BOOKINGS OPEN FOR A COUPLE MORE DAYS ONLY!....Book for our BIG Social Night......Come along to our "Beetles White Party"!!! Book now  - ONLY 1 week to go! - book now

DRESS CODE: 60'S / WHITE / COCKTAIL WEAR

The Beatles White Party
Saturday 3rd March 2018, 7pm till Midnight
Includes:

• Six food stations catered by The Rocks
• Cocktail on arrival
• Beer & Wine/ Soft Drinks - unlimited for the rest of the night!!! (excluding spirits)
• Live entertainment by The Rubber Soul plus solo guitarist

Everyone Welcome! Bring your family & friends!!!

Book Online Now  or call 5975 7001
Price $145 per ticket (includes food / drinks all night and fantastic entertainment!!!)

Special Exclusive Member Offer: Find great value health insurance through iSelect and be rewarded!
To celebrate iSelect coming on board as a Mornington Yacht Club sponsor, Members who purchase eligible Hospital or Hospital & Extras cover through iSelect by 28 February 2018 could receive a $100 eGift Card.*

iSelect compares health insurance across a range of funds and their health insurance experts will help you find well-suited cover that could also have you saving money.

You can call 13 19 20 between 8am - 11pm (AEDT) 7-days per week to discuss, or alternatively schedule a call here so they can get in touch when suits you best.
You can also do it yourself online here.
As a Member of the Mornington Yacht Club this Offer is only open to you personally as recipient of this email, and you must use this email address when purchasing the eligible Hospital or Hospital & Extras cover.
 
*Offer valid on purchase made between 09.00 (AEDT) on 22 January 2018 and 23:59 (AEDT) on 28 February 2018. Offer available on hospital and hospital and extras cover. Offer does not apply to the following health insurance policies: "Extras Only", "Overseas Visitor", or a "Corporate Policy". Click here for full terms and conditions. You must use the same email address when you buy your eligible health cover. Qualifying Customers will receive an email by 16 April 2018 with the eGift card and details of how to redeem the eGift card for a retailer gift card of their choice. eGift card is issued by Prezzee Pty Ltd and are subject to separate terms of use.
Visit iSelect.com.au to view our range of funds. We do not compare all funds in the market, and not all funds are available at all times.

Audi Open HAUS Sale until the end of Feb on all new and demo Audi cars will have 5 years/75,000km free servicing, 5 year unlimited km warranty and 5 year roadside assist! 

Speak to Ian Ross and strictly valid until end of February.

This weekend help needed!

Hi All,

This Saturday Morning we have schools match racing at MYC - this is a fantastic opportunity to showcase the new Pacer Training boats and our club.

Unfortunately the usual volunteers are tied up with Sail Peninsula and State Titles - we need help!!!

I would love to see some new hands go up to help out, if you can spare Saturday morning please contact the office to help us out.  I promise it’s very rewarding being involved with these kids, they are the future of our sport and ridiculously talented!

Thank you in advance,  Greg Martin
Rear Commodore.

Ella!

We cannot wait to see you next Friday Fun; I had a go at looking after the kids while you were away and clearly suck at it. Kids, I promise never to torture you again.
It was great to see Jay Polson back and a warm welcome to Max Hansen. 
You may have noticed some new sail numbers out there (AUS 382). Congratulations Liam on your new boat; how exciting!
The activities involved two races (yes very imaginative) and lightning fast Liam took line honours on both.  I couldn’t determine the placings after that but can report:

• We lost Alfie and Henri mid-session. They claim to have made a toilet break but returned with a Pacer – and our Commodore!
• Millie appeared the most frustrated in a Plastic Opti and desperately wanted her racing machine back. She managed to get collected by the boom through one of the strong shifts but kept it together while help arrived. Well done Millie!
• It would not be the same without Oscar having boat troubles. I think Oscar will be an expert of on water repairs by the end of the season. Thanks Oscar for returning to shore to pick up Max Hansen.
• Tom & Hunter figured out how far a Feva can be sailed without a bung.
• Seeing you sailing through the Pacer’s racing was great to watch.

Thanks Declan (and mum & dad) for helping out on the water.
Look forward to seeing everyone next week.
Cheers, Bret
Click here to see all photos

On a beautiful Friday afternoon the Mornington Yacht Club launched 6 brand new Pacer Boats.

The Pacer is the "Yachting Australia Preferred Equipment" for School and Youth Team Racing in Australia.

The purchase of the Pacers could only have been possible due to very generous donations by Club members referred to as the “foundation”.

The Pacer is a two person centreboard dinghy. It has three sails – main, jib and spinnaker –however, the spinnaker is not used during Team Racing. The boats are distinctive and recognisable as the class rules specify that the sails are made of blue sailcloth. When used for Team Racing is it usual for 3 boats to have the standard blue jibs and the other 3 boats to have white jibs – therefore identifying the two Teams.

The Pacer is also suitable for use as a “learn to sail” training boat. With comfortable seating, simple rigging and an optional high tensile rubber bow (for greater protection), they are a good dual purpose boat.

Many yacht clubs, schools and sail training establishments throughout Australia have invested in a fleet (usually 6 to 7 boats) to use for both sail training and for school, youth and adult Team Racing

The objective of the purchase is to:

• Invest in the future generations of sailors
• Get as many members enjoying the sport of sailing
• To increase and improve participation in Sail Training Activities
• Increase dinghy sailing participation at the club.

For Schools and Members.

