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Yard Storage for Kayaks & Ski's

Storage space is at an all time high for storing kayak's, stand-up's and ski's. If you own any of the following craft, could you please contact yard master James Everett on 0435 994 173, to discuss your winter storage fees or collection of craft. 

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Results

Winter Fun Friday Series (Race 7)
Originally scheduled for Friday 18th, the race was postponed to be run on Sunday 20th.  A good decision as the wind was 30 kts on Friday afternoon.  Definitely not suitable for a fun race. Sunday’s race was run in a 10 kts or less west/north-west breeze on a sunny afternoon.  Course 1 was selected.  Six boats started with 23 crew.  Two new boats joined the Friday Fun fleet, with Amity and Anthea starting for the first time.  Four boats started at 6 seconds from start time, with Lumiere at 12 seconds and Amity at 60 seconds.
 
On the first beat out to 25, Yknot and Shimmer went to the right and had better breeze.  A lift enabled them to take time out of the other boats.  Amity went well to the left and found the Arthurs Seat wind shadow.  First around 25 was Lumiere followed by Anthea and Marrakesh.  The wind dropped as the boats sailed to R1, with boat speeds dropping to 3 kts.  Anthea and Amity retired on this leg of the course.
 
The next view the race officers had was the great sight of four boats in close proximity with the backdrop of the winter sun on calm waters.  We watched as Shimmer overtook Yknot and Marrakesh, then Yknot passed Marrakesh.  Shimmer had their first win for the series followed by Yknot, Marrakesh and then Lumiere.  All boats finished in a space of 5 minutes.
 
Race Officer for the day was Glenys Hitchen, a National Race Officer from Davey’s Bay Yacht Club. Glenys will be well known to sailors from the club as the PRO for the Petersville regatta at BYS, and Race Officer for the Festival of Sails at Geelong, RBYC, and SheSails.  We were very fortunate to have her experience in the tower.  Dawn Clark assisted with records and Greg Clark managed the lights.  Overall, a wonderful afternoon of winter sailing for all competitors.
 
Next race Friday 1st September.

This Week's Race

Brass Monkey Winter Pursuit Series (Race 7)

Sunday 27th August 2023
First Warning Signal:     09.55H  Pursuit Start
Race Officer: Amanda Malin
Tower Assistant: Glenys Hitchen

2023-24 Summer Program

The 2023-24 Summer Season is fast approaching.  Part 1 of the program and roster has now been published on the website (under Keelboats Race Documents) and can be viewed HERE.  We are hoping it will be a bumper season both on and off the water.  Please mark important dates in your calendar – especially if you are rostered on for duty.  Also note we are holding the Skipper and Crews Meeting before the season starts (on Sunday 24 September).

ORCV News

The ORCV are exited to let you know that entries for the Rudder Cup (Melbourne to Devonport) are now open.
For more information and to enter the 'Oldest Race in Australia' please click here

Devonport Rudder Cup

Paynesville Classic Boat Rally

A three-day celebration of classic boats, maritime culture and cruising on the Gippsland Lakes
If it's older than 25 years, or of classic design and lines ... you just might see it at the rally!
On land or on water, there are so many opportunities to see these magnificent boats up close and in action across the weekend.

Paynesville Classics
Apply to enter a classic boat (over 25yrs or of classic lines & design) click here.

For more information please go to our website at: www.paynesvilleclassicboatrally.com.au

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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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Hamish McColl (OTB sailor) sailing in Croatia with Medisailors.
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OTB Winter Rostering

With dates already in the calendar for inter series in 2024, I’m hoping that we can better plan the roster to keep more boats sailing. As next year’s series approaches we may invite you to let us know when you plan music camps, getting wisdom teeth out, going overseas or breaking a leg! Of course some things aren’t planned, but it is always better racing and more fun with more boats racing. So where practical we will try to get duties out of the way for a skipper or crew so the rest of the series may be free to sail and enjoy rivalries.
 
Thanks to everyone who put their names down for duty and did their part. Special thanks to Neil & Lorraine, Chipper, Deirdre and Ross who volunteered but didn’t sail with us, and of course Geoff for results and sign on set up.
 
On the subject of appreciating race management, from our Race Officer can I pass on a request for a little more respect for our teams helping out each week. No RO likes to disappoint or leave anyone out by starting on time, but we owe it to everyone who does make the effort, to attempt to start as scheduled. We will do our best to provide fair racing for everyone. If we are late, we put the RO in a difficult position of drawing a line between who makes it and who doesn’t. I’m assured racing will start on time next week.
 
