang on time.
 
We started the day with good old course 5 and it was nice to have a triangle or two again to get those screaming reaches going ( a little bit of wishful thinking there ). A fairly steady breeze kept the fleet of 20 boats bunched up in there respective divisions for most of the race and in Div 2, a trio of young guys from Greg's Green Fleet in one of the Quests even managed to keep on the same leg as Bill M,the Gingerbread Man. These guys have only sailed a couple of times, but even managed to get the kite up and down without any major problems. I'm putting that down to the excellent coaching they are getting in the morning.
 
With the course length set nicely for a 30 minute race, the last boat had barely crossed the finish line when the flags went up for race two, and it started off much the same as race one- until. Yep, there's always an 'until', and this one came in the form of a bunch of holes all over the course just waiting to swallow up the unwary sailor. It was nothing to be zipping happily along only to come to a dead stop while you watched your compadres, not 50 metres away, sail along oblivious to your plight. The crowning glory of these holes came in the second half of the race with a bunch of Div two boats all coming around the bottom mark all falling in a really big flat spot then watching Gingerbread Bill half way up the course hiking out on a 30 degree lift! The breeze finally caught up to them only to leave them motionless right next to the top mark. The next batch hauled them in only to have another 30 degree shift bugger up their passing manoeuvre big time.
 
On finally making around the mark, Mark Lawrence, sitting comfortably on station in Woodsy, was heard to offer up some encouragement with, "Tough day at the office boys!" Always the master of the understatement is Mark. With two races under the belt and the breeze fading a bit, Ross pointed us to the shore for an early day to let those heading up to Lake Boga plenty of time to pack their bags.
 
Other things of note was the return of Campbell and Emma M after Campbell's fall and six broken ribs edging out Greg and James in the Tasars and Taipan Tony borrowing an A class cat to try a different method of not going around the buoys. Hmm, A class Tony just doesn't have the same ring to it though.
 
Many thanks to this weeks race team of Ross and Deirdre on Start, Mark L and Nick M in Woodsy and Rob F with Jess L in Sutherland. With Nick and Jess on duty and most of the other 420s away at the Schools Racing at Mornington, Zac and Finn got some pretty good one on one coaching from Matilda in the white rhib coach boat. She was also helping out the other 'Greenies' where ever she saw the need. I'm hoping to get a Bio up on Matilda to introduce her to the rest of the members who may not have had the pleasure of meeting her yet.
 
That's enough for now, have a great Easter. And to those of you lucky buggers heading off to Boga, I hope the Bluebird of Happiness turns into an emu and kicks yer dunny down!
 
Cheers, Pete Chippy 

School Sailing States

Hi Everyone, it is Abbey. 

Last weekend was the School Sailing States! This 3 day regatta was held at Mornington Yacht Club and consisted of around 20 teams and over 150 races. Thank you so much to our one and only Geoff for being Race Officer and making this event run smoothly. Thanks to Deirdre who was also on the start boat and any other SBSC volunteer for their efforts. 

Aurelia and Kristen both competed for St Leonard’s College, with their team ending up in the top 8 of Div 2. They competed EXTREMELY well! Aurelia’s favourite word in the dictionary is definitely ‘PROTEST’. I sailed for the Peninsula seconds, and I finely had the thrill of coming first in races – as Nick was not there to beat me!! Overall, it was an amazingly fun weekend with lots of lollies and uno games played on the pier. I personally think that Geoff should have SABOTAGED the other teams by recalling them at the start and letting Aurelia, Kristen and I win; that sounds fair to me! 

