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Off The Beach News

Howdy Gang.
 
It looks like with the end of the summer season nearly upon us, the weather is finally coming up trumps. Last Sunday was just a beautiful day to be on the water. A little light on in the wind department but still enough to get two races in. And with SBSC hosting the Phaedrus B14 Cup, RO Geoff opted for course 4, windward/returns, to suit their style. Although there was only three B14`s (two and a half really as Paul F said he was there in body but defiantly not in spirit as he is still getting over his month long leurgy), they still made their presence felt. Especially Brett F and able crewperson Grace L, who were roaring around the cones like there was no tomorrow! Needless to say, the took home the bickies, or rather, the bottles at the end of the day. Thanks Ewan for your generous sponsorship of this event.
 
A bit of a mixed fleet for the rest of us. 18 boats all up with most of our classes represented, with the exception of the 420`s. Where have they gone? Aurelia M and Kristen K were on rhib duty and Zac L, Finn M and Ollie B were roaring around in the blue rhib testing out its shiny new hydraulic steering, so hopefully they will all be back soon to terrorise those Laser sailors! Talking of Lasers, as there was no sign of Murray M last week, I was left wondering if he was being true to his word. After soundly beating Grace L the week before in one race he declared, “I have reached my pinnacle in sailing, this will never happen again so I might as we give up now!” I sure hope not Muzz, Sundays on the water wouldn’t be the same without you.
 
Sorry Folks, back to the racing. Race 1 was sailed in light breeze with lots of shifts to keep the punters guessing, so the normal finishing order didn’t apply.
 
Race 2 saw the wind easing even further so I was quite happy that Geoff put the Div 2 start first as that meant we were finished and back on the beach while, some of the other boats still had a lap to go with the wind down to about 2-3 knots. Any mistakes made in race 1 were not made by the experienced sailors in the second race 2. Not so the inexperienced, so that put the results back to where they should be.
 
That was about it for the day. Thanks again to the race team. We had nearly as many people on duty as there were yachts on the water with RO Geoff on Start with Super D ( freshly back from a stint with Gamblers Help, so hopefully that will be an end to the high priced chips ), on Woodsy we had James E , Greg L and Simon H, while as mentioned earlier, Sutherland was crewed by Aurelia M, Kristen K and along for the ride was Owen Thompson on a visit back from Switzerland. There must be something in that Swiss water as Owen seemed about a foot taller than last time I saw him! The with the Trio of Terror in the blue rhib, it made for 11 people on duty! That must be a record for a non regatta day surely.
 
If you were wondering where Gingerbread Bill M was last week, He took his trusty new Impulse up to Yarrawonga for the State Titles and came a creditable 7th in a strong fleet of 17 boats, good job Bill.
 
Okay, we are down to the wire with just one more sail left for the 23/24 Summer season, so as  I’ve said before, Get Yer Bum In A Boat and get on the water. It’s your last chance and the weather will be PERFECT, I promise!
 
Cheers for now, Pete Chippy.
 
Duty boat crew.........its always wonderful to see the youth taking on duty with enthusiasm.
As Rob Campbell would say "What could possibly go wrong?". Thanks for your help Owen!
Owen 2
Owen 1 
Look out for some mad skills from Jess and Matt as they navigate their 49er!
49r
 
Save the Date   SBSC Presentation Night 2024 

Keelboat News

Results this week:

Sunday Summer Series - Race 9
Division 1
 1st PHS  Vamonos     Fiona Jones    
 1st AMS  Vamonos  Fiona Jones
 1st ORC  Vincitore  Peter Russell

Thank you very much to the start boat and RHIB crews for their on-water work, as well as Till Brauckmann (RO) and the crew from Summer Lease on tower duty - appreciate all your time and efforts!

This Weekend's Racing (Final Race)

Sunday 28 April - Sunday Club Championship Race 12
First Warning Signal: 12:55H Boat Start
 
Last chance to get out racing before the Winter Series starts on 19 May 2024.
 
