Hi Everyone , Last Sunday was our first real taste of spring with a mild night and a frosty morning but definitely a positive change from our winter weather . . Firstly I would just like to remind everyone that our sunday juniors program is on hold for the next two weekends due to the bulk of our Instructors travelling north to Yepoon for what is turning into a big youth regatta with my last count at over 170 boats . We have five Open Bic class in green fleet which is designed for beginner sailors and two Open Bic in the open fleet and one laser in 4.7 open and it is the biggest fleet that paradise point sailing club has ever sent to any regatta so from me I hope you all have a great time and bring home some new sailing skills . We should also thank Darren and Scott for upgrading our fleet of Bics last weekend in replacing much needed parts even though our boats arent going but they will all be ready for when everyone returns after the holiday break .
With our holiday camps we are only running one camp these holidays which will be at the end of the holidays ( 29/30 sept ) yes a thursday - Friday as again we need instructors to safely run these activities and I suggest that if you are thinking of joining in I suggest you submit your enrolment form soon as spaces are filling fast !
Forms avbailable from the sailing office .
8.30 am Sunday Juniors 
Well as I said earlier the weather was perfect for this class with blue skies and slow current but we were missing one thing and you guessed it yep wind . What wind there was was roughly west then n/w and s/w so it kept Jason and Guy busy moving marks around but in the end it was just not there so everyone got some drifting practice followed by paddling practice . Tristan tried to get to the green and nearly made it but as usual the wind just died and he just started drifting backwards while Harvey did manage to find little bits of wind to make progress at times then join everyone else in drifting around . We did allow tacks and gybes in the light conditions as well as its a goo time when winds are light to practice gybes . We even put our new safety boat out but unfortunately she decided to stop and not start so the mechanic was back tuesday and apparently its still a fuel problem as she had sat for 4 years and the old fuel even though we replaced it had some residiual left in the system which stopped her fingers crossed she will be going again soon 
10.30 am Youth Training 
This group which consisted of everyone who were  going to yepoon had something totally different which was instigated by Charlie and that was how to read telltales and he even had notes for everyone ok they were my notes by he had them which he combined with questions and I thought it went well with people having to think about how each telltale pair should read in certain conditions they all didnt do that bad mainly the experienced sailors and our green fleet group just looked a bit confused . We only set a short course as the winds yes we had wind were still light but sailable so as a test for everyone we set an upwind and down wind . The experienced people just cruised around and our green fleet struggled which was understandible as they have only just come out of 8.30 but at least thay all gave it a try !

1.30 pm Open Racing 
We only had a small group of five boats as our youth sailors had to pack their boats on the trailer so that scott could take them north .
The course we used was an easterly with a start over near jasmine ave at runners and A mark to the east and a top mark up near the top end of soverign . Tom ,Casey and Steve took off well with Tom and Casey having a good battle on the short section but once they hit the long run up to soverign Tom in his full rig just had too much boat speed although we thing when they crossed the line it might have been Casey on handican but I havnt done results yet . Steve cam in third a fair way back as apparently he was practicing hitting sandbanks and apparently he was successful four times so well done steve . Roger had a bad day with two early capsizes and considering he was only in board shorts and rash shirt he continued on and yes he agreed with us as he finished it was bloody freezing . Finally it was Lance then Trisha over the line and heading home . The  timing was perfect for finishing as it was just starting to get cool  and picking up the buoys was left to Ross as charlie didnt want to put our hands in the water as we were cold enough as it was . Finally dont forget all our racing sailors that the next club championship race is this sunday the 18th september !

