January 2015 - Rye Yacht Club

Rye Yacht Club
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Club Contacts
Commodore
Michael Vandertop
0438 220 316
[email protected]
Vice Commodore / Yard Master
Gordon Hyde
0409 804 081
[email protected]
Rear Commodore / Registrar
Peter Kinsman
0418 619 921
[email protected]
Secretary
Club Captain, / Sailing committee secretary
Yard Master
Doug Matthews
0408 280 902
Handicapper
Nic Mann
5985 9856
Socail Committee President
Mim Fuggle
0419 106 214
Treseaurer
Pohlyn La Terra
0418 514 429
[email protected]
Publicity
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Discover Sailing School Principal
Bob Cooper
[email protected]
Commodores Cabin
On behalf of the Executive and all Sub Committees I wish all RYC members and families and Happy
and Healthy 2015. This year will be special because I have a lot of anniversaries in my business,
private and social life. Hopefully this year we can put our capital upgrade plan into action, unfortunately
due to work commitments I haven’t been able to afford the time I would like, but this should ease in the
next few months.
I would also, on behalf of all RYC members and Committees, like to thank Russell Trevaskis for his
dedication and work as Secretary of the RYC. Due to other commitments Russell has resigned from the
Executive Committee. Thanks to Russell a lot of unseen and unsung work has taken place behind the
scenes to maintain the administration of the club. Robin Matthews has graciously volunteered to fill the
gap until we have a replacement or until the AGM. So, to the member who likes administration, but
doesn’t like the limelight and wants to help the club, please come and see me.
Late last year racing was cancelled due to strong winds. I sat up in the control tower with other
members and watched some unbelievable scenes unfold. We all knew that the forecast was for strong
winds, even though at the time the bay was quite sailable. First of all a tinnie broke loose from near the
pier and it drifted down to the club house. One of our members had to secure it to shore to prevent loss
or further damage. Next a trailer sailer went out with two persons on board and from our vantage point it
did not appear that they were wearing life jackets. Then two other boats went out with the same
scenario. The trailer sailer got into trouble and we were ready to get Westerly ready just in case. They
managed to secure an anchor and ride the storm out.
There is a saying with pilots. There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, however there are no old
bold pilots! I believe that of all the boaties who drowned last year, not one was wearing a life jacket.
Accidents can happen, however if you are prepared then often enough the damage can be contained
and you walk away with a lot of experience. US Airways flight 1549 (Captain Sullenberger) that landed
on the Hudson river was a great piece of airmanship, but more importantly Captain Sullenberger was
prepared. Obviously experience plays a very big role. In one interview Captain Sullenberger stated: “for
42 years I’ve been making small, regular deposits in this bank of experience, education and training. On
January 15th the balance was sufficient so I could make a very large withdrawal”.
My advice is don’t rely on luck and don’t be bold. Be prepared, be safe and keep learning it will all pay
off at some stage. Accept your limitations and rather than using luck and boldness to try and make one
big deposit into the bank of experience; make small regular deposits.
As I am writing this article I received the first minutes of the Club Junior Committee. We will have our
first Junior Committee run meeting later this week . It is looking promising. Read more about it further in
this edition.
Next big discover sailing day January 11, please all come so we can showpiece the club and members
and try to get as many people interested in sailing as possible.See you next at the club.
Michael Vandertop
Commodore
Sailing School Report
Our first block of Sunday morning finished up
on December 21st and it was great to see so
many parents and family along to the
Certificate Presentation and BBQ lunch.
Many of the young sailors will also receive
Yachting Australia Certificates as well as the
Club ones – the criteria for each are a little
different however and many of the Opti
group will not complete their Start Sailing 2
YA course until the end of their third eight
week course. The YA Certificates should
arrive via email.