Club Championships Race 11 - 21/04/24
(photos taken onboard Marrakesh, skippered by Neil Hawker)
R11 1R11 2R11 3R11 5R11 6
 

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ORCV News 

orcv april

  • Reminder check your expiry date, Australian Sailing's Special Regulation changed recently in regards to Safety & Sea Survival Certification. If your certificate is 2 or more years expired, you can no longer renew via the refresher course. Keep current and rebook if you need to be certified, courses run June, Sept and December and places are limited. https://www.orcv.org.au/calendar 
  • May 19 (Sunday) - Double Handed & Teams Racing.  Try Double Handed Sailing, along a longer leg course on the bay.  Teams (any combination) welcome.  Entries here https://www.orcv.org.au/double-handed 
  • May 25th – Apollo Bay.  Sail in company in the Great Ocean Road “Sail” to Apollo Bay.  A daylight start, 52nm and category 3 where you can stay overnight in Apollo Bay. Entries are open https://www.orcv.org.au/apollo-bay
  • For all other events, please check out the Calendar - ORCV
  • The KISS Committee is excited to announce the third running of the Keelboat Introduction to Sailing Savvy (KISS) program for 2024, open to all Victorian women and now open for business! The vision of the program founder, Queenscliff Cruising Yacht Club’s Immediate Past Commodore Lee Renfree in partnership with Ocean Racing Club of Victoria has now graduated 52 women over two years, empowering them to transition from “passengers” to active, confident “participants”. So if you are female and keen to gain skills on keelboats, jump on board now! All information and registration is available on the ORCV KISS Training page.
orcv Kiss
awkr 2024

Biggest Morning Tea Flyer  

Please join us for SBSC’s Biggest Morning Tea Fundraiser for Cancer Council Australia on Thursday 3 May from 10am-12noon. Tickets can be purchased by clicking on the direct Try Booking link below. A delicious Morning tea buffet (inc. tea/coffee) will be provided by Snooks Catering with $10 from each ticket purchased, being directly donated to the cause. There will be speakers from The Peninsula Home Hospice along with some others. Be sure to bring some additional gold coins with you for some additional fun and games on the day.
Gather your friends, family and/or colleagues together and come partake in our fundraiser, know that you will be helping to support cancer research, prevention and support services for those affected. Together we can make a difference.

Club Merchandise

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. Taking orders now for youth t-shirts with names on the back. 
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Photo Of The Week

Thanks Bette for this twilight photo on the last keelboat race in the twilight series
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April Happenings 

Off The Beach News

Howdy gang.
Another nice day on the water last Sunday with 22 lucky sailors taking part. The wind was very light but at least the expected rain held off for the whole day, so small blessings eh? Although the breeze was down in strength it stayed in for the entire first race with a steady shift to the right, so if you went left off the line you were a winner. And guess what? No one sailed the wrong course! Another highlight was young Nathan Anderson getting his first hooter for crossing the finish line first in Div 1. It wont be long before he’s nipping on Dad James’ heels and maybe lining up with another junior in a 420 perhaps.
 
RO Geoff set a nice course with the help of an all junior team in the RHIBs. Nick M and Jess L were in Sutherland looking after the bottom end and Abbey E and Matt W in Woodsy set the top marks. These guys and gals did a great job and their experience sailing at lots of other regattas showed through with a keen understanding of where the marks needed to be without Geoff having to second guess them. Another nice thing the ‘Youngens’ brought to the course was a bit of music rolling across the water. As a Tina Turner fan though, I can say from experience that it can be hazardous attempting the Nutbush in a Sabre. But hey, what are you gunna do when the music takes control!
 
The other thing that was rolling across the water was Nick’s BOOMING voice letting rip at a large power boat that came roaring through the middle of the course. I reckon he would have given Mono a run for his money! Also good to see Super Deirdre back from her week in Las Vegas none the worst for wear. Although we all know, ‘ What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas!’ But if David has to up the price of a bowl of chips, you might guess why.
 
