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Open Bic Worlds The Sloss Dynasty

YOUR COMMITTEE

Commodore

Andrew Wilson

Vice Commodore

Clayton Erwin

Rear Commodore

Stuart Sloss

Hon Secretary

Janet Thomas

Hon Treasurer

Michael Dean

Committee

Judy Kunzli

Chelsea Baker

Amanda Hanrahan

David Horn

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Spraytalk Perth Dinghy Sailing Club

SPRING EDITION — OCTOBER 2017

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Commodore’s Report

Well, all I can say is that it’s hard to believe that I am here writing my first Spraytalk article as Commodore of Perth Dinghy Sailing Club. I have some big shoes to fill and I can only hope that I live up to our members expecta-tions. A lot has been happening around the club over the winter with some members traveling overseas to com-pete in national and world champion-ships and others have been busy en-suring our club keeps living up to our members expectations.

A small band of Open Bic sailors trav-elled to Italy sailing on Lake Garda for the Open Bic World Championships. Sailing from Arco Sailing Club with var-ying wind conditions young Jenna Ever-ett sailed consistently to finish 3rd over-all in the U13’s and 1st female - we have an Everett world champion. What a fantastic achievement. Sailing in the U17’s, Barney Woo finished 18th, Jono Everett 28th and Rosie Hennessy 41st. Congratulations guys and those 7 “Ps” are paying off.

On the other side of the world the 29er World Championship was being sailed in Long Beach, California. After a gruel-ling week of competition Annabelle Davies and Madison Woodward fin-ished 18th overall and 1st Females. Good work and well sailed girls. Not to be out done and to keep his competi-tive edge going Ian “Footy” Furlong travelled to Richmond Sailing Club, San Francisco, to compete in the North American Championships. Jumping on board with Terry Gleeson, Footy sailed hard and fast in the solid 18knt breezes to take out the regatta.

Back on the home front, a small band of builders led by the Hanrahan family, using all of Pete Depiazzi’s tools have spent their Saturdays removing, fixing and replacing the Neville Flynn Memo-

rial Deck. Now looking fresh and new it really lifts the look of the outside en-tertaining area, ready for another stel-lar Opening Day which is only just around the corner.

Just like last year’s busy calendar, this year is no different with club champi-onships and many regattas from the get go. The Perth Waters Coaching Re-gatta is on again from the 3rd to the 5th of November. Building on the success over previous years this is an event you need to be a part of. Whether you are competing, volunteering or just around to enjoy the ambiance be sure to mark it down in your calendar. Over the Christmas/New Year period the club with be hosting the Javelin and Sabre Australian Championships. With ap-proximately 100 boats expected be-tween the two fleets this will be a very busy and exciting event for the club. With any event of this size, it takes an army of volunteers, so if you have an afternoon to spare and would like to delve into some race management we would love to hear from you.

With Opening Day only one week away I would like to introduce you all to our new performance coaching program. Perth Dinghy Sailing Club’s own the …..

It started as the brain child of Brad Devine with input and contributions from all levels of experience around the club. After many workshops we derived the ingredients on how a din-ghy club performance coaching pro-gram should be run. The program not

Andrew Wilson

only helps to further the skills of our junior and intermediate sailors but to engage with all our senior mem-bers in fostering and imparting their years of knowledge to the better-ment of our youth and our club. Alt-hough the program is in its infancy, with the right experience, leader-ship, feedback and guidance, we will develop our youth of today to be the champions of tomorrow.

The Skiff Academy fitness sessions have been the first part of the pro-gram to kick off and one month in has been well received by all. All members at all levels of fitness are welcome to join the sessions, starting at 6PM every Wednesday at the Club. It’s only a Gold coin dona-tion for entry and is the best way to get the body ready for a summer on the water.

With so much more happening around the club, I am excited to be working and leading your Com-mittee and membership through Season 2017/18. Make sure you come and say hello and I look for-ward to seeing you around the club.