CU on the water
J Murphy

Hi Everyone , There is not much to report from last weekend on either day with Adult learn to sail and coaching being cancelled cancelled on saturday and Sunday also being cancelled again due to strong wind warnings for Gold Coast Waters with sunday even worse than saturday with gusts at the club over 30 plus knots consistant and gusting 35 knots so not only was it not really safe to sail it was also past Insurance levels for even open racing which is only insured to 30 knots .
Just as a reminder to everyone regarding sailing activities especially for Sundays we always put notices on facebook and on the club webpage at 7.00 am for juniors , 9.00 am for training and 11.00 am for open racing or you can call the club and for those who register for juniors on saturdays you will recieve a text message early sunday morning .
So what did the morning crew do instead well we fitted new parts to the tera,s , cleaned motors , drilled holes , replaced rivets ( until we ran out ) and the biggest job of all was Kelly trying to explain our new card machine and how it works to me !!! with the big test next sunday so please be patient everyone .
Yepoon is only 12 days away so lots of planning going on and yes I wish I was going but at least Taylah ( green fleet ) and Charlie ( open fleet ) will be there giving advice and support .
Finally dont forget to wish Charlie luck tomorrow night as he is off to Australian Sailing Queensland for the awarding of Australian Sailing Instructor of the year he,s even wearing a suit ! so from me Charlie best of luck you deserve it mate 

CU on the water
J Murphy

Hi Everyone , Firstly a reminder for all our green fleet sailors who are off to yepoon for the Youth Regatta on the 19th of september dont forget that your first training day is this sunday ( 4/9/22 ) at 10.30 am so no 8.30 for you guys but I suggest that you arrive early say 10.15 am to start rigging as their will be a briefing then on water training just to give you all an idea what it will be like at your first green fleet regatta , we will also be doing the same on the following sunday the 11/9/22 . Last sunday for what we think was the first time ever we had nothing but Open Bic,s on the water with six boats out there and special thanks to Jade and Daniel for loaning their boats so we could accomodate everyone even if Jade was a bit nervous watching her boat being sailed by a new sailor but Laya really looked after it . Finally hopefully we will have the new safety boat on the water with the marine mechanic currently working on her in the cage so fingers crossed she will be ready for Sunday for a test run.
8.30 am Sunday Juniors 
As I have already mentioned we had a morning of Open Bic only so there were a few nervous sailors learning how to rig Bic,s which are totally different to the Tera but we soon had everyone ready and after a short briefing we had everyone ready for their first group session . Originally the winds were from the s/w but as soon as the guys set the course you guessed it it moved s/s/e at around 5 knots so a quick reset was needed then away they all went . Things were slow at first except for harvey and reece who just cruised around the course tacking and gybing with especially Harvey showing some really smooth sailing skills while our newer bic sailors slowly got up to speed which is what you need in the Bic so remember everyone when you think the sail is set just pull it on another 100 mil and as charlie says sit your but on the black stuff and away you will go . There were a few hairy moments in the gybes especially one of Grace,s gybes where the boom fell off ( didnt have the vang on enough ) so a quick return to shore was needed where the pit crew ( daniel , Jade and me ) did a quick fix and she was soon back out there . It was obvious by all the smiling faces that they all had a great time and it looked great from the shore .
10.30 am Youth Training 
As usual we had some discussions about the rules we have been going over lately then we set off for training starting with round and round the safety boat which we normally do one on one but as there were only 5 boats training we decided it would be perfect practice for start line manouveres . . This drill is hard enough on your own but when you have five boats doing it the potential for crashs is obvious but I have to say everyone managed to miss each other even if at times it was a bit close ( Dan on Jade ) and with Taylah and Roos have their usual duel about calling each other up and who knows one day the might even get it right ! I suppose I should explain thsi drill so what it is the safety boat is drifting and the idea is to circle the boat so tack, gybe and bear away 