• The recognised format for the Team Racing World Championship involves racing in two handed dinghies, three a side. The boats are provided by the organisers to ensure that they are evenly matched, and are of a type that can be sailed effectively without there being a premium on strength or an optimum weight. This means there is no gender advantage for boys or girls.
• The two teams of three race to try and achieve a winning combination of places – the lowest score wins. The scoring system is usually: 1st place – 1 point 2nd place – 2 points 3rd place – 3 points and so on.
• A team that scores ten or less is therefore the winner, so that 2,3,4 beats 1,5,6 – being first past the post does not guarantee glory!
• To maintain order and competitiveness all racing umpired on the water. Everything happens very quickly and there is no better school for tactical decision making and understanding of the rules.
• The Pacers allows for inter club competitions against clubs such as Sorrento, Blairgowrie, Westernport, Ranelagh, Davey’s Bay to name a few.

Click here to view the full gallery of photos
 

Thank you letter received from Flying Fifteen Association President, Les Kearney
Click here to read letter

To celebrate the arrival of our brand new Pacer Fleet we would love all members to join us for the christening of the fleet this Friday, 5.30-8.00pm.  Please come to the club and have some food or a drink from the Rocks and support  the hard work of both the Foundation committee and those that funded the project.

We had a huge weekend at MYC this weekend!  We played host to over 130 yachts, mostly sailed by children.  As well as the traditional Schnapper Point Regatta (SPR), this year we were asked to host the first Australian Sailing 'Victorian Junior Carnival'. This event was designed as a fun carnival for those children graduating from their learn to sail programs.

The kids enjoyed a "Destination Sail" to Mills Beach, starting off under the “Bridge of Doom”, then more games in the shallows of Mother’s beach. At the same time the older kids, joined by a few sailors with disabilities, competed in the Schnapper Point Regatta which many of you know is an annual event held here at MYC.  This year was a bit more relaxed with famous faces on the buoys, music and treats for the kids between the serious racing.

A BIG thank you to all involved for making the weekend a great success!

Click here for more photos of the Australian Sailing Junior Carnival
Click here for more photos of the SPR

Many thanks to our intrepid photographers:

• Sonja Dowdle
  
• Andrew Weber
• Kellie James
• Bret Levenspiel

Some Div 1, 2 & 3 boats set off on a destination race to Hobsons Bay Saturday morning - the conditions were calm when they left MYC, but got extremely tough later!  Well done to the Div 3 boats that made it to HBYC.
click here for some great photos of the boats leaving MYC - "the calm before the storm"

Copied from our app:
"A smaller Division 3 group than planned met for dinner and a few stories after Saturday's race to Hobsons Bay YC.  35+knot winds made for a challenging race for the small Div 3 boats, with 5 boats making it safely to HBYC and 3 heading for refuge at SYC.  Great effort everyone keeping the boats and crew safe"
Tim O'Grady

"A particularly good effort by the 5 Div 3 boats that made it to Hobbo safely.  Especially when there were only two finishers in each of Div 1 and Div 2.  The conditions made it tough going even for the biggest and heaviest boat in the fleet.  (We even got some spray over the deck!)"
Tim Dixon

BIG thanks to ALL of our volunteers who helped at the weekend - it was a great success which wouldn't have been possible without you!

We are putting in another order of our very popular "Team MYC" hoodies very soon!  Adult and children sizes are available.

For our YOUTH: Mel would like everyone going to the State Champs at Blairgowrie to have one so please place your order straight away.

If you would like one, please let the office know by Thursday the 15th of February - Thank you!

Sizes: All children and adult sizes available - $50.00

BEWARE!!!! IT'S BACK SOON...FOOTY TIPPING AT MYC! bigger & better this year!

MORE prizes, MORE fun starting soon....
see Andy Whitbourne for more details and watch this space!

The Sailing Instructions for the 2018 Schnapper Point Regatta have been released and can be found under the regatta headquarters on the MYC website (under the Sailing top menu item) or, you can simply click here.

What a turn out! (See Photos)
Perfect weather, a great breeze and the most amazing group ever! We even ran out of sausages. Ella has done an astounding job over summer to make sure these kids have fun and keep coming back. It was great to see Alex again and thankyou Greg Sharman for helping out on the RIBS.  Top job on the BBQ Andrew.
Again some new faces: Lucy, Daniel and Chloe Laverty, Ewan Harding, Jay Polson, and Elliot Lloyd

We did talk about this Friday Fun and taking it up a step with music! What I did not realise was the next Friday Fun/Ella’s Fun Coaching is the following Friday (16 February)
That said we also decided to make up the show bags for Junior Carnival this Friday.
May I suggest this…we continue with a BBQ only (with music) at 5:00 then head to the club to make up the show bags?
Lost something? Left over from the night was a pair of port/starboard opti gloves and a medium/large clear food container. Also from previous week some Havaianas thongs. I have them…please claim them.
Last Word....Some may have noticed a new boat out there during the afternoon. It was James and Brooke taking one of the new Pacers for a test run. Although the official launch is still to come I put a couple of photos of them up. They pretty much sum up for me (and I am sure many of the parents) what it’s all about.  These guys were once greenies just like ours…look at them now; marvelous friendships and remarkable sailors.

Cheers, Bret

Congratulations to Millie Grover on winning her first green race!

Click here for more photo's of the day

BIG thank you to Thomas from Karcher who dropped off our members order this afternoon.  If you missed out on the fantastic member specials don't worry we will do another order soon...click here for the full product listing which gives shows the great member discount!