After a bit of a course change at the top end, we all lined up for a mass start for race two in dying wind, only to have it drop out completely right after the hooter. Super D put up the postponement flag but the writing was on the wall, and two minutes later it was followed by the ‘Bugger off home’ flag. This was disappointing but in the end it was the right call as by the time we hit the beach, the wind had gone completely. All’s well that ends well though as we were packed up early and with daylight savings over, we were all up on the deck enjoying a pre  Vegas tax bowl of chips and watching the most magnificent sunset over perfect glassy water, magic!
 
Only two sails left for the summer season so don’t miss out. Next week we are being joined by the B14’s for the second day of their state titles. They are joining in our race with their own start- very civilised of them to allow us to be part of the fun.
 
Now if you feel that you haven't had enough sailing this season, and lets face it, we have missed out on a lot of days due to poor conditions, Bill Manning is organising another Winter series like last year. It will be a simplified course held on alternate Sunday mornings to coincide with the keelboat Brass Monkey series. Bill is seeking expressions of interest for sailors and helperouters to make this viable, so find Bill and let him know where you fit on his list. Also something to think about for the end of the season is the Club Person and Junior Club Person of the year, so think back and give a thought to someone you would like to nominate for these prestigious titles. There are a lot of hard working, selfless people in the Club so even to be nominated is gratifying.
 
That’s about all for this week, thanks everyone that helped out launching and retrieving the patrol boats, Greg, Fiona and Erik, yer blood’s worth bottling.

Cheers for now, Pete Chippy
 
A very kind offer from Ewan to Finn and Zac to sail his B14 on Sunday, which included a masterclass from the master himself. The boys had a great time, although could have enjoyed a bit more breeze.
b14
 
Nathan in his happy place
nathan tera

Flagpole Meeting

Thanks all for attending. If you can help Bill with his winter series proposal, please reach out. 

flagpole meeting
 
Save the Date   SBSC Presentation Night 2024 

Keelboat News

Results this week:

Sunday Summer Series - Race 9
Division 1
 1st PHS  Vamonos     Fiona Jones    
 1st AMS  Vamonos  Fiona Jones
 1st ORC  Vincitore  Peter Russell
Division 2
  1st PHS
 Just Cruisin'
 Neil Whittaker  
Congratulations to Vamonos (Div 1) and Summer Breeze (Div 2) for their overall wins in the Sunday Summer Series 
 
Zara Jones and her friend Cammie on Vamonos during their last Summer Sunday Series race
Vamanos

This Week's Racing:

Sunday 21 April - Sunday Club Championship Race 11
First Warning Signal: 12:55H Boat Start

Skipper and Crew Meeting - Date Change

Sunday 21 April 2024, 10am upstairs at the Club (prior to the 1.00pm Club Champ race).  Agenda will be sent via email on Thursday and we look forward to seeing you all there!

Adventures of Tumi, Summer Lovin and LunaSea

After a many months of preparation, and a week of waiting for the weather to blow through, Tumi, Summer Lovin and LunaSea finally left Safety Beach last week to head north searching for warmer weather.  They are currently heading up the NSW coast.  Tumi and Summer Lovin’s final Australian destination is Coffs, and LunaSea’s destination South Port QLD. 
Once at Coffs Harbour, Tumi and Summer Lovin plan to head over to New Caledonia at the end of April/early May.  LunaSea will spend the winter in the warmer waters of Queensland.
 
You can follow them on Marine Traffic, the SBSC cruisers facebook page and Tumi’s progress on www.tumisailing.com - where are we now tab or with predict wind tracker  https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/SV-Tumi/
 
