With only 5 weeks to go until the sailing season kicks off again, skippers are encouraged to enter now in readiness for the 75th Opening Day on Sunday 4th October 2020. Entry details can be found further down in the newsletter. Notice of Race and the Schedule of Events for the 2020-2021 season are available under Race Documents on the website.
The Centreboard Prize Night was held last Friday to celebrate the past season, thank our volunteers, and congratulate the winners. Thank you to all the competitors and supporters that attended on the night and again, congratulations to those who won trophies. The full collection of prize night photos professionally taken by Bernie Kaaks will be available in the next issue of Coffee Pointers.
There are a number of courses coming up very soon that Members and non-Members are encouraged to consider enrolling for. Full details can be found further down.
The Monday night’s Racing Rules of Sailing sessions are still happening and never too late to join in. If you’re interested, read on below to find out the times.
Christina Heydon is also offering additional session on Wednesday mornings prior to the Midweek afternoon racing. Further details will be given in next week’s Coffee Pointers.
Please register for Paul Eldrid’s talk on sail trim for Monday 21 September. Paul has a wealth of knowledge so it would be a good idea to use this opportunity. Look for the registration button below.
Special Achievement Award winners Ryan Sherburn & Ella Coxall
Upcoming Courses
Theses courses below will all be held at SoPYC and are very relevant, if not mandatory for all on-water activities. Please use the appropriate button below.
RST Course
8 Oct 2020
VHF Radio Course
7, 15, 22 Oct 2020
First Aid Course
15 Sept 2020
CPR Refresher Course
23 Sept 2020
2020 – 2021 Sailing Season
Have you entered for the next season yet? Entries are now open for the 2020/21 season for Keelboats and Off The Beach. Please use the appropriate button below to be directed to the online entry portal. Don’t forget to submit your Equipment Audit Form via Yacht Safe and ensure the Front Office has a copy of your current boat insurance policy.
Sail Trim
We are delighted to welcome back Paul Eldrid who will be presenting a new sail trim seminar on Monday 21st September. Come and listen to Paul discussing all aspects of sail trim and the simple tips to make your yacht go faster!
Keelboat Awards 2020
Following the final Frostbite Series race on Sunday 20 September 2020, sailors are invited to join us on the front lawns to celebrate the 2019-2020 sailing season and recognize the trophy winners in a more relaxed style than has been done in previous years. No tickets required and plenty of finger food and easy meals available. See you there at 5:30pm.
Racing Rules of Sailing
As a service to Members, National Judge Christina Heydon is running a series of evening education sessions at SoPYC on particular topics of interest relating to the new edition of the Racing Rules of Sailing that only recently were published by World Sailing. All sailors are welcome to attend and encouraged to bring along your questions and have them expertly answered. Next session will be held on Monday 7 September in the Ballroom.
Schweppes Applecross Cup Series
With the race day events now done and dusted, we now progress to the FINALS at long last. Registrations have now closed off at almost 140 boats and boards.
- Sat 12 Sept FINALS Day 1 – Group 2 classes include Lasers, Optimists, 29ers, Open Skiffs, Moths and Waszps.
- Sun 13 Sept FINALS Day 2 – Group 1 classes include Pelicans, 125s, Flying Fifteens, Windsurfers and Bic Technos.
Presentations will be made after each days racing.
Schedule of Races
Date | Start | Group |
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Sunday 28 Jun | 1300 | Group 1 |
Sunday 12 Jul | 1300 | Group 2 |
Sunday 26 Jul | 1300 | Group 1 |
Sunday 09 Aug | 1300 | Group 2 |
Sunday 23 Aug | 1300 | Group 1 |
Saturday 12 Sep | 0930 | Group 2 |
Sunday 13 Sep | 1400 | Group 1 |
Canning Bridge IGA Frostbite Series
This Sunday is the penultimate race in this series. Weather looking a bit on the high end currently and the Race Committee will continue to monitor the situation.
