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VICE Lisa Brock THIS MONTH’S WINNERS: COMMODORE: REAR Phil Scapens 08/02/2019 $350 COMMODORE: Sue Bigwood Not present TREASURER: Martin Pike 15/02/2019 $375 RETIRING Bruce Noble COMMODORE: Nancy Higgins Not Present COMMITTEE: Andrew Dallisson 22/02/2019 $400 Peter Higgins Hayley Adamson Not Present Darren Witty 1/03/2019 $425 Tony Turton Cassandra Perry Not Present Jim Lelliott 8/03/2019 $450 Chris Todd Raymond Solly Not Present Doug Nairn 15/03/2019 $475 David Gordon Not Present

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COMMODORE’S NOTES forget some people, but thankyou to everyone who pitched in! Hi everybody! With the season only 4 I would like to highlight some special weeks away from drawing to a close we efforts though. Two-week-old social are well on our way to one of the most members, “Curly” and “Gadget”, asked prosperous financial years we have ever what they could do to help out on the had. As I have stated in previous Saturday and then were there first thing logbooks, most of this has come on the Sunday morning to assist the back of the hard work done by our great stallholders and then cook the BBQ volunteers and staff who continue to alongside our other helpers. Great club provide fantastic events and service spirit and fantastic effort! The other together. club member who deserves a pat on the This could not have been more evident back is Jock Dallisson. We thought the than at the Family Fun day recently held SUP’s were being independently at our club. Our House Committee, led organised but instead we were handed by Phil Scapens, Julie Pike, Chris Davis some to use and coordinate ourselves. and Laura Baker, coordinated with Jock stepped forward to become an Stephen to put on an awesome variety impromptu instructor and wound up in of events and activities. These ranged the water for 5 hours! Good work mate! from the market stalls, jumpy castle, It was an awesome day overall, wine tastings and jazz duo to our core exposed our club and sport to a lot of activities of and aquatic sports. potential members and customers, While the wind didn’t really help us out demonstrated how an event can be run on the day, the weather was still successfully without being too beautiful and probably about seven to expensive initially, and was financially eight hundred people came through our successful as well. Perfect! doors. If there was one thing that was Of course, none of this can happen concerning to me though, it would be without the efforts of a small army of that we were light on for volunteers. people. There was the initial setting up When I looked around to see those of the grassed and surrounding area for helping, the majority of faces I saw were the stalls etc. Volunteers and staff were those who I usually see helping the club needed to organise and coordinate the out and rely on. While some state heats intro to sailing functions so we could do and Lincoln Race Week explained our it safely and record all participant lower numbers, I don’t think it is fair or details. Then there was the seemingly sustainable to think it can continue this never-ending task of cooking on the way without more help spread out BBQ (about 800 sausages plus onion!) across our membership. We volunteer plus a solid line up for drinks service. It and sacrifice large amounts of our time would be unwise to try to mention so our club and sport remain viable, and everybody because I would no doubt I don’t think it is too much to ask for a couple of hours of your time is it?

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We have a great club already. Together Scoring – Annabel and Christine we can make it greater. continue to work on both Top Yacht and My Sailor – as we sail more races the Cheers Rob handicap results are matching closer and closer each week. The Top Yacht VICE COMMODORE’S NOTES results will be used for awarding As we race towards the end of the trophies and prizes this year, but please season, you will notice that Seacliff 5 is continue to monitor results on both and now sporting a new engine thanks to a let me know of any discrepancies – good trade in price on the old Yamaha feedback on which you prefer will also and great work by Bob Couch to secure help with the decision on which one to a grant. We had to put about $500 of use for next season. our own money in but the end result is a We are hoping to use My Sailor for the new Evinrude E-Tech – to start the Windsurfer Nationals. gradual upgrading of our RIBS. Thanks heaps to Annabel and Christine All 3 Tractors have also been worked on for their positive work on the race to fix various steering and maintenance results. issues.I have seen an explosion of windsurfers on the Inner Course Duty Class – we have had a drop off on (formerly known as the junior course) the roster for some classes, we have sorted this out now and you will be The last few weeks we have had 5 led added back into the rotation. Thanks expertly (and with a bit of showing off) very much to the Sabres who let us by Tim Lelliott – he said there hasn’t know they had been missed and took on been this many racing since 1984 – they the task on the 9th March – with the have one rule “all windsurfers must cooking of the sausages expertly started keep clear of Optis’” – which does by the Opti’s!! provide some entertainment for those of us out on the RIBS and is great We have some new members who have practice for the Nationals on 23 -26 joined this season they are: Stephen January 2020. Emery, Wytse Gensemer, Elzbieta Dorota, Tomasz Wikior, Elise Cambell, The Volunteer form will be in this Abbey Curtis- Best, Jett Wight, newsletter – there are going to be over Catherine Mansell 100 windsurfers at BSYC for this weekend, if you would like to volunteer please let me know. Lisa Brock Vice Commodore Lasers continue to grow in popularity and a weekend has been scheduled at the club on 6 & 7th April.