Your Commodore

Andrew Wilson

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International 14 Not long now until opening day and the 14s are looking forward to an eventful season. For some it has been a busy winter pe-riod modifying and preparing boats for the coming summer. GE and Brad have ordered new rigs and hopefully we will see Carbon Comets modified CST 14 mast make an appearance this year. Ventura is almost back in one piece after losing a battle with a keel boat in the last state heat. Brams and Steve Walters have been spotted out training with their new mainsail in preparation for upcoming nationals in QLD. Shark Bait will be back on the water this year following Greg’s knee replacement and is hoping to be back racing before Christmas. We have some new faces in the fleet this season with Quick Shift being sold to some young, keen 29er sailors who

I'm sure will easily make the adjust-ment to the bigger skiff. We would like to congratulate Footy who is now the current North Ameri-can 14 Champion following his trip across to San Francisco to compete in the Nationals during August. Which is also the venue of our next World Championships. Australian sailors fea-tured in the top 3 placings. Saturday 7th October is Mounts Bay opening day, hopefully the 14s will have a strong number of boats com-peting. It is also Heat 1 of the DA Trav-eler’s Trophy. Followed by our state presentation on Sunday 8th October at PDSC. Opening Day 21st October, hope to see you there. Steve Vance

Winners are grinners—MBSC 3-of-a-Kind Champions 2017

Luke (Blowa), Footy, Brams, Benny, Stevo & BD

ON THE WIRE

Autumn 1990

On the home front, Brad

Devine and Craig Whately

have won their first State Title

very narrowly from the living

legend Ray Hancock and his

very talented young crew, An-

drew (Horse) Grosse. Rob

O’Sullivan won the Club

Championships and the most

fastest times over the year.

New boats next year look like

being around eleven. Ru-

mored new boats being built

for Dave Pearce, Cliff Burton,

Rob O’Sullivan, John Poole,

Ray Hancock, Tony Carr, Dave

Gilham, Brad Devine, Don

Devine, Darryl Anderson and

John Cassidy . The average for

the past few seasons has

been seven.

The stork has been very busy

again with a few arrivals also

Pat Whately has one in the

oven.

Phil Harris—Dynamic Duo

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Cherub The PDSC Cherub fleet has had a quiet

winter, but well deserved with a partic-

ularly busy year ahead.

Some key dates to keep in mind:

7/10/2017 - MBSC Opening Day (State

Selection Heat 1)

14/10/2017 - Cade Matthews Memori-

al Race EFYC (State Selection Heat 2)

21/10/2017 - PDSC Opening Day

4 & 5/11/2017 - Perth Waters Regatta

PDSC (State Selection Heat 3 & 4)

2 & 3/12/2017 - State Championships

Part I (State Selection Heat 5, 6, 7 & 8 )

9/12/2017 - Sprint Series Day 1 PDSC

10/12/2017 - Sprint Series Day 2 MBSC

27/12/2017 - 5/01/2018: Cherub Na-

tional Championships at GBYC

10/03/2018 - State Championships Part

II PDSC

11/03/2018 - State Championships Part

II MBSC

We are deep in planning for our up-

coming 55th Cherub National Champi-

onship to be held at Geographe Bay

Yacht Club 27th December – 5th Janu-

ary. If anyone is going to be in the area

over the regatta and would like to vol-

unteer any of their time, please let us

know, we will have plenty of things for

you to do!

Taking a quick step back to 2016/17

season for the PDSC Cherub fleet, con-

gratulations to Hayden Hunt and Todd

McVee on ‘Smurf Crease’ for comforta-

bly taking out the Club Championship,

you guys sailed remarkably. Hayden

was a new member at PDSC this sea-

son, we hope you enjoyed your first

season as much as we enjoyed having

you.

2016/17 Presentation night was a fan-

tastic evening, thank you to everyone

who contributed to making the event

such a success. We hope the black tie

dress code remains, I mean what an

excuse to get all dressed up.

Cheers,

Teesh

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Javelin Hard to believe that we are nearly

through another winter (although as I

write it is p….ing down outside) and it

is only a few short weeks to the Club’s

opening on 21 October. I trust your

preparation for the new season is al-

most complete and you are looking

forward to being back on the water. I

am sure the frantic preparation for

readying boats is underway and will

continue well into the days just before

our opening.

