 Little to no wind challenged our sailors this Sunday.... (see photos).
We had two new green fleet debuts, Milly Grover and Oscar Lee! So great to see them race professionally in such difficult conditions. All started and completed both races with a few cool off swims in between. Thanks to Rod Evenden for assisting Mel with the starts, it is great to have many of the parents help out…makes for an easy fun day. Cheers, Bret Results: Race 1
 Hastings Yacht Club Members started to build a 40 ft steel boat many years ago, but never completed the task and are selling some of the gear purchased for this project.
Click here for more info or see advert on the MYC downstairs members information board at the club  Hot Hot Hot!
Carrying the Optis over the hot sand to the water was worth it! All the kids were keen to muck about in the bay and cool off (see photos). The wind picked up with off shore breezes from a few directions providing the team some fun sailing. From the shore it looked like every chance to capsize was taken. Hearing the kids laughing together on the water was gold. The cool change came in which was delightful for chatting on the beach with friends and a sausage. A water melon was murdered and modeled into a helmet (great craftsmanship Carolyn) …hope you will be wearing it at the Junior Carnival Ethan. Our email list keeps growing with more joining in. It was great to see Jack and Liam Vermeer and Max Prosser turn up. Hope to see you again at the next Friday Fun session (2 February 2018). Don’t forget to book on our website. Next Friday, 26 January – Australia Day Parade Would you like to join in on the MYC Float at the Australia Day Parade? We will be meeting at MYC at 3:00pm on Friday, 26 January to prepare the float and brief all. If you can please wear the yacht club colours or something nautical that would be great. Plan is to leave MYC at 3:45pm to arrive at Barkly Street no later than 4:15pm (This time was stipulated by the event organisers as the parade will be starting at 4:45 sharp). If you wish to go directly to our starting position at 4:15pm our float should be on Barkly Street (midway between Waterloo Place and Empire Street). We are position 10 in the parade, behind the Mornington Life Saving Club if that helps. All are welcome and we are looking forward to seeing you. Junior Carnival – Saturday 10th February I will be sending out another email about this over the weekend. Some parents have indicated they would like to help and I am putting together a list of things we can do to assist. Cheers Bret Vice Commodore Bookings Now Open http://www.morningtonyc.net.au/schnapper-point-regatta.html Support your Greenies in the new Victorian Junior Carnival then get some fleet practice and coaching before your State Titles Schnapper Point Regatta 2018 Mornington YC - February 10 and 11th 2018   Reminder to all members to ensure everyone respects the property in the yard; we have experienced a number of instances of damage recently.
And also a reminder to parents that young children should be supervised at all times in the yard - thank you! Flinders Civic Hall 56 Cook St, Finders Jan 27th 12pm-3pm Red Table present this fabulous fundraiser event to purchase as many Backpack beds for the "Homeless" in Flinders and surrounding areas. Enjoy the fun fashion parades of pre-loved Summer Shirts, tees and accessories all for SALE from $5. Local wines sold by the glass at cost Contact:Richard Herr 0428 327 198   WANTED
6-8hp outboard motor Long shaft If you have one please contact Lazy - 0439 576 815 (thank you!)  My Maintenance “Kids on Keelboats” Trophy Race
Thanks to Cam McKenzie for sponsoring and to all the owners who offered their boats. Kids on Keelboats was a little more challenging this year in 20-25 knots leading to a few retirements. Great to see some pre Tackers grandkids out there, as well as the youth steering some big boats. One owner was heard to say - “don’t do too good a job steering, you’ll make me look bad” Of all comers Apache took out Div 1, Morning Light without kids won Div 2 and Beau Brummell Div 3. By pairing up the kids there were more spots than kids, but thank you again for making it happen. Cam provided movie tickets for the boats steered by kids. Unfortunately 2 of these boats retired, but of those that finished, Seduction took the honours with Jack Eickmeyer and Lachie Weber, from Phoenix with Kate James and Sophie McKenzie. Was great to see the Saturday and Sunday aspects to the club getting to know each other better. Click here to see all photos Andrew Weber  The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information. Mothers Beach Mornington Australia Day Festival Fireworks - click here  We are looking for some new volunteers to help out on the BBQ on Thursday evenings and Saturday afternoons - a great opportunity to get to know our members - No experience necessary!!
