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What's On In January 

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Off The Beach News

Yowza,Yowza,Yowza!

What a great days sailing we had on Sunday! After the disappointment of last week, this week was one to really write home about. An early one o'clock start gave us the chance to run three races to catch up in the Club Championship series, so RO Geoff  (good to have you back on the water Geoff ) took full advantage of the 15 knot south west breeze and the lack of powerboats/jet skis to set a nice close to shore windward return course. That would be course one for those that read the course board on the back of the start boat. You guessed it folks- I didn't. As I crossed the finish line downwind, then turned back to say g'day to the race team I was surprised to be met with stoney silence, just a bit of guarded finger pointing from Deirdre. Was I in trouble for crossing back over the line while there were still boats finishing? Had I transgressed in some other way I didn't know about? Perhaps they just don't like me! All these things crossed my mind until Bill M pointed out that course one finish is through the bottom gate and upwind over the line. Ahh, of course! So round I went and over the line properly to be met with a small cheer and a loud shout of RTBO!!! Which in Geoff speak translates to "Read The Bloody Orders". Good advice for all.
 
Our fleet was a little small this week owing to a few families still being away after the nationals. Special mention to our younger members in the 420's who had the highest number of entries from a single club, with Kristen K and Jess L second on handicap and Nick M and Riley E third on handicap and eighth overall on yardstick. Fantastic effort in a national event, well done everyone.
 
While the fleet may have been small, those on the water all had a blast! The Cats were really zipping round the marks and Ewan C remarked afterwards, "That was the most fun you can have in public". He obviously didn't see Molly at the Elton John concert- but lets not go there! The wind was strong but by no means stable with some big lifts and knocks to move you up and drag you back again if you thought about it for too long and some of those bullets that came through really had you hanging on; Duncan M went swimming so many times I thought he might be having bladder problems! 
 
Two races of windward / return and it was time for the rhib crews to move the marks again. This time for race three and some triangles- WooHoo, those reaches were what we were looking for!
The sun came out and the wind was just right to catch some waves and really fly, and those bullets were like hitting the Nitro button- pure magic!
 
A huge thank you to the race team this week for a really big effort. An early start, setting a start for the keelboats, three races with two courses and a few changes due to wind shifts- it doesn't get much bigger than that! This week saw the return of Geoff as RO as well as Super Deirdre and Alister M on Start with Bruce M and Simon H in Sutherland and Ross M and new recruit Con Kasiaras on Woodsy. Con comes to us via the Coast guard and expressed an interest in helping out on the rhibs. He's not a sailor but has many years of power boat experience and will be a great asset so please make him welcome.
 Next week is back to our regular 2.00 pm start, 1.57 first warning and the weather is looking good, so as our old friend Molly would say, " Do yourself a favour!"
 
That's all for now, Cheers, Pete Chippy.

Change To Sailing Instructions

Please note the sailing instructions changes for Australia Day have been posted on our website click here for details

A Class Nationals  

The nationals were hosted by Gippsland Lakes Sailing Club at Paynesville last week and SBSC were represented by four boats. Stuart and Dave in the Foiling division and Glenn and Ewan in the Classic (non-foiling) division. A total of 48 boats entered which was the highest number in quite a few years, good to see the class is growing! The race management and hospitality of the club was excellent and we got a full 12 races in over four days of sailing in a range of wind conditions. The persistent Easterlies stirred up a lot of weed though which played havoc with the foilers in particular. Obviously it was a star-studded line up of past Olympians and world champions plus also Paul Larson who still holds the world sailing speed record which he set on VESTAS Sail Rocket 2 about ten years ago. He was just back in Oz for a holiday and thought he’d charter a boat!
Not fazed by all the famous sailors Dave sailed a great regatta and came third, beating three-time world champion Steve Brewin in the process!
Stuart also had a great result coming 6th but unfortunately got a couple of holes in his boat courtesy of a pre-race T-bone, ouch! Glenn and Ewan traded blows at the back end of their division but learnt a lot while learning from the fleet and both managed a mid-fleet finish each. All results here
 
Here is Stuart in 1087 and Dave in action on the lake:
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Keelboat News

Results:

Friday Twilight Pursuit (Series 2, Race 1)
1st        Adagio              Ross Churcher
2nd The Office Evan Macwhirter
3rd YKnot Rob Rainsford
 
Sunday Club Champs (Race 5) Division 1:
1st PHD Vincitore                   Peter Russell                
2nd AMS Mr Bojangles Pauline Cleaver
3rd ORC Mr Bojangles Pauline Cleaver
 
Sunday Club Champs (Race 5) Division 2:
1st PHD Fransiska                    Peter Morrison               
2nd AMS Rells Mal Winder
 
Great to see a good turn out on Friday night for the first race of Series 2.  Click here for full weekend results.
 
Thanks to everyone who helped out over the weekend; Friday night’s duty boat was Scamp along with Race Officer Elaine Nicholas and tower regulars Judy Champion and Amanda Malin.  Sunday we had the start boat getting the club champ race underway, with David Donaldson (RO), Renaissance and Elaine in the tower.  Thank you again for volunteering your time!

This Weeks Races:

Friday 20 January – Twilight Pursuit Series 2 – Race #2
First Warning Signal 17.25H  Pursuit Start  
Tower Race Officer: Di Jackson
  Duty Boat: Crowded House
 
Please check your Friday Pursuit Start Time here:
 
Sunday 22 January – Summer Series – Race #6
First Warning Signal 9.55H  Boat Start  
Tower Race Officer: David Donaldson
  Tower Assistant: Elaine Nicholas

Saturday 21 January - MYC Hovell Pile Race

For any SBSC yachts planning to race in the MYC Hovell Pile Race this Saturday, the Special Sailing Instructions are available on the MYC website or click here.

