Middle Harbour Yacht Club E-Newsletter

Welcome to Middle Harbour Yacht Club E-News.  Try Crewing Day last Sunday was a huge success with over 30 people enjoying Middle Harbour Yacht Club, MHYC boats and Sydney Harbour.   "Many thanks again for the great day yesterday. We had such a wonderful time. I have wanted to crew for quite some time now but felt too nervous to approach a skipper."  Thank you to our members who donated their boats and time to introduce others to the world of sailing!

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2010/2011 MHYC Board Directors & Flag Officers

At the recent AGM, MHYC's Board of Directors and Flag Officers for 2010/2011 were announced.  They are as follows:-

Directors

Julie Hodder - Commodore
Neil Padden
Ray Carless
Walter Carpenter
Ian Box
Jack Stening
Greg Young
Charo Devery

Flag Officers

Julie Hodder - Commodore
Phil Clinton - Vice Commodore Racing
Phil Darling - Vice Commodore Cruising
John McCuaig - Club Captain
Carl Crafoord - Rear Commodore
 

Lion Island Update

The Ocean Pointscore Series Race 1 was held last Saturday with 12 MHYC entrants in the SASC Lion Island Race.  Congratulations to MRZ, Phillip Rowe, on their winning PHS Division 1.

MHYC OPS winners were: -

Exile, Rob Reynolds, IRC Class
MRZ, Phillip Rowe, PHS Class

Applications for average points are to be submitted to the Sailing Office.

Click here for more information.

Annual Sailing Program Out Now - Enter Today

Entries are now open for:

Gillawa Shield Series
Ocean Pointscore Series
Annual Inshore Series
Thursday Twilight Series
Friday Twilight Series
Wednesday Series
Feature Event Series

Click here for entry forms - http://www.mhyc.com.au/sailing-index.cfm
 

Race 3 Annual Inshore Series & Competitor Race Management Scheme

Race 3 of the Annual Inshore Series is on this Saturday 18th September.  Competitor Race Management Scheme commences Saturday 25th September.  Please click here to download the annual roster.  Each week the List of Competitors for the day's race will also list the upcoming yachts on the roster.

Commodore's Front Up Cup - sponsored by Rebound Health

Celebrate the long weekend in October at MHYC with the opening feature event for the season, the annual Commodores Front Up Cup, on Saturday 2nd October, 2010.

Invite a friend or family member down for the chance to win them a 12 month Crew Member subscription to MHYC.

Club House Start and Finish, 1220 Warning Signal.  Spinnaker and Non-spinnaker divisions.  Click here to enter.

2010 Twilight Series

Thursday Twilight series begins on 7th October and Friday Spinnaker Twilight series on 29th October.

Series entries are open - click here

Join in the fun of the Twilights - socialise, relax and enjoy daylight saving sailing around Sydney Harbour and then come back to MHYC for live entertainemnt and great food - on the beach or at Seabreeze.

MHYC Crew List

The following link - http://www.mhyc.com.au/sailing-crew-registration.cfm  - will take you to the MHYC Crew Registration Page. On this site you are able to search the growing list of people looking to crew as well as submit your yachts crew list.

If you are in need of crew and or know a yacht looking for crew please forward this link. The list is regularly updated.

Xc 45 to Join MHYC

MHYC welcomes the newest boat to the marina, the Xc 45,  European Yacht of the Year 2009.  The Xc 45 is the first of a new range of Xcruising yachts to be offered alongside the Xperformance and Xracing lines.

Tender Service Fees Now Due

Pay your tender fee now and save!  Earlybird tender fee only available until 1st October.  The new 7 day service has commenced  for all paid members. Please note that only Members who have paid will be able to use this service.   Read More 

Kids Disco & Karaoke

Join the fun of Bop Till You Drop for two hours of singing and dancing on Friday 17th September, 2010, from 6pm - 8pm.

Cost is $10 per child (includes snack and drink).

To book in, please call the office on 02 9969 1244.

Sailing Clinic - Performance Based Handicaps

The next Sailing Clinic will be held on Wednesday 22nd September, 2010, at 7.30pm.

Performance Based Handicapping (PHS) Systems have been the back bone of club racing for ever. For years that meant that some dedicated volunteer within the Club took the role of “Club Handicapper” with responsibility for setting the handicaps based on subjective knowledge of the performance of the competitors. Today, with the advent of computers, the subjectivity has been removed and the facility to store data on a yacht’s performance from which the handicap can be derived is available.

Sydney yachtsman John Maclurcan's pioneering work created the prototype for current PHS handicapping.  This seminar will benefit both skippers and crew, whether a racer or a cruiser. Please note that this seminar address PHS in general and not event programs specific's.  

Cost: $10 members/$20 non members.

Click here to book and pay online.

Please note that the new pricing does not include a light supper.  Seabreeze will have a special menu available for participants of the clinics from 6.00pm. To book a table, call 9969 1244.

Combined NSC MHYC Sailing

The first of the two Sunday races at Northbridge was a great success, with six of our opti squad members sailing over to Northbridge Sailing Club for the event.

After the briefing and a bit of light-hearted banter with the home sailors it was back onto the water for the start of a characteristic Northbridge “more-or-less windward leeward with a bit of a detour” course, and with 12 boats on the starting line. Read more...
 

Learn to Sail Holiday Camp

Learn to sail in the clubs Poly optimist dinghy’s at MHYC this summer.

Learn to Sail Holiday Camp - Monday 27th September - Thursday 30th September, 2010, 9am -3.30pm.

Using qualified YA instructors and following the Tackers Program, the kids will have fun while learning how to sail. 

Before and after care arrangements are available for an extra fee. 
For further information contact the MHYC Sailing Office on 02 9969 1244 or email juniorsailing@mhyc.com.au

Enrolments forms can be downloaded from the MHYC website - click here.
 

Opti For Kids Program

The Boating Industry Association of NSW, through its Sailing Industry Division and with the support and cooperation of Yachting NSW is running a program to supply fleets of 8 Opti’s to Sailing Clubs.  Click here for more details.
 

Old Batteries

MHYC can now dispose of any old car/yacht batteries.  Please deliver to the MHYC sailing office.

2010 Australian Yachting Awards Finalists

Congratulations to Malcolm Page and Mathew Belcher on their nominations for the 2010 Australian Yachting Awards.  Click here for more information.

Follow Malcolm and Mat's 470 campaign- click here - www.belcherpage2012.com