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Sunday August 21st, 2016

25/8/2016

Hi Everyone, the weather has gone downhill a bit this week, but we did have a great weekend before hand with blue skies and good winds for all our different levels of sailing. Lets hope its the same on the 11th of Sept for our fun Tera race day.

8.30am Sunday Juniors

Like most Sundays, we again had a few newbies wanting to try sailing and with the winds basically s/e and blowing around 4/5 knots it was perfect for both the experienced sailors and the first timers to practice their skills. Again this week both Ruby and Yo-Yo were out there laughing and falling out of boats and it looked like so much fun that quite a few of the others took up the challenge and capsized as well. What a perfect morning sailing .

10.30am Sunday Juniors

With the wind increasing to around 6 knots but staying s/e we sent everyone off to the yellow buoy down at the canal which set up a perfect work to windward and a broad reach back. Nearly everyone struggled at first on the upwind but with some coaching everyone got the idea and started missing the sandbar. The standouts were Jess in the Laser and Alex in the Bic, with both of them with some helpful tips really nailing both the upwind and broad-reach back.

Open Bic

We are still working on this with only Jonah racing at the moment, but we think we have a few nearly ready to give it a go, all we have to do is convince them to have a go.

Open Race

With only Roger out there, the rest of the fleet was made up of 4.7 sailors and as usual they didn't disappoint with race one a very close tussle with Dallas beating Casey by less than a second.
Race two was shaping up the same until Casey ripped the block and becket off the boom so her day was done, so it was up to the boys to battle it out in race two.
I did pull Casey aside after racing to give her some tips on mark rounding and finish line rules so watch out Dallas she wont be so kind in the future !
Whose Birthday is on Saturday ? and yes I think there will be cake !

CU on the water
John Murphy

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Sunday August 14th, 2016

17/8/2016

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Hi Everyone, just heard we won a Gold in the Lasers and a Silver in the Nacra and the Finn class is also a medal chance. Despite the usual low profile of sailing at the Olympics, we still manage to bring home the Gold. Now you all know why I love sailing Lasers, they are just so competitive !

8.30am Sunday Juniors

With bright sunny skies and winds slowly settling from the south at around 6/7 knots it was a great morning for sailing. We had such a large number of juniors, that we had to rig a couple of Lasers to accommodate our new junior sailors. Everyone absolutely reveled in the conditions with everyone really giving it a crack. I heard from Tianna that Hado was absolutely nailing the tacks and generally going quick. The funniest was Ruby and yo-yo (it's not her real name I just keep forgetting it) but these two girls once they got going in a Tera never stopped laughing and smiling, what a morning of fun !

10.30am Sunday Juniors

With the winds now settling from the South around 7/9 knots, we set a long course across the channel so that everyone could enjoy the winds, then we put in a triangle which did challenge a few people but created a really good reach with people like Shaun and Jess in Lasers really scooting along. Rowan got a bit frustrated with stalling in tacks in the Bic, but we are going to work on technique next Sunday so hopefully we should be able to rectify it then. I will hopefully have all the 10.30 class people come and watch the tacking process as once the learn it the will be creaming all their tacks.

Open Bic Racing

Thanks to Jonah, who despite having no real competition at the moment, he still gets out there and gives it his all, hopefully as Summer approaches we will be able to send a few new Bic sailors out with him and they can learn of him .

Open Race

With the winds really settling in from the s/e around 14/17 knots, it was a perfect opportunity for Peter to set up a long windward leeward course combined with a low tide so no channel markers. With the start/finish in front of the club it was a fast start with only Sienna getting swamped by the fleet taking off last in line it was always going to be a long day for her.

Meanwhile up the front Peter and Macca in full rigs and Steve in the radial rounded the top mark for the first time with Casey right on their heels ! Yes, Casey in a 4.7 ! I have never seen her sail so well upwind. Simone Charlie and Pat were not far behind but as the race went on the two full rigs got away finishing in just over an hour and forty then the Radial which after a lot of effort from Steve finally shook of Casey who lead the rest of the fleet home in fourth. Great racing all round !

Additional Notes

Upcoming Events :
Tera Fun race morning Sunday the Sep 11th
Masters Games 4th to 13th of November

CU on the water
John

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Sunday August 7th, 2016

11/8/2016

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Hi Everyone, is it really winter ? Have you seen the weather this week, blue skies, good winds. Warm out of the water but a bit cool in, as a couple of first time students from Nerang State High School found out yesterday when they either didn't change sides while tacking or mistakenly gybed, but they only did it once !

