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Safety Beach Sailing Club NEWS 19th April 2023

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Rear Commodore Mutterings

Dear members,

Following the very successful appointment of Matilda Richardson as coach of our youth in the 420’s, I’m really pleased to announce that the training committee has secured Matilda’s services for the 2023/24 season to again trail the 420’s around the course to help improve their skills and knowledge. Our 420 fleet has grown to 8 and we are likely to have another one join us for next season. Obviously the coaching isn’t free and the training committee is seeking funding to help pay for Matilda’s services next season. This year we used the funds given by the Lions club (2.5k)to help support this program. The training committee firmly believe that the best way to engage and retain our youth is through coaching and we want to continue to build on the momentum moving forward but we also realise that funds must come from outside of club funds to justify this program. If you read this and feel you’d like to sponsor this program please contact me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. We are seeking $5k funding per year to continue this vital aspect of our club.

The club is an accredited Australian Sailing School and for many years we haven’t made the most of this accreditation. The training committee is looking to revive tackers courses for next year and give our accredited youth the opportunity to use their skills and give them a pathway to earn a few bucks and give the club the resources to gain avenues to new members. There is still much work to do in this space but we have made a pretty good start and we are confident that we can expand on our grass roots approach to training. If you’d like to help us source funds for our programs, please contact me on the above address.

Cheers, Mono.

Dredging

Dredging in the channel inside Martha Cove will commence on or about the 26^th April. There will be a dredge in the channel inside from the Coast Guard boat down to the second set of pens. Pipes will be running out of the marina to pump the sand. There will also be some equipment in the rigging area for a short period of time. The dredging is expected to go on for a month but should not inhibit yachts entering and exiting the marina.

Off The Beach News

Peter was unable to submit his report this week for the enews, so I will have a go for him!

The weather was not on our side this week. Wind gusts of 35 knots made it very easy for Geoff to call racing off for the day. The juniors still had some onshore coaching from Matilda and then took off for a swim in the shore breaks. Some members were witness to an unfortunate incident when Zac Lowe fell into the water and landed head first onto a rock. Zac spend a few hours in the emergency department and received 6 stitches for his troubles. Zac is happily on the mend and is brewing an awesome scar just above his forehead.

If your were around the club over the weekend, you may have been lucky enough to catch up with the Thompson Family, who were back on Oz for a brief moment. Sadly the wind was not ideal for Owen to get back onto a sailboat, but that didn't stop him hitting the water for some long awaited salt on his skin. Karin and Scott got their fix of club life on Friday night and were treated to an amazing sunset that most of us take for granted. Thanks for the visit guys, we wish you a safe flight home to Switzerland.

A few of our juniors are off to the Victorian Youth State Championships this weekend in Sorrento. The club wish them all the best and look forward to Abbey Everett's review next week. For more information on this regatta, click here.

See you over the weekend, Fiona

Karin and Fiona enjoying the sunset

Keelboat News

This Weeks Race:

Sunday 23 April – Sunday Summer Series (Race 11)

First Warning Signal:	09:55H Combined Tower Start
	Race Officer:	Amanda Malin
	Tower Assistant:	Lynlee Coutts

Skipper & Crew Meeting

NEW DATE – Sunday 30 April 2023 – 10.00am at the club

We look forward to seeing you all at this meeting on Sunday 30 April, prior to the 1.00pm Club Championship Race.

Your attendance is very important as the focus will be to update you all on the new Sailor App. The App will be implemented for all Keelboat Races through winter (in parallel with Top Yacht), and then ongoing into next summer season (replacing the Top Yacht system).

Like many other Apps, Sailor App is user friendly, and all skippers will be required to use the App when racing to:

enter a race (sign-on)
access the course number
get your individual boat’s countdown clock
update your boat/crew information
access results

The aim of this Skippers and Crew Meeting is to get you ‘up and running’ with the App and answer any questions, as we make this transition to a more streamlined racing system. Further information (including the first step of downloading the App) will follow prior to the meeting.

