Middle Harbour Yacht Club E-Newsletter
Welcome to Middle Harbour Yacht Club E-News. Another successful charity regatta was held last Friday with the ASX-Reuters Charity Regatta raising $63,000. It is wonderful to have so many MHYC boats and members involved in these events - your support is greatly appreciated.
Wild Oats Thursday Twilight Series - Race 4 - tonight
supported by:- Maui Jim, Sydney City Marine, Holey Dollar Rum & 2020 Dry Cleaning
Reminder to competitors that deck-stowed anchors are not permitted to protrude outside the limits of the hull - Middle Harbour Special Regulations 3.7
Competitors are reminded of the Pre-start area - Middle Harbour Special Regulations 17.4. Penalities shall apply.
To enter, click here.
Live entertainment with "Shane Flew"
Food Options on the Beach (food vouchers available from the Sandbar)-
$10 - Beef Burger
$8 - Curry & Rice
$6 - Gourmet Sausage Sizzle
Bookings for Seabreeze are essential - call Dominic on 8969 3116 - Special Twilight menu available.
Twilight Sponsor Profile of the Week
In the early 1980s, a small company began selling sunglasses on the beaches of Maui, Hawaii. However, the sunglasses quickly proved to be no match for the Hawaiian sun's severe glare and harmful ultraviolet rays. As with many splendid business ideas, Maui Jim Sunglasses were born out of need. In this case, the need was for a sunglass that would eliminate the harsh Hawaiian glare without distorting the beautiful colors of the island scenery. Everyone said it was impossible — the elimination of glare and colour clarity just did not go together. Read more....
Spring Series Race 7 Report
A clear blue sky day with just a hint of North Easter in the wind - what a change from the last week! The BOM forecasted a change in the evening so all was looking great. However as the boats motored out, clouds were massing in the North West. It looked like the change was coming early.
Read more...
Volunteers for Race 8 Saturday 6th Nov are:-
Kestrel and Kia Kamira
Impeccable and Anarchy
Race 9 Saturday 13th Nov -
Seventy Seven and Fly N' By
Observations from the Race Committee - Rounding Error
Last week whilst enjoying a pleasant lunch the race committee observed a number of yachts round the MH inflatable mark at Manly Point to starboard rather than to port. Two yachts then attempted to correct their error, but incorrectly - click here.
New Members' "Welcome Night" - tomorrow night
Reminder to all our new members of Middle Harbour Yacht Club - our "Welcome Night" is on tomorrow night Friday 29th October, 2010, at 6pm. Come along and meet your Flag Officers and hear about all the activities happening at the Club. Trevor Joyce from Mariner Boating Holidays will also be talking about the 2010 MHYC Yacht Rally to Turkey. All welcome.
RSVP to Pip at pip@mhyc.com.au or call 8969 3101.
Invitation for 2010 Travellers Trophy
NSWIDOA would like to invite Optimist sailors to participate in the 2010 Traveller's Trophy Series. This is a great opportunity to experience sailing at different venues and meet Opti sailors from other clubs in NSW, without necessarily committing to a whole series. The three venues are RPAYC Sunday 10th Oct (part of Spring Cup), Canberra Yacht Club Sunday 31st Oct (part of ACT dinghy Champs) and MHYC Sunday 21st Nov. Come along to all three days or just one or two....contact the respective clubs for more information. Click here for more details
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The Spunspar Friday Spinnaker Twilight Series supported by Mount Gay Rum commences on Friday 29th October. Entries are now open for this spinnaker series. New and longer courses have been included this season. Click here to enter: http://www.mhyc.com.au/clubseries-Friday.cfm
Be in it to win a spinnaker pole!!!
The Mount Gay Rum Harbour Trek & Women's Regatta
30th October 2010
Middle Harbour welcomes Mount Gay Rum as the sponsor of this years Harbour Trek and Womens Regatta. Multiple divisions, including all female crew and female helm across spinnaker and non-spinnaker divisions. Racing will be on Sydney Harbour with a Club House Start at 1230 hours and Finish. MHYC encourages all skippers to enter especially our female members to take the rein of helming in this year's Mount Gay Rum Harbour Trek.
