With the support of MYC member Cam McKenzie we now have a maintenance request system in place which members can report anything needing attention to around the club & yard.  You will also be kept updated of the progress by email if you wish.

It's easy to use - just fill in the request form which you will find on our website under the Membership Tab / MYC Members / My Maintenance or click here

To view the presentation on how to log requests just click on the button below

 Great News !!  Mornington is hosting the 2016 Victorian Sports Boat Championships  12th and 13th November 2016

​Click here for ASBA VICS NOR final 2016

Sail Sandy is back – bigger than ever and entries for the 2016 regatta are now open!
Competitors planning to be a part of the 2016 Sail Sandy regatta are encouraged to enter online via www.syc.com.au by October 5 to take advantage of the early entry discount.
Online entry and the Notice of Race are now available for the annual event and this year will take place from October 15 to 16.
Held annually at Sandringham Yacht Club (SYC), the Sail Sandy regatta has become a tradition seeing competitors from around Victoria and the occasional interstater attend. People flock to this regatta as it accommodates all Off the Beach Monohull and Catamaran classes. Knowing this, associations tend to rally as many class members as possible to take advantage of the high quality racing in the family friendly and competitive environment.
Kate Goss, Victorian International Optimist Dinghy Association (VIODA) president and mother of two Opti sailors, is an active member of Sandringham Yacht Club and loves the camaraderie the event provides,
“Sail Sandy is a large regatta that comes together each year. It taps into members who have been around for years and is also the starting point for newer families to get involved and have their first taste of a regatta. It’s a great exercise in Club bonding as we’re able to see the depth of knowledge and passion here at our Club.” 
To complement its world class facilities, SYC is very proud of what Sail Sandy has become – a high quality, annual signature event on the sailing calendar. Principal Race Officer (PRO) and 2016 Yachting Victoria’s Race Official of the Year winner, Stephen Aulich, has been the PRO for ten years now and is edified among sailors and colleagues as one of the most esteemed Race Officials in Australia. Aulich returns for his eleventh year so the sailors know they are getting local knowledge along with a decade of consistency which makes this regatta second to none in the race management department.
Last year this event attracted the largest number of competitors the regatta has seen with more than 215 boats across 19 classes attend. This year event organisers believe with the race management team and the interest from families and competitors of all ages they will smash last year’s attendance.
Sail Sandy is open to competitors of all ages and commonly sees members of the same family sailing on the water together, like the Case family. Last year the regatta saw four members of the family competing with Dad, Brian Case, in the RS Aero and three Case children tackling an Opti, 29er and Aero dinghy.  Brian and his family enjoyed every minute of the regatta,
“Since the event offers racing for so many different classes and is run by such a good race management team, Sail Sandy is the perfect regatta for the whole family to be involved. Last year I competed and had my daughter give me a run for my money!”
This event is also the second of eight regattas that make up the Victorian Sailing Cup series.  Junior and youth sailors who compete at this event will have the opportunity to earn points based on their results at the end of the regatta. The results from each event are then collected at the end of the season and the winners of each class will be announced at the Australian Sailing Victoria awards.  For more information on the Victorian Sailing Cup Series click here.  
Registrations for Sail Sandy close on Saturday 15 October at 1100.
Visit https://syc.com.au/sail-sandy-2016/ to take advantage of the early discount offer and the discounts available for SYC junior members.
For more information on Sandringham Yacht Club please visit www.syc.com.au.

The Notice of Race and Online Entries for the 2016 Club Marine Series (Blue and White Series) are now available via the five host Clubs and the Club Marine Series website, www.clubmarineseries.com.au.
 
Following the success of last year’s event, event organisers are continuing with the central location of information for this annual regatta allowing for ease of information and registration which can all be found via the Club Marine Series website.

The five host clubs: Royal Yacht Club of Victoria, Hobsons Bay Yacht Club, Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron, Royal Brighton Yacht Club and Sandringham Yacht Club along with Australian Sailing are the backbone of this series. Each race day they supply the assets, volunteers and Race Officials that allow the event to take place. The first race of the 2016 Club Marine Series, kicks off on Saturday the 8th October and is hosted by the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria.

