September 17 The last couple of weekends have proved that Spring is here which means our Summer Season is now only a short time away. Yes that's right, its time to pull the cover off your boat, try and remember those little maintenance jobs that need doing and get your boat in full race condition. First Day of Summer Season October 4 Our Summer Season
starts on October 4 with the Icebreaker Series first start at 1.30pm. See the
full programme attached.
We are looking
forward to a great season with increased numbers in our Finn and Laser fleets.
There should be some pretty keen racing amongst our Junior fleet this season if
the end of last season is anything to go by. It will be interesting to see if
the young ladies again dominate the top placings in the Optimist
fleet.
AGM
Our AGM was
held on August 13 and the following Officers were
elected.
Patron -
Olive Watson
Commodore -
Geoff Letcher
Vice Commodore
- Stu Shadgett
Club Captain: Alan Dawson
Secretary : John Duff Treasurer: Justin
Hurst
Handicapper: Kevin McGee Starter: Kevin Laing Committee:
Brian Saunderson Jim Goodare John Simmons Dave Butters Paul Cane Kevin Stone
New
Life Member
The highlight
of AGM this year was Kevin McGee being made a Life Member of the club. Kevin's
Life Membership will be celebrated during the coming Summer
Season.
Winter
Racing
There have
been some hardy Finn sailors racing throughout the winter. I understand Kevin
Stone is leading the series.
Manukau
Regatta
One of the
main features for this year's Summer Season is the hosting of the Manukau
Regatta. This is an annual interclub event between Yacht Clubs on the Manukau
Harbour. We expect a good number of visitors from other clubs to come and
contest for the trophy. Manukau Regatta race day will be Sunday November 16.
Please put a note in your diaries now as this is an important event and we need
as many sailors on the water that day as we can to stand a chance of our Club
securing a win.
The
Hartley 16's are coming
The sailing
weekend of November 15 & 16 is going to be a big one for the club as we are
hosting the Hartley 16's as well the Manukau Regatta on the Sunday. Last
year's event was very successful with some good close racing. We hope to see the
same this year.
School
Holidays Learn to Sail Justin Hurst is
offering something pretty special early this season, a 3 day School Holiday
Learn to Sail programme. This will be held on Tuesday September 30, Wednesday
October 1 and Thursday October 2. If you know anyone that is keen to learn to
sail this is a great opportunity for them. Please contact Justin for more
details.
Learn to
Sail
The Club's main
Learn To Sail programme (L.T.S. on the Sailing Programme) kicks off on October
26. Again starting a little way into the season with the aim of having better
and slightly warmer weather for our newest sailors. This is a
fantastic opportunity for any budding young sailors to learn to sail, learn abut
safety on the water, build confidence and self esteem, get into a great sport
and most of all, have heaps of fun. Learn to Sail culminates in a sail all the
way to Clarks Beach, an overnight camp at the Clarks Beach Yacht Club and a sail
back the next day. This is a great challenge for the young sailors and provides
a real sense of achievement. Justin Hurst, as he has done successfully for some
seasons now, will be running the Learn To Sail.
Junior
Training and Race Coaching
Most of the
sailors that were with Geoff on Junior Training last season will have progressed
to regular racing this season. On going coaching will be provided most sailing
weekends for these sailors throughout the season.
For most of the
Learn to Sail sailors from last season you will join Geoff and his helpers
developing your skills and getting you racing.
For the complete
Learn to Sail and Junior programme to work well we really need the help of
parents. Firstly to get the sailors there on time, boats set up, then retrieve
and pack up later. Secondly get the sailors to sailing regularly, like any
training in sport we have a process of working through the range of skills
required, missing a day often means missing an opportunity to learn or reinforce
a particular skill.
Adult Learn
to Sail
We will again run
Adult Learn to Sail this year. Most likely November December but dates are yet
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