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SOUTHPORT YACHT CLUB NEWS / INFO Issue Number 50 AUTUMN 2018
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Contents
Welcome to the Autumn edition of iN SYnC!
Firstly I would like to congratulate all our fantastic sailors
4 Commodore’s Report who competed at their respective Nationals and Regatta’s
5 Chairman’s Report over the Summer break. Many of our junior sailors competed
5 General Manager’s Report to finish with podium wins, well done!
6 Sailing Operations Manager’s Report January also brought a stream of sailors to the Gold
7 Bartercard Sail Paradise Coast shores with the annual Club Marine Pittwater to
8 Volunteering at Southport Yacht Club Paradise Yacht Race, Bartercard Sail Paradise and the
9 SYC Marina & Hardstand 56th International OK Dinghy Nationals. Over 1,000 sailors
10 Festivities at SYC competed in these events hosted at both Main Beach
13 Watefront Restaurant and Hollywell Sailing Squadron, crowning one National
14 Birthday Draws / SYC Employee of the Quarter Champion and three State Champions. Congratulations.
15 Golf at SYC / Functions and Weddings at SYC As we head full swing into 2018, SYC has many Member
16 SYC Boutique events planned, so please be sure to check out the What’s
17 SYC Communication Channels On page for further information.
18 Up Coming Events
20 Vice Commodore Power Report / Power Boat What’s on
Until then, safe boating!
21 Cruising at SYC
22 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
24 Vice Commodore Sail Report Bronwen Hemmings
25 SYC at National Championships Editor - iN SYnC
26 Australian Youth Championships by Lachlan Wheatley
Southport Yacht Club
27 Joel Turner - Summer of Sailing / Performance Sailing
28 Offshore Racing
29 56th International OK Dinghy Nationals
30 Sailability Gold Coast CHAIRMAN - Scott Siganto
31 Sailing What’s On COMMODORE - Kerry Noyes
32 Associates Committee Report
VICE COMMODORE POWER - Ken Tregeagle
34 Gold Coast Seaway Tide Chart
34 SYC Sponsors VICE COMMODORE SAIL - Ray McMahon
TREASURER - Garry Edwards
BOARD MEMBERS - Past Commodore Chris Oxenford,
Bob Howard and Past Commodore Phil Short
GENERAL MANAGER - Brett James
SOUTHPORT YACHT CLUB NEWS / INFO Issue Number 50 AUTUMN 2018
Front Cover:
2018 SYC
SUMMER OF iN SYnC: Publication of Southport Yacht Club Inc.
SAILING 2018 SYC Summer of Sailing Address: 1 Macarthur Parade, Main Beach, QLD 4217
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1ST MARCH -
31ST MAY
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Club reports
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COMMODORE’S REPORT
Kerry Noyes
As your Commodore I am very honoured to be reporting on Our own Power Boat and Sailing events are well into
our activities over the past year. Of course, there is not a their seasons with great competition on the water and
week goes by that there is not a function or event at our comradeship on shore.
Club.
The highly anticipated launch of our New Oxenford
New Year’s Eve, both Main Beach and Dux held very Watersports Centre situated within the Damian Leeding
successful events. Memorial Park. The Clubs focus here is to provide extra
members benefits while growing our youth membership
John Rowles, Halloween, Carols on the Broadwater, Marine
through the introduction of School Programs, over 10,000
Family Festival, Australia Day Aussie BBQ, Annual Charity
children per year are currently participating in sailing
Sailing Day and Melbourne Cup all extremely well attended,
activities at our Hollywell Sailing Academy this number will
most events sold out well in advance.
only increase significantly with the Oxenford catchment
Cruiser Rallies are in full swing with Melbourne Cup area being home to 25 schools, we are looking forward
travelling to Moreton Bay and Days Gutter. to a very successful Oxenford operation over the coming
months and years. Looking forward to joining you all at the
The annual Club Marine Pittwater to Paradise and
opening in May.
Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta was a remarkable success
building on our first Pittwater to Paradise series and our All of the aforementioned require funds the Board and
growing relationship with Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club. Management are fully focused on continuing to offer great
This joint venture will be a premier yachting event in facilities, events and members benefits while continuing
the coming years, and of course our own Bartercard Sail to pursue new revenue streams, efficiencies in our
Paradise Regatta now in its 9th year with the largest fleet own practices, business opportunities and commercial
to date, including a trifecta of Queensland Championships undertakings that will benefit members and continue to
increasing the significance of our annual event. Planning is make our great benefits possible.
now well underway for next year’s 10th anniversary.
Our goal has always been to bring the pleasure of boating
Hosting the 56th OK Dinghy National Championships held and the wonderful opportunities, experiences and
offshore out of our Hollywell facility showcased some great comradeship to as many people and possible. We envision
sailing with World Champion Greg Wilcox travelling from the Southport Yacht Club to be the premier Yachting and
New Zealand to compete. All reports from competitors was boating club in the country and a preferred club of choice
a great regatta on and off the water. on the Gold Coast.