For the record and mainly for those

who did not attend the AGM earlier in

the year your officials for the Javelin

Association this season are as follows:

President Greg Moore

Vice President Rod McGregor

Secretary Chris McGregor

Treasurer John Gammon

Technical Officer Paul Cochrane

Class Captain Dan Moore

As we know this season is shaping to

be a busy one, with the 47th Australian

Championships being hosted by the

Club through Christmas and the New

Year period, boats being prepared and

sent to the South Pacific Champion-

ships in Auckland New Zealand during

Easter in 2018 together with the full

racing program and the usual club

events. See the attached flyer from

NZ. The Notice of Race is keenly await-

ed and currently being prepared by the

host club, the Takapuna Boating Club.

Some Javelin folk have already booked

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NATIONAL JAVELIN NEWS

June 1986 Edition

The highlight of the year was undoubtedly the win by Grae-me Everett and Rob Nail in the Australian Titles bringing the Championship back to WA. Oth-er boats to tour to Melbourne this year were Bald Eagle, Mutent, Mondo & Spunout.

Back to WA and the State Championship this year provid-ed the following results—1st The Saint—Andrew Fatin (& Wedge), 2nd Spunout—Geoff Moore, 3rd Mac-si-mum—Graeme Everett, 4th Mutent—Noel Devine, 5th Bald Eagle—Ron Cohen, 6th Vasco Pyjama—Ross Weber.

New boats are being planned and constructed at a frantic rate with Pete Moore’s new foam hull first off Ron Cohen’s mould then Ross Webber’s and then one for Ron himself. Noel Devine and Ray Martin have commissioned Jim Merton to build Merton Hulls. These five will be joined by Don Devine’s new hull for his son Luke.

David Gilham

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Javelin (Continued) accommodation. The excitement is

building!

See the emails from the Club for re-

minders that Club fees are now due

and need to be paid to be able to enjoy

the facilities and have insurance cover-

age from Australian Sailing.

It is intended that we resume our nor-

mal monthly meeting to discuss Javelin

Issues in the very near future. Howev-

er I refer you an email sent out to all

Javeliners calling for a meeting on

Monday 2nd October 2017 at PDSC at

7:00pm to discuss where we are at for

the above events, crew availability, and

importantly to distribute our fund rais-

ing venture for the season.

Another important date to be aware of

is the Club’s Busy Bee on Sunday 15

October, see notice and information

for the BB in this edition. Let’s see if

we can get a good representation from

the class for a few hours on the Sunday

morning.

See you on or near the water.

we can get a good representation from

the class for a few hours on the Sunday

morning.

See you on or near the water.

GM

2018 SOUTH PACIFIC

CHAMPIONSHIPS

The upcoming Javelin South Pa-cific Championships will be hosted by the Takapuna Boating Club in Auckland, New Zealand.

The event dates are:

30th March to 2nd April 2018 (Easter)

The Takapuna Boating Club is located on the beautiful Taka-puna Beach foreshore and is just 10-minutes drive from Auckland’s CBD. Takapuna offers one of the best sailing venues in Auckland, if not the world and has hosted numerous world and national championships in recent years. Most of New Zealand's Olympic yachtsmen and women have trained off Takapuna Beach be-fore heading to success over-seas.

For further information, please contact:

peterp@absolutem.nz

2018 South Pacific Championships

30th March to 2nd April 2018

Takapuna Boating Club

Auckland

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Skiff Academy The Flag Officers and management committee are committed to main-taining PDSC’s position as one of Australia’s premier skiff clubs.

Season 2017/18 will see the launch of our very own Skiff Academy

In an increasingly competitive envi-ronment, the Skiff Academy is an important initiative for attracting and retaining young sailors at PDSC.

The purpose of the Skiff Academy is to support all our sailors reach their potential.

The Skiff Academy will offer coach-ing by our senior skiff sailors, includ-ing National Champions, who have volunteered their time and knowledge. Invited specialist guest coaches will also deliver sessions at

times throughout the season.

In addition to on-water coaching each Saturday morning, sailors will be offered mid-week fitness training and other technical semi-nars over the season.

