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Mainsheet 539 1 June, 2018

Bendigo Yacht Club Inc. The Sailing Centre for Central Victoria

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BENDIGO YACHT CLUB The Sailing Centre for Central Victoria

Incorporated Association Number A0002316Y PO Box 244, Bendigo, Victoria 3552

Phone: Ken Mann—Secretary 0400 829 066

www.bendigo.yachting.org.au

BENDIGO YACHT CLUB ACKNOWLEDGES THE SUPPORT OF

Bee Happy Orthodontics City of Greater Bendigo Fosterville Gold Mine Goodall Design Kangaroo Flat Community Enterprise McKern Steel Sasi Marketing Poyser Motors Group Armstead Estate Lisa Chesters MP 360Utilities

In This Issue

Commodore’s Comments Treasurer’s Report

Another Title for Glenn 360Utilites

2017/18 Awards Winter Series

Notice of Race

Shari’s Inspiration Bull Sheet

Committee Details

Coming Up

Winter Series -

23 June 21 July

18 August


Congratulations to all our award winners from season 2017-18, our grateful thanks to the Sailing Committee for their dedication, thanks

to Ken Hill and Don Ridge for manning our control room weekly.

Now the AGM is done and dusted we head into the new year with a much-altered committee; stepping down were Ron Mason, Warren Matheson, Mark Hawkins, Hugo

Dunlop and Johnny Maher; thank you so much for all that you have achieved

throughout the years. Good luck in the real world! Ron has kindly arranged a working group who fortnightly attend to the many tasks around the club which largely

go unnoticed.

Coming onto the committee for this year are Anton Beens, Hugh Alexander, Maria Forbes and Jacob McDonald who join the ongoing members, Steve Begg as Vice

Commodore, Rowan Gillies Boat Parking/Storage (assisted by Anton), Ken Mann as Secretary, Simon Carter as Treasurer, Dan Forbes on Building and Grounds. Maria will

be managing the canteen and clubrooms this year and Betty Kelly is your go to person for caravan/camping at the club under the auspice of Buildings and Grounds,

leaving two vacancies to fill.

We are submitting an expression of interest to host the Trailersailer Classic Titles in November this year. Another opportunity for us to showcase our wonderful club; let’s

pray for rain in the meantime. The Taipan association have also expressed interest in

Bendigo Yacht Club hosting their titles on Labour Day Weekend, March 2019.

Michael Anthony (360Utilities) has partnered with Bendigo Yacht Club offering an opening for our members/friends and acquaintances to benefit from a one-off

opportunity to install solar power and battery backup without the upfront charges. Michael has offered us a benefit of $250 for each 360Utilities installation when

Bendigo Yacht Club is quoted as the referee. To take advantage of this offer refer to the application form later in this newsletter.

Australian Sailing Regional Manager, Gavin Wall will be hosting the annual Club

Forum/Roadshow on 24 July commencing at 6.30pm. Venue is yet to be finalised but will be in Bendigo due to lack of heating in the evenings in our club rooms. Cairn

Curran Sailing Club have been invited to participate in this event. Members are most welcome to attend, please let Ken Mann know by 30 June if you wish to attend.

Look forward to seeing you soon.

Andrea



The club has, unfortunately for the third year running recorded another deficit, this time of $15,847.

There was a slight increase in Annual Subscriptions again this year along with increases in virtually all the Income sectors including Race Fees up by 100% which is very encouraging and mainly due to a very successful open event as is the big increase in Canteen Sales Profitability of 2000% which is great and down to the hard work and dedication of the volunteers in making and baking a lot of the food on the premises which increases our profit margins tremendously, so a big thank you to Ms. Forbes and the Canteen Staff. The Sailing School also out performed again on year with numbers and Income up which again is down to the hard work of the volunteers. The only significant decrease in Income was with Sailability which struggle to get out this year although the drop in Income is outset with the equally proportioned expenses So all in all this gave us an increased Income on last year and our best for 3 years. This is encouraging and would indicate that the Club is being used by young and old. Unfortunately its not all good news again this year, whilst the Income is up on last year so are the costs quite dramatically and mainly in the Repairs and Maintenance department. This year included large costs to the upkeep of the buildings with an extraordinary expense of $8,000 for electrical repairs and the Boats and equipment for racing costing us anther $9,000 again this year. Should we not had these expenses we would have turned a Surplus of approximately $3,000 this year. Significant items in this year’s accounts compared to last year would be:-

