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Safety Beach Sailing Club NEWS 15th January 2025

Off The Beach News

Howdy Cowdies.

Wow, what an interesting week we had weather wise. From torrential rain on Monday to stinking hot for the rest of the week. Super strong winds for the Keelboaters on Friday evening to a ripper day Saturday. Then came Sunday. The morning was calm and a bit overcast but otherwise OK for those early birds out for a bit of pre 420 Nats training. But take a look at our old friend, the rain radar, it certainly told a different story. With a massive rain band and a long storm front full of lightning and other bitey stuff, it was 'hold on the deck until further notice'. He smart ones didn't even unpack their bags, but with a gung-ho RO in 'the Maestro', Rick P and a willing (if not keen) race team of Super D, the Rob's, W and C, Simon the Man and Coast Guard volunteer, Julian N, they did a quick poll of those prepared to sail (six) and had the boats in the water as soon as the lightning cleared. Two Sabres, two 420s an Impulse and a Laser (go Muzz!) left the beach in some drizzley rain

and headed for the course. Luckily the track was very close to the beach and the rain eased off enough to get a slightly delayed start. Fairly light and shifty wind gave us a nice race with only two knuckle heads going the wrong side of the buoys at the finish-Stupidos!

Race two saw the 420s and one Sabre head for home, so now it was three. Rick made the call to start and shortened up the course a bit as the breeze was dying out. The Impulse and Laser had a great battle up and back but then the wind swung 180 degrees which was a precursor to dropping out completely so Rick ran up the old 'abandon all hope' flag and gave us the three hooters. He even towed us back to the beach! What a guy. Although I have it on reliable authority, Rob C,(well maybe not that reliable), that he was going to leave us out there bobbing around all night until Super D gave him a shlappin' and insisted he rescue us. Julian N was on the start boat as well and I'm sorry he had to see that.

All in all, we had one slow race in the rain and one even slower race that had to be abandoned. Was it worth it? Too bloody right it was! And the best part, not one JetSki to be seen!

That's about it for this week. Congrats to Paul F and Craig G for their Third place in the B14 worlds. Brent F and Leigh D 4th and Ewan and Misha C in 14th, noice work. Also a shout to Ross M and Tash for 7th and Mono M and Imogen in 9th at the Tasar Nats, and don't forget the Mighty Bill M in 21st at the Impulse Nats ,WooHoo!

Good luck to all the SBSC 420s (5) heading to Sydney for the Nats this weekend. That's 5 boats in a fleet of 13, awesome!

Cheers for now, Pete Chippy

Keelboat News

Updated Program (Part 2)

An updated program has now been published on the website (click HERE). Note we have made a slight change to the program at the end of March/early April, due to timing and on-water resources required for the Adams 10 State Titles.

Results

Friday Pursuit - Series 2, Race 1

1st	Empara	Till Brauckmann
2nd	Running Bare	Tim Pepperell
3rd	Mr Bojangles	Linda Wooley

Friday AMS – Series 2, Race 1

1st	Vamonos	Fiona Jones
2nd	Mr Bojangles	Linda Wooley
3rd	Maximum Limit	Rick Rogers

Full Holiday Series results available HERE

Sunday Summer Series - Race 5

A small fleet took part in Sunday morning's race - maybe some wise skippers read the weather report in their tea leaves! As they crossed the start line, the sun was out and the beach was starting to swell with CoolCabanas. But in no time at all it started to turn dark and a thunderstorm cell made its way across the bay. All boats made it home safely. Nice to see a visiting boat (casual entry) 'True Colours' from RBYC have a 'W', but well done to Mr Bojangles who placed first on PHS, AMS and ORC. Thanks to Race Officer David Donaldson and his crew from Renaissance for their tower duty. And also Di Jackson, Judy Champion and Glenys Hitchen (from Christela) who took care of Friday night's first twilight of Series 2.

This Week's Racing

Friday 17 January 2025

Twilight Pursuit Series 2 - Race 2

and

Margaret Hollamby Female Helm Series - Race 3

Race Start Time (AEDT):	17:30H Pursuit Start
Race Officer:	Mark Lawrence
Assistant:	Dianne Jackson
Set up/Results:	Jann Wilson

Could all boats competing in the female helm series please radio the tower pre-race to confirm your female helm.

Sunday 19 January 2025

Club Championship Series - Race 5

and

Long Distance Sub-series - Race 2

First Warning Signal:	09:55H Tower Start
Race Officer:	Lynlee Coutts
Assistant:	Amanda Malin
Set up/Results:	Lynlee/Amanda

To make this one of the best Sail Peninsula events, we need as many SBSC keelboats to enter as possible. The Keelboat and Sail Peninsula sub-committees would really appreciate it if skippers could please get your entries in ASAP to support this club event. To enter please CLICK HERE

Exciting News!

