Flying 11 National Championships

AnJib Avalon Sailing Club Publication SheetFebruary/March 2009 Flying 11 National Championships

IN THIS issue ◆ Flying 11 Nationals ◆ Cruising - January Jaunts ◆ Manly Junior Nationals ◆ Guess Who Don’t Sue ◆ and more! Photo by Kingsley Forbes-Smith www.avalonsailingclub.com.au From the Tiller

Hello fellow members The best overall results were: Scratch Well, the spring sailing season has started and the post-Chrissy 3rd “Cotton On” Scott & Max diet has begun, so what’s news? 5th “Tom Tom” Tom & Josh 6th “Eugene” Tim & Will NEW START BOAT 9th “Ace” Penny & Lucy Dave Hyde is still working on the short-list of boats that meet Yours truly went out for a sail with Kingsley on the mighty our criteria. The good news is that now is a great time to be in 49er last weekend – yahoo! I’d forgotten the excitement of the market for a second hand boat! The Big Night Out funds fast dinghy sailing and after our 2nd or 3rd capsize (who’s are tucked away and ready for the right vessel. counting?) I called for the walking frame! All you dinghy sailors – and yachties too - should ask for a ride sometime soon as the NEW BIG RED RIB season winds down, its great fun! You may have noticed a big red RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat) with the letters AUS on the motor cover recently. Yes, our YACHT RACING continued growth in the centreboard division has meant The second annual Avalon Wet-Etchells Regatta was run in that a proper “coach” boat was needed and when the Murray late January with David Adams (an outsider!) taking home family mentioned that they had one of the ex-olympic coach/ the silverware on scratch and Pete Kidner cleaning up on response boats available for sale at a special price for their local handicap. 10 boats entered this year, with more next year we club – we said “Yes please!”. The funds came mostly from the hope. Thanks to Bruce Dey and Dave Hyde for organising a Australian Sports Foundation fund (tax deductible remember!) great series. with general reserve funds used for the rest Sadly, in December, we had an incident with one of our yachts where they got into trouble close to the rocks during the Quartet CENTREBOARD RACING Bowl race and although a couple of ASC boats saw them in MJ Nationals – Held at BYRA in January. ASC had 7 boats trouble, no-one called ASC or offered to help. Luckily no-one entered, best overall results were: was seriously hurt, but we pride ourselves on our reputation Main Fleet Scratch as a friendly club with exceptional camaraderie between 13th “Full Throttle” Mike & Harley fellow yacht racers and cruisers. This incident has lead to a few 14th “Bullet” Hannah & Jim mandatory changes to our yacht racing requirements, please Main Fleet Handicap see later in this issue. 1st “Bite Me” Jessica & Annika 5th “Bullet” Jim & Hannah AUSTRALIA DAY Novice Fleet Again ASC had a fantastic turn-out for this years Australia Day 6th “Fast & Furious” Sam & Shane Regatta. The Cherubs and 13 foot skiffs blessed us with their 14th “Akuna Matata” Ruby & Ella presence and boosted the centreboard numbers to 73, with 12 All Girl Fleet yachts racing too. 6th “Reflex” Seldon & Margot As always, many thanks to all for the news, suggestions and 7th “Trick or Treat” Clare & Juliet commendations. 8th “Bite Me” Jessica & Annika To all our sailors, sail well, sail fair, sail fast and make your Well done guys and girls!! club proud! Peter Gale Flying 11 Nationals – Held at Eden in January. This was really Commodore close racing with 2nd to 4th separated by only 2 points and 5th Avalon Sailing Club to 8th separated by only 3 points. “The sailing club closest to Paradise!” ASC had 18 boats entered, with 4 boats in the top ten.