Hollywell has always, and will continue to be, an area where With the introduction of a great new menu in the Waterfront
we plant the interest in younger generations to introduce Restaurant, designed by Head Chef, John Player. I hope to
them into the sport of sailing with Mathew Belcher’s see you in the Clubhouse enjoying all that we have to offer.
continued support of our youth mentoring, coaching and
To the staff, administration, membership, hospitality,
standing up as a role model to our youth, they are not only
Sailing Office, Power Boat, Sailing, Waterfront, Associates
travelling and competing at higher levels but also building
and Dux Committees and of course the General Manager
lifelong skills that they will use well into the future not
Brett James steering the ship with drive and vitality and
only in sailing and competing also in their professional lives
most of all you the members, thanks for making this Club
as they mature.
all that it is.
I’m sure all that have been to Dux over the last 12 months
will agree the reinvigorated Dux Committee along with
Peter have done an amazing job tidying up the area Kerry Noyes
clearing the underbrush to expose the full scope of our
Commodore
block, allowing for more camping and picnicking.
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Club reports
Chairman’s REPORT Dining & Entertaining experiences with a
round of Golf under the one membership.
Scott Siganto We will keep you posted on its progress.
Some of the most exciting news to kick off 2018 for the Club is
Last year Mark (Waterfront Manager) &
the addition of “Southport Yacht Club Watersport’s Centre” at
Brett travelled to the Fort Lauderdale
Oxenford. Allowing SYC to bring learn to sail courses, & many
Boat Show to promote SYC to the Super
other aquatic sports, to the wider community of the northern
Yacht Industry. It was very successful with
suburbs. The lake is the perfect location for these classes, &
all possible berths full over the coming
we hope to see our SYC members or friends utilising the area.
months, some committing to extended
This facility fits 4 of the 6 Pillars in our Strategic Plan (Securing
stays. The ROI on that trip has been
Water, Financial & Operational Future Proofing, Brand Awareness
tremendous & will continue to flow in for years to come once
& Membership Growth).
word spreads through the Super Yacht community.
With SYC offering so much to Junior sport & the community we are
Summer has been action packed at both Main Beach, & Hollywell.
continually being presented with opportunities, which is a credit
On water we’ve had no end of excellent sailing, with Pittwater
to the culture & management of our Club. Recently we were
to Paradise, Sail Paradise, & OK Dinghy National Championships
asked if we were interested in tendering for the management of
to name a few. The sailing office, our dedicated volunteers, &
the Helensvale Golf Club, at first glance I’m sure many will ask
the whole SYC Team have to be congratulated on their efforts to
why would we even consider it? The 5th Pillar in our Strategic
ensure the highest standard of sailing was delivered.
Plan “Membership” – Growing, retaining and adding value is our
main reason we are investigating this as a potential to add value With the Commonwealth Games almost upon us, the Gold Coast
to our current members & open the Club up to new membership will be a bustle of activity. The Club has been involved in many
opportunities is well worth considering. Based on our first round of the consortiums in the lead up, with the Games Organisers
of research it looks to stack up, at least to take it to the next indicating no foreseeable issues with access to the Club during this
level of forecasting & cost analysis. Lucky for us we have a GM period, with the exception of the marathon on Sunday morning.
who has run Golf Courses around the world and very qualified We encourage you to come in, enjoy the beauty of your Club, &
Treasurer who couldn’t hit a ball to save his life to crunch the watch some of the activities associated with the games that will
numbers. For myself, being able to provide our members with be broadcast from SYC, such as Alan Jones in the mornings.
the options of Main Beach, Hollywell, Dux, Oxenford & Helensvale
is very exciting. I don’t know of another club in Australia that Scott Siganto
provides Yachting, Island Escapes, Gym access, Boat Storage, Chairman
general manager’s REPORT We have some great entertainment
and events coming to the Club over the
Brett James next few months, including, Mental as
I wish I could say after the busy Summer period we are able to Anything, Mother’s Day Luncheon, Annual
have a break! December and January saw some great results SYC celebrations, Dux Birthday, Power
across the entire Club. Carols on the Broadwater, New Years Eve Boat and Sailing Presentations plus much
at both Main Beach and Dux, Australia Day and John Rowles, again more. I encourage you to book early to
all sell out events well in advance. avoid missing out!
January was one of the biggest months here at SYC. 2nd January Like majority of the Gold Coast, the
began the 2018 Summer of Sailing with the second Club Marine Commonwealth Games will have an
Pittwater to Southport Yacht Race. 18 entrants raced up the east impact on SYC, however this is a positive impact to the Club.
coast from Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club to Southport, with our The Main Beach Waterfront Restaurant will be open every day
own Fred Bestall and crew sailing onboard Auric’s Quest. Following with extended hours for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Due to
we held the ninth Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta from 6th to 9th limited aquatic permits, sailing events have been rescheduled for
January. With 42 entrants, this was the largest grand prix fleet a minimal period resulting in Hollywell closing during this time.
the event has seen. Next year we will make the 10th anniversary The Hardstand will also be closed during the games period. Road
milestone. With magnificent events and entertainment already access is only impacted on Sunday 15th April due to the Marathon,
in progress we encourage you to partake within this premier SYC will 100% still be open with the option for walking access.
event. The 56th International OK Dinghy National Championships Every other day SYC is easily accessible so please support the Club
were held from January 2nd – 7th hosted by the Hollywell during these times. Further information on dates and times will
Sailing Squadron with entrants from across Australia along with be released via E-news as they come through so please ensure you
International contestants. A fantastic sight for both our Members register your email address today.
and the Gold Coast with over 100 boats and 500 crew members Last but not least, as I am sure most of you are aware, SYC have recently
sailing offshore our beautiful beaches. The on-water events launched our fourth facility, the Watersports Centre located in the
didn’t stop here with the annual Surf to City Yacht Race and Gold Damian Leeding Memorial Park, Oxenford. We are extremely excited to
Coast Game Fishing Club participating from SYC a week later. announce this facility as a fantastic opportunity to bring our members
Congratulations to all who participated in these fabulous events. an added benefit to your membership along with the opportunity to
As mentioned in the last iN SYnC Gold Coast Tourism and City further our sailing academy growth.