We are thrilled to announce a change in this year's format due to popular demand. The Friday evening pursuit race will now feature a spinnaker race! For more details, check out the regatta Notice of Race link HERE.

We are pleased to advise that the first 40 entries for this years Sail Peninsula regatta will be provided with one of our new promotional Bambak Canvas bags.

Bambak use old sails to manufacture bags like these and other products. Full details can be accessed here: https://bambak.co/pages/about-us

The sale of the bags goes towards community support projects and provides employment to people in Vanuatu. The name "Bambak" derived from the Vanuatuan language, means "reborn," symbolizing the new life given to discarded sails.

The bags we are promoting are about 30cm x 20cm with the SP25 logo on the front and a Bambak logo on the back, they are lined and have a zip closure at the top and carry handle. They are a very useful item for storage on your boat.

Get your SP25 entry in ASAP to secure your promotional bag.

Cruising News

Discover Docklands

Have you planned your next visit to Docklands? Click HERE To find out all about what's on offer at this wonderful destination.

Junior Sailing

Junior Sailing starts again on 2nd February and runs until 6th April.

The cost is $120 for members. Please click THIS LINK to register.

ORCV News

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

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Safety Beach Sailing Club NEWS 8th January 2025

Welcome Back

The Executive Committee would like to welcome you all back to regular sailing schedules after our Christmas Holidays. Whether you were participating in regatta's locally or interstate, we hope you have all had a great break and spent quality time with loved ones. The committee have not stopped during the break and have much to tell in the coming weeks. Our next meeting on being held on Tuesday 4th February. If you have anything you wish to notify the committee on, please don't hesitate to email our secretary Veronica on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Committee2024

The Executive Committee 2024/2025

L-R Duncan McColl (Treasurer), John Di Martino (Membership Secretary), Tim Bardon (Rear Commodore), Tony Christmas (Commodore), John Wemyss (Vice Commodore), Neil Whitaker (IT), Veronica Psaila (Secretary), Fiona Lowe (Training & Social Media), Bill Manning (Sailing Committee), Absent John Bacon, James Anderson.

Fee's and Yard Storage

A reminder for those members that have not yet paid this year’s membership fees that they are now well overdue. If you haven’t paid please do so immediately or run the risk of being excluded from sailing and results in the coming weeks. If you are wondering if this might be you please check your email as statements were sent out on New Year’s Day or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to enquire

Off The Beach News

Howdy Gang and Happy New Year to all our members new and old.

Firstly, a brief recap on the last day's sailing on December 22nd, all the way back in 2024 can you believe it! It was a great start to the day for round four of the Community Bank Dromana Club Championship series, with sunshine and wind- plenty of wind, enough to put the wind up some of our more timid sailors in fact. With the weather dog blowing horizontally on his lead and the waves crashing onto the shore, it wasn't for the faint hearted. The forecast said it was supposed to build as well but, the weather apps were showing a mere 10 knots at South Channel; that couldn't be right, let's get out there before Geoff pulls the pin!

From the beach we could see the race team getting organised, so 18 or so boats hit the water with plenty of time to sail out. Or so we thought. No sooner had we left the sand than the wind dropped out to almost nothing, to the point where a third of the fleet missed the start altogether! Oh well, can't say we weren't warned. Those that did make it were faced with a long upwind leg with lots of shifts. The breeze came back a bit so we kept moving, although we didn't have the screaming reaches of the week before. Race one over, a quick change to a sausage course for race two ( damn those catamarans !), and we were off again, this time with a full contingent. Well, we had a full contingent for about 10 seconds until Bill M dropped his mast overboard again! That's two weeks in a row Bill, this time from a loose shackle pin. It's a timely reminder to check all those shackles, especially the ones that don't get undone at the end of the day. One of mine fell off as I was lifting my mast the other week, half a thread more and I would have been on the water when it came out.

Race two was pretty similar to race one with the exception of new member, James Thorne in his Sabre(yay!). James missed the first race, then proceeded to clean us all up easily in the second. Watch out for this guy, I think he knows what he's doing!

Also on the water having a bit of fun in one of the Club Quests was Jamieson F and his mate James. They had wanted to take the boat out on their own, but with the wind honking like it was and James never having been in a yacht, senior members ruled it unwise. The boys were OK with this although rightly disappointed, until another James, Anderson this time, offered to go out with them. A perfect outcome. As it was, when the wind dropped out they would have been fine on their own, but safety always comes first.

Thanks to Geoff and Super D on Start, Mono M and Julian N in Sutherland and a special thanks to John Wemyss (like dreams)who put up his hand to ma a Rhib with first timers Mika and Ben so that Zac L and Finn M could some practice in before their 420 titles. Apparently Mika and Ben had a great time and are keen to do it again, beaudy !

