Hi Everyone , Yes its been a very wet week starting on Sunday with absolutely wild wind and rain making pretty uncomfortable packing up all the gear but thanks to Scott , Kelly , Ross , Taylah Daniel Charlie and me we managed to put everything away and even get the powerboats out of the water ., no washing required !
My usual coaching sessions on monday , tuesday and wednesday also cancelled due to a combination of rain , wind and absolutely filthy water conditions but its all looking good for this weekend with a return to blue skies >
We will be having a teaching session in our canteen this Sunday morning in response to enquiries by parents asking how they can help and it will include  training on our coffee machine as its an integral part of its past successes , The training will be carried out by Casey evens who is a fully qualified barista operaator , so thank you Casey for volunteering to help .

8.30 Sunday Juniors :
You guessed it despite the threatening weather we still had 15 keen young sailors sign on for their sunday sailing fix and we soon had a mix of Tera,s and Bic Skiffs rigged and on the beach ready to sail.
Charlie was again in charge of the briefing as he only has a couple of weeks to go before he sits for his full instructors certificate so practice is essential .
The winds were from the n to n/e at around 4/8 knots which really tested our new bic sailors with them all struggling a bit as its the most wind they have ever sailed in Bic so every mistake was punished with collisions and capsizes but that part of the game right guys ! The Tera sailors didnt fair much better either but with a lot of coaching from the shore and powerboat everyone was coming to grips by the end with a lot of smiling but tired sailors returning to shore . The return to shore timing was perfect as the winds picked up to 8/15 knots with some nasty gusts mixed in and considering the average age is 8 it was a good call.
10.30 am Youth Training
With conditions becoming a bit testing we only had two Lasers and one bic out on the water and for linc in the bic for only his second session it was a definite challenge but he did well in winds gusting 16 knots . Ross and Taylah in lasers struggled with the nasty gusts as we had set a course with close reach and broad reach runs . There were lots of roundups and the occassional swim which was all about the mainsheet and how to compensate . We worked hard getting everyone to use more main but the moment they forgot the boat just rounded up with Taylah finally capsizing . Ross was keen on gybes so I coached him through a few and he soon had them down much smoother but still just a bit to hard on mainsheet. Then we had Taylah who picked up a passenger in Charlie yes Charlie and Taylah on a 4.7 rig and yes it was very funny watching him trying to fit under the boom something like a beached whale and their were some comments about greenpeace coming to refloat him ! Abby and I couldnt stop laughing and then you guessed it they capsized and apparently there was a lot of whining but guess who had the mainsheet? yep very funny.
At the first lightning strike that was it back to shore then the rain started pelting down and that was it .

RACING CANCELLED 
Upcoming
Barrista training sunday the 28th 9.00 am
Easter camps nearly full
CLOSED EASTER SUNDAY 4/4/2021
MID WINTER CUP 26/27 JUNE

CU on the water
J Murphy

Hi Everyone , The weather has certainly been wet and at some times windy this week which forced me to cancel two after school coaching sessions for Abby and Taylah firstly for Taylah the winds were just too strong at 28 knots and Abby yesterday with the winds not as strong but belting down rain so just not worth the effort trying to coach people in those conditions . Let s hope the rain bands start to disappear by the weekend although the current predictions say it will go all the way into next week but hopefully just rain without the strong winds at least those who want to sail will just end up a bit wetter.
The club is holding a First Aid Course on the 17th of April and we have a couple of spots left so if you need a refresher or would like to attend the whole course just let us know and we can add your name to the list , speaking personally its a well worth qualification to have as you never know when you might need it.
8.30 am Sunday Juniors 
With the sun shining and light winds from the n/w we soon had fifteen junior sailors at in the rigging area putting boats together including a couple of bic skiffs and the Taz and thanks to the more experienced kids for hepling the new sailors and first time skiff sailors in rigging the boats .
The last couple of weeks you will have noticed Charlie taking charge of the briefing and thats because in a couple of weeks time he will be doing his full open instructors ticket so he needsthe practice as he will have to stand in front of a group and teach over the two day course .
The course was set in front of the club favouring the N/W with winds around 4 knots but as the session went on it slowly drifted north so there was a bit of mark moving as time went on but everyone seemed to notice the direction change and adjusted their sailing angles , even abby borrowed a boat near the end and had a sail , nothing like practice ab.
10.30 am Youth Training 
This group of sailors are improving every week now which means more theory at the briefing designed to make everyone think more about technique and tactics rather than just sailing around a set course . So how do we do it well firstly generally there are no coloured buoys and when leaving the beach everyone is just instructed to sail to a point on the local broadwater and then back towards the club and yes its up to them to figure out what sailing angles they are on at any given time and decide what rig adjustments are needed at any given time .
Charlie has become very involved with this group and even jumped on Ross,s boat to show him more about upwind sailing and taking lifts . So how did he go ? well you guessed it as soon as he jumped on the wind died off so he couldnt hike out but still managed to do some rolls and nice upwinds . We had a new sailor in Lincoln sailing the bic skiff and in the ligh conditions he struggled but he said later he really enjoyed the experience especially sailing against Jade . The rest of the crew just need to look at the luff right Taylah as its so important no matter what the conditions as without power especially in light conditions you will always loos ground to the current.
With the Midwinter cup getting closer I think our sailors are really goig to equit themselves well!
1.30 PM Open Racing :
With most of