Catering Trading Surplus up by $4,000

Race Entry Fees up by nearly $3,000

Boats and Equipment for Racing costs are again high at $9,000

Repairs and Maintenance of Buildings is up $8,000

Repairs and Maintenance of Plant is up $2,000

An increase in the Fixed Assets being:- a. Life Vest - $348

b. Outdoor Kitchen - $2,911 An improved Record Keeping System including online Payments and Registrations.

Reserves still remain strong at the club with nearly $100,000 in cash and monies held at the bank and we are still a very viable and asset rich club with Net Assets at $456,455

Finally I would just like to thank Helen Goodall in all the support she has given this year in the bookkeeping and setting up the new systems. It is this assistance that has allowed me to stand for another year. Thank you Helen !

Simon Carter, Treasurer


Glenn Ashby has recently gained his 17th World Championship title

sailing with Team Tilt in the GC32 championships as tactic ian/

mainsheet trimmer at Riva del

Garda Italy. The GC32 is a class of hydrofoiling catamaran 32 feet in

length and constructed of carbon fibre and has a crew of 5.

An exciting machine.

13 teams raced in the inaugural GC32 championships and some of the best sailors

in the world took to the start line. Across 4 days 16 intense races were completed.

The boats soared across the water at more than 30 knots. Team Tilt were 11th overall after two races. They then took charge and sealed the first GC32 title on

the final day.

Not a bad feat for an Aussie boy who learnt to sail in the freakish winds of

Eppalock.


Best First Year Sailor - Ladies Committee Trophy - ADAM POYSER

Club Champion - Reg Wills Trophy -

CHRIS AND TOBY CLARKE Club Junior Champion - Foreman Family Trophy -

HUGO BEGG

Tom Glazebrook Trophy -

PHILIP L MANN Commodores Trophy -

PHILIP L MANN

High Achiever Cadet - TAIT POYSER


Saturday May 19, 14:05, Wind around 5ks, SSE.

9 Boats, including several from CCSC breached

the Club house start, with Shamrock leading UOME in the TS’s while the Flying Fifteen from

CCSC clearly led the way. Cool to cold conditions varied little for the 60 minutes of the

race, whilst the breeze stayed true to direction and speed. Our own young Shari in her Sabre

joined the fleet after the start and managed to stay on the water for most of the race (Well

Done Shari) until the cold conditions beat her, while among the rest, UOME soon established

her dominance over Shamrock, and the CCSC’s FF, Finn and Impulse dominated the scene.

Highlights of the day were Johnny and Phil demonstrating that a Taser can in fact be sailed

backwards, and Steve and Ian theoretically rehearsed their rescue drills aboard Kimbolton.

Meanwhile, Rowan had fired up the fire-pit in

anticipation of a few cold racers needing to thaw out. All in all, a good time had by all.

That’s what Winter sailing is all about - chilly weather, competition and companionship.

Ian W.

Then each month: 21 July, 18 August

Chris and Jenny Clarke. Rugged up and ready to go.