2 Yacht Incident – December All ASC yachts must contact ASC, by radio(VHF 73) or mobile phone, if they notice any other yachts -ASC or not - in potential In early December, one of the ASC yachts got into trouble at trouble West Head whilst taking part in the Quartet Bowl Race Series. ASC will contact the proper authorities and, if available, send While the yacht in difficulty was seen by a number of ASC boats, an ASC boat on “standby” – NOT to perform boat recovery or and although there were powerboats nearby – perhaps even in rescue if dangerous. a better position to offer assistance – no ASC boats offered help ASC Race Committee may apply penalties to future yachts that nor radioed or phoned for assistance. After this incident, the do not offer assistance to, or advise ASC of yachts in distress. ASC Main Committee resolved the following: Any yacht can apply to the race committee for redress in Yacht Racing Rule Changes the event of rendering assistance to, or standing by a vessel in distress (This means that the time that is spent offering Effective from Jan 01 2009 or rendering assistance is taken off your elapsed race time All ASC yachts MUST carry VHF (permanent or handheld) in ALL …– THIS IS ALWAYS TREATED MORE THAN FAIRLY BY ALL RACE races, and should monitor channel 73 COMMITTEES, especially ASC !) Yacht Racing Rule Reminders Any yacht that retires from a race should contact ASC as soon as is practicable. All ASC yachts MUST stop to offer assistance to any ASC (or other) yacht in difficulties, if they are in a position to do so. THIS IS RACING RULE No 1 ! 2009 Flying 11 National Championships at Twofold Bay – Eden On Saturday 10 January, 18 Avalon Sailing Club Flying Eleven Over the course of the week the all Avalon sailors did us very boats, their skippers, crews and families headed to the town of proud, congratulations to our two new all-girl crews Eliza Murray/ Eden on the far South Coast of NSW. Zoe Brown and Alina & Jasmin Mueller they sailed well and didn’t once give-up in sometimes very trying conditions. We arrived in Eden to be greeted by a 30+ NorEaster – some had ventured out earlier in the day to test the water – “this is going to During one race Louis Halford & Imogen Murray made friends be so cool”. As we settled into the various houses we had rented with a local Seal and Sam Treharne & Adam Bradley got a little for the week-long regatta some of the kids hopped on their bikes too friendly with a floating log that had found its way into the to find out who their closest ‘Avalon’ neighbours were – however bay from the woodchip mill! – luckily there wasn’t too much by the end of the day – disaster! The boys where out exploring damage! and Zac Duryea had come to grief with a stick impaling itself into Our more experienced sailors all put it up to the opposition and the lower half of his leg! showed Avalon is a force to be reckoned with. Congratulations After a trip, in an ambulance, to Pambula hospital, Zac ended up to Scott Cotton/Max Vos for a place on the podium in 3rd, also with 7 stiches and a decent trophy (the stick) to show the other to Tom Koerner/Josh Ponton, Tim Forbes-Smith/Will Dargaville & kids the next day – unfortunately no sailing for Zac until later in Penny Kendall/Lucy Murray finishing in the Top 10 with 5th, 6th the week. & 9th places respectively. Tom & Josh were the only boat the in fleet of 73 to finish in the Top 10 in all 7 races. On Sunday morning we arrived at Twofold Bay Yacht Club to the sound of Bellbirds in the trees, for measurement and the For photos and full results go to www.flying11.yachting.org.au afternoon’s Invitation Race. Final results for Avalon were: Over the course of the week the fleet of 73 boats dealt with 73 Boats weather conditions ranging from 5knots of shifty breeze through # Boat Name Skipper, Crew Scratch H/cap to abandonment of Race 5 with 40+ knot southerly gusts. 1368 Cotton One Scott Cotton, Max Vos 3 49 As Wednesday was scheduled as a lay day, the James family kindly 1369 TomTom Tom Koerner, Josh Ponton 5 53 offered their house for the Avalon BYO everything BBQ including 1355 eugene Tim Forbes-Smith, Will Dargaville 6 63 chairs! The house was a quaint 1970’s cottage with orange 1334 Ace Penny Kendall, Lucy Murray 9 41 wallpaper in psychodelic patterns, positioned on the edge of the 1370 Checkmate Anna Kendall, Monica Hyde 15 24 headland with panoramic views across the ocean and out to sea. 1348 SS Squill Wil Coxon, Oliver Bell 27 3 The kids played (not too close to the cliff!) and the adults sat back 1349 Outrageous Gemma Rasdall, Jess Angus 28 65 with their favourite beverage and a pile of prawns and watched 1288 Onya Mark Matt Mayall, Matt Bell 29 5 the full moon rise over the ocean – a really special place. continued next page