Sorry I missed this week, we can’t do everything, but for Mordy there was a better forecast, promise of more sabres and I was less likely to have any ego bruised!
 
We have one more session scheduled so I’ll be on the phone looking for a couple of volunteers to assist Ross and Deirdre, despite some juniors committing to Uni open days and others also absent.
 
As this series come to a close let’s look forward to a bigger better winter series next year with the consistent winds Mono keeps promising.
Bill

CitySail Albert Park Yacht Club

CitySail is coming up soon. For all information on this regatta, please click here.

Yard Storage for Kayaks & Ski's

Storage space is at an all time high for storing kayak's, stand-up's and ski's. If you own any of the following craft, could you please contact yard master James Everett on 0435 994 173, to discuss your winter storage fees or collection of craft. 

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Keelboat News

Results

Brass Monkey Winter Series (Race 6)

1st    
 Vamonos     Fiona Jones 
2nd
 Rells Mal Winder
3rd
 Anthea John Wemyss
 
Full results here

Thanks to Race Officer Judy Champion and Till Brauckmann for assisting in the tower on Sunday.

 
Some images from Sunday 13th

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This Week's Race

Winter Fun Friday Series (Race 7)

Friday 18 August 2023
First Warning Signal:     13.55H  Pursuit Start      
Race Officer: TBA
Tower Assistant: Greg & Dawn Clark
A confirmation email (with course number) will be sent out to all skippers and crew on Friday morning, before 11.00am.
Remember, your start time is different to the Brass Monkey series, so please check your pursuit time HERE

ORCV News

The ORCV are exited to let you know that entries for the Rudder Cup (Melbourne to Devonport) are now open.
For more information and to enter the 'Oldest Race in Australia' please click here

Devonport Rudder Cup

Paynesville Classic Boat Rally

A three-day celebration of classic boats, maritime culture and cruising on the Gippsland Lakes
If it's older than 25 years, or of classic design and lines ... you just might see it at the rally!
On land or on water, there are so many opportunities to see these magnificent boats up close and in action across the weekend.

Paynesville Classics
Apply to enter a classic boat (over 25yrs or of classic lines & design) click here.

For more information please go to our website at: www.paynesvilleclassicboatrally.com.au

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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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Fiona & Zac Lowe at the "Top Of Europe" Jungfraujoch on their recent trip to Switzerland

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Snooks Catering and the Safety Beach Sailing Club are pleased to showcase a night of fine food and wine, partnering with local winery, Kerri Greens of Red Hill. Enjoy a five course degustation menu, prepared to compliment all things our Peninsula has to offer & meet the wine maker - Lucas BLANCK
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Results

Winter Fun Pursuit Race 6

1st    
 JokerX2       
Grant Chipperfield     
2nd
 Cirrus Tim Bardon
3rd
 Marrakesh Neil Hawker
 
Full results here

The schedules fun race on Friday 4th but the decision was made to reschedule to the afternoon of Sunday 6th. This was a great decision as there was over 35 Knots recorded when the race would have been held. Sunday was the opposite with very light South Westerly and a light Easterly close to shore. This led to light and variable conditions over the whole racecourse.
7 boats (Including JokerX2 as a visitor) started the race with 21 crew. Course 12 was selected with a total distance of 5.6 NM. One of the shortest courses, out to mark 21 and return. Cirrus, E’toile and Marrakesh started in a south westerly. Happy Days started just as the wind changed to easterly. Y Knot was quick to recognise the change in wind direction and with Shimmer and JokerX2 started close to the starting tower for a reach to yellow pile.
Happy Days, due to changing wind which seemed to head them whatever way they pointed, took a long time and many attempts to round the yellow pile. From the tower, we could see the wind was easterly on one side of the pile and south westerly 10 meters on the other side. A very frustrating situation. Happy Days was unable to recover from this and retired halfway up the first leg after an hour of sailing.
All the other boats carried on through the variable conditions. Cirrus was first round 21 followed by Marrakesh some distance behind. Then started a game of snakes and ladders as the wind became variable. Marrakesh went out to the left looking for some wind but found none. The other boats took the direct course. Halfway down the return leg a breeze came from the southwest and all boats were recording speeds of up to 5 Knots. Unfortunately, this was not to last. The boats had to cross a patch of very little wind coming into the yellow pile as the easterly tried to establish dominance. The boats were again caught between the two breezes.
JokerX2 showed that nothing beats a high sail area to weight ratio and reached the yellow pile and the finish first at an elapsed time of just under 2 hours showing an average speed of 2 Knots. Cirrus sailed a great race to score first place of the club boats only 3 minutes later. A great result in a small boat in difficult conditions. Marrakesh crossed the line 6 minutes after Cirrus, followed by Y knot.
Shimmer was only about 2 minutes behind these boats at the yellow pile, but the wind completely dropped out as they passed the Safety Beach Jetty. Shimmer went for the record of the slowest trip from the yellow pile to the finish. Shimmer took 25 minutes to complete this short distance. They finally finished in a very light easterly. They were 16 minutes inside the time limit.
E’toile, a boat with a small sail area to weight ratio, so unsuited to these variable conditions, had sailed to the right on the return leg, looking for wind, but found a large hole under Arthurs Seat. They retired when the water between them and the finish line went glassy.
It was pleasing to see crews adjust to the change in days. All boats should be congratulated on continuing to race under very trying conditions.
Dawn and Greg Clark assisted in the tower. They were excited after the birth of a grandson on Friday Night.
Next race is 18th August at 14.00H