Keelboat News

This Weeks Results:

Friday Fun Twilight Pursuit (31 March)
1st       E’toile John Gordon
2nd             New Morning II Gordon Thomas     
3rd  Marrakesh Neil Hawker
 
Sunday Summer Series Race 10 (2 April)
Division 1:
1st PHD   Vamonos      Nick Jones         
1st AMS Vincitore Peter Russell
1st ORC Vincitore Peter Russell
  
Sunday Summer Series Race 10 (2 April)
Division 2:
1st PHD   Rells Mal Winder
1st AMS E’toile John Gordon
 
Remaining program for April:
Sunday 16 April       Skippers & Crew Meeting (10.00am)
                                 Club Championship Race (1.30pm)
Sunday 23 April       Sunday Summer Series Race (10.00am)
Sunday 30 April       Club Championship Race (1.30pm)

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Save The Date

On 7th May, there will be a 1st aid and CPR course held at SBSC. Pricing and details to follow.

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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Beach Cleanup

Our APRIL beach clean is on Sunday 16th April 9.00am at the beachside carpark opposite BP.
Please come down and help out for an hour and maybe join us for a coffee afterwards.

Photo Of The Week

Lake Boga prep. It was a very busy yard on Sunday afternoon.
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Enews Emails

As you may be aware, we have experienced a few technical issues with the enews mailout since mid December. Some members have not been receiving their enews via the usual weekly email. If you have been effected by the glitch, could you please email me before Monday 3rd April, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with "enews issue" in subject, so I can collate the email accounts that have been effected and pass on to our IT Dept. Please note that all members can access the weekly enews via our club website, just scroll to the bottom of the homepage. 

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kezra

Off The Beach News

Hey Guys and Gals.
Great sailing last Sunday for those that took the chance on the breeze coming in. After a change in racing for the keelboats, where they were going to have an on water start with a 2.5 nautical mile (5 km) windward return course with the upwind mark set by one of our rhibs, and a shared start line with the OTB fleet (not at the same time!), the wind direction put a stop to that. As it was an offshore breeze, that meant the bottom mark start line would have been 5 Km's off shore !!! "No way Jose", said RO Geoff. So the keelboat gang settled for a tower start, and quite a spectacle it was, as they all seemed to be bunched up about 50 metres off the shore and traveling very slowly along the beach. I'll bet there are some great photos taken from the deck.
 
They all got away eventually and a small shiver of wind came in to tempt the die hard OTB's off the beach. Bill Manning jumped into a 420 with Abby Everett which left His rocket ship Sabre languishing on the beach all rigged up with nowhere to go. So not to let a chance to drive a Sabre much faster than mine, I pounced on Bill's offer to take it out for a spin. It wasn't so quick after all; it took half an hour to get out to the start line! That being the case, the twenty or so boats out there were treated to a absolute floater for race one. The little breeze that was there seemed to be constantly changing it's mind, "Do I want to blow this way? Do i want to blow that way? Or do I just want to sit on the beach and not blow at all?" Honestly, that wind could have been a politician, it just did not want to commit to anything solid! We finally got a finish at around 60 minutes race time, very close to being timed out. Remember your sailing instructions; 60 minutes time limit for the first boat of each class, then the rest have 10 minutes to finish. After that it's bad luck Chuck, try again next race!
 
After the obligatory pause to rearrange the marks, miracle of miracles, the wind picked right up and even stayed reasonably true to the course! So with that, race two was a cracker. Well, it was compared to race one anyway, and Bills rocket ship even fired up it's second stage and showed me what it could really do when I stopped trying to tell it which way to go. All agreed it was much better to have the good race second rather than have good first race followed by a floater and then that looong trip back to the beach. Or even worse, a tow home, oh the shame!
 
Our champion Race Team this week of the always laughing Geoff Eldridge, the ever popular Deirdre Snooks, Andrew Mono Martin and Rob Campbell, was augmented with the effervescent Charlie Mackie steering Woodsy for Mono and newish member, David Jones helping out Rob in Sutherland. David is one of the Keelboat gang and he was kind enough to offer his services as the original keelboat course called for a fair commitment from the rhib crew to lay that outer mark and still be back in time to set the OTB course, then go back out to retrieve that mark at the end of the day. As it was, he was called upon to help out with some of the newbies in their first time out on the race course. As they found themselves a bit out of their depth, Dave was on hand with some valuable coaching to set them straight. Thanks Dave, if "Empara" is ever laid up in dry dock ,you are always welcome to come out with us.
 