Paralleling the White Series, event organisers are aiming to surpass last year’s high entry numbers for the Club Marine Blue Series competitors. The Blue Series engages sailors who want to race in a relaxed atmosphere and still compete in the Club Marine Series. It supports ‘Around the Sticks’ racing and aims to provide a cruising environment on the water. Registration for the Blue Series is available here or via the Club Marine Series website.

Dates for the 2016/17 Club Marine Series: 
OctoberClub Marine Series - Day 1 - 8/10/16. Host - RYCV
NovemberClub Marine Series - Day 2 - 05/11/16. Host - HBYC
DecemberClub Marine Series - Day 3 - 03/12/16. Host - RMYS
FebruaryClub Marine Series - Day 4 - 11/02/16. Host - RBYC
FebruaryClub Marine Series - Day 5 - 25/02/17. Host - SYC
MarchClub Marine Series - Day 6 - 18/03/17. Host - KCAB
AprilClub Marine Series - Day 7 - 8/04/17. Host - RMYS

Below is a list of the 5 host clubs and the key contacts at each club with a link to their registration page. For anyone not a member of a host club please register here.

The Notice of Race for both divisions and all the links above can be found at www.clubmarineseries.com.au.

If you have any further questions please contact Australian Sailing at [email protected].  
or Mornington Yacht Club
David Eickmeyer, [email protected]
Rod Austin, [email protected]

Please feel out the following form if you need crew or for members looking to crew this year.
​The Office receives many people interested to sail at all levels and is keen to recruit, mix and match.

​Click here to complete the forms

The new back deck is now completed and a new BBQ for members is ready for use.
The area is now a designated  NON SMOKING ZONE in line with our accreditation with The State Governments Good Sports Program and for the deck to be smoke free for family friendly BBQ's.
This season the back deck is named the Harcourt's Sun Deck thanks to our sponsor.

Great effort this weekend from all the team with slipping, Training , working bee.
Lots achieved as all ways but lots more to do.

• Shunting of those Keel boats not back in the water as yet
• Yard cleaned, cleared and ready for Summer Storage
• Painting - Black Poles and Ground floor doors, BBQ on Back deck, 
• Signs installed.
• BBQ and Coffees

Thank you for all those that contributed, about 25 people helped with the working bee.
Regards, Chris Jackson

Commencing Wed 14th September and for the next 10 days, MYC Member and sponsor David Phillips of Sentry Storage is refurbishing the MYC Engine Room. To make life easy it would be appreciated that during this time that the room is cleared of all Personal Engines and Fuel tanks.  (Not a bad time to service your engine.)
The aim is to provide more efficient storage space, 3 x club engine trolleys to share, labelled and allocated spots for engines and fuel.  
All engines and fuel tanks must be be clearly labelled with your boat name.
If you require a spot please register you engine size on the form below
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The next ladies lunch is a very special one....we have Sylvia Pingiaro (whose husband was a MYC foundation member) coming along to talk to us about her book "A Smashing Good Time" the history of the Mornington Tennis Club 1891-2016.  We think that this will be interesting to the men too so everyone is invited this time! (7th of October)

Syliva was featured in the Mornington News on the 30th of August, click here to go to the link to find out more about her amazing life!

She has been a member of the Mornington Tennis Club for more than 70 years and a life member since 1976. She represented Australia at International Veteran's tournaments in Austria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Turkey, the UK, Japan and Australia and continues to play socially as she approaches her 90th year!!!

Thank you to Alan Clark, Greg Martin, Yard Committee ,Buchanan Cranes and all those that attended the Slipping Crane Day.  The weather forecast was not so favourable being a northerly but the chop did hold off until all the boats were launched.
Click Here for the full gallery of pics

​Thank You Annabelle Smith, the Rio Olympic Bronze Medallist Synchronised 3 mtr Diving Champion for making our Junior Sailing Briefing so special. You were so down to earth and inspiring to our future sailing stars.

