An excellent fleet of 19 MYC Boats entered and 18 boats competed. The 6am planned departure by Trim was not going to happen with the storm peaking at this time. The race started in a deluge of rain and  thunderstorm in 8 knots SE. Those sailing in the middle of the fleet were able to sail in just one tack to the finish via the spoil ground. The boats arrived at Mornington by 3.05 pm in 8 knots NE. The fastest and on Line Honours was Javelin , Mark Nicholson in 4 hours, 17 Minutes. We were well represented in all divisions. Click here for the full results. Those on the podium are as follows:

Division 1. Windsong - Jim Watson  1st AMS and 1st PHC.
                  Javelin - Mark Nicholson 2nd AMS  ,
                  Phoenix - P.Bennet, P . Green - 2nd PHC 3rd AMS
                  Anna - P. De Lange - 3rd AMS

Division 2. YT2 - Stuart Gooley and Andrew Young 1st AMS 2nd PHC
                 Sanjura - Keith Ross 2nd AMS, 1st PHC It must have been the crew long lunch at SYC                            yesterday that gave them the energy to win.
                 Adios - Geoff Hancock 3rd PHC

Division 3 Tub Thumper - G. Heard and A. Creed 1st PHC, 1st CBH
                 Mixed Nuts - Tim O'Grady 2nd PHC
                 Messin About Paul Copeland 3rd PHC
                 Heaven Can Wait - Keith Bayliss 2nd CBH
                 Cocktail - Rob Rainsford 3rd CBH

AND Welcome home to some of the boats arriving at Mornington Harbour for the first time this season!
AND Welcome back  Seduction, Richard Nichols back on the water after being still on the hardstand at 6pm the night before the race. 
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Thank you RYCV  team for a great race.

Sailing Courses available in November at Mornington for everyone!
All Accredited Yachting Australia Courses.
The next courses  are:
​Juniors 
Little Tackers 4 to 6 years 2 hours Sunday 15th November
Tackers 1. 7 to 12 years) 20 hours 4 hours 8.30am - 12.30pm Sundays  Nov 15, 22, 29 Dec 6, 13
Tackers 2. 7 to 12 years with some experience 1-5pm Sundays Nov 15, 22, 29 Dec 6, 13
Tackers 3. 7 to 12 years Ready to step to racing 4.30pm - 7.30pm  Thursdays Nov. 5,12,19,26 Dec 3, 10, 17

Adults and Teenagers 
​Start Crewing on Keelboats (SC2)  9.30am - 4pm  Saturdays Nov  28th, Dec 5th

Dinghy Learn to Sail 4 hours 9am - 1pm Sundays Nov 7, 14, 21, 28 Dec 5

For all other courses and any enquiry.
Please contact Michelle Pickford at Mornington Yacht Club
Phone 59757001
Email michelle@morningtonyc.net.au
web: www.morningtonyc.net.au
facebook: Mornington-Yacht-Club

The sponsor Good Guys Mornington ensured us that the Sun was consistently shining but the wind could not make up its mind if it was a 10-15 knot East, West, North or Southerly.
It seemed we were to have New Race entries including The Enterprize, Cleanskin and Living the Dream But.... The Enterprize was late. Cleanskin followed the Enterprize after getting lost in the Fisherman Jetty harbour  and Living the Dream  wanted to be a keelboat and not a 420 for the afternoon.
Jonno Neate also arrived late with a Melges 28.

The burgers were as good as usual thanks to Pam, Pam and Bobby but the lack of Ice was not popular.

​The results and racing was superb thanks again to Steve, Julia and Barbara!
Congratulations to all 32 boats  that sailed as it was the best place on the bay to be tonight.

1st Beluga,  Rob Spicer
2nd The Doctor, Grahame Holmes
3rd First Light, Andrew Weber
Full Results here

I thought First Light would have been overweight with the amount of pre race catering.

Special mention and welcome  to new boat and  first race  Bigger day Out - Remco Pen 

Also this Saturday Trim, Tony Grundy and Lucinda, Bruce Mills are looking for Crew to sail the Williamstown to Mornington race on Saturday. Contact Tony and Bruce direct or contact the MYC office.

Thank you Tony Coco at The Good Guys Mornington for the sponsorship!

A great night to be had in Melbourne. Please book asap not to miss out as Geelong also has bookings. To book a berth please see all details on flyer below and or please ring Alan on 96818394

Please stop at the office Fish Bowl window next time you visit.
On display is a magnificent model of "Caraid"and Opening Day Log Book.

Caraid details as follows:
William FIF design in 1928
48' 0" long
11' 6" Breadth
Built in Sydney by Morrison & Sinclair
Using N.Z. Kauri full length planks, and Teak cabin, deck stem and stern.
Home at Mornington for many years, Caraid has been the flagship at nearly every opening day since 1928.  
Originally owned by Ron Hillis, then Hammy Wilson and finally current MYC Member Bob Barr.

Gather friends & family together for a fun night of screams! Please book with the office

Please keep our Yacht Club CLEAN!

Become a new member or propose and/ or second a new member to MYC during the period 1 August to 15 December 2015 for a chance to win the following..........

