Here’s a brief summary of what is happening at your Club
EVENTS
Odyssey Expeditions Twilight Series
Tomorrow night following the final Twilight race of the season, the $16,900 Kimberly cruise will be drawn. Make sure you’re there to collect if it’s your name that gets called out.
A Fleet Midweek Spinnaker Race
Tomorrow is also the 2nd race of this trial where boats in A Fleet have the chance to hoist kites and go that bit faster. Results are not part of the Midweek Summer Series. If you do not intend to fly kites, please let either the Start Team or On Water Group know prior to starting. Thank you.
Special Saturday Races
This Saturday while all other divisions start from mid-river, the Spacesailer 22s and Red Witches will be starting and finishing from the Box.
Red Witch race information is available by clicking here.
Spacesailer 22’s fun race for the crew to try their hand at skippering the boat will start off the Box prior to the Red Witch pursuit start. Saturday courses will be used except the start and finish location will be from the Box in Canning River.
OTHER CLUBS EVENTS
Cape Naturaliste and Return Race
12 boats will line up on Friday for the 57th Cape Naturaliste & Return Offshore race, starting at 1800. Chris Hind’s Sagacious IV will be representing SoPYC and we wish Chris & Annie and crew the best of luck. Click here and here for details.
Commodore’s Cup
Claremont Yacht Club invites all Keelboats, Lasers, 420 Dinghies (Jib and Main only) to compete in the 115th Commodore’s Cup on Sunday 15th March 2020. For further details, please click here.
Spice Islands Darwin Ambon Yacht Race
Expressions of interest are now being taken for the next annual Spice Islands Darwin Ambon Yacht Race starting Sat 08 August 2020. Please click here for further details.
WEATHER FORECAST
TRAINING COURSES
Breaking News: Race Management and Mark Layers Speakeasy – Tuesday 17 March is cancelled due to COVID-19.
Speakeasy Series
Australian Sailing WA presents a series of evenings for Instructors, Coaches, Race Officials and Mark Layers, Umpires and Judges and Measurers.
Officials have the opportunity to engage in professional development, ask questions, network and learn from each other.
These sessions are free to attend, some light refreshments and nibbles will be provided.
Please click here for further details.
First Aid Courses
Need to brush up on your First Aid skills? St John Ambulance will be running a full day course (Provide First Aid certificate) on Tues 28th July 2020 and for those requiring only a CPR Refresher, there will be a course running on Tues 21st July 2020. Interested? Please click here for further information. Numbers are limited.
RST Course for Women
Did you know that out of the 270,000 RST holders in WA, only 17% are women? SoPYC recognise the need to encourage our female members to confidently take up skippering of power boats and in so doing are offering an RST course for women only. Club Member and highly qualified and experienced Tracey Leveridge-Smith will take you through everything you need to know. Want to know more? Please click here.
Safety & Sea Survival Course
The next SSSC is set for 27 March 2020 at Fremantle Sailing Club. These courses fill up very quickly, so be quick to register. Click here for full details.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Keelboat Sign Ons
For all Keelboat skippers that are able to receive SMS’s, please Sign On via the SMS sent to your mobile phone via On Water Group a few hours prior to each race. If the number of persons onboard changes, please update via the same SMS i.e. go back to the original SMS and update the PoB.
Skippers unable to use the SMS Sign On, can arrange to have the SMS sent to another regular crew person who can Sign On on your behalf. Just add in their mobile number in the additional mobile field in your TopYacht boat profile. On Water Group can assist with this.
Alternatively, use the Sign On sheet in the foyer outside the On Water Group office.
If all else fails, contact SoPYC Race Control via VHF Radio but please be conscious of keeping your transmission short as possible and never during a start sequence.
Off The Beach Post-Race Presentations
Please note that the presentations usually held in the Quarterdeck area on the main clubhouse following the days racing, will now be held at the Centreboard Clubhouse on the following dates:
- Sunday 12 January
- Sunday 23 February
- Sunday 08 March
- Sunday 29 March
SoPYC Boats Looking For Crew
The Crew Finder page has been updated once again. This time the Boats Looking For Crew list has been refreshed. From this point onwards, Boats Looking For Crew submissions will remain online for a period of 60 days. During that time our Crew Co-ordinator duo of Brian Saleeba and Bruce Uren will do their best to fill your requirements. If after 60 days, you are still needing crew, you will need to submit again.
Crew Finder page – click here
VIDEO SECTION
At the 2020 Superyacht Challenge in Antigua, J Class yacht SVEA is on Port approaching TOPAZ on Starboard just before the start. Two TOPAZ crew members were injured with one crew member suffering 4 broken ribs as he was pushed overboard by the bow of SVEA. One crew member from SVEA was pulled out of the boat by the runner tail of TOPAZ. Both boats retired.