At Burmagui: L to R: Jenny, Phil, Tim, Colin, Jeff, Lana, Lisa, Brian
tumi 2024
 

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ORCV News 

orcv april

  • April 20th Enjoy some category 3 races with the short format West Offshore Products Coastal Sprints.  A daylight start and short course which is planned to have crews back home that night. Come try ocean sailing and join the fleet here https://www.orcv.org.au/coastal-sprints 
  • Reminder check your expiry date, Australian Sailing's Special Regulation changed recently in regards to Safety & Sea Survival Certification. If your certificate is 2 or more years expired, you can no longer renew via the refresher course. Keep current and rebook if you need to be certified, courses run June, Sept and December and places are limited. https://www.orcv.org.au/calendar 
  • May 19 (Sunday) - Double Handed & Teams Racing.  Try Double Handed Sailing, along a longer leg course on the bay.  Teams (any combination) welcome.  Entries here https://www.orcv.org.au/double-handed 
  • May 25th – Apollo Bay.  Sail in company in the Great Ocean Road “Sail” to Apollo Bay.  A daylight start, 52nm and category 3 where you can stay overnight in Apollo Bay. Entries are open https://www.orcv.org.au/apollo-bay
  • For all other events, please check out the Calendar - ORCV
  • The KISS Committee is excited to announce the third running of the Keelboat Introduction to Sailing Savvy (KISS) program for 2024, open to all Victorian women and now open for business! The vision of the program founder, Queenscliff Cruising Yacht Club’s Immediate Past Commodore Lee Renfree in partnership with Ocean Racing Club of Victoria has now graduated 52 women over two years, empowering them to transition from “passengers” to active, confident “participants”. So if you are female and keen to gain skills on keelboats, jump on board now! All information and registration is available on the ORCV KISS Training page.

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Sunday Sounds April

Biggest Morning Tea

Please join us for SBSC’s Biggest Morning Tea Fundraiser for Cancer Council Australia on Thursday 3 May from 10am-12noon. Tickets can be purchased by clicking on the direct Try Booking link below. A delicious Morning tea buffet (inc. tea/coffee) will be provided by Snooks Catering with $10 from each ticket purchased, being directly donated to the cause. There will be speakers from The Peninsula Home Hospice along with some others. Be sure to bring some additional gold coins with you for some additional fun and games on the day.

Gather your friends, family and/or colleagues together and come partake in our fundraiser, know that you will be helping to support cancer research, prevention and support services for those affected. Together we can make a difference.

https://www.trybooking.com/CQRMX

Club Merchandise

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. Taking orders now for youth t-shirts with names on the back. 
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Photo Of The Week

If your weren't on the deck at the club last Sunday during sunset, where were you??? So many choices for sunset photo of the week...........
sunset fionasunset duncansunset chippasunset photographers

 

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April Happenings 

Off The Beach News

Howdy Gang.
What a day we had last Sunday eh? Quite a crowd ventured out for the penultimate Club Championship day, 32 boats in all. That’s about the best fleet we’ve had all year. And with every division represented the slightly soggy conditions early on made for some confusion on the start line with multiple flags up that were hanging in a bit of a wet clump. Rob F and the Sharpie gang (not a seventies glam rock band) both took off on the wrong start and had to double back. Rob still managed to “smoke the Cobras” even after giving them a decent head start (their words not mine). Sally Wemyss in her Sabre and Nathan Anderson joined in for a lap or two to get the feel of racing and I’m sure they’ll be back for more.
 
Being a Club Championship day meant different courses for the two races and that seemed to confuse some bods a bit. I’ll use Div 2 for an example. Fiona M forgot that course one is ‘2’ triangles and course two is ‘2’ sausages. The easy way to remember that is that ‘one’ is an odd number and triangles have an odd number of sides, whereas ‘two’ is an even number and sausages have an even number of sides. That sausages have 2 sides, the bottom and the top, is often demonstrated at Bunnings where the onion goes on the bottom and the sauce goes on the top. Then in race two ( remember the sausages) she headed back for a third lap, letting some undeserving character past for first place. So to recap; course one, odd, triangles, course two, even, sausages, Div 2, two laps. Simples! Other Divisions can work out their own system, it shouldn’t be too hard. As for me going through the start line instead of the finish line? Well, no excuse, that was just plain stoopid!
 
Apart from those and a few other ‘incidents’, it was a very pleasant day on the water. The rain held off and the wind, although light, stayed in and had just enough shifts to make it interesting. With Deirdre away, on a girls gambling trip apparently, Drew M filled in as assistant RO with Geoff back in the RO chair. Simon H crewed in Woodsy with the honorable John Wemyss (like dreams) and Katrina M roped in son Charlie to help her on Sutherland. Thanks all and Alister M, who did the launch and retrieve of the boats despite having a bung foot.
 
