I was
given one of the Yacht Crew Invitation cards as both
myself and my wife are interested in becoming crew where
we can fit in.
I am free at the moment for any casual Wednesday
afternoon sailing if anyone is in need of a crew member.
Prior
to moving to the Shire we owned and raced together a
Tasar through the Concord Ryde Sailing Club.
We were
continually learning and being trained by some of the
excellent sailors that were with the club including me
undertaking the Learn to Sail class before we bought our
Tasar.
We
would like to get back into sailing together and after
seeing some of the yachts sailing through the Bay at
Cronulla recently we thought we would make some
enquiries to see what we could get involved in.
I am 52
and my wife is 40 if that helps in working out suitable
places where we can crew.
I am currently a member
(country) of the yacht club and would be interested to
be a crew member on one of your members boats. I
recently completed an introductory sailing course with
East Sail in Rushcutters Bay, and went on to complete
and pass a Competent Crew course as well. I have sailed
Sydney 36’s and Beneteau 40.7 and will shortly be
leaving to the Whitsundays to skipper a Seawind 1160
Catamaran. I have also sailed a couple of times with
Andy Crawford toward the end of the last Summer series.
I may struggle at times to
be available for the Wednesday races as I work in
Wollongong, however other days may be OK.
I would be happy to join
the sailing division and would be pleased if you could
pass my details to any prospective skipper looking for a
crewman. I am still obviously still learning to sail,
but my long term future plans will be to consider
skippering my own vessel.
Won Flying Ant series last
season, and 1, 2 or 3 every race this year in an MG.
Keen to step up to a yacht.
Mark - 0423 333 496
I am seeking a sailing
yacht which is racing on weekends to become part of a
fun crew.
I live locally and have
been sailing since 2001 and have raced on yachts ranging
from 24 feet to 150 feet.
If you need a spare crew
member, I'd be keen to have a chat, meet up and get out
there.
Shane Perkins - Placed with Rhumb Line
Would
like to learn to sail & is keen to be a crew member in the
“Twilight racing” at the R.M.Y.C on Wednesdays
if a position is available.
He has no previous sailing experience. He is aged 45
yrs, reasonably fit & easy going. He lives in Dolans Bay
& he is available most days after 12.00pm. If you know
of anyone who would be interested in using Shane, please
contact him on 0403 121 999.
Mark Wilson -
Placed with Mumbo Jumbo
I
was at the R.M.Y.C on the weekend and inquired about
crewing on weekends over summer and was given your
details to contact.
Just wondering if you'd happen to know of a yacht which
may need an extra hand? I've been sailing since 2001 and
raced on a variety of yachts, from 24ft to 148ft.
C/o
Scott Toolin
Mob: 0409 441 801
Mark Richards -
Placed with Mumbo Jumbo
Experienced crew available for
most of this season. 30 experience,
sailing various boats from lasers to 65ft Farr (mostly
in 40 ft boats) Cat1 experience , OPS , LOPS , and
around the cans. 50 years old.
Radio operators licence , Snr first aid , AYF Member
The CYCA Medical Management for Mariners Course (MMM) consists of 7
three-hour nights at St. Vincent's Hospital in the Don Harrison
Simulation centre followed by a 3-hour practical session taught by
Helicopter Rescue Paramedics on board a yacht at the CYCA. During
the course, participants are shown how to treat and stabilise a
patient and prepare and package the injured person for rescue by
helicopter or any other means of rescue that becomes available.
The CYCA Board recently approved the CYCA MMM course as an
equivalent qualification that can be used to satisfy the eligibility
of crew requirements for CYCA Category 1 and 2 races.
The next CYCA MMM
course commences on Tuesday 6 July and the cost is $600 for CYCA
members and $650 for non-members.
For further
information contact reception at the Cruising Yacht Club of
Australia on 02 8292 7800 or
reception@cyca.com.au
Course dates:
Tuesday 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th July and 3rd 10th and 17th August
2010, plus night on yacht.
Races to be on a two week cycle (except Two Handed)
Yachts
Score out of 16
Yes 15
Mixed 1
Yes-
Keith Wilson
Important to align the combined programs of both clubs -
John Barter
Yes - John W
Yes - Jim Lupton
Yes..I agree - Chris Bran
Great - Pete Van Ryn (PVR)
Yes works well for us & it makes it easy for crews to
organise their other commitments. - Greg Barter (GB)
Yes - Michael Wolf (MW)
OK - Tony Towndrow (TT)
Agree - Ian Davis (ID)
Yes - Geoff Pallister (GP)
Works well for crew. - Rob Milner (RM)
Yes. Short Haul Series every fortnight. The Short haul
series is our major series and needs to be the regularly
scheduled cornerstone of the fortnightly sailing
program. No races Sunday other than Harbour return –
Steve McManus (SM)
Yes – Connie McManus (CM)
More races for Short Haul - Mel Simpson (MS) - Big
Kahoona
Prefer every week - Keith Creighton (KC) - Big Kahoona
Prefer each week - Michael Faulkner (MF) - Big Kahoona
Agreed - Stuart Brunton (SB) - Big Kahoona
I would like to see a program where the short haul races
are every second weekend, with the long haul and two
handed races slotted in between.- Adam Thomas (AT) - Big
Kahoona
agree - Daniel Hobson (DH) - Big Kahoona
Short Haul races yes. Long Haul/Two Handed can slot in
between so average 3 races/month (or every 4th weekend
off). Craig Eeles (CE) Big Kahoona
Agree - Andrew Marshal (AM)
Yes - Warren Buchan (Bucho)
Agree – Gary Priestley (Gary)
Sailing Committees Comment: Support of majority of RMYC
Skippers also a requirement of CSC. Program has been set
for a two week cycle.
