Middle Harbour Yacht Club E-Newsletter
Welcome to Middle Harbour Yacht Club E Newsletter. Thank you and congratulations to all who attended the Club's Annual Dinner and Presentation last Friday night. It was great to see and hear that MHYC is growing from strength to strength, with many events scheduled for the coming years. See below for the Clubmanship Award Winners.
Loads of Sun and Close Racing on the First Day of Winter Junior Sailing
Last Sunday marked the start of the winter junior sailing program, but with very few clouds in the sky it felt like the start of the summer program. Read more...
Enrolments are open for Term 2 of the Junior Sailing Program.
Click here for more information or email Meghan at juniorsailing@mhyc.com.au.
Notice to Members Re: A Arm
A Arm will be under repairs and maintence over the next 2 weeks so will be out of operation until further notice. Thank you for your co-operation. Any enquiries, please call Alister Copley in the office.
Clubmanship Awards
Four Clubmanship Awards were presented at last Friday night's Annual Club Dinner. The winners are as follows:-
The R.B. Cooper Perpetual Award for Voluntary Service - Ted Hamilton
Norman G. Booth Trophy - Geoff Charters
The MHYC Flag Officers Participatns Award - Jack Stening
Crew Member of the Year Award - Ian Sorensen
Please be reminded that any unclaimed Twilight trophies and Annual Dinner trophies can be collected from the Sailing office.
Sailing Clinic - Computers & Navigation - Thursday 19th May, 2011
Guest speaker, Frank Walker, will be talking on the use of tactical navigation software and computer equipment that is being used by race boats in races as diverse as the Volvo Around the World race to club races - offshore or sprint type. He will also review the sorts of equipment available, software, sources for wind and ocean current data files.
Members $10
Non Members $20
Click here to book and pay online
Attend the Sailing Clinic for your chance to win tickets to see "Get Low".
Thanks to Rialto Distribution, we have 10 double passes to give away to see GET LOW, at the upcoming Sailing Clinic on May 19.
Starring an award winning cast including ROBERT DUVALL, SISSY SPACEK, BILL MURRAY and LUCAS BLACK, GET LOW is a heart-warming comedic fable set deep in the heart of Tennessee where, for years, townsfolk have been terrified of hermit, Felix Bush (Robert Duvall). Then one day he rides into town with a wad of cash asking to hold his own ‘living’ funeral party, where an age old secret will be revealed.
IN CINEMAS ON MAY 26.
Sydney City Marine Winter Series
The Sydney City Marine Winter Series welcomes club racers and cruisers and encourages yachts from neighbouring clubs to participate either as a Series entrant or as a Casual entrant.
The 10- race Saturday series offers two drops to all series entrants. Read more...
First race commences on this Saturday 7th May, 2011, through to 16th July, 2011. Spinnaker, non-spinnaker and IRC divisions with racing commencing at 1200 hours on the Sound. Click here to enter.
Wednesday Series 4
Series 4 Wednesday racing begins on Wednesday 1st June, 2011. Start time 1300hours. Click here to enter.
Special Olympic Sailing Team train at MHYC
The Special Olympic Sailing Team were at MHYC over the weekend for training in the lead up to World Summer Games in Greece between June 25th and 4th July this year. The team used the club owned Club 420 junior sailing dinghies along with Laser 4.7 and Flying Fish Laser Bahia’s. Gordon Ketelby and Craig Douglas kindly assisted with the use of their rib on Sunday.
The weather was mixed for the team, however the beach access along with the great sailing conditions on Middle Harbour Sound, ensured a successful time was had by all.
For more information on the special Olympics please see http://specialolympics.com.au
Are You Looking for Crew? Or Wanting to Crew?
For any skippers who are looking for new crew or just need that extra crew member, there are several options available to ensure your competitiveness in the Sydney City Marine Winter Series.
The Sailing Office is always available to help with your crew requests and has an extensive email database of persons who have indicated their interest in crewing opportunities. An online version is also available - click here.
The most effective and popular method is picking up crew from the Breezeway on the Saturday mornings prior to the race. Crew can leave their details on the Crew Board and vice versa with boats requiring crew.
Please don't hesitate to contact the Sailing Office with your crew request on 02 9969 1244 or sailing-administrator@mhyc.com.au.
MHYC Handbook 2011/2012
The Sailing Office is currently putting together the MHYC Handbook for 2011/2012. If you wish to have your yacht on the Yacht Register or need to update your details, Please contact Andrew at
sailing-administrator@mhyc.com.au.
Advertising in The Breeze & the 2011-2012 Sailign Handbook
Are you interested in advertising your company in The Breeze and /or Sailing Handbook? We are currently putting together a new annual version of the glossy magazine, The Breeze, due for distribution in July. Please contact Pip Lodder at pip@mhyc.com.au or the Sailing office on sailingoffice@mhyc.com.au for further details.
Mother's Day at Seabreeze
Sunday 8th May, 2011
Mother's Day at Seabreeze is booking out fast. Reservations are only available from 1pm. Please call Dominic on 8969 3116 to check availabilities.
IRC Forums' in May
Yachting Australia will be hosting two owner-focused IRC forums in May to coincide with a visit from RORC Chief Measurer, James Dadd, from the UK. Read more...
The 2011 Financial and Media Markets Charity Regatta – Request for Yachts
The Financial Markets Charity Regatta will be held on Friday 28th October 2011 out of Middle Harbour Yacht Club. The purpose of the event is to raise over $100,000 for Australian Based Children’s and Medical Research charities. We are seeking the donation of as many yachts – with a skipper and one crew as possible. Each of these yachts will be ‘sold’ to corporate sponsors for the day to raise funds for the charities. The corporate sponsors will help crew and race the yachts. Please contact Katya at katya.tarnawski@thomsonreuters.com if you can offer any assistance or visit the regatta web site is www.asxreutersregatta.com.au.
Win a 35ft Hanse Sailing Yacht.....support Bear Cottage
Win a brand new Hanse 355, completely ready to sail way with 12 months insurance. Buy a $100 ticket in the raffle "355 for Bear Cottage", and help Windcraft raise essential funds for Ber Cottage.For more details visit www.windcraft.com.au.
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