Junior’s fun sailing is on from 8:30 in the morning. Please register here for that.
Briefing at Midday, Racing not before 1pm.
Daylight Savings has begun. Please note that all times are NSW time.
This coming Sunday’s race format is a Championship day for single-handers and a pointscore day for multi-crewed and green fleet boats. We intend to have the championships for multi-crewed classes on opposite race days to the single-handers. You’re welcome to race different classes on different days.
Our summer roster is here. (We need people to put their hands up for roles; please fill in spots you can take.)
Please fill in this form for Sunday if you’d be interested in crewing (no experience necessary). A skipper may get in touch with you. Or come along on the day (the earlier, the better) to see if you can find a ride. Details on what to bring are here. Skippers, your list of the available crew is here.
The final day of our winter racing is this coming Sunday! Briefing at Midday. Skippers registration is here.
We have a school holiday program from the 25th to the 27th of September. You can read more about that here.
Our calendar for our summer racing is on the website; you can see that here. The plan for summer is to split championship days between single-handers and crewed boats. With the NS14 state champs coming up, we expect several members to want to participate in local racing first while also racing single-handers.
All memberships for the new season are now due. You can sign up via the Membership page. This includes Juniors.
Finally, Justin Johnson, ex-Corsair Champion, is looking for crew to help him deliver his yacht (Sunfast 3300) from the Gold Coast to Sydney next week. Contact him on 0435 584 280 if you’re interested.
Shout out to any experienced sailing members willing to help out with a 3-day Junior Learn to Sail Course during the week when the NSW and Qld children are both on holidays, commencing Monday 25 September to Wednesday 27 September, hours between 9 am and 3:30 pm. We require someone qualified to drive the safety boat, and other help on a sailing dinghy giving instructions to the children. A Working with Children card is necessary for anyone over the age of 18 years. Some of our current junior members may also be “helping”.
If you can help on any or all of these days please text John Hayward on 0431 025 497 within the next 2 days, as a matter of urgency, so I can set a limit of how many participants for the course, before I advertise it on the TVSC website.
Kind regards
John Hayward
Ph: 0431 025 497
AS Dinghy Instructor
Day 8 of our winter racing is this coming Sunday! Briefing at Midday. Skippers registration is here.
We also have a working bee on Saturday, from 9 am.
John is running Juniors Sunday morning, starting at 8.30 am. He’ll also support any juniors or learning adults with their racing in the Juniors and Green Fleet in the afternoon. (Please select Green Fleet on skippers registration if you want to be included.)The winter season roster is here (Everyone, please help out the day if you have time). Please check it to see when you’re rostered!
Please fill in this form for Sunday if you’d be interested in crewing (no experience necessary). A skipper may get in touch with you. Or come along on the day (the earlier, the better) to see if you can find a ride. Details on what to bring are here. Skippers, your list of the available crew is here.
Tweed Valley Sailing Club held their annual Tumbulgum to Fingal passage race on Sunday, the 13th of August, timed to coincide with an outgoing ebb tide to make the passage slightly easier considering the traditional lack of wind in the early morning and upper reaches of the Tweed River.
The early morning held the promise of a glorious day in the northern rivers as sailors arrived early at the Tumbulgum launching place, rigging and then gently placing their boats on the grass or launching and tying up to a pontoon before driving their empty trailers to Fingal. The sailors were then dropped back at Tumbulgum for a welcome bacon and egg burger and hot beverage before the race briefing commenced.
The start was a short upwind leg before rounding a marker buoy and heading off down the river in a light and fluky breeze.
As the fleet sailed past the sleepy village of Tumbulgum and then under the road bridge, colourful spinnakers and gennakers made an appearance, and the faster RS100s and Lasers started to break from the rest of the field of corsairs, sabres and modified Hartley.
The fleet leaders were going through the narrows of Stotts Island when a sudden strong wind change came in, causing the highly strung RS100s carrying gennakers to capsize and the lasers to hold on for dear life. The step up in wind speed and direction eventually filtered through to the whole fleet, making for many arduous tacks in the restricted channel as they made their way past Chinderah and under the M1 bridge before finishing in front of Fingal Boat Harbour.
The RS100s were first across the line, but it had been noted that a few (5) of the leading boats had missed a small part of the navigation channel in the confusion of the wind change and could not be deemed to have done the proper course. Of those that sailed the proper course, first on handicap was visitor Hariet Woodrow in a Sabre, followed by local John Hayward and crew Ari and Finn in a Corsair, then Michael Grace and crew in another Corsair. The handicap results for those that sailed the improper course was Lex Branch first in a laser radial, followed by Wayne Culph and Guy Forester in laser full rigs, their handicap trumping the speedy RS100s.
All enjoyed a great day after missing the last few years due to Covid restrictions, and we hope to make it a regular race in our calendar again. Many thanks to all our volunteers and helpers who made the complicated logistics work and kept the competitors safe on the water.
