2010 - 2011  Season Program <<click for pdf version

 Yacht Divisions, Etchells and Dinghy Classes

Club committee meetings are conducted at the Clubhouse on the second Tuesday of each month,
commencing at 1930 hours. 

Safety Audits
Year	Month	Date	Event
2010	August	21	Safety Audit  –  Saturday Series – 0800 Hrs
	September	18	Safety Audit 1  – Twilight Series – 0900 Hrs
	September	26	Safety Audit 2  – Twilight Series – 0900 Hrs

 

 

 

Important Club Events
Year	Month	Date	Event
2010	August	14	Working Bee – from 0900 hrs
	September	29	Skippers’ Meeting – Saturday and Twilight Series – Clubhouse from 1930 hrs
2011	February	26	Social Night - TBA
	May	28	Prize presentation from 1500 hrs
	July	TBA	AGM

 

 

 

 

 

Humbug Editions and Deadlines
Year	Edition	Deadline	Year	Edition	Deadline
2010	June	8-May	2011	March	8-Feb
	August	13-Jul		April	8-Mar
	October	7-Sep		June	10-May
	December	9-Nov
	All club members are urged to submit material to Humbug

Saturday and Down Harbour Keelboat Series
The starting sequence will begin at 1315 hours for all Saturday Series.  Races will start from the club launch when code flag “Q” (yellow pennant) is flown at the clubhouse.  ‘S’ denotes a possible Safety Equipment spot check; show the item requested to the launch crew after the finish.
All Yachts registered for the Twilight Series are eligible to enter the Saturday Down Harbour Series and Mick York Trophy Series.  The Mick York Trophy Series will run in conjunction with the regular Saturday Series Races.  Down Harbour Series Races are sponsored by Joe Walsh Rigging
Year	Month	Date	Event	Mick York Trophy	Duty Boat or Time and Venue
2010	August	14	Working Bee		Clubhouse from 0900
		21	Safety Audits		Clubhouse from 0900
		28	Spring Race 1		Kirralaa
	September	4	Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 1 (S)		Twilight Starters
		11	Spring Race 2		Beware of the Dog
		18	Spring Race 3	MY Race 1	Umzimkulu
		25	Spring Race 4		CavSav
		29	Skippers’ Meeting		Clubhouse from 1930 & Bar Open
	October	2	Long Weekend
		9	Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 2		Twilight Starters
		16	Spring Race 5		Young Obsession
		23	Spring Race 6 (S)		Soundtrack
		30	Spring Race 7	MY Race 2	Flair
	November	6	Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 3		Twilight Starters
		13	Spring Race 8		Scorpio
		20	Summer Race 1 - Handicap Start		Twilight Starters
		27	Summer Race 2 - Handicap Start		Twilight Starters
	December	4	Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 4		Twilight Starters
		11	Summer Race 3 - Handicap Start	MY Race 3	Twilight Starters
		18	Summer Race 4 (S) - Handicap Start		Twilight Starters
		25	Christmas and New Year Break		Please note: The duty roster for 2011 could change to add ‘new’ yachts.
2011	January	1
		8
		15	Joe Walsh Down - Harbour Race 5		Twilight Starters
		22	Summer Race 5 - Handicap Start	MY Race 4	Twilight Starters
		29	Summer Race 6 – Australia Day Regatta Race - Handicap Start		Twilight Starters
	February	5	Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 6		Twilight Starters
		12	Autumn Race 1		Serendipity
		19	Autumn Race 2		Raptor
		26	Autumn Race 3	MY Race 5	Eggshells
	March	5	Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 7		Twilight Starters
		12	Autumn Race 4		Going Grey
		19	Autumn Race 5		Post Prime
		26	Autumn Race 6		Forte Forever
	April	2	Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 8		Twilight Starters
		9	Autumn Race 7 (S)	MY Race 6	WGARA
		16	Autumn Race 8		Swizzlestick
		23	Easter

 

Twilight Series
All Twilight Races will start and finish at the clubhouse.
Twilight Spring and Autumn Series will be sailed in five (5) Divisions.  The start sequence will commence at 1740 hours.  Coloured boards indicate the course to be sailed by each division.  Blue Division will sail the blue course, White Division and Yellow Division will sail the white course if no Yellow Board is showing, Green Division the green course and Red Division will sail the red course (see Sailing Instruction 10 - Courses and Course Signals).
The Summer Series will  be a Handicap Start Series.  Handicaps will be communicated prior to the start of the series.
Year	Month	Date	Event	Other Information
2010	August	14	Working Bee	Clubhouse from 0900
	September	18	Safety Audits	These are the only dates – all yachts must comply from 0900
		26	Safety Audits
		29	Skippers’ Meeting	Clubhouse from 1930 & Bar Open
	October	3	Daylight Saving Commences
		6	Spring Race 1	Sausage sizzle & Members fridge
		13	Spring Race 2	BBQ and Bar Open
		20	Spring Race 3	BBQ and Bar Open
		27	Spring Race 4	BBQ and Bar Open
	November	3	Spring Race 5	BBQ and Bar Open
		10	Spring Race 6	BBQ and Bar Open
		17	Spring Race 7	BBQ and Bar Open
		24	Spring Race 8	BBQ and Bar Open
	December	1	Spring Race 9	BBQ and Bar Open
		8	Summer Race 1 - Start TBA	BBQ and Bar Open
		15	Summer Race 2 - Start TBA	BBQ and Bar Open
		22	Summer Race 3 - Start TBA	Sausage sizzle & Members fridge
		29	Christmas Break
2011	January	5	Summer Race 4 - Start TBA	Sausage sizzle & Members fridge
		12	Summer Race 5 - Start TBA	Sausage sizzle & Members fridge
		19	Summer Race 6 - Start TBA	BBQ and Bar Open
		26	Summer Race 7 – Australia Day Regatta Race  - Start TBA	BBQ and Bar Open
	February	2	Autumn Race 1	BBQ and Bar Open
		9	Autumn Race 2	BBQ and Bar Open
		16	Autumn Race 3	BBQ and Bar Open
		23	Autumn Race 4	BBQ and Bar Open
	March	2	Autumn Race 5	BBQ and Bar Open
		9	Autumn Race 6	BBQ and Bar Open
		16	Autumn Race 7	BBQ and Bar Open
		23	Autumn Race 8	BBQ and Bar Open
		30	Autumn Race 9	Sausage sizzle & Members fridge
	April	3	Daylight Saving Ends