Council assisted with Mark, Waterfront Manager and myself
attending the World’s largest boat show at Fort Lauderdale. We I would like to thank all Management and staff for their tireless efforts
made some great contacts resulting in more overseas Super Yachts and hard work over the Christmas break, your dedication has resulted in
berthing in our Marina. some great achievements for SYC.
Ashleigh Boileau has joined the team at SYC in a new position Brett James
as Membership Coordinator. Ashleigh has been appointed to grow General Manager
Membership along with looking after Member Functions. Please
make Ashleigh feel welcome next time you see her in the Club.
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club reports
Sailing Operations Manager you Mark for all your hard work and
dedication and becoming a valuable
Simon Turpin member of our family.
What a Summer of racing we have had, with some of the
best racing I have ever seen at SYC competed over the Planning has now started for our
recent months. 2018 / 2019 Sailing Season Calendar
for all Divisions and I sincerely thank
Throughout this edition, you will be able to read about all our Sailing Committee Divisional
the many achievements our sailors have had in competing Representatives for their valuable input.
at away Championships and Regattas throughout the If you have any specific requests or
Christmas and New Year period. I must congratulate all of would like to see certain changes, please ensure that you
you and in representing SYC, you have done us all proud! contact your Divisional Representative straight away. We
Throughout these recent Summer months, here are some are a member’s club and therefore all pertinent decisions
actual participation statistics that you may find interesting are made by our Committees for the majority opinion of our
from sailing events we have hosted: members. Your opinion counts, and our Club will continue
to grow from strength to strength with your valuable input.
Club Marine Pittwater to Paradise Yacht Race:
Thank you all for an awesome Summer of Sailing and I am
2nd January = 151 looking forward to seeing the intense competition in our
Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta: final races across all of our Divisions for the 2017 / 2018
Sailing Season.
6th - 9th January 2017 = 1,104
We look forward to seeing you on the water and in our
The International OK Dinghy National Championships: wonderful Club.
2nd -7th January 2018 = 369 Simon Turpin
Fastway Couriers Cat Weekend: Sailing Operations Manager
2nd – 4th February 2017 = 150
Putting this into perspective, we have had over 10,500
people compete in our wonderful sport of sailing from May
2017 until the end of January 2018.
Our Sailing Academy has also seen an increase in participation
throughout this period with 4,277 participants attending
our Learn to Sail, Training and Accredited courses.
Throughout the upcoming colder months, we will be hosting
more programs for our members who wish to improve their
knowledge and skill sets with Australian Sailing accredited
courses and specific Volunteer training in our Support Boats.
Keep an eye on our website and in our weekly E-news for
more specific details.
I must sincerely thank all of our fantastic Volunteers who
continually help out in offering their valuable time and
support. Included in our Volunteers are our Divisional
Sailing Committee Representatives, Race Officers, Support
Boat Skippers and Captains, Support Boat Crews, Radio
Operators, Food and Beverage Co-Ordinators and Bosun’s
just to name a few of them. We are an awesome family and
I am proud to be able to work with you in delivering our
services to our members - THANK YOU.
By now, you would have also met or come in contact with
our new Sailing Officer Mark Dingley. Mark has been a
member of our Club for many years and you would have
come across him on the water when he volunteered his
time as our Offshore Race Officer or when he was actually
racing throughout our many Divisions. Mark, who is now
a qualified Senior Instructor, has joined our team in the
Sailing Office bringing a wealth of knowledge and skills that
has certainly been welcomed by all of us. If you haven’t
met Mark yet, please introduce yourself as he never forgets
a face and will always go out of his way to help you. Thank
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bartercard sail paradise 2018
THREE STATE CHAMPIONS
CROWNED AT BARTERCARD SAIL
PARADISE 2018
Southport Yacht Club hosted the ninth annual Bartercard
Sail Paradise from Saturday 6th – Tuesday 9th January 2018.
Following from the Club Marine Pittwater to Paradise Yacht
Race held on Tuesday 2nd. 42 entrants competed in perfect
Gold Coast weather offshore the coasts beautiful beaches.
Four days of high pressure and tactical racing, crowned
three Queensland state championships; IRC Yachting,
Sports Boats and Australian Measurement System.
Intense racing was contested on the fourth and final
day of Bartercard Sail Paradise. Both David Lambourne’s
Lambourdini and Fred Bestall’s Auric’s Quest were
pushed over the start line by fellow competitors forcing
them to return and start again. With a state championship
on the line getting a good start was imperative. Ray Haslar’s
RIKKI showed outstanding tactics and skill crossing the start
line first and rounding the top mark in front, continuing to
win line honours.