ORCV News

70th Anniversary Apollo Bay – Saturday May 27th

"Sail in company" in the season finale Ocean Race and be part of history and join this 70th-anniversary race. This popular category 3 event is a short coastal race starting off Queenscliff and is an ideal race for those new to try ocean sailing. Stay over and enjoy Apollo Bay. https://www.orcv.org.au/apollo-bay-about-the-race

ORCV Training

Winter is a great time to build your skills and increase your knowledge. There’s a range of courses on: Navionics, fundamentals of navigation, bowman essentials, practical hands-on radio workshop and safety and sea survival courses. Click out the options here https://www.orcv.org.au/calendar/orcv-training-calendar

Double Handed & Team Racing – Sunday May 21st

The most fun you have sailing is how some see short-handed sailing. The course travels across the bay and has longer legs to allow for variety and experience when sailing short-handed. Sail as part of a team entry or as an individual boat, entries are open here https://www.orcv.org.au/double-handed-about-the-race

Save The Date

First Aid and CPR Course 7th May. Pricing and details to follow.

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Club Merchandise

Club Merchandise is now ready for order. Contact Marg Fleming on her email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to discuss your options. The youth t-shirts (with names on them) will have another order put in soon, so if you missed out on first round orders, please contact Marg to make sure you get one in the next batch, which will be processed by end of March. These t-shirts have been a hit with the juniors and will be great to wear to regatta's etc.

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Photo Of The Week

Hidden Harbor just after sunset 13th April, taken by Fiona Lowe

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Safety Beach Sailing Club NEWS 12th April 2023

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Off The Beach News

Lake Boga Easter Regatta 2023

This years convoy to Lake Boga, just 15km shy of Swan Hill, on the shores of the immaculately grassed lake was bigger than ever. An estimated 50 members converged on the Lake Boga Yacht Club (LBYC) for their annual Easter regatta. The attraction of this regatta is that it is generally 4-5 degrees warmer than Melbourne, dry and offers all that you could wish for when going to a sailing regatta. The convenience of camping next to the lake, your boat just a stone throw away from what is now a permanently full lake. The LBYC offers such wonderful country hospitality and this year the sailing was the highlight.

With a cold front sweeping across the state in time for Easter, this was a fair departure from the balmy high 20’s to low 30’s of the previous 10 years, with sketchy wind that always delivered an unexpected lay day. This year however we were treated to rain for the first time in 10 years (albeit just 4mm on Good Friday) and solid south - south- westerly breezes ranging from 10-30knts. On flat water, this provided all sailors with some exciting reaching opportunities. A 7 race regatta was achieved, with all races being sailed to full distance. On the South side of the lake, the catamaran fleet was separated from the monohull fleet to the North of the Lake, and just as well as the foiling cats and IQ Foiling Boards were buzzing around, taking out unsuspecting Optimist Dinghy Sailors and Carp en route to their respective start lines. The Saturday morning back to back races were taxing for the entire fleet, with many of the 90 strong fleet opting to take a breather on Sunday morning. The sailing was tight and well contested over both fleets with the Safety Beach Sailing Club contingent ( 20% of the total fleet) coming up trumps in a few divisions.

Congratulations to the following members (and a soon to be new member) David Brewer 1st in the big Cats Bill Manning 1st in Sabre Division 4 Mark and Oliver Bulka in Tasar Division 8 Liv/Gary Cameron 1st 420 Class (soon to be new members) It was great to see such a large youth turnout from our club, in fact we were the only club with such a youth contingent, all get along and have fun.

The parents of this group organised mass catering for the three nights including Paella on the Friday night (it’s fair to say that maybe we’re all going to hell, as there was not a bit of seafood to be seen in that Paella), Lamb Gyros and Souvlakis on the Saturday Night and the mother of all grazing tables on Sunday night. Bring on a warmer 2024 with an even larger Safety Beach Sailing Club turnout!