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REAR COMMODORE’S NOTES EDITOR’S CORNER

Another Log Book….how the months Boat park matters by! Please continue to forward Class news and items of interest to the Club Now that we are at the end of our Secretary Patsy and/or myself. I trust sailing season it is probably opportune that you enjoy the Log Book… I to remind all our members how we can personally feel that over the years it has all work together to make the club provided a great record of BSYC events facilities work for everyone. both on and off the water which I am sure is historically important! Please keep motor vehicle movements I recently had visitors from Melbourne into the boat park to a minimum, and although they were non-sailors they particularly on sailing days. Boats should were greatly impressed by the be dropped off and vehicles removed as wonderful friendly atmosphere on the soon as is practicable. Under no front lawn following the day’s racing. circumstances should cars be parked on Thank you to all those who came along the centre lawn. As such we have a to introduce themselves and may this single boat foot print policy which continue to be a hallmark of our Club means keep your boat on its jinker and and be a means of attracting both road trailer together. If you separate the sailing and social membership. two, then move the road trailer out of the boat park please. Nancy Higgins Please also be aware that we have delivery trucks arriving at varying times GOLD ON BLACK so please keep the bitumen apron around the lawn clear for these What an exciting time to be involved deliveries to take place. This also with the Brighton and Seacliff Yacht includes keeping space clear on the Club with so many things happening on northern side of the bitumen for our and off the water. I would like to thank tractor to manoeuvre our Safety Boat those members who attended our fleet effectively. We also have more recent members information session weekday sailing activities happening so where we outlined our much improved motor vehicles should not be parked in financial position and our priorities as a the club grounds “except if you have a management committee moving permit “. These people know who they forward. In brief the following areas are. were discussed; shed and boat storage, Boat Park and bitumen apron - not to be Thanks for your co-operation. used to store boats, no motor vehicle parking on race days, single boat Phil footprint. Installation of solar panels on our roof, upstairs bar and surrounds,

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Canteen relocation, volunteers, comprises: former Commodore’s Peter Windsurfer Class Nationals 23rd – 26th Gold and Jim Blake, John Gratton, Rex January 2020, our point of sale system Hunter and myself. Our intent is to weaknesses, remediation work for revise the existing work and continue balcony (NW corner). It was also great the story beyond 1984 until the present. to see some spirited discussion from The group meets enthusiastically every those that attended. It would also be 2-3 weeks with Peter Gold taking on the our intention to conduct more of these lead writing role, he has an amazing to provide a forum for open and recall of past characters and events transparent communication. Whilst it is around the club having been involved at great to see the passion that we have committee level since the early 2000’s, within the club, particularly from those Jim Blake (local historian) providing members that are retired and actively historical technical advice and compiler involved and we thank you for this, and keeper of photos, John Gratton please remember that the Flag Officers (soon to publish a history of the SA and members of the management Gwen 12 Class) is our chief researcher. committee are all working and juggling John has kept every logbook ever day jobs so please consider the manner written as well as past commodore and tone in which you speak to us about reports all of which provide a rich matters relating to the Club. You may source of information. Rex has joined also have to be patient with your issue more recently having published a or request whilst we try to balance it number of books and is providing much with all the other priorities relating to needed creative input and will be our club development. Attending forums chief editor. My role is to support and like the above and volunteering where guide all of this talent and provide much you can will also help you understand needed lubrication to keep the creative our priorities and be part of our great juices flowing. club. So far we have re- typed George’s Another exciting time in the Clubs original work with the help of Judith history is our centenary celebrations Noble, Margaret Burdon, Laura and which will commence officially next Anne Baker and Pauline Turton, Thank season with Opening Day. A working you ladies. This will become Part 1 of group led by our Venue Manager, the new booklet. Part 2 of the booklet Stephen will shortly be convened to will represent the story from 1984 to plan how best to celebrate this present day. Peter Gold is currently milestone. writing a chronological summary of As part of the intended centenary events and people sourced from celebrations a small group of members logbooks over the years and Past are currently working on refreshing and Commodore reports etc. Jim Blake has updating Gold on Black – a story of the also made contact with Past Brighton and Seacliff Yacht Club Commodores who have provided their compiled by George Doughty. The group insights. From this, the group will

