Tweed Valley Sailing Club

Skippers, please don’t forget to register for Tumbulgum!

Dear TVSC Member,

The Tweed valley Sailing Club hereby gives all members 14 days notice of our Annual General Meeting.

The AGM will be a ZOOM meeting, given COVID restrictions.

Zoom Meeting Link

Agenda and other items are on the event page.

                                                 Annual General Meeting

                                             Sunday 13 September 2020, 7pm.

                                  RSVP. To tvscmail@gmail.com by September 6 2020

Fleet numbers are increasing at the Tweed Valley Sailing Club as an almost record number of boats competed in 3 short races on the lower Fingal Reach of the Tweed River.

20 boats and 40 sailors hit the water at the top of a flooding neap tide, with crews expecting a good breeze, but although it was a spectacular winter afternoon, it turned out frustrating for sailing when the wind refused to blow. An occasional zephyr of breeze got boats moving, only to die away and leave the fleet motionless. 

Despite the light winds, three races were conducted.

Today’s fleet included 5 Corsairs, 3 NS14’s, and 6 Lasers, joined by an International 470, a Hobie 16, and a unique design called a Goat Island Skiff.  

Although the conditions were difficult, there was still a race on, and the top boat today, winning two out of three, was NS14 Team Adam Hurt and Tom Busbridge. Although they score 8^th in the second race. Also, in the winner’s circle, Kate Yeoman scored a 1^st place in race 2, and third place in the other 2 races.

The day’s winner, counting all 3 races, was Kate Yeomans in Laser “Bluey”. 2^nd was Adam Hurt and Tom Busbridge in NS14 “Flight 24” and third was NS14 “Oner & Offer” sailed by Dave Robinson. All results are here.

In the classes, 6 Lasers raced, with Kate Yeoman getting 1^st, Peter Fell 2^nd, and Craig Foley scored 3^rd.

In the NS14’s, Adam Hurt and Tom Busbridge scored 1^st; Dave Robinson got 2^nd, while in the 3 handed Corsair class, 5 boats competed; 1^st was “Gidget” (Matt Andrews), 2^nd went to “Keenas” (Mark Reynolds) and 3^rd placed was “Monopoly” (Andy Lamont).

Thanks to our rescue boat crew Bryan Townsend and Karen Vidler.

Our next sailing event will be next Sunday the 30^th of August. You must register.

Our long-distance river passage race is scheduled for the 20^th of September. Now less than one month away. Starting at Condong at 11 am, the boats will sail the full navigable length of the Tweed River and finish in Fingal Head.

Crew are always welcome at TVSC, and no experience is necessary.

Contact Club Commodore, Bill Fenelon, 0411 123 405 

As part of Covid, we don’t have anyone recording formal finish times, but we’ve made an estimate of the finishing order and come up with the following results, based on finishing order.

Sailed: 3, Discards: 0, To count: 3, Entries: 19, Scoring system: Appendix A

Some boats were missed for finishing order, so if you have any extra info, then please get in touch.

We’re racing again this coming Sunday. Briefing at 10am, please try to be rigged before then. The first race start will be at 11.

Everyone attending, must register online.

Everyone attending must register through the event link, detailed on the event page.

The latest details on racing in NSW are available here.

With the overnight rain swelling the river and possible rain further through the day, we’ve decided to cancel today’s racing.

We’re racing again this coming Sunday. Three short races.

Briefing from 11am, first race at Midday. (If you’re borrowing a boat, please come earlier than 11am, so that you have time to rig.)

You MUST register if attending on the day, so that we can comply with our Covid Safe Plan.

https://www.revolutionise.com.au/tweedvalleysc/events/70461/ (Please register at this page.)

If you do not have a boat, then a few club boats might be available. There may also be some skippers looking for crew, but we won’t know that until the weekend.

With the border for Qld/NSW people being hopefully open from Saturday, we’ve changed Sunday’s session to be a race, instead of a training day.

Briefing at 11am, Race Start at Midday.There are certain requirements.

Everyone must register, including crew, here.  (We need to keep records of everyone.)Full contact is allowed while racing, with no limits on crew numbers.When ashore, social distancing must be maintained.

Racing will be free.

There will be no time keeping, sign on, BBQ or results recorded.

There may be some crewing spots available for people who are new, so please register and we’ll see what we can arrange.

Some of the X3s will be available for those without a boat, but some experience.

Juniors are encouraged to race too.