1 Rules

The series will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing 2017-2020 and by class rules of the yachts competing (except where any of these

are altered by the Series’ Sailing Instructions). 2 Eligibility and Entry

The Series is open to all sailors. 3 Fees

Required fees are as follows:

The series is included in the Annual Race Fee for BeYC members. If no Annual Race Fee has been paid:

Adult- Single handed $10.00 per day Adult + Crew $15.00 per day

Junior - Single Handed $5.00 per day Junior + Crew $10.00 per day

4 Schedule 4.1 All competitors shall complete a registration form before their 1st race.

4.2 Race days: 19 May

23 June 21 July

18 August

4.3 The First warning signal will be 1400 hours 5 Sailing Instructions

Sailing Instructions will be available at the sign on bench next to the control room. 6 Venue

Racing will be conducted in the Kimbolton Pool, Lake Eppalock. 7 Courses

The course to be sailed will be detailed in the Sailing Instructions. 8 Scoring System

A minimum of two races are required to be completed to constitute a series. 9 Prizes

Prizes will be awarded at the discretion of the Bendigo Yacht Club. 10 Disclaimer of Liability

Competitors participate in the series entirely at their own risk. See RRS 4, Decision to Race. The organizing authority will not accept any liability for material damage or

personal injury or death sustained in conjunction with or prior to, during, or after the Series.

11 Insurance

Each participating boat shall be insured with valid third-party liability insurance with a minimum cover of $5,000,000 per incident or the equivalent.

12 Further Information

NOTICE OF RACE

Winter Series 2018

Bendigo Yacht Club Lake Eppalock

www.Bendigo Yacht


The first day of the Winter series saw the Sabre

Inspiration arrive at the Club with her new owner.

It didn’t take long before interest was aroused

and Steve Phillis and Jack Carroll were

there helping her new owner to rig and

offering some valuable tips on Sabre

sailing. Inspiration has been around the

Club for a while and Rowan Gillies, John

Lockie and of course Jack, who won a silver

medal in this little boat in a past Masters

Games, have been amongst her previous owners.

Shari Wray-Henderson is one of the

Club’s keen and bubbly cadets and has

fallen in love with sailing. Inspiration is

her first boat and on that wintery day last

month she proudly took to the water with

a bit more knowledge than she started

with.

We wish Shari smooth sailing and look

forward to watching her improve as she

learns the quirks and how to handle this

great little boat.

Jenny C.

Some of our older members may be interested in this.

People between the ages 71 and 79

are now eligible for FREE Shingles Injections from the local GP.

Minnow 777

Good condition & ready to sail.

Comes with cover & dolly.

$650

Contact

Chris Clarke [email protected]


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Geelong to Queenscliff Cruise - March 2018 Some weeks prior to this cruise we began watching the weather predictions intently. At

first it looked reasonable but as departure day drew nearer we were uncertain as to what

we would encounter. It appeared at best we would get two good days and one bad one then, according to the BOM, it would be OK.

So as to miss the Timpenny Titles at Portarlington on the weekend, we left Bendigo after lunch on the Sunday and arrived at St Helens (North Geelong) mid afternoon, setup,

launched and spent the night on the water in the marina. There were three boats; Warren with his secret weapon, the Macgregor 26 Knot at Work with me as crew, Rob and Judy in

the very neat and tidy Sonata 7 Sea Sharp and Brian and Merilyn in the Farr 6000 The

Guv’ner General which had just been newly renovated and, with Brian’s handiwork, was like a luxury motel.

Next morning, Monday, we set off at 10am for Portarlington. We made good time and were joined by six dolphins who frolicked amongst the boats. Brian was in the lead; perhaps a

dangerous option as he is renowned for losing his way. For many years I’d had dreams of owning a Macgregor and I began pestering Warren to sail Knot at Work and see how it

performed. Warren, who likes his 50 Hp motor and a bit of speed, was a little reluctant to

use the sails at first, however he finally succumbed and we enjoyed a good sail. We approached Portarlington, with it’s shallow areas, with care. Each of us at some stage ran

foul of the sand bars but managed to free ourselves without too much drama.