MARCH 2019 Page 6 identify themes/categories which will provide the basis for the structure of Part 2 of the booklet. A lot of work has already gone into this with a lot more to come. Jim Blake will also be compiling photographs to provide a pictorial history of the club and to support these themes that the group is identifying.

Here’s where you can help. We are still looking for photographs that depict different phases of the club and areas of activity over the years. They may be personal photographs with something interesting in the background. You may feel that they are not relevant but they may be so please send them into Patsy our Club Secretary who will pass them onto Jim Blake our resident Historian who will take great care of them and place them on a USB and return them to you. Also if any member has any old articles from newspapers or information relating to past and present characters of the club we would like to hear from you. Together we can make our Centenary year something special.

Phil Scapens - Rear Commodore

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JUNIOR LOG BOOK REPORT not to worry Webby and team had plenty for the kids to do! Ask a junior to sound Recent Results out their name in the phonetic alphabet A number next time you bump into one. Or maybe of our Opti chance your arm against a Tacker! They sailors have were a formidable challenge for our attended green and silver fleeters in the tug of events in war! the last few months. In Other than that day we have been really March fortunate to have had good sailing Aussie Higgins and Charlie Prior headed weather for the juniors in the morning across the border for the Victorian and most recently great SW in the States. afternoon for racing. In the afternoons we are having great Aussie Higgins was success running 4 starts out on the junior rewarded with a 6th course. Windsurfers, Lasers, Open optis in place in an open and Green opti all getting at least two fleet 961 in the runs around in the afternoon and Victorian States and sometime the speedy Lasers get 3. The cementing his place second race is proving popular for a bit in the Australian of “on water boat swapping”. We have Squad heading to seen some rather “oversized” Opti Chile in April. captains of late and some rather under Charlie Piro, in the Australian sized Lasers and even Windsurfers Development squad sailed in 23rd place scooting by! All a bit of fun once the first and is now heading off to Noumea in race is out of the way- particularly for the October. All in Race. Great job boys and best wishes for these upcoming international regattas. Back in SA – the Youth State Notably we are seeing an improvement Championships were held 9/10th March in our sailors towards the back end of the at ASC. Well done to Darcy Higgins season with many kids moving up securing a 2nd place overall in the Open coaching fleets and more kids out racing fleet in the afternoon. Last Saturday, 26 kids in Optis, 3 Lasers and 3 Windsurfers took Back at the Club to the course! What was encouraging to Never a dull moment see is that the Optis are all starting to down the club for the attack and bunch up at the start line. juniors- Back in Feb it Good job coaches. was raining and too to get out –

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Also great to have Harry Higgins on board coaching our Gold Squad. Great job Harry. Also a big thankyou to our 420 kids (Ben, Jonas and Quinn) that come out regularly to help rig Opti boats on a Saturday morning. It’s great to see club spirt and skills filtering through to the juniors. Keep it up gang you are setting a great example. Ros Sayers