Hi Everyone well lets try again as this is my second attempt today at writing the club news letter as the previous attempt 10 minutes ago refused to publish ??? and yes very frustrating indeed . Now that we have entered march the year is definitely looking more positive than 2020 with sailing events being re instated all around australia and even at Paradise Point Sailing Club where we are preparing for the annual Mid Winter Cup in June followed by youth week at Manly .. We have also had good news from the pontoon company with our new pontoon booked to be in place just after easter as with our building repairs to the caged area ., both these projects have taken a fair bit of time to complete especially our caged area repairs with the original repairs in 2020 being stopped by covid 19 but with perseverence we are finally on the home stretch.
8.30 AM SUNDAY JUNIORS 
This group has never ceased to amaze us since re opening last year with the numbers of return sailors and first timers being generally consistant at around 18 students per week and with people like Tristan taking the challenge and trying the Bic skiff for the first time on Sunday and from all reports doing well and everyone else generally sailing the easterly course well it was only up to me and Torin to check out the first timers in capsize and tacking although we did have help from Conor who did the early steering with a couple of newbies for me while Torin worked with the other boat . Charlie said that everyone sailed well on the day with both tacking and gybing on the cards in the 3/5 knot easterly winds . Even the pack up was good at the end with everyone pitching in except for Charlie failing to organise the tera,s being lifted back on their trailer ! dont forget Charlie if the sailors dont lift them we have to at the end of the day .
10.30 am Youth Training:
Well this group comprising of Abby Taylah Jade Daniel Kaia and Ross is really coming along and with Taylah in her new race boat the competition amongst the lasers will get stronger as with the Bic skiff as more people come through from the 8.30 class to join jade and Daniel . We sent everyone off down to runners for some close reach and broad reach practice and everyone sailed well . Jade and Daniel were cruising with Jade and her experience showing with better boat speed and Abby just outdoing Taylah which I think will become more competitive as Taylah gets used to the new boat .

1.30 PM Open Racing :
With the winds settling into the n/e at around 6-8 knots and with an absolutely roaring outgoing tide we set a start line done near runners and made it a triangle course with a couple of windward leewards thrown in for good measure . Pete had agreat plan to come up and sit at the start buoy but unfortunately all his friends came up and sat around him and then just before the start Greg comes in calling everyone up wich sent everyone over the start line but luckily the were all dragged back before the start horn with most of them tangled together it looked pretty funny especially with the youth sailors who hung back sailing right through the chaos so good coaching Charlie .The course was a definite struggle with everyone have several attempts at making A mark which was straight into the current but the down winds were definitely fast but then there was the struggle across the current before heading up again. Tom and Greg had their usual struggle with Tom coming out on top and peter coming home third and in the Youth it was aclose call amongst the girls and then Jade slipping over the line before Daniel who accidentally did a bit more of the course than he should have .

Upcoming : WE ARE CLOSED EASTER SUNDAY

CU on the water
J Murphy