Entering the new marina we were a little perplexed as to where to go. For us there was only the old fishing fleet pens or alternatively, to anchor. We made the choice of the pens

and tied up allowing for the tide. Our next issue was how to get off the boats as with the tide low, we found ourselves 2 metres below the jetty. Eventually we scrambled up a

couple of rickety ladders and set forth for the town to stock our supplies and to enjoy a dinner of fish and chips.

The next morning we set off for Queenscliff in very light winds. Clearing the harbour we

made for the shipping channel, skirting the mussel farms. We rounded Indented Head and then made our way to the octagonal structure of the Chinaman’s Hat off St Leonards in the

south channel of the bay. There was a slight swell on this leg of our journey with a southerly wind on the nose forcing us to use motors. The wind wasn’t the only thing on

the nose as we approached the Hat. A colony of seals have made home there, hence, we didn’t hang around too long.

The trip was uneventful until we attempted to find the creek at Queenscliff. Unless you

have been there before the creek and entrance to the marina can be difficult to see and confusion can occur which is just what happened with us. With the Guv’ner and Sea Sharp

following we finally found it and made our way in. The current was very strong and Warren

did a excellent job manoeuvring the big Macgregor into the marina.

Bull Sheet


We found our berths amongst the elite with Knot at Work and Sea Sharp close together amongst the stink boats and The Guv’ner snuggled in with the yachts. There were a few

anxious moments for Sea Sharp’s Skipper when a 3 story 25 metre motor cruiser slipped in next to the Sonata. We went for a walk into town and enjoyed happy hour at a pub and

stayed for dinner.

There had been warnings all day advising of an approaching front with 50 knot winds predicted. It hit that evening with a vengeance. The Macgregor and Sea Sharp were

sheltered to an extent by the large cruiser, but Brian and Merilyn in The Guv’ner General spent a very unpleasant night amongst the yachts with the wind howling and listening to

the singing and clanging and banging of the shrouds. The next day the wind continued; in fact, if anything, it was worse. There was no venturing out of the marina that day. We

wandered around Queenscliff exploring the many sights. The wind began to abate later that afternoon, but the seas were predicted to be very lumpy the next day, so the decision was

made to abandon the cruise back to Geelong.

The following morning the three Skippers caught a bus back to Geelong and retrieved the

cars and trailers and then drove back to Queenscliff where we dropped the masts and then motored under the bridge to the boat ramp, then headed for home.

It was a good trip and as always with our cruises, it was interesting and enjoyable. Sailing

with Warren gave me the opportunity to get the feel of the Macgregor and to discover that, although it’s a great boat, perhaps it’s not the boat for me and I thank Warren for his

patience with me.

Ken C. =====================================

Features include - Swing keel Sliding hatch Cruising sails- furling jib, spinnaker and main plus Goodall racing sails- jib, spinnaker and main with reefing points. 6 horse-power Mariner outboard motor, recently serviced. Other features include: metho stove, marine kettle, boat cover, porta potti, cockpit tent. Cabin has been set up for cruising with carpets on walls and ceiling, Velcro covers for windows and open-mesh pockets for storage of clothes. Over the last 20 years this boat has raced and cruised widely throughout south-eastern Australia from Sussex Inlet to Goolwa, and many places in-between.


Other Contacts

Andrea McGregor:

0402 940 805 [email protected]

Steve Begg: Vice

Commodore


Ken Mann Secretary

0400 829 066

[email protected]

Simon Carter: Treasurer


Dan Forbes: Maintenance &

Grounds


Maria Forbes Canteen

Clubrooms Manager

0439 202 755/5446 2124 [email protected]

Rowan Gillies Boat Parking &

Storage


Anton Beens Ass’t Boat Parking

Storage


Hughbert Alexander 0417 355 578 [email protected]

Jacob McDonald 0421 560 903

[email protected]

Principal Sailing School Mick Floyd


Caravan & Camping Betty Kelly


Mainsheet Editor Jenny Coulson


Bookkeeper Helen Sharrock

0419 534261 [email protected]

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