From all reports, the SBSC contingent at Lake Boga made up nearly a quarter of the fleet and had great success all round, even on the water! Listening in to the conversations in the yard made me regret not going again. Ah well, next year for sure.
 
One snippet, from a completely unreliable source, led me to put two and two together and come up with a perfectly believable conspiracy theory in regards to Gingerbread Bill M’s mast coming down in Sunday’s first race. Apparently the stays on a Tasar are exactly the same as the stays on an Impulse and it seems Bill left his laying on the ground near the lake only to have them disappear. It then turns out that a certain Tasar sailing person with a fierce rivalry with another Tasar sailor (maybe related, maybe not) had scooped them up and given them to a third party to return to the supposed ‘owner’. This third party (maybe a mafia hitman, maybe not) then returned them to the aforementioned Tasar sailor at a secret drop site without either vehicle coming to a complete stop. Not suspicious at all so far. Eventually the well travelled stays found their way back to the rightful owner via a circuitous route , whereupon they failed in spectacular fashion as Bill was leading the pack for certain victory. Was this an unfortunate accident? Or was Bill the victim of mistaken identity in a much more sinister plot? We may never know!
 
Cheers for now, see you all this Sunday. Only a few sails left so don’t miss out!
Pete Chippy

Flagpole Meeting

As we near the end of our summer season of sailing, it is now time to discuss our intentions for a potential winter series. Please meet at the flagpole this Sunday at 12.30pm to hear more from the racing committee and have your say in this open discussion.

Keelboat News

Results this week:

Fun Friday Twilight Race
 1st          Whiskers  Terry Jones
 
Sunday Club Championship Series - Race 10
 1st PHS  Vamonos     Fiona Jones    
 1st AMS  Vamonos  Fiona Jones
 1st ORC  Vincitore  Peter Russell
 
Full Weekend Results here
 
Thanks to all our tower and start boat crews for volunteering their time over the weekend; Friday night's RO Ross Martin, assisted by Amanda, Jann, Tim, and Sunday's RO Judy Champion, Geoff and Drew on the Start Boat, and the RHIB volunteers for laying marks.

This Week's Racing:

Sunday 14 April - Sunday Summer Series Race 9
First Warning Signal: 09:55H Tower Start

Skipper and Crew Meeting - Date Change

Please note the meeting date has been brought forward to Sunday 21 April 2024, 10am at the Club, prior to the 1.00pm Club Champ race.
 

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ORCV News 

  • April 20th Enjoy some category 3 races with the short format West Offshore Products Coastal Sprints.  A daylight start and short course which is planned to have crews back home that night. Come try ocean sailing and join the fleet here https://www.orcv.org.au/coastal-sprints 
  • For all other events, please check out the Calendar - ORCV

Sunday Sounds April

Biggest Morning Tea

Club Merchandise

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. Taking orders now for youth t-shirts with names on the back. 
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Photo Of The Week

Brigit Goater captured the sun setting on the final twilight race of the 2023/24 season

Brigit twilight photo 

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April Happenings 

Off The Beach News

Lake Boga Report 

Each year the Safety Beach Sailing Club has a large attendance at the Easter Regatta, and this year was no different, with 17 families making the trek to “Boga”.  The sailing contingent consisted of 30 sailing members in 7 different classes of boats. The forecast looked amazing on paper, and temperatures did not disappoint, unlike the wind, which at times was non-existent. With temps around 30 degrees plus, the regatta managed to put out 5 races over 4 days, allowing lots of opportunities to cool off in the lake.
Results were varied across the different classes, our 420 youth dominated, as we were the only club with representation in that class. No surprises in the Tasar group with some excellent results from the Martin family rivalry. Bill Manning stepped away from the comfort of his Sabre to try is hand in the Impulse, with 3rd overall in this class. Most impressive title goes to Abbey Everett and Matt Whitaker for First Juniors Overall in the regatta, and their names etched into a perpetual trophy!
Well done to all sailors and their support crew for another great trip to Boga.  
 