Notice of Race and entry available now, click here: http://www.mhyc.com.au/featureevent-harbourtrek.cfm
Report on Meet and Greet Night for Skippers and Crew
Phil Clinton (Vice Commodore Racing and Chairman of Sailing Committee)
In the last MHYC Survey, one of the main problems reported by both MHYC Skippers and crew were that skippers had problems finding crew and crew boats to sail on. Read more....
MHYC's online Crew Register has over 40 people looking to crew. If you need crew, click here to have a look.
Champagne Start to the Offshore Regatta Season -
Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship
Entries Now Open
Sponsored by: - Audi, Maui Jim, Mount Gay, Henri Lloyd, Sydney City Marine.
Entries are now open for the Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship being held on Saturday 27th November and Sunday 28th November, 2010.
Click here for the Notice of Race and to enter. Free entry for MHYC Gillawa Sheild and Ocean Pointscore entrants. This year's event will see the reintroduction of perpetual trophies, as well as a number of fantastic prizes for individual place getters.
 See the "Wolverines" LIVE on Saturday 27th November from 4.30pm on the beach at MHYC.
Bring your friends and family for a fun weekend!
Volunteers are needed to assist with greeting, front desk and administration tasks - if you can help out on either Saturday or Sunday, please contact Scott at scott@mhyc.com.au.
Lycian Coast Yacht Rally, Turkey - Information night -tomorrow night - Friday 29th October, 2010, 6.30pm
The Lycian Coast of Turkey - from Mararis to Antalya - A journey into the Real Turkey.
Experience authentic Turkish culture and cuisine, picturesque seaside towns unspoilt by mass tourism and the amazing backfdrop of the towering Atlas Mountains which meet the azure Mediterranean Sea.
Gather your own crew or join a shareboat. Bring your spirit of adventure and join us ont his inaugural interclub regatta.
To learn more about this amazing trip, join us from 6.30pm on Friday 29th October, 2010 (after the MHYC New Member's Welcome) in the Quarterdeck.
Click here for more details.
Call Mariner Boating Holidays on 02 99661244 or visit www.marinerboating.com.au for more information.
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Flying Fish's Andy Fairclough, his partner Natalie and their 15 month old baby daughter Elkie are facing a tragic situation and need your support. Natalie is suffering from an aggressive form of Leukaemia and the small family need to raise $80,000 to help pay for special travel with a medical escort for further treatment in Germany.
Andy and Nat have exhausted all the usual treatment options avaialble in Australia and are now hoping to save her life, by enrolling Nat in clinical trials for a new drug, taking place in Germany. Unfortunately Nat is too sick to travel to Europe as a normal passenger and a large amount of donated funds are being sort. If you feel you can help, read their story here.
Click here to donate and offer your support - http://www.flyingfishonline.com/3579.asp
MHYC Musical Christmas Party 2010
It's just around the corner.....
Friday 3rd December, 2010
6.30pm
Cocktail on arrival, canapes/cocktail food, great music, prizes to be won.
Dress: Festive
$50 MHYC members
$65 Non members
($55.00 MHYC members after 15 November, 2010)
Receive your discount and book early before 15th November, 2010.
Click here to book and pay online.
Sponsored by the Austrian National Tourist Office & organised by the Cruising Division. Share your Christmas spirit by making a donation to the Cancer Council by purchasing a ribbon for our Christmas tree.
Dream Raffle London Challenge 2012 - Support Nalcolm & Mat!
The Belcher & Page London Challenge 2012, Audi, Hamilton Island and Sunsail are proud to announce the Belcher & Page Dream Raffle in support of Mat Belcher and Malcolm Page's quest to achieve the dream of an Olympic gold medal in the 470 Men's sailing event in 2012. Click here for more information and to purchase tickets to the raffle online.
Follow Malcolm and Mat's 470 campaign- www.belcherpage2012.com
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