This Week's Race

Brass Monkey Winter Series (Race 7)

Sunday 13th August 
First Warning Signal:     9:55H Pursuit Start       
Race Officer: Judy Champion
Tower Assistant: Till Braukmann
Please check your updated pursuit time here

Off The Beach News

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CitySail 2023

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Get ready to have some fun!

Yes, we’re back again and CItySail 2023 is promising to be bigger and better than ever.
Our Women and Girls coaching and racing weekend is always great fun and with Jarka Kluth back as our head coach and her team of professional coaches it is sure to be amazing. They will help refresh and improve your skills just in time for the beginning of the season.  The weekend is made up of a combination of morning coaching sessions and short course racing with coaching in the afternoons. The usual lunches from the Galley and a BBQ on Saturday evening.
Coaching is divided into small groups by ability – advanced, intermediate and *beginners. The skipper must be female but can have a male crew.  *Beginners should have completed Learn to Sail Levels 1 & 2 or equivalent.

Please get your entries in early to help with the organisation of coaches.

More info at https://www.apyc.org.au/citysail.html
Bookings at https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1086026

ORCV News

The ORCV are exited to let you know that entries for the Rudder Cup (Melbourne to Devonport) are now open.

For more information and to enter the 'Oldest Race in Australia' please click here

Devonport Rudder Cup

Paynesville Classic Boat Rally

A three-day celebration of classic boats, maritime culture and cruising on the Gippsland Lakes

If it's older than 25 years, or of classic design and lines ... you just might see it at the rally!
On land or on water, there are so many opportunities to see these magnificent boats up close and in action across the weekend.

Paynesville Classics
Apply to enter a classic boat (over 25yrs or of classic lines & design)
https://www.trybooking.com/CJBZV

For more information please go to our website at:
www.paynesvilleclassicboatrally.com.au

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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Annual General Meeting

I was moved by the number of members that attended the AGM on Sunday.  On top of that we managed to fill positions in Executive Committee, Subcommittees and also the Vice Commodore position.  I would like to extend the EC's sincere thanks to everyone that attended and for supporting the future plans the Executive Committee has for the Club.

After the meeting we heard from Ben Thompson from Unprecedented who told us of some of the challenges that he faced in the 2022 Melbourne to Hobart West Coast race. Thanks to everyone that stayed at the Club for Ben's presentation.

Tony Christmas
Commodore - SBSC

AGM July 2023

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Keelboat News

Results

Brass Monkey Winter Pursuit Series (Race 5)
1st
 Anthea
John Wemyss
2nd
Scamp
 David Phillips
3rd
 E'toile John Gordon
 
Full results HERE

What a great day for a Brass Monkey Winter Series Race with plenty of sunshine and breeze.  It was pleasing to see 13 starters on the water, and we would like to welcome Javelin from MYC who joined us for the first time this winter season - we hope that they are able to make it out on a more regular basis. 

Everyone kept themselves pretty tidy at the start line however, we must mention Anthea who crossed the start with 0 seconds to go (my fingers was hovering over the OCS buttons) and YKnot who crossed with 1 second to go.  

This Week's Race

Winter Fun Friday Series (Race 6)
Friday 4th August 2023
First Warning Signal:        14:00H  Pursuit Start
Race Officer & Tower:      Andrew Arblaster and Dawn Clark
 
Please check your updated pursuit time HERE
We look forward to seeing you back at the club after the race for drinks, dinner and to meet up with your fellow racers.
Big thank you to our volunteers who man the tower each week to enable us to get out on the water and enjoy our sailing.

Off The Beach News

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Photo of the Week

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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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