In May 2018 I decided it would be great to compete in the Laser Radial Oceania Masters to be sailed from the Sofitel Resort Denaru Island in Fiji.

The week before the start I decided with some trepidation to change from the Radial rig to the Full Standard Rig knowing full well if it blew 15+ knots I would be in trouble with the Full Rig.

On arrival we were supplied with brand new charter lasers shipped in from Sydney.The sailors had to supply their own sail, ropes and other adjustable fittings.

The reality of how difficult the competition was going to be set in when race 1 got underway.The wind increased to 12-15 knots with quite a chop and getting a clear start proved challenging as was all the subsequent races.I was surprised how quick all the fleet was and it was only after day one that I realised how good the competitors from the 11 countries were.Top sailors from Australia,NZ,USA,Canada,Netherlads,Sweden,Italy,England,Singapore,Thailand,and Fiji.Brett Beyer (Aust) in my fleet has won 15 World Masters,Peter Hurley (USA) runner up in a number of World Laser Masters as well as many other sailors being National or local champions.

During race 1 I somehow lost my wind pennant which I rely on so much in variable breezes and was not able to find a replacement during the championship.I was the only sailor using a mark 1 conventional cut sail while all my competitors were using the mark 2 radial sail and some on their second and third radial cut sails.It was acknowledged that the mark 2 radial sail was superior especially upwind so this did not help me being as competitive as I would like to have been.

The weather over the 5 days varied considerably,from very light shifty wind to rain squalls and wind 15-20 knots,with complete changes in direction over the afternoon,making sailing very tricky.The usual steady trade winds from the sea did not come that week.

The wind and water was very warm and lots of water(2 bottles) was consumed each afternoon.

It took race 4 and 5 for me to learn how to handle the chop and managed to get amongst the top sailors.On race 5 I was tack to tack with Brett Beyer for 2 rounds until he and others gave me the slip near the end of the race.However my good places on races 4,5 and 8 was just enough to keep me ahead of my Australian and other competitors and I managed to win the Oceania Laser Great Grand Masters Championship.

Following some photos of our beach launching area and some sailing shots.

Richard Ineson

Commodore

NOTICE OF THE 127TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND PRIZE GIVING

CHRISTCHURCH YACHT CLUB CLUBHOUSE, MONCKS BAY

SATURDAY 7TH JULY 2018

Please arrive early

AGM STARTS AT 5PM SHARP

Followed by Prize giving

A LIGHT SUPPER WILL BE PROVIDED AT $5 A HEAD OR $15 A FAMILY

Members please bring a plate for dessert

WORKING BEE THIS SUNDAY 10TH September AT CYC - STARTS 10AM

Reminder to all members, and parents guardians of juniors.

We need to make everything ship shape before opening day.

Lots of jobs to do :

-setting up the new orange mitre 10 sails on our club optis,

-slipway waterblasting,

-window cleaning,

-polishing the silver,

-fine tuning the club sunbursts so they are good to go for the season,

-sorting and cleaning in the kitchen,

-painting,

-vaccuuming,

-and the list goes on...

Many hands make light work. There is a job list on a white board upstairs - and any time you can offer is greatly appreciated.

Club handbooks available to those who have registered their membership for the season.

Visit to Christchurch Sailing Club, Dorset England

One of the highlights of our recent trip to Europe and England was our visit to the Christchurch Sailing Club in Dorset.

The club is situated on a estuary(not to dissimilar to our own) on the South Coast on England about 40ks from Southampton.We had previously made contact with the club prior to our departure from NZ and was invited to join the Commodore Philip Whiston and Ted & Pauline Varey for lunch at the club on an overcast Sunday in July.We thoroughly enjoyed their hospitality and were introduced to a number of their members.As the weekend was the start of the official school holidays there was no sailing scheduled for the weekend but it enabled me to have a good look around the club and yachts.

See photos attached.

The club membership is considerable larger than ours and caters for Keelers and Dinghies and has around 1000 members.It has a kitchen run independently of the club serving good lunchtime meals and snacks during the day.The bar is run by the club on a voluntary basis.

The sailing dinghies included Finns,Oks,Lasers,Optis and a number of English class yachts.The location of the club is in a very beautiful setting with the river Avon flowing by the club into the estuary.They also have a sea bar which cannot be crossed at low tide by keel boats so there are a lot of similarities to our own club.

Ted and Pauline Varey were wonderful hosts and spent Monday showing us around the sites of their beautiful town of Christchurch,the New Forest and Lymington(another major yachting location)

Richard Ineson

Opening day for the 2017/18 season is on Saturday 16th September with the race starting at 12:00pm. Members please bring a plate. For season program click here

