Hi Everyone , The most important Item is that I will be on Holidays from the 1/9/24 until the 17/9/24 as I will be travelling around England and during that time Charlie will be running all the sunday activities on the 8/9/24 .
The club will be closed on saturday the 7/9/24 and also saturday the 14/9/24 plus Sunday the 15/9/24 as Charlie will be away at Keppel Bay Sailing Club at the all boats Regatta .
We ae currently looking at sunday the 15th of december for the club christmas party using the same format as last year with the event held at the club , Iam just waiting for feedback from the committee on their thoughts before advertising the event .
You will have seen Sarah Cooper on the water again on Sunday after she broke down at the end of june and with plenty of help from Mike latter we managed to sort the no start problem out so she is nearly there just have to replace some switches on the dash , she even got a bottom clean again thanks to Mike I wasnt allowed to help due to having stitches but their out now just in time for my trip.
Charlie and Mike are both working at Keppel Bay and are taking the yellow boat up as we were asked if we could help with extra safety boats so have a safe and great trip guys .

8.30 am Sunday Juniors 
With blue skies and mild weather to start the day we finally started getting more sailors at the 8.30 session and more booked in for next weekend so yes summer is coming .
Quinn needed little help in rigging her boat ( open skiff ) and Bowen turned up with a captains hat on , very funny bowen!
With 4 other beginners we soon had them sorted out with our mentor group taking one each even I took one as she has a slight disability which just needed some extra knowledge with her first effort at sailing on how to adapt and yes she did .
The winds were roughly westerly around 4/7 knots so everyone soon got the hang of it and with help from our mentors were soon tacking around the buoys while quinn and bowen were tacking gybing and bearing away enjoying the conditions . With more booked in next sunday we are looking at a busier sunday so lets hope the weather is good .

10.30 Youth Training
With ten boats rigging on the lawn and the winds slowly increasing from the north to around 8/10 knots everyone was really keen to find out what was happening training wise so after a brief discussion Charlie gave out instructions which were mainly that they were sailing to the yellow x mark down at runners as a group then back to the green near the club as a exercise sailing in a group so meaning if you got to far ahead you turned around and reconnected with the group and also if the whistle was heard you had to gybe which caused an occassional capsize but generally everyone kept in the group. I had work to do on shore but when I came out and looked south the whole group was tacking as a group and it looked awesome , it may have taken 6 months to get their and involved lots of frustration along the way but with a bit of mentoring by me with Charlie he has learnt the fruits of perseverance as they all certainly looked good .
This group races every first and third sunday  which we started after the Open Skiff Regatta in June and it will finish on the 24 of november with a presentation at the december christmas party.

Upcoming
Keppel Regatta 16/9/24
Sailing Camp 23/24 sept
Club Closed from the 12 to 17 september

CU on the water
J Murphy

​PS there,s a rumour that two coaches might even start sailing on sunday afternoons !!!

Hi Everyone , Just a reminder to everyone that the club will be closed the wekend of the 14/15 september due to both charlie and I being away . with me being back from the 18/9 and charlie being back on the 23/9 . We seem to be building a good fleet with our youth group especially for racing and with possibly teams racing with our two pacers hopefully happening as well its surely going to be busy over summer.
As you might have seen on facebook we finally have had time to do a trailer swap with buzzmonty from a rusty steel one to a newly built aluminium one and its looking pretty snazzy . Thanks to charlie and Mike for doing most of the physiccal work as I over did it a bit on sunday and stretched my stitches which caused some infection in the wound but thanks to the guys its healing back up again so hopefully stitches out on friday .Once this project is over I will be returning to australian sailing paperwork so that we can start doing their courses , I have done around 20 pages so far with probably 40 pages to go yes thats 60 pages so lets hope we are successful.. We are looking for parents who might be able to spare two hours on sunday to help Nicola in the canteen , its all pretty easy and you even get a free coffee !

