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Tuesday 25 June 2019- Issue 344
This Week at a Glance
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Mid-week Autumn Series Race 9 - 1435hrs
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Thursday 27 June 2019
Flavoursome Thursday/Chase the Ace - Jackpot $700
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Radio Controlled DF95 Yacht Racing 1430hrs
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Power Section - Ray D Carter Memorial Time Trial 1415hrs
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IGA Frostbite Series Race 4 - 1355hrs
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MEMBERS, please note that Annual Vouchers expire today, please come down
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to the Club and use your vouchers for lunch or dinner before they expire.
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Racing Rules of Sailing Session: Rules 2 Q&A's 1800hrs
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Centreboards Committee Meeting 1830hrs
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SS27s Committee Meeting 1930hrs
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The predictions were correct for State Heat 2, the heavy rain and strong winds blew across Melville Water from mid-afternoon. The start team made the early call to cancel the event, to the relief of many. Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club's hosted presentation evening still went ahead. A delicious buffet dinner was enjoyed by over 100 attendees followed by dancing. …
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Ti-Tu Invitational at 1415hrs This trial is open to any power boat registered for competition with their home club. It is an "outright" event without handicaps and the Ti-Tu Trophy is presented to the boat with least points lost. Pennants are also awarded to the top three visiting boats. To nominate please email poweradmin@sopyc.com.au Followed by Kindred Clubs German 'July-Fest' …
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Mess Night 7pm Friday 12 July 2019 A time honoured, traditional function for all Members and their guests incorporating fine dining and formal Mess. Guest Speaker: Anika Smith, Department of Justice. Cost: $87 per person, all-inclusive. Dress: Mess kit, Black Tie, or Lounge suits, and Cocktail dress for the ladies. Bookings essential: Please call and RSVP to 9364 5844 or …
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Commodore's Ball Tickets Announced
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Book your table with Club reception soon!
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
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74th Annual General Meeting of South of Perth Yacht Club (Inc.)
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To be held in the Senior Club House
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on Wednesday 4 September 2019 at 8:15pm
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Nominations are called for:
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- Commodore
- Vice Commodore
- Rear Commodore (2)
- Honorary Treasurer
- Committee Members (7)
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Nominations are required in accordance with the Club Rules Clauses 33.2, 33.3, 33.4 & 33.5.
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Nominations are to be lodged with the General Manager on the official Nomination Form no later than 5:00pm on Wednesday 7 August 2019. Forms and Declaration are available from the office, Members Portal or the SoPYC website (under club news) or may be emailed to a member on request.
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The draw for Ballot positions will be conducted at 5:30pm on Wednesday 7 August 2019.
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Attendance:
All members are entitled to attend the AGM however only financial Ordinary, Centreboard, Honorary Life, 60 Year Honorary and Country members shall be entitled to vote at this meeting.
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Notices of Motion:
Are to be submitted by voting members in writing to the General Manager in accordance with the Rules and By Laws no later than 5:00pm on Wednesday 7 August 2019.
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Absentee Voting:
Lodgment of Absentee Votes can be submitted to the General Manager between Monday 26 August 2019 and Monday 2 September 2019, during office hours. Absentee voting closes at 5:00pm.
David Harries
GENERAL MANAGER
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MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS
With the 2018/19 financial year coming to a close, we are in the process of membership renewals for the 2019/20 financial year. A letter will be sent to members outlining these items. For those members who are currently paying the quarterly voucher levy, we have two options for payment of these vouchers:
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HOUSE SUPPORT SCHEME (VOUCHERS):
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You may OPT IN to pay the vouchers in a lump sum of $460 which will be valid for the upcoming 2019-20 year. Any unspent voucher amounts as of 30th June 2020 will revert to SoPYC.
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Please advise in writing by 31st July 2019 that you are OPTING IN and confirming the payment to accompany your desire to pay for the full year in advance.
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You will continue to be charged quarterly for your vouchers. Any unspent amounts will revert to SoPYC at the end of each quarter.
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The new Rules & ByLaws have specific requirements in relation to members contact information. To meet our obligation under the Rules we need to ensure that our records are up to date.
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Firstly, members may nominate which address they wish to be available on any records that may be provided to members either in hard copy or on the members portal. This can be your street address, email, phone number etc. A postal address is also acceptable.