Bradley Ginnivan on BEACH BALL sailed to perfection with
an almost perfect series score, taking out the crown as the
2018 Queensland Yachting Championship.
Performance Racing one was just as tight at the beginning
of race one, with multiple boats inches away crossing the
start line as they head towards the top mark. The top four
places were closely fought out by local Gold Coast boats.
Glenn Burrell on WILDFLOWER 2 won the division followed
closely behind by Brian Atchison on ENVY.
Graham Sherring’s RETUNED took out the double,
winning both the 2018 Australian Sports Boat Queensland
Championships and the 2018 Queensland AMS Championships.
The boat was unstoppable by winning every race within the
series. Day three saw some tight competition for RETUNED
with Chris Noyes on FASTWAY COURIERS taking the lead on
the start line and leading the Division to the top mark.
Four days also showcased a number of inhouse events,
including the skippers and sponsors welcome party on
the Waterscape Pontoon Bar, Gill Fashion Parade, XXXX
promotions, daily live entertainment and presentations
plus much more.
“It has been an amazing start to the year with three major
sailing events happening on the Gold Coast shoreline.
The sailing standards have been remarkable, and we look
forward to the skippers and their crew joining us back
in 2019 for the 10th Anniversary of SYC’s Bartercard Sail
Paradise,” said Vice Commodore Sail, Ray McMahon.
To view the overall results, daily news and image gallery
visit the regatta website: www.sailparadise.com.au
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syc volunteering
Welcome new members to Southport Yacht Club and thank you experience, equipment operations (crane or tractor etc). We
for circling “Volunteer” on your Membership application form. believe this program is best suited to your time volunteering
Volunteering with SYC began with the founding members in at SYC.
April 1946 and through those 71 years members have put in
With the many photos that you take of the action on the
many valuable hours to make the Club what it is today!
water just load them up on to Team-app Gallery for all to see.
With the many Club committees from Sailing, Powerboat, Whether it be a flip-over, competitions or general club action,
Associates, Waterfront to the Board, all positions are those of we are all interested and encourage others to upload their
club volunteers. Along with the Management, resources and shots as well.
equipment, they make our Club the success it is today.
Volunteers week coming up in May 21st - 27th, with SYC
Over the past few months we have seen some huge on water hosting our volunteer day on 23rd May. Personal invitation will
events including Bartercard Sail Paradise Regatta, Club Marine be emailed to you soon!
Pittwater to Southport Yacht Race, 56th International OK
Don’t ever question the value of volunteers. Noah’s Ark was
Dinghy Nationals, Fastway Couriers Catamaran weekend.
built by volunteers; the Titanic was built by professionals.
These events take a mountain of volunteers and their time
along with the Hollywell Sailing Office working together to Past Commodore Phil Short
achieve great success. Volunteer Coordinator
On the Team-app under “Video Training”, a short video from
a UK Sailing Club shows good detail how a rib skipper and
crew handle an emergency of an injured sailor, along with
a procedure to right a monohull or multihull yacht. This is
an integral part of on water volunteering safety, something I
encourage all on water volunteers to view.
There are several programs for Club volunteers to utalise.
Team-app is used by many yacht clubs and is a program where
the administrators can keep a record of all event activities,
volunteer’s qualification’s like boat or radio licenses, race
officer qualifications, first aid qualifications, yachting Volunteers from the 2018 Fastway Couriers Cat Weekend
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festivities at syc
splice the main brace carols on the broadwater
Southport Yacht Club held the annual Christmas celebrations On Saturday 16th December, Southport Yacht Club
for the Club’s Gold Members at Splice the Main Brace on celebrated the annual Carols on the Broadwater with
Monday 4th December. Hosted by Commodore Kerry Noyes, over 400 children and their families enjoying the festive
over 150 Members enjoyed the celebrations at the Main celebrations in the Waterfront Restaurant.
Beach Clubhouse.
The event began with face painting in the Clubhouse, and
live entertainment by ‘The Hip Replacements’ singing
everyone’s favourite Christmas Carols from the Waterscape
Pontoon Bar. Santa arrived from the North Pole skydiving,
thanks to GOLD COAST SKYDIVES, followed by an on-water
display along with the elves from JETPACK with treats for
the kids. A spectacular show for all to see.
The event concluded with the annual Salvation Army
Christmas Appeal, raising close to $1,000. A big thank you
to all who supported this wonderful charity.
Australia Day
Celebrating all things Australian, SYC celebrated Australia
Day with an Aussie BBQ on the Waterscape Pontoon Bar,
Aussie games including thong throwing, tug-o-war and
many more. Meat tray raffles were also held raising money
for Youth Sailing. A big thank you to our fantastic MC Vice
Commodore Sail Ray McMahon, all the members and guests
who joined SYC for the annual festivities.
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commodore’s cocktail party
Commodore Kerry Noyes along with Vice Commodore
Power Ken Tregeagle joined over 200 Gold (and equivalent)
members in celebrating the Club’s 2018 Commodore’s
Cocktail Party. Kerry welcomed the Club’s members into
what we envisage to be an extremely busy and successful
year for the Club, wishing all boating members a safe and
prosperous new year.