Cruising Weekend to Geelong

March 11-13,  2023 (Long Weekend)
Come for a great weekend cruise to Geelong.  It’s a great location with lots to do - great foreshore, walks, restaurants etc.
We’ll sail over on Saturday March 11, spend the Saturday and Sunday night at Royal Geelong Yacht Club with the  return sail on Monday March 13.
Please contact Terry Jones for further information or to register your interest.  We need to know ASAP as bookings will need to be made.
Terry Jones (Whiskers)
Cruising Coordinator
Mob:  0408336626

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What's On In January 

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Regatta Season Results

Tasar Australian Championships 

The 48th Tasar Nationals were held at Toronto Amateur sailing club on Lake Macquarie in NSW from the 31st of December- 6th of January.A fleet of 33 Tasars were tested in shifty and gusty conditions which really shook the fleet up. There were no east lanes in a very hot fleet that boasted Olympic level sailors, no less than 6 world Champions and the skipper of 3rd on Line Honours in the recent Sydney to Hobart Black Jack.All Safety Beach members tried their hardest with Mark and Oliver Bulka finishing a very solid 5th, highlighted by incredible results on day 3 of a 2,2,4.Ross and Natasha finishing on a high note with 2 top ten results in day 5 finishing 16th.Mono, Aurelia and Imogen finished 19th overall having their best result on day 5 with an 8th. It was an exceptionally high class fleet and a great lead in to the World Championship to be held at Sandringham YC in January next year.

420 Nationals Metung

Congratulations to James Jackson & Harrison Chapman from MYC placing 1st Overall.
SBSC competitors placed in following:
 
Overall Results:
8th Nick Meijer & Riley Everett
13th Abbey Everett & Steph Koutsimpiris
16th Zac Lowe & Finn Meijer
19th Jess Lowe & Kristen Koutsimpris
 
(Junior Division - U16)
3rd Zac Lowe & Finn Meijer
 
Handicapped Results:
2nd Jess Lowe & Kristen Koutsimpris
3rd Nick Meijer & Riley Everett.
 
The kids have had a fantastic and exhausting regatta sailing 12 races over 4 days. Huge effort. Well done to all of you!!!

B14 Nationals 

The two SBSC crews did very well. Our 2 teams went into the last heat equal on points in second place. The last heat was a good old fashioned tussle starting next to each other at the pin end and pushing each other all the way around the race track. Congrats to both teams.
Final results
2nd place #375 Craig Garmston / Paul Fleming
3rd place #378 Brent Frankcombe / Leigh Dunstan
Big thankyou to Kingston Beach Sailing Club and the Tasmanian B14 Association for a awesome event.

A Class Nationals  

Paynesville - 7th – 13 January 2023 Still sailing at time of publishing.
Ewan Campbell
Glenn Lazzar
David Brewer
Stuart Scott

Off The Beach News

Howdy Gang.
Well it was an unfortunate fizzer on Sunday. Great day for beach goers as the bumper to bumper traffic on the Pen Link foretold, but alas not enough wind to get a race completed. The Race team of Rick P and Deirdre S on Start with Bruce M, Fiona L, Rob C and Dennis the Menace on the rhibs did a sterling job of setting a course and tried their best to get a race going in the light breeze. I think they all deserve a medal for just launching the boats amid the chaos that was the boat ramp on Sunday. I suppose that's the price we pay for living in such a beautiful part of the world, everyone else wants a part of it too!
 
This week saw the return of a lot of sailors from the various regattas around the country and SBSC had some notable success. I'm sure Fiona will list the results that she has to date but I know all the young'uns had a very successful time at Metung in the 420's and the Martins, young and old had a blast at Lake Macquarie. Of extra note up there is Mark and Oliver Bulka coming 5th overall in a fleet that contained many national and world champions. Great job guys.
 
At time of writing, I'm not sure how Paul Fleming went down in Tassie in the B14's and the A class gang are still competing at Paynesville so good luck to them.
 
This Sunday is the next round of the Club Championship and will be an earlier start following an on water start for the Keelboats. Our start time will be 13.00, 12.57 first warning, so don't miss out. RO Geoff won't be waiting for the stragglers taking their sweet time getting off the beach anymore( that would be me ), so if the wind is light, give yourself plenty of time to make the start line.
 
Another one to put in the memory bank is the Australia Day regatta on the 26th. It is a Thursday this year and racing will start at 11.00, 10.57 first warning. There will be a sausage sizzle before racing and everyone is encouraged to decorate their boats to really get into the fun of the day.
 
One last thing before I sign off this week. Now I know we really don't like our Jetskiing neighbors, but they are people too and I encourage everyone to go forth and make friends with them. Get up close and personal, really really close- it makes it that much easier to rip out their bungs without them noticing !!!
 
That's all for this week. Cheers, Pete Chippy 

Keelboat News

This Weeks Races:

Friday 13 January – Twilight Pursuit Series 2 – Race #1
 First Warning Signal 17.25H  Pursuit Start  
Tower Race Officer: Elaine Nicholas
  Duty Boat: Scamp
 
This is the first race of Series 2.
Please check your Friday Pursuit Start Time here:
 
Sunday 15 January – Club Championship Series – Race #5
 First Warning Signal
12.25H  Boat Start
 
Tower
Race Officer:
David Donaldson
 
Tower Assistant: Elaine Nicholas
 
Remember Sunday’s race starts 1 hour earlier (First Warning Signal 12.25H)

Smooth Operator - ARC Race Update (received 5th Jan)

Following on from the last update in November Smooth Operator had a very successful crossing of the Atlantic Ocean.  We departed from Las Palmas on the 20th November with brisk winds which quickly settled into 15 - 20kts from the North East and life on board was extremely good with plenty of food, sleep and regular showers onboard.  This was all going well until 2 weeks into our crossing when a tropical low formed in the North Atlantic Ocean which had a big effect on our weather in that we had a period of NO wind followed by light winds on the nose - definitely not in the brochure.  The end result of this is that we motored for the last part of the crossing and had to take a slight detour into Barbados to get extra fuel.  We arrived at the finish line which is at Rodney Bay in St Lucia at around midnight on Saturday the 10th December.  The trip was 3,000nm and took 20.5 days which was a bit longer than we had expected.