2
No races on a long weekend.
Yachts
Score out of 17
No races - 16
flexible - 1
good idea/ long w/e free - Matt Short
Correct - Keith Wilson
Accept if possible - JB
Yes - John W
Yes - Jim Lupton
Yes.. I agree - Chris Bran
Great - PVR
Yes, let’s keep them for families. GB
Agree - MW
OK - Tony Towndrow (TT)
Agree - Ian Davis (ID)
Not concerned, need to be flexible (GP)
Continue to leave these free. - RM
Absolutely! No races on long weekend, Christmas Day,
Boxing Day, New Years Day, Australia Day , Easter or
ANZAC. No races on a holiday weekend. No races Sunday
other than Harbour return. SM
Yes - CM
Agree - MS
Agree, too hard to find crew - KC
Prefer
each week - MF
Agreed - Stuart Brunton (SB)
Races should not be schedules in the program for long
weekends. - AT
agree - DH
Agreed! - CE
Agree - Andrew Marshal (AM)
Yes – Bucho
Yes - Gary
Sailing Committees Comment: No issue this year. It may
not always be possible and have a two week cycle.
Program does not have any races on a long weekend.
3
No Two Handed Races races on weekends either side of a
Harbour Race weekend
Yachts
Score out of 16
10 - As above
5 - Don't care
not a fan of 2 handed races - Matt Short
Correct - Keith Wilson
Best balance - JB
Yes - John W
Yes - Jim Lupton
No comment - Chris Bran
Don't care - PVR
Shaya does not compete in this series. Probably a good
idea to avoid having them after the harbour races. - GB
Agree - MW
OK - Tony Towndrow (TT)
Agree - Ian Davis (ID)
Sarsala doesn't compete in these so no comment. - RM
Agree - Andrew Marshal (AM)
Yes – Bucho
Don’t sail Two Handed races - Gary
Not fussed, if possible yes, but this may not be
possible. - SM
Yes if possible - CM
I'll leave that to the two hander crews - KC
prefer all races to have max crew numbers - MF
Agreed - Stuart Brunton (SB)
The Harbour races are long haul races, therefore the
weekends either side should have short haul races
scheduled on the program - AT
agree - DH
Not bothered by this.- CE
Sailing Committees Comment: Program meets this option.
4
How many Two Handed Races?
Yachts
Score out of 16
2 - 1
3 - 8
4 - 9
? - 3
±4 to be held on odd weeks between the SH/LH/So series
2 week cycles - KW
2 pre and 2 post Christmas seems a good balance - John
Barter
3 - John W
Whatever interest there is in the fleet - Jim Lupton
No comment - Chris Bran
Four has been good - PVR
Not sure, but it should be at least 4 if the series is
included in the club championship. - GB
Three or Four - MW
3 or 4 - ID
3 GP
Relevant to fleet interest. - RM
2 or 3 - MS
4 - AM
3-4 – Bucho
No comment - Gary
Definitely three. The club is focused around crew
sailing. Three is Ok but 4 two handed races over
emphasises and detracts from crew sailing. Three Two
Handeds is an easy commitment to attract more two handed
boats. - SM
3- CM
3 - KC
prefer all races to have max crew numbers - MF
3 - SB
Three (3) two handed races in a season program. - AT
4 - CE
Sailing Committees Comment: The response suggested 3 or
4 with 4 just ahead. The program has allowed for 4 Two
Handed races.
5
Would you like to retain the Short Haul series where all
RMYC boats compete in one series?
Yachts
Score out of 17
Yes - 17
No - 0
most certainly - Matt Short
Yes – I prefer 2 divisions, but as this not the popular
view, am happy with the SO/LH series arrangement - Keith
Wilson
Absolutely - John Barter
Yes - John W
Yes, if possible and practicable. The fleet composition
may not make it feasible. - Jim Lupton
Yes - Chris Bran
Great, but could be 2 divisions if fleet numbers allow -
PVR
Yes the more in the fleet the better. However I do
favour the CSC position of two divisions and the point
score and handicap covering all races short & long.