Another addition to our Junior Program for
2014 was a 4 day Sailing Program for
Dromana College held between December
15th and 18th. We had 14 students take part
in this program and they had 3 perfectly
sunny light wind (10 knot ish) days (although
the 3rd day had a gale warning on the bay)
sailing Pacers and RS Fevas followed by a
warm windy day to finish with an opportunity
to cover some theory and other onshore
practical activities. Current members Charlie
Sansom, Aaron Recke and Georgie Sykes
were part of the group with the other 11
having little sailing experience. However,
after the first 3 days they were all doing
“follow the leader” exercises behind the
ducks and practicing “man over board’
exercises. The teachers from the school
were also experienced sailors and had
power boat licences which made the course
easy to manage. The organiser from the
school Amy Van Galen is keen to do more
sailing with students from the school with us
and would like to establish a Dromana
College Sailing Team to compete in the
Yachting Victoria/Yachting Australia Teams
Racing sailed in Pacers in February and
March each year.
While the first half of January has seen a
number of families from the Club away, there
is still been a lot happening for our Junior
Sailors. Last weekend was the first of our
sleepover weekends and while the Saturday
blew anywhere between 25 and 45 knots
keeping us off the water, Sunday had great
sailing conditions and we spent most of the
day out in the RS Fevas. Next weekend is
the sleepover for the Primary School age
children and we hope to do a lot of sailing on
the Saturday afternoon followed by a shorter
sail on Sunday morning which will then be
followed by the next Discover Sailing Day.
While we had only on day of racing in the
Junior Classes the sailors that took part
enjoyed a good breeze for 3 short sprint
races after 3 attempts to set a course. Ben
Brunton and Lauren Vodden sailing together
in an RS Feva managed to finish in front of
the 3 OpenBICs in each race. In the first two
races the finishing order was the same with
Ed Fuggle finishing in front of younger
brother Toby with new member Wade
Chamberlain in third place. In the first of
these two Toby was closing in on quite
quickly as they approached the finish but Ed
hung on to the lead by about 2 boat lengths.
Toby decided not to start in the third race
and Wade turned the tables on Ed and
managed to finish the first of the BICs.
Our second series of Junior Class racing
during the school Holidays are to be held
on the 18 th and 25 th of January
(Sundays) at 4:00pm on each day. It
would be great to see more competitors
on the water for these events – we will
have a separate start for each class
where there is more than one starter and
the races go for 10 to 15 minutes at a
maximum. It is meant to be a fun event
so come along and have a go!
Our Next Adult Learn to Sail Course
(9:00am until 2:00pm) begins on
Saturday January 17th (with another to
be held beginning on Saturday Feb
28th). This is expected to fill up by the
next Discover Sailing Day so let me
know early if you want to take part in this
course.
While the Sailing Program lists the
advanced course (3:00pm until 6:00pm)
as a “Start Racing Course” we have
decided to run another Better Sailing
Course at this time due to the high
demand for places in this program. to
begin on Saturday January 17th. We
already have 13 students indicate their
interest in doing this course so it is
almost full. We will run the third of the
advanced sailing courses as a Start
Racing Course – this will begin on
Saturday February 28th. Also let me
know early if you are interested in this
course please.
Lastly, I want to mention again the
second eight week block of Junior Sailing
on Sunday mornings which will begin on
Sunday February 1st. Last year we had
well over 30 students taking part in this
block and with a cut off maximum of a
total of 40 with set maximums in each of
the 4 groups I do expect that we may
have to refuse further entries when we
reach the maximums in each group. I will
need email confirmation from all those
who did the November/December course
if you want to reserve a place in the Feb/
March course. If you did not do the
earlier course make sure that I have your
name on the list before the Discover
Sailing Day on January 11th or you may
well miss out on a place.
