Commodore’s Call August 2021
AGM
The club held its AGM on Sunday 18 July and was well attended. I would like to thanks all the office bearers from last year that all helped the club to have another successful year and congratulations to those that have been elected to positions for the coming season. All positions have been filled apart from the Junior/OTB Club Captain and the Junior/OTB Race Officer which we expect to be filled soon.
Winter Yacht Racing
Thanks to all those people who have stepped up and helped out in being available to start and finish races via the rosterwhich was used to cover for Phil Mayo, who has been away.
Congratulations to Graeme Vivian and his crew on “Voila” who have an unasailble lead in the Achinar series with one race left. Well done.
The Commodore’s Cup will however go down to the wire, with 4 boats within 2 points of the lead, making Saturday’s last racevery exciting.
Winter Retreat
The Sailing Club’s annual winter retreat will be held on the Friday 20th of August to Sunday 22nd
at the Omadale Orchard Lodge near Moonan (not far from Scone). This is a popular venue which the club has used for many years.
The following link should be used to confirm your booking as numbers are limited.
https://wangisailingclub.yachting.org.au/news/2021-winter-retreat/
The Lodge is nearly fully booked inside already, so get in quickif you want to joim us. There is with plenty of room outside for caravans and campers.
Opening Day
The traditional Opening Day of the season will be held on Saturday 4th of September with a Champagne Breakfast commencing at 9.30am at the sailing club.
The trophies for the winners of the Winter Yacht races will also be presented at the breakfast.
After the breakfast we will have a “Sail Past” and a “Blessing of the Fleet”starting at 12.30pm followed by a short non-spinnaker race at 1pm. There will be prize for the best decorated boat so dig out your colourful flags and other decorations.
Please use the following link to register for the breakfast as numbers will be limited
https://wangisailingclub.yachting.org.au/events/109651/
Safety Audit for Yachts
Our Equipment auditors would like to start the process of Category 7 Safety inspections. Our club saferty auditors will be available on Saturday mornings (Aug 15 & 22) to carry out inspections.
Please ring Jim Gillan as team leader, on0401 671 099 to book a time and then get your boat to the wharf at Wangi on time ready to go.
Make sure you have checked all your equipment including your first aid kits and completed the necessary paperwork prior to the inspection. The Cat 7 paperwork can be downloaded using this link:
https://www.sailingresources.org.au/scripts/download/file/&id=8uhjybuoacrl0rfa
Working Bee
We would appreciate a bit of assistance on Sunday 29 August at 10am for a working bee to help clean out the clubhouse, boatshed and canteen ready for the start of the new sailing season.
Next Monthly MeetingThursday 12thAugust in the clubhouse at 7pm