Although initially focussed on our junior and intermediate classes, the Skiff Academy welcomes sail-ors of all ages and abilities.

PDSC Management welcome any input or support from members who wish to assist us in develop-ing this exciting and prosperous venture.

Stay tuned for more details as the season progresses.

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CLUB PERSON OF THE YEAR

Our club boasts an amazing

display of photos and memo-

rabilia on display in our muse-

um. Thanks in part to many of

our generous members over

the years that have passed on

items that are of interest to

the long proud history of both

our club and skiff sailing in

WA.

Dixie has spent countless

hours over the last 2 years

ensuring that we don’t lose

any of this history. Photo-

graphing, recording and ar-

chiving items of memorabilia

and trophies. As time

marches on this is an ongoing

effort to protect our history.

Congratulations to Dixie on

being presented with the Club

Person of the Year award for

her ongoing work protecting

our long and proud history.

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O’Pen Bic World Cup Report The 2017 Open Bic World Champion-

ships were held in Trentino Italy and

sailed out of Circolo Vela Arco on the

beautiful Lake Garda. Australia were

represented by 10 sailors, 4 from QLD,

1 from Vic and 5 from WA, consisting

of PDSC `s Rosie Hennessy, Jonathon

Everett, Jenna Everett and Barney Woo

and Will Drew from KBSC.

187 sailors from 13 nations filled the

small township of Torbole, in the

leadup to the event, which ran from

31st July till the 5th August. We arrived

on the 28th July to collect our charter

boats and get settled. Registrations

and measurements followed the next

day.

The lake is well known for its near per-

fect sailing conditions. From early

morning the Peler sweeps down the

lake providing breezes ranging from 10

– 15 knots. Around midday the breezes

drop out as the breeze swings around

and the reliable Ora fires up the lake

providing beautiful winds of 15 -20

knots. The temperatures were reach-

ing the high 30`s each day.

We were coached during the regatta

by Will Boulden, who had just complet-

ed the Moth Worlds in Malcesine, just

down the road from Torbole. He was

able to provide us with plenty of inside

information on the local sailing condi-

tions.

We managed to get in some practice

sessions on the lake before the re-

gatta commenced, learning to adapt

to the local conditions.

The first day of the regatta started

with the competitors briefing at

11am, with racing to commence at

1pm. The first race day was a practice

race, and gave us a good idea of the

competition in the fleets. The fleets

consisted of an U13 division with 55

sailors in which Jenna competed and

the U/17 division which had 132 sail-

ors, with Myself, Rosie, Barney and

Will competing in. The Under 17 fleet

was divided into two separate fleets.

The evening saw us attend the Open-

ing Ceremony in the nearby town of

Arco. We were bused from the Yacht

Club into Arco, where we were met by

all of our parents and supporters.

2018 OPEN BIC NATIONALS

The Australian Open Bic

Cup for season 2017/18 will

take place at Moreton Bay

Boat Club in QLD. Starting

on the 4th Jan it will run

through until the 9th Jan.

The WA Bics will be looking

to send a container over to

the event, hoping to get up

to 20 sailors attending.

For those that are new to

the fleet please take some

time to think about joining

in. It is an open event that

caters for both Gold fleet

and Silver fleet sailors. It is

a great opportunity to start

building relationships with

kids from other states, that

they will continue to catch

up with at regattas for a

very long time to come.

Information can be found

on the Bic website

www.openbic.org.au

Following on at the end of

2018 the next World Cup

will be held in Auckland

NZ. Another event to look

forward to.

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O’Pen Bic World Cup Report (Continued)

Team. What I witnessed was an amaz-

ing show of team work, which pro-

duced outstanding results. The last

race saw us fighting it out with the

Presidential Team (made up from sail-

ors from Denmark and Hawaii) for 1st

place, which we won. Putting the Presi-

dential Team in 2nd and a team from

Hawaii in 3rd.

