Hi Everyone , thank you to our council and our local councillor in regards to the support we received in applying for a grant to replace our rusty cage and this week we started on organising the trades necessary to undertake the works , its actually very exciting to finally have the old rusty supports and roof replaced so no more actually picking up the west gate to open up as its post rusted out about two months ago and yes we are even getting new gates!!!
The club will not be open for juniors and training on sunday the 25th of february due to no suitably qualified staff being available as charlie and I are off to australian sailing school for the weekend , should be fun as we have to be taught how to drive safety boats as part of our new qualifications so that we can run the australian sailing powerboat safety courses . Just as an explanation without suitably qualified staff the clubs insurance isnt valid hence why we will be closed . The other good news is that it looks like our insurance claim for carpets roller doors and boat damage is going to be passed as well , this equipment was damaged in the christmas storm so fingers crossed it will be finally approved within the next few weeks .
8.30 am Sunday Juniors
Well with the weather on saturday slowly turning to rain and wind late in the afternoon it did not look good for sunday juniors and even at 2.00 am when the heavy rain woke me even I thought it would surely be cancelled but by 7.00 am the skies were clearing and a nice slow S/E wind was coming up the bay and with another large group of boys and girls booking in we were looking at a busy morning . We soon had everyone geared up and out in the rigging area learning how to rig a boat with charlie in charge while the rest of us ran around getting boats ready . Charlie and Harvey set a nice reaching course for the 4/6 knot winds and yes I even had a chance to sail a laser with three and four kids on board and my ankle didnt even play up , it was so much fun getting out there again and cruising around while charlie and harvey slowly towed boats back from under the bridge just like i did on saturday with the adult learn to sail group . All in all it was a great morning but I did make one mistake and that was I decided to do some submarining on the laser but I didnt know that she had a big hole in the bow? so yep by the time we got back in she was a bit hard to pull up the ramp and then we had to leave it draining for about 15 minutes so now its in the shed under repair. Apparently the other big hit on the day was the new twin milkshake mixer yep the old one died finally after at least ten years
10.30 am Youth Training
We I must say this group is definitely rising to the challenge as each week they are getting better . Charlie each week sets them new sailing challenges starting with explanations on the white board before hitting the water .
Last sunday was box sailing starting with figure eights then off to box roundings which included tacking / gybing / bearaway and dead down wind sailing . It all sounded easy but mother nature started to play a hand with the wind speed increasing to around 12-14 knots and gusts of another 4 knots so yes you guessed it there were a lot of capsizes well except for one wich was harvey who didnt even look like capsizing so well done mate . I have to also single out captain capsize ( Tristan ) not for capsizing but for sailing with an injury which was severe gravel rash mixed with salt water so well done mate !! I as was charlie was really impressed with everyones effort as conditions were a bit rough but no matter how many times they capsized everyone just got their boat back up and sailed on . The reaches were awesome with the fastest boat being Zach with Hallie as crew just for a try out and yes she loved it they had spray everywhere despite a very dodgy outhaul .
Dont forget everyone next sunday is your first race for 2024 so lets hope for good winds , race starts at 11.00 am.
Upcoming
sunday 18/2 first youth race 2024
Sunday 25th club closed due to staff training weekend
Sunday 3/3/24 first open race
CU on the water
J Murphy
The club will not be open for juniors and training on sunday the 25th of february due to no suitably qualified staff being available as charlie and I are off to australian sailing school for the weekend , should be fun as we have to be taught how to drive safety boats as part of our new qualifications so that we can run the australian sailing powerboat safety courses . Just as an explanation without suitably qualified staff the clubs insurance isnt valid hence why we will be closed . The other good news is that it looks like our insurance claim for carpets roller doors and boat damage is going to be passed as well , this equipment was damaged in the christmas storm so fingers crossed it will be finally approved within the next few weeks .
8.30 am Sunday Juniors
Well with the weather on saturday slowly turning to rain and wind late in the afternoon it did not look good for sunday juniors and even at 2.00 am when the heavy rain woke me even I thought it would surely be cancelled but by 7.00 am the skies were clearing and a nice slow S/E wind was coming up the bay and with another large group of boys and girls booking in we were looking at a busy morning . We soon had everyone geared up and out in the rigging area learning how to rig a boat with charlie in charge while the rest of us ran around getting boats ready . Charlie and Harvey set a nice reaching course for the 4/6 knot winds and yes I even had a chance to sail a laser with three and four kids on board and my ankle didnt even play up , it was so much fun getting out there again and cruising around while charlie and harvey slowly towed boats back from under the bridge just like i did on saturday with the adult learn to sail group . All in all it was a great morning but I did make one mistake and that was I decided to do some submarining on the laser but I didnt know that she had a big hole in the bow? so yep by the time we got back in she was a bit hard to pull up the ramp and then we had to leave it draining for about 15 minutes so now its in the shed under repair. Apparently the other big hit on the day was the new twin milkshake mixer yep the old one died finally after at least ten years
10.30 am Youth Training
We I must say this group is definitely rising to the challenge as each week they are getting better . Charlie each week sets them new sailing challenges starting with explanations on the white board before hitting the water .
Last sunday was box sailing starting with figure eights then off to box roundings which included tacking / gybing / bearaway and dead down wind sailing . It all sounded easy but mother nature started to play a hand with the wind speed increasing to around 12-14 knots and gusts of another 4 knots so yes you guessed it there were a lot of capsizes well except for one wich was harvey who didnt even look like capsizing so well done mate . I have to also single out captain capsize ( Tristan ) not for capsizing but for sailing with an injury which was severe gravel rash mixed with salt water so well done mate !! I as was charlie was really impressed with everyones effort as conditions were a bit rough but no matter how many times they capsized everyone just got their boat back up and sailed on . The reaches were awesome with the fastest boat being Zach with Hallie as crew just for a try out and yes she loved it they had spray everywhere despite a very dodgy outhaul .
Dont forget everyone next sunday is your first race for 2024 so lets hope for good winds , race starts at 11.00 am.
Upcoming
sunday 18/2 first youth race 2024
Sunday 25th club closed due to staff training weekend
Sunday 3/3/24 first open race
CU on the water
J Murphy
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