The ARC (Atlantic Rally for Cruisers) made our arrival very special and we were greeted by lots of cheers and rum punch even at midnight.  They also did a great job of providing lots of support for the yachts and some excellent events, parties and lectures both before and after the rally.

Our time at Rodney Bay was not wasted as there were a few minor boat jobs to attend to and we were all very happy to spend some time on land again and enjoy some small luxuries like  a meal out and a shower that doesn't move!!.

Russ and Di - have headed back to their home in Main Ridge to spend some time at home with their family and friends as they have been travelling since May so very generously suggested that the Smooth Crew look after their very beautiful yacht for 4 weeks in the Caribbean so how could we refuse.  The plan is to get the yacht to Antigua by mid January when we meet up with Russ and Di again to hand the boat back.  On the way we have visited some really interesting places on St Lucia, Martinique, Dominica, Les Saintes and we are now anchored off Guadeloupe. The interesting thing in the Caribbean is that the islands are all quite close together (20-40NM) and each one is a different country and often quite different both geographically and culturally.  We have posted quite a few photos of our travels on our FB page at Di's Facebook Page
 
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Position Vacant

One of our sponsors are looking to fill the below position, and hope that someone within the SBSC group could help or recommend the right candidate  

Position:          Administration Assistant/Junior Broker Trainee
Company:       McLardy McShane Peninsula
Location:         L1/ 1011 Point Nepean Road, Rosebud VIC 3939
The Opportunity
The McLardy McShane Peninsula Insurance Broking has an opportunity for a junior Account Broker to join a growing Small to Medium (SME) client focused brokerage.
The role is to support the Account Executive service existing clients.
The Role
Key responsibilities include:
  1. Assist with resolving day to day client enquiries;
  2. To assist with new business opportunities including obtaining insurance quotes and preparation of quotes to send to clients,
  3. Assist with day to day administration – preparing reports and communications,
  4. Lodgment of claims with insurers and assisting though the Claims process as required/instructed;
  5. This is a full time position in the office.
About You:
  1. Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage competiting priorities;
  2. Strong written and verbal communication skills
  3. Positive attitude with a desire to work collaboratively in a small team environment;
  4. Commence/continue your professional qualifications – willingness to learn.
To discuss the position in further detail and to arrange an interview, please contact Joe Siliga on the details following.
Joe Siliga | Director
Authorised Representative No. 1258122
McLardy McShane Peninsula
First Floor, 1011 Point Nepean Road, Rosebud VIC 3939
Mobile: 0414 352 929
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McLardy McShane: Expect more from Insurance

Photo Of The Week

Well done to junior member Jamieson, who took his new boat Terabyte out for his very first solo sail on Sunday 7th. Jamieson was also asked to step in and crew for one of the 420 boats in the afternoon races, and was very quick to get out on the wire and fly through the wind like a pro. Love your zest for sailing Jamieson. Well done, keep it up mate!

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Happy New Year

We cannot wait to se you all back at the club with stories of family Christmas party's, New Years Eve party's, Regatta's, the invasion of our friendly tourists into our amazing waters, and many many more stories!! Not long now until the yard is buzzing again! In the meantime David and his staff have done an epic job holding down the fort and serving up the usual array of yummy meals and cold cold drinks!

What's On In January 

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Regatta Season Results

Apologies if there are no written results for some regatta's. I haven't had time to digest the results. I've added the link for your interest. 

Cock Of The Bay

50th Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race

Well done to all skippers and crew on a huge effort.
Line honours were taken out by Maritimo 11 with Skipper Michael Spiers. Well done to all other competitors.
Our boats crossed the line in the following order…..
- Patriot 12th
- Shimmer 15th
- Unprecedented 26th
Maverick 34th
- Scaramouche Retired. Nigel and crew are all ok and partied hard in Hobart.

Petersville

- Cruising without spinnaker Vamonos (Jones Family) 1st PH, Y Knot 6th PH 
- Div 1 Vincatore 5th ORC, 6th AMS, 7th PH
- Div 3 Mr Bojangles 2nd AMS, 4th PH, 7th ORC
- Div 3 Etoile 7th AMS, 12th PH

Tasar Australian Championships 

420 Nationals Metung

Still sailing at time of publishing 2nd – 7th January 2023

B14 Nationals 

Kingston Beach - TAS - 3rd -8th January 2023
Paul Fleming 

A Class Nationals  

Paynesville - 7th – 13 January 2023
Ewan Campbell
Glenn Lazzar
David Brewer
Stuart Scott

Off The Beach News

Happy New Year Everyone,
I trust you all had a good break and misbehaved appropriately.
 
Well we're into the second part of the season and a lot of you have been away sailing in national championships which will be well under way by now if not finished already, so good luck, congratulations or commiserations depending on the circumstances. I know Fiona is going to put some of the results up on the Facebook page so you can check out how everyone is going.
 
Our Club racing returns this Sunday for round three of the Foundation series and by all accounts the weather is looking good, so bring out that new sail Santa got you and give it a crack. Normal start time of 14.00 ,13.57 first warning, so don't miss out!
 
Talking about not missing out, it's only four weeks until our yearly trip around the cliff to Mt Martha Yacht Club on the 5th of February. We're going there first this year as RO Geoff is unavailable that week at our end so they will come to us the following week, the 12th. The last couple of years they have had the wood on us and it all boils down to numbers. We regularly sail the pants off them but struggle to get a decent fleet around there. As the scoring works on 10 points for first place, 9 for second and so on in each division and a point for every boat that starts regardless of placing, it doesn't take much working out that if we have the first boat over the line, that's 10 points for us, bit if they get the next four because we didn't have any more boats in that division, that's 30 points for them! Not good at all. It's a beautiful sail there and back, and we always have the rhibs to escort us around for safety's sake, so if you haven't been before, make it a definite this year.
 
I'm working on the duty roster for the new year and plan to have it out ASAP so stay tuned for that and again, if your name is there and you can't make it, get it changed as soon as you can, don't leave it to the last minute please. That will do for now, sorry to end with a whinge. After this week's sailing there will be some much happier stuff to write about I'm sure.
 