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Southport Yacht Club | iN SYnC | 13BIRTHDAY DRAW WINNERS
NOVEMBER BIRTHDAY DRAW DECEMBER BIRTHDAY DRAW JANUARY BIRTHDAY DRAW
Congratulations Margo Manchester who Congratulations Mark Dingley who Congratulations Ralph Brading who won
won the November Birthday Draw on won the December Birthday Draw on the January Birthday Draw on Tuesday 16th
Tuesday 21st November, with a prize of Tuesday 19th December, with a prize of January, with a prize of $250 members credit.
$250 members credit. $250 members credit.
Photo: Commodore Kerry Noyes, Winner
Photo: Commodore Kerry Noyes, Photo: Past Commodore Tony Goldner, Ralph Brading, Membership Coordinator
Winner Margo Manchester and Past Winner Mark Dingley and Commodore Ashleigh Boileau and Past Commodore Tony
Commodore Tony Goldner. Kerry Noyes. Goldner.
employee of the quarter
Congratulations to SYC employee Mark Dingley who has been voted by the staff employee of the
quarter Autumn 2018.
Mark has been an integral part of the SYC team for many years, recently employed as Sailing Officer.
Working in the Sailing Office, Mark works alongside Sailing Manager Simon Turpin. SYC would like to
thank Mark for his hard work and dedication at the Club. Please congratulate Mark when you see him
next in the Club!
buy, swap, sell!
Attention Members! If you have any Marine related items which you would like to buy, swap or sell,
contact Southport Yacht Club and we will advertise it on the SYC website for FREE!
Winners and grinners
Congratulations to the lucky winners of the recent
Southport Yacht Club Member draw recipients.
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2018 is well and truly with us and as I write, the SYC golfers We hope to see you on the golf course soon!
are preparing for their first match at the Surfers Paradise
Golf Club.
Terry Stephenson
Our Christmas get together last December, which was
held in the Compass Room for the first time, was a most President SYC Golf
enjoyable evening where the thirty-two in attendance
enjoyed fine food, fine wine and fine company.
Commodore Kerry Noyes was in attendance to present the
“Commodores Trophy” to the 2017 winner. This trophy is
presented to the player with the highest aggregate of his
or her best six games played during the year. Going into the
last game of 2017 we had no idea who the winner would
be. It all hinged on the results at “Palmer Colonial”. There
were half a dozen contenders an a very surprised Peter
Whitehead emerged the winner. What a player!
Attendances were steady in 2017 with an average of
twenty-two players attending the ten games we played.
Terry Stephenson was re elected President and Paul Valle
was re elected Captain.
Fixtures for 2018 include a couple of different courses
which should make the year even more interesting.
They include: 12th February Surfers Paradise, 12th March
Arundel Hills, 16th April Southport, 14th May Ocean Shores,
11th June Robina Woods, 9th July Gainsborough Greens,
13th August Palm Meadows, 10th September Windaroo, 8th
October Emerald Lakes, 12th November Murwillumbah, 3rd
December Colonial.
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Saturday 17th March - Julian Rocks Yacht Race
Friday 23rd March - SYC Charity Golf Day
Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd April - Ted Elkes Memorial YR
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Saturday 5th May - Commodore’s Trophy
Sunday t6h May - Past Commodore’s Trophy
Sunday 18th May - TK Robertson Trophy Race
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Saturday 9th June - SYC Open Nav Event
Sunday 24th June - Burleigh Bash
Saturday 7th July - Power Boat Presentation Dinner
Monday 30th July - SYC AGM
Saturday 28th July - Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race
Sunday 19th August - Dux Birthday Celebrations
Saturday 25th August - SYC Annual Celebrationspower boats @- vice
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Hi All, year at both Main Beach and Dux!
I hope this edition of iN SYnC finds you happy and healthy! In short time we had the arrival of the Pittwater to Southport
Since our last edition, Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Ocean race being well covered by our outstanding team of
regained the Goodwill Cup from SYC, after a weekend of volunteers, jumping straight into Bartercard Sail Paradise.
great competition and tactical navigation. There was a massive fleet over the regatta and once again
our ‘stink boaties’ supported our sailors to help bring it
I am also sad to mention the passing of long term Power
all together. Thank you to everyone who volunteered both
Boat Committee stalwart Dennis Watt. Dennis’s input
their valuable assets and effort throughout the event.
and commitment to the committee was substantial, he
is missed enormously throughout the Club and our Power The future for SYC is brilliant with our new facility at
Boat contingent. Regatta Lakes, Oxenford launching as this goes to print and
the next stage of improvements at Dux coming soon. The
Our Second navigation event for the season held on
Board is working on further plans to improve and expand
November 25 was the Treasurers Trophy finishing at Dux
our ever-developing Club.
Anchorage. The raw score was won by Mal Wood and his
crew of Past Commodores on Finky Dink followed closely by Our Powerboat Chairman, Peter Brown recently had a stint
Peter Brown in Bippty Bippty. Not too far before, followed in hospital, luckily is now on the mend. We are all thinking
Paul Mathews on Martini. The Handicap Division was taken of you Peter, get well soon.
out by Garry Doornbos in the magnificent Mahogany with
Enjoy your Club and your boat, and I look forward to seeing
Steve Manchester and crew in Belle Tempo in second, third
you all out on the water soon!
place was well won by the Sinnamon boys Mathew and
Justin on Safari.