Hi Everyone , Firstly I would like to remind everyone that due to all of our Instructors being away on the 19th and 26th of September there will be no 8.30 am Juniors as the Department of Sport and Recreation and Australian Sailing rules state that for every six students there must be one qualified Instructor so with only me not travelling to Yepoon for the Youth Regatta it has to be cancelled for those two weeks . We will be running 10.30 class but this session will be restricted to a maximum of six sailors and no beginners will be accepted for the two weeks , to book for 10.30 class please check with me at the office .
PRICING : After nearly thirteen Years of our 8.30 am juniors being priced at $15.oo per person we will as at Sunday the 4th of September raising the price to seventeen ( $17.00 ) dollars and $70.00 for Bulk sailing books mainly due to the price of fuel which has seen a large increase in recent times . The club will also now be giving everyone the option of either paying by cash as usual or card swipe as most people now pay by card or D/D .
8.30 am Sunday Juniors 
With the sun shining and light winds it was looking a perfect day for learning to sail and despite no one booking on saturday for sunday morning we ended up with 8 young sailors signed on for the class . With mainly our Bic,s being rigged we ended up with all our Bics being rigged which hasnt happened for some time so consequentally we found a few parts missing so there was a bit of jury rigging going on to get everything ready as its seems at least one vang assembly has disappeared but we have ordered a new one which will hopefully arrive in a couple of weeks . So how was the sailing well the winds were originally from the west so Ross went through the briefing on that premis so you can guess what happened yep it went south but everyone soon adapted to the new course that Jason and Guy set and with the wind speed around 6/7 knots solid it was perfect for some tacking and gybing with some really good gybing from Xavier and Laya and also from Grace well when she wasnt capsizing !!! but well done for staying out grace especially without a wetsuit which apparently Mum has decided to now purchase but apparently whitties didnt have one to fit so I suggested Rubber Jungle who make them to fit and do an excellent job.
10.30 am Youth Training ;
Well we did our usual thing and started with Rules focusing on some right of way and one or two flags and with Jade having the blue book at hand everyone is generally getting the idea that yes we need to know the rules .
Tristan actually asked what a trapezoid course is and also what a gated course is ? so I drew them on the white board so you had to be there or you can look it up on line . The wind had come up a bit but still roughly south at around 8/10 knots so we originally used the 8.30 course with tacking and gybing before sending everyone off to the green channel marker . Taylah and Roos were off and running especially upwind followed by some very good downwinds with even Harvey just flying in the Bic . His off sider in Tristan was also getting around well that is until one strong gust got him right near the bridge pilon and he went in so a short tow was needed but even with his wetty on he came back shivering so off to shore he went . Jade and Daniel as usual just cruised and are mainly using 10.30 for Yepoon training .
1.30 pm Open Racing
Withe the winds increasing and shifting S/E at around 15 knots we decided to set a course in our channel as it was predicted to increase . We set at at the x mark down near runners with B mark over near the pine trees  to make at triangle course with the start off the club pontoon . Everyone looked very keen and with eight boats at the line it was certainly busy especially when Ross caught the fleet napping by starting on starboard while the rest started on port and he even forced a few people to tack with a very loud starboard call . The winds started to increase as usual after the start but our two Bic,s were right up there with the Lasers after both getting a good start . On the first downwind Tom had emerged in front and throughout the race steadily increased his lead and was uncatchable while Jade did the same in the Bic,s with Dan slowly dropping back apparently he should have checked his rig? before going out . Matt went for a swim near the green but was fine righting his laser because he was standing on the bottom yep thats what the green mark means Matt ( shallow water on the eastern side ) . So how did Tom get so far in front after starting at the back end of the fleet he used his local knowledge and sailed up the western side out of the current while everyone else went east  so a lesson learned people.

Upcoming 
Yepoon 19th / 25th September 
Windsurfing champs 19/20 November 

CU on the water 
J Murphy
P.P.S.C.