3 1295 Sparta NicolaForbes-Smith, Alicia Watt 40 63 1343 vendetta louis Halford, Imogen Murray 64 33 1372 Rolled Oats XI Damien James, Oliver Parker 43 8 1270 Naff eliza Murray, Zoe Brown 67 30 1333 Hot Potato Sam Treharne, Adam Bradley 52 4 Thank you also to the wonderful parents Kingsley Forbes-Smith, 1281 Madness Zac Duryea, Hugo Vos 53 70 Peter Cotton & Chuck Bradley who took hundreds of amazing 1325 Damin8tor Brendan James, Aaron Bradley 56 5 photos of all our sailors and put them onto disc for all families to 1316 Jynz Malcolm Parker, Sarah Parker 57 14 treasure – thanks. See photo pages for all the action. 1329 River Rat Jessica Russell, Genevieve James 60 7

1212 Kill the Pigeon Alina Mueller, Jasmin Mueller 62 21 Nicole Koerner Photos by Chuck, Kingsley Cotton Chuck, Peter & by Photos

4 Photos by Chuck, Kingsley Cotton Chuck, Peter & by Photos

5 Cruising - January Jaunts

The Cruising Division has been on two offshore cruises already in being on the water in such an idyllic spot. We moved round 2009. We made our customary pilgrimages to Broughton Island to to Coal Shaft Bay on New Year’s Eve for the traditional bonfire see in the New Year and to Sydney Harbour to celebrate Australia party on the beach. We had spent the day gathering firewood, Day. including a huge heavy piece of timber that Jim and I carted miles along the beach and towed out to Kate as it was too heavy to fit Only two boats set off to Towlers Bay on the evening of Boxing into the dinghy. I had to swim back as Jim couldn’t row both Day, Paul and Bev Sinclair on Hagar and ourselves on Kate Kelly. heavyweights out! The young crew on Midnight’s Promise built Everybody else had family commitments or else it was too windy, a magnificent fire and we enjoyed a great party on the beach, not windy enough, the wind was in the wrong direction etc. etc! watching the distant fireworks of Shoal Bay, sharing some bubbly We agreed that the wind was going to be in the wrong direction and bringing in the New Year amongst good friends. and far too strong initially so we spent 2 idyllic nights in Maitland Bay before setting off up the coast. The only downside to our few As there was a strong southerly forecast for New Year’s Day, we days of swimming, snorkelling and walking was that there were returned to Newcastle that morning and spent a couple more far too many boats in the bay and some of enormous size (see nights there, enjoying walking into town and visiting the new Hagar’s “friend”)! Maritime Museum on the waterfront. It has an excellent history of Newcastle and its numerous shipwrecks, including the Pasha We set off really early in the morning for our trip to Newcastle, Bulka and the Sygna – a great museum. We had a hilariously which of course meant that there was absolutely no wind, so we bad guide show us round Fort Scratchley which gave me a fit of ended up motoring most of the way. As we neared Newcastle the giggles, and we badly needed a cold one afterwards! The the wind got up strongly under the burgeoning storm clouds and Customs House duly obliged as we watched the enormous coal after romping along happily, we had to quickly drop sails in the carriers manoeuvring in the river. We had an uneventful sail entrance as a violent thunderstorm caught us. We approached back to Pittwater, which took us 13 hours in fickle winds. We the Marina to see purple bolts of lightening striking just behind it. were delighted to be escorted by two playful dolphins for about We tied up safely in the pouring rain and to our surprise the yacht an hour before they got bored with us. Paul caught a nice bonito right alongside Kate was our nearest neighbour on the moorings and motored the latter part of the trip to get back and cook it off ASC! We joined up that evening with Karen and Rob from on the Americas Bay mooring. As we kept sailing, we reached Charm and had drinks at the newly opened waterside bar at the Halletts at 10.30 p.m. and decided to drop the hook for the night Newcastle Yacht Club. It is a great facility and also has a simple rather than try to find a spot in the Bay, which was packed to the BBQ-your-own bistro. We then adjourned to the famous Albion gills. The best wind of the entire trip was of course a beautiful pub for a most enjoyable dinner. strong nor’easter that whizzed us home the next afternoon. We The next day we had to motor most of the way to Broughton, in would have appreciated it the day before rather than off ASC – just hot still conditions. We were overtaken along the way by the large typical! RPA fleet steaming full ahead for Port Stephens. We did pick up We really look forward to our annual Broughton visit and this was an afternoon breeze from PS entrance and sailed up to the island, our fifth time. We have been lucky with the conditions because it heading straight in to beautiful Providence Bay on the northern is potentially a hazardous ocean anchorage in the wrong ones and shore. We met up with friends from previous NY visits, Kintail you have to be very careful with your navigation moving round from Palmy and several Lake Mac boats. We were also delighted the island as there are numerous bommies and rocky prickles. to find that the family anchored alongside Kate was the Hortons Similarly, watch the chart very carefully entering and leaving from ASC! Small world eh?! Richard, Bella and their boys were Maitland, as the reef has caught out many an unwary sailor. We do having a wonderful time enjoying the fabulous weather and the not want to encourage anyone to follow in our footsteps without sandy beach with its clear turquoise waters. They were far more being aware of the dangers, but we would love to have more energetic than us, but we did our share of swimming and walking boats come along and join in the delights of offshore cruising, the as well as lounging around in the hammock and just enjoying wonderful destinations and the new friendships you make.