Maybe Div 1: SH + LH & Div 2: SH + SO. Although, I am
not sure if this is possible from a handicapping point
of view. At present I wonder if the LH/SO races are too
few for the PPH handicapping system to provide a
meaningful performance adjustment unless results are
carried over from previous seasons. - GB
Yes. One fleet, not two - MW
Yes - Tony Towndrow (TT)
Yes - ID
Yes, absolutely - GP
Yes. Essential - RM
Yes one division, absolutely. Do not split the fleet. -
SM
Yes - CM
Yes, maybe have two divisions? - MS
Yes - KC
Yes - MF
Yes - SB
Yes, absolutely - AT
Yes - DH
Yes - CE
Yes - AM
Yes – Bucho
Yes - Gary
Sailing Committees Comment: This question was to
re-confirm that this is the Sailing Divisions Skippers
wish. It has been confirmed with a 100% response.
6
Would you like more southern courses?
Score out of 17
Yes - 14
Not fused 2
Mixed
- 1
Southern
courses are good - Matt Short
Yes – and/or could incorporate a triangle: eg, start/C
mark/Burning Palms/Wave Rider or FAD/finish - KW
Yes, we have the means with GPS marks - John Barter
Yes - John W
Not fussed - Jim Lupton
Yes - Chris Bran
Really great - PVR
Maybe, I don't feel strongly on the matter. I would be
more interested in a return of the Botany Bay courses. -
GB
Yes. It's good to have different scenery. virtual marks
offer a lot of flexibility. Maybe two southern courses,
one before one after Xmas. - MW
Yes - Tony Towndrow (TT)
Yes - ID
Yes, 1 pre and 1 post Christmas - GP
Yes. Also races which go across Botany Bay. - RM
Not fussed, if possible a few - SM
Yes if practical - CM
No - MS
yes, but only if we sail round a fixed mark - KC
Yes - MF
Have no preference
I would welcome more southern courses, as long as there
a actual marks. As fictitious marks cause issues
with course accuracy. - AT
Only if there are real marks. - DH
Yes, providing we can get an accurate mark.- CE
Yes - AM
Yes – Bucho
Yes - Gary
Sailing Committees Comment: The majority is in favour
and an additional southern course has been included in
the Autumn season.
7
Would you like each race to have alternate courses to
provide better windward legs?
Score out of 17
Yes - 8
No - 9
Don't really care for windward legs- prefer downwind
legs personally - Matt Short
We have this for the Bate Bay races (#9 & #10), but more
effort needed if we develop for other courses - Keith
Wilson
Not necessary - John Barter
Yes - John W
No, pure personal bias….. - Jim Lupton
Yes definitely - Chris Bran
Makes sense, reaching is not really racing is it? - PVR
Yes. With that in mind, is it still necessary to go
round Wave Rider every race? It often adds one or two
extra reaching legs, at the expense of a windward leg,
which significantly favours large waterline boats. - GB
Not bothered. - MW
Maybe a bit difficult - TT
Yes - ID
Yes - GP
Yes. Reaching legs benefit boats with longer waterline
length. – RM
Yes – SM
Yes - CM
Yes - MS
yes, to provide better opportunity to demonstrate
skilful sailing - KC
Yes - MF
If this is manageable - SB
Yes, if practical - AT
For races within yes. - DH
Yes - One of the main problems with the Wave Rider is
that it turns out to be a soldiers course in Sou'Easters.
- CE
Not necessarily - AM
Not Fussed usually get Windward/Leward over the course
somewhere – Bucho
Not bothered, my boat likes reaching. - Gary
Sailing Committees Comment:
8
Would you like sprint races as part of Short Haul series
with the possibility of two per day?
Yachts
Score out of 17
No - 13
Yes - 4
not a fan of windward/leewards - passage more enjoyable
from our perspective - Matt Short
Yes – worth a trial – ?part of the ‘social’ series? …
to gauge interest and participation - Keith Wilson
No, this could cause problems due to range of boats -
John Barter
Yes - John W
If interest is there, would apply more to “sportboat”
fleet - JL
No, not necessarily - Chris Bran
Variety is good. How about a long sprint out to sea,
virtual marked - PVR
Yes sounds very interesting. Provided the races are
contained to the Sat. - GB
No. Sprint races don't work with boats of very
different size and speed - MW
No - TT
No - ID
No - GP
No special interest in this. - RM
No definitely not. - SM
No - CM
Yes - MS
yes, but only one per season - KC
Yes - MF
Yes - SB
Yes, short regatta style sprint races would be
welcomed. - AT
Yes - DH
Defiently like the idea of multiple sprint races per day
(short windward/leward courses), making for fast paced
racing as opposed to passage races. - CE
No - AM
Hard with diverse fleet. – Bucho
No - Gary
Sailing Committees Comment: There is not sufficient
support for this. The fleet is too diverse to be
practical. There may also be issues with a starter.
This won’t be considered this season.
9
Would you like to have more windward/leeward courses?
