Dec-09 - Albury-Wodonga Yacht Club

Incorporation Number 

A0003085K. 

Herman came second in a windy Arthur The Great Race 

Lake Hume: 

“The 

Best Place to be when you’re not by the sea” 

Coming Events: 

Dec 12: Sailability at 9.00am 

Dec 13: Commodore Trophy Heat and Christmas Fun 

Dec 20: Social Sail from 11am (includes Mokoan YC sailors) 

Jan 16: Sailability at 9.00am 

Jan 17: AWYC Races 

Jan 24-26: Audi Victoria Week, Geelong 

Jan 31: AWYC Races (includes resail of C’ship & Hcp Heat 5 from Dec 6) 

Feb 6: Working Bee - preparation for Vic TY C’Ships 

Feb 13-14: Ronstan Sail Inland @ AWYC (Heats 5 & 6) 

December 2009

2009-2010 Committee of Management 

Albury-Wodonga Yacht Club Inc. 

Clubhouse phone 6020 6133 

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Commodore Phil Clements 6040 4075 0407272375 

Vice Commodore Terry Caldwell 6043 2663 0400533741 

Rear Commodore John Pimm 6020 9656 0414693152 

Secretary Peter Quigley 6027 0928 0419357364 

Treasurer Jeff Stirling 6021 8708 0406856458 

Property Officer John Carlé 6041 1507 0427411507 

Assistant Prop Officer Mark Harris 6059 4130 0419167162 

Publicity Officer Wes Ward 6041 1571 0416765746 

General Member / Sailability Donald Thomson 6023 1339 0413486996 

General Member / Special Projects John Landon 6021 5778 0434058870 

General Member / Assistant Secretary Peter Kalin 6025 7533 0408237342 

Safety Officer Gerry Braak 6021 4143 0438214133 

Junior Rep Aaron Pimm 6020 9656 

Caretaker Shayne Kimball 6020 6362 

Editor “Sail Away” Leigh Caldwell 6043 2663 0437407003 

Newsletter deadlines 

The Committee of Management meets on the first Monday of the month and this date is the deadline for 

material for “Sail Away”. All members are invited to submit material that relates to club or member 

activity both on or off the water. Email address for the Editor is editor@awyc.org.au 

Advertising for the sale of members’ yachts or sailing gear is invited and will be published at no charge. 

Commercial advertising is available at a moderate charge - contact the editor. 

Electronic Mailing 

Email messages can be sent to the whole committee if addressed to Committee@awyc.org.au 

Individual Committee members may be contacted by addressing the email to position@awyc.org.au 

The Club website is www.awyc.yachting.org.au (Daryl Stone is the Web Editor- email 

dmstone@westnet.com.au, phone 60713717 or 047245666) 

“Sail Away” December 2009

Phil Clements 

Hello All, 

As the festive season rapidly approaches, the water level continues to hold its own and the prospect of us 

seeing out a full season is virtually assured (I reckon!). Interestingly, both Lake Hume and Dartmouth 

are about 7% fuller than this time last year. And last year’s figures were an improvement on the year 

before! 

All in all, it is really good news for us as a club. So don’t use the possibility of losing the water as an 

excuse not to come on out and enjoy the facilities and the water!! In reality, even at really low levels 

that we have experienced in the past, the water available is still better from both a quantity and quality 

perspective than most of our other inland colleagues. 

Jeff Stirling and I met with our landlord (Goulburn Murray Water) during November to discuss the 

access road condition and our current lease situation. Overall the discussion was very positive. 

Since then I have obtained a quote for road-works and put forward a proposal to GMW to have these 

works undertaken as soon as possible. 

GMW has now provided us with a draft of a model lease agreement and assorted conditions that is being 

reviewed by the committee and our Honorary Legal Officer Tony Brandt. Once we have deliberated on 

these documents we will let you know what has been proposed and considered acceptable. 

Based on the discussions that were held, it is our belief that GMW are keen to foster recreational use of 

the Lake and were impressed by the work we had done and the condition of the grounds and facilities. 

This will hold us in good stead for a reasonable lease arrangement with them. 

Christmas at the Club 

This weekend there will be the annual Christmas function after the race on Sunday morning. Santa will 

be visiting and I hope there will be a good roll up of members to have a relaxing afternoon on the lake. 

Plan is to once again bring out the Access dinghies for another ‘Try Sailing’ event. 

Other Events 

I’m pleased to see the response to the Wednesday evening events at the Club that have been organised 

by John Landon. They are proving very popular and for good reason…..what better way to have a mid 

week wind-down than a sail and/or swim followed by a BBQ or picnic tea watching the sun set on the 

Lake. For those that haven’t ventured out, keep an eye out for the e-mail alerts for the next event. 

