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Pre-Season
Newsletter 2010
Welcome back to your happy place! Spring has sprung
and the fun has already begun. The Apollo Bay Sailing
Club is ready for a ripper of a season. We’ve
got an awesome committee who are dripping anticipation
and enthusiasm for the safest, cruisiest, happiest,
most exhilarating, satisfying and pleasant sailing
and social experience this club has ever given you.
Key Dates:
* Paella at Uncle Ken’s, 64 Pascoe St
Friday the 15th of October 6:30pm
* Working Bee at Club House
Sunday the 17th of October 10 – 3
* Sailing commences – 1st Race Pre Christmas
Saturday the 30th of October 2pm
For further details see the full program attached.
Please note: Annual Membership Fees must be paid prior
to your first race.
Committee Positions/Structure:
Commodore: Peter Geekie
0409 224 649 5237 7178
Vice Comm: Mick Heland
0427 666 620 5237 6787
Treasurer: Peter Bourne
0417 125 421 5237 7207
Secretary: Kelly Stewart
0418 448 007 5237 0255
Social Secretary: Suzie McBride
0424 000 780 5237 7807
Grants: Deb Tovey
043 1026 235
Handicap/Race Management: Gary Millar 0418 992 969
5237 0218
General Committee:
Peter Sarda 0418 351 485 5237 1123 (shop)
Prue Dartmann 5237 6217
Ken Goodison 0417135 327
All club members are welcome and encouraged to attend
club meetings and assist with any particular roles/duties.
Meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month
in the conference room at the rear of C.J.Keanes at
7:30. Check your email for minutes and agendas.
Season program:
In conjunction to the attached program the following
suggestions have been made by the committee. (all
weather dependant)
*Some race days to be allocated to longer races for
the keel boats (GPS Points).
*‘Outing days’, sail to location, lunch,
sail home (perhaps Sundays)
*Stern chases
*Short course format (early in season)
*Kid friendly sailing
*Increase younger membership
*Invitation to participate on Ynglings/keel boats
to anyone who has expressed interest in trying sailing/joining
club.
Club Boats:
* Yngling Trailer
Trailer construction and galvanising finished –
looks wonderful!
Thank you to John M for sourcing grant and for organising
Michael Hooke to construct the trailer. Pete B and
Matt A for measuring up, suggesting adjustments, sourcing
and collecting lots of parts and writing lots of cheques.
Come and check it out at the Working Bee Sunday 17th
Oct, 2 days after the Paella night!
* Rescue Boat
Thank you to Russell Smith and Pete Bourne for getting
onto the rescue boat’s needs during winter.
The rescue boat is fundamental to so much of what
the club does.
* Rescue Boat Trailer
A new rescue boat trailer has been purchased with
support from Pete Sarda & Pete Bourne. Deb Tovey’s
grant application to Bendigo Bank was successful and
will cover ½ the cost of new trailer. Thank
you and congratulations Deb, who wrote a great application
really quickly. Awesome!
Working Bee & Paella
Paella social evening at Ken Goodison’s,
Friday 15 October, 6:30pm, 64 Pascoe St.
Due to the Opera at Cape Otway on Saturday, the working
bee has been moved from Saturday to Sunday 17 October,
10am at sailing club.
Jobs will include: rescue boat, Ynglings, clubhouse
clean, mow lawn.
For Sale:
ZAPPA!! Good cond. New trailer and mast$2400
Randall 52376257
125 dinghies Ex LTS fleet circa 2006. Good nic, no
trailers. Any offers.
Pete Geekie 0431 066 497
Local Radio OCR FM:
Peter Bourne and John Marriner will be doing a session
on local radio station 88.7 OCR FM to chat about the
club….more details to come.
Possibility of the club having a regular 5 –
15 min spot on location on Saturday mornings - chat
about race of the day, include weather/swell report,
encouraging participation, etc.
Flying Fifteen Mark 1 States:
Lid’s has the dates and details – Mid
November at the Royals in Williamstown. Be There!!
25 Year Anniversary:
Next year is the 25th anniversary of the sailing club
– John Marriner will source memorabilia, past
member’s info, etc and initiate planning for
a celebration. This shouldn’t go by unnoticed.
Rescue Boat Briefing:
A rescue boat briefing for all members needs to occur
pre-season/start of season to ensure all are aware
of rescue boat’s duties and can assist if needed.
Also, members encouraged to undertake training/boat
license.
Clubhouse:
Pete Sarda enquired of possibility of improvements
to club to include decking, veranda/shade-cloth, wind
break – some sort of shade quite necessary.
Current lease includes only 1m of land around the
clubhouse, Mick Heland is liaising with shire/local
harbour authority/ DSE re: possibility of updating
lease and carrying out some improvements. Go long
Mick!
Ynglings:
Mick Heland suggested for upcoming season that Ynglings
have a ‘boat captain’ and pool of core
people to streamline the care/maintenance and sailing.
All applicants make an orderly queue!!
Know Your Rules:
Play the Rules of Sailing Game designed by Ulrich
+ Wolfi Finckh. Have fun and improve your knowledge
of the Racing Rules of Sailing by viewing simulated
incidents. The game offers three levels of difficulty,
easy - medium - difficult to provide for all levels
of sailors.
http://game.finckh.net/indexe.htm
Club Web Site:
http://www.greatoceanroad.com.au/sailing/
Thanks Jeffery
Lids and Leo’s pre-season sailing campaign
is on fire! Look out for Windswept early in the season.
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