Safety Beach Sailing Club NEWS 20th September 2023
What's On
Working Bee
Sunday 1st October from 9.00am to Midday
Dear members,
The House committee under the stewardship of Vice Commodore Rob Rainsford will be holding a working bee to get the club ready for the coming season.
Jobs that require attention:
- trimming of salt bush from boat ramp to beach
- removal of sand from ramp
- weeding and general garden maintenance
- boat dock tidy up-
- pressure wash exterior of club to South and East and North-
- Pressure wash change rooms
- Stain and affix balcony benches
- clean trophy cabinet and trophies
- clean out tower and removal of all superfluous stuff
What tools to bring:
- Blowers
- Gernie
- Secateurs
- Paint Brushes
- Rakes
- Brooms
- Gloves
- Elbow grease
Many hands make light work! Stay on for a beer and a sausage
Off The Beach News
Welcome to Chippa & Rob’s Motor Boat news!!
Hi all - as the season fast approaches we thought it timely to add some information about patrol boats and what to be mindful of each and every week.
We are trying to ensure that the boats are good to go SAFELY each week so that sailors can sail! We hope that’s sufficient motivation.
Were also trying to set up some simple processes ( they’re not hard) that might minimize damage to boats and or trailers.
Please if you’re on duty the duty includes some basic operational and safety requirements.
A few things come to mind:
- LAUNCHING & RETRIEVING – If you are involved in the launch and or retrieval of the boats, please make sure that the propellor is barely in the water whilst sliding backwards into water or approaching trailer. PROP UP - PROP UP - PROP UP!! You’ve most likely all heard us yell. Motors do not need to be all the way trimmed down, if anyone wants any assistance or training with how to best launch and or retrieve safely, don’t hesitate to get in touch please.
- FUEL - Red RHIBS fuel gauges are inaccurate, meaning there 30% more empty than they appear on the gauge. If you’re on duty or on a RHIB please ensure the fuel is topped up if it’s anywhere near half. Fuel card is either on one of the boats or on the board at the back of the shed.
- LIFE JACKETS – Each RHIB has 4 life jackets and are marked W for Woodsy and S for Sutherland. Please make sure at the start and end of duty all life jackets are returned to the respective homes. NB If you change boats or remove a lifejacket for any reason it’s your responsibility to look after the life jackets and get them back home!
- COMMUNICATION – If there are any issues or observations you make please record those on the whiteboard that will sit in the shed above the small table each week. NB If any accidental damage occurs to ANYTHING it is your responsibility to communicate this to Chippa or Rob.
Thanks, and that’s about it for now and we look forward to seeing you all on the water soon!
Rob & Chippa
Montalto Masters
Keelboat News
With last weekend holding the final races for both the Sunday Brass Monkey and Fun Friday series, we only have a couple of weeks before the new 2023-24 summer season starts so it’s time to get prepared. Don’t forget to; attend the Skippers & Crew Meeting at the club this coming Sunday (details below), complete your SailSys registration if you haven’t already, update those handicap certificates, and other important safety and compliance paperwork.
Results
Brass Monkey Winter Series (Race 9)
| 1st | Vincitore | Peter Russell |
| 2nd | Shimmer | Steve Twentyman |
| 3rd | Summer Breeze | Brett Millar |
Overall Series
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1st
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Vamonos |
Fiona Jones
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2nd
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2Xtreme (c.back)
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Andrew Clark |
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3rd
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Vincitore |
Peter Russell
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Here is a link to full results. Thank you to Race Officer Andrew Stocks, assisted by Elaine Nicholas in the tower on Sunday.
