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What's On At Hobbos
Wednesday 10th August, 2022

Indi H9, skippered by Graham Kent as she sails 'goose wing' south down the D'Entrecasteaux Channel heading to Southport on the edge of the Tasman Sea earlier this week. Sail well Graham how's the sail trim looking...

The Bar Hours this week:
Friday 5pm - 9pm (Happy Hour 5-7pm)
2021-2022 Presentation Night from 7pm - hurry few tickets remain!!
Saturday and Sunday 12pm - 7pm

For the Diary:
12th August - 2021-2022 Presentation Night - hurry few tickets remain!!
19th August - RULE Prostate Cancer Lunch
26th August - Open Mic Night with "Caveman"
16th September - 135th AGM

Office Hours: Mon - Fri 10am - 4pm
office: 93976393 email: info@hbyc.org.au

RULE PROSTATE AWARENESS LUNCH GUEST SPEAKER - Leon Wiegard OAM

I am pleased to announce Leon Wiegard OAM will be the guest speaker at the luncheon.
What Leon has achieved in a multi faceted career is quiet extraordinary. An Olympian, successful businessman, pioneer in sports radio broadcasting, a past Fitzroy Football Club President and many other leadership roles. Leon's story is compelling and motivational.

Our HBYC RULE Prostate Awareness Raffle

If you cannot attend the event we would still love you to support this worthy cause. Click on the link to purchase a ticket today! https://www.raffletix.com.au/hbycruleraffle2022
The raffle is part of an HBYC fundraising effort and all proceeds will go to supporting RULE PROSTATE.
$10 Ticket, $20 for 3, $100 for 20.
The raffle will be drawn 19th August 3.30pm
VIC registration: 62159

Sailing

Hello everyone

With no racing last weekend, it was quiet around the Club. This week we head into the penultimate Brass Monkey races with variable winds below 10 knots, it could be a tricky day on the water.

As per our leading photo, we have a few members sailing in various parts of the country, with Graham Kent in Tasmania, and our flotilla of Queensland competitors arriving in Hamilton Island for some tight racing. Fair winds to Merlion as she sets off for the last leg via various islands. We look forward to more photos to broaden our geographic knowledge together with additional recipes for the 'East Coast Merlion Cook Book'.

Also note the date for 'weighing day' down at Sandringham Yacht Club later in September. Get it weighed and have no more worries that the 'handicapper' is out to get you...

Talking of handicaps, I hope you are all turning up for our Presentation Evening this Friday. Come and see the Trophy winners and ask them how they do it (however, you might have to ask that early in the evening...)

Results

A HUGE thank you to all the Race Officers involved, without you, we could not do what we all love to do...

RYCV Wednesday Afternoon B&G Laura Gloria

Wednesday 27 July 2022 all racing was abandoned due to high winds across Port Phillip.

Pre Season Boat Declaration.

As we move toward tp the start of the new sailing season, please ensure you have completed all of the required declarations on our Man Overboard, Safety Audits, and Insurance to enable you to be eligible to enter Club events.

Access to a short cut for that information can be found via the following link - https://hbyc.org.au/pre-season-declaration

Safety Incident Reports.

Two reports relating to safety incidents have been uploaded to the Australian Sailing website.

The reports recently published are from the Bunbury Return Ocean Race and loss of the yacht Finistere, and the collision between Vestas 11th Hour Racing and a non-racing vessel in the final stages of the leg into Hong Kong during the Volvo Ocean Race.

Whilst both are from older incidents, each provide an important way to learn about and improve on safety aspects of our sport. The Western Australia Department of Transport report into the failure of Finistere’s keel shows how critical keel modifications and repairs, inspection and maintenance are. The Volvo Ocean Race report shines a light on the use of AIS radar and navigation lights, and maintaining a lookout. This report goes on to look at race management practices for offshore racing.

Each report is available here.
A Safety Information Notice about navigation lights is here.

By Glen Stanaway

Drivers Wanted.

We are seeking members who are interested in joining our 'Race Management' team, who have the appropriate power boat handling qualifications and relevant experience and would be willing to spend time on the Bay with our qualified Race Officers during our scheduled race events.

If you don't have the qualifications, but are interested, please let me know as we would be interested in providing some training.

If you are interested, please register your interest via email to racing@hbyc.org.au

Power Boat Handling Course.

If you would like to undertake the Australian Sailing Power Boat Handling course, contact Michael Bradley at
training@hbyc.org.au

This course is designed to improve boat handling skills, especially in confined areas such as marinas and in swell and waves and develop knowledge about engines, types of craft, and practice navigation techniques.

See you all on the water

Stephen - racing@hbyc.org.au

Accredited Australian Sailing Training Courses

HBYC currently are offering

Marine Radio Courses
Keelboat - Start Crewing, Helming and Skippering Courses
Dinghy - Start Sailing 1 & 2 Courses
Power Boat Handling Courses

Click here for course dates and information or contact Michael Bradley email training@hbyc.org.au

Click HERE to check the Classic 2022 winter Series Race 7 story and other horror stories about Port Phillip weather.

