Hi Everyone , after 16 years I have finally retired the club truck it has held up through thick and thin but with 550,000 klm on the clock she just keeps having niggling issues so after much searching I settled on a holden commodore ute as the new tow vehicle . It was owned locally by long term friends of the sailing club so its staying in the area , signwriting will be going on soon so that everyone knows where it comes from and this one even has power steering Yeah!!! Those who attended on sunday got to see the final product in the new cage a now including new roller doors which are more suited to the sometimes windy conditions at the club and we even had time to re configure the storage so hopefully it will now work better .
We have been approached by keppel bay sailing club for the loan of a rigid inflatible so for anyone who is going you will see the yellow ( banana boat ) rigid up there with charlie in charge even in charge of towing her up and back , should be a great experience for him.
8.30 am Sunday Juniors
Mother nature was at her best keeping us guessing as to what it was going to do and with the BOM forecasting 35 knots and a strong wind warning current it really left us no choice considering our insurance liabilities regarding safe operations . We posted on facebook and our website at 7am and felt confident that we had done the right thing as the wind speeds at Yamba were 25-30 knots southerly so it seemed to be on its way . It did blow up a little but then abated to around 10/14 knots but I will always go safety first so it is what it is and lets hope this weekend is back to good weather for 8.30 am juniors .
10.30 am Youth Training
We did finally run this class although earlier it was definitely not happening but with mother nature being her fickle self it just settled to 10/16 knots so with only zach leila halle TJ and jack dropping in we decided to try something different and that was sail the pacer . Charlie went out with TJ first to show everyone the ropes while the rest came with me on the safety boat and we even did a rescue of a stranded young sailor and his dad down near crab island , it was just too windy for the 8 year old and they were stuck on a sand bank and I new they werent part of southport as I had seen them out on saturday so duty of care took over and we towed them back to the beach up from the club . Once we were finished it was time for everyone to take turns on the pacer and I have to say they all did very well with no capsizes and the boat only half full of water ( forgot to show them where the bailer was ) Charlie and I were very impressed especially with Zach and Leila as they sailed well together with Leila on main and Zach steering . It was a bit sloopy on pack up but we got it there in the end and everyone promised to do better next time and yes there will be a next time .
Open Racing 1.30 pm
Our open racing series has been suspended due to lack of participants but we hope to restart later this year but we will keep everyone informed .
CU on the water
J Murphy
We have been approached by keppel bay sailing club for the loan of a rigid inflatible so for anyone who is going you will see the yellow ( banana boat ) rigid up there with charlie in charge even in charge of towing her up and back , should be a great experience for him.
8.30 am Sunday Juniors
Mother nature was at her best keeping us guessing as to what it was going to do and with the BOM forecasting 35 knots and a strong wind warning current it really left us no choice considering our insurance liabilities regarding safe operations . We posted on facebook and our website at 7am and felt confident that we had done the right thing as the wind speeds at Yamba were 25-30 knots southerly so it seemed to be on its way . It did blow up a little but then abated to around 10/14 knots but I will always go safety first so it is what it is and lets hope this weekend is back to good weather for 8.30 am juniors .
10.30 am Youth Training
We did finally run this class although earlier it was definitely not happening but with mother nature being her fickle self it just settled to 10/16 knots so with only zach leila halle TJ and jack dropping in we decided to try something different and that was sail the pacer . Charlie went out with TJ first to show everyone the ropes while the rest came with me on the safety boat and we even did a rescue of a stranded young sailor and his dad down near crab island , it was just too windy for the 8 year old and they were stuck on a sand bank and I new they werent part of southport as I had seen them out on saturday so duty of care took over and we towed them back to the beach up from the club . Once we were finished it was time for everyone to take turns on the pacer and I have to say they all did very well with no capsizes and the boat only half full of water ( forgot to show them where the bailer was ) Charlie and I were very impressed especially with Zach and Leila as they sailed well together with Leila on main and Zach steering . It was a bit sloopy on pack up but we got it there in the end and everyone promised to do better next time and yes there will be a next time .
Open Racing 1.30 pm
Our open racing series has been suspended due to lack of participants but we hope to restart later this year but we will keep everyone informed .
CU on the water
J Murphy
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