Cheers Mono

Keelboat News

This Weeks Race:

Sunday 16 April – Club Championship Series (Race 9)

First Warning Signal:	13:25H Boat Start
	Race Officer:	Elaine Nicholas
	Tower Assistant:	Graeme Ainslie

Skipper & Crew Meeting

NEW DATE – Sunday 30 April 2023 – 10.00am at the club

We look forward to seeing you all at this meeting on Sunday 30 April, prior to the 1.00pm Club Championship Race.

Like many other Apps, Sailor App is user friendly, and all skippers will be required to use the App when racing to:

enter a race (sign-on)
access the course number
get your individual boat’s countdown clock
update your boat/crew information
access results

Save The Date

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

Club Merchandise

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Beach Cleanup

Our APRIL beach clean is on Sunday 16th April 9.00am at the beachside carpark opposite BP.

Please come down and help out for an hour and maybe join us for a coffee afterwards.

Photo Of The Week

Sunrise at Lake Boga taken by Jen Graham

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Safety Beach Sailing Club NEWS 5th April 2023

New Members

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

Nick and Cathie Wareham
Jenny Conti
Asbjorn Pedersen

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kezra

Off The Beach News

Hi there Gang, not a lot to report on this week I'm afraid.

Sunday started out nice and sunny with very little wind in the morning, but the breeze picked up a bit in the afternoon. Not a howling gale that's for sure, but enough to get a couple of races in. With Geoff E away officiating at another regatta, Ross M, AKA 'The Cisco Kid', stepped in as RO for the day. Now Ross runs a pretty tight ship so it was not a good idea to leave the beach too late as the first race started bang on time.

We started the day with good old course 5 and it was nice to have a triangle or two again to get those screaming reaches going ( a little bit of wishful thinking there ). A fairly steady breeze kept the fleet of 20 boats bunched up in there respective divisions for most of the race and in Div 2, a trio of young guys from Greg's Green Fleet in one of the Quests even managed to keep on the same leg as Bill M,the Gingerbread Man. These guys have only sailed a couple of times, but even managed to get the kite up and down without any major problems. I'm putting that down to the excellent coaching they are getting in the morning.

With the course length set nicely for a 30 minute race, the last boat had barely crossed the finish line when the flags went up for race two, and it started off much the same as race one- until. Yep, there's always an 'until', and this one came in the form of a bunch of holes all over the course just waiting to swallow up the unwary sailor. It was nothing to be zipping happily along only to come to a dead stop while you watched your compadres, not 50 metres away, sail along oblivious to your plight. The crowning glory of these holes came in the second half of the race with a bunch of Div two boats all coming around the bottom mark all falling in a really big flat spot then watching Gingerbread Bill half way up the course hiking out on a 30 degree lift! The breeze finally caught up to them only to leave them motionless right next to the top mark. The next batch hauled them in only to have another 30 degree shift bugger up their passing manoeuvre big time.

On finally making around the mark, Mark Lawrence, sitting comfortably on station in Woodsy, was heard to offer up some encouragement with, "Tough day at the office boys!" Always the master of the understatement is Mark. With two races under the belt and the breeze fading a bit, Ross pointed us to the shore for an early day to let those heading up to Lake Boga plenty of time to pack their bags.

Other things of note was the return of Campbell and Emma M after Campbell's fall and six broken ribs edging out Greg and James in the Tasars and Taipan Tony borrowing an A class cat to try a different method of not going around the buoys. Hmm, A class Tony just doesn't have the same ring to it though.

Many thanks to this weeks race team of Ross and Deirdre on Start, Mark L and Nick M in Woodsy and Rob F with Jess L in Sutherland. With Nick and Jess on duty and most of the other 420s away at the Schools Racing at Mornington, Zac and Finn got some pretty good one on one coaching from Matilda in the white rhib coach boat. She was also helping out the other 'Greenies' where ever she saw the need. I'm hoping to get a Bio up on Matilda to introduce her to the rest of the members who may not have had the pleasure of meeting her yet.

That's enough for now, have a great Easter. And to those of you lucky buggers heading off to Boga, I hope the Bluebird of Happiness turns into an emu and kicks yer dunny down!

Cheers, Pete Chippy

School Sailing States

Hi Everyone, it is Abbey.

