Sunday 9th August - Juniors and Racing

Hi Everyone,  just quickly to firstly remind everyone that the continuation of painting the club is again on this Saturday from 8.00 am so if you have some spare time come along and give us a hand , paint , brushes and humour supplied . Also a reminder for all current members that the AGM is on on Sunday the 30th of August at 4.00 pm after racing.

8.30am Juniors

With good winds and a outgoing tide it was if not a bit cold a great morning for learning to sail . Amongst some of our regular sailors we had 5 new kids join in for the first time and with a bit of coaching from Tianna, Casey & me we actually managed to get the lot of them up to steering on their first day . It was a surprise to see both the new girls and boys managing to steer the boat reasonably straight and also tack. We actually put little Ava ( 4 years old ) in charge of one Tera but the straight line sailing became a bit of a challenge but to her credit she hung in there with Olivia one of the new girls and actually helped her to learn how to steer .

10.30am Juniors

By the time we started this session the winds were excellent at around 8knots from the s/e so we started with just some windward and leeward sailing in and out of a series of buoys. Now all we have to teach them all is that when they arrive at the marks not to run into each other!

Despite this problem we went ahead a practiced racing skills which turned out to be  a great session with Ollie and Cody dominating the up front positions and even Jess in the laser holding her own against the boys . We even had Alex back after his broken arm in his bic and like the rest he sailed well after such a long break ( no pun intended )

Open Bic/4.7 laser

With Dallas away snow skiing it was up to Jonah and Pat to fly the flag for our bic sailors and they both did well in shifty and dropping wind conditions . The upwinds towards Runners were especially hard because as the wind dropped the tide increased so concentration was the key word . Both guys sailed well and even Pat actually sailed next to the sand banks and western shore on the upwind which definitely worked as Jonah had gotten away early and we didnt think Pat would catch him up which he did so good thinking Pat . Casey,s club boat is now fully turboed so both Casey and Jasmine had a very competitive race and with a bit of coaching from us on their upwind legs especially with Jasmine she did manage to catch up on Caseys early lead just not enough to beat her over the line .

Open Racing

We decided to start the open fleet in front of the club so the bridge came into play but it was alright Tom didnt try one of those tricky under the bridge starts that he is well know for . In actual fact Tom lead for the whole race despite the start boat crew betting that he would probably capsize on the down wind legs he kept Macca and the rest of the fleet at bay for the whole race , even Maurie started with the fleet this week unlike last week when have decided to give everyone a 90 second head start . Another good day on the water guys .

Canteen

A special Thanks to Lyn Pats mum for opening the canteen on Sunday and also thanks to Daniel for showing her how to use the coffee machine as Tianna and I didnt have a clue ? it looks like we should have another canteen introduction day ?

Upcoming Events

2016 Pan Pacific Masters Games as we have applied to be the host club again following the success of the 2014 Games .

CU ON THE WATER 

Saturday Training

Saturday Training is on from 3.00 pm until dark at a cost of ten dollars . It is open to the 10.30 class people and the racing juniors as well so if you want to learn more be at the club on Saturdays by 2,30 pm and be rigged and ready by 3.00 pm so we can get on the water. This program is booked to start on Saturday the 5th Of September so if you are interested just let the sailing office know .

Bendigo Youth Cup

RESULTS
Laser                         Open Bic             Optimist            Sabot
1st G Morton             1st T Wright        1st B Wilson     1st H Mckee
2nd T Rogers            2nd Q Hansen     2nd C Piacun    2nd s Muir
3rd O Weatherseed  3rd L Hitchings    3rd J Wallace    3rd JFoort
how did our sailors go ? I personally thought they all went well and the learning experience was priceless .

Volunteers

Thanks to Gaylene , John , Daniel , Ted  , Casey, Jasmine , Dallas , Andrew , Sylvia , Ashley , Aidan , Daniel jnr the slocombes and the new apprentices and Jim  for volunteering on boats and in the canteen as usual guys we couldnt do it without you especially with our ever increasing participation numbers .

Whats coming ?

Friday afternoon training in Bic and laser sorry Junior sailors only !
Club maintenance day ( still working on the list )
Rescue boat training day  ( September TBA )
 
What is Rescue boat training ? These training days are to introduce those parents who would like to become more involved with their childrens sailing activities to firstly learn our rescue vessels and secondly be shown the correct rescue and recovery procedures .