Laser Full

1st 180211 Simon Wilson

2nd 13907 Michael Bamford

3rd 190325 Sean Thompson

Laser Radial

1st 201518 Hamish Atkinson

2nd 150010 Richard Ineson

3rd 198110 Gavin Bird

Laser 4.7

1st 10538 Sam Higinbottom

2nd 79438 Paul Willyams

Overall Championship

1

Wayne Avery

2

Phil Williams

3

Murray Sargisson

Ladies

1

Sarah Berry

2

Catherine Bridges

3

Heather Garside

Handicap

Tim Bird

Fresh Breeze

Daniel Smith

Heavy Weight

Guy Taylor Smith

Townsend Boat Trophy

Wayne Avery

Great Grand Master 70+

Alex Aitken

Grand Master 65+

Phil Williams

60 – 64

Chris Hargreaves

50 – 59

Steve Pyatt

40 – 49

Wayne Avery

Results for the Graham Mander Canterbury P Class Championships (10,11th Dec 2016) were:

3rd – Alice Floyd, Christchurch Yacht Club

2nd – Thomas Pirker, Mount Pleasant Yacht Club

1st – Cara Higinbottom, Mount Pleasant Yacht Club

1st on Handicap was Alice Floyd, Christchurch Yacht Club

Christchurch Yacht Club Junior Regatta Results were:

Starling Fleet

3rd Georgie Jones, CYC

2nd Jessica Lee, MPYC

1st Ida Bamford, CYC

Optimist Open Fleet

3rd Charlie Taylor, CYC

2nd Bailee Atkinson, CYC

1st Will Herriott, NPCL

Optimist Green Fleet

3rd Hugh Ryan, CYC

2nd Riley Thomson, CYC

1st Callum Moores, CYC

Congratulations to all those who competed in this regatta for 2016.

For a full list of results for the 2016 Graham Mander and CYC Junior Regatta, follow this link : Results & Ranking

Christchurch Yacht Club Celebrating 125 years of continuous sailing

TWO TIDE REGATTA SATURDAY 25 MARCH – RACE START 10.00 AM

We welcome you all down to do what we do best – SAIL.

Lots of opportunities to share stories about our club, please bring photos we will be able to copy these on the day.

Hi all, Attached is the final Estuary Pennants Sailing instructions and courses document for you to distribute to you members in what ever manner you can. PPYC we will email this out to all our members and have a copy on our noticeboard. Regards Nigel Humphreys Pleasant Point Yacht Club - Publicity Ph (03) 349 2422 Cell 0274 352 297

CYC is sad to announce the death of Frank Simpson, who died on Saturday. Frank was a commodore and a honorary vice president. The funeral will be held at Westpark Chapel 467 Wairakei Road at 2.00 pm, Friday 19 August

We are running a series of information evenings across Australia and New Zealand to recruit crew for our Round the World Yacht Race. The Clipper Race is a record breaking 40,000 nautical mile race on a fleet of 12 matched 70-foot ocean racing yachts which pass through Australia on their circumnavigation. We thought the race may be of interest to your members hence I am getting in touch.

We will be holding an information evening in Christchurch on the 14th of September and I was wondering if this was of interest and something you would like to promote to your members via a newsletter, your website, social media or other means?

I have included some suggested copy below which you could use or adapt to suit your members and a flyer to send as an attachment. We also have printed posters (A4) which I can send out if you would like some to display in your club.

If you have any questions or require any additional information then please get in touch. I look forward to hearing from you.

Best Wishes,

Samantha

On Wednesday the 14th of September at Christchurch RSA, Della Parsons will be running an information evening about the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. A circumnavigator and TV documentary director, Della will share her insight about those eager to test their limits beyond belief over 11 months and more than 40,000nM in the world’s longest yacht race.

Come and hear about it from someone who has been there, stared Mother Nature in the eye and taken all she can muster. You will find out more about the selection process, training, the race, the fleet, stopovers, personal logistics and most importantly the race crew.

Della will also be bringing the newly launched VR360º video, an immersive experience of the 2015-16 race that finished in July. You'll either walk away inspired or scared. One thing you won't be is bored.

Booking essential via Eventbrite or email OceanRacer@Clipper-Ventures.com to register your interest.

SAMANTHA COOK Clipper Ambassador

M: +61 (0) 410 086 074

Suite 546 Level 5 203-233 New South Head Road Edgecliff NSW 2027 Australia

CYA HANDBOOK FOR 2016 2017 SEASON

All club programmes are available for the coming season online at

www.cya.org.nz

CYC Registration for the new season is not open yet - an email will be sent to everyone when this is set up. It will be sometime in early September.

Just a heads up re major dates to save in your diary

24th September CYC OPENING DAY AND MAYORAL CUP 30th October RAY WHITE SPRINT 111th and 12th November CLUB CAMP AT TAKAMATUA/AKAROA26th November BEVERIDGE REGATTA10th and 11th December GRAHAM MANDER CANY P CLASS AND CYC JUNIOR REGATTA11th - 15th January ZEPHYR NATIONALS AT AKAROA ( CYC host club)29th January RAY WHITE SPRINT 24th and 5th February CANTY LASER CHAMPS at CYC29th February RAY WHITE SPRINT 325th March MITRE 10 TWO TIDE REGATTA 8th April CYC CLOSING DAY

HOPE YOU ARE ALL ENJOYING THE OLYMPICS and WATCHING THE SAILING... ITS PRETTY FANTASTIC SO FAR.

STARTING 10AM EACH DAY - please come down and help with pre season sort out so we are all ship shape for the new season.

Any time you can spare over the weekend will be greatly appreciated.