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

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

Keelboat News

This Weeks Results:

Friday Fun Twilight Pursuit (31 March)

1st	E’toile	John Gordon
2nd	New Morning II	Gordon Thomas
3rd	Marrakesh	Neil Hawker

Sunday Summer Series Race 10 (2 April)

Division 1:

1st PHD	Vamonos	Nick Jones
1st AMS	Vincitore	Peter Russell
1st ORC	Vincitore	Peter Russell

Sunday Summer Series Race 10 (2 April)

Division 2:

1st PHD	Rells	Mal Winder
1st AMS	E’toile	John Gordon

Remaining program for April:

Sunday 16 April Skippers & Crew Meeting (10.00am)

Club Championship Race (1.30pm)

Sunday 23 April Sunday Summer Series Race (10.00am)

Sunday 30 April Club Championship Race (1.30pm)

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Save The Date

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

Club Merchandise

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Beach Cleanup

Our APRIL beach clean is on Sunday 16th April 9.00am at the beachside carpark opposite BP.

Please come down and help out for an hour and maybe join us for a coffee afterwards.

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

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Safety Beach Sailing Club NEWS 29th March 2023

Enews Emails

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

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Off The Beach News

Hey Guys and Gals.

Great sailing last Sunday for those that took the chance on the breeze coming in. After a change in racing for the keelboats, where they were going to have an on water start with a 2.5 nautical mile (5 km) windward return course with the upwind mark set by one of our rhibs, and a shared start line with the OTB fleet (not at the same time!), the wind direction put a stop to that. As it was an offshore breeze, that meant the bottom mark start line would have been 5 Km's off shore !!! "No way Jose", said RO Geoff. So the keelboat gang settled for a tower start, and quite a spectacle it was, as they all seemed to be bunched up about 50 metres off the shore and traveling very slowly along the beach. I'll bet there are some great photos taken from the deck.

They all got away eventually and a small shiver of wind came in to tempt the die hard OTB's off the beach. Bill Manning jumped into a 420 with Abby Everett which left His rocket ship Sabre languishing on the beach all rigged up with nowhere to go. So not to let a chance to drive a Sabre much faster than mine, I pounced on Bill's offer to take it out for a spin. It wasn't so quick after all; it took half an hour to get out to the start line! That being the case, the twenty or so boats out there were treated to a absolute floater for race one. The little breeze that was there seemed to be constantly changing it's mind, "Do I want to blow this way? Do i want to blow that way? Or do I just want to sit on the beach and not blow at all?" Honestly, that wind could have been a politician, it just did not want to commit to anything solid! We finally got a finish at around 60 minutes race time, very close to being timed out. Remember your sailing instructions; 60 minutes time limit for the first boat of each class, then the rest have 10 minutes to finish. After that it's bad luck Chuck, try again next race!

After the obligatory pause to rearrange the marks, miracle of miracles, the wind picked right up and even stayed reasonably true to the course! So with that, race two was a cracker. Well, it was compared to race one anyway, and Bills rocket ship even fired up it's second stage and showed me what it could really do when I stopped trying to tell it which way to go. All agreed it was much better to have the good race second rather than have good first race followed by a floater and then that looong trip back to the beach. Or even worse, a tow home, oh the shame!

Our champion Race Team this week of the always laughing Geoff Eldridge, the ever popular Deirdre Snooks, Andrew Mono Martin and Rob Campbell, was augmented with the effervescent Charlie Mackie steering Woodsy for Mono and newish member, David Jones helping out Rob in Sutherland. David is one of the Keelboat gang and he was kind enough to offer his services as the original keelboat course called for a fair commitment from the rhib crew to lay that outer mark and still be back in time to set the OTB course, then go back out to retrieve that mark at the end of the day. As it was, he was called upon to help out with some of the newbies in their first time out on the race course. As they found themselves a bit out of their depth, Dave was on hand with some valuable coaching to set them straight. Thanks Dave, if "Empara" is ever laid up in dry dock ,you are always welcome to come out with us.