SHARPIES NEWS Hi all and welcome back to our 1st edition for 2019 where we will cover the 18/19 Nationals and the latest in club racing – I’m sure you can’t wait to read ahead.. A number of our sailor are benefiting The Nationals were held just after from the extra coaching from Joal and Christmas where 73 boats competed Jonas on the Monday after school BSYC with 11 BSYC entrants, although quickly Opti Development Squad. Great this became 72/10 when simply initiative from Roey and Brett to get this Irresistible t-boned a WA boat and lost programme of to a great start. We look their front end in heat 1. forward to more kids joining in. Just drop Bretto a line. The racing was obviously tight and some major shifts caught a lot of boats out and advantaged others. One being Harry Mitton in SA726 an old wooden boat with Josh Hinks on-board who grabbed a win in heat 6. Adelaide boat ‘Sideshow Bob’ with owner and one of our Figure 1 You never know who might pop in - Alex Sponsors David Snoad from PINZ on- Zimmerman cluing up the BSYC Development Squad board sailed the cleanest regatta with 3 bullets and their worst finish an 11th, to win with a race to spare. Of the BSYC fleet Dave, Rob and Tony in Mike Keogh’s ‘Major Tom’ sailed a great regatta in weather probably not best suiting them (yep, it was light / moderate!!). They had a 2nd and a couple of 3rds to finish 4th overall. The “Radar” lads showed early form with a MARCH 2019 Page 12 win in Invite 2 but peaked too early, the start but once you were through it finishing 8th overall. Focus with Dave A was great fun always having boats near steering Sam and Chis around were enough throughout the race that you consistent but their lead-in preparation had to keep thinking tactically. While we was probably a bit under done ending had excellent weather for the whole 13th. Next was the normal (?) crew on regatta, there were some tricky wind Moe’s in 16th again in probably not the days that made things interesting for most suitable conditions… boats at our end of the ladder as I’m sure it did for the leaders also. Mixamatosis peaked in Invite 1 with a Ultimately, we as a crew had a great th rd 12 and overall 33 . Team Asser ended time racing and our knowledge of the rd th th in 53 and had an 18 in heat 6, 54 boat and our team working skills increased immensely. Here is Tegan, Tim, and Ben’s report on the Nationals: Aside from the sailing, the association and ASC hosted a full social calendar Sharpie Nationals – The Gulf War that saw plenty of fun times had off the On the morning of the first day of water. ASC was perfect for the large Nationals, a lovely sunshiny day, we amount of people and it was great being turned up to ASC for registration and able to grab a couple of hard-earned weigh in. For people who have never green tins after racing in the downstairs sailed Nationals before, it was an wet bar. Whomever was in control of experience just trying to find a place to the sound for the club also did an put the boat! We did successfully excellent job getting everyone pumped manage to squeeze in between a few and ready to race with the daily dose of interstate boats, and the regatta was AC/DC an hour before go time. While on. Rego and weigh in was super easy we might not be interstate travel ready, and everyone around the club was more largely due to a trailer that may not than happy to help if needed. make it to the destination, we will surely be at the next SA series. The series included 11 races across the 10 days of Nationals. There were 2 lay Tegan, Tim and Ben Asser days in the middle because Sharpie Lachie Nairn steering SA815 with Matt sailors like to party. The weather gods Van Riel and Joal McKenzie having to looked upon us favourably – no races carry a UFD after having 2xDNF. Mystic were cancelled due to lack of or came in at 56th on their new Dolly and a excessive wind! Nearly every day was 28th, Mia Schnaars got Champagne Tent warm but not too hot with lovely blue through the regatta ending up 70th skies and sunshine. Couldn’t have including a 37th, Bob, Damian and planned it better. It probably took us a Jonathan rounding out the regatta in couple of races to get over the ‘awe’ of 71st which unfortunately included 5 trying to line up with 71 other boats on DNF’s which cost them badly.

