discover sailing day a successful day at mornington yacht club
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DISCOVER SAILING DAY
A S U C C E S S F U L D AY AT M O R N I N G T O N YA C H T C L U B
JUST IN CASE……
• In the past the day was referred to Come’n’ Try Sailing Day
• Opportunity to show the community how fantastic your sailing club was
• Now referred to Discover Sailing Day
• Supported by Yachting Victoria
• Produced some excellent tools to assist you in your planning of your day
HISTORY OF THE DAY AT MYC
• Some great days
• Fantastic involvement from the general public
• Expression of interest was taken over the phone, and people would
also turn up on the day
• Advertisements in paper
• Enrolment in training courses
• Membership
AND SOME
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SO LAST YEAR…
• Organised early
• Expression of interest on MYC site from July
• Contact details
• Find area of interest
• Schedule
• First expression in August
LETS GET ORGANISED
Called meetings for assistance
Email contact to members
What are we going to use?
Gained expression of interest for use of
boats
Enabled schedule to be put into place
CONTACT MADE
Email /phone contact made to all
registered participants
Created a friendship and familiarisation
over the phone
Enabled foresight into day
Allowed for better briefing of volunteers
MEDIA
• Yachting Victoria were having inserts placed in local papers
• Leader Newspaper ran a small advert for MYC on the upcoming event and
also made mention of surrounding club
• Information dispersed via our ‘Tuesday Tattler’ reaching MYC sponsors etc
• Flyers and posters distributed through local businesses and schools
• Flyers distributed on beach on the day
SHARING INFORMATION
• Heard some great ideas from networking with other clubs
• Let the families stop and have a look around while the kids get their face
painted
Face painting was a great success
WHAT DID WE DO?
Provided a welcoming environment
Discover Sailing experiences in:
Keelboats
Trailable boats
Off the beach boats
Opti and 420
Flying Fifteens
Access dinghies
Participate in Afternoon pursuit race
BBQ – Gold coin donation
Club tours
Comprehensive information on
club and services
Use of showbags
WHY DID IT WORK SO WELL?
• Amazing volunteers
Lifejacket marshalls, participant guides, sailors,
boat owners, registration crew, safety crew
• Positive attitude and ownership – Yacht club of the year
• Support from the yacht club and members
• Good processes
DID THE CLUB BENEFIT
• Database
• Membership
Family, youth, social
• Course enrolments
• Team MYC
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
• Register
www.discoversailing.org.au
• Make use of the fantastic planning tools that are
available through YV to assist you
• Promotional too
• Form a committee to help pull it all together
• Keep the club membership informed
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
• Use every opportunity to promote your event
• Work within your limits
• Have a strategy to contact interested
people after the event –
don’t let all your hard work go to waste
• Enjoy the day.
QUESTIONS