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Autumn Series #4
Sunday 24th May, Rig 11am for 12pm Race Start
 Arrival and Rig time 11am, First gun at 12pm. The forecast is for 12-18 knots from the SouthWest so it should be a great day to close off the season. Don McBeth is your onshore OOD and the Rob Neeley and Allan Longmire are running the racing and the Maehl family is running the galley. Mark laying is c/o Simon and Steve. If you can help out on either a RIB or on shore please contact Don via sail@frenchbay.org.nz
Results to date will be posted to the website during Saturday so please take a look in then. Apologies for the delay in getting these processed!
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FBYC Winter Series
Some of our best sailing conditions happen over winter. Dates for FBYC's winter series are now on the FBYC Calendar and on the website The alternate date will be sailed if bad weather prevents the first series date being sailed.
Please note that FBYC are hosting the Opti/Starling Sprint Regatta on June 20th - we'll need all hands on deck to make sure this runs smoothly, please contact Jeff if you can assist in any capacity or are intending to race your Starling or Opti.
Fees and guidelines for Winter Sailing:
- Saturday- Coaching / Training – this is for the less experienced sailors (juniors, youth, adults) FBYC will supply at least one youth coach and a responsible experienced adult to make the risk calls. Participants need to confirm attendance the week before to allow arrangements to be made. A fee of $20 applies to cover coach and rescue cover costs.
- Sunday Winter Sailing – only for experienced sailors! A single RIB cover may be all that is needed (depending on conditions) dropping two marks and doing informal windward leeward short course racing with minimal formality. A fee of $10 will apply.
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No social this Friday
The Committee has decided to put its energy into Nosh Night (June 27th) and elected to cancel this Friday's (May 22nd) advertised social.
Please see details on Nosh Night below ...
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Race Coach course completed!
Joe, Logan, Hamish, Megan, Anton, Jake, and Oliver completed a two day training session at FBYC last weekend for their YNZ Race Coach certification.
This is to be followed up with a lesson plan video over winter.
Awesome to see our coaches taking the next step and it will put the Club in good stead for next season for the further development of our green fleet and regatta squads. More on the YNZ coaching pathway here
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Coming up
Nosh Night, 27th June 2015 4:30pm
Nosh Night, our close of season social and prizegiving, is coming up. Please keep the afternoon/evening of Sat 27th June free. There will be a small charge per head for food, and it's a BYO event. We look forward to seeing all members there to celebrate the wide ranging success that the club has enjoyed across senior, youth and junior sailing during the season. Put this date into your calendars. An evening of food, drinks and prizes. Come a celebrate the season with us all.
Call for photos and video from this season ... we want to show slides and video from the sailing season at this year's Nosh Night. If you have a video or pictures you would like to contribute please email Matt
More details on Nosh Night to follow soon
Sprint Series - Murrays Bay, Sat May 9th
The first of the 2015 Auckland Junior Winter Sprint Series is at Murray's Bay. All Optimist and Starling sailors are encouraged to take part. Notice of Race can be found here
Jollyboat Nationals 2016 & Jollyboat Winter Series
Hot off the press next year's Nationals will be up at the Bay with the Farr 3.7s. All Jollyboat sailors are advised to lock in the 11-13 March 2016, Bay of Islands Yacht Club. Bring the family up for a long weekend in a wonderful location at the friendliest yacht club outside of Auckland. The Jollyboat winter series is as follows:
- June 21, Torbay Sailing Club
- July 19, Manly Sailing Club
- August 16, French Bay Yacht Club
- September 13, Maraetai Sailing Club
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See you on Sunday for the season close out!
The Team at French Bay
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French Bay Yacht Club Inc. are members of :
- Yachting New Zealand, YNZ
- Auckland Yacht and Boating Association, AYBA
- Manukau Harbour Resoration Society, MHRS
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French Bay Yacht Club is a registered charity and is
gratefully supported by these cornerstone sponsors
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