Hi Everyone , yes we are back with the news letter after a few weeks off with the queensland open bic skiff state champs and then last week I was away in sydney so its just been busy since the Regatta .
The Regatta was a great success and even the weather was kind this year with three good days of wind and for a change no rain . There were 36 competitors spread out between green.silver and gold fleets with courses set from the club area ( green fleet ) to silver and gold sailing out in the main channel Many thanks to all the volunteers from far and wide as without you people donating your valuable time we would not had such a successful event .
8.30 am sunday juniors
With a good group of 10 sailors attending and cool but good sailing conditions we soon had enough boats rigged well we thought so 1 short? so a mad rush to rigg another tera we finally had enough boats for everyone .
Max who is a recent member of the club asked to have a go at doing a briefing and as is club policy the answer was sure give it a try and he did well setting out the days activities and answering a few questions .
Charlie was beach control and Halle , Leila and I were safety boat which we were kept busy at with people accidentally sailing away from the bouys , running over the buoys and running into each other in the shifty westerly winds . It did at times get a bit windy with some stiff bullets coming through but everyone survived and had lots of fun . Hayden was on his final task for transferring to 10.30 youth and looked pretty happy with himself at the end of the session having received both charlie and my approval so next week he starts Youth Training.. Also thanks to our ai,s for helping with the juniors as you people not only help with the new sailors but also it gives you all valuable experience .
11.30 am Youth Racing
Racing is back on every second and fourth sunday after originally cancelling early this year to focus on training for the Bic Skiff States in June but we are now back to racing.
So as CHARLIE wanted to sail so I was left in charge and I setwhat looked like a nice broad reach down and a close reach back from a buoy set beyond the canal but everyone forgot it was a westerly with bullets so the upwind was a definite challenge . We had some new sailors start and even a young guy from NZ who just killed it in the club laser and as he said the conditions were much easier than NZ as the winds there reach 35 plus knots and we only had gusts of 15 knots . Ther were some early dramas with one of the new sailors capsizing before the start and the rudder fell off ( no snail clip ?) but once we got him to shore he fixed the problem and was back out there . In the bics libby was first over the line with Leila second and jack third Max and his crew actually finished behind libby which was awesome as he was two up in a Tera and everyone else was close behind so all in all a good race .
CU on the water
J Murphy
P.P.S.C.
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