We kiss the 2019-2020 season goodbye this week and welcome in the 75th Anniversary season on Sunday’s Opening Day. We look forward to receiving the S80 Association fleet as well as a welcom Sports Boats contingent. We hope that you’re able to join in and if you’re on a boat for a bit of fun, dress yourself and the boat up and be in the running for the Best Dressed Boat prize.
Keelboats:
Please check that you have nominated for the season (click here) which will automatically include entry to the Opening Day Race in the Combined Division. Individual start times will be emailed directly to each nominated skipper on Thursday and available on the event webpage. Please be aware of the changes to this season – click here.
Off The Beach Boats:
The season sailing instructions will be used for Opening Day which will consist of 2 non-consistency races. The first race include the Flying Fifteen Mel Crosby Perpetual Trophy. Only boats that have nominated will receive a score, so please ensure your boat appears on the Entrants List.
*From Sunday 04 October 2020 SoPYC will use VHF ch. 69 for all Club events unless notified otherwise in supplementary instructions.
Opening Day 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.
Notice to Competitors
Please keep checking here for important race information for both Keelboats and Off The Beach Boats.
Goolugatup Sailing Carnival – 04 to 14 Jan 2021
With the unfortunate cancellation of the Australian Youth Championships due to COVID-19, SoPYC is announcing a special replacement event for Off The Beach classes on Melville Waters. A Preliminary Notice of Race is now available and entries are open. This event includes the State Championships for both the 29er and the Optimist classes. While national events are being cancelled or postponed left right and centre across the country and borders closed, rest assured there will opportunities to compete with some of the best right here at home.
As the name suggests, this will be more than just a sailing event. A variety of activities and attractions are planned around Coffee Point to keep the family entertained. Much more information will be forthcoming in due course. Please stay tuned!
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
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 05 October in the Ballroom.
Midweek Race Rules Sessions
Interested in attending some sessions late morning Wednesdays? Please click the button below to find out more.
Jane Brook Wines Midweek Winter Series
We’re now at the end of this 10-race Winter Series with the final race tomorrow. Assuming that the race is completed, it will include a second discard which may shake things up a bit.
Have you nominated for the 2020-2021 season? The Jane Brook Wine Spring Series begins next week. If your boat doesn’t appear in this list (click here), you still need to nominate your boat.
Series Leaders Board
| Division / Class | Boat & Skipper |
|---|---|
| Division 1 | SP30 Skywalker, Cliff Lawrence |
| Division 2 | SP393 Cover Drive, Peter Were |
| Division 3 | SP140 Eutopia, Colin Delane |
| H28 | SP104 Wynella, Glen Stanley |
Schedule of Races
| Race | Date | Start |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Wednesday 19 Aug | 1440 |
| 5 | Wednesday 26 Aug | 1440 |
| 6* | Wednesday 02 Sept | 1440 |
| 7 | Wednesday 09 Sept | 1440 |
| 8 | Wednesday 16 Sept | 1440 |
| 9 | Wednesday 23 Sept | 1440 |
| 10 | Wednesday 30 Sept FINAL | 1440 |
* C Fleet Pursuit Race
Keelboat Sign On
For a brief guide on how the Sign On system works, please click here.
Offshore Racing Season 2020-2021
Ocean Racing WA are now accepting entries to the 2020-2021 season. South of Perth Yacht Club will be running 2 new events this season –
- Navigator’s Time on Distance Race – Sunday 11 October 2020
- Night Race – Saturday 10 April 2021
Entries for these races along with all the other offshore races can be made online all through the ORWA website via the button below.
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
The ability to replay club fleet races is now available. Try the free Yacht Bot tracking software yourself. It can be downloaded and installed on your smartphone or tablet via an App. If you interested and don’t mind taking your electronic device with you on the water, please let us know. Past races can be viewed using the button below.