8.30am Sunday Juniors

Each week we seem to have a few more new juniors wanting to try sailing, with two new boys turning up last Sunday to try the sport we all know is great. With winds from the South / East, it was perfect for everyone to sail and work on improving their skills. Thanks to Dan and his encouragement for Ava, he managed to get her steering the boat, and I have to say once she got into it she did very well, well done Ava !
There were a couple of crashes early especially in the Bics with people not looking, but after some stern encouragement not to, everyone sailed well.

10.30am Sunday Juniors

With winds now settling in from the SS/E around 6 knots and setting just two buoys on a close reach and a broad reach return, everyone settled in to both tacking and gybing around the course, but it was soon obvious that we could easily send them all off to the yellow mark down at the canal. Although it was a bit of a struggle at times heading down it was a cruise on the way back with plenty of smiling faces. I couldn't pick the best sailor on the day as everyone did well with people like Cody and Hado, Parker and Rowan showing improved form.

Open Bic

We have lost another Bic sailor to Lasers (Charlie), so our racing fleet was down to one on Sunday with Jonah the sole starter who whipped around the course in good time. We do have a few people coming up to speed in the Bic but they will need to do some serious introduction to racing before we can let them head out with the rest of the fleet .

Open Racing

What a great race it was on Sunday, with a very nervous Charlie lining up for the first time in his Laser, but he shouldn't have worried as he blasted out of the start and led for over half the race until Casey managed to overhaul him and take the lead. Pat would have had a great start except he was on the wrong side of the line before the flag dropped, but didn't that create confusion with the fleet as we gave him a recall sound signal but the whole fleet turned back until some frantic waving from the start boat set everyone back on course. Who won, Casey with Charlie second and Steve third.

Additional Notes

Tera race morning : We are looking at having Tera team racing again in September after the success at the Bendigo Bank Cup racing.
We should have a flyer out this weekend and a registration sheet for the teams who want to compete so get into it and have some sailing fun Date 11th September start 8.30 am.

CU on the Water
John Murphy

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Sunday July 31st, 2016

4/8/2016

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Hi Everyone , Well what a big first few days back after my break in Sydney with Friday and Saturday catching up with club work and organising everything for the Bunnings Barby and of course the first sail for our Junior sailors on the Sydney 32 on Sunday . Thanks to Pieter , Pete , Charlie B , Pat , Trisha for volunteering to help with Bunnings which I can now tell everyone that it was the best fundraising event financially the club has ever had with nearly $1,200.00 raised on the day .

8.30am Sunday Juniors

With blue skies but as usual not a lot of wind we had a couple of new guys and around 8 keen sailors out there in very light winds. Rowan and Hallam had the right idea early with Hallam up the front paddling the Open Bic so that at least they could work against the outgoing tide . With Paul having his first go at Sunday Juniors driving Sarah Cooper he did more towing than coaching as did I in Rescue 1 ( banana boat ? ) with a bit of towing fun thrown in . We did manage to have some wind so at least they all managed to get a little actual sailing in .

10.30am Sunday Juniors

With the light winds from the early class deserting us it was decided that we should pile everyone on to Sarah Cooper and go in search of the Sydney 32 ( Onyx ) with the race crew on board for their first sail . We found them at the top of Sovereign just pulling the sails up and having their first real sail . It was a bit crowded on board with 8 juniors and three adults but from all reports everyone settled down to a team effort while our boys and girls watched on in absolute awe at the size of the boat and how it sailed . Was their any sailing yes but only a couple of people went out with Lewin showing the way in the Bic .

Open Racing

With all the 4.7 people away on Onyx we only had five starters competing in two short races as the wind was at times very light but then would settle in to around 6/8 knots . It was good seeing Russel back after boat and trailer troubles recently and we even had Michael Murdock out there but it definitely wasn't a good day for 4.7 laser sailors with dead spots everywhere and an incoming tide where at least the adults were using full rig sails to catch as much of the flukey winds as possible .

Additional Notes

Tianna caught up with race results yesterday and the outcome is very interesting ! have a look on the board on the weekend .

Upcoming Events :

We are looking at a Junior Tera team regatta on the 11th of September with a flyer just being discussed at the moment .
Masters Games in November is creating even more interest than 2014 so if you are over 35 and have some spare time sign up and give it a go !

CU on the water
John Murphy

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Sunday August 21st, 2016

8.30am Sunday Juniors

10.30am Sunday Juniors

Open Bic

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Sunday August 14th, 2016

8.30am Sunday Juniors

10.30am Sunday Juniors

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Open Race

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Sunday August 7th, 2016

8.30am Sunday Juniors

10.30am Sunday Juniors

Open Bic

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Sunday July 31st, 2016

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Open Racing

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