Yachts
Score out of 15
Yes - 5
No - 9
Long leg to Virtual mark - 1
Do we not already have these in Bate Bay? - Keith
Wilson
No - John Barter
Yes - John W
Not fussed - Jim Lupton
Yes - Chris Bran
See 8. - PVR
Yes, more exciting for crew and more tactical. CYCA
SOPS (equivalent to our short haul) is all
windward/leeward. - GB
No - TT
No - ID
No - AM
No - GP
Yes. But only in preference to those courses that
largely end up reaching courses. - RM
No - SM
No - CM
No - MS
yes - KC
Don't care - MF
No - SB
Yes, in sprint race format - AT
Yes, would be good for sprint races. - DH
Yes - See above re Sprint races. Also offshore sprint
races as opposed to Bate Bay (possible using the Wave
Rider as a mark) - CE
A long windward Leeward course into prevailing wind
around Virtual mark may be good. – Bucho
No - Gary
Sailing Committees Comment:
10
Would you like to see the Navigators race in or out of
our point score?
Yachts
Score out of 17
Out - 5
In - 9
Unsure - 3
Most prestigious race on the calendar - maybe out of
points-score? Matt Short
Out of point score series, but could be included for
those who like it. Definitely change to the LH/SO
concept - KW
It should be in, Courses need reviewing - John Barter
In - John W
Ok, it would mean we have more control over it given
last Navigator’s Cup race - Jim Lupton
No comment - Chris Bran
Leave it in. - PVR
Not sure. But maybe drop it from the long haul series
in favour of the FAD race to come into step with CSC
long haul trophy. However see comment below. - GB
Yes. We should not have events run by other clubs in
our point score. MW
Should not be in it - TT
Out - ID
In - GP
Should be in. - RM
Out. The Navigators Cup is open to all boats from any
club and has two divisions. It therefore does not fit
any of our series and should be a stand alone race. - SM
Out - CM
In point score, Short Haul - MS
Out - KC
In - MF
In - SB
N/A - AT
Out - DH
Not fussed - CE
Out - the race is a stand alone event with separate
entry fees and race control. - AM
In Point score Otherwise non event. – Bucho
In, not really concerned - Gary
Sailing Committees Comment:
11
Any comments on Navigators Cup?
great format, keenly contested, brings councils closer
to our sailing community, good for publicity - our
favourite - Matt Short
Div1/LH and Div2/SO need suitable courses - John Barter
Is it still an official race of the Australia day
committee? - JW
See above - JL
Could be longer - Chris Bran
It has become too short for division 1, should remain 2
divisions, one to Harbour, two to Wedding Cake, what was
wrong with that? - PVR
If the race is to be included, then extend it to the
Bondi WR to make it longer so that it can be a genuine
inclusion in the LH series. - GB
Only one course - TT
Needs proper courses - GP
Would be great for start to be in Port Hacking and to
race further around Botany Bay. - RM
This is a CSC event. RMYC has no control as clearly
evidenced this year where CSC made an incorrect decision
to race the Navigators Cup, given the well documented
forecast, over the Wedding Cake Is course,
irresponsible. - SM
Use weather forecast as per other races and not hold
race because of spectators and official boats - MS
What can we do to expand the number of boats to include
other clubs? - KC
No - MF
A great concept which should be better supported - SB
Make sure those responsible for the race check the
weather reports accurately before making an official
call on the race (Safety Issue...!) - AT
A Division 1 and Division 2 event to ensure more of the
smaller boats enter. - AM
Good PR with Councils and local papers. Div 1 around
Bondi mark Div 2 around Wedding Cake - Bucho
12
Are you happy with the Long Haul/Short Ocean concept to
maintain a two week schedule?
Score out of 17
Yes - 16
No - 1
yep - Matt Short
Maintain the LH/SO concept this year - Keith Wilson
It will work well and the key to combined racing - John
Barter
Yes - John W
Yes - Jim Lupton
Yes - Chris Bran
Definitely, we now have regular crew because of that
decision. PVR
Yes this works well. But maybe more consideration could
be made to the relative weightings of the LH & SO to the
club championship. At present we risk killing the LH
program as boats will elect to take the SO races as they
have equal or possibly better weighting, (depending on
fleet numbers) in the championship. I would be sorry to
see the LH series die out as it provides a significantly
different racing experience to crews compared to the SH/SO
races which are relatively similar race formats. - GB
Yes - MW
Yes - TT
Yes - ID
Yes - GP
Yes. That appears to be working OK - RM
No definitely not. The two week cycle needs to be built
around the fundamental cornerstone series which is the
Short Haul series. The Short Haul is scheduled every two
weeks. This is basic to the Sailing Division's program -
SM
No - CM
No - MS
Short Ocean races to be of similar duration (but shorter
distance) as Long haul to enable all crews to end the
day together. - KC
Yes - MF
Yes - if it means racing only on alternate weekends
(with the exception of the Two Handed series) - SB
No. Short Ocean should not equal a long haul race. - DH
Yes - CE
Yes - AM
Yes – Bucho
Yes - Gary
Sailing Committees Comment: This has the full support of
Skippers but one. The program will have the short race
series as an option to Long Haul.