Cheers for now, Pete Chippy

Keelboat News

Results:

Race to the Middle Results: Div 1
1st PHD, AMS, ORC      
2Xtreme Andrew Clark
2nd PHD, AMS, ORC Vincitore Peter Russell
3rd PHD, ORC
Scamp
David Phillips
3rd AMS Anthea John Wemyss
 
Race to the Middle Results: Div 2
1st PHD, AMS E’toile
John Gordon   
2nd PHD Fransiska Peter Morrison
 

Click here for full results (Shark Bay Holiday Series)

Congratulations to all the sailors who braved the woolly weather on Wednesday for the ‘Race to the Middle’.  The quickest return was Vincitore with a time of 2:15:53 – perhaps a record?

A huge thank you to Clarky and David Phillips for their support of this race – donating prize money and bottles of Phillips Estate Rosé.  While the results may show that Clarky took home his own money – he generously put it on the bar for everyone!!  Thanks again to both of you, everyone appreciated the motivation!

And thank you to the following people for helping out in the tower (including this coming weekend).  They have all given up their time over the festive season to help run this Holiday Series;
Elaine Nicholas, Graeme Ainslie, Ray Bateman (Vitesse), Judy Champion, Graeme and Bette Pearson, Tim Bardon, Amanda Malin and Tom McCullough.

Remember there are two more races in the Shark Bay Holiday Series THIS Friday and Sunday.  The weather is looking much nicer for the weekend so please join in the fun.

This Weeks Races:

Friday 6 January – Holiday Series (Race 5)
First Warning Signal:         09:55H  combined tower start
 
Sunday 8 January – Holiday Series (Race 6)
First Warning Signal:         09:55H  Combined Tower Start

Photo Of The Week

The people you bump into at a regatta in Northern NSW.......
Fiona & Ross Martin along with Alexis, Andrew (Mono), Imogen & Aurelia Martin were delighted to be able to catch up with Jan & Ian Woods. For those new to the club The Woods Family have been life long members of the club, with one of our rescue boats being ceremoniously named after Ian "Woodys" Woods. You know you have left your mark when you have a boat named after you.  
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Merry Christmas

The Safety Beach Sailing Club would like to wish Merry Christmas to all of our wonderful members, sponsors, and affiliated clubs. Stay safe and happy over the break and we look forward to seeing you all again in January.

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.

  • Peter Burnham 
  • Keith and Margaret Lord
  • Christine and Matthew Harrington

What's On In December 

Get your festive gear on and come down to your local club for a Christmas catch up with great food and great friends.

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Regatta Season

The Safety Beach Sailing Club would like to wish the best of luck, clean air and safe sailing to all our boats heading off to their respective regattas. Apologies to anyone that I have left out.....it's a pretty big list! Let me know if I have forgotten you! 
 
ORCV - Cock Of The Bay 26th December 2022
Etoile
Marrakech
 
ORCV - Westcoaster 27th December 2022
Scaramouch
Patriot
Maverick
Unprecedented
Shimmer
 
Petersville - Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron 27th – 30th Dec 2022
Vamonos
E’toile
Yknot
Vincitore
Mr Bojangles
 
Tasar Australian Championships - Lake Macquarie, NSW 29th Dec 2022 - 6th Jan 2023
Andrew Martin with Imogen & Aurelia 
Ross Martin & Natasha Nugent
Mark Bulka & Oliver Bulka 
 
420 Nationals Metung VIC  2nd – 7th January 2023
Nick Meijer & Riley Everett
Abbey Everett & Steph Koutsimpiris
Jess Lowe & Kristen Koutsimpiris
Zac Lowe & Finn Meijer
 
B14 Nationals - Kingston Beach - TAS - 3rd January 2023
Paul Fleming 
 
Australian A Class Catamaran National Championships - Paynesville - 7th – 13 January 2023
Ewan Campbell
Glenn Lazzar
David Brewer
Stuart Scott
 
Some of the 420 Crew have been hard at it this week, training with Paul Fleming for the Nationals in perfect conditions!
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Off The Beach News

Howdy gang, here's wishing you all a merry Christmas and a safe and happy holiday break.
 
Lots of sailors heading off to various regattas this year. We have the A class guys, a bunch of Tasars, Paul Fleming in a B14 and from what I've heard, the largest contingent of 420's from any club, great job everyone. With all those boats being away over Christmas/ New Year, it means that sailors will be pretty thin on the ground at home. So on that note, after much discussion, it was decided to cancel the Christmas series that was scheduled for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of January. It was deemed " Not Viable" as the logistics of getting crews for the race boats when there might not be anyone racing
seemed inappropriate.
 
On a brighter note, last Sunday's racing was nothing short of spectacular! An early start to allow for the Club Christmas party and a strong wind prediction kept a few regulars away, which was a real shame as the offshore wind, coupled with a cloudless sky made for ideal sailing conditions. We even had a dolphin following us around the course!
 
A good length triangle set by RO Rick Potter, ably assisted by Super D on start, Fiona Martin with Bruce Mansfield in one rhib and Rob Campbell with junior member, Xavier Graham in the other gave us two good races with no casualties. Although at on point we did have an extra rescue boat on the course as Glen Lazzar decided to carry out a Man (or in this case, Girl) Overboard drill and turfed Jess Lowe off their boat and had to drop the spinnaker, turn about and go back to pick her up. "All in a day's work" he said later, " No probs".
 
Thanks to everyone on the race team this week and a special thanks to Ross Martin for launching all three boats ( on his own )on Saturday. I know Ross was keen to get a last practice in with Natasha before heading to Paynesville for the Tasar nationals. They didn't see the dolphin and Ross claimed they were too fast for a dolphin to keep up! Ha, I thought I was the one to guild the lilly!
 
Anyway, good luck to all the SBSC sailors heading away to their various regattas. Travel safe and here's hoping you bring back some silverware. Short and sweet this week (like my long suffering wife, although she's short and sweet every week). Have a great break everyone and we'll see you all in the new year for some awesome sailing, the wind and weather is going to be perfect-guaranteed !
 
