*** SAVE THE DATE *** VIODA Girls Weekend @ Albert Park Lake  By: Kate Goss
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For the past 5 years VIODA holds a very special girls only weekend. If you have a daughter who is in Tackers Squad, Green, Intermediate or Open fleet this is your weekend to make more sailing girlfriends in the fleet.
DETAILS:
When: 10th & 11th September - ALL DAY
Where: Albert Sailing Club @ Albert Park Lake
BYO: Sleeping bag, pillow, Optimist and a smile.
Want to be a part of the VIODA Girls Weekend? Please email viodacommittee@gmail.com to register interest.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Female participation in sport noticeable decreases as girls become teenagers, however retention rates increase where the girls have a strong friendship base in their sport. VIODA is lucky to have girls aged 7-14 so we have a unique opportunity to create a girls camp to give the girls every chance to find sailing girlfriends.
Now in its 5th year, the VIODA Girls Weekend is a proven success with near 100% success rate with girls staying in the sport and transitioning to a youth boat or participating in Senior School Teams Racing. Many of the girls who came to this weekend have paired up in double handed boats with friends made at this camp.
In the 2014/15 season VIODA has 43% female participation in the fleet which is amazing and something we would not have thought possible 5 years ago.
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Yesterday, 2 boys from Wugularr School along with Henry & Kylie Heron, Lynne Sunderland & Steve Bolton ventured out for a boat trip here at MYC.  

Leshawn & Deon (both aged 10) are from the Wugularr School in the Beswick community about an hour east of Katherine, NT.   They are here along with 18 other kids & 4 teachers for Wugubank week where the Penbank School community gather with our friends from the Wugularr School.  This is the first time the boys have been to see us but Henry has been lucky enough to have visited the Wugularr School to stay twice over the past two years.  There is no doubt that Wugubank week enriches all involved and at Penbank we believe that our authentic relationship with our Wugularr friends truly supports “reconciliation in action”.

They had a blast – special forever memories were made.  A big thanks to Rod Austin & the MYC team for making it happen.  Leshawn had been on a boat once in Katherine with Henry last year and Deon had never been on a boat until last night!                                                                              Kylie Heron

Below is Steve's story of the day........

H​aving been at school all day, the boys were very excited at the prospect of venturing out on a boat - and before we had even launched the RHIB, they had commandeered Frosty and taken her for a good spin on the trailer!
 
With the help of the 3 boys, we moved a few RHIBs around and eventually put Racer X in the water using the crane.
 
The boys experience with boats is very  minimal  - one having been on a boat once, the other - never.
 
All aboard! The three boys, Lynne, Kylie and I motored out of the harbour in glassy, sunny conditions whilst looking at a couple of the keelboats still in the water. It was agreed amongst our crew during a quick meeting that the steering wheel on Obsession needed to be so big ‘maybe because his eyes weren’t so good’!
 
We motored off to the end of Mills beach, took in the sights and studied the bottom of the bay right in close - looking for fish and other creatures. We saw a few fish, and 11 armed Sea Star and a school of fish being chased by gulls.
 
Henry Heron - an old MYC salt - was my fantastic first mate for the afternoon and assisted with launching, retrieving, tying up the RHIB, making sure the boys had their PFDs on and letting them know things whilst we were ‘at sea’. Well done Henry!
 
The afternoon was truly rewarding for all on-board, and as part of Team MYC I was very proud to have been able to help these boys realise one of their dreams in our magical part of the world.
 
Thanks very much to the Club for their generosity and making this adventure possible for the boys from the Wugularr School.
 
Stephen Bolton

Welcome Paul Gray to Mornington and to Mornington Yacht club and please make Paul welcome and find out how Paul can assist you financially .
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For our next ladies lunch we have Dermal Aesthetics Laser Clinic, Mornington coming along to share their secrets on the best ways of keeping our skin healthy - including Blood Injections - the HOT NEW Beauty Treatment!  Bring your friends down for a Rocks "special" lunch to listen to the chat & collect  a "goody bag" - what a great way to spend a Friday afternoon!

Mirielle is also extending their August Promo's for any ladies attending on Friday! Click here for the newsletter

​Ladies Sailing Shoes from Sport Phillip Marine will also be on display for you to consider for the upcoming sailing season.
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For more info on Dermal Aesthetics click here

​Come down to the club next Friday the 2nd September for the Footy Tipping Presentation night from 5.30pm to 6.00pm......

All members have been invited to the John Baird - Paintings & Ceramics exhibition opening on Saturday 27th August at 2.00pm.  The exhibition then runs from the 27th Aug to 24th September.

John painted the sailing boats in this current exhibition in Sorrento and surround so you may be interested in going to view the works. 

As you will see, the show opens on Saturday at 2PM but the organiser's have advised us that they would be happy to show the works earlier if any of you are interested.  A number of the works have been sold so if there is any interest it would be advisable to contact Penny on 9818 1656 or by email prior to Saturday.

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Click here to view selected works or make an enquiry

Our new deck is coming along nicely, we will be enjoying the sunshine and BBQ'ing on it by October!

We are holding a yard working bee on Saturday the 3rd of September from 9am to 1pm.
If you are free and can help us we will reward you with a BBQ & Beer afterwards!

Thank you - there will be a list of jobs on the day, all help is very much appreciated.

Please let the office know if you can make it for BBQ & Beer purposes! office@morningtonyc.net.au

The next Working Bee will be Sunday 25th September

​The annual Ice Breaker Regatta incorporating the Bendigo Trailable Classic is being held at Bendigo Yacht Club over cup weekend click here for more info

Hi Guys,
Thought I'd let you know that we ( Paul Dynes, Warren Neate & Christine Cooper) joined the crew on Senga ( beneteau 42.7s) all female crew from Port Douglas and finished up 5th for division 2 overall for the regatta.
Great 6 days of racing!! 
Christine Cooper
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Congratulations to Rob, Lisa and Team on winning the "Best Seafood Restaurant of the year in Victoria and Tasmania" for the 2nd year running! - a fantastic result, we are very lucky here at MYC to enjoy this amazing food!

The Charity Film Screening for the Bays Special Care Nursery was a great success! With approx 160 people attending and an amazing $17,000 raised!  The Rocks put on a fabulous menu and the screening at the Mornington Cinema was fantastic. Harcourts Mornington donated $3,995.00 for a phototherapy machine & they also received an anonymous donation of $2,000 from a past patient! Mornington Yacht Club are very proud to have been part of the night and to have this wonderful association with the Bays Hospital.  A big thanks to the hospital volunteers for their back up support which ensured the smooth running of the event.

​All training dates have now been scheduled for the season click here for more info