This Sunday is the last sail before Easter and guest RO will be Ross Martin. Ross is bound to set a great course so be sure to get amongst it. As there is no sailing over Easter, this will be your last chance to sail for a couple of weeks (unless you are one of the lucky buggers going to Lake Boga!)

OK, as I've managed as usual to fill two pages with very little sailing content, I'll sign off now and see you all on Sunday. Cheers, Pete Chippy

"I'll bet there are some great photos taken from the deck", there sure was!!!

Lake Boga Easter Regatta

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

SBSC Juniors at Lake Boga Regatta 2022

Keelboat News

This Weeks Results:

Friday Twilight Pursuit Race (24 March)

1st	E’toile	John Gordon
2nd	D’etente	Roy Ashcroft
3rd	Amity	David Mason

Twilight Pursuit Series #2

Last Friday was the final race of Series #2. Congratulations to Rob Rainsford and crew on Yknot who took out first place, closely followed in 2^nd place by Crowded House, and Ghost in 3^rd place.

Margaret Hollamby Female Helm Series

This summer we had 14 yachts compete in the Female Helm Series over three twilight races. Glenys Hitchen (helming on Christela) took out 1^st place in Race 3 last Friday night. Overall, Jacqui Bange on Fransiska was the Series Winner, followed by Glenys Hitchen and Fiona Jones tied for 2^nd place. Congratulations to all.

Sunday Club Champs (26 March)

No Div. 1 finishers in time limit

Sunday Club Champs (26 March)

Division 2:

1st PHD	Rells	Mal Winder
1st AMS	E’toile	John Gordon

Many thanks to Di Jackson (RO) and the Patriot crew who were on tower duty Friday night, and Amanda Malin (RO) and Empara on Sunday. Click here for full results.

This Weeks Race:

Friday 31 March – Fun Twilight Pursuit (with optional Spinnaker/extras)

First Warning Signal:	17:25H Pursuit Start
Tower	Race Officer:	Elaine Nicholas
	Duty Boat:	Anthea

Please note that the fun twilight races are not part of the normal Friday Pursuit Series, so your start time may vary. Please CLICK HERE to check your pursuit time specific to this Friday’s race (Race 3).

This fun race is the perfect opportunity to get the Spinnaker out. If you elect to run an extra sail, please notify the Tower when signing on for the race on VHF 69 and add 3-minutes to your nominated start time. If you need any assistance, please send us an email at

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It’s the last twilight for the 22/23 Summer Season, so it would be great to see lots of sailors back at the club for dinner. Bookings are essential with David on 0439 314 179.

Sunday 2 April – Sunday Summer Series (Race 10)

** Daylight Savings Ends **

First Warning Signal:	09:55H Tower Start
Tower	Race Officer:	Tim Bardon
	Tower Assistant:	Elaine Nicholas

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Photo Of The Week

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

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Safety Beach Sailing Club NEWS 22nd March 2023

New Members

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

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

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Off The Beach News

Hey there OTB Gang, how did you enjoy last Sunday's racing?

Although I did promise fair winds and sunshine, at least we got the fair winds. An on water start for the keelboats meant the race team was out early to set the start marks for the big boats and it was quite a sight to see them all heading off into the distance. Ours was a much closer thing, just near the mussel farm, and that's far enough for this little black duck to wander away from the beach.

We had a good sized fleet this week with 23 boats competing. Well, 22 plus Taipan Tony who still managed to make it around the course without actually going around any of the marks! Having said that though, there were several Sabres that thought they had finished race one but forgot that course two is an upwind finish and were happily doodling around waiting for the next race until it was pointed out they, err, we, hadn't finished yet. And as you only have 10 minutes from the first boat crossing the line to get a score, they, err, we, had better pull our collective fingers out!