This Sunday is the last sail before Easter and guest RO will be Ross Martin. Ross is bound to set a great course so be sure to get amongst it. As there is no sailing over Easter, this will be your last chance to sail for a couple of weeks (unless you are one of the lucky buggers going to Lake Boga!)
 
OK, as I've managed as usual to fill two pages with very little sailing content, I'll sign off now and see you all on Sunday. Cheers, Pete Chippy
 
"I'll bet there are some great photos taken from the deck", there sure was!!!
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Lake Boga Easter Regatta 

Not long now until all the cool kids start their migration to Lake Boga. It looks like we might set a record for the most members from one club heading to the regatta, or have we already broken that record???? Anyway, if you don't already know about this regatta and have no plans for Easter, check out the link for more information, and we might see you by the lake! Link to regatta is here: Lake Boga Easter Regatta 
 
SBSC Juniors at Lake Boga Regatta 2022
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Keelboat News

This Weeks Results:

Friday Twilight Pursuit Race (24 March)
1st       E’toile John Gordon
2nd D’etente Roy Ashcroft
3rd  Amity David Mason
 
Twilight Pursuit Series #2
Last Friday was the final race of Series #2.  Congratulations to Rob Rainsford and crew on Yknot who took out first place, closely followed in 2nd place by Crowded House, and Ghost in 3rd place.
 
Margaret Hollamby Female Helm Series
This summer we had 14 yachts compete in the Female Helm Series over three twilight races.  Glenys Hitchen (helming on Christela) took out 1st place in Race 3 last Friday night.  Overall, Jacqui Bange on Fransiska was the Series Winner, followed by Glenys Hitchen and Fiona Jones tied for 2nd place.  Congratulations to all.
Sunday Club Champs (26 March)
No Div. 1 finishers in time limit
 
Sunday Club Champs (26 March)
Division 2:
1st PHD   Rells Mal Winder
1st AMS E’toile John Gordon
 
Many thanks to Di Jackson (RO) and the Patriot crew who were on tower duty Friday night, and Amanda Malin (RO) and Empara on Sunday. Click here for full results.

This Weeks Race:

Friday 31 March – Fun Twilight Pursuit (with optional Spinnaker/extras)
First Warning Signal: 17:25H  Pursuit Start  
Tower Race Officer: Elaine Nicholas
  Duty Boat: Anthea
 
Please note that the fun twilight races are not part of the normal Friday Pursuit Series, so your start time may vary.  Please CLICK HERE to check your pursuit time specific to this Friday’s race (Race 3).
This fun race is the perfect opportunity to get the Spinnaker out.  If you elect to run an extra sail, please notify the Tower when signing on for the race on VHF 69 and add 3-minutes to your nominated start time.  If you need any assistance, please send us an email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
It’s the last twilight for the 22/23 Summer Season, so it would be great to see lots of sailors back at the club for dinner.  Bookings are essential with David on 0439 314 179.

 

Sunday 2 April – Sunday Summer Series (Race 10)
** Daylight Savings Ends **
First Warning Signal: 09:55H  Tower Start  
Tower Race Officer: Tim Bardon
  Tower Assistant: Elaine Nicholas

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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Photo Of The Week

Taken from Little Miss Magic by Steve Twentyman. Here is a brilliant photo of Vincitore and Vamonos sitting in the mill pond.

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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.

  • Emma Martin
  • Daniel Wolf-Clark, Nicole Kolze
  • Michael Molloy, Sharyn Mack

What's On In March 

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Off The Beach News

Hey there OTB Gang, how did you enjoy last Sunday's racing?
 