That is all from me for now – make sure
you get down to the Club for a sail – the
water is much warmer now and the
sailing has been great fun so far and the
summer is only going to get better. See
you all soon,
Bob Cooper
Sailing School Principal
Club News from Peter
Sunday 30th November – RYC/BYS/SSCBC Interclub day RYC Club members
left for Sorrento but the wind fell away and we ended up having to tow everyone,
with the help of SSCBC and BYS to Sorrento.It was unfortunate that we arrived
late but in retrospect we will have better contingencies in place next time
How many boats can we tow?
at least 3
James Major and Apprentice Pirate
Harry Fuggle
The RYC joined in games with races on the beach, paddling Opti’s and Tug of
War. All had fun. Some of the RYC kids won prizes, like Ronstan bags, Tiller
Extensions, gloves, shirts, etc. Well done team RYC.
We will reciprocate with SSCBC and BYS early in 2015 and have them sail to
RYC.
The trip home was much better with nice southerlies and everyone was able to
make it back on their own.
Games under way at Sorrento SCBC
Sunday 7th December Family Day
We were all pumped up to do a destination sail towards Rosebud but the
weather had different ideas and the day was overcast, wet and windy. It was
not very conducive to sailing and we ended up cancelling the trip. Hopefully
next time
Sunday 14th December Club Championship / Rye Aggregate Heats 5 & 6
Mother Nature was much more kind the following week, when we had fine
weather and good winds of ~14 knots. We had a good fleet of monohulls as
you can see below. It was great to see Ben Brunton and Ed Fuggle out on a
Feva competing and finishing Heat 5.
Rick and Trudy Clarke won Division A in both races; Graeme Sharp was first
Division B and Trevor Armstrong & Eliza Kimlin were first Division C in the
ClubChampionship. The Rye Aggregate was won by Joshua Major in Division B
and Russell Matthews in Division C.
Sunday 21st December Club House Trophy Heats 1 & 2
Mother Nature didn’t stick to the forecast and the Southerly change didn’t come
at 2:00pm as promised but much later, i.e. 4:00pm. So we only had time to run
the one Heat with the 4 Division B boats.
Nils Anderson was the overall winner of Club House Trophy Heat 1, with
Gordon Hyde close on his tail in an RS Feva, followed by Herbert Keusgen in
his Sabre, followed up by Aaron Recke in the Laser.
None of the cats sailed and the Division A boats pulled out too early.
Saturday 27th December Twilight Sternchaser
Mother Nature wasn’t kind to us again. We had great wind earlier in the day but
little wind late in the afternoon and the families ended up going for a social sail
or just playing on the beach. However we had a great BBQ and a lovely
evening, eating and enjoying great company on a very peaceful night.
This was also the last duty for Phil Grinter as OOD (below). Phil has been a
long standing member that has a wealth of sailing experience who has served
the Club for many, many years. We wish Phil all the very best in his retirement
and we know he will not miss having to climb those 3 flights of stairs to get to
the tower. All the very best Phil and we look forward to you taking it easy and
hope to see you at RYC soon.
Sunday 28th December Christmas Series
Mother Nature was doing our head in. We had very light winds, typically ~2
knots or less.
So despite getting a start underway, most of the fleet struggled around the
shortened course.
We did get a result in all divisions which was terrific but others just floated by
Tony and Chris Campbell. Division C was won by Russell Matthews on his
Paper Tiger.
Wednesday 31st December Christmas Series
Mother Nature was much kinder on the last day of the Christmas series and
presented a beautiful sunny day with North-easterlies of around 7 knots. There
were two back to back races to complete the series.
Andrew Wallace won the Division B in the first Heat and a visitor from Somers,
Wendy Wilson winning the second heat. Gavin Wall won Heat 5 in Division C
and a visiting Mozzie won Heat 6.
This concluded the Christmas Series and the overall winners were:
- David and Michelle Myers in Division A
- Nils Anderson in Division B
- Gordon Hyde in Division C
Peter Kinsman
Social Committee News
New Members
Social Committee News
Welcome to the following new
members:
Busy, busy, busy … is the best way to describe
last month.
•
Darren Barbary and Katie Allen joining
as a non-Sailing Family
•
Aaron Hill joining as a Senior, who just
completed the Sailing 1 & 2 level
course.