Ken Tregeagle
Our next event was the Vice Commodores Trophy with,
you guessed it ‘Mal and the Marauders’ taking it out again, Vice Commodore Power
followed again by Peter in Bippty, third was well placed
by Bert Sherring in Waterhouse. The handicap division was
won by the Sinnamon boys, Justin and Mathew on Safari, power boat what’s on
Steve Manchester and crew in Belle Tempo second with
Garry Doornbos and crew on Mahogany taking third.
The Chairman’s Trophy will be contested as this edition
cruising events:
goes to print with the next event, the annual Crab Island Easter Cruise - 30th March - 2nd April
Open on 3rd March and the Buck Jones Memorial Trophy on Weekend Cruise - 5th - 7th May
the 24th. These will be reported within the Winter edition.
Season Review - 30th June - 1st July
Our Cruising division enjoyed some fabulous events over Power Boat Presentation Dinner - 7th July
the past few months with fantastic attendance, including
the Melbourne Cup Cruise and 2018 Christmas party at Main
Beach in early December. Next up was the Australia Day navigation events:
Cruise from Dux Anchorage to Moreton Bay, finishing at the Round Crab Island Open - 3rd March
spectacular Day’s Gutter. Unfortunately, mother nature
resulting a change of course sending all vessels to Canaipa Thursday Twilight Navigation #2 - 15th March
for a much more comfortable stay. Buck Jones Memorial Trophy - 24th March
We have many more exciting and enjoyable cruises coming Cutty Sark Open - 25th March
up, follow the weekly E-news for updates or contact Commodore’s Trophy - 5th May
reception to register today!
Past Commodore’s Trophy - 6th May
I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas and New Year with SYC Open - 10th June
family and loved ones. This period was a very busy time at
SYC with Carols on the Broadwater, divisional Christmas Thursday Twilight Navigation #3- 26th June
Parties and the annual New Year’s Eve celebrations, this Power Boat Presentation Dinner - 7th July
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The last event for 2017 for the Cruising Flotilla was the As the lunch drew to a close many guests stayed on for a few
Christmas Lunch held at SYC Main Beach on Sunday 3rd more drinks and a chat with their families and friends. The
December. The weather was threatening rain so the day was a great success and the effort and organisational
planned Eastern Lawn Venue was changed to the Compass skills of the Cruising Flotilla Committee Members, Bob
Room which proved to be an excellent location. Although Kershaw, Ray Gilbert and Lloyd Abbott are commended.
it did not rain it was very humid and hot and the air The Compass Room has been booked for Sunday the 2nd
conditioning and large room made it far more comfortable December, 2018 for this years Cruising Flotilla’s Christmas
for the 92 guests. It was good to see the many family Lunch, so put it in your diary now!
groups, including 14 children who had plenty of room to
wander around and also watch a big entertainment screen.
Article by Linday Roberts
The food and drinks were to the usual SYC professional
standard and the Committee acknowledges Glenn Cruising Committee
Stevenson for his ability to cater for a number of additional
arrivals who had not booked. Ray Gilbert, Flotilla Leader,
provided the Christmas welcome speech and recognised
the attendance of the Vice Commodore Power and Nolene
and Vice Commodore Sail, representing the Commodore
who had a sailing engagement on the day.
The highlight of the lunch was the arrival of Santa “Douglas”
Claus who it is said flew in on his “Sky Lady” sleigh. He
handed out presents to everyone from the secret Santa
bags, some children sat on his knee, had their photos taken
and whispered their secret present wishes. Indeed, some
of the lady guests also sat on Santa’s knee and whispered
their secret wishes!
2018 THURSDAY TWILIGHT
NAVIGATION
SERIES 1
POWER BOAT GPS Navigation Rallies
PRESENTATIONS & SOCIAL GATHERINGS at SYC
Use your own boat and have some FUN
The object is to navigate your boat around the Broadwater over a short course, and
to arrive at hidden checkpoints at a set time.
Points are lost for every second you are late or early - each second counts.
With an emphasis on fun and enjoyment, events are run on Thursday afternoons
between 1:00pm and 4:00pm with a starting time, and speed, that suits you.
On water activity normally lasts an hour or two, with a presentation from 6pm at
Main Beach clubhouse.
Open to all SYC Members (excluding Social), with any type or length of boat that
can compete at a minimum speed of 5 knots, and maximum speed of 20 knots.
$10 entry per vessel. 2018 – Series 1 dates – 22 February, 15 March, 26 April.
Further information available on Powerboat page on SYC website or
committee member (Justin) – Ph 0410 660 720.
Entry Register Southport Yacht Club 07 5591 3500
Southport Yacht Club | iN SYnC | 21rolex sydney hobart yacht race
Another Painkiller – Anatomy positioning ourselves for the expected trough at about 9pm. From
about midnight we had started to pick up the expected southerly
of our Race to Hobart eastern Australian Current set. We had 0.5kn in our favour. By
8.30 in the morning the wind had backed further to NNW. We
Crew: Rod West (Skipper), Graham Costello (Boat 2IC/Navigator/
gybed and threw out the reef. During the morning, the wind
Starboard Watch Captain), Chris Mazur (Watch Captain Port
shifted around and we changed from Code 0 to A3 to JT. At lunch
Watch), Carol Jones (Boat Bosun/Cook/trimmer/voice of common
time, we were running with the A4 doing 10kn in 20kn of breeze.
sense!), Nicole West (Trimmer), Rory Pratt (Mast), Barry Berg
Rory put in a great effort reading the Iridium instructions and
(Foredeck 2), Robert Brooks (Main Port Watch), Paul Coupe (Main
we finally got Predict Wind to work on the Iridium. It took
Stb Watch), Guss Helwig (Foredeck 1).
many hours to download a small file but it was at least working.