Now 23 boats is not too bad, but what makes it better is that we had that number without any Tasars, were still down a few Sabres and half of the regular A Class guys. The rigging yard was full of happy campers setting up at the start of the day and it was a really great atmosphere. A lot of this, I'm sure, is due to the exuberance of youth, with our group of dedicated 420 sailors fresh from their success in the State titles held at SBSC the week before. The 420 numbers are growing each week, and this week we had potential new members, Father and Son, James and Nathan Anderson. James hasn't sailed for 20 years, so he was a bit rusty and even fell out at one stage which led to one of Greg L and James E's fifth rescues of the day as the trusty 420 sailed on with complete newbie Nathan in full panic mode. Talking to James A afterward, he said they loved every minute ( not so sure about Nathan, but he'll come around ).

This week was a Club Championship race and RO Geoff set two windward-Leeward courses in wind that varied from 5 to 15 knots with lots of swings for our sailing pleasure. Now, I don't know if you have been checking the scores on the Sailor app lately, but with only a potential four Championship races left, the series is wide open with the regular Champs nowhere to be seen. So it's not to late to make a charge for the podium and get your name forever etched onto that big shiny cup. Even Taipan Tony could do it if he can just figure out those marks, well maybe next year!

That's about it for this week, many thanks to Geoff and Deirdre on Start, Andrew Mono Martin, Aurelia Martin and Rob C in Woodsy and the Dynamic Duo, Greg L and James E in Sutherland. James said afterward that they had such a ball herbing around helping people that they want to do rhib duty every week as its much more fun than watching Ross and Mono's sterns all the time!
( I know I'll pay for that wisecrack )

Cheers for now, see you all on Sunday for a 2 pm start. Pete Chippy

Junior Sail Training

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

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Lake Boga Easter Regatta

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

Wintersail 2023

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

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Australian Masters Games 2023

Love Sailing? Then read on………………………..

The Australian Masters Games are coming to Adelaide and our Games Village will be in the heart of the city at Festival Plaza. The Australian Masters Games (AMG) is a week-long festival of sport that brings together weekend warriors from around Australia, and the world, to enjoy an extensive sporting and social program at the spiritual home. This year the games run from 7 – 14^th October and Sailing registrations are now open.

Entry is open to competitors 30+ years of age.

Want to get your club involved? Please see attached flyer for more details and register for VIP GOLD benefits now:

https://australianmastersgames.com/sport/sailing/

Keelboat News

Junior Keelboat Night

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

This Weeks Results:

Friday Twilight Pursuit (17 March)

1st	Patriot	Jason Close
2nd	Ghost	Glenn Collings
3rd	Unprecedented	Andrew McGrath

Thanks to Race Officer Elaine Nicholas and Duty Boat L’etoile for their time in the tower on Friday night.

Sunday Club Champs (19 March)

Division 1:

1st PHD	Vamonos	Nick Jones
1st AMS	Mr Bojangles	Pauline Cleaver
1st ORC	Mr Bojangles	Pauline Cleaver

Sunday Club Champs (19 March)

Division 2:

1st PHD	Fransiska	Peter Morrison
1st AMS	E’toile	John Gordon

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

This Weeks Race:

Friday 24 March – Twilight Pursuit & Female Helm

First Warning Signal:	17:25H Pursuit Start
Tower	Race Officer:	Di Jackson
	Duty Boat:	Patriot

This is the last race of the Margaret Hollamby Female Helm Series, which is held in conjunction with our normal Friday Pursuit Race, so all yachts are welcome to sail on Friday night – with or without a female helm. The rules are:

When signing on for the race with the tower on VHF 69, please advise that the yacht will be entering the Female Helm Series, and provide the name of the nominated female helm.
Helming is not restricted to one female during the race.
If not a member of SBSC, we ask that they register for a Sail Pass at no charge. Sail Passes are available here

Please check your pursuit time here

Sunday 26 March – Club Championship Series (Race 8)

First Warning Signal:	13:25H Boat Start
Tower	Race Officer:	Amanda Malin
	Duty Boat:	Empara

As communicated to skippers last week, we are trialling a modified windward / leeward course for the Club Championship race this Sunday. The Special Course Sheet is on the website (or click here)

Key points:

Boat start line position will remain unchanged for both KBs and the OTBs racing that day
The finish will be Tower / Green pile, after rounding Yellow pile (to minimise interactions with OTB fleet)
OTB course area will be located between start and KB bottom gate
The number of laps varies for Div. 1 and Div. 2
Course will only be used if winds are on-shore winds. (If off-shore wind then course number will change)
This is a pilot trial and feedback is welcome

Brass Monkey Winter Pursuit Series

The BMWP Series program is now available on the website (click here).