Day 6 of our winter racing is this coming Sunday! Briefing at Midday. Skippers registration is here.
John is running Juniors in the morning, starting at 8.30am. He’ll also support any juniors or learning adults with their racing in the Juniors and Green Fleet in the afternoon. (Please select Green Fleet on skippers registration if you want to be included.)
The winter season roster is here (Everyone, please help out the day if you have time). Please check it to see when you’re rostered!
Please fill in this form for Sunday if you’d be interested in crewing (no experience necessary). A skipper may get in touch with you. Or come along on the day (the earlier, the better) to see if you can find a ride. Details on what to bring are here. Skippers, your list of the available crew is here.
Day 5 of our winter racing is this coming Sunday! Briefing at Midday. Skippers registration is here.
John is back and is starting up our Juniors program again. On Sunday, he’ll support any juniors or learning adults with their racing in the Juniors and Green Fleet. (Please select Green Fleet on skippers registration if you want to be included.)
Our July School holiday juniors learn to sail course will be held from the 3rd to the 5th of July. More details are here.
The winter season roster is here (Everyone, please help out the day if you have time). Please check it to see when you’re rostered!
Please fill in this form for Sunday if you’d be interested in crewing (no experience necessary). A skipper may get in touch with you. Or come along on the day (the earlier, the better) to see if you can find a ride. Details on what to bring are here. Skippers, your list of the available crew is here.
With great weather over the weekend, the club ran a Juniors Day on Saturday, where Travis sailed his new Bic together with a couple of club Pacers on a marathon sail to Jack Evans boat harbour near the river mouth and back!
Hopefully, Juniors numbers will build up again after the School Holiday Learn to Sail Course on the 3-5 July. A few spots are still available (see ‘Events’ to register).
Introducing the Green Fleet
Junior sailors and adult sailors new to racing are being catered for in our Green Fleet.
Each Race Day any member, when registering can elect to start with the Green Fleet. Most participants will be hiring (at minimal cost) Club boats: Pacers, X3s or Manly Juniors. Members’ own boats can be used if they are of similar yardstick. An experienced Instructor/Coach will be on hand most days to give coaching during the Green Fleet race, as well as before and after separate briefings ashore. The Green fleet will have a separate start and course from the main fleet.
Club Winter Race 4, Sun 11 June ’23
A fine sunny day, with a light southerly breeze against an incoming tide, greeted a total fleet of fifteen boats on Sunday. Race Officer, Dave, elected to use a simple triangular course with three short races of one lap each. With the Green Fleet also racing on a reduced course, this kept the start/finish boat crew of Craig and John busy.
The RS100’s
The starts of all three races were hectic, with the current working hard to push the eager starters over the line early. Charlie on the Club Laser, at one start, added to the drama by running down the line on Port Tack with ten seconds to go! However, apart from one General recall, all boats got away with only minor incidents and not too much-heated commentary.
Look at the work of the amazing start team!
Most boats took advantage of the favourable tide, working upstream to the windward mark. Then spinnakers were set on the Corsairs and RS100s, much to the angst of the Lasers, who were at least holding their own listing to windward on the long downwind leg.
The wind-against-tide conditions truly made for some exciting conditions…
Lasers sailed by visitor Wayne, and Guy were first over the line in two of the races, while Dave, in his RS100, was the third winner. The rest of the sailors commiserated with each other around the barbecue after the race, thanks to Deb and Craig.
The laser’s with a variety of stances.
Green Fleet, Sun 11 Jun ’23
Three Pacers started on Sunday in the first of the Club’s Green Fleet ’Races’. Like the senior fleet, they sailed three, one-lap, races over a reduced triangular course, starting after the main fleet on a more relaxed starting line.
Finn gets across the line for the win!
Club Junior, Finn, with Mum, and Tegan as crew, excelled in the first two races, winning both from Peter, an experienced sailor visiting from Sydney! Well done Finn and Tegan! Deb and another visitor in the third Pacer rounded out the fleet.
Hopefully, we’ll see more of our club boats racing next time.
Day 4 of our winter racing is this coming Sunday! Briefing at Midday. Skippers registration is here.
John is back and is starting up our Juniors program again. On Sunday, he’ll support any juniors or learning adults with their racing in the Juniors and Green Fleet. (Please select Green Fleet on skippers registration if you want to be included.)
Our July School holiday juniors learn to sail course will be held from the 3rd to the 5th of July. More details are here.
The winter season roster is here (Everyone, please help out the day if you have time). Please check it to see when you’re rostered!
Please fill in this form for Sunday if you’d be interested in crewing (no experience necessary). A skipper may get in touch with you. Or come along on the day (the earlier, the better) to see if you can find a ride. Details on what to bring are here. Skippers, your list of the available crew is here.
