Sunday November 29th, 2015

Hi Everyone , you guessed it , 1 more week closer to Christmas , where did the time go ? Firstly, I hope everyone is inviting all their friends down on Sunday for our Try Sailing Fundraiser so the they can help us raise much needed funds for the Gold Coast University Hospital to help buy much needed equipment .
Following the Try Sail we are also having our annual members and friends Xmas party so hang around and have some fun .

8.30am Juniors

Well with absolutely stifling heat conditions early, everyone was sweating while rigging the boats so it was a pleasure to not only get on the water but also in the water . Luckily the wind came up from the n/e at around 6 knots so that everyone could practice their tacking and even some gybing, and who cares if you capsized while gybing at least the water was refreshing . The sad news was that despite their best efforts the crew didn't beat the most people on a boat capsize record which still stands at 16. Sundays effort was 13, but much fun was had by all even Me and Tianna .

10.30am Juniors

This group was much smaller that the previous week, probably because of school and xmas holidays fast approaching , but despite the small numbers everyone went out in what was now winds around 8/10 knots and increasing . We firstly practiced tacking and gybing despite some protests about gybing, and then we sent everyone off down to the green marks for a bit of distance sailing as it was just a perfect reaching course . Ollie had his camera on board and posted it on Facebook, even the capsize ! Well done Ollie .

Open Bic

With Jonah turning up still asleep, it was decided that maybe he shouldn't sail, so it was only Pat and Dallas lining up with the Adults for the marathon . Although the course was a lot shorter, they still battled to complete the course with winds reaching at least 25 knots making especially the upwind tough going . Pat gave it his best shot but finally had to be towed home, and even though Dallas made it back he was exhausted , so much so that once he got his boat up on the grass he collapsed beside it . Again well done boys for giving it a go !

Adult Racing

As I said in the Bic section, the winds increased to a good 25 knots with some vicious bullets around the whole course . John Brown led the fleet all the way to the west cardinal in the deep hole but apparently capsized in the gybe and lost the lead , it would have been very disappointing after such a good sail but that's sailing for you I didn't even get that far capsizing after running aground about 200 mtrs from the x mark . Everyone agreed that the work from the west cardinal in the deep hole back to the club was absolutely punishing combining a rushing tide 25 knot winds and shifts and bullets all the way . At least we finished the racing year on a memorable sail .

Additional Notes

2016 Racing : I have not yet finalised the new calendar, but it looks like so far that we will probably start on the 7th of February and as soon as I have completed the new calendar I will post it on the website.

Cu you all on Sunday at the Xmas Party