Sailability 

Check out the details for this Saturday’s event starting at 9am. Volunteers required from about 8.00am 

please. There has already been a positive response in terms of bookings for this session. 

Admin 

On the administrative front, our half-time score is looking pretty good. Revenues and expenditures are 

both down on expectations. However, we are still forecasting a break even situation for our end of year 

““Sail Away” December 2009

esult. Only the basic R&M activities are being undertaken and suitable prudence with expenditure 

continues to be the strategy for this year. 

Our Treasurer, Jeff, produces an impressive array of monthly reports that look at our position from all 

angles. Anyone that would like to look at them is welcome to do so. Just speak to either Jeff or myself 

and we will provide you with a copy. 

Holidays 

If you aren’t going anywhere over the holidays, don’t forget that the Club is available for members to 

use over the Christmas period. At the 32% level there is plenty of water out there. You are welcome to 

use the clubhouse and facilities for a picnic, BBQ or bit of solitude! Just remember that we have no 

hired help so it is important that you clean up after yourself and remove any rubbish to the dumpster up 

the back. 

Please note that there will be no newsletter in January, so either check the website for details of 

upcoming events or watch out in your e-mails for any upcoming events. If you aren’t on e-mail, just let 

us know if there are any special events you would like to be kept informed about and we will get details 

to you as they come to hand. 

Future Activities 

This season there has been a number of changes to the way we undertake our activities. Most notable has 

been the change to the club-racing format on Sunday mornings and the Wednesday evening social 

function. These are excellent initiatives that we hope are appealing to members. 

However, we need feedback and we also need more participation and more new faces around the club. 

Do you have any other ideas/thoughts? 

The committee has some concerns and needs to determine how to get the club moving forward. Further 

discussions around this topic are being planned for 2010 but feel free to put your views forward at any 

time. 

Committee Meetings: 

In order to keep you abreast of Committee activities I will continue to include a brief report on 

discussions held at the monthly meetings. If you have any queries, please feel free to ask any of the 

Committee members. 

December Meeting: 

Matters considered included: 

Christmas function 

Financial position & budget review 

Events next year 

Maintenance activities 

Vic TY Titles 

Media coverage 

With Christmas just around the corner I’d like to wish all of you the very best for the 

festive season. For those of you going away, enjoy yourselves, good sailing and travel 

carefully. 

Phil 


Parking for Vic TY Championships: 

We will ensure that visiting sailors to have access to level areas for parking their TYs on the 

weekend of February 20-21 as they will mostly be sleeping abroad their boats on trailers. 

Hence it would be appreciated if any boats that are not sailing on that weekend are moved away 

from the western side of the club. 

The Committee members will move them onto the foreshore if necessary on February 14, after 

the Sail Inland racing. 

We will also ensure that the TYs have access to the pontoon for boarding and disembarking for 

the championships, so members, including duty crew, please be mindful of this. 

Club Coaching - assistance required: 

Our Club Coach, Rob Minato, will be away for the better part of this season due to work 

commitments overseas. Rob will be in the Solomon Islands for five weeks. 

Hence, there is an opportunity for someone else to join Rob as a co-coach. 

If you think this sort of thing might interest you, please contact Terry or Phil to discuss. The 

Club is prepared to assist a suitable candidate to get the appropriate certification for this role. 

Corporate Events - co-ordinator required 

The committee would like to see some corporate events at our club happening during our 

season. It could take a few different formats. One that is favoured is an afternoon similar to last 

year’s Christmas afternoon where we had relay races with the Sailability craft and this would be 

provided for small businesses to have their staff get together for a fun afternoon. This could be 

done on the same afternoon as the Sailability mornings when the boats will be out and ready. 

The success of any activity usually depends on it being well-run. We need a coordinator for the 

corporate events. 

Let Phil or Terry know if you can take on this role or assist with the events. 

Keep it clean! 

Members are welcome to use the Clubhouse and facilities over the Christmas break. In fact you 

are encouraged to use them! 

Just remember that we don’t employ cleaners so you need to ensure that you and your visitors 

keep the facilities clean and tidy. 

In particular garbage bins should be emptied into the dumpster up the back and garbage bags 

replaced. (New ones are on the shelf under the counter in the galley). 

Please don’t leave any perishable rubbish in the bins inside the clubhouse. 


Terry Caldwell 

Hi folks 

We had an interesting time getting in just the one race on December 6. There was some doubt as to 

whether a race could be abandoned when a boat was finished (much to Wes’s chagrin). 