6 The Australia Day Long Weekend was spent down on Sydney After the fun was over, we sailed back up the Harbour. The wind Harbour. The forecast was for a strong southerly late on the was still southerly and much cooler, so we once again anchored at Saturday, so once again the only club boats that set off were Hagar Cobblers, the preferred option of Manly still rather exposed and and Kate Kelly, joined by Karen and Rob on Charm. We set off at “rock and rolly”. It rained steadily all night and into the morning, different times, due to various running repairs being needed etc so we delayed our return trip until lunchtime. The rain scared and all met up at Cobblers Beach behind Middle Head. It was a off all the nudists at least, except the one that the Police arrived very hot day, with frustratingly fickle winds again, but we sailed to tow away as he had broken down (quite which “part” we are most of the way in Kate, except for one windless patch when the not sure!). We were amused to see that he put his shorts on when stern was slapping the water as we went backwards and even Jim the cops arrived! We had watched the Police boat lurking behind agreed to start the engine! I leapt over the side when we arrived Hagar for some time and wondered what Paul and Bev had done in a desperate bid to cool down, but may not have done so if I had to deserve their attention! We were also interested to note that read the article in today’s paper first : apparently 5 metre tiger the Naval Police no longer chase away boats that anchor inside sharks have been spotted in large numbers at Cobblers Beach! The the line of naval buoys, good to know for future trips, as you can only unpleasant beasties we saw there were the usual collection of anchor further away from the nudie beach in there. We had light bare butts, mainly attached to overweight middle-aged men and winds, again, for the trip back and had to motor some of the not at all pleasing to the eye. Cobblers is a very pretty little beach way. Once again the best of the wind was in Pittwater, but we did and beautifully sheltered from southerlies, but you need blinkers. manage to sail the latter part of the passage up the coast. We saw Karen and Rob were amazed at the antics of a naked young “lady” a few dolphins, flying fish and a basking seal on the way down, on the boat nearest them. I missed it all thank goodness. We but caught no fish this trip. were very snug when the very strong southerly came through and One amazing yacht we met up with at Cobblers was Possibilities, many other boats quickly came across from Store and Quarantine, a 25’ Top Hat that had just returned from a five- year which was very exposed. We enjoyed happy hour on board and a circumnavigation and was dressed overall for Australia Day. Ian, barbeque dinner. the father of skipper Jamie Mitchell, swam over to chat to us as The next day we motored up to the Fish Markets after a lazy start. fellow CCCA members and told us all about it. Jim went on board We anchored in Blackwattle Bay and had lunch at Doyles. The and was so impressed at his achievements. He had even recruited Fish Market was crowded and seedy, but still an interesting visit, two crew at Ushuaia to sail around the Horn and they had never rather reminiscent of Hong Kong! Eating your purchases on board been sailing before! Fortunately the sea round Cape Horn was like is a pleasant alternative. We shared some prawns aboard that a mirror and it was a doddle. night. Roman joined us on Sunday evening, collected Phil next Our latest cruising event was a social get together on the rigging morning and the 3 boats set off up the harbour to join in the deck to meet up with some friends of Ron & Dolores Dawson. Australia Day fun. My brother also joined us on Kate (Cobblers Fifteen people came along and we had an enjoyable time on a and Mosman are easy spots to take crew on board by the way), beautiful evening, sharing drinks and nibbles and a barbeque, but Karen and Rob had to set off back to Avalon. We got right in alongside the Twilight racers. Robyn and Ian are sailing their the thick of things, watching the Ferry Race and joining in the Tall Beneteau from the Gippsland Lakes up the coast and have enjoyed Ships race, stopping for a picnic lunch in between, at anchor off 6 weeks in our delightful waters. Ron & Dolores are in Eden, still the Zoo. There are lots of boats of every shape and size, including planning to go to Tasmania. some still sailing after the finish of the Regatta, so it is always chaotic and a little bit nerve-wracking, but great fun. Everyone Please feel free to come along to any future cruises and events. is friendly and some people go to great lengths to decorate their If you would like any information please contact me, or Paul boats. I’m afraid all we do is hoist our large Aussie flag we won Sinclair. at a club event and our red wineglass burgee given to us by the Sue Flaye Craigs – everyone admires it! It comes out every happy hour. To see the JibSheet in glorious colour go to our website www.avalonsailingclub.com.au

