Category: TVSC

Hi Everyone,

Racing is on this coming Sunday, the 6th of December
Briefing at midday, race start at 1pm (NSW Time).

Three Handicap Races and NS14 Class Championship Day 2

Full details and all registration links are on the event page on our website.

(Some crews will be away at the Lake Cootharaba Sailing Club’s annual Monomasters.  We wish them well!)

All skippers, please register and pay online before the day
Covid registration is now a check in, done on the day, not before.  Our website has a check in option in the top menu.  Please check in when you arrive on Sunday.

For skippers looking for crew, the event page has a section for you to leave your contact details.  There’s also a new page for people who would like to sail, to leave their contact details for potential skippers to contact them.

Again, all of the forms/registrations mentioned are linked from the event page.

If crews can help setup and packup on the day, then that would be appreciated.

People looking to crew:
If you do not have a boat organised but would like to crew, whether you have experience or not, one option is to fill in your contact details here.  Skippers will be able to see the information and perhaps get in touch to arrange a spot before the day.  If you are not a member, then you will need to pay for a sail pass for the day.  ($4.  Which can be deducted from your membership in the future.)

As a reminder, Memberships are due.

See you Sunday.

We’re running some Adults Try Sailing sessions this coming Sunday from 1:30pm NSW Time.

Places are limited and you must book online before the day.  The sessions can be booked here.

Please be early for your session and read the details on our website.

You will either need to be a member of the club or have a Sail Pass to attend this event.  Sail passes are available on our Membership page.  You will need to check in on the day, as per our Covid Safe Business plan.

Our next committee meeting is this Saturday, 10am at the Sheoak Shack Cafe, Fingal Head. All members are welcome to attend and contribute.

The agenda for the meeting is here.

Racing is on this coming Sunday, the 8th of November
Briefing at midday, race start at 1pm (NSW Time).
Class Championship Race 2 for all classes except NS14s

One Long Race.

Full details and all registration links are on the event page on our website.

Also on the weekend, Ballina are having their Annual Regatta “Covid-Free-Air Regatta” and a few boats are heading down for the Saturday long race.  All boats are welcome.  Registration for Ballina must be done online before the event and all sailors must have an Australian Sailing Number or RRSRC issued Sail Pass.  (So renew your TVSC membership today!)

For our Sunday Event:
All skippers, please register and pay online before the day
Everyone attending must fill in the COVID registration form.
For skippers looking for crew, the event page has a section for you to leave your contact details.  There’s also a new page for people who would like to sail, to leave their contact details for potential skippers to contact them.

Again, all of the forms/registrations mentioned are linked from the event page.

People looking to crew:
If you do not have a boat organised but would like to crew, whether you have experience or not, one option is to fill in your contact details here.  Skippers will be able to see the information and perhaps get in touch to arrange a spot before the day.

As a reminder, Memberships are due.

See you Sunday (or Saturday)!

Racing is on this coming Sunday, the 25th of October.
Briefing at midday, race start at 1pm (NSW Time).
Handicap Racing for all boats except NS14s, which will be having their first class champs day.

Three Short Races.
Handicap Starts. (except for NS14s)

Full details and all registration links are on the event page on our website.

There is a Skippers Registration for all skippers (or boats) entering.  Please register before the day.  ($5 entry per boat.)

For skippers needing crew or people wanting to crew, there is a Skippers ‘Looking for Crew’ form on the event page.  Skippers, please fill that in if you need crew.  There’s also a link (on the event page) that lists Skippers who are seeking crew…(so maybe you’ve guessed what’s coming next already)…if you’d like to crew, then check that list and ring/email the skippers about a spot…and if you need crew…then fill in the appropriate form.  (There may still be random spots free on the day, as that is life, so you’re very welcome to come along and try to get a spot.)

To comply with our Covid safe plan, everyone attending must register with the Covid safe registration page…too.

Again, all of the forms/registrations mentioned are linked from the event page.

As a reminder, Memberships are due.

See you Sunday!

Dear Members, Sailors, Friends and supporters,

Welcome to the 2020-2021 summer sailing series.  And our 10^th year of Sailing on the Tweed river.

Our seasons race calendar is now finalized and can be viewed at our club’s fantastic web site.

Please go to https://www.tvsc.com.au/events/  .  Details on this coming weekend’s race are here.

Have a good look at our web site; for the Calendar, as well as results, on line registration and race fee payments, membership details, try sailing details and info about Juniors training. As well as a fantastic gallery of photos & videos from the club’s ten-year history. 

Changes this year include registration On-line, via our web page. This is a part of our COVID safe plan and we request all participants to use this registration and payment portal to avoid physical contact on sailing days.  (For each race day.)