Day 5 and the U/17 fleet was now di-

vided into Gold and Silver, with all of

us making it into the Gold Fleet. Temps

were now hitting forty degrees, so

getting onto the water was a relief

from the heat in the boat park. The

racing at the top end of the fleet was

now very tough. I managed a couple of

top 20 finishes, but then it went down-

hill from there with my results getting

very inconsistent. Sean Herbert from

NZ, who was dominating the earlier

races and sitting comfortably in 1st

place, was also starting to have some

inconsistent finishes. For the last few

races the 1st, 2nd and 3rd placings were

After a parade through the town, with

all countries proudly flying their flags,

the event was officially opened by the

Mayor of the Town of Arco.

The next two days of sailing were a

little like groundhog day, with the

temps hitting the high 30`s and the

predictable Ora coming in just after

midday in time for the race start of

1pm. The race officers managed to get

at least 3 races in each afternoon. I had

a mixed bag of results, with my placing

improving each afternoon as the

breeze grew stronger. Jenna was hav-

ing a good start to her regatta with

some very consistent finishes in the

top five.

Day 4 saw the Teams Racing. A hotly

contested event with Australia the

reigning Champions. We put in one

team made up of Barney Woo and Will

Drew alongside Kristen and Travis

Wadley from QLD. I had the privilege

of spending the day out on the water

supporting and cheering on our Aussie

shared around the top of the fleet.

I was very happy to finish of the

regatta in 28th place. Congratula-

tions to the podium winners, 1st

Sean Herbert from NZ, 2nd Lisa

Nuki from Japan and 3rd Lennart

Frohmann from Denmark. The

rest of the WA Team finished up

the regatta in 10th, 18th, and 41st

placings.

Jenna was having a great success

in the U/13. The fleet was being

dominated by the Kiwis with

young Mathias Coutts sitting com-

fortably in 1st place. She managed

to hold onto 3rd place in the U/13

and also take away the medal for

the 1st U/13 female. Congratula-

tions to the U/13 podium winners,

1st Mathias Coutts from NZ, 2nd Pol

Font Reyero from Spain and 3rd

our very own Jenna Everett.

I would also like to say a thank you

to a few people. Firstly Will

Boulden for putting in an awe-

some effort on the water to coach

and support us. To Travis Burtin-

shaw who spent countless hours

with us over the few months be-

fore we left . To the club of Circo-

lo Vela Arco for putting on a great

regatta, we were well looked after

by everyone and made to feel very

welcome. And to Perth Dinghy

Sailing Club and the Ron Tough

Foundation for their support.

Jono & Jenna

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O’Pen Bic World Cup — Lake Garda Italy

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Sabre

Bill Gillham has been appointed new class captain replacing Ian James after many years service thanks Ian.

The Sabre fleet would also like to con-gratulate to Andrew Wilson on his ap-pointment as Commodore.

Wishing everybody at the club a happy

sailing season.

Bill Gilham

2017-18 SABRE NATIONALS

The WA Sabre Committee are busy working bees at the mo-ment organizing details for the Nationals. The Notice of Race and online entry will be available soon. We are delighted to welcome ISP Sport on-board as a ma-jor sponsor of the Regatta. ISP have kindly donated a brand new GRP Sabre hull as a raffle prize. What an awesome prize! Tickets will be available to purchase soon! Sabres WA thanks ISP Sport for their sup-port. For those that don't know ISP Sport is a new composite Sa-bre manufacturer. As the founder of ISP, Geoff Oliver has been involved in the sail-ing industry for over thirty five years. With a design and marketing background Geoff has devoted his life to design-ing and producing all types of products, and has spent a great deal of time involved in various manufacturing busi-nesses, ranging from injection and blow molding businesses to founding Performance Yacht Fittings after starting his working career at Ronstan Marine.

The Sabres are looking forward to a strong season with 18 boats expected to be registered at the club our best ever fleet.

The Nationals are being hosted by the club Dec 27th to Jan 4th with a 50 to 70 boat fleet expected.

The Sabres have been participating in an Opening day Series at 6 clubs culmi-nating at Perth Dinghy Sailing Club Opening Day on Saturday 21st Octo-ber.