Boat entries are still open, all you have to do is click the Enter Event button below. If you are not sure whether you have already done so, just click on the Entrants List below to check.
The Sailing Instructions and Course Sheets are available online. Please ensure you are using these new course sheets and dispose of any old copies.
Series Leaders Board
Division | Boat & Skipper |
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Division 1 | SP 360 Slippery When Wet, Paul Harry |
Division 2 | SP 250 Fair Game, Dean Picot |
Division 3 | SP 777 San Michelle, Robert Schmitz |
Schedule of Races
Race | Date | Start |
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1 | Sunday 19 Jul | 1400 |
2 | Sunday 02 Aug | 1400 |
3 | Sunday 16 Aug | 1400 |
4 | Sunday 30 Aug | 1400 |
5 | Sunday 06 Sep | 1400 |
6 | Sunday 20 Sep FINAL | 1400 |
Jane Brook Wines Midweek Winter Series
This week is a pursuit race for C Fleet. Start times will be available in the C Fleet results page as usual and posted on the official noticeboard. Want to join in? There is still time for new boats to nominate. Please use the button below.
Series Leaders Board
Division / Class | Boat & Skipper |
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Division 1 | SP 360 Slippery When Wet, Paul Harry |
Division 2 | SP1001 Shadowfax, Mark Gooding |
Division 3 | SP85 Chelsea, Peter Clarke |
H28 | SP104 Wynella, Glen Stanley |
Schedule of Races
Race | Date | Start |
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4 | Wednesday 19 August | 1440 |
5 | Wednesday 26 August | 1440 |
6* | Wednesday 02 September | 1440 |
7 | Wednesday 09 September | 1440 |
8 | Wednesday 16 September | 1440 |
9 | Wednesday 23 September | 1440 |
* C Fleet Pursuit Race
Keelboat Sign On
For a brief guide on how the Sign On system works, please click here.
Remote Control Yacht Racing
There is a regular group of Members who meet each Friday afternoon at 3pm on the Western Hardstand for a couple of hours of intense racing and camaraderie.
Visitors are warmly welcomed to sit and watch or even give it a go. You only need to ask.
To register your DF95 yacht for racing, simply use the entry button below and select the Singlehanded classes section.
E-Racing
Now there really is something for the armchair sailor. Join us each Thursday starting at 2pm for some close short racing online. New sailing venues each week:
Aarhus Auckland Cagliari Copenhague Cowes Fecamp Hong Kong Kiel La Trinite sur Mer Marseille Newport Palma de Mallorca Porto Cervo Portsmouth Rio Janeiro San Francisco Sydney
Equipment Audit Forms
Skippers, please note that your Equipment Audit Forms have now expired as of June 30. To be eligible to compete in the new season starting from Opening Day on Oct 4, a new Equipment Form must be submitted online. Most, if not all Skippers have had their previous Audit form submitted online via YachtSafe already, so it should be relatively easy to resubmit a new form in time for your first race of the new season and the good news is that you can view your previous form in Past Audits on your YachtSafe dashboard.
Yacht Trackers
On Water Group are trialing yacht tracking software that is capable of tracking all boats in an event via an App. We are looking for just a few boats to add to Keelboat racing, currently Midweek and Frostbite races. If you interested and don’t mind taking your electronic device with you on the water, please let us know. It is envisaged that every race can be viewed from the Club’s website and replayed at anytime.
Australian Sailing Club Conferences
The conferences bring together clubs from across the state and are a great way to engage with other clubs and AS. Hear from industry experts and learn from your peer clubs as they share success stories and best practice ideas that can help develop skills, capacity and further improve your club.
Australian Sailing is making our annual Club Conferences accessible to all this year. By cancelling the physical attendance components of each state’s Club Conference, we will be delivering a national agenda online instead. In order to help those who still have concerns about travel and mass gatherings at this time, this more easily accessible format will be run this year only.
We are nearing the end of these webinars. This week will be more local with webinars from each state & territory. A link will be provided asap.