Regards to all

Peter Costolloe
CYAA (Vic) Handicapper

KISS Program reaches its Zenith

QCYC KISS Program - Radio operator trophy winner - HBYC Member Vicky Bayley
The KISS (Keelboat Introduction to Sailing Savvy) program created by Queenscliff Cruising Yacht Club (QCYC) reached its zenith on Saturday 30 July 2022, with the running of the inaugural KISS Passage Race and Rally, a 25nm passage from Altona to Queenscliff via the West Channel with women in all lead roles of helms, navigators and radio operators.
With a focus on transforming passengers to active participants, the KISS theory program launched ten weeks earlier had commenced with a diverse panel presenting on “Facing Your Fears” through a series of webinars focusing on personal and boat preparation, navigation, weather, tides and passage planning. Two days out from the on water event, the 25 enrolled female participants from 11 different clubs lined up for the Passage Briefing excited, enthused, with a soupcon of apprehension about the responsibilities ahead of them.
Generous boat owners and volunteer mentors had worked with the female teams over recent weeks leading them through Category 5 Boat Audit and boat operation procedures and now it was the women’s opportunity to seize the day and test their new found skills.
For the Altona Bay start, blue skies and a perfect forecast of 10-15kn northerly winds building to 20+kn through the day provided ideal conditions for the women’s teams to step up, own their roles and diligently practice and document their newly acquired skills. Radio operators were put through their paces with mandatory radio sign on and reporting schedules, whilst navigators kept busy observing the building weather and tidal challenges in the West Channel and recording and refining their passage plans. The quality of their communications and deliberations were to be judged by on-air transmissions for the Radio Operators and Log Book data recordings for the Navigators trophies respectively. Helmswomen of the day were scored on a time correction factor Performance Handicap to determine their finish ranking.
Having safely navigated the Great Sands at the bottom of Port Phillip, the Swan Spit - West Channel Pile #2 gate finish line was not the end of responsibilities, as continued vigilant pilot age was required to traverse the shared narrow tidal waters of “The Cut” accommodating ferries, pilot boats, dive and fishing boats in addition to the visiting yachts. Reaching the waters of Swan Bay, the final turn to starboard revealed the QCYC wharf with the dock master Officer of the Day greeting and efficiently guiding the jubilant crews to their berths. QCYC volunteer members at the clubhouse rallied to provide a warm welcome to all visitors as they awaited the presentation of trophies to reveal the outstanding achievements of the day.
QCYC Commodore Lee Renfree, the visionary behind the development of the KISS program welcomed all groups to the presentation, dominated by women resplendent in KISS aquamarine polos and ‘buttercup’ beanies to match the beam of their smiles, along with their boat owners and mentors. In her summing up, the commodore commented -
“Congratulations to all our Adventurous - Brave - Curious women. We could not be more proud of you all and your achievements.”
The local Queenscliff community also endorsed the KISS program with local businesses providing unique individual glass perpetual trophies for the winners in each category.
In the racing division, Helen Coker from Sandringham Yacht Club at the helm of Beneteau 395 Martilse from Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron took out the “360Q KISS Passage Helm Trophy” for the Best Performed female helm on Performance Handicap.
The “SeaRoad Ferries KISS Passage Navigators Trophy” for Best Log Book documentation amongst the nominated Navigators from all boats in the combined Race and Rally event went to Fiona Tremaine from Royal Geelong Yacht Club on board the Beneteau Farr 51 SeConda from her home club.
Hobson’s Bay Yacht Club member Vicky Bayly onboard X-yacht DuXelle from Royal Yacht Club of Victoria took out the “Queenscliff Maritime Museum Radio Operators Trophy” for best marine radio protocols amongst the nominated Radio Operators from all boats in the event.
Thanks to QCYC and their dedicated team of volunteers for providing the race and rally passage event and dinner for all crews. Thanks also to our generous boat owners and mentors for providing the equipment, support and knowledge to empower our KISS participants to excel in their roles.
The KISS program concludes on Sunday 7 August with a joint hands-on workshop session with the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria covering general safety, checking of Personal Flotation devices (PFDs), diesel troubleshooting and further radio training.
May the KISS program graduates steer their sailing dreams with confidence and competence on their journeys ahead.
For further information about the KISS program, contact us at qcyckiss@gmail.com.

Rosie Colahan
KISS Media

HBYC is hosting a female only instructor course. It is for female sailors considering to becoming female keelboat instructors. It is heavily subsidised from $400 to $50pp. To apply https://www.sailing.org.au/events/146653/

2022-2023 HBYC Partnerships

$1000 - $5000 packages available.
If you are interested for your business to be promoted please contact Rod Austin on 0477522750 or manager@hbyc.org.au