The Winter Series races are held fortnightly on Sunday mornings – running from 21 May to 10 September (with scheduled resail on 17 September).

Thanks to everyone volunteering their time to help in the tower over winter – both Race Officers and Assistants – so we can all get our winter sailing fix!

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Safety Beach Sailing Club NEWS 15th March 2023

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420 States Report

Hi everyone, it is Abbey.

Safety Beach just held the 420 State titles on the weekend! Overall, the regatta had perfect weather conditions, ranging from a few nail bitting gusts to the feeling of moving backwards. A huge thank you to Erik for building this regatta up from scratch as it ran perfectly and was so much fun! Hats off to the RO, Geoff, for putting on wonderful weather and setting an amazing course. Thank you to Bill Manning, Drew Mattingley, Mark Lawrence, Andrew Clark, Peter Chipperfield and Deirdre Snooks for being on the support and start boat, and thanks to everyone in the tower. Thank you to Matilda Richardson and Stuart Richardson for their supreme coaching. Many thanks to David Snooks and his Catering staff for their wonderful dinner on Sunday night and the canteen service. I believe that DOUGHNUT BALLS should be mandatory on the menu because they were delicious. Special thanks to all of the parents for supporting all the kids throughout the weekend!

Overall, eleven 420s were out on the water and twelve races were completed. Here are the results:

· Nick Meijer and Jessica Lowe placed 2nd overall and 1st in the Mixed Teams.

· Abbey Everett and Matthew Whitaker came 5th overall and won Most Improved.

· Aurelia Martin and Kristen Koutsimpiris came 8th overall and 3rd in the Female Teams.

· Zac Lowe and Finn Meijer came 10th overall and 3rd in the Male Teams.

Now for the detailed events (my favourite part as they include lots of exclamation marks!!!!!). On the first day, light winds did not hold back NICK AND JESS AS THEY CAME 1ST IN A RACE! They were absolutely FLYING, so congratulations on this gigantic achievement. Nick and Jess were able to wear the bright blue second place bibs for the entire regatta. Kristen kicked off the regatta with her signature handstand on trapeze. Zac and Finn also pulled out their brand new red spinnaker which I got the privilege to touch (and I even held back the strong urge to sabotage them, so I am very proud of my restraint).

The second day brought a lot more wind and the 420s were a sight to see. I really should have called protest on Nick and Jess because they were so far in front of everyone else that they must have magical powers of teleportation or a motor under their boat. The funniest part of the day was when someone told all of the juniors that dinner was ready and we all literally ran up the stairs! If only we had that determination to get to the start line in the races as we did to get to the front of the buffet cue, we could all be Olympians!

Before the races on the last day, Zac had a MAGNIFICENT fall out of the boat due to faulty toe ropes, with the boat only saved from capsizing by Finn frantically uncleating the jib. Everyone competed extremely well this day. On the other hand, due to a 720 penalty (my second one of the regatta) on the start line, I came dead last in the last race of the regatta! This was of course on purpose, as I was letting people beat me because I am a nice person. Although, I do not believe Chippy and Bill with ever let me forget it (Chippy, I can sense you laughing at me). After much cheering in the presentations, the regatta was complete! There is really something special about holding a regatta at your own club.

Thanks for reading my OTB report that somehow turned into an 700 word essay and I look forward to seeing everyone this weekend for Club Championship. Racing starts at 2pm, however, try sailing for juniors will be running in the morning with Greg Lowe, so bring all of your kids/grandkids in the morning for a fun sailing adventure. I will sign off by saying that I would really appreciate if everyone in Div 2 either capsizes or crashes into buoys on Sunday so I can win, thanks.

Kristen Koustsimpiris up to her tricks again!

OTB Captains Report

Howdy OTB gang.