Our ‘Christmas Bbq’ was also a hit, Tarni, Kylie
and Yolanda were a fantastic support to me and
made the night both fun and a huge success.
Well done ladies. Santa came and got the kids
excited poor bugger was struggling to see the
kid’s names through foggy glasses but got there
in the end. So thankyou Santa for taking the
time to visit us at Rye Yacht Club. Thanks too to
those that donated goods to our raffle Alma
Grinter was rapt with her new chainsaw ..??.
•
Jim Lallo and his adult daugther Katia.
who both just completed the Sailing 1 &
2 level course
•
Kim Rosman (sister to Kylie) who just
completed the Sailing 1 & 2 level
course.
•
Richard Smallwood and Claerwen
Leahy joining as a Family with their
children Winter, Flint and Baxter
Jean and Liz have just hosted the ‘New Year’s
Day’ sausage sizzle which again was a huge
success these ladies make such a great team
that anything they do together is sure to be a
winner, so thanks girls.
•
A huge thankyou to all the helpers on our ‘Friday
Bunnings sausage sizzle ‘Congratulations on
helping the club raise over $700.00 your help is
much appreciated and truly I couldn’t have done
it without you all.
Next up is the ‘Australia Day’ breakfast’ Egg and
Bacon rolls and pancakes are on the menu so
head down to the club(if you can find a car
park!) and put your name down, we would love
to see you there. Happy and safe New Year to
all.
General News
Please note that Russell Trevaskis has
resigned as Club Secretary,
We would like to thank him for his generous
contribution to the ongoing running and
development of the club.
Could members also please remove any
large amounts of rubbish when they BBQ or
Picnic
Wade Chamberlain is joining as a Junior
Member
•
DaKota Parata is joining as a Junior
Member
Coaching Corner
A new addition to Sandbar is the "Coaching Corner". The
first few issues look to cover basic sail shape and what
different controls are used to help adjust this shape.
Wind Indicators
Before you learn to change the shape of your sail, you have to know what types of changes to make. Much
of your sailing will be done by the feel of the wind, but there are also many visual aids for detecting wind
direction, and how the wind is interacting with the sails.
Jib Telltales
The jib telltales are the most sensitive, accurate, and thus useful, of the bunch
Use these to see the attachment of the wind to the sail. Going upwind, with the sail
mostly flat, there should be attachment on both sides. You will see both telltales
flow straight back. Sometimes, as when reaching, it is not possible to make both
flow back, because of a large draft in the jib. It's imperative that the flow be
maintained on the outside surface, so keep the outside telltale streaming back.
Mainsail Telltales
When there is a jib, these indicators are not as important. The mainsail is used to keep the boat flat and it
is best to trim it by feel, so it pays to ignore visual indicators on the mainsail. However, telltales can give a
little information as to what's happening.
Leech Telltales
When the air is leaving smoothly from the leech, these will flow straight back, as they do on the surface of
the sails. The goal for these is to have them lifting (flowing) about 1/2 the time.
If they lift more than 1/2 the time, there is too much air flowing freely off the leech, so you need to capture
more by trimming the sail, or by tightening the vang (see discussions in the next issue on main sheet and
boom vang). If they lift less than this, the leech is too tight, and you should let up on the mainsheet or the
vang.
Outhaul - (bottom draft size)
One of the most basic of all the controls is the outhaul. It controls the size of the draft in the bottom 40% of
the mainsail. To flatten the sail, pull on the outhaul, to give the sail more "bag", or draft, let out the outhaul.
It does just what the name says-it hauls the back of the sail out.
When reaching, more draft in the sail will give more power. Dead downwind, the outhaul is let off to make
more bag in the sail.
Cunningham / Downhaul - (draft location)
The modern purpose for this little line is to control the location of the draft. When the cunningham is pulled
on, the draft in the sail moves forward.