8.30 am Sunday Juniors 
With numbers still small we just had our two keen sailors in Quinn and Bowen rocking up and keen to get their boats rigged and ready.
We even had sarah back in action after both Mike and I chased down its electrical problem which included a fair bit of head scratching but at least she is running.
The weather was a challenge with the wind from basically the west and gusting up to 12 knots so I had a good chat with bowen and Quinn on the beach in regards to which buoy to sail too and how much wind to expect so they wouldnt capsize so you know what happened yes the both capsized and they both then struggled a bit so Gemma jumped in Quinn,s boat and Max jumped in Bowens boat and showed them how to cope with the conditions and to their credit they both jumped back in and slowly conquered the conditions  so well done guys
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11.30 Youth Racing.
With even another signing up in a laser we as I said earlier had a good group for the race , everyone was even at the start line area so the group start was pretty conjested but they were soon all off on a reach ? done to A mark . Downwind was not to bad just a bit gusty but the close reach back to b mark was tricky mainly because of the gusts and of course the dead spots making the upwind a bit of a challenge . I finally managed to get Halle to hike out and guess what she actually lost no ground on the upwind so came in third in the skiffs . The most unlucky sailor was our new bic sailor in Libby who was leading the race to A mark which was a gybe but half way through the gybe the main slipped out of her hand and the boom flew out all the way and of course disconnected and the goose neck and the rapped itself around the mast and by the time we untangled she was last but with determination and some really good upwind sailing she came in second yes second behind Gemma . The whole group is really improving every week so especially next year we should have a very competitive group of young sailors .

Upcoming
Yeppoon Regatta 16/9/24
Holiday Camp 23/24 /9
Adult Learn to Sail 21/9/24 ( nearly full)

CU on the water
J Murphy
President

Hi Everyone Iam a day late this week with the news letter as the weather was so bad yesterday I didnt really want to drive in the conditions but luckily today the rain has really slowed down .
We are looking at an added program with our junior volunteers by starting a mentoring group mainly because most of our current helpers are under the age of 12 and because of the australian sailing rule that assistants have to be 12yrs or above we decided that a mentoring program would be a great alternative so keep listening as we sort out the details which will include a club shirt with the mentor logo affixed . In regards to new club shirts we are currently obtaining quotes as unfortunately our previous supplier has gone out of business so we are currently checking prices . There will be a sign up sheet which will include pricing available this weekend so that people can order shirt number and sizes .
In regards to membership please remember that membership is now 6 weeks overdue and only those people who have returned their forms are currently registered with australian sailing ,so time is running out.

8.30 am Juniors :
with numbers still low it was a easy session for charlie to oversee as I was away helping friends as a judge for a guinness world record attempt.
With only quinn signing on we set her off in the bic which she found to be a bit of a challenge in the 12 knot gusty winds but with help from Max and Jack they managed to get her comfortable out there but not exactly sailing with confidence . Charlie decided that the boys needed some instruction in getting the right moves for Quinn so he jumped on board to not only help quinn but the boys as well and apparently buy the end of the session they soon had them suing better teaching technique so not only did quinn improve but the boys hopefully learnt some valuable lesson on instructing .
10.30 am youth training .
With the conditions increasing in wind strength ( 12-18 k) and turning more s/s/e charlie decided to just run a short course in front of the club tacking only and at first the most experienced sailors did well but for some unknown reason once some of the less experienced sailors had to be towed the rest of the group started doing the same as the beginners which was not pulling sails on and slowly getting blown toward the bridge so towing became a priority . Conditions degenerated to an extent that we stopped the session especially when TJ tore his sail on the bic yes the second one in two weeks although the first one was done on the beach due to general wear and tear . 
lets hope the conditions are better for this weekends race !

Upcoming 
John on holidays from the 1st sept 
CLUB CLOSED 15/9/2024
Yeppoon  16/9/2024 
Holiday camp 23/24 sept

CU on the water
J Murphy