Hi Everyone , Well firstly we are building a great fleet for yepoon in september it will be the biggest fleet of sailors that Paradise Point Sailing Club has ever sent to a Regatta since we opened in 2008 so I am personally very proud of all our young sailors who have decide to take up the challenge and give it a go!!! A special thanks goes to Jade , Daniel , Taylah , Tristan , Harvey , Reece , Ross and Charlie for putting in such a great effort in teaching these young sailors the basics of sailing every Sunday without your effort guys we wouldnt have such a great fleet of new sailors in the club . A special thanks goes out to Kelly and Scott in helping organise everyone looking for charter boats , accomodation and general information it certainly saves me a lot of work trying to do it myself .We will be doing some Regatta training essentially for our green fleet sailors on the 5th & 12th of september at our 10.30 Youth session so if your going to yepoon we suggest you attend these practice days 
Our new safety boat that has been sitting in the shed since arriving will be getting a check over by our marine mechanic next week , why so long ? well just too busy it will be great to finally having it on the water mainly for Race starts .
8.30 am Sunday Juniors 
We last sunday was an absolute turn around from saturday which was just terrible with no wind and lots of rain then going to beautiful blue skies and reasonable winds . We had a good group of sailors ( 10 ) and as usual mainly girls signing on for a morning sail . As Taylah was away looking at Universities I took the class and I was very surprised at the level of knowledge everyone showed especially in question time regarding boat parts , wind directions and wind speed on the day which meant we were soon on the water . We set a course to suit the w/n/w winds were at around 5 knots and with Jason and Guy in charge on water we soon had everyone launched and cruising around the track . Laya who again was i in a Bic,s was soon getting her bic up to speed but like most of the girls didnt gybe which they were told to try so next week girls we are going to push gybing . Zack was the only one gybing and looks like he is ready for an upgrade to the bic so maybe one more week in the Tera then we might give him a go in the bic .
10.30 am Youth Training 
As usual we had a briefing on rules mainly on room to tack and when to tack and with Jade consulting her rule book everyone went well so lets hope some of it stays there fingers crossed . So what is next weekends 10.30 rule discussion going to be Iam thinking start flags as its important to know as not all clubs use the same startin secuence . Ross got his wish with us doing start practice which was mainly won by Jade or Daniel , Ross stuffed up and broke his carbon tiller so had to borrow a sloppy fitting club one which still didnt help his starts with a couple of too earlies and a couple of too lates . Harvey was best in green fleet with his manouvering towards the start line getting much better and his boat speed improving each week . Guy went out as well and got a cheer when he capsized and Jason even got photographic proof and yes we gave him a cheer . Tristan occassionally got a bit off course especially when we sent everyone off to the canal so Tris remember you have to get your butt on the new side faster when tacking maybe we should look at your tacking technique before yepoon?
1.30 pm Open Racing 
As it wasnt a race weekend as they are the first and third sundays a few of the guys just went for a practice sail down to runners but when they were coming back they all struggled against the current which was quite strong on the outgoing tide . Our youth sailors just had a muck around with Taylah sailing Jades boat and yes she fitted but sadly didnt capsize which we were all counting on and Jade and Daniel sailed Taylahs laser but they were sitting so far down the back the boat was nearly stalled so you two its just like a Bic sit forward going upwind in light winds ?
Ok so remember Open division racers its the third weekend of the month next weekend so racing is on !

Upcoming 
Yepoon 19/9/2022 
2023 midwinter cup 24/6/2023
Windsurfing Regatta 19/11/2022
Hospital Fundraiser sunday 15th january 2023