Although I did promise fair winds and sunshine, at least we got the fair winds.  An on water start for the keelboats meant the race team was out early to set the start marks for the big boats and it was quite a sight to see them all heading off into the distance. Ours was a much closer thing, just near the mussel farm, and that's far enough for this little black duck to wander away from the beach.
 
We had a good sized fleet this week with 23 boats competing. Well, 22 plus Taipan Tony who still managed to make it around the course without actually going around any of the marks! Having said that though, there were several Sabres that thought they had finished race one but forgot that course two is an upwind finish and were happily doodling around waiting for the next race until it was pointed out they, err, we, hadn't finished yet. And as you only have 10 minutes from the first boat crossing the line to get a score, they, err, we, had better pull our collective fingers out!
 
Now 23 boats is not too bad, but what makes it better is that we had that number without any Tasars, were still down a few Sabres and half of the regular A Class guys. The rigging yard was full of happy campers setting up at the start of the day and it was a really great atmosphere. A lot of this, I'm sure, is due to the exuberance of youth, with our group of dedicated 420 sailors fresh from their success in the State titles held at SBSC the week before. The 420 numbers are growing each week, and this week we had potential new members, Father and Son, James and Nathan Anderson. James hasn't sailed for 20 years, so he was a bit rusty and even fell out at one stage which led to one of Greg L and James E's fifth rescues of the day as the trusty 420 sailed on with complete newbie Nathan in full panic mode. Talking to James A afterward, he said they loved every minute ( not so sure about Nathan, but he'll come around ).
 
This week was a Club Championship race and RO Geoff set two windward-Leeward courses in wind that varied from 5 to 15 knots with lots of swings for our sailing pleasure. Now, I don't know if you have been checking the scores on the Sailor app lately, but with only a potential four Championship races left, the series is wide open with the regular Champs nowhere to be seen. So it's not to late to make a charge for the podium and get your name forever etched onto that big shiny cup. Even Taipan Tony could do it if he can just figure out those marks, well maybe next year!
 
That's about it for this week, many thanks to Geoff and Deirdre on Start, Andrew Mono Martin, Aurelia Martin and Rob C in Woodsy and the Dynamic Duo, Greg L and James E in Sutherland. James said afterward that they had such a ball herbing around helping people that they want to do rhib duty every week as its much more fun than watching Ross and Mono's sterns all the time!
( I know I'll pay for that wisecrack )
 
Cheers for now, see you all on Sunday for a 2 pm start. Pete Chippy

Junior Sail Training

Just a reminder that junior sail training, "Greg's Green Fleet" will be back on this Sunday from 9.30am, with trainers Abbey and Jess. All new members and friends welcome. Please bring change of clothes, towels and your smiles! Parents please note that you will need to stay in attendance whilst your juniors are on the water, or provide appropriate contact details to Abbey, Jess or Greg before you leave. 

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Lake Boga Easter Regatta 

If you are looking for a destination to take the family this Easter, might I suggest the Lake Boga Easter Regatta! Water, wind, wine and a campfire.....that's all you need to enjoy the weekend, and for those that sail, bring your boat too! Our Safety Beach contingent has grown substantially over the last couple of years, so lets keep the buzz going and head on up the road for some inland fun. Link to regatta is here: Lake Boga Easter Regatta 

Wintersail 2023

This regatta is a great training regatta for junior sailors. If you wish to discuss anything, please make contact with the event organiser, Rob Wines on 0427 094 949. A few of the club juniors went to this regatta in 2019 and had a great time, I'm sure they would be happy to discuss this with you too!