Please let Sarah in the office know if you are interested The Rocks hours on Australia Day: Opening from 12noon for lunch & dinner Please note: The dinner menu will be limited & in the Rocks dining room OR on the covered deck– limited a la carte menu (bookings will require a credit card guarantee & can be made online or phone 5973 5599) please click here for the Australia Day Menu   The mid week Sailability Program which runs each Wednesday and Friday is in need of volunteers in particular sailing members. On average we have some 25+ people using this program each sailing day.
We have seven yachts and on occasion we find we can only get five on the water being short on sailors. If you feel you would like to get involved in our program and join our friendly team. Please contact either: Noel Heyes 0418 686 571 or Graeme Lyell 0411 514 781 - We would love to hear from you!  With the demise of the popular Lidgett Trophy, many have discussed a possible successor. At the same time many have aspired to improve our conversion from Tackers, and other
Learn to Sail programs, into life long sailing. Australian Sailing has specifically asked Mornington Yacht Club to start off, establishing a Junior Carnival to meet these aims. The key as we envisage it, with these young sailors, is social and fun. They have asked us, partly due to our success with the Optis in the past, plus our focus on fun and participation as seen with Friday Fun. We need your support for this new carnival in its infancy. The Lidgett Trophy deserved respect and sentiment. Our aim is to establish something that can continue for many more years for the benefit of all. This carnival though will be focused on just the more junior sailors, so different from the Lidgett. By focusing on the more junior ones it presents some challenges. So to give you an idea of our intentions:
So we need your help. Big boats are racing to Hobson’s Bay that weekend. We have brought the start time earlier to 9 am to try and free up the yard. It would be great if as many TYs as possible could stay in the water after Thursday night’s race. On Sunday it is only the older kids sailing Schnapper Point sailing. We will need some co-operation both ways with yard Sunday afternoon and some marshals to help it go smoothly. Helpers Saturday morning for off loading arriving boats would also be great. Of course the BBQ will run as usual, but they will need assistance, and we need some sandwich makers. This is where the fundraising happens. Our biggest challenge is on the Friday and Monday moving plastic colorful Optis around the city and peninsula. Then there is the usual race management, and safety boats. This is all about promoting the future of our sport, Please let us know if you can help Andrew Weber [email protected] The MYC kids have been preparing a float for the Australia Day Parade on Main Street, Mornington. (See Photos) They have had a lot of fun decorating the float and I can not wait to see the final version! If you would like to join in on the parade please come along. ALL ARE WELCOME… Kids, Mums, Dads, Grandparents…the more the merrier! We will be meeting at MYC at 3:00pm on Friday, 26 January to prepare the float and brief all. If you can please wear the yacht club colours or something nautical that would be great. Plan is to leave MYC at 3:45pm to arrive at Barkly Street no later than 4:15pm. For further details contact Bret (0411 875 502). Karcher - Fantastic MYC member discount on products- Order being placed on Friday 19th Jan!16/1/2018
 Our sponsor - Karcher are offering all MYC member's fantastic discounts on their products. Please see below for a couple of examples and click here for the full listing. You do need to be a MYC member and we will do a bulk order - please let the office know of any interest (ps -the office girls have bought the SC3 Steam Cleaners and love them!!!) K2 Compact Plus Home Pressure Washer Retail $229 - MYC Member price $106.18!!! SC3 Steam Cleaner Retail $349 - MYC Member price $162.11!!! WD4 Premium Wet/Dry Retail $249 - MYC Member price $137.03!!! An order will be placed on Friday 19th of January - please let the office know if you are interested Tel: 5975 7001  |
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