C U on the water
J Murphy

Hi Everyone , Iam back from a week of where I travelled to sydney to pick up boat parts , visit family and have a break and yes innitially it was very cold but towards the end of the week it did warm up so back to shorts , shirt and jumper well that was after nine am after it had warmed up outside . With the yepoon event fast approaching it looks like we will have another open skiff sailor entering in Laya from 8.30 class making a total of 5 sailors in the beginners fleet and 3 in open class which is a great outcome for the club and Charlie and I are so proud of them all ! . Unfortunately due to all of our instructors being away for the event we will not be holding 8.30 am juniors on the 18th and 25th of september as australian sailing safety regulations says that we need 1 instructor per 6 students so in the interest of safety I had to make the decision to cancel , we will however still be operating our 10.30 training group , if you would like to register for this advanced sailing group please check with the sailing office as we can only take 6 students . Our 1.30 open racing will still operate as normal so all those keen racers out there can still get their competition fix on sundays 
8.30 am Sunday Juniors 
Well as usual the girls outnumbered the boys again with 10 sailors signing on for this class 8 of which were girls so it must mean the girls are tougher in the cold weather right boys!
Conditions were perfect with light s/w winds that were slowly turning south just a pity the safety boat crew ( charlie & Taylah ) didnt see the change as the set the course luckily we saw it from shore and managed to get them to change the buoy positions so everyone wasnt trying to sail into the no sail zone ?
So who did well on the day well I have to say everyone because everyone sailed well including one capsize but the girls werent in the water for long and soon had their boat up and running . We did a little session on shore with Ross showing the group how to tack the way we all do which is a bit difficult at first but once they all get it they will be off and running especially the ones going off to yepoon and yes I did see some of them trying the new manouvre on the water slightly messy but at least they were trying.
10.30 am Youth Training 
To all the sailors in this group as soon as they all heard that we were doing rules first they were all so excited they couldnt wait to get to the class room , well I would like to think that but I have my doubts ! So what rule did we discuss ( RULE 20 room to tack at an obstruction ) Jade even pulled out her blue book of sailing just to make sure she got it right , its an interesting rule which like a lot of sailing rules is somewhat open to interperation and yes next week there will be another one . On the water we just sent everyone down to the yellow x at runners then back to green near the club and with the winds around 6/8 knots east it was perfect especially as it swung s/e . We even had Harveys dad Guy and Daniels Dad Scott out there giving it a try now all we need is to convince them both to actually hike out so they can generate more boat speed and keep up with their kids 
1.3O Open Racing 
With Taylah and Charlie in of course setting you guessed it we were running late for the start well they are teenagers right ? and with the winds out of the n/e east at a good 8 knots we set the start line down at runners and the top mark at the top of soverign and B mark in the channel between Ephriam and Soverign . The start was hotly contested with Ross arriving a couple of seconds early and having to run down the line while most of the group was right on time including Jade and Daniel who had awesome starts . Again Scott and Guy were out for practice and Scott nearly caused Taylah to have a heart attack as he nearly took Adrian out barging at the start yes it was her boat he sailed . We also had a new member of the Open Bic team out there in Harvey ( 9years old ) yes sailing with the open fleet although we did shorten the course a bit for him but Iam sure he enjoyed it considering the smile on his face . There was also a bit of controversy on the day as we had a racing umpire on the start boat and let me tell you no one was getting away with sloppy roundings he pulled up Tom Matt and Ross for touching the mark although I did have to overrule his decision on Roos as although it was close he didnt touch so watch racers I think Reece ( harveys younger brother ) enjoyed giving penalties so Iam saying he will be back again to keep you all honest , Oh and by the way Casey won over Tom and yes she was in a radial and Tom a full rig great racing everyone

Upcoming 
Yepoon 19/24 September 
September Holiday Camps probably only one due to Yepoon again dates to follow.