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Signet

Signets Crossing the English Channel — July 1963 by Paul Nicholson

(reprinted by permission of the UK Signet Class Owners Association)

Not long after the Signet was first launched in 1961, a number of Signet sailors wanted to show just how good the Signet was, not to mention demon-strate its seaworthiness to the sailing community and the general public, and probably also to readers of the Sunday Times which had originally sponsored the design of the Signet.

This group of sailors included Group Captain FHL Searl, a well-known sailor from Emsworth (he ran the Emsworth Sailing School). Francis Henry Louis

THE SIGNET

An enduring, two handed racing dinghy perfect for all levels, from beginner to vet-eran. A signet offers entry level sailors an easy platform from which to develop their sailing skills, right through to the serious competitor who enjoys very competitive, close racing.

At 14ft in length, the Signet is similar in length to the popu-lar skiff classes but is best described as a training din-ghy after which the seasoned sailor can move up to skiffs like that of the Javelin, Cher-ub or International 14.

The Signet is built to last, conventionally made of wood. The boat is easily launched with two people, with most boats using a beach trolley for easy stor-age, rigging and launching. The boats are easy to sail once familiar with their setup and offer the perfect training solution as it contains All as-pects of the faster skiffs but in a more manageable setting.

This boat is very stable, hous-ing a main, a jib (front sail) and a spinnaker (for down-wind sailing). These boats are of a standard design which gives them equal perfor-mance. Racing success there-fore depends only the skill level of the skipper and crew.

Signets crossing the English Channel—and reaching the other side

Searl was also known as "Crab" Searl, which had something to do with him flying biplane aircraft sideways.

To show their confidence in the Signet, a plan was hatched to sail across from the English Channel in 1963. It required careful planning and the right weather in order to have a chance of being suc-cessful.

Having planned it, there was good weather in July 1963, and so the cross-ing was attempted. They set off from St Margarets Bay, a shingle beach under the chalk cliffs between Dover and Deal.

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Heron The Heron is a two person dinghy that is sailed in all states of Australia. The Heron was designed in the early 1950s by Jack Holt in the UK. The class was introduced to Australia in the late 1950s and has flourished in its new home.

The Heron offers safe entry level sailing for novices but also provides an ongo-ing challenge for experienced sailors who are seeking to optimise perfor-mance.

The Heron can be built in timber (using traditional framing or stitch and glue construction) or fibreglass. Second hand boats usually range in price from $500 to $8,000. A fully equipped new fibreglass boat bought off the shelf can be put on the water for approximately $12,500.

Herons race in many metropolitan and country sailing clubs in all Australian states. Keenly contested State and National Championship regattas are held each year.

The Heron has a long and proud history of family involvement. Many of the past class national championships have been won by parent/child crew combi-nations. A number of sailors who crewed in the Heron in the past have returned to the class with their own children to share the family sailing ex-perience.

The Heron was designed with a two piece (mast/gaff) gunter rig. A one piece (or Bermudan) mast has been introduced in recent years that gives similar performance. Both rigs can be used in competitive sailing. A larger headsail (genoa) has also been intro-duced for use by crews with a com-bined weight of 135 kgs or more. Use of this sail has allowed couples to sail together and compete on an even footing with lighter crews.

DID YOU KNOW?

The Crawley boatshed was

originally owned by a Mrs

Pretty who sold it to Claude

Hendriques, both long-term

residents of Wingfield Ave,

Crawley.

Mr Hendriques, an engineer

for the Swan & Emu Brewer-

ies was the inventor of the

Crown Seal which topped

the King Brown beer bot-

tles.

The Perth City Council

wanted to demolish the

boatshed and considered it

a blot on an otherwise clear

landscape however a ruling

was made that it could re-

main if it was not enlarged

or improved.

The Boatshed is currently

owned by the Nattrass fami-

ly and has been beautifully

repaired and repainted.

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Jay-Dee—State Championship Report Koombana Bay Bunbury

The JD State Championships for this year were held on the Labour Day Long Weekend at Koomba-na Bay Sailing Club in Bunbury. It was great to see a fleet of six boats on the start line. Many of the sailors transitioning from Open Bics.