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Overall not a bad performance by team Swimming, tennis, basketball, and BSYC but the work the leading Adelaide surfing featured at school, on weekends boats put in leading into the regatta and holidays. certainly came to the forefront and they I went to a technical college, which lead certainly had an edge in some areas. me into a junior traineeship for Bring on PERTH! architecture with Adelaide’s leading Locally things have been a bit quiet Architectural firm C.D.B. and N. which is often the case following a In those days we worked for a living home Nationals. In the race for during the day and went to night school Consistency honours Team Foam 3 have to further our careers. kicked clear in the straight with 2 wins We had money in our hands and paid in 3 weeks to hold a commanding 17 for our sport gear, car etc .while living point lead with 4 races to go from life and having fun. Mystic. The Club Championship page From Friday night to early Monday hasn’t updated but I’m confident that morning we would chase the surf from Major Tom having sailed all 5 heats thus mid coast to south coast, Yorkes, and on far has this one tied up prior to Rob holidays hit the east coast up to Noosa having to go in for shoulder surgery. etc. Sometimes calling into the snow Well planned team! fields on the way home. Other things: Surf reports and Google did not exist, so Good to see Ron and the team get the off we went with survival kit of sleeping Green boat back out on the water bag, baked beans n fork, board n wax Great to see legend sheet hand Jacques and some ‘bananas’ The parents did not Grosser back in a Sharpie. have holiday houses and caravan parks Will Jim have his house warming before were toooo expensive for surfheads, so Jock and Caroline? we camped in our cars or on the beach. For the Diary: No ‘helicopter Parents ‘then’!! April 13th – Closing Day : always a big One windy day after an exhausting time afternoon and with the Rock Doctors … up and down the Mid and South coasts May 17th – Presentation Night – don’t with no waves, we pulled into the local tell us you didn’t know!! Seacliff Pub for a light refreshment. While sipping a frothy on the upper Goodnight B2, B1 level beach balcony a yacht came flying into the shore looking like some sort of Tony Turton stunned bird , with this bloke tied with fencing wire to a stick stuck in the HOW I STARTED SAILING middle of the boat. He was screaming as they crashed onto the beach, so my As a young teenager in the early 60’s life mate.. Ken [‘smally’] Small and I rose to was good. the rescue and helped them untangle a Jobs and careers were on offer and bloody mess! sport was a major way of life.

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One of the blokes on the boat was an coaching.. Such as ‘please paint your sail ‘old bloke’ at the back and a very ‘young number on your centerplate!! bloke ‘up the front, and they were SURFING STOPPED AND SAILING TOOK pretty pumped I’ve gotta say? They got HOLD. our attention very quickly and within ten minutes or so we ‘knew all about Smally and I went halves with our first sailing’ and bought the blokes Gwen 12. boat and we had a ballistic sailing life We got the bug and marched straight up with laughs on and off the water. We to the BSYC to join up. thought the skills in sailing were to push the boat as hard as possible on the shy ENTER SAILING AND SURFING PUT ON legs and crash at ‘full speed’! Until one HOLD, Big Day over a few frothies at the bar ‘Gwens were Gweat” was the call from this Gwenner bloke call Adrian [Big ‘A’] these sailors at the club and they were Arthur said to me.. Jimmy.. Have you headed by Master In Command ... John ever tried pulling the stick towards you [Jack] Gratton.. Expert Gwenner and on the shy when overpowered? What! boat builder. Jack pointed us towards Next week Big ‘A’ went on the wire for the sea and launched, sailed, crashed, me and on the tight shy I “pulled away’ and swam for a couple of years. [We in the gust... Bloody hell... We went now know this to be Coaching?]. double the speed and didn’t crash! We followed these blokes around these This was a major turning point for me little plastic cones which we know as with sailing and Smally retired and I ‘marks’ of the course. bought a ‘gooda’ boat’ and built two The trusty BSYC Rescue Boat Crews more Gwens. Another good mate of followed us everywhere and we fully mine is Dave [DPD] Dawson who swam embraced the ‘game of sailing’ being like a brick and had never stepped on a first on the water and last off the water. boat before DPD was the perfect a crew After multiple capsizes the RBC would .. We started leading the bunch around hover around us and very nicely ask: Do the couse and we sailed every weekend want to retire? We promptly replied. and holiday at club, states, and NO Thanks. Still sailing we finally found Nationals, dragging the boats, kids, the last windward marked and there wives, families and friends around they were again!!!! It’s getting dark and . every ones off the water: Do you want One Saturday ‘a long time ago’ we were to retire? Again we reply No, we paid sailing in a 5 to 8 knot breeze and this our entry fee and we are; going to ‘Long Boat’ glides past us upwind with finish’ Thanks. Tough love with those all crew hard out, on the wire and guys and we bought them numerous ‘motoring’ while we were wallowing in beers for ‘services rendered’. They were our Gwen. Hello Hello. very helpful bunch and offered us on At this time, Gwens were in a the water advice, gave us unpaid ‘development stage of redesign’ to trying to keep up with the Skiffs and