Cheers, Pete Chippy

Keelboat News

Results:

Friday – Fun Twilight Pursuit with Spinnaker
1st       
Tumi
Jeff Savage
2nd
Renaissance David Donaldson
3rd
Scamp David Phillips
 
Sunday – Shark Bay Holiday Series (Race 1) Division 1:
1st PHD  
Vincitore    
Peter Russell       
1st AMS
Vincitore Peter Russell
1st ORC
Vincitore Peter Russell
 
Division 2:
Unfortunately Etoile was the sole Div. 2 boat this week and we strongly encourage other Div. 2 boats to join them to make it a race.
Note:  There has been a correction to the Margaret Hollamby Female Helm series last week (due to a manual sign-on error on the sign-on sheet).  Amended results on website.

Thanks to everyone rostered on in the Tower over the weekend, including; RO Elaine Nicholas and Duty Boat ‘New Morning II’ on Friday night, and RO John Wemyss/Duty Boat ‘Anthea’ on Sunday, assisted by Tim and Amanda.
 
See full results here for the weekend. 

Shark Bay Holiday Series:

The Shark Bay Holiday Series continues over the festive season.  See the flyer below for race dates.  Generous prizes kindly donated by Andrew Clark and David Phillips for the ‘Race to the Middle’ – looking for a great turn out on the water and back at club for a fun afternoon on the deck.
 
Friday Night Twilight (Series 2) starts back on Friday 13 January 2023.
Wishing you and your families a very Merry Christmas and happy New Year.
  

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ORCV Melbourne to Hobart 50th Anniversary Race

Melbourne to Hobart Fleet Ready to Set a Cracking Pace to Hobart 
Skippers and crews from the near 50 boat fleet are counting down the days to the start of the 50th anniversary of the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s (ORCV) Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race and as final preparations are made, several boats are in contention for line honours.  
 
One of the top performing boats to watch is Damien King’s Frers 61, Margaret Rintoul V (MRV). King, from the Sandringham Yacht Club (SYC), is certainly in form, taking line honours in the short coastal Apollo Bay Race earlier in the year, sailing the classic beauty to victory in a close race.  
 
King, a multiple world and national champion sailor, boasts one of the classiest and most experienced sailing crews in the fleet who are not only hot shot sailors but also lifetime friends of the popular skipper. 
Mark Byrne is the navigator on MRV and is an accomplished yachtsman in his own right.  King will be sharing the helming duties with close friend Grant Allen, and will be looking to America’s Cup campaigner, Ben Morrison-Jack, to give MRV the drive and tactical advantage on the trip to Hobart. 
 
“I’ve never competed in this race before, but if it’s anything like the Sydney to Hobart, the race can be won or lost in the River Derwent. Luckily for us we have international sailor Tim Burnell on board. Tim is a local and has sailed on the Derwent for the past 35 years,” said King. Burnell will be hoping for a touch of family luck as he tries to repeat the previous success of his father, Rob Burnell, who won the race on two occasions. 
 
Sailing with close friends is important to King. “Apart from Nick [Sayer], we have all grown up sailing together from 14 years of age, and while we are lifelong competitors, we are all the best of mates, so we have plenty of laughs among the serious competition”, said King.  
Launched in 1996, MRV is widely regarded as one of the finest and most luxurious cruising yachts ever built in Australia. The yacht was built for then Sydney-based sailor, Stan Edward, under the experienced eye of the late international yachtsman Tasmania’s Graeme ("Frizzle") Freeman, who was appointed to oversee the build and fit out, a task he performed for many successful campaigns. 
Previous winner and champion offshore sailor Paul Buchholz will push his Cookson 50, Extasea, hard and fast to Hobart with an eye on the 2022 line honours prize while fending off Gerry Cantwell’s Marten 49, Carrera S, and Antony Walton’s Reichel/Pugh 46, Hartbreaker which could also be in contention for first home if the conditions suit them. 
 
The prestigious Heemskerk Perpetual trophy will go to the handicap winner on AMS and the field for this is wide open. 
Rob Date’s Carkeek 43, Scarlet Runner, also from the SYC is in hot contention for the handicap win and, if the conditions are right, could also push the larger boats for line honours. Launched in 2022, she is designed to the Fast 40+ class rule and has achieved outstanding results on the competitive European circuit.  
 
Challenging Scarlet Runner will be Victorian entry, Ginan. While an unknown quantity in the Westcoaster, skippers Nigel Jones and Cam McKenzie bought the J111 specifically to campaign her for the 50th race. The skippers have engaged the expertise of a J111 expert who will be onboard for the race and driving the crew for peak performance. Jones is no stranger to success, skippering Paladin to an overall win in the 1990 race and Cadibarra 7 in 1999. 
 
Not to be underestimated is Andrew Jones’s Inglis 47, AdvantEDGE from the Port Dalrymple Yacht Club and Brent McKay’s Bakewell/White Z39, Jazz Player, which took line honours in 2009 under the guidance of skipper Andrew Lawrence.  
McKay has his sights set on a hard and fast sail to Hobart.  
 
“To win the race, we need to be smart about how we sail – making the right choice around King Island and making the most of the conditions when we sail up the Derwent. We will be working the boat hard, but one thing we know, when she’s off the wind, she’ll get up and boogie,” said McKay. (In the 2021 race, 80 percent of the fleet went west of King Island including eventual winner, Faster Forward, a rare feat in the race’s history books). 
 
The 435 nautical mile Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race, organised by the ORCV with the cooperation of the Derwent Sailing Squadron, starts off Portsea Pier at 12pm on 27 December.  
 
For people wanting to track the fleet, track the race here
The race starts at Portsea Pier at 12:00 Noon on the 27th December for anyone that wants to go down for the start of the race.

Photo Of The Week

How is this amazing photo of our keelboat fleet in the foreground of a container ship. It really does put into perspective the size of this ships.keel with ship

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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.