The
following are comments sorted by category;
General
·
Combined Racing and Both Clubs working together, to
always achieve this." No Egos" - Bucho
·
Align safety category for races with CSC so they are the
same - MS
·
More Bate Bay races that change with wind direction – MS
·
Start PJ to PH race on Sunday at 11:00am not 10:30am –
MS
·
More support for RMYC crew to use club after races for
presentations and social. eg- Not having functions
upstairs and downstairs on same day + sailing results –
MS
·
Encourage boats to participate in regattas at other
clubs - CYC/MHYC – MS
·
RMYC & CSC joint events - I would encourage more
official visits to each Club after races to encourage
more intermingling of the two fleets. - GB
·
Can always improve if practical. – Bucho
Other Events
·
Social – your idea re “Novice Skippers” sounds good, but
need to define ‘novice’ – does this not intrude into the
Cruising Division activities - Keith Wilson
·
No opinion.-
SM
·
Ladies Day race in summer and winter at end of series. -
MS
·
Program is pretty full as it is. - RM
·
Bring back Batemans Bay Regatta - KC
·
No - John W
·
Yes - as many races as possible! - MF
·
No - GP
·
No - TT
·
Yes, it is good to try new concepts - Jim Lupton
·
No comment - Chris Bran
New Courses
·
I think we have enough, but the Batemans Bay Passage
Race had a "Pentastar" course which was a great race. We
have sufficient deep water & local landmarks to develop
a similar concept and it may attract contestants from
other waters depending on how well it was run. – SB
·
Pentastar course in Bate Bay and beyond using pins, wave
rider and virtual marks. Batemans Bay style is
remembered as a great course. Could be short for Short
Haul or much bigger for Long Haul. All points of sail
makes for a great race. - PVR
·
START -> Wave Rider -> FAD -> Wave Rider -> FAD ->
Finish (would be good in a NE wind). – CE
(Length 33.8 nM or 22.2nM without sausage) uses fixed
marks. - JB
·
START -> Wave Rider -> Windward Mark -> Wave Rider ->
Windward Mark -> Finish – CE
Would require GPS mark or maybe use southern WR at
34°07’.623S 151° 23’.234E 28nM or 43 nM JB
·
A new course to WR - Kingsway - Boat Harbour - Kingsway
- Boat harbor - Finish. Reduce courses using Bombora
Mark. – GP (Length 18nM)
·
Would prefer only one CYCA weekends. Is it possible to
replace one with another destination, say Wollongong,
Middle Harbour... – MW
Short Haul
·
Enjoy the WR, CC buoy – WR – Estuary - BH race. as it
usually has good Works, Reaches, and Runs, and you get
to see the whole fleet on numerous occasions - Bucho
·
Look at current courses v's prevailing winds and
conditions and aim to have alternative course available
on the day.
- SM
·
South of bate bay – MF
·
As above re going south and Botany Bay. – RM
·
Need to rationalize what we got. Are we still banned
from Botany Bay? - Jim Lupton
·
No more - John W
·
No, too many already – TW
·
Last season we did a short haul race to CC buoy in
Botany Bay.. this course is OK for 2 hander, but too
short for short haul. – PVR
·
More Sprint/fast pace races, and longer long haul and
night races (see below) - CE
·
I would like to see a short haul night race.- AT
Botany Bay
·
Botany Bay Yellow mark – MS
·
As above re going south and Botany Bay. – RM
·
Are we still banned from Botany Bay? - Jim Lupton
·
If restrictions are lifted - more races into Botany Bay
– AM
·
More Short haul races held within Bate Bay.
With courses around a number a buoys to ensure beating
reaching and running as well as a chance to highlight
crew work. – DH
Long Haul
·
Some more night races in the program - eg 7pm start
time. Possible a long haul night race as to improve
night sailing and skills and shift changes? – CE
·
Now the majority of the fleet doing the Long Haul are
larger boats, Re-introduce the Bird Island race or other
>100NM races (Would be good to do a long haul where we
can practice shift changes/fatigue management and
also see a sunrise).- CE
·
Harbour/return is too short to be a long haul
race, especially when finishing before dark.- CE
·
No Long Haul race in December only Short Haul – MS
·
An "over the horizon" cat 3 race to one or two virtual
marks, maybe 15 miles east of Jibbon – MW
·
I would be interested to see a short passage race
included (about 100-150nm) to Maybe Newcastle/Port
Stephens or Bateman's Bay. Similar to the Batemans' Bay
race of years gone by.
It would nice for a club to host us at the other end and
provide crew with an overnight racing experience to
build seamanship.
It could also be used as an experience stepping stone to
longer races.