Mono hull results HERE  
Catamarans results HERE 

Lake Boga Yacht Club Photo Gallery HERE

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Keelboat News

This Week's Racing


Friday 5 April - Fun Twilight Pursuit - with Spinnaker
First Warning Signal:  17:25H Pursuit Start
 
Sunday 7 April - Club Championship Series Race 10
First Warning Signal: 12:55H Boat Start
 

Winter Program

Our winter program starts on Sunday 19 May 2024.  As sent out via email to skippers and crew members this week, click here for link to the 2024 program:

Click HERE to enter either the Brass Monkey Winter Pursuit Series (fortnightly Sunday mornings), or the Fun Friday Winter Series (fortnightly afternoon races).
 

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ORCV News 

  • April 20th Enjoy some category 3 races with the short format West Offshore Products Coastal Sprints.  A daylight start and short course which is planned to have crews back home that night. Come try ocean sailing and join the fleet here https://www.orcv.org.au/coastal-sprints 
  • For all other events, please check out the Calendar - ORCV

Sunday Sounds April

Biggest Morning Tea

Club Merchandise

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. Taking orders now for youth t-shirts with names on the back. 
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Photo Of The Week

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March Happenings new 

Off The Beach News

Howdy Gang,
what a great time we had on Sunday. The weather was perfect, the wind was perfect, the course was perfect and the only thing missing was more boats ! A lot of people gave it a miss as they were packed up ready for the Lake Boga Easter Bash as well as for a lot of other reasons, but for the dozen or so lucky buggers that were there it was an absolute cracker! With at least two of each division represented, there was competition for all and the leads changed many times in both races with the wind staying steady but moving around a bit. Ross M as stand in RO set the course nice and close to shore and then handed over responsibility for running the races to Super Deirdre, who did a sterling job (of course)!
 
Wayne J and Russell T were manning Woodsy and were in charge of the top and hitch marks. Most of us were intrigued by the position of the hitch mark in the first race ( apparently the wind had dragged it to leeward ) but after they repositioned for race two, Zack L and Finn M decided it was better off where it was so did a crash tackle in the Quest and dragged it back there. I hope they did their penalty laps!
 
Mark L and Rob F were there roaring around in the Windrushs along with four A class cats, perfect day for them. Only three Sabres but we shared the fun around none the less. Nick M, Grace L and James A enjoyed some great surfing on the waves. James enjoyed the still warm water so much he went swimming several times and still declared there was nowhere else he`d rather be. Also enjoying an out of boat experience was Neil W, who in a scene reminiscent of “Cool Runnings” managed to tip in right before the finish line, and like a true Olympian, pushed his Contender over the line to a standing ovation from the crew of the Start boat, including Wife Lorraine who managed to get a great picture of Neil`s smiling face as he drifted past. All in all it was a great day on the water and nearly as good up on the deck afterwards. So if you weren`t there; sucks to be you !
 
Thanks also to Fiona and Tash Martin for doing a great job in Sutherland and to all the non sailing helpers on the beach, you made a great day even better.
 
Lastly, a huge congratulations to Nick M and all his gang of cohorts for the fabulous job they have done with the junior gang of kids each week. Without them , and the kids, our OTB fleet will dwindle out as more and more of us old farts go over to the Dark Side.
 
So see you all in a couple of weeks, have a safe Easter and good luck to everyone heading to Boga (about half the club it seems)
 
Cheers, Pete Chippy
Neil Contender

Junior Keelboat Evening - Friday 22nd March 

Last Friday night we held our Junior Keelboat Night. With the introduction of the inaugural “Ciaran’s Cup” we had lots skippers volunteering to put juniors on their boats. In total we had 7 boats, hosting 13 juniors and 5 parents. The first boat across the line, with juniors onboard was awarded the cup. Congratulations to Nick Jones & Fiona Jones on their Adams 10 “Vamanos” for crossing the line first with junior crew Zara & Evelyn. If success is measured in smiles, I rate this event as 100% success. Thank you to all of our wonderful skippers, parents, committee, volunteers, and David Snooks & Deirdre Snooks of Snooks Catering.
If you haven’t heard the back story of this night, Ciaran Snooks created this event over 14 years ago, to make our two sailing divisions, OTB & Keelboat, more accessible and inclusive to junior members. Because of this genius plan, we have seen so many smiles and enjoyment from Ciaran’s idea, and many juniors becoming regular crew on keelboats. So what better way to pay tribute than to name this event in his honour. Thank you Ciaran for humbly accepting this idea and allowing us to honour your wonderful plan for many more years to come.
cairan 1Cairan 2 
 

