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New season starts on Saturday!; Fleet AGM report; Worlds update... 
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Sydney Fleet

International Etchells - Sydney Fleet
Come racing on glorious Sydney Harbour. Racing is conducted by the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron with boats from RSYS & CYCA.
New skippers from other clubs warmly welcome!

Calendar
First race 7 Sep
Mini regatta 14 Sep
Silver Goblets 18-22 Nov
 

From the Fleet Captain

 
Here we go again! 1245hrs this Saturday is the first race of our new season. If you haven’t done so already, you can enter via the RSYS website.
 
It’s been a busy offseason with crews from Sydney travelling to Mooloolaba and Texas, and of course the win by Iain, Richie and Colin. There's been a lot of activity with three teams upgrading to newer boats, other teams with new boats on order due very shortly, and another few crews looking to return to our fleet - it is shaping up to be a good season!
 
The Perth Worlds are just over a year away, and with Melbourne hosting in January 2023 as well as Sydney looking to host the 2022 / 23 Nationals, there’s good momentum for our fleet, so I hope to see a strong start to the season.
 
As ever, the search for crew seems to be the biggest hurdle to us having more boats on the water each week, so if you are looking for a ride or a crew, Please visit our fleet website page and register or email me directly and we’ll see what we can line up.
 
See you next Saturday,  
Mike
 
Latest News

Sydney Fleet AGM

We had a very well attended AGM with almost 40 members of our fleet attending, followed by dinner when a number of us were able to discuss the Texas Worlds with Richie Allanson, James Mayo and Marcus Burke.
 
>> read the Fleet Captain’s report here
 
Many members by now will have noted important changes to the program this year with just two series: Club Championship (single race days) and Mini Regatta. We have also set aside a number of designated Development Days when non-point score races will be held to allow opportunities for organised training or introducing new skippers / crews.
 
The Milsons Silver Goblets has also moved to November and the NOR will be issued in the next week or so.
 
Iain Murray provided a summary of the IGC meeting at the Texas Worlds, and in particular, the first steps being taken to develop a scope to clean up the Class rules and look at options for  modernising the sail card and sail acquisition process.
 

IECAA AGM

At the National Association AGM in early August a new Executive Committee was elected: Mark Roberts from Adelaide (AUS 1444 Fumanchu) was elected President to succeed David Ritchard. Dave Clark was re-elected Vice President and David Dunn elected to the new position of Assistant Vice President. Other Executive roles are: David Healey (Brisbane) Treasurer, Niesje Hees (Melbourne) Secretary and Andy Fethers (Swan River) Assistant Secretary.
 
The new Exec team is energised to tackle key issues for our Class: to drive participation; secure the One Design principle that underpins our Class; seek ways to harness the current momentum and demand for new Australian boats; and critically, how to make the class accessible to Corinthian and Pro teams to ensure we sustain strong club and regatta level participation.
 

Swan River Worlds

The organising committee have a fantastic program for the lead up and the event itself. The event is at Fremantle Sailing Club, and the course is in an ideal location just off the club on a good patch of water, plus there is a great social and support program in place.
 
The OC can make arrangements to assist with transport (collection and transport of boats post freight) and also with storage at the regatta venue pre and post event, and they are encouraging anyone who is interested to get in touch and let them know what you need.

>> visit the event website here
 

Dates for your diary

Skippers briefing at RSYS - 3 September 1800hrs

First race day - Club Championship Race 1, 7 September, warning signal 1245hrs

Mini Regatta Races 1-3, 14 September, warning signal 1230hrs

Milsons Silver Goblets - 18-22 November

>> new season calendar here
 

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Henri Lloyd have designed an exclusive range of items for our Fleet including jacket, polo, shorts, cap, long and short sleeved t-shirts. 
>> view the Fleet range here
  
Sydney Fleet members benefit from a 20% discount across the entire Henri Lloyd range.
Discount code is SYDFLEET.
>> visit www.henrilloyd.com.au 

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