The new Yard configuration is nearly finalised thanks to Alan Clark , class captains and Yard Committee  
Trailables storage - Click here for allocations 
Sports Boats - not finalised and open for comments
Etchells and Flying Fifteens - 8 spots allocated for each and exact locations of each boat to be sorted by Class Captains.
Tenders - Tenders will be allocated spaces but racks not finalised. Boat Names MUST be on the stern.
OTB - 420's Lasers, Sabres - Now located at the Western end of yard neighboring clubhouse and new back sundeck.  No exact boat locations decided upon as yet
Engine Room. Thanks to Sentry Storage it will be ready at the end of this week for those that have registered their engines with the office.

For the Yard Plan sketch - Click Here.Alan and his team will kepp the Yard plan  flexible for the the next few weeks as the boats begin to register. 

The remaining Keel boats  are expected to be out of the yard by next week.

We are very fortunate to have Annabelle Smith dropping by this Friday 23 Sep. Annabelle is related to our new member Marilou Thomson and the good news is that Annabelle wants to go sailing!  She has been inspired by the Olympian sailors she has met at London and Rio. We will have to invite her back.
Annabelle won bronze in Rio in the 3 mtr Synchro diving.
She is a Dual Olympian 2012 &2016 and Dual Commonwealth Games Bronze 2010 & 2014
 
- Started diving at 11 and won my first Junior International medal at 15.
- Studying Sports Science at University
- Layne Beachley Aim for the Stars Foundation Alumni & Ambassador

Annabelle will be at the club from 6 pm for  the 2016-2017 MYC Junior sail briefing and will have her medal to show.

Pet Days are really really fun. There were so many beautiful breeds of cats, dogs, guinea pigs, rabbits and a stick insect. As honorary members for the day the Pets seemed to really enjoy the premises and their new friends. The Scottish Terrier likes  rabbits, The English settler, Kelpie /Alsation sisters / Chihuahua loved being on the sea and the ginger cat was sponsored by Ronstan. The pets went shopping and bought some fabulous outfits as you can see in the pics. It was half price day and why would they not take the opportunity to grab the bargains.

Di Lynch and her team were amazing to make this day such a great event and some even got in the spirit and wore pet ears. Thank you also to Mt Martha Veterinary Clinic, Sport Phillip Marine, The Pet Barn, Mornington Peninsula Shire Council, GA Homes, Peninsula Cat Refuge and many many more that volunteered time, service and goodies.
A big paws up by all those that were there.

Click here for the full gallery of pictures

To the person who has left this Trailer in the yard for over two weeks now could you please remove.
If not removed in the next 24 hours it will be moved out of the MYC yard.
Please could members be considerate to fellow members  and MYC rules. 

Our MYC Optimist Sailors results were amazing.
9 in Open Fleet and 5 in the Top 11. The best of any club!!
Special Mentions:
2nd Jasmine Evenden 1150
3rd Lachie Weber  1670

Our 420 Fleet  
Twin Thing Matilda and Lily Richardson 5th.
LOL - Sophie Jackson and Ella Sharman unable to compete due to injury. 
Click Here here for Sophie sailing at Geelong teaching new crew.

Click Here for results

Thank You to Mel Hitchen-Haw for being a great support and coach to the MYC Team

You may be aware of the massive samples and discontinued lines sales that MUSTO, GILL etc. have in Sydney on an annual basis. Sport Phillip Marine are having this year’s sale in Melbourne at their new premises in Mornington in order  for Victorians to be afforded the same opportunity & at the same time promote their new store. Items will be heavily discounted as usual with savings of up to 70%.

The sale will be held at Sport Phillip Marine, 129 Mornington-Tyabb Rd., Mornington on the weekend 24-25th September from 9.00am to 5.00pm.

Click here for flyer

Hi Everyone,
 
The season is about to begin at MYC and we have lots of training courses scheduled. Whether it is junior, youth, teenagers, adult learn to sail – we have plenty on offer.
 
Please click here for our current dates for all courses.  You may be interested in completing another course for yourself or know of someone that would like to learn to sail.  I have also included some dates for the GOSS (Girls out Social Sailing) sailing days.

There is more information available via our website and you are welcome to give me a call discuss any programs.
 
Kind regards, Michelle Pickford

​Information Night - Thursday 29th September at 19:00hrs

Yes! there are changes to the Sailing Instructions so this is the night to get it right....be there!