Keelboat News

Results this week:

Friday Twilight Race 9

1st Twilight Pursuit 

Vamonos

Fiona Jones

1st Friday AMS

Vamonos

Fiona Jones

Ciaran's Cup (Junior Crew Trophy)


Vamonos

Zara & Evelyn

Friday Twilight Series 2 Overall

1st Twilight Pursuit 

Vamonos

Fiona Jones

1st Friday AMS

Unprecedented

Andrew McGrath

Sunday Summer Series

1st PHS

Vincitore

Peter Russell

1st AMS

Vincitore

Peter Russell

1st ORCc

Vincitore

Peter Russell

Congratulations to Vamonos and Vincitore for their 'clean sweep' wins on Friday night and Sunday.  All the results can be found at 2023-2024 Keelboat Results

Thank you to the Friday night tower team of Judy Champion (RO), duty boat 'The Office' and Deirdre Snooks, who saved the day with her (non-rostered) debut in the tower on a Friday night!  All those well-honed skills she has from recording finishes for OTB week in/week out really transferred over nicely to the keelboat tower finish - especially with the entire fleet (25 boats) all finishing within an 8 minute period with the setting sun as a backdrop!  Many thanks too to the Sunday tower team of Elaine Nicholas (RO) and duty boat 'Empara'.

Enjoy your Easter break everyone, and see you back on the water the following weekend.

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ORCV News 

  • April 20th Enjoy some category 3 races with the short format West Offshore Products Coastal Sprints.  A daylight start and short course which is planned to have crews back home that night. Come try ocean sailing and join the fleet here https://www.orcv.org.au/coastal-sprints 
  • For all other events, please check out the Calendar - ORCV

Club Merchandise

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. Taking orders now for youth t-shirts with names on the back. 
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Junior member Nathan Anderson taking instructions from Rod Smallman on Shimmer during Junior Keelboat Night. Thanks Chris Parkes for the photo.

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Off The Beach News

Howdy OTB Gang.
Well not a lot to report this week I’m afraid. After missing the last few weeks due to bad weather and the long weekend, we were all looking forward to a good days sailing on Sunday. The day was beautiful and with a small zephyr of breeze near the beach things looked just a tiny bit promising. But B`gosh!and Begorrah!, old St Pat had other ideas. Out on the course there was bugger all wind and owing to an on water start for the keelboats, the course was a looong way out. Geoff had no choice other than delaying the 1.00 KB start by nearly an hour just to get them away, which made our start similarly late. Some of the fleet took to the water early to at least get some sail time as it wasn’t looking good for an afternoon race.

So after a long, slow sail out to where the patrol boats were, it actually seemed pretty good. About 18 boats lined up for a single start and everyone got away okay. But sure enough, not ten minutes into the race , St Pat said “You lot would be much better off back at the Club enjoying a nice pint of Guinness”, and he promptly turned off the wind! Race abandoned, head for shore. And then we saw that he really is a benevolent Saint, as he sent forth a lovely breeze to hasten us back to the Guinness. Job done, that was all she wrote, and not a snake to be seen!
 
Thanks to the race team for trying their best to give us a race, especially as they had to be on the water an hour early for the KB start. We had Geoff and Super D, t`be sure, t`be sure, in the start boat, Greg W and Finn M in Woodsy and Zack L and Drew M ( filling in for Fiona M, who was filling in for Duncan Mc ). Thanks also to James A ( that man is everywhere! ) for heading out the back and launching all three boats.
 