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Nicole Koerner Nicole

Richard Rasdall Richard

Support x 2 x Support Meredith Rasdall Meredith Mar They had some unlucky wind shifts but still came 13th overall. second race winning the novice handicap.

All in all it was a fantastic week, the kids and parents learnt so atta

g On the third day there was a wonderful thunderstorm, so we - y much and it was just great fun.

ushered all the MJ’s into the lee of Scotland Island. The kids had a

BYRA

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RPAYC Sally Colley Peter Gale Peter

midda ball but I did have to reassure one local that the invasion of orange BYRA + + ASC BYRA

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Race Officer Race Pittwater Re Pittwater

Centreboard clad kids would not be permanent! Finally leaving the island a race

Commodores Ball Commodores

Ponton

1230 - 1230

Struthers

Reserves

Lin Catlin- Lin

Julie Conly Julie

Sophie Vos Sophie

Debbie Watt Debbie

Sall

Robyn Hyde Robyn Kendall Andrew Canteen

Fiona Castle Fiona Scholten Jan

Susan Eaton Susan

Jenny Angus Jenny

Marie Minslow Marie

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Jenny Duryea Jenny

Afternoon

Victoria James Victoria

Christine Parker Christine

Janine Treharne Janine

Hai

Centreboard Presentation Afternoon + BBQ + Afternoon Presentation Centreboard

Dick Ferris Dick

Jenn

Portuguese Beach Picnic - Everyone welcome ! ! welcome Everyone - Picnic Beach Portuguese

Elizabeth Kidner Elizabeth

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change and amend the sheet on the club noticeboard. club the on sheet the amend and change