Seven races were completed over the weekend under the watchful eye of RO Warren Drew. Bun-bury delivered perfect conditions with great breez-es, ensuring the kids had some thrilling rides.

An opportunity for these young sailors to hone in on some new skills in sailing a two-handed skiff.

After some great racing congratulations go to Thomas and Ethan on taking out the 2016/17 JD State Championship trophy.

RESULTS

1st— Thomas Devine

Ethan Miragliotta

2nd –Sam Rose

Jon Everett

3rd—Will Drew

Barney Woo

4th—Rosie Hennessy

Jenna Everett

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29er Worlds Report

Long Beach California USA

We travelled to long beach California to compete in the US national champion-ships and also the world championships which was held at Alamitos bay yacht club.

We had a new boat arrive from Ovington for the worlds and the first day we ar-rived we found that the boat and mast were damaged in the container, it wasn’t too bad and didn’t affect us too much, we spent 2 days preparing the boat be-fore we went sailing and the day we did go out for the first time was great, a 10 knot sea breeze and about 29 degrees.

We chartered our own coach boat “Shorty” (with the best esky) and kept things simple and relaxed, we feel this was a big part in the way we were able to focus on sailing and just have fun as we did not feel any pressure.

The other 11 Australian boats had coaches from Sydney and Tasmania with them.

We took every day as it came and didn’t think too much about the next day, we did think about the free power snacks after racing every day as they were awe-some. The yacht club had so much food that there was also a free breakfast eve-ry day and at night Janine would cook some great meals for us so we were never hungry.

EVENT DETAILS

US Nationals.

The US Nationals were held from the 25th to the 28th of July 2017 as a warm-up regatta before the World Championships at Alamitos Bay Yacht Club, California.

116 teams were registered to compete in the event.

The first day of the event were 3 races which made up the qualifiers into the Gold and Silver fleets, with the second two days of racing being the finals.

We qualified for Gold fleet and finished the finals in 19th place overall of 116 and 1st female team.

World Championships.

The Worlds were held from the 29th of July until the 5th of August at Alamitos Bay Yacht Club, California.

129 teams were registered to compete in the event.

Three days of racing made up the qualifiers into the Gold, Silver and Bronze fleets with three more days of racing making up the final series.

We qualified into the Gold fleet 11

th and first Australi-

an boat and finished the finals in 18th place overall of 129 and 1st female team of 43.

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We trained a lot before we came over at least 4 times per week and before the worlds and we only had two short training sessions in long beach and then a day off before the first regatta, this was really good as it meant we were fresh and ready to go as over the time were there we knew that we had 30 races to do as most of the days were very long on the water as two of them were over seven hours.

A range of conditions from 5 knots up to 25 knots and on the windy days the sea condition was quite big with very steep waves, the wind did not shift too much but the waves were something we were very aware of the whole time and also the weed. Every day we were on the course early which meant we had time to set up for conditions on the day and then some time to relax and plan our next race before racing started as the course was a long way out and on some days Chris towed us out there

The most important part of the worlds for us was the qualifying regatta as to be in gold fleet we needed to be in the top 50 and the competition was very strong, dur-ing qualifying we knew that if we finished in the top 20

in our flight every race then we would get into gold fleet, this meant we were not under too much pres-sure and some of our best results were in the qualify-ing series in which we finished 11th of 129 and first Australian boat.

The finals were even tougher but we took it one start and one race at a time and didn’t think of the final re-sult until after the last race but we did know what we had to do, one of the highlights was finishing first in the second last race of the finals and we learnt a lot from the finals series that will help us in the future.

The local people were so helpful and friendly especial-ly, Pease and Jay Glaser who made us feel like family they spent a lot of time helping us while we were there advising on the conditions, Pease and her hus-band Jay live close by and have a sail making business in long beach. We would also like to thank Nicky Bethwaite and Robbie Dean for all their help as well.

The things we learnt were not get too stressed as it’s only a boat race and have fun as we feel very lucky to have had the opportunity to go. On the last day one of the sailors almost lost his life but was saved by some

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fast thinking people and this makes you realize what is important.