Day 1 Tuesday 26th Start: Great preparation had ensured that Fortunately, there had been no major changes in the forecast.
we had most aspects under control. Getting the sat phone to The brains trust went to work on fixing the track. A couple of
work was the only issue that could have prevented us from hours later with Gus swinging from the mast, the new lightened
starting. Fortunately, Rory applied himself to the task (which was and shortened track was back on and operational. Back to the A3
complicated when rushed) and we got a few phone calls away but now sailing too high at 150. At around 6pm a large rain cloud
to check it was all working. Rod and Graham attended the final went past. Being cautious about sudden gusts we changed from
weather briefing. Briefing was a waste of time as no one could spinnaker to JT and used the opportunity to head closer to shore
hear the softly spoken BOM presenter and she was just presenting using the rain cloud breeze. By 9pm we were closer to the coast
material from the web site. Graham attended the separate Roger off Cape Touville. By midnight we were in the expected southerly
Badham personal briefing where we were given a final thumb change with 10kn from the SE und J3.
drive with the latest forecasts. Which was fortunate as we had
Day 4 Friday 29th: Early in the wee hours, the winds dropped and
trouble getting updated ones until we were off Maria Island three
we were in the expected trough. That night we did all we could
days later. Roger had very kindly run a routing for our boat which
to keep the boat moving in the right direction. Most of the night
coincided with the routing we had been developing over previous
was spent under Code 0 at AWA 40 -60 just trying to keep moving.
weeks. That gave us more confidence in the predictions. The
In the middle of the night we had a close encounter with Reve
forecast on Christmas night had us arriving in 3d and 19 - 21h.
which seemed to be following us around. It was hard to work out
The forecast looked great for a following breeze all the way down
which way they were going due to all their red head torches.
until mid-Tasmania. The key challenge was going to be transiting
Chris’s Port watch did a great job keeping the boat moving in
across a small trough that we were expected to meet on the SE
very light conditions until dawn on Friday. Friday was a wonderful
coast of Tasmania at about 9pm on Thursday night 29th.
day running down the East Tasmanian coast under spinnaker. At
We started in a 5 -10kn Easterly turning NE. A conservative start dawn, we were still under Code 0 but we then transitioned to A2
saw us well away from the conflict that occurred at the boat and then S2 as the wind came back to N. The winds were light
end of our start. We were a minute late for the start but clear 10 – 15kn and very steady. They were slowly backing to N and
of traffic and in an unobstructed lane of breeze. We tacked up increasing to 20kn. We rounded Tasman Light at 1700 hrs in good
to turning mark X with the J1M/H. Unfortunately, the around form in a strong 20 kn Northerly. A sudden gust to 30kn created
shroud sheeting doesn’t allow good pointing so we only narrowly some excitement as we changed course to West towards Cape
beat Kearns to the turning mark. From there we eased sheets Roul. I missed the excitement as the navigator had to call in at
to turning mark Y. After Y, we headed further off the breeze to this stage to give an estimate of when we expected to finish. I
160 and changed to the JT. At 5pm the wind had risen to 20kn estimated 02.30 am. Bizarrely within an hour we were becalmed
and we changed down to the J3. By 7pm we were back on the at Cape Roul. The Northerly had followed around Tasman Light
JT and doing over 8kn in the right direction. We were aiming for but was now dead. We awaited the forecast new breeze from the
the NW quadrant of a large eddy positioned off Jarvis Bay. If we SW. We were surrounded by similarly becalmed yachts. Raising
got it right we would pick up one to two knots of East Australian the Code 0 soon had us under way. We got going again and
Current in our favour for twelve hours from about 11pm to Wed had a solid 10 – 15 kn SW as we crossed Storm Bay towards Iron
lunch time when we got spat out of the SW quadrant and started Pot in last light. At Iron Pot in blackness we were once again
heading towards Gabo Island. We had an uneventful night under becalmed. From then to the finish is was a mix of being becalmed
the JT as the wind backed further to the NE. By midnight we or steaming along in a 10kn SW at about 8 kn.
were abeam of Jarvis Bay.
Bizarrely, the final forecast done from home the night prior to
Day 2 Wednesday 27th: By midnight we were back on the J3 and race start had us rounding Tasman Light at 4pm on 29th. We
then to the JT at 2pm. Wind had dropped to 13kn and backed to rounded within an hour or so of this estimate from four days
about TWD 30. At dawn, we swapped to the A3 fractional still earlier.
headlining on 170MB with 15kn backed to TWD 20. By 1600 hrs
Day 4 Saturday 30th Finish: As we got further up the Derwent
we were steaming down the coast with a poled-out blast reacher
the wind veered to NW. Some time was spent trying to identify
and one reef. The wind had picked up to 25 – 30kn and our boat
exactly which lights were the finish line. We tacked up and
speed was 10 – 12kn. The brains trust overcame the challenge of
finished at 0240 hrs under a spectacular full moon. Apart from
the #2 reef line coming undone. Well done Paul for suggesting the
the start up the harbour three days earlier this was the only
spanner. Well done foredeck for acrobatics hanging off the side of
tacking we did in the race – and it showed! Showing due respect
the boat to get the reef back in. It was important to get it back in
to our achievements, the race committee moored us beside both
before dark … just in case.