  • Tim, Julie and Sophie Pepperell
  • Sue Morrison
  • Simon Isherwood, Amber Maxwell, Jasmine Milton

What's On In December 

Get your festive gear on and come down to your local club for a Christmas catch up with great food and great friends.

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Rear Commodore's News

Hi members,
There’s lots going on regarding on water stuff. Firstly there’s a Change to Sailing Instructions again this week for OTB. Racing this Sunday will commence at 10.30am meaning the first warning signal will be 10.27am. This will allow us to sail 2 races, particularly good for those practicing for National Titles at Christmas. It also allows enough time to derive and be back at the club for the Annual Christmas Party immediately following racing in the clubhouse. 

Keelboat Changes Coming Soon

Following some discussions with Keel Boat Captain John Wemyss, we will be trialing some windward/leeward courses for Keel Boat Club Championship races. There will be more detail to follow, but trying to safely execute safe racing between Keel Boats and OTB is paramount. So to keep enough separation between both fleets, it was decided the safest way to finish races will be via a tower finish after completing a set windward/leeward course. The club will need to purchase some more buoy's and tackle. The proposed course will work well in anything from the South through to the North, however anything with off shore influence will not work. Look for a change to sailing instructions in the coming weeks.

Sail Training Committee

If you’ve been down at the club the last few weeks in the morning, the boat yard has been a hive of activity with young kids and families being given an introduction to sailing by three of our incredible junior members. Jess Lowe, Nick Meijer and Abbey Everett, on their own initiative (with backing from the EC) wanted to give back to the club and started their own “come try sailing” activity, with great success. the last couple of weeks has seen a dozen or so willing participants be totally engaged in the course being offered by our recently trained aforementioned juniors. Ably backed by Greg and Fiona Lowe, James Everett and some of the new member parents on Rhibs, these course offer an introduction to sailing and the club. Jess, Abbey and Nick have also put their hands up to join the training committee which will also include, Paul Fleming, Ewan Campbell and myself, to workshop a training structure for the club in season 2023/24. For now we are lucky to have and we should all be extremely grateful for the efforts that these kids have shown in filling a much needed gap in the clubs culture.

Yard Keys  

New keys are now available for the boat yard and change rooms. James Everett (Yardmaster) is always lurking in the boat yard with eftpos machine in hand to take your $50.00 bond for a registered key. Anyone who has a kayak or boat in the yard or would like a key for midweek access, will need to see James to access to yard from next week on. I need to remind all members that it is each and every member’s responsibility to ensure the boat yard is left secure, as all the gates, lights and flags were either left open, on and flying, after last Sunday 11th Dec. Please don’t leave it to others, particularly Snooks Catering whose responsibility is not to clean up after members in the yard.
 
Fair Winds!
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Off The Beach News

Hi Gang.
Well the weather forecast all week said ‘ No go for Sunday’. But as usually happens, what they predict doesn’t often come true. We ended up having a cracker of a day’s racing with winds not getting much above 15 knots for most of the afternoon. That being said, the Northerly wind pushed up a really BIG swell that made things interesting to say the least! Whereas last week the wind was so light that it was virtually impossible to catch a wave, this week it was impossible not to catch one. In fact Andrew ‘Doc’ Taylor caught one that he said was like “ launching off a vertical cliff” and unfortunately his default response was to sit on his tiller- good night Nurse! Likewise, Murray McNeil fell foul with the waves and broke the mast on his Laser, but still managed to sail back to shore. I was in on of the rhibs having a fine time with Bruce Mansfield and the ever reliable Norm Kaye, while the other was manned by Paul Fleming and his two able bodied daughters, Lucy and Annabelle. RO this week was Bill Manning, who set a great course under the watchful eye of Super Deirdre. 
 
Barring the breakages, we started out with 14 boats, which wasn’t a huge number but with the weather forecast was understandable . All those that stayed out said they had an awesome sail, to which I can confirm, as squeals of joy as the boats flew past had me regretting I wasn’t with them. At times the breeze dropped down enough to let the A class Cats foil safely and they were hootin’. Duncan McColl held it together enough to be the first Sabre across the line in both races- great job Dunc, make sure you tell Hamish! Also impressive to watch was Abbey E and Imogen M in their 420. As they flew past, ahead of Nick M and Riley E with Abbey fully stretched out on trapeze, belting out what I can only assume was another ABBA classic. Those dulcet tones changed to soggy gurgles though as a wayward wave put Abbey into an extra strong Lipton teabag and all we could see were her feet sticking out of the water! The force is strong with those two though, they were quickly going again and with a quick tack and screams of “STARBOARD”, there was no way they were letting the guys through!
 
I think the standout this week though goes to Finn Meijer, who with lack of crew to take out a 420, opted to sail an RS Tera instead. Now that’s not  exactly a big boat and Finn is not small, so there was not a lot of spare room and at times there wasn’t much sail above the waves as they got pretty big as the day wore on. Never the less, Finn battled on all day and sailed both races. I'm not sure how many times he tipped in, but he never gave up and it wasn’t until the last mark with one leg to finish that a fateful spill put him. Luckily Norm was keeping a good eye on him (I was still laughing at Abbey- sorry) and we were quickly there to help if needed. Finn managed to get his boat upright a couple of times but the wind had picked up again and he looked pretty spent, so we opted on the safe side and pulled both He and the Tera onto the rhib and delivered them to the beach. On the way in , a quick radio call to Geoff in the tower meant there were many hands ready on the beach to help out. A really gutsy effort Finn and my vote for sailor of the week (is that a thing?)
 
Ok, nearly done. I hope you all received the text and email letting you know about the early start this Sunday, 10.27 first warning, 10.30 start. This is to give everyone a chance to get cleaned up and into their gladrags for the SBSC Mighty Christmas Bash. Forget Carols by Candlelight, this is the one to be at! I’ve heard that Elton John, Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen might be performing this  year! That might be wrong, but would you really want to risk missing out ?
 