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Ros Read Ros

Reserves

Vida Lon Vida

Maria Fruin Maria

Jo Zontsich Jo

Julia Alston Julia

Jan Garben Jan

Joanna Nell Joanna

Kirst

Mand

Morning

Canteen

Suzie Green Suzie

+ Liz Cassis Liz +

Diana Shanks Diana

+ Bill Eames Bill +

Rob

Sharon Leifer Sharon

+ Elle Gregory Elle +

+ Diane Mattes Diane +

+ Michelle Gale Michelle +

+ Jan Trembath Jan +

+ Anne Roughly Anne +

+ Jan Trembath Jan +

+ Helen Carlson Helen +

+ Denise Bolton Denise +

Deborah Jeffre Deborah

Maureen Cuthbert Cuthbert Maureen

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Neil Pitt Neil

Mike Hall Mike

Reserves

Jerr

Paul Binns Paul

John Ewan John

Roger Jory Roger

Ian Turner Ian

Neil Jeffre Neil

John Coo John

Mike Garben Mike

Ian Robinson Ian

Andrew Bate Andrew

Steve Jud Steve

Richard Liefer Richard

Ross Kentwell Ross

Boats x 3 x Boats

Paul Anderson Paul

Blue/Red

Response

Dale Cuthbert Dale

Richard Alston Richard

Tal Sanderson Tal

Michael Ba Michael

Marc Kaufmann Marc

Roland Zontsich Roland

Stewart Johnson Stewart

Andrew Johnson Andrew

Geor

David Bambrid David

Frank Zonneveldt Frank

Murray Vanderveer Murray

Deck Deck

John Nell John

Manly Junior States Round 3 Round States Junior Manly

Colin Fisher Colin

Steve Read Steve

John O'Neill John

Gavin Coopey Gavin

Australia Day Regatta Day Australia

Wolstoncroft in conjunction with with conjunction in Wolstoncroft

No Centreboard Sailing Centreboard No

Coordinator

0820-1230hrs 0820-1100hrs 0830-1230hrs

Blue/Red Div Rookie Regatta @ Point Point @ Regatta Rookie Div Blue/Red

AVALON SAILING CLUB ROSTER ~ February - April, Summer 2009 Summer April, - February ~ ROSTER CLUB SAILING AVALON

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"Iluka"

Yacht

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Coordinator

OOD

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Ian Craig Ian "Koolong"

Bruce Dey Bruce

John Siladi John

Peter Gale Peter "Rousabout"

Greg Bolton Greg "Hustler"

Paul Sinclair Paul Lass" "Rocket Fruin Michael

Karl Nielsen Karl "Diablo"

Neil Gregory Neil "Soleil"Bellingham Brett

Peter Kidner Peter "Scaramouch"

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Geoff Fogarty Geoff "Fearless"

Chuck Bradley Chuck

Ross Trembath Ross "Pirihi"

Brett Stapleton Brett "Bojangles"

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May 30th May

April 5th April

March 29th March

March 22nd March

March 15th March

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February 22nd February

February 15th February

February 8th February

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Monday 26th 26th Monday

January 18th January

January 11th January

January 4th January Photos by Sally and Kingsley and Sally by Photos 9 Guess Who? Don’t Sue ity the poor bloody O.O.D.’s when they run into a situation side and re-start. There are flags on poles for individual recalls Plike this. See the forecast for Sunday 23 November 2008. If (with one sound signal) and Division recall (two sound signals) that had developed in Bass Str. it would have been a repeat of the with the start boat flags. The flags stay displayed until the error 1998 Hobart. However the centre of the system sat over Sydney has been corrected. You can not correct the error by doing a 360 so the winds averaged around 25 knots until it started to move or 720. I know we only do the duties a couple of times a season East and then they came in at the forecast 30 to 40 knots. Good but that rule has been there forever. one Ross for reading the picture and abandoning the R.T. 3. f you want to have a busy day on the water, not sailing , try Ibeing the starters for the wet Etchell regatta,with six races over 2 days. The individual recall pole was poised at every start but only used twice and one of those was the fault of the timer - ME-, according to Bruce Dey. All races sailed in spite of the weather,and did you see the results in the Monday papers. A.S.C. took up most of the sailing column. Real close sailing and the catering for the start boat team was terrific as well as the dinner on Saturday night. Thanks Celia.