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Secondly, for the use of SoPYC finance and admin staff only, your full residential address is required for club records as are your phone number and email address. You may provide a postal address also, nominating which address you prefer for Statements, publications and so forth to be directed to. Soundings is also available in electronic format through our website. Many members are receiving their statements by email. Please let us know which means of communication and notices you prefer, electronic or postal. Silent phone numbers will be recorded as such. This information will not be disclosed to members
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If you have recently changed your contact details, i.e.; residential address, telephone, email, please advise the changes. Alternatively, you may update your contact information by using the Members Portal.
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For all boat owners, SoPYC requires a certificate of Insurance for a number of purposes – pen occupancy (wet and land) rack storage and moorings as well as summer season and winter season nominations – sailing, off the beach and power.
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This must be provided when your boat insurance is renewed. Your insurer will happily send the Certificate to SoPYC on your instructions. Club Marine are the exception. They have an app which can be used to provide the information to SoPYC.
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This will assist us to have the correct information of all members for the 2019-2020 membership subscription and pen fee renewal.
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If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me.
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Bosuns Club Update
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I guess the question on most members' lips is “when will this start to operate”? I have subjected you all to a lot of surveys and I have used this information to establish a basic profile to gauge interest in the various areas to assist the Bosun Staff in their day to day operations. Out of 92 responses, unfortunately, we only had 68 interested members.
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With these responses I have formed a committee and convened a meeting last week. From the meeting we agreed, at this early stage, to start with forming a database of personal and skills (Note: skills are only a guideline but not essential) The intention is to contact the interested parties and set up a workshop. I know this a long process and I do apologise.
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A simple few points when e-mailing me are, please include your:
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- Name
- Phone number
- Email address
- Skills (only a guideline, not essential)
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The committee was also keen to start with a basic team. This would involve a method to collate and process jobs, set out a method of allocating jobs and tracking the repairs. This could be a simple as a “whiteboard”, and this would start the ball rolling. As the team evolves we would expand the sections to suit.
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At this stage we are still finalising an area to house the newly formed section, management is deliberating over this as we speak.
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Some good news, Race Officer Phillip Draber has kindly donated a number of tools to start us off. These will be much appreciated so a big “Thank you!” to Phil.
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FROM THE OWG OFFICE
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Head Coach Report 25 June 2019
Reminder for sailors that this Sunday is the last training session until 4 August. So enjoy your winter break.
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It’s been a case of strong storms and glass outs over the last week making training interesting. With the Huck Scott at Fremantle cancelled due to the strong winds, the Lasers, 29ers and a couple of 470’s still went out training in what was only 13 to 20 knots but really big and challenging swell from the North West.
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Below image is of a few members of the state squad (WASS) halfway to Rottnest.
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Here’s an image of a nice gybe by South Perth’s Axel and Kieren, keeping on a wave face and surfing the whole gybe as fast as possible.
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Also another image Showing the Joyner brothers, deep in a swell then steering up and over, and sending as fast as possible down the back of the wave.
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South Perth’s ,WA Coach of the year, Ben Walkemeyer was busy running the Australian Sailing Coach Course and was accredited as a Australian Sailing Senior Coach. Well done Ben!
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Well done everyone for the stormy Applecross Cup on Sunday. Excellent job by the race team to get in 5 races across the Pelican’s, 125’s Flying 15’s and Windsurfers. In conditions that ranged from 5-20 knots and big swings.
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Rick Steuart will I’m sure, have some cracking photos coming online shortly.
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Updated Keelboat Presentation Night Photo Gallery 24 May 2019
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Click on this link to see the updated photo gallery. Read more
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All submitted Equipment Audit Forms for the 2018-2019 season will expire on June 30th 2019 but before you all run off and print a new form, for this coming season you will have the option of completing forms Cat 1 to 7 online.
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All SoPYC Keelboat skippers will have an account created in Yacht Safe in coming weeks which will allow them to complete, submit electronically and contact an Auditor. Skippers, Event Organisers and Auditors will all have online access to submitted forms.
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Skippers can continue to provide a paper copy of the form and On Water Group will enter the data for you, however as the system is very easy to use, skippers are encouraged to try it out for themselves.