CU on the water
J Murphy

Hi Everyone , It looks like we have covid back and also a nasty flu virus with Jade and her mum coming down with covid and Charlie and Tom contracting the flu so take care everyone I have had my booster shots and also a flu shot so fingers crossed its all going to miss me . Our new saftey boat is slowly taking shape and should be on the water soon and yes its the big white boat currently in the cage I am in the process of cleaning the fuel system as she has been in storage for 4 years so the fuel is dirty , luckily I managed to buy a trailer last week for her as well which we will use until we have an aluminium trailer built as we had to borrow sarah trailer originally so poor sarah had to weather last weeks storms inn the water . We only had one issue which was she broke a mooring line but as we always double up when she stays overnight we still had the back up holding .
Excitement is also building for Yepoon whith another one of our junior sailors ( Xavier ) signing up as well so that means we now have four sailors in the junior Bic fleet so well done everyone .
8.30 am Sunday Juniors 
It was great on sunday seeing a hardy group of young sailors signing on for this class and with the majority being girls it was left up to Xavier and Zack to hold up the boys tradition of trying to out sail the girls . As promised we set Laya up in a Bic for the first time and with Daniel instructing her from shore she was soon out there giving it a go , we could even see the smile from the shore .
Conditions were great with winds changing from n/w to s/s/w so there was some hurried course adjustments by Jason and the crew to keep the team sailing . I have to mention Tristan for his outstanding sailing effort as he was sent away from the group on an upwind course which he absolutely blitzed , Charlie and I at first couldnt believe his upwind but he just kept doing it so well done captain ! I only hope that we can keep the current number of girls sailing  as its great to see them noy only sailing but also having fun on the water which doesnt include capsizing right Savannah ?
10.30 Youth Training ;
With most of the crew back we had a good group for this session and with the winds turning s/e at around 6/9 knots it was perfect for a nice triangle so we left the two early marks in place and just added the green starboard mark . Taylah and Ross were really nailing their tacks and gybes and were even yelling up-up on the upwinds I suppose it saves charlie and I doing it , there was even a protest hearing afterwards so some explanation needed . Daniel showed that his recent trip to manly for youth week really paid off with his general sailing awesome to watch showing great boat control . With yepoon not far away it seems to me that all the sailors need to look at wind angles more as there was a perfect opportunity to do some sailing in the lee on the down wind back from green so yes guess whats on the cards for the next lesson . Opps I should have mentioned Reece and Harvey as you guessed it covid has struck their household as well hope you are all on the road back to good health.
1.30 pm Open Racing .

Charlie and Taylah were put in charge of running the session as they both want to become coaches so practice makes perfect . We used our southern course so starting between ephriam and soverign and place the top mark down near runners and the down wind mark at the top of soverign . The original winds were around 10 knots but during the race it did gust up to 16 knots making the upwind a bit punishing so everyone said I am not sure how true this is because the start boat crew didnt give me a report so Iam only guessing ? so yes I will be asking for a report in future from the crew now that should be interesting .. I will added last weeks results in next weeks report.

Update :
Our canteen which rarely gets a mention had a great day as well and earned just over a hundred dollars for the day so thank you Kelly for your efforts as every penny counts these days , and the coffee is good as well !

CU on the water
J Murphy

Hi Everyone  First of the rank is that we are looking for volunteers for september while the bulk of our instructors and volunteers will be away at Yepoon for the youth Regatta so if you have a boat licence or sailing experience or you would just like to help just let us know at the club so that we can run our junior sailing as usual . We have seven sailors competing in both lasers and Open bic skiff ajnd after our recent good showing at Manly Youth Week in the open divisions we are adding three green fleet sailors as well in Harvey Reece and Tristan sailing Open Bic so we need to get behind these people and support them . You will also notice these three sailors also now volunteering at 8.30 as part of their sailing experience where knowledge is a big part of becoming an instructor .

8.30AM Sunday Juniors ;
With a few people registering on saturday we knew we would have a reasonable group of beginners with Charlie , Ross and I originally in charge but luckily we also had Reece , Harvey and Tristan as well which was great as I had over thirty stitches in my right ear yes melanoma so I knew I would be a bit slow .
The conditions were actually quite mild with the wind starting out w/n/w at around four knots so with Jason in charge we set a nice reaching course which we soon increased as everyone soon had a grip on conditions and were off tacking and also some gybing . Once jason increased the course and set it more north we soon had everyone out there just cruising and no capsizes whether tacking or gybing even as the wind started to come up a knot or so . We did have a couple of standouts in Zack who although being away for a few weeks was doing great tacks and gybes and maintaining good boats speed while Laya was so smooth I asked her if she would like to try a open bic and my answer was a giant smile so looks like we might have another Bic sailor on the way .
10.30 am Youth Training;