ho tied the dinghy knot on the Judge’s Etchell last Juno Wrace, when it was blowing dogs off chains. When the main was hauled up everything hit the fan and the dinghy departed, to be luckily picked up friends of Jane’s in a cruiser around Clareville. No worries Warwick (woops) I can only do right hand hich Kiwi designed boat with a name like a shellfish has bowlines anyway. Wdeveloped a penchant for rounding marks the wrong way. (see September Jib Sheet) and decided to do the same in the hich crew are still tugging their collective forelocks to Brett R.T.4, at Stokes Pt. Realising the error they quickly came back and Wand Robyn after nearly creaming them a few Quartet bowls started to undo the string successfully, but according to a couple ago. With a loose spinnaker sheet flogging and a jammed headsail of sharp eyed sailing shielas, they forgot to then complete the halyard there were so many blokes up the front the helmsman correct port rounding and headed straight to the finish. could not see the boats that had just rounded the Juno Mark. Might have to change the name of the boat to Ancient, Going On ust a reminder to duty start boat people from the yacht Senile Generation. Apologies again Brett. Jfraternity. If a boat is over early at the start it is called O.C.S. (on Norm Field course side) and the only way to correct is to sail to the correct Ladies Skipper Race Sunday December 21

10 Please report all Challenger Head race powerboat problems! Weekend Mar 7th-8th If you have noticed anything wrong with any of the club powerboats, or even if someone else has told you, please We encourage all cruisers, centreboard- report it as soon as possible to either Glenn Sanders or Dave Hyde - try Glenn first, he lives nearer the club and ers, racers to attend this fun weekend can go and check sooner. at Akuna Bay. Details for meal etc are If something happens on a Saturday training session, call on Saturday evening. If something happens on a Sunday, being finalised and will be put on the call on Sunday evening. Reporting on Tuesday just means we only have three days to organise repairs. Report Sunday website and notices at the club. evening and we have five days. Contact details are in the Mainsheet, but just in case, Ring Peter Kidner Glenn’s mobile phone and voicemail is 0407 187 333, 9918 0469 A.H. Dave is on 0414 449 313.

Assistant Canteen The History of Co-Ordinator Required Avalon Sailing Club We need a person to assist the canteen Avalon coordinator. Duties include: - assist with shopping for canteen (once Sailing every fortnight) Club - suit someone who lives reasonably close to the sailing club by Norm Field - full training and career path available! Available at the canteen - contact Stephanie 0411 131 731 only $10

The history of a family sailing club on Pittwater on Pittwater from 1932 to 1963 Dogs and ASC NEW SUMMER RANGE OF CLOTHING NOW AVAILABLE Stand out in the crowd wearing the Last weekend someone borrowed one of the kitchen very latest in new fibre clothing for salad bowls as a water bowl for the dogs at the club. This women and men. We believe you will slobber-laden bowl was left out for the week and ended be impressed with the range. up getting kicked/blown into the water where it was We need the help of a local member subsequently trampled on the beach. that could help setup and have There were also a few doggie presents on the beach clothing available for sale and one on the deck… on Sunday mornings. If you could help please SORRY – NO MORE DOGS !!!!! phone Celia Craig 9488 7416

11 For your Diary... 22 February Family race day and bbq

28 February Cruise to Hardys Bay Working Bee 7-8 March Challenger head race Many thanks to the following helpers: 15 March Michael & Susannah Smith Cruise to Patonga Dick Ferris, Jean Cross Geoff Fogarty, Andrew Kendall 22 March Jeff Conly, Glenn Sanders two island race Peter & Jenny Haigh Ross Trembath, John & Cher Knight 29 March Neil Gregory, Ralph Aldritt Family race day and bbq Diana Shanks, Gavin & Ewan Coopey Vicky James, Greg Catlin 5 April Finn & Murray Catlin-Struthers Portuguese Beach Picnic Tom & Talbot Sanderson Sam & Michael Eaton Neil Jeffreys, Dennis Heath Frank Costanzo, Martin Roughley Murray VanDerVeer 2009-2012 Racing Sally Mayman, Jim & Tom Colley Rules of Sailing David Hyde Will be available to purchase from Richard Horton, Bella Glenny the Club for $35.00, cheaper than at Fred & Jack Horton bookshops. Please phone or email me Brett Stapleton, David Bambridge your requirements. Pierre Cassis, Michael Bell Celia Craig 9488 7416 George Stylianon, Peter Gale [email protected]

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