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In the meantime, you do not need to action anything just yet. Further advice will be coming in the next few weeks.
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Schedule of Events 2018 - 2019
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Keep up to date with all the latest event information with the online Schedule of Events – click here.
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Geraldton Ocean Classic Race & Rally – Saturday 12 October 2019
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Entries are now being taken for the 51st IMR Technologies Geraldton Ocean Classic. The race from Fremantle to Geraldton includes race 1 of the covered Siska Trophy series and marks the start of the offshore summer season. For those considering entering the Fremantle to Bali race and rally starting on 9 May 2020, this year’s Geraldton is a qualifying event
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Skippers looking for crew or sailors looking for regular crew spots can utilise the online Crew Finder. It is the ‘to go’ place for Members and one of the most viewed pages on our website.
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Those with sailing experience are directed to this site – please click here.
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Discover Sailing Experiences
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Sailing experiences are suitable for those that have very little or no prior sailing experience and just want to give it a go before committing as regular crew. Learn the basics of how to make a Keelboat go and how to fit in as crew.
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This is available at no charge for Club Members and non-members. To register, please click here
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SoPYC has utilised an online volunteer roster for the past 2 years and now intend to expand its scope to include the Centreboard Galley, Support Duty (yachting events) and Checkpoint Duty (Time Trials) rosters. The main benefit to Club Members is that the latest information is always accessible and interactive. This will be implemented over the next few months in stages allowing plenty of time for further information to be provided to Members. The roster can be accessed via the Volunteer webpage. If Members wish, they can create a profile now or one will be created for you in due course.
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An App for all Members is available to download for free on your smartphone or tablet.
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Have access to the many handy functions: Crew Finder, Crew Profile, Member’s Directory, view your POS Accounts, view your voucher Accounts, update your membership details, Club News and Events, Push Notifications, Club Calendars and weather plus receive instant alerts!
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Available on all Android and Apple devices, just look for the icons similar to those below:
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Marine Safety has released a new page on its website focusing on “Safety lanyards” www.transport.wa.gov.au/imarine/44123.asp
The page has been developed to promote the increased wear of the safety feature due to a number of incidents in WA that may have been avoided with the use of a safety lanyard which automatically stops a vessel’s motor if the skipper falls overboard or leaves the steering position.
A safety lanyard, also known as a kill switch, has a quick-release fitting at one end attached to the vessel motor or console and at the other end is a clip attached to the skipper. The coiled design allows the driver the natural movement required when driving a boat. Sudden movement away from the driving position means the lanyard will detach and the engine will stop.
When attaching the clip to the skipper, special care needs to be taken to ensure it stays attached. Marine Safety recommends you loop the lanyard around your wrist, leg or ankle and attach the clip to secure it. If the clip is attached to clothing it could fall off.
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Support Crew Roster 2019
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SECRET ESCAPE Geoffrey Bahn
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OOHBUDAH BIRD David Maynier
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SHORT CIRCUIT Jerome Rousset
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FLYING CIRCUS Ryan Sherburn
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IT’S ALL GOOD Daniel Shields
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INVINCIBLE II Angelo Tatulli
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PRIME NUMBER Damian Arkeveld
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SPIRIT OF CLOVERLLY Gerard Luscombe
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CHAMOMILLA Michael Rosaman
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PLATYPUS 2 Michael Aarons
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KISS MY ASP Terrence Foster
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JODIE ANNE Christopher Mills
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KATMANDU Jeffrey Winspear
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SLIPPERY WHEN WET Paul Harry
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SUGARSHIP Graeme Ferguson
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CHERYL FAYE John Sweeting
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Today's Fuel Prices
Diesel $1.47
Premium Unleaded Petrol $1.45
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Members Restaurant operating hours:
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Monday & Tuesday Lunch 1200hrs - 1500hrs
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Wednesday to Saturday Lunch & Dinner 1200hrs - 2100hrs
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Sunday's Lunch & Dinner 1200hrs - 2000hrs
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To make a reservation call 9364 5844 or email us here
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MCS Security Services (after hours) phone number: 0413 362 877
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Marine Lift & Hard Stand Bookings phone number: 0412 528 270
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