Club News – Juniors and Upcoming Regattas

Juniors are on this Sunday morning, and all skill levels are welcome to attend. More details are here.

Racing at Fingal last Sunday.

There’s no racing Sunday afternoon at Fingal, though some Queensland boats are racing at SYCs Oxenford Lake, meeting from 11 am. Don’t hesitate to contact Craig on 0413 052 898 if you’d like to crew.

Several sailors are interested in going to the Big River Bridge to Breakers Regatta in November. We’d generally attend with a large fleet in a typical year, though numbers will be down this time. If you’re interested in either crewing or taking a boat, please contact Michael on 0421 526 727.

As the Queensland boats cannot attend, they’re going to the Lake Cootharaba MonoMasters in early December instead. Once more, and I think you can see where this is going, if you’re interested in either crewing or taking a boat, please get in touch with Craig on 0413 052 898.

Juniors Fun Racing This Coming Sunday

Juniors is on this Sunday 24th Oct. from 9-12.

Forecast (as at 19/10/21)

  • Shower or two
  • 8-10kts NNW-NNE
  • High tide at 1204

We will be conducting two FUN RACES with modified sailing rules:

  • Paddling with hands is allowed,
  • Walking boats in shallow water is allowed.

0915 Briefing (courses may be modified)

Fun Race 1
  • 0930 Le Mans Start at Fingal Boat Harbour,
  • Sail to Isolated danger mark off Ukerebagh Island (pass Mark to port),
  • Finish on beach just south of Ukerebagh Passage.

Fun Race 2
  • Start from Beach,
  • Round indicated Green marker to starboard,
  • Finish on beach PAST Fingal Boat Ramp

Please register here.

See you there,

John

Sailing this Sunday

Hello Everyone,

The second day of our summer season is this coming Sunday. With the border restrictions still in place (Qlder’s please see below), we’re not yet going to run a formal championship race, but we welcome people to attend and participate in what’s organised on the day. Last Sunday’s race was up the Terranora Inlet!

Skippers, please register your boats here. The briefing is at midday.

Juniors are also on in the morning, starting at 9 am. Please register for juniors here.

We must follow the NSW COVID-19 rules, including that everyone attending must be fully vaccinated. A summary of the rules and how they affect sailing in NSW are here. Please do not attend if it’s not permitted that you do so.

For Queenslanders, a few of us are gathering at Lake Orr in Varsity for some informal racing. Meeting at midday (Proper Queensland time!). Please contact Craig on 0413 052 898 if you’re interested in joining in.

Josh Fergusson is selling his Corsair, hull number 1107, which is one of the newest available! If you’re interested, then please contact Craig on 0413 052 898.

Finally, the Big River Sailing Club is going ahead with their Bridge to Breakers Regatta in November. Registrations are now open, though, at this time, Qld based sailers would be unable to attend. Further details are on their webpage.

Racing is on this Sunday followed by AGM online

Our summer season of racing begins this coming Sunday, the 3rd of October. Since the border restrictions mean that our Qld members are unable to race, we’ll hold off on starting the championship series until they can return.

Until that time, some kind of racing or sailing will take place every second Sunday with a briefing at midday. Please register your boat here.

Memberships are due now for the new season. You should be able to sign up or renew online here.

Our Annual General Meeting will be held at 5 pm on Sunday, NSW time online via Zoom. The yearly reports will be delivered and all committee positions will be elected by attending members.

Everyone is very welcome to attend. Nominations for positions are open now and will be accepted at the meeting too. The meeting should take no longer than forty minutes.

The link to join the meeting is https://us04web.zoom.us/j/78954999556?pwd=V2o1ek5YWlBIM280TGttdU1RdHZqQT09 with the password of tvsc

Meeting ID: 789 5499 9556 (If needed)

Please note that daylight savings begins on Sunday morning in NSW and the above times are NSW based.

AGM Notice

AGM Agenda

New Season, Registrations and AGM

Hello Everyone,

The new sailing season is upon us, so all memberships need renewing and we need to hold an AGM, including voting on committee positions.  We also need to get sailing!  (Which new juniors are already doing this week.)

We haven’t yet organised a sailing calendar as we’re not too sure when we can sail as a full club, without border crossing issues.  But at this time, our plan is to have a racing day every second Sunday with class championships starting once the border restrictions are removed.  (It looks like the first sailing day will be the 3rd of October.)

To renew your membership for this new season, please use the online system here.
At this time, our AGM will be held on the 3rd of October, probably over Zoom, rather than in person – again.  If you’re interested in taking on a committee position, then please nominate or have someone nominate you.  Everyone is welcome to attend the AGM and participate.
The minutes from last year’s AGM are available here.

We would also like to organise a roster for duty officers and safety boat duty for each day.  A survey will be sent out asking about available dates soon.
We never did hold an end of the sailing year event to celebrate our summer and winter season winners along with our ten year anniversary.  Hopefully, we can organise something soon, once the border is open.

Juniors Holiday School Program

Our volunteers will be holding a two week school holiday learn to sail program for juniors with no sailing experience.  This program will be for Monday to Wednesday of both weeks of the NSW school holidays from 9 am until 12:30 pm.

We appreciate that covid restrictions may mean that this event has to be cancelled or that your child personally may not be able to attend when the time comes.  In that event, we’ll offer a full refund.

This program will only be for juniors who are new to sailing.  Existing sailors are encouraged to continue attending our Sunday morning juniors sessions instead.  (Experienced juniors might like to contact John about helping with coaching on the day.)

The course is suitable for juniors aged between 9 and 17 years and who can swim 25m.

The package is $100 and includes Juniors Membership for the 21/22 season.

Please call John Hayward on 0431 025 497 if you have any questions or would like to volunteer to help out.

Event registration is here.