Twilight Series races are sponsored by – MacDiarmid Sails, Waterbrook, Access Mobile Solutions and Sydney Boat Sales.

 

Joe Walsh Rigging Down Harbour Series
The starting sequence will begin at 1315 hours for all Saturday Series races. Races will start from the clubhouse. All Yachts registered for the Saturday and Twilight Series are eligible to enter the Saturday Down Harbour Series.
Year	Month	Date	Event
2010	September	4	Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 1
	October	9	Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 2
	November	6	Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 3
	December	4	Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 4
2011	January	15	Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 5
	February	5	Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 6
	March	5	Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 7
	April	2	Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mick York Trophy Races
The starting sequence will begin at 1315 hours for all Saturday Series.  Races will start from the club launch when code flag “Q” (yellow pennant) is flown at the clubhouse.  All Yachts registered for the Saturday and Twilight Series are eligible to enter the Mick York Trophy Series.
Year	Month	Date	Event	Duty Boat
2010	September	18	Mick York Trophy Series Race 1	Umzimkulu
	October	30	Mick York Trophy Series Race 2	Flair
	December	11	Mick York Trophy Series Race 3	Twilight Starters
2011	January	22	Mick York Trophy Series Race 4	Twilight Starters
	February	26	Mick York Trophy Series Race 5	Eggshells
	April	9	Mick York Trophy Series Race 6	WGARA

 

 

 

 

 

NSW Government School - Term Dates
	2010		2011
Term	From	To	From	To
1	27th January	1st April	28th January	8th April
2	19th April	2nd July	26th April	1st July
3	19th July	24th September	18th July	23rd September
4	11th October	17th December	10th October	20th December

Sabot and Laser Series
Sabot Races start no earlier than 1300 hours, Lasers can be on the deck at 1400 hours, should be on water by 1500 hours and can return from 1700hours.  * For details see the Sabot Sailing Instructions for race formats.
Year	Month	Date	Sabot *	BBQ	Laser
2010	August	14	Working Bee -  Clubhouse from 0900 Hours - all welcome
	September	5	Spring Series Race 1		Spring Series Race 1
		12	Spring Series Race 2		Spring Series Race 2
		19	Spring Series Race 3 -	BBQ	Spring Series Race 3
			Club Championship Ht 1
		26	School Holidays		Spring Series Race 4
	October	3	Long Weekend
		10	School Holidays		Spring Series Race 5
					Cowie Cup Heat 1
		17	Spring Series Race 4		Spring Series Race 6
		24	Spring Series Race 5 -	BBQ	Spring Series Race 7
			Club Championship Ht 2
		31	Spring Series Race 6		Spring Series Race 8
	November	7	Spring Series Race 7		Spring Series Race 9
		14	Spring Series Race 8		Summer Series Race 1
					Cowie Cup Heat 2
		21	Spring Series Race 9 -	BBQ	Summer Series Race 2
			Club Championship Ht 3
		28	Spring Series Race 10		Summer Series Race 3
	December	5	Summer Series Race 1		Summer Series Race 4
		12	Summer Series Race 2 -	BBQ	Summer Series Race 5
			Club Championship Ht 4		Cowie Cup Heat 3
		19	School Holidays		Christmas – New Year Break
		26
2011	January	2
		9
		16	School Holidays		Summer Series Race 6
		23			Summer Series Race 7 - Australia Day Regatta Race
		30			Summer Series Race 8
					Cowie Cup Heat 4
	February	6	Summer Series Race 3 – Australia Day Regatta Race Club Championship Ht 5	BBQ	Summer Series Race 9
		13	Summer Series Race 4 - Commodore’s Trophy Race		Autumn Series Race 1
		20	Summer Series Race 5		Autumn Series Race 2
		27	Summer Series Race 6 – Tin Can and Mug Trophy Race	BBQ	Autumn Series Race 3
					Cowie Cup Heat 5
	March	6	Summer Series Race 7 -		Autumn Series Race 4
			Club Championship Ht 6
		13	Summer Series Race 8 - Class Captain’s Trophy Race		Autumn Series Race 5
		20	Summer Series Race		Autumn Series Race 6
		27	Summer Series Race 10 -	BBQ	Autumn Series Race 7
			Club Championship Ht 7
	April	3	End of Season Novelty Races and Trophy Presentation		Autumn Series Race 8
		10			Autumn Series Race 9

Saturday Winter Keelboat Sailing, 2011 Series
Winter Series start sequence commences at 1230 hours from the clubhouse
The Number of Divisions and the yachts in each division will be communicated prior to the first race.
All Yachts registered for the Saturday and Twilight Series are eligible to enter the Winter Series.  The starting sequence will begin 1230 hours .
Year	Month	Date	Event
2011		7	Winter Series Race 1
		21	Winter Series Race 2
	June	4	Winter Series Race 3
		18	Winter Series Race 4
	July	2	Winter Series Race 5
		16	Winter Series Race 6
		30	Winter Series Race 7