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Australian Masters Games 2023

Love Sailing?  Then read on………………………..
The Australian Masters Games are coming to Adelaide and our Games Village will be in the heart of the city at Festival Plaza.   The Australian Masters Games (AMG) is a week-long festival of sport that brings together weekend warriors from around Australia, and the world, to enjoy an extensive sporting and social program at the spiritual home. This year the games run from 7 – 14th October and Sailing registrations are now open.
Entry is open to competitors 30+ years of age.
Want to get your club involved?  Please see attached flyer for more details and register for VIP GOLD benefits now:

Keelboat News

Junior Keelboat Night

Weather conditions were perfect last Friday night for our annual Junior Keelboat night. Thank you to the keel boats that volunteered to take the juniors, Crowded House skipper Dave Lorimer (who dropped the kids back at beach like rockstars!), 11:11 skipper Till Braukmann who let Mika and Jamieson skipper whole race, and Fransiska skipper Peter Morrison. From all accounts the juniors had a great time and cannot wait to do it again. If any skippers need junior crew, I'm sure some of these juniors would love to go out again. 
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This Weeks Results:

Friday Twilight Pursuit (17 March)
1st       Patriot Jason Close
2nd Ghost Glenn Collings
3rd  Unprecedented Andrew McGrath
 
Thanks to Race Officer Elaine Nicholas and Duty Boat L’etoile for their time in the tower on Friday night.
 
Sunday Club Champs (19 March)
Division 1:
1st PHD   Vamonos Nick Jones
1st AMS Mr Bojangles Pauline Cleaver
1st ORC Mr Bojangles Pauline Cleaver
 
Sunday Club Champs (19 March)
Division 2:
1st PHD  
Fransiska Peter Morrison
1st AMS
E’toile John Gordon
 

Thank you to Friday night Race Officer Di Jackson and Duty Boat E’toile, and Jeff and Jenny Thomson (Tumi) for running Sunday’s race from the tower. Click here for full results.

This Weeks Race:

Friday 24 March – Twilight Pursuit & Female Helm
First Warning Signal: 17:25H  Pursuit Start  
Tower Race Officer: Di Jackson
  Duty Boat: Patriot
 
This is the last race of the Margaret Hollamby Female Helm Series, which is held in conjunction with our normal Friday Pursuit Race, so all yachts are welcome to sail on Friday night – with or without a female helm.  The rules are:
  • When signing on for the race with the tower on VHF 69, please advise that the yacht will be entering the Female Helm Series, and provide the name of the nominated female helm.
  • Helming is not restricted to one female during the race.
  • If not a member of SBSC, we ask that they register for a Sail Pass at no charge. Sail Passes are available here
Please check your pursuit time here
 
Sunday 26 March – Club Championship Series (Race 8)
First Warning Signal:
13:25H  Boat Start
 
Tower
Race Officer:
Amanda Malin
 
Duty Boat:
Empara
 
As communicated to skippers last week, we are trialling a modified windward / leeward course for the Club Championship race this Sunday.  The Special Course Sheet is on the website (or click here)
Key points:
  • Boat start line position will remain unchanged for both KBs and the OTBs racing that day
  • The finish will be Tower / Green pile, after rounding Yellow pile (to minimise interactions with OTB fleet)
  • OTB course area will be located between start and KB bottom gate
  • The number of laps varies for Div. 1 and Div. 2
  • Course will only be used if winds are on-shore winds.  (If off-shore wind then course number will change)
  • This is a pilot trial and feedback is welcome

Brass Monkey Winter Pursuit Series

The BMWP Series program is now available on the website (click here).
The Winter Series races are held fortnightly on Sunday mornings – running from 21 May to 10 September (with scheduled resail on 17 September).
Thanks to everyone volunteering their time to help in the tower over winter – both Race Officers and Assistants – so we can all get our winter sailing fix!

Social News

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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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Photo Of The Week

2Extreme on sunset last Friday night 17th March. Photo taken by Zac Lowe whilst junior keel boat sailing on Crowded House 2xtreme

Submission's 

If you wish to contribute anything to the Enews, please submit your content to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by Tuesday 8pm each week to make the deadline. Please note submissions may need to pass through Executive Committee for approval from time to time. Love photography? Submit your Photo Of The Week toThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. in high res, (and it does not have to be about sailing). Follow us on our socials: Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok

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