Wild Oats XI and Black Jack. We were met with well-wishers at
“Just in case’ happened at 1630 when in a gust with an the dock and spilt a couple of bottles of rum to celebrate. After
unfavourable wave, we rounded up to windward. The jib backed putting the boat to bed, we set off to Custom’s House for a ‘Quiet
putting pressure on the pole which ripped out the top section of Little Drink’. Surrounded by memorabilia of previous races we
the track. celebrated by re-hydrating. Chris Mazure rounded off the cultural
tour with scallop pies all round. By then Gus had adjusted his
Day 3 Thursday 28th: Thursday had us paralleling the Tasmanian
trim to ‘four sheets to the wind’.
coast about 60 miles off the coast. We were under spinnaker and
22 | iN SYnC | Southport Yacht ClubResults and Post Mortem. Finished 84th of 96 who completed the Instruments: Excellent instruments. More than enough for our skill
race out of 103 entrants. Finished on 30th December at 0240hrs level. Next level of sophistication would be to analyse Expedition
and 49 sec. Elapsed time at O3.13:40:49. log files to develop performance data and improve polar planning
and sail selection, Call out to Garry Green (our Mission Control
Another Painkiller (1.095) IRC Div 3 finished 13th (TCF
Specialist) for excellent work prior to the race. Charging system
3:21:49:12). Finished 11 hours on TCF behind division winner
for the computer needs to be improved. Cigarette lighter
Ariel (1.078) Heavily campaigned Beneteau First 40 with multiple
connection is failing. Not sure whether the inverter is up to task.
Hobarts including a 3rd overall and extensive crew experience
Computer will not charge properly if the batteries are below 90%.
(3:10:48:40). To win the division we would have had to sail 12%
Problem due to fact that inverters need more than 12v to operate
faster overall! Might have been close to achieving if not for the
correctly. (Called out by Rory)
broken spinnaker pole track which slowed us down for about 10
hours until we could get Guss up the mast to unbolt the track and Special thanks to Diane West who let this adventure be possible
bring it down so the “Committee for Difficult Things” could repair in the first place!
it by cutting off the jagged broken end with an angle grinder ((in
Also a BIG thank you to Andy Lamont who filled in some of our
the middle of Bass Strait)), and carefully sliding the pole cone
blanks prior to leaving Southport!
fitting onto the remining track without losing any ball bearings!).
Changing our optimal routing polar from 85% to 100% would have As written by our Navigator Graham Costello
had us finish 16 hrs earlier. If we could have sailed our polars we
probably would have won our division. But to achieve that we
would have had to have sailed the S4 into Bass Strait and during
the night whilst the winds were 25 to 30kn for a boats speed of
just over 10 kn for 12 hours over the night of 28/29 Dec.
Overall IRC winner Ichi Ban (1.395) TCF 2:12:13:31 (~ 60 hrs) – to
beat Ichi Ban we would have had to sail 35% faster! Ichi Ban
spends millions on their campaign. They had put a new hull on
their TP52. Most of the crew were professional sailors. Half the
crew were expert helmsmen and trimmers. Driving through the
night in 20 – 30 kn of northerly they blew out two brand new
spinnakers and crashed multiple times. Quest TP52 wiped out
with the helmsman breaking the carbon fibre wheel with his chest
and putting six crew in the water. Probably not appropriate for
our standard. ORCI Another Painkiller finished 45th.
Polars: I had the polars set on 85% for optimal routing. We seemed
to be ahead of these much of the time, but bizarrely with some
unexpected setbacks such as the occasional becalming or granny
gybe or misfortune, that is pretty much what we sailed to.
Consequently, if we could sail to 100% of our polars we would
have come close to winning our division on handicap.
Sails: We got to see many of the sails for the first time. A good
investment would be to gather some quantitative data on each of
the sails and then update the sail plan and polars.
Both the Jib Tops were excellent.
JT1 Med/Heavy – old sail, no battens, sheets around the spreaders.
Is there some way to sheet inside the shrouds? Just need one car
to be brought forward (even temporarily on a strop). Will not
sail higher than AWA 40 or TWA 72 to maintain 6.5 to 7kn BSP in
9 – 11kn TWS
Spinnakers held up well. We would have tried the stay sail but
were using the topping lift as a halyard.
Code 0 was excellent. Rolled in is a good option to get going in
drifter conditions then roll out and sail at AWA 40 - 50 to get the
boat going
Sat phone: Would be good to have this set up properly. Excellent
back up and only way to get weather if distant from shore mobile
reception. Working with Predict Wind offshore on Rod’s iPad, but
needs to be integrated to Expedition.
Logistics: Food was great. Call out to Carolyn for an excellent
effort preparing the food and spending quite a lot of time below
decks preparing the meals. Probably need someone to be
responsible for double checking all aspects as there was a bit of
an issue with water which Carolyn had expected had been filled
up. Great idea having water bottles as well and keeping some as
reserve.
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