With Jade ( covid 19 ) and Daniel and Taylah away on school duties we still had Ross plus Harvey Reece and Tristan rigging up for 10.30 . The wind had come up a bit to around 6/7 knots and was slowly swinging N/E so after a discussion regarding upwind and downwind sailing guess what course we gave them yep you guessed it we gave them a downwind to the yellow at the canal then quite a tough upwind back toward the bridge . We had our usual trouble with the bics not letting their sails out on the downwind causing boats to get out of control especially Tristan and Reece who took a couple of laps to figure that out that its a fine line between out enough and out too far . Ross and Harvey absolutely nailed the upwinds which was tricky with the constantly moving winds but the both took the liftd well , the only downside is still bearaway mark rounding while maintaining speed so something to work on boys . All in all a good session even Tristan had his sailing boots on the right feet this time .
1.30 pm Open Racing;
There was no racing on the day as we raced the week before so as its usually every second week club champs we decided to make racing next weekend so a few of the guys just went for a practice run while we watched from the shore and to be honest my stitches were starting to hurt causing a headache so I was happy to stay ashore . Finally one of our racing stallwarts Greg will be missing for a couple of months as he and his wife are of to canada and the states for a bit of a drive , I believe they brought a cadilac so the debit card will certainly get a workout and the fuel station!

CU on the water
J Murphy

Hi Everyone , Firstly I would like to mention three of our youth sailors who have just last week spent 6 days sailing at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Youth Week . Youth week is an annual event with a mixture of boats from 49ers to Opti and Sabot and although the numbers were down from previous years it was still a great week of sailing and learning with two days of training and four days racing . The Open Bic fleet was small but the competition was great to watch ( yes charlie and I were there ) with Jade and Daniel sailing fast in every race with Jade getting to a lead of three points by the end of friday and Daniel right behind but unfortunately for jade on saturday a judge called a disqualification on her which I will admit is the rule but was definitely harsh at that level of youth sailing especially when other competitors were allowed to finish outside the finish line and still get points . To come back from such a disappointment was awesome for jade as she ended up third overall and first female and Daniel actually took out the division wityh a well deserved first . Then we had Ross in laser 4.7 who also seffered a penalty which included a mis comunication from a judge forcing him to restart a race last when all he needed was a 360 turn but overall he came top 10 in the 4.7 fleet so to all you guys well done from Paradise Point Sailing Club!
8.30 am Sunday Juniors 
With it being the last weekend of school holidays we didnt expect many starters and very cold but we did manage to have a few sailors turn up including Harvey , Reece and Tristan who we thought were away on holidays still . Our beginners in Yasmin , Grace and Daniel soon had their boats ready and after discussing the conditions we set them off in basic westerly around 2/4 knots and an outgoing tide . There were no crews so everyone had a session of solo sailing mainly practicing on tacking and I have to say everyone went really well especially daniel who just cruised around the course so next week we are going to concentrate on gybing so awesome work boys and girls . 
10.30 am Youth Training;
With a few away at manly it was only Reece , Harvey , Tristan and Taylah who ventured out in what was now around 6 knots of wind with an occasional burst of around 9 knots oh I shouldnt forget that Guy was also out there for a practice sail . Taylah just cruised around the course with perfect tacks and gybes and plenty of boat speed as did Harvey so after a while we sent both he and Taylah of down to green for a nice upwind and downwind . Guy had an early swim and I am still amazed he continued on as it was cold and he wasnt wearing a wetsuit . Reece was going well but as the wind increased he did struggle with the gybes which I told him later was he didnt have enough vang on while captain capsize ( tristan ) after putting his boots on the wrong foot was also out there cruising around just needed a bit more main on right tris! They both finally capsized and looked way to cold to continue so we pulled the pin which even Taylah and Harvey were happy about .
1.30 pm Open Racing
Buy the time we set up for this session the wind had swung around to the s/s/e at around 10/12 knots so we set a course starting at the canal with a top mark down at runners then west and back north to the start finish buoy and for once we had starboard rounds which I had written down as port but I soon changed it after Casey spotted my mistake and guess what for a change they all went the right way around the buoys unlike previous times when we have set starboard! We lost one boat early as yep Casey went the wrong way around and was adamant she had got it right well that was until she went ashore and read the sailing instructions . Greg took it out with Peter and Nic following him home whit a race time all up of 1hr 20 minutes for the last boat over the line which made charlie and I very happy as it was freezing out ther , it was so cold in fact for the first time ever I used the boat hook to pull the buoys up as my fingers were already numb from the wind .
News Extra ; 
When you next visit the club you will see another rigid  inflatible white in colour which has been donated to the club yes donated by a local family who approached us several weeks ago with the offer , what the boat is actually worth is irevelant its the kindness of this family that has blown us all away and why did they do it well they said they have watched for years the work we do for family,s and children in general in teaching sailing including the laughter and smiling faces which they are going to miss as they are moving from ephriam to sanctuary cove so thank you to the Savage Family for your generous donation