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Cherubs, but these ‘Long Boats’ looked gear on her and called her ‘Speedi pretty bloody good to me. Gonzales’ [as we find out... not so The Milang to Goolwa Freshwater speedi]. About 1983 the New Sharpie is Classic ‘was on my radar, but the Gwen born and we transfer all the good gear was 12 feet long and the minimum from Speedi onto the now called …. length for a boat to enter the race was ‘MYSTIC CONNECTION’ SA 752. 14 Feet! I am just about brain drained at this Legend... Macca Hazelgrove overheard point so... this at the bar and promptly offered his ON ON. [built by renowned Sharpie yacht builder... Yachtcraft] to us Jim Lelliott for the classic race. Well.. Wild horses could not hold us back. SAILING SCHOOL NEWS DPD Dawson up front, Trevor [Tex] Chillman middleman and me at the It’s been a great season so far and all blunt end. We load up the boata with courses and programs have been well esky, grog, marsbars, chips, for the long attended. It is fantastic to see sailing sail! Off we go from Milang across lake school students continue on sailing after Alexandrina two sail reaching and fully completing their training. Many Tackers pumped and nearly out of control, turn kids have made the transition to Green right at the river and head up to Goolwa Fleet which has bolstered out coaching Yacht Club finish. No problem for this squads, filled our boat shed and seen team except we must keep in the record numbers on the junior course on channel and gybe numerous times to Saturday afternoons. Adult sailing keep out of the mud! Bloody Hell... We graduates have been taking advantage flipped, flopped, swam, lost the survival of cheap lease fees on Saturday goodies, lost most of our pride, all the afternoons and twilight sailing on way to the yachty . Thursdays. Macca... You are a bloody Legend Our Saturday Tackers course ends this mate... How do we get one of these Saturday 23rd March with an expedition machines? sail and presentations. The Youth Squad ENTER KYM [BALLS] SNOWBALL...M.D. course which ran for 6 weeks on WINDWARD YACHTS INC. Saturdays from 10am – 1pm has been a We build the first composited glass great success and many of the hull/n/deck Sharpie with Balls up front participants are keen to continue. and young Chopper Phill [Ben Lexan] Scapens on sheets. What a team. Teams racing schools are in the peak of So we can master the ‘finer points of their season now with 5 schools sailing Sharpie sailing ‘I bought an old Sharpie at BSYC during the week in perfect from a bloke called Catchpole at autumn conditions. The final regatta is Glenelg. He had it in the chicken shed, at Port River on the 31st March and so it was a ‘bit rusty’. We put all new

MARCH 2019 Page 16 state titles will be held at Goolwa from the pre-requisites and the 23rd to 26th April. registration process, ideal for 15 and 16 yo sailors looking for part time There is still time to get some sailing in work next season this season as great conditions will continue well into May and June. Check All course details and registration out our up coming events and links at the BSYC Sailing School courses below. Page….