It would also be nice for crews to experience the
camaraderie/satisfaction that comes with meeting the
opposing crews at the destination and talking about each
boats race experience.
This is very different from (say) racing the Bird Is
race returning to the Port as crews will not hang around
and you loose the excitement of arriving in an
unfamiliar destination. – GB
·
Longer long haul and night races – CE
Short Ocean Series
·
Having two entirely opposing races scheduled on the same
day makes absolutely no sense. – SM
·
You need to make sure the Short Ocean Series helps new
boats to get started – TT
Club Championship
·
Take the Short Ocean Series out of the Club
Championship. - SM
·
The LH/SO races are not even, so they cannot be compared
on an accurate & honest level playing field.- AT
·
I believe that the concept of some yachts choosing to do
an long haul race and other yachts only choosing to do a
short haul race on the same day, however the points
being distributed equally throughout both fields is
totally, utterly & completely unfair, unsportsmanlike
like, and needs to be abolished. – AT
·
The short handed and long haul/short ocean results have
too much weight in the club championship for the number
of races sailed. While they should have an impact that
should not be at the expense of the short haul series
which has 12 races compared to 4 / 4. AM
·
Both the two handed and the long haul/short ocean series
need a drop otherwise one poor result/OCS/DNS has too
much of an impact on the club championship. AM
·
Club Championship should weight points to favour Long
Haul - GP
Waverider
·
Wave Rider - Please note comments above re need to
continue with WR for every race. – GB
·
As someone mentioned, do we always need to go around the
wave rider now? Maybe, to mix up the navigation, not
going north and yes on the return or visversa on
occasions. - PVR
Program
·
Ensure RMYC Club calendar events are included in our
program: Opening Day, Opening Mess, Closing Mess, Carols
by Cruiser – SM
·
The season should not extend beyond Easter and every
effort should be made to tie the season in with other
summer sports. RTP are in the position now that we have
minimal crew for the final (2) races of the season due
to commitments with winter sports and it is unlikely
that we can get the enough for the final race. Most
summer sports finished between the 14th - 21st March and
this leaves adequate time for the transition between
seasons. While many of your crews are not impacted by
seasonal sports it is also important not to forget those
that are. - Andrew Marshall
·
Should consolidate cruising events / social events into
the calendar. - MW
Two Handed
·
Add a windward/return to the two handed race.- CE
Handicap Starts
·
No handicap starts – MS
·
Two handicap start races, at or near the conclusion of
the pre Christmas season and Post Christmas season, to
try & have all finishers finish at the same time such
that all skippers and crew can attend the post race
debriefing / announcement of results - SB
·
More Handicap start races - ID
Miscellaneous
·
Handicapping - I think the season handicapping has
worked very well for the SH series. Most races have
very little difference between first to last so congats
to the handicapper and the system. – GB
·
Great job John, thanks. – PVR
·
I have found the last year races very good, but I am not
sure I will be racing next year. - John Engisch
Distress
signaling flares can help save lives in an emergency but are
only as good as their use-by date.
Minister for Ports and Waterways, Paul McLeay and Member for
Kiama, Matt Brown, today launched a new disposal system for
out-of-date flares. 'Flares are essential emergency
signaling equipment for boats in open waters. Therefore it’s
a compulsory safety requirement for boaters to carry them
when operating offshore,' Mr. McLeay said.
Mr Brown said the problem is flares expire after three
years. 'After this time, there is no guarantee they will
fire when needed.' 'This is why flares must be replaced
before they expire and old flares, which are classed as
explosives, must be disposed of properly.'
'If trouble strikes off the coast, it can be difficult to
attract help and that is why flares are essential safety
equipment for skippers boating on open seas,' Mr Brown said.
'Every boat going on open seas should carry a minimum of two
red hand flares (for night or day use) and two orange smoke
flares (for day use), although some exemptions may apply.'
Flares can now be placed into special containers at
NSW Maritime centres where they are stored for collection
and transported to the Sterihealth facility at Silverwater,
Sydney.
The expired flares will then be destroyed at ultra-high
temperature under strict environmental conditions.
Mr McLeay said the new flare disposal system was the result
of a close partnership between NSW Maritime, Work Cover NSW
and the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water.
'There are some 230,000 vessels registered in NSW with
around 10 per cent being used for offshore boating.'
'We recognised the need for this service among boaters, with
many reporting that they were confused about where to take
them.'
'Some flares, it appears may have been ending up in
landfill. We now have a disposal option that is safer and
better for the environment,' Mr McLeay said. The trial will
run until July 2011 and will be reviewed before that date.
www.maritime.nsw.gov.au
The Flinders Islet Inquiry
Committee has now completed an internal investigation into
the incident which occurred on the morning of 10 October
2009 in the vicinity of Flinders Islet off the coast of Port
Kembla, resulting in the deaths of Andrew Short and Sally
Gordon. A copy of the report can be found on the
CYCA
website.