People wishing to crew can also register their interest and Skippers looking for crew can also register their need. This will help Skippers find crew, and crew to find a berth.
 
Another change this year is every alternate fortnight, we will conduct 3 short races.  NS14s will race their Class Championship on the short course and complete 3 races, adding up to a total of 15 Races over 5 events and allowing 3 discards for the series.

Some things haven’t changed. Racing will generally be fortnightly to avoid the Spring Tide, but some longer up river events will utilize spring tide weekends. This will include races, and lunch cruises.

There will be no scheduled races on Qld Public Holidays to avoid conflict at the ramp and with other river uses.

Racing is on this coming Sunday and is the first race of the summer point score series, based on handicap. Conducted concurrently this weekend will be the 1^st heat of our highly prestigious Corsair Class Championship and we are expecting to see a big fleet of our One design 3 handed senior class.
Corsairs Class Championships and single handers will be conducted on our long Olympic course over 3 laps.
Also conducted concurrently this weekend will be the clubs Single Hander yardstick Championship series.

For this Sunday, the briefing is at Midday (NSW time – Daylight Savings Time) and Race Start is at 1pm.
Links to register your boat, covid registration, skippers looking for crew and crew wanting a spot, are all on the event page here.

We are looking forward to some good racing in our NS14 fleet, with two junior teams joining the fleet.
I would like to acknowledge the work of our management volunteers;
Once again, we will have the support of Suzanne Blatcher as time keeper and assisted by Gary McCrohan.

Bryan Townsend is our clubs Rear Commodore and is doing a great job looking after and driving our rescue boats, 

Craig Foley is again our Treasurer, and has overseen this job well, and our club is in very good shape financially. Craig also is responsible for our fantastic web site and is holding the fort as Race officer in my absence.

Mark Reynolds is again our membership officer.

Gail Bernet has taken over the role of Secretary from Garry Bargh, Garry did an excellent job in this position and we wish him well in his new club. And we welcome Gail to the job.

Peter Ross is our Grants manager, and is busy applying for all sorts of grants to help fund items required for the club.

Monique Smith is coordinating our “She Sails” efforts and is now halfway through her first “Women on Water “sailing introductory course.

This year we say good bye to Alison Blatcher who had an enormous influence in our club fro its very early days and introduced the Corsair class to the Tweed. Alison was widely viewed as the Clubs Admiral and we are much depleted without her.

David Chester has vacated the Vice Commodore position, and we are now in search of his replacement. Please contact me if you would be interested in this position.

We are also very short of volunteers in other management positions.

We have had no nominations for committee positions and welcome any members who would like to join the committee.

We are also looking for volunteers to manage our merchandise, our Juniors Training, and Learn to sail coordinator’s.

Last season was cut short due to COVID, and we were forced to cancel our annual dinner. Although we managed to complete most of our programed races.

This season I am planning our biggest Presentation dinner ever to make up for this, and to celebrate our club conducting sailing events on the Tweed for ten years.

I look forward to seeing all our members, past and present at this dinner, to help celebrate this milestone, and we are expecting our first Commodore and founding member Hugh Millikan to travel from NZ to attend,  

Let’s have a great summer on the water and enjoy sailing on the Tweed River. I look forward to seeing you and sailing with you this season.

Bill Fenelon, TVSC Commodore. 0411 123 405

Our summer season begins this coming Sunday the 27th of September.
Briefing at midday, race start at 1pm (NSW Time).
Handicap Racing

There will be time keeping.

There are a couple of registration forms, so please bear with us as we experiment and try to make things work easily from everyone’s point of view.  (i.e. mine)

Full details and links are on the event page on our website.

We are going to start charging for race entry again, so all skippers need to use the Skippers Registration form to enter their boat, boat details and pay their $5.  You can do this on the day on your phone or earlier in the week.  You can pay by direct debit into our bank account or via credit card.  The details are shown when you register.

For skippers needing crew or people wanting to crew, there is a Skippers ‘Looking for Crew’ form on the event page.  Skippers, please fill that in if you need crew.  There’s also a link (on the event page) that lists Skippers who are seeking crew…(so maybe you’ve guessed what’s coming next already)…if you’d like to crew, then check that list and ring/email the skippers about a spot…and if you need crew…then fill in the appropriate form.  Please.  If this gets too (more?) complicated, then we’ll try another method.  (There may still be random spots free on the day, as that is life, so you’re very welcome to come along and try to get a spot.)

To comply with our covid safe plan, everyone attending must register with the covid safe registration page…too.  (Sorry)  But guess what?  That’s on the event page too!

Finally, it’s our intention to race every second Sunday and to occasionally have training/learn to sail/juniors days on the other Sundays.  More news on that soon.

Memberships are also due.

See you Sunday!