One more sail next week prior to Easter and the mass exodus to Lake Boga, so lets try to get a heap of sailors on the water. That just about sums it up for this week, I’ll try and get some reports re: the various titles that many of our sailors went to over the long weekend, it has to be better than my rubbish.
 
See you next Sunday, and if you get a chance, how about a quick prayer to AEOLUS, the Greek God of Wind, for something nice for a change. I’m sure he has stopped listening to me.
 
Cheers, Pete Chippy

Green Fleet Sail Training

Junior sail training has been blessed with some really wonderful weather, and this Sunday's forecast is looking like a great day for our last training session. If you haven't come down to witness all the smiles and fun times, I recommend you get down to the club, grab a Snooks coffee and witness our last official session for the season.  
 
Nick and his team will have many other activities planned for the morning, including a sausage sizzle and Easter Egg Hunt. It's never too late to bring a friend along, so remember to spread the word about junior sailing. The training time is 9.30am – 11.30am. See you there. 
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Junior Keelboat Evening - Friday 22nd March 

Each year our Keelboat division invite all junior members to experience sailing on a big boat. This night is always a special treat and guarantees much rivalry between boats, as all skippers and their junior crew will be sailing for sheep stations, bragging rights, and all other expressive terms you can think of !!! In conjunction with this week’s Twilight Race, the club will be running our inaugural “Ciaran’s Cup” Annual Race. This race is new to the program and has been introduced to the club as a special Junior Keelboat Award.
 
All boats participating in the twilight race must have junior crew onboard to be in contention for this award, which has been named in honour of the event creator Ciaran Snooks. Ciaran’s Cup is a perpetual award and will be presented to the winning skippers and their junior crew by Ciaran on Friday night. Fiona Lowe has been organising junior crew for the night and has gathered up 13 juniors, who have now been placed on 6 different boats for the race. Make sure you welcome our juniors and if you have any photos that you’d like to share from the night, please email them to Fiona for e-news and socials fThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Keelboat News

Results this week:

Friday Twilight Race

1st Twilight Pursuit

Tumi

Jenny Thomson

1st Friday AMS

Patriot

Jason Close

 
Sunday Club Championship

1st PHS

Scamp

Peter Voigt

1st AMS

Vamonos

Fiona Jones

1st ORCc

Scamp

Peter Voigt

 
All the results can be found at 2023-2024 Keelboat Results
Thank you to the weekend tower teams of Dianne Jackson and duty boat Ghost (Friday night) and Till Brauckmann, Dawn Clark and Elaine Nicholas (Sunday).
 
Rescheduled Junior Crews Night - Friday 22nd March:
As the Junior Crews Night was postponed last Friday night, the inaugural 'Ciaran's Cup' annual race will be held this Friday.  Thanks to all the skippers who are taking junior crew onboard.  See you all back at club for presentations.
 

sunday 24th march

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ORCV News 

  • 24th March The annual trip tour of Port Phillip Heads, departing Queenscliff at 10.00 am. The tour provides for well-planned and executed transits of the Heads, with an emphasis on doing so in low-powered vessels (like yachts), and provides information to participants on the numerous navigational aids and strict procedures required for safe passage through. For more information and to book. https://www.orcv.org.au/training/rip-tour-of-port-phillip-heads 
  • March 29th – Port Fairy Race starts just after midday on Good Friday and is category 2.  Crews will enjoy the hospitality of the Port Fairy Yacht club, and boats up to 2.8m draft will mooring in the Moyne River.  Entries are open here https://www.orcv.org.au/port-fairy 
  • April 20th Enjoy some category 3 races with the short format West Offshore Products Coastal Sprints.  A daylight start and short course which is planned to have crews back home that night. Come try ocean sailing and join the fleet here https://www.orcv.org.au/coastal-sprints 
  • For all other events, please check out the Calendar - ORCV

Club Merchandise

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. Taking orders now for youth t-shirts with names on the back. 
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Photo Of The Week

Fiona Lowe with Ciaran Snooks, who is holding our newest perpetual trophy "Ciaran's Cup", to be presented to the winning skipper of Junior Keelboat Night Friday 22nd March.

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