Cheers for now and see you Sunday, Pete Chippy

Try Sailing

And with that we had our final TrySailing session for the year! It has been amazing getting to meet so many new people and for most get them started on their sailing journey.
 
Many thanks to our participants: Winton, Grace, Xavier, Jamieson, Harrison, Lauren, Evan, Veronica, Jacob, Harvey and Sophie.
And a huge thanks to all the parents, who this wouldn’t be possible without.
 
Hope to see you all next year and Merry Christmas!
Abbey, Jess and Nick.
 

Keelboat News

Results:

Friday Twilight Pursuit (Race 10)
1st        Liberty Mark Watson
2nd Scamp David Phillips
3rd Christela Greg Clark
 
Margaret Hollamby Female Helm (Race 2)
1st                 Glenys Hitchen Christela                        
2nd Lori Wilson E’toile
3rd Jacki Bange Fransiska
 
Sunday Summer Series (Race 5)
1st PHD   Patriot         Jason Close         
1st AMS Patriot Jason Close
1st ORC Patriot Jason Close
 
Division 2:

Unfortunately Etoile was the sole Div. 2 boat this week and we strongly encourage other Div. 2 boats to join them to make it a race.

See full results here for the weekend. 

Thanks to everyone who helped out over the weekend – Sunday: the start boat crew, Amanda Malin and Graeme Ainslie in tower.  Friday night: we had our stalwarts in the tower (Amanda, Judy and Elaine) who are always there to set up, be race officer, process results – or all three!  And thanks to duty boat Amazing Grace and a new member to the club, Bruce Mansfield who also assisted in a busy tower that night.

This Week’s Races:

Friday 16 December – 
Fun Xmas Twilight Pursuit with Optional Spinnaker/Extras
First Warning Signal: 17.25H  Pursuit Start  
Tower: Race Officer: Elaine Nicholas
  Duty Boat: New Morning II
 
Please check your Friday Pursuit Time 
 

This week we have our last twilight for 2022 and it 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 4-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.  

To check your ‘normal’ start time, please click here Friday Pursuit Time and click on the ‘Entrants’ list for 16/12/22.

Sunday 18 December – Shark Bay Holiday Series (Race 1)
First Warning Signal: 09:55H  Combined Tower Start  
Tower: Race Officer: John Wemyss
  Tower Assistant: Anthea
  

The Shark Bay Holiday Series is a separate series consisting of six morning races over the festive season.  This Sunday (18 December) is the first race in the series and we have a first warning signal at 9:55H so that we can all have a great morning on the water and be back in time for the SBSC Christmas Celebrations and 2-Course Lunch at 2.00pm (free seating), please RSVP to David before 16 December.

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Off The Beach News

Howdy gang.
Funny old day on the water Sunday wasn't it? First up, a huge thank you to the great effort from the race team of RO Drew M, Asst RO Deirdre S (as always), rhib drivers and crews Rob Campbell, Simon Haslett, Steve Daniels and Ciaran Snooks. Also on board Start this week was new member, Bruce Mansfield (no, not that one!). Bruce came to us after 30 or so years of sailing and race management at Williamstown Yacht Club, where he is a Life Member and has many years of experience in course laying. He has expressed an interest in becoming a permanent member of the race crew, so please introduce yourselves to him and give him the ol' Safety Beach welcome.

Back to the day's racing. It was great to see a goodly number of boats on the water (23). Everyone had come out to enjoy the first decent bit of hot weather and say hello to our jet skiing friends, bless their noisy little hearts! After an early start to try and get an extra race in after missing out on the first day of the Club Championship, Drew needed to set the course a looong way out to accommodate an on water start for the Keelboats (it's not all about us ya know). As the club house disappeared over the horizon, I thought, "I'm not going to make the start here", but as usually happens when I don't have time to think and therefor bugger it up, I had my best start of the season! Pity I couldn't follow it up for the rest of the race.
 
Others fared much better, there was enough breeze to get the A class guys foiling and the bods in the 420s showed their speed to the Sabre team. Speaking of teams,Team Pink, in our VERY bright new rash vests compliments of Glenn L and his association with the Hawaiian World Championships, meant there was no chance of getting lost at sea. I think even Bruce's friends at Williamstown could see us!
 
After a very long first race, due to the long upwind leg for the keelboats, race two was shortened considerably and we all got around in enough time to line up for race three. The wind had held steady at 315 degrees with 5 to 8 knots all day and there was no need to alter the course so off we went again, except for those few ( smart ?) ones who had had enough fun for the day. Well, you can guess the outcome of course. As we all got as far out to sea as we possibly could, the breeze dropped to absolute zero as often happens on a hot day. And although the various Apps showed 17 knots at South Channel and Frankston, it simply refused to give us even the slightest puff in our corner. In the end we had to suffer the ultimate humiliation of a very long tow home. A couple of Tasars and 420s even had to endure the final shame of accepting a tow from some passing Life guards- on jet skis of all things!
 
All in all, two races is better than one and one race is better than none and a day on the water is better than one off the water, so we'll all be back next week. It was great to see Natasha Martin back on the water after the birth of her and Mike's daughter and I'm sure Ross will find a way to fit a baby seat in the back of their Tasar!
 
Ok, that's way too much waffling on for one week. See you all this Sunday back at our regular time of 13.57 first warning (2.00 PM start)
 
Cheers, Pete Chippy 

Try Sailing

Another great turnout for Safety Beach Try Sailing, we had around 10 kids and 1 adult. Great weather allowed some of our sailors to have a bit of fun capsizing and all smiles indicated that they enjoyed their time. Once again we had an amazing time with the kids in a Quest, Tera's and the RHIB all going at insanely fast speeds. Can’t wait to see you all next week!
This Sunday's session will be the last one for a while as we take some time for Christmas events. But please keep in touch with us if you are planning on coming to the club, and we might be able to throw you in a boat for some summer holidays fun. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Jess, Abbey, and Nick.
 
