What’s news this week? Well, I’m glad you asked. Following the final day of the Canning Bridge IGA Frostbite Series, crews are invited to join their skippers to celebrate the 2019-2020 season on the front lawns in a more relaxed and casual affair.
We are still taking bookings for the Centreboard Prize Night being held at SoPYC on Friday 28 August 2020 from 6pm. If you are intending to come along, please contact Reception before Wednesday 19th August to make your booking.
In between Christina’s popular Monday night Rules Sessions, next Monday evening Warren Erasmus will present an important session on Equipment Audits and how to get your boat race ready for the new season. We kindly ask interested members to book via the button found further below.
Notice of Race together with Schedule of Events are now available and in time for this edition of Coffee Pointers, SoPYC are now accepting entries for the 2020-2021 season. Visit the Online Entries on the relevant Keelboat or Off The Beach section under On Water website menu.
Equipment Audits
South of Perth yacht Club as an Organising Authority has a duty of care to ensure that all competing boats meet a minimum level of safety determined by the race category detailed in the Australians Sailing Special Regulations. Warren Erasmus is a Australian Sailing National Equipment Auditor who will present a session to help Skippers understand what is involved and how to submit an Equipment Audit Form via Yacht Safe. To be eligible to complete in sailing events, an equipment audit form must be lodged with the On Water Group before your first race, so it is important that this is recognised as an essential procedure to get right.
6:30pm Monday 27 August 2020
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 24 August in the Ballroom.
Schweppes Applecross Cup Series
The weather came in with a bang last Sunday, which put an end to Group 2’s day of racing. Next race day is scheduled for 23 August for Group 1. That will be the last race day before the FINALS and the last day to enter.
Group 2 Classes: Laser Standard – Laser Radial – Laser 4.7 – Optimist – 29er – Open Skiff – Moth – Waszp
Group 1 Classes: Pelican – 125 – Flying Fifteen – Windsurfer and Bic Techno
For further details, please click the button below.
Schedule of Races
| Date | Start | Group |
|---|---|---|
| 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
The series resumes this Sunday and at this early stage indications are it could be quite breezy.
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.
There has been a 3rd course added for all fleets which essentially is there for those really light days. Please click here for course 3 diagrams.
Schedule of Races
| Race | Date | Start |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Race 3 this week and the forecast looks promising. If you’re not already entered in the series, it’s never too late to join!
Schedule of Races
| Race | Date | Start |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wednesday 29 Jul | 1440 |
| 2 * | Wednesday 05 Aug | 1440 |
| 3 | Wednesday 12 Aug | 1440 |
| 4 | Wednesday 19 Aug | 1440 |
| 5 | Wednesday 26 Aug | 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.
Schedule of Events 2020-2021
Planning for next season’s sailing program is well underway. The draft Schedule has been updated and is available for Member’s to view via the Member’s Portal. Check that your events have been slotted in and start getting ready for the 75th SoPYC Sailing Season.
New online Volunteer Roster
Our friends at MySail continue to develop the online volunteer system for us. The calendar below contains all there events that require volunteers. By clicking on the button below, you will be taken to the live online site where you can view all events at SoPYC. Getting involved is pretty straight forward – either sign up online or contact the Sailing Administrator Email: . A brief guide on how to create your profile enabling you to sign up for events is available below.
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.
This week’s topic is titled, ‘Growing your volunteers and training programs: how to attract, develop and retain Instructors, Coaches and Officials’ by Adam Gristwood & Olivia Newman, The Boatshed
Regattas
29er State Championship – Dec 19 & 20
Optimist State Championship – Feb 27 & 28
125 State Championship – Apr 3 & 4