As the wind speed increases, the draft tends to blow back in the sail towards the leech. This is undesirable
as it causes overpowering and extra drag. The draft should be somewhere between 40% and 45% back
from the luff of the sail.
A by-product of a tighter cunningham is that the leech of the sail begins to "open up." Sighting straight up
above the boom, the top batten of the sail should be parallel with the boom.
CLUBHOUSE USAGE & HIRE
These are bookings on hand as at the date of publication of this issue of Sandbar. Bookings & enquiries to:
Bruce Draffin,
Ph 5986 3158; Mobile 0427263400; e-mail [email protected]
2015
Every Month
First Monday
Sthn Pen.AnglingClub
1900 hrs
Upstairs Rooms
First Friday
RYC Maintenance Group 0900 hrs
Club
Tuesdays
Yoga Group
1800 to 1930hrs
Upstairs Rooms
Wednesdays
Exercise Group(N.Currie) 0900 to 1230hrs
Upstairs Rooms
Thursdays
Yoga Group
1800 to 1930 hrs
Upstairs Rooms
(Some of these regular bookings may not happen in January).
In Addition to above:
January
Saturdays
Ross McAllan
Times TBA
Upstairs Rooms
3rd;10th;17th; & 24th.
Powerboat; Rescue Boat; and VHF Radio Licence Courses (refer Peter
Kinsman)
February
Wednesday 4th
Monday 9th to
Friday 13th
Rye Foreshore Advisory
Group (Bob Cooper) 1600 hrs to 1800 hrs
Upstairs Rooms
Water safety Program
Rye Primary School 0900hrs to 1530 hrs
th
Tuesday 17 ; & Tuesday 24th;
Sail Training,
Rye Primary School 0900hrs to 1530 hrs
Monday 23rd to Friday 27th
King Valley Primary Schools
Sail Training and sleep-over each night
Club, and Beach
Club, and Beach
Upstairs Rooms
March
Tuesdays 3rd; 10th; 17th; & 24th;
Sail Training,
Rye Primary School 0900hrs to 1530 hrs
Club, and Beach
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The club sponsors
Boat Wanted
Michael Wong and Hung To are interested in buying a Pacer or RS (Feva or 200) or similar.
Something they can sail single handed, but also take a crew (another adult or a couple of kids).
If you know of anything, please contact Michael on 0402 401 840 or email him on [email protected]
For Sale – Gem 136
Peter Kinsman is oﬀering the Gem for sale to any Club member for $11,500 and to anyone outside RYC for $12,000. Brooke Killen originally owned this boat before being bought by Peter and sailed for several seasons. The boat is in excellent condiTon and has only ever been sailed at Rye.
Peter can by contacted on 0418 619921 or [email protected]
For Sale – Timpenny
Brooke Killen is sTll looking to sell his Timpenny. This 22 foot trailer-‐sailer, with a sail number of 53, is in very good condiTon. He is asking $14,000 and can be contacted on 0427 576 303.
For Sale – Hobie 18
This boat has been completely restored and rebuilt with new mast, rigging and trampoline. The hulls are strong and waterTght. The HOBIE 18 carries 240 Sq. Feet of sail, has roller furling Jib, Flip-‐up rudders and 4 trapeze wires. This one is equipped with a “Mamma Bob” mast ﬂoat which prevents inversion in the event of capsize. Beach launch dolly included.
No road trailer – delivery to local desTnaTons (Mornington Peninsula area) is possible. Mal Wilson is asking $2,500. He can be contacted on 0409 117 384.
Australia Day Breakfast
Start the day with a yummy breakfast and enjoy
the rest of the day’s activities at the club.
When: Monday 26th January
Time: 8.00am
Menu: Bacon and egg roll $5 this includes a glass
of orange juice. Pancakes and juice for the
children at $3.50.
Vegetarians will be catered for so please indicate
on the sign on list.
Please book now by putting your name on the list
in the garage or ring
Kylie 0409001660 or [email protected]
Jean 59854278/ 0402325663
[email protected]
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