In addition to making the report
available to members of the Club, the report has been sent
to the following interested parties;
Families of
Andrew Short and Sally Gordon
NSW Water
Police who are continuing with the official
investigation
NSW Maritime
Marine
Rescue NSW
Yachting
Australia, Yachting NSW and other yacht clubs around the
country which organise ocean yacht races
The recommendations from the
committee have been accepted by your board. These can be
found on pages 55 - 59.
I am pleased to advise you that
many of the recommendations made with regard to race
organisation and emergency management have already been
implemented. Other recommendations that require regulatory
consideration will be passed on to the special regulations
committee of Yachting NSW and Yachting Australia.
It is important to remember that
this is the report of our own internal inquiry. The official
investigation conducted by the NSW Police for the NSW State
Coroner is ongoing. We understand that investigation is
nearing its completion.
The board has approved the
release of the report to ensure as many participants in our
sport learn from this incident. Therefore I recommend you
read it and share it with your crew if you are an active
offshore ocean sailor.
On behalf of the board of
directors I would like to take this opportunity to thank the
members of the Flinders Islet Inquiry Committee, Rear
Admiral Chris Oxenbould AO RAN (Rtd), Past Commodore David
Kellett AM and Past Commodore John Brooks for undertaking
this important task on behalf of the Club and for meeting
the objectives of the Terms of Reference.
A
mobile call was made by Pied Piper around 7:00pm. Their
batteries were flat so they couldn't start the motor or call on
VHF and had insufficient wind to make their own way home.
Rhumb
Line had retired but was in Bate Bay and returned to look for
Pied Piper somewhere between Cape Banks and Little Bay. Pied
Piper was located in the dark and towed to R.M.Y.C, arriving back
around 11:00pm.
A special
thankyou to Jim Lupton and the "Rhumbliners" for their efforts
in towing Pied Piper home, after their engine failed north of
Cape Banks, with no breeze. Great work Jim and crew in
retrieving Pied Piper, resulting in a very late night for both
crews after a very slow race day. Results for SH 8 will be
presented at CYCA. Scott Toolin
Hi John and
Scott, Very many thanks' for the kind words on the web, it is
appreciated by the Rhumb Liners. Would you please also thank Mike and Theo Wolf who stayed on (in
the rain) and had the tender available to met us at the end of
the channel, put Pied Piper on their mooring and then brought us
all back ashore.
They were a
very welcome sight! We were a wee bit wet and perhaps getting a
wee bit less interested as the night and the tow went
on........just kiddin.... there's always rum! All went well and
no drama. Cheers, Luppo.
The International
Sailing Federation (ISAF) announced
that, as a result of actions taken by
the ISAF Racing Rules Committee and the
ISAF Council during the ISAF Annual
Conference, several changes in The
Racing Rules of Sailing for 2009-2012
will take effect on 1 January 2010.
Rule 18.2(c) will be
changed to prohibit a newly discovered
and potentially dangerous tactic that
was an unintended consequence of the
current wording of this rule. The
revised rule will no longer permit a
boat to tack just before she reaches a
mark and, as a result of her tack,
become entitled to mark-room from boats
that had been clear ahead of her when
they reached the zone. A parallel change
in rule B3.1(c) outlaws a similar tactic
in a sailboard race.
The definition
Obstruction will be changed so that a
boat racing will no longer be an
obstruction to other boats that are
required to give her room or mark-room.
This change will simplify the analysis
of some situations near a mark in which
both rules 18 and 19 apply, and it will
not otherwise change the ‘game’.
Additions will be
made to the definition Party to correct
unintended omissions. The revised
definition will mean that, whenever
redress is requested for a boat by the
race committee or considered for a boat
by the protest committee, that boat will
be a party to the resulting hearing.
Also, a race committee that requests
redress for a boat will also become a
party when its request is heard.
A new rule, rule
C2.12, will be added to the Match Racing
Rules. It will prohibit a tactic at the
windward mark that the match racing
community does not wish to allow.
After the 2009
rulebook was printed, ISAF revised its
Advertising Code and, in so doing,
eliminated all references to Category A
advertising. References to the
Advertising Code in Appendices J, K and
L will be changed to make them
consistent with the revised Code.
For more information
about the Racing Rules of Sailing,
please contact your state or territory
MYA’s Racing Rules Committee.
The following two-picture sequence provides visual
evidence of why tacking in the zone at a windward mark
is such a dangerous thing to do.
In the first picture, the boat on the left is on
starboard tack and the boat on the right is either on
port tack or has just passed head to wind and is
tacking. (Her angle of heel would indicate she's still
on port tack but her genoa seems to indicate that she
has reached or passed head to wind.
In the second picture, the port tack boat has probably
completed her tack or is just above a close hauled
course and the starboard tack boat has luffed above
close-hauled and the boats appear to be overlapped by a
reasonable amount.
Let's look at the situation rule by rule.