Winter Fun Friday Series
Firstly, the Keelboat sub-committee (and I’m sure all the Friday racers) would like to extend a big thank you to Andrew Arblaster. While this was a fun and casual pilot series, the SBSC tower still needed to be manned every race and Andrew stepped up week after week. And of course we’ve all enjoyed reading Andrew’s race reports. Thanks also to Dawn Clark who assisted Andrew regularly – getting in some good tower practice! Finally, to all the skippers and crew who joined in the Friday races - whether you were a regular starter or just occasionally bunked off work when the weather was just too good not to sail – thank you for supporting this pilot series. Enjoy reading Andrew’s final race report …
A perfect day for a sail. Seven boats and 25 crew entered the race enjoying the sunshine and light breezes. The forecast was for 10-15 Kt north-west winds. At start time winds were very variable. The decision was made to change to a shorter course and Course 13 was selected to enable all boats to finish in the allotted time. E’toile made the start of the day crossing on her nominated time. Balance was only 2 seconds late, Shimmer 13 seconds, La Mer 15, Amity 17, Marrakesh (fresh from the Boat Works with new antifoul) 28 seconds, and Yknot 30 seconds. All very good starts given the tough conditions.
The early starters had a very difficult first two legs, with La Mer and Amity only just moving towards the mussel farm. 14 Minutes after the start the breeze started to fill in from the west, giving the later starters an advantage. Marrakesh went out to the right and was the first boat round the mussel farm. La Mer was last around, unable to recover from the slow start. E’toile held their position. Shimmer, Yknot and Balance followed taking advantage of the stronger breezes at the time they started.
Marrakesh retained her lead at R1 but Shimmer and Yknot were closing the gap. Marrakesh held the lead as the boats passed Martha point, but Shimmer was closing fast. Shimmer caught up to Marrakesh and looked like they were going to pass to leeward. Marrakesh retrimmed their sails and increased speed. Shimmer then set themselves for buoy room around the yellow pile and passed as the boats gybed. Shimmer won the race followed by Marrakesh, Yknot, Balance and Etoile. The race for the final placing was the most hard fought of the day with La Mer having a speed advantage on Amity. Amity managed to hold them off and finished 2 seconds ahead of La Mer, another 10 metres and the result would have been reversed.
The overall series went to count back with Yknot having more 1st placings than Marrakesh, and Shimmer took out third place. Marrakesh and Yknot competed in all 9 races.
The win by Shimmer was the start of a big weekend. Shimmer sailed in the ORCV Coastal Sprint on Saturday for a 1st in PHS and second in both AMS and ORC. Patriot was first on AMS and ORC and second on PHS. Shimmer then participated in the Brass Monkey winter series for a second place to Vincitore.
Dawn Clark assisted in the tower with her great record keeping and timing. We had a guest appearance from David Donaldson who assisted with the finishing.
The series has shown that there is interest in a Fun Friday series. The fleet has built over the nine races and we have had 14 boats compete in the series, with one race attracting eight boats. Hopefully, the committee will consider running the series next year.
Photo: Shimmer “Winners are Grinners”
Skippers and Crew Meeting
Sunday 24 September 2023
10.00am start – upstairs at SBSC
The Meeting Agenda was emailed out on Monday. We have a guest presenter – John Maclurcan from SailSys, who had kindly offered to address and field questions on the new race management system. So we look forward to seeing you all there.
2023-24 Notice of Race
The Notice of Race for the 2023-24 season has been uploaded to the Keelboat section of the SBSC website. Click HERE
MOB Declaration
Great to see more skippers completing their on-water exercise after Sunday’s race. Don’t forget, every boat intending to race over summer needs to complete their MOB exercise and submit the completed declaration form to
ORCV News
A great weekend for SBSC boats in Race 1 of the ORCV’s Coastal Sprint Series – well done to all – Shimmer, Patriot and Maverick. Read all about it here Shimmer sparkles, but Patriot shines - ORCV12
Coming Up
Club Merchandise
Get you order in now to ensure that you are decked out in the latest Club Merchandise for he start of the 2023-2024 season Contact Marg Fleming on her email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to discuss your options. The youth t-shirts (with names on them) will have another order put in soon, so if you missed out on first round orders, please contact Marg to make sure you get one in the next batch, which will be processed by end of March. These t-shirts have been a hit with the juniors and will be great to wear to regatta's etc.
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