We had the help of some very gener-ous people, we would like to thank Geoff from ECG Engineering, Roy Lane from Lane Ford, Gill Australia, Jack from Altronic Distributors, Ronstan and CJW Marine for their support and also our parents Mike, Mel, Janine and Chris who without them this would not have been possible.

We are travelling to Hong Kong in De-cember for the 2018 worlds which are being held at Middle Island from the 3rd till the 9th of January 2018.

Maddy & Annabelle

CONGRATULATIONS!

Management and Members of the Perth Dinghy Sailing Club congratulate Annabelle and Maddison, our newly crowned World Champions.

Just reward for your dedication and efforts and we look forward to your fu-ture ventures.

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Busy Bee

Volunteer at PDSC

The heart of our club are our volunteers.

PDSC is completely volunteer operated.

Without our volunteers, races would not

be sailed, results would not be recorded,

the club would not be cleaned or main-

tained, food and drinks would not be able

to be purchased, no administration would

be done or regatta management carried

out.

Please do not hesitate to come forward if

you would like to lend a hand and help to

run this great Club.

Perth Waters Regatta

BUSY BEE

Sunday 15th October

Our annual Busy Bee is this

Sunday at 9am.

Come down and lend a hand to

ensure that our Club looks its

absolute best for Opening Day

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The Sloss Dynasty

Three Generations

Bruce, Stuart and Garry.

The 2017/18 season at PDSC wel-

comes young Stuart Sloss into the flag

officer ranks. Stuart comes with a

wealth of family history with PDSC,

that deserves to be applauded.

As Stuart steps up on our 115th sea-

son opening day this year he will be

the 3rd generation and 4th member of

his family to do so.

Stuarts grandfather Bruce`s interest

in the then Perth 14Ft Dinghy Sailing

Club started in the mid 1950`s. Talk of

the construction of the Narrows

Bridge was rife throughout the sailing

fraternity of Perth. Bruce at the time

was a member of Claremont Sailing

Club, and his three sons, Rod, Garry

and Neville were sailing VJ`s. At the

time the club was still located over on

Barrack Street. The club manage-

ment at the time saw the need to

relocate to the other side of the

bridge, thus the search for a new

location started. A lease was se-

cured on a site on Hackett Drive.

Bruce was involved in the building of

the new club house, along with

many other members who volun-

teered time and manpower to com-

plete the construction of the build-

ing we have today.

The new clubs official opening was

at the 58th Season Opening Day in

1960. Bruce along with his wife Mol-

ly and three sons joined the mem-

bership and Bruce took on the role

of Commodore in 1961. His three

sons, spent many hours at the club

sailing VJ`s and then moving onto

I14`s. Stuarts Uncle Rod served as

Commodore from 1972 – 1974 and

his father Garry served as Commo-

dore from 1978 – 1980. The Sloss

Family sailing tradition continued

with the arrival of Bruce’s grand-

children, who all at some point

sailed junior fleets at the club. Stu-

art continuing to this day in the I14

class.

The long association with the club is

recognized with the Life Member-

ships awarded to Bruce in 1965,

Rod in 1977, Garry in 1982 and Stu-

arts Mum Judie in 1999. With Stu-

art still actively sailing and his

young son Ethan just beginning his

sailing journey, I’m sure the tradi-

tion will continue on.

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Presentation Night — Oh What a Night!!

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Presentation Night — Oh What a Night!!

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From the Editor

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ISSUED QUARTERLY

Great Club meals available following our Second Club Heats and Brad Burt

Memorial races. Details to follow soon.

First Club Heat and Meal Night—18th November

Come and be a part of this unique Coaching Regatta – an event designed to

foster, educate and promote competitive racing on the Swan River

Perth Waters Regatta - 3rd to 5th November

Our Number One day on the social calendar. Help us celebrate the start of a

new sailing season whilst catching up with friends.

Opening Day— Saturday 21st October

Come down and lend a hand to tidy the Club up in readiness for Opening

Day. Please bring brooms, shovels and dusters. Most importantly—bring

yourself.

Busy Bee —Sunday 15th October (from 9am)

Upcoming Events

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Western Australia

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