THE RULES:
If the right hand boat is on port tack, Rule 10 ON
OPPOSITE TACKS applies and states that ..."a port tack
boat shall keep clear of a starboard tack boat".
If on the other hand, the boat on the right has passed
head to wind, Rule 13 WHILE TACKING applies. It says,
"After a boat passes head to wind, she shall keep clear"
of other boats until she is on a close-hauled course"
Right here it's worth looking at the first part of the
definition of KEEP CLEAR. It says "One boat keeps clear
of another if the other can sail her course with no need
to take avoiding action...".
Clearly, given the proximity of the boats to each other
and the apparent speed of the boat on starboard tack,
"avoiding action" on her part is going to be a
necessity. Whichever rule applies, the right hand boat
is in tough shape!
So far, the presence of the mark and the fact that both
boats are in the ZONE has had no impact on the
situation. However, Rule 18.3 TACKING WHEN APPROACHING A
MARK puts the nail in the coffin of the boat on the
right.
Rule 18.3 applies when:
A. Two boats are approaching a mark on opposite tacks.
B. One of them changes tack and is subject to Rule 13 in
the ZONE.
C. The other boat is fetching the mark.
Since all these conditions have been met, Rule 18.3
applies here. The rule goes on the say that the boat
that tacked;
(a) shall not cause the other boat to sail above
close-hauled to avoid her or prevent the other boat from
passing the mark on the required side and
(b) shall give mark-room if the other boat
becomes overlapped inside her.
The left hand boat appears to have overstood the mark
but still had to luff above close-hauled to avoid the
boat that tacked. Note that had she decided to duck
under the boat that tacked (certainly a possibility),
she would be entitled to mark-room.
Taken in sequence, there are a string of rules that the
port tack boat could be protested for breaking. In each
case, even if the issue was in doubt (obviously there is
no doubt here), a Protest Committee is likely to come
down in favor of the boat on starboard so this is truly
a "no win" scenario.
What should the port tack boat do?
1. Don't go to the port tack layline. It's just asking
for trouble.
2. If you find yourself there anyway (the wind does go
left from time to time), consider bearing off and
sailing fast so that your tack to round the mark will be
outside the zone.
3. If you're on the layline and can do it, duck the
starboard boat or boats. Giving up a couple of boat
lengths is better than a DSQ.
4. If you're on the port layline and clearly crossing
the starboard boat (s), don't tack at the mark. Continue
on port tack and let the starboard boat(s) round inside
you. Once again, you'll be giving up a little distance
but that's better than the alternative.
Another factor to consider here is Rule 14 AVOIDING
CONTACT.
The starboard tack boat is required to take avoiding
action if he thinks the port tack boat is not keeping
clear. A Protest Committee is going to listen carefully
if the starboard boat says, " I altered course to avoid
contact".
Even if his judgment of the distance between the boats
is questionable, the PC is likely to give him the
benefit of the doubt because he avoided contact.
The consumption of liquor not purchased from the club is
strictly prohibited on club premises and endangers the clubs
liquor license.
It is the responsibility of skippers to ensure their crews do
not infringe this very strict ruling and that their non member
crew are signed in.
Complaints have been made again against the Sailing Division and
it is incumbent on our member Skippers to ensure it does not
happen again.
R.M.Y.C skippers have always wanted a series for
all their boats.
The gap between the fastest and slowest is
widening.
Haven’t been interested in separate Divisions,
because it would split the R.M.Y.C fleet from its core
competition (Short Haul).
Need a better solution than the dual start to
minimise differences in finish times.
Need a solution to satisfy a range of boat speeds
and racing preference.
Sailing Two Handed, Long Haul and Navigators Cup
in-between Short Haul series meant that in many cases we were
racing every week, which created issues with crew availability
and other family activities.
Ideally, we need to have races on a two week
cycle.
Solution
We grade our existing courses
roughly into three groups;
Longer races into a Long
Haul Series with courses over 25 nM as we have now.
Medium races into the Short
Haul Series with courses ~ between 15-25 nM.
Shorter races into a Short
Ocean Series with courses ~ under 15 nM
Short Ocean to race on the same
dates as Long Haul Series and start with CSC Div2.
This now allows a program on a two
week cycle (excluding Two Handed).
Where there are Long Haul races we
have a Short Ocean race.
We no longer need dual starts to
help the slower boats to finish by a reasonable time.
The load on Dennis is reduced as
he has less starts and no longer need wait for our slower boats.
Benefits
Both
clubs can continue to race their individual programs and have
combined competition;
R.M.Y.C retains Short Haul, Long Haul and Two Handed plus an
extra series - Short Ocean.
CSC retains their program using Division 1 and Division 2.
R.M.Y.C. has the opportunity to invite and encourage yachts not
racing into the Short Ocean series.
Yachts
entered in Short Ocean can try a Long Haul race.
There
is an opportunity to have a combined series with CSC division 2.
This
should result in a Win/Win for both clubs.
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