SAILING SCHOOL DATES www.bsyc.com.au/sailingschool

School Holiday Tackers, Monday 15th Brett Yardley – Thursday 18th April Accepting Tackers 1, 2 or 3 and ideal for FAMILY FUN DAY AND EVENTS transitioning to green fleet or training up for Frostbite Regatta. Register February saw two very big and very now www.bsyc.com.au/sailingschool different events held here at the Adult Learn to Sail Weekend, Sat club. Family Fun Day and The Numb 13th & Sun 14th April Last chance for Skulls. Start Sailing this season and combined with our final race day, this I would just like to say a massive will be an awesome weekend of thank you to everyone who came sailing fun. down and supported the annual Family Fun Day. I would especially Autumn Clinic – Opti Squad and like to thank all of the volunteers who Youth Squad, TBC We have had a continue to go above and beyond for great start to these new initiatives in the club. Those who helped organise, Feb and March. To be held again in Christine Davis, Julie Pike, Laura May on a Saturday or Sunday, day Baker, Lisa Brock, Phil Scapens, and times to be confirmed. everyone who manned the BBQ and everyone else who helped to set Youth Live In... It’s on again!! – things up for us. Saturday 18th – Sunday 19th May After a successful rebirth last year we This year we introduced a market expect this to be well attended and alongside all of the on water booking details for this one will be activities, and we had a fantastic turn out in early April. out. Everybody enjoyed the whole day and we received many great AS Dinghy Instructor Course, Friday comments about the atmosphere and 24th – Sunday 26th May at BSYC Call vibe that we are creating at the me or see me at the club to discuss MARCH 2019 Page 17 club. Many of the people who he led the fleet around the course attended were new faces and it was however as he went across the finish fantastic to see, many of these line with a handy lead the silence from people have since become social the Committee Boat was somewhat members or have booked onto sailing deafening as the bad news and reality programs. quickly sunk in for the OCS skipper of Hoodoo and so it was Dean Francis The Numb Skulls CD launch was a who got the hooter, with Bill Tucker huge night for the club and was very second and an ecstatic Jason Young well attended, reaching maximum third. Bill T. capped a good day out capacity by 8:30pm. We have had with a Consistency points win from great feedback from everyone who Dean F. and Fiona Wilcox. attended and it was great to see the club being used and promoted to a Race 15: A nice 10-12 knot SW different clientele. A fantastic night seabreeze came in on cue for Race 15 of live music and moshing. which was also the penultimate 5th Club Heat and unlike the previous There are lots of exciting events Saturday there was no recall at the throughout March also, start for the 14 boat Sabre fleet. Cuban Fiesta – 29th March – Graeme McLeay picked the shifts Fundraiser for Cuban surf riders, live nicely up the first beat to lead at the music, food truck, games, raffle windward mark for the first time, Please don’t forget your Mothers on however John G. took over the lead at Mother’s day 12th May the gybe mark and he went on to We are taking bookings secure a handy win with Peter Leader next and a fast finishing Laura Baker Stephen Brind third. Don Wilson sailed a very good race to take out first place in the SABRE DINGHY CLASS Consistency points.

CLUB RACING: Race 16: No wind, no racing.

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Verhagen who sailed one of his best races for the season and he also won Wallaroo skipper Ryan Kelly won the the Trophy race. A surprise entry for first of the two short course races the day was Bek Gratton sailing Space from John Gratton second, Largs Bay’s Oddity for the first time in nearly five Rick Stockley third, ASC’s John Inns years and she had a good day out - fourth and Graeme McLeay fifth. soundly beating her old man in race 1 There was an individual recall signaled and getting a creditable 8th in race 2. at the start but no boats went back Jonathan Owen got second and Ron and unfortunately Dean Francis was Rickards was third in the Consistency one of the boats pinged as OCS. placings. After a general recall or so for the start Race 18 had 14 Sabres line up for the of race two PRO Malcolm Hughes had two short course races, with Race 1 had enough and the black flag being for Consistency points, and as promptly went up for the next for the previous Saturday the racing attempt. Graeme Mac. led a very tight was sailed in a nice SW seabreeze. bunch of five boats around the last John Gratton won the first race with mark however at the finish line it was Dave Gordon second and Dean Francis John G. getting the hooter by 2 sec third, while Don Wilson put in a very from Ryan Kelly with Rick Stockley good race to once again take out a third and Graeme Mac. coming in at handicap win - his fourth this season. fourth after edging out Somerton’s Dean F. completed a good day out by Jaqui Cole. winning the second race from John G. And Dave G. The results for the six Brighton skippers who competed in the fourth STATE HEATS 7 & 8: round were:

The fourth round of the State Seventh State Heat: Championships were hosted by the Adelaide Sailing Club on the 24th 2. John Gratton February and saw a fleet of some 16 5. Graeme McLeay Sabres competing. The marine 6. Peter Leader forecasts for the Sunday at West 7. Fiona Wilcox Beach were for a light 5-10 knot SW 8. Rob Gale seabreeze building during the Dean Francis (ocs) afternoon however for the two races that were sailed the breezes never got Eighth State Heat: past about seven knots at the best, and it was a very hot day as well. 1. John Gratton MARCH 2019 Page 19

4. Graeme Mcleay weekend by jagging third spot in the 6. Dean Francis race and Rob G. got fifth. 10. Fiona Wilcox 11. Rob Gale The results for Brighton skippers in the 13. Peter Leader fifth round were:

And so after eight of the scheduled ten Ninth State Heat: races had been completed for the championship John Gratton with 2. Graeme Mcleay placings of (1,1,4,1,1,2,2,1)=7pts was 4. John Gratton handily placed from Rick Stockley 6. Rob Gale (3,2,2,7,2,1,3,3)=13pts and Ryan Kelly 10. Dean Francis (4,OCS,1,4.5,4,4,1,2)=16pts, after two 12. Jonathan Owen discards had been applied. Fiona Wilcox (dsq)

STATE HEATS 9 & 10: Tenth State Heat:

The fifth and final State Championship 1. John Gratton round was sailed at the Somerton 3. Dean Francis Yacht Club on Sunday 17th March. The 5. Rob Gale forecast was for a 10-15 knot 9. Graeme McLeay seabreeze filling in during the 11. Jonathan Owen afternoon and so State Heats nine and Fiona Wilcox (ocs) ten were sailed in ideal winds for the 15 Sabres competing. At the conclusion of the days racing the final placings saw John Gratton In Race 1 Somerton skipper Kelvin (8pts) take out the State Jeanes, sailing his new boat Ghost Championship from Largs Bay skipper Rider, used his local knowledge to Rick Stockley (16pts) with Wallaroo advantage and sailed a flawless race sailor Ryan Kelly (18pts) in third place to get the hooter and win his first ever overall. Brighton skipper Peter Leader State heat. Graeme Mac. also sailed (27.5pts) was fourth in the well for second, with ASC skipper John championship while Graeme McLeay Inns getting third across the line. (32pts) was fifth overall as well as taking out an overall win in the In the building seabreeze John G. won handicap placings. the tenth and final Heat from Wallaroo’s Ryan Kelly while Dean F. Bye for now, continued his good form for the HOODOO

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WEEKLY DUTY ROSTER MARCH 2019 & APRIL 2019

CLASS DELEGATES PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SWAP WITH ANOTHER CLASS IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO FULFIL YOUR DUTY ON THE DATE MENTIONED BELOW

Saturday Class Delegate Notes 23 Mar Sharpies Jim Lelliott Trophy Race 505 Martin Pike 30 Mar PMSC John Whitrow Club Championship Ian Kirkwood 6 Apr TYF Tony Colliver Trophy Race

13 Apr Opti Nicole Russell-Higgins Trophy Race

20 Apr Sabre Ron Rickards Matt Magarey 27 Apr 420/ Dingy Barry Burdon

STANDARD TASKS During the Sailing Season Year Round

1) Assist in the canteen 1) Remove sand from driveways

2) Collect glasses after sailing 2) Other tasks as assigned by officers

3) Run meat raffle after sailing

4) Sausage sizzle after sailing

5) Return taps to racks in cage near 3) Empty rubbish bins around Club into ladies’ toilets wheelie bins and dumpster 6) Put hoses and “ears” for outboards in Brett’s shed

7) Lock all junior and senior sheds at 5pm THE DUE DATE FOR LOG BOOK ARTICLES IS THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH

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