That's all for that week, now a quick look around the traps at some of our SBSC sailors at the various regattas going on. Some of these are still in progress so keep an eye out on the socials.

First up, the B14s at Woollara SC, Sydney. As usual, Craig G and Paul F took out first place with Brent F and Leigh D in second (not always in that order). Also of note was Ewan and Misha C taking out 13th spot. Currently the B14 worlds are on and Craig/Paul are sitting in 1st, Brent/Leigh 4th and Ewan/Misha 19th. That's pretty awesome dudes!

Over in the West at Mandurah, we have the Martins, Ross and Tash currently in 6th place and Mono and Imogen not far behind in 9th. Good luck guys and gals.

Up North at Darling Point QLD we have the mighty Bill Manning, mast intact, doing us proud at the Impulse Nats, sitting in 20th place with a bullet. Go Bill! I know there is a lot more classes to come so stay tuned and give me any info you can.

That's all for now, see you on the water at SBSC this Sunday for round one of the Foundation Series, 13.57 first warning. The weather will be perfect of course!

Cheers, Pete Chippy

Cabana-Gate

Whilst we are experiencing a large number of tourists visiting our beach, we would like to remind all OTB members that we have purchased oranges witches hats to help "claim our beach", so we are not overrun with cabana's! These cones are kept in the spar locker and it would be appreciated if the first members to the yard on a Sunday, lay them out at the bottom of the ramp to secure access to the beach.

Keelboat News

Shark Bay Holiday Series Overall Results

Division 1

1^st PHS	Empara	Peter Jones
1^st AMS	Vamonos	Fiona Jones
1^st ORC	Vamonos	Fiona Jones

Division 2

1st PHS

Just Cruisin'

Neil Whitaker

Full Holiday Series results available HERE

'Race to the Middle' Report by Dianne Jackson (RO)

Great to see 13 boats out on a fine and sunny Friday for our annual Race to the Middle. The only issue was the light winds that were forecast. The start looked awesome from the tower. Chris and his trusty drone captured some great shots of the busy start and rounding at the yellow pile.

From all the reports it was quite a challenging sail, with many sail changes happening and a number of patches of light wind resulting in a compression of the fleet, which meant for a close finish especially considering the length of the course.

It was quite a sight to see the large number of spectators boats and crowds lining the shores to watch the finish of the race. After over 4 hours of sailing, line honours was incredibly close, with Vincitore pipping Vamonos to the finish line by less than 30secs. They were closely followed by 2Xtreme and the rest of Division 1 were not far behind, with all Div 1 boats completing the course by just after 14:30.

Despite the light winds all our Div 2 boats managed to complete the course, with Just Cruisin' leading the way from Cirrus and all boats finishing well inside the 16:00H cut off time.

Well done to all the participated.

Petersville Regatta

Over 50 yachts and 450 sailors participated in this 4 day regatta with winds from 15-28 knots on Day 1 and 2. The long 23-mile race to Mount Martha saw many yachts rounding up under spinnaker due to strong gusty winds and white caps on the bay. And quite the contrary to Monday, with the final race abandoned due to no wind. SBSC were well represented in both the Cock of the Bay and Petersville Regatta. The Adams-10 'Rawhide' skippered by Cameron Barwick had great success, coming 1^st on ORC and AMS in Division 2 Cruising (Spin). And 'hats off' to Fiona and Nick Jones on 'Vamonos' who raced their Adams 10 double-handed in the same Division with some great individual race results.

This Week's Racing

Friday 10 January 2025

Twilight Pursuit Series 2 - Race 1

Race Start Time (AEDT):	17:30H Pursuit Start
Race Officer:	Dianne Jackson
Duty Boat:	Christela
Set up/Results:	Judy Champion

Sunday 12 January 2025

Sunday Summer Series - Race 5

First Warning Signal:	09:55H Tower Start
Race Officer:	David Donaldson
Duty Boat:	Renaissance
Set up/Results:	Jann Wilson

SBSC Keelboat owners and crew, the entry portal for Sail Peninsula 2025 is 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 this 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.

Cruising News

Discover Docklands

Have you planned your next visit to Docklands? Click HERE To find out all about what's on offer at this wonderful destination.

Junior Sailing

Junior Sailing starts again on 2nd February and runs until 6th April.

The cost is $120 for members. Please click THIS LINK to register.

ORCV News

Melbourne to Port Fairy (Friday 14 February)

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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 enter please CLICK HERE

Note costs of entry have remained the same as last year’s event.

Bendigo term deposit

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Community Bank Southern Peninsula
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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)

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

Hygiene Packs Xmas 2024 Donation Flyer

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.

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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)

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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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Bendigo term deposit

Bendigo Bank
Community Bank Southern Peninsula
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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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Mr Bojangles, taken by Nick Jones' drone

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