CU on the water
J Murphy

Hi Everyone , As you have all been informed that our annual Mid Winter Cup was cancelled last weekend and the main reason that it was cancelled was just simply due to lack off numbers which made running the event not financially viable . In regards to this cancellation we are now looking at running the event on the gold coast show weekend in august but we just have to do some research on whether their are any other major sailing events on that same weekend and hopefully if not then we may be able to generate enough numbers to run a successful event.
With no Regatta last weekend we decided to have a club clean up day where we did building maintenance , powerboat maintenance , sailing boat maintenance and general repairs , its amazing how much junk you can find in a clean up so much in fact that we ended up with two full ute loads for the recyclers and thanks to darren for supplying his ute as the second vehicle as the club truck was soon full . We even had time to wish Daniel a happy 15th Birthday with cake and yes it was my favourite CHOCOLATE !!! Greg and Matt looked after the outside and the mezzanine so that you can actually find things up there while Taylah was put in charge of re sorting the shelves while the rest of us just went round in circles cleaning sorting and storing and just a word of warning Jade has put all the PFD,s and helmets in size order and she has vowed to make sure everyone puts everything back in its rightful place and I should know as I was the first one in trouble for putting one in the wrong spot sorry Jade I promise to try better from now.
Just as a final note please keep an eye on the weather for next weekend as rain is predicted again plus strong winds but you know mother nature she can be very fickle !
Holiday sailing camp
with only a small group of keen sailors booked in but with absolutely perfect light conditions including blue skies we soon had everyone on the water in what was basically n/w winds around 1/5 knots . Most of the boys and girls were from our sunday morning group so they were all keen to learn how to st5eer and tack so while Jade and I were teaching from the shallows Taylah and Dan were on Sarah Cooper keeping them going once they were on the water and yes it was cold standing in the water practicing tacking with them . On tuesday conditions were not as favourable so we took everyone up to the Soverign Isand bridge and checked it out and decided we would sail there using the instructors to take people out so they didnt miss their sailing . Ross did a great job even though he capsized early taking everyone for a turn then Daniel took a  few as well and jade who has never sailed lasers before especially in winds from 8- 15 knots had a go but wasnt impressed as apparently lasers go really fast !!! when the gusts hit. We did finish early due to the conditions becoming really cold and everyone pulling out and I must admit even with 5 layers I was also getting cold . So whyat did we do after lunch well Taylah had them all play a game called how mush sailing gear can you pick up and then hang on the rack and it was actually a brilliant idea as normally most of it gets left for us to pick up . The final activity was from Ross and Daniel and involved the funniest game of touch footy and with me as video and sideli8ne ref there were unfortunately a lot of penalties awarded against Ross and Dan from video replay and although they still think they won the general consus was the the juniors gave them a pasting so well done kids !
Camp 2 next week is filling fast so if you want to join in the fun contact the sailing office .The cost for two days is $110.00 p/p and booking is essential !

CU on the water
J Murphy