Well as you've probably already read in other reports, the 420 State titles were a howling success. This was as much to do with the exceptional race Management and the fantastically dedicated parents as it was to the group of very talented young sailors from ours and other Clubs.

These parents should be justifiably proud of their kids, but rightfully proud of themselves as well for supporting and encouraging their charges to keep going in a sport that is simultaneously healthy, environmentally friendly and inclusive in all ways. It was great to see all the competitors talking and mucking about together both on the water and off, without any of the nastiness or big headedness you see in some other sports, just kids having fun. This is a credit to the parents, as the apple doesn't fall far from the tree and it seems like we've got a pretty good orchard.

I won't go too much as I'm sure Abbey will have written a cracking report with all the juicy details and thanking all the people involved ( and there were a lot!).

Now as of this week, there are only seven, yes, SEVEN ! sailing Sundays left, not counting Easter at Lake Boga. "That can't be right!" I hear you say, and I sure hope I've miscounted. But the simple fact is, if you haven't got your bum wet yet or at least slightly damp, you are running out of time in a hurry. The last few weeks have had some glorious sailing days and there are more to come. So come on out, join in with these youngsters who are giving us oldies a run for our money and some of that youthful exuberance is bound to rub off. You can't buy that stuff, even though Big Pharma is trying to. Come to SBSC and get it for free!

That's enough of my waffle for now, see you all on Sunday for a 2.00 start in perfect sunshine and 12-15 knots of breeze.

Cheers, Pete Chippy

Junior Sail Training

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

Lake Boga Easter Regatta

Lake Boga Sunrise. If you don't get up for this view, you're either hungover or dead!!!

Keelboat News

This Weeks Results:

Friday Twilight Pursuit (10 March)

1st	Crowded House	Dave Lorimer
2nd	Scamp	David Phillips
3rd	Balance	Mark Bulka

Thanks to Race Officer Elaine Nicholas and Duty Boat L’etoile for their time in the tower on Friday night.

Sunday Summer Series (Race 9)

Light winds, no finishers

Click here for full results.

This Weeks Race:

Friday 17 March – Twilight Pursuit & Junior Crew Night

First Warning Signal:	17:25H Pursuit Start
Tower	Race Officer:	Di Jackson
	Duty Boat:	L’etoile

It will be great to see some of our younger club members out on keelboats for Junior Crew Night. Thank you to those skippers who have kindly offered to take them aboard to experience keelboat racing.

Please check your pursuit time here

With the club celebrating St Patrick’s Day, it is strongly suggested that any sailors heading back to the club for a meal on Friday night book with David (0439 314 179) as it will be a busy (fun!) night at the club. All welcome.

Brass Monkey Winter Pursuit Series

The BMWP Series program is now available on the website (click here).

The Winter Series races are held fortnightly on Sunday mornings – running from 21 May to 10 September (with scheduled resail on 17 September).

Thanks to everyone volunteering their time to help in the tower over winter – both Race Officers and Assistants – so we can all get our winter sailing fix!

SBSC Cruise To Geelong

Eight boats participated in the Safety Beach to Geelong Cruise - Catamarans Whiskers, Vivant and Baruch and monos Christela, Summer Breeze, Joint Venture, Lumiere and Lunasea. What a fabulous weekend - great to have such a good turn out and to meet others in the club.

Our home for the weekend was the wave attenuator adjacent to Geelong yacht club called Wangin Walk. It's worth noting that you can tie up there at any time - it's under the control of the yacht club - and it can accommodate any number of boats. The weather certainly complied with the only complaint being that the wind was very light on the way across on Saturday but most boats managed a sail at the end. The venue for dinner - Wharf Shed - right opposite the wave wall proved to be a perfect choice as it accommodated us all and service was excellent. Sunday was spent independently exploring Geelong then another motor/sail on Monday back to the club. The wind sprang up from the SSE during the afternoon and gave us a fantastic sail back on the last leg.

In all, a very successful social event. If you missed the cruise this time, look out for the next one later in the year - possibly to Docklands.

Terry Jones

Cruise Coordinator

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