Hi Everyone , With our Gold Coast University Hospital Try Sailing Fundraiser last weekend being the only event for the day we pulled out all the stops to make it a fun and memorable day , so how did we go well starting with a very iffy forecast causing me to have several back up plans available mother nature turned on a perfect day with blue skies , warm water and light winds around 4/6 knots from the east including a 10.00 am high tide so what more could you ask for ! First boat out was Public Nuisance with its crew of lady first time sailors who set off with Andrew and Ben for a cruise around the Broadwater well that's what the girls thought but the guys soon had everyone winding winches and steering the boat and how did the session go ? well I am thinking fantastic after seeing all the smiling faces and laughter as Public Nuisance came back to our pontoon so well done everyone !
With our junior and senior members taking everyone sailing and the kayaks and paddle boards also on the water it was a bit crowded in front of the club but everyone seemed to avoid each other in general OK there were a lot of minor collisions , people trying to paddle the boards backwards ( yep that didn't work ) resulting in plenty of swimming then we had the kids in the kayaks which in general went around in circles , bumped into each other and generally had fun !
The club rescue jetski hit the water as well and despite an early hickup with a rock in the impeller it was soon in high demand with all the kids lining up for at least two goes . For the first timers I kept it slow with some splashy turns and circles and with the more experienced who have been on one before we gave the ski some extra speed and of course tried our hardest to spray the sailors on the water . All in all the jetski was a lot of fun even for me but did my back pay for it on monday!
I have to thank everyone who worked in the canteen also on the day as apparently they had a big day also, I don't know who did what as I never got there once we took off but thank you everyone for your awesome efforts.. I would also like to thank our fellow sailing club SYC for the loan of their paddle boards which were a great success with both our young sailors and also the adults who seemed to do more falling off than the kids ? probably faulty boards right everyone .
THE CLUB ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY IS ON THIS SUNDAY AT THE CLUB PREMISES STARTING AT 1.00 PM AFTER JUNIOR SAILING COST CHILDREN $10.00 Adults $15.00 CATERED BY OUR LOCAL BILLYS CHICKEN SHOP AND INCLUDES FREE DRINKS FOR THE KIDS AND THERE IS EVEN A RUMOUR OF A FREE BEER ON OFFER AS WELL SO COME ALONG AND HAVE SOME FUN TOGETHER BEFORE ALL THE CHRISTMAS STUFF TAKES OVER !
The club will be closed from the 24th of December until the 3rd of January 2019
CU on the water
John Murphy
With our junior and senior members taking everyone sailing and the kayaks and paddle boards also on the water it was a bit crowded in front of the club but everyone seemed to avoid each other in general OK there were a lot of minor collisions , people trying to paddle the boards backwards ( yep that didn't work ) resulting in plenty of swimming then we had the kids in the kayaks which in general went around in circles , bumped into each other and generally had fun !
The club rescue jetski hit the water as well and despite an early hickup with a rock in the impeller it was soon in high demand with all the kids lining up for at least two goes . For the first timers I kept it slow with some splashy turns and circles and with the more experienced who have been on one before we gave the ski some extra speed and of course tried our hardest to spray the sailors on the water . All in all the jetski was a lot of fun even for me but did my back pay for it on monday!
I have to thank everyone who worked in the canteen also on the day as apparently they had a big day also, I don't know who did what as I never got there once we took off but thank you everyone for your awesome efforts.. I would also like to thank our fellow sailing club SYC for the loan of their paddle boards which were a great success with both our young sailors and also the adults who seemed to do more falling off than the kids ? probably faulty boards right everyone .
THE CLUB ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY IS ON THIS SUNDAY AT THE CLUB PREMISES STARTING AT 1.00 PM AFTER JUNIOR SAILING COST CHILDREN $10.00 Adults $15.00 CATERED BY OUR LOCAL BILLYS CHICKEN SHOP AND INCLUDES FREE DRINKS FOR THE KIDS AND THERE IS EVEN A RUMOUR OF A FREE BEER ON OFFER AS WELL SO COME ALONG AND HAVE SOME FUN TOGETHER BEFORE ALL THE CHRISTMAS STUFF TAKES OVER !
The club will be closed from the 24th of December until the 3rd of January 2019
CU on the water
John Murphy
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