Thank you everyone for making Mornington Yacht Club 70th Opening such a fun day!. The ceremonies, speeches , lunch, the special guests, the talented musicians  and the juniors all made the day a really really great day!. Again thank you Vice Commodore Sheryl, Taryn James, Kerry Larder, Pam Lane, Pam Heyes and  Sarah Grant  for organising the day and the Commodore Graeme, Jacko, Ken Bilham, Stuart Gooley, Kevin Willey , Sophie Jackson, Jack Purcell, Cr Bev Colomb - Mayor , Rev. Jim Catford , Mornington Secondary College Band and singer for all contributing to the day. It was wonderful to have two founding members from 70 years ago  in attendance . They were Kevin Willey and John Pingiaro. Also awarded at the ceremony were the past two Club person of the year winners , Noel Heyes and John Randle , 50 year members Martin Bryan and Ray Harvey, 25 year members Ivan Halstead-Smith and Robert Spicer (father).

 18 boats  contested  the day before Opening Day!
Div: 1 Windsong Jim Watson chimed all the way to first  PHC
Div.2 YT2 Stuart Goolley was WAY2 good for the rest on PHC
Dic 3. Tub Thumper Geoff Heard and Anthony Creed was no tub today. They thumped it in.
For full results click here

2 Races in a  swinging and building  6-15 knot south/south easterly. 
On Line honours:
Etchell Easy Rider "MYC's own Dennis Hopper" Reece James and Pale and Stout Matthew Hazelwinkel had a win each
Flying Fifteen  Under the Pump Joe Etherson  handled the pressure to win both races.
Click here for the full results

First Race this Tuesday 27 October . 1st race starts 6pm

There was more chicken and more than just chicken on the night. The happy atmosphere, camaraderie between old and new members and catering made the night really fun for all. We had our Youth Captain Jack Purcell introducing his mates from the band and made special with Country pop singer Jordja singing an arcapello rendition of Shania Twain's hit - "Man ,I feel like a woman." Our Vice Commodore Sheryl looked stunning and a special thank you to Sheryl and her social team of Kerry, Taryn and Pam for making the night happen. The Commodore GA did not look too shabby either in his ironed blue shirt.It all makes for a great start to the Opening Day weekend with racing today and the Opening tomorrow.

The members room is ready for a weekend of celebrating our 70th year of sailing Opening Day.
Commencing tonight with the Cocktail Party., Racing on Saturday and the Opening Ceremony and sail past on the Sunday. Thanks to the Social committee consisting of Vice Commodore Sheryl,Schumacher, Kerry Larder, Pam Lane and  Taryn James for their creative and fantastic  transformation of the room. 

Welcome to Stephen Taranto sailing at MYC for the first time today. Stephen is an interior architect/ designer, a keen surfer and super keen to take up sailing. Thanks to Mark , Josh and team for offering a crewing position on Javelin
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Hello All,
 
The latest version of the Australian Trailable Yacht and Sports Boat Rule dated September 2015 has been published following the meeting of the TYSB Technical Committee in July. The new rule has been uploaded to the Yachting Australia website and can be found here: YA_ATYSB Rule 
 
A report from the Technical Committee can also be found here: YA Trailable Yacht Sports Boat Technical Committee 
 
Please ensure your members and race management personnel are familiar with this updated information.
 
Regards
 
Ron Parker
Secretary
Trailable Yacht Division, Yachting Victoria
0419 002 946

A long but fun weekend of racing at SYC on the weekend saw some great results from Team MYC over the weekend at Sail Sandy with 17 MYC members competing. There was a big variation in wind ranges, with light winds in the morning building into decent sea breezes. Rhett Gowans standing out again in the highly competitive Laser class 2nd overall. Great to see Courtney and Steph out for their first effort in the 420. Sophie and Ella 4th overall just ahead of Stan and Kristian followed by Caroline and Jack. Nick and James only did one day due to exams, so results don’t show it but they led after day 1. The 6 opti sailors had some great results with John Faulkner 10th just ahead of Will Mackenzie, Lachie Weber, Jaz Evendon, Jack Eickmeyer and Milly Evenden.
 
 Click here for the results

On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 9:11 PM, Graeme Alexander wrote:
Great work team MYC!  It’s terrific to see all the hard work paying off.  Congratulations to all involved including the hardworking parents and coaches.
 
Jacko, Rear Commodore and Sophie Jackson Youth Club Co-Captain

We had yet another curve ball thrown at us recently with the catastrophic failure of our 10 year old weather data server. To be honest, this machine has been pretty good to us - it has operated in its current role since the WeatherCam's inception in 2008!

That's one hell of a long life for a PC that lives in a super hot, seriously cold and salty environment 24/7!

The unit has now been replaced and had a complete system software rebuild. We are back to normal health.

PS, We also have decided to shift the WeatherCam menu item on our website to be the first item under the Weather heading. It's now much easier and quicker to access.

When you are out sailing, and for some reason or other you realise that you have broken a rule (touched a mark, misjudged a port/starboard), what are your obligations? Do you have to wait until someone calls “protest” and flies a flag, or should you just do a penalty turn anyway?
The answer is very simple – if you know you have broken a rule, you are required to take the appropriate penalty.
There is no rule in the rule book that explicitly states that this is the case, but the generally accepted policy amongst Juries is that under Rule 2, “sportsmanship”, if you know you have broken a rule and fail to take the appropriate penalty, then you have broken the sportsmanship rule, and the penalty for breaking this rule is a DNE – Disqualification that cannot be dropped from your series score.
During the European summer I sat on a number of hearings with International Juries. Two of them were the RC protesting a competitor for touching a start mark. Once it was proven that the competitor was aware that they had touched the mark, there was almost no discussion – they were given a DNE for the race, and not just a DSQ.
So the message is – if you know you have broken a rule, do your penalty even if you don’t hear a call of “protest” and do not run the risk of a DNE from a protest committee.