 

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Keelboat News

Results:

Friday Twilight Pursuit (Race 9)
1st        Friday Harbour Kon Cili
2nd 11.11 Tim Braukmann
3rd Liberty Mark Watson
 
Sunday Summer Series (Race 4)
1st PHD Marrakesh Neil Hawker
1st AMS Anthea John Wemyss
1st ORC Anthea John Wemyss
 
Division 2:
1st PHD Fransiska Peter Morrison
1st AMS E'toile John Gordon
 
See full results here for the weekend. 

Thanks to everyone who helped out over the weekend – Sunday: the start boat crew, Amanda Malin and Graeme Ainslie in tower.  Friday night: we had our stalwarts in the tower (Amanda, Judy and Elaine) who are always there to set up, be race officer, process results – or all three!  And thanks to duty boat Amazing Grace and a new member to the club, Bruce Mansfield who also assisted in a busy tower that night.

This Week’s Races:

Friday 2 December – Twilight Pursuit (Race 10) & Margaret Hollamby Female Helm (Race 2)
First Warning Signal: 17.25H  Pursuit Start  
Tower: Race Officer: Mark Bulka
  Duty Boat: Balance
 
Please check your Friday Pursuit Time 
The female helm series 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
  • Have fun!

Sunday 4 December – Club Championship #4

First Warning Signal: 09:55H  Combined Tower Start  
Tower: Race Officer: Ross Churcher
  Tower Assistant: Adagio
  
Get your crew together and head back to the club for dinner Friday night (book a table with David on 0439314179 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and after Sunday’s race for Tapas and Drinks.
 
MYC Navigators Trophy
Saturday 10 December - 9.00am start
 
SBSC boats are welcome to join in the MYC Navigators Trophy Race on Saturday 10 December starting from MYC at 9.00am.  If you are interested in joining this race, please check the MYC website for Sailing Instructions (and Special Sailing Instructions uploaded closer to the race).

ORCV News 

Ocean Sailing Events 

This year the Cock of the Bay race will run from Port Melbourne and will finish at Mornington. With already 70 entries into the race, we do expect this year to be a big fleet with interstate crews joining the race before they head off on the 50th Melbourne to Hobart the next day.  Please note, entries close on December 16th. The shorter distance will allow those not entered in the Hobart race or joining the Petersville regatta to enjoy a great day out on the water to work off those excesses of Christmas and allow time to sail home or to another location (other than BYS) in time for sunset drinks.

ORCV Rip Tour of Port Phillip Heads 

“The Rip” is the narrow entrance to Port Phillip, where underwater reefs limit the navigable entrance to just 0.6nm and provides a restricted tidal flow between the ocean and Port Phillip, where over 4,000 commercial vessels transit annually.  
Once a year, the ORCV runs an on-water tour from a large ferry looking at the navigation aids, tides, how to and which channels to use, radio protocols etc for a safe transit of the heads.
The tour runs inside the bay but travels around the head's region, and offers not only an educational experience but a great day on the water.  A great Christmas gift, learn more and book here Book your Rip Tour here.
 

Media Release

Last weekend's race and qualifier for the Melbourne to Hobart 6th December 2022
Ginan’s perfect start to a Summer of Offshore Racing. 
It was a clean sweep for co-skippers Nigel Jones and Cam McKenzie on their J111 yacht ‘Ginan’ in the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s (ORCV) West Offshore Products Coastal Sprint 2, where thirty yachts enjoyed what could only be described as a perfect summer’s day of sailing in Bass Strait. 
“The race was good preparation for us all in the lead up to Melbourne to Hobart Westcoaster” said McKenzie “allowing us to get into the swing of things, hunting down the bigger leading boats, as we worked hard on sail trim and sailing tactically to the boat polars.”   
“We’d noticed pre-race, that the pin end showed effects of an adverse current, with the tide through the heads still running strongly,” said McKenzie. “Our decision to start closer to the shore and shallows and out of the current gave us a lead over the fleet who stuck to the middle of the channel, as we edged ahead of Walton’s, Reichel Pugh 46 ‘Hartbreaker’ to clear Port Phillip Heads first.” 
“The conditions were ideal for the J111, for its ratio of sail to wetted surface area.” McKenzie went on “Soon as we were clear of the heads, we moved to the A1.5 which is great for sub 10 knots and hardened up to the turning mark swapping only to the code zero when the breeze started to move just prior to the mark.” 
“We’ve got some great experience onboard Ginan today” said McKenzie “with five of the seven crew sailing together in the 1999 Westcoaster race on Cadibarra 7. A great race and tactics and introduction for my nineteen-year-old son Will to see, for his first offshore race.” 
“A little surprised to claim third on AMS and 2nd on ORC” explained Mark Welsh skipper of the Beneteau First 40, ‘Wicked’.  “Wicked is quite heavy and normally isn’t suited for light wind, reaching conditions.”   “The winds were as predicted, moving from N to NE and finally SE as we changed between spinnaker, code zero and finally to the jib.  We were lucky to reach the turning mark just prior to the winds changing to the SE and building to 15 knots, with our symmetrical spinnaker it was then one gybe as we pushed the angle right to the finishing gate.” 
“The well-behaved Bass Strait, gave us that run to ensure everything worked,” said Mark, “as we prepare for the upcoming Westcoaster”. 
The results are just “icing on the cake” commented Alex Toomey, skipper of the Sayers 12 ‘Ryujin’ still buzzing after a great race where they pushed hard all day soaking up the joy of just being back on the ocean again and claiming 2nd on AMS.   
Most of the fleet using this last race to fine-tune or complete their qualifying passage.  They now set their sights on the 50th Melbourne to Hobart ‘Westcoaster’ which starts midday on December 27th
Top 3 Results being: 
AMS 1st Ginan (M111), 2nd Ryujin (1570), 3rd Wicked (SM4) 
ORC 1st Ginan, 2nd Wicked, 3rd Alien (R880) 
PHS 1st Ryujin, 2nd Ginan, 3rd Hartbreaker (B330) 
DH: 1st Xenia (SM1250) 
Line Honours Extasea (G10007) 
 
Spinnakers filled as the fleet race through the heads.
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