Rule 32.1 states “However, after one boat has sailed the course and finished within the time limit, if any, 

the race committee shall not abandon the race without considering the consequence for all boats in the 

race or series” 

Remembering that race rules are in place for fairness, the decision to abandon is justified. Fortunately . 

Wes got a good result in the resail and that was only fair! 

Ronstan Sail Inland Series 

Sail Inland Results for Heats 3 and 4 at YYC on November 22. AWYC was represented by five boats on 

a wet weekend. The combined team had about a dozen starters. 

Heat 3 – Trailable Yachts 

1. Sparkling Burgundy, Trevor Turnbull (YYC) 

2. Freeloader, Bill Farrell (YYC) 

3. Serious Fun, Danny Fitzgerald (WWBC) 

Heat 4 – Trailable Yachts 

1. Pisces, Terry Caldwell (AWYC) 

2. Serious Fun, Danny Fitzgerald (WWBC) 

3. Sparkling Burgundy, Trevor Turnbull (YYC) 

Heat 3 – Off-The-Beach Monohulls 

1. The Grey Ghost, Wes Ward (AWYC) 

2. Excalibur, Sinead Stone (YYC) 

3. Laser 4.7, Camilla Craig (YYC) 

Heat 4 – Off-The-Beach Monohulls 

1. Laser 4.7, Camilla Craig (YYC) 

2. Excalibur, Sinead Stone (YYC) 

3. Mid-Life Crisis, Daryl Stone (YYC) 

Heat 3 – Catamarans 

1. Need For Speed,, Alex Craig (YYC) 

2. Watermelon, Garry Craig (YYC) 

3. Mariah, Greg Oakes, (MoYC) 

Heat 4 – Catamarans 

1. Need For Speed,, Alex Craig (YYC) 

2. Watermelon, Garry Craig (YYC) 

3. JMZ, Werner Osewald (YYC) 

Team Scores for Heats 3 & 4(lower is better) 

Combined Team: 41 

AWYC: 68 

Team Scores for Heats 1-4 of six heats 

AWYC: 152 

Combined Team: 198 

Next heats are on Lake Hume on February 14, 2010 

Arthur The Great Race 

AWYC TYs did well in the Arthur The Great Race in Geelong on November 28 in a good breeze of 

around 15-20 knots with second (Executive Suite, Herman van Ree), third (Rum Runner, Phil Clements) 

and fifth (Plane Sailing, Peter Kalin). Congratulations to all sailors. Hopefully we will have an even 

stronger contingent at the Audi Victoria Regatta (entries on-line now!) 


2009-2010 Season’s sailing calendar (see the last two pages) 

No changes since the last newsletter, except that there will be a resail and the starting time for Sailability 

events will now be 9.00am. We still require personnel to ensure that our Training and Corporate events 

will proceed. 

Sailability 

The first Sailability event will now be on Saturday, December 12 at 9.00am and the more help we have, 

the better. 

Returned member 

Welcome back to Fred Schreiber who has rejoined AWYC. He has a Yoda Kestrel 5.43m TY 

Unwell members 

Please keep in mind Cliff Swatton (broken ribs) and Harry Jakobs (very sick and laid up in hospital, last 

I heard). Al the best with recovery to our elder statesmen. 

Need a crew? 

There have been a few potential new members visiting the club recently. They have been told to call 

Duty Roster for 2009-2010 

Requests please. If we have a full season, it is expected that members will be on duty twice. If you have 

specific requests or wish to inform me that you are unavailable for certain periods, contact me on 

60432663 or Terry.Caldwell8@bigpond.com or 0400533741. 

Dec 12-13, Sailability (9am) ) on Saturday and Commodore’s Heat plus Christmas lunch and fun 

afternoon on Sunday: Gerry Braak, Bill Christian, Michael Wendt, [Peter Kalin - Cttee rep and OOD] 

Dec 20: Social Sail with Mokoan YC from 11am. No duty personnel. 

Jan 16-17, Sailability (9am) on Saturday and AWYC Series on Sunday: Paul Ransley, John Pimm 

(Cttee Rep), Ron Peel, John (OOD)& Cathy Hawksworth 

Jan 30-31, AWYC Series (and resail Chp/Hcp Ht 5): Robert Jones, Susan Hatch Jones, James 

McDonald, John (Cttee rep and OOD) & Jacqui Landon. Mick & Janine Young 

Feb 6: Working Bee - everybody! 

Feb 7 AWYC Series: Jeff (Cttee rep) & Carolyn Stirling, David Haberfield, Charles & Sherree 

Kuljurgies, Peter (OOD) & Bambi Quigley 

Feb 13-14, Ronstan Sail Inland heats @ YYC. (3pm on Saturday and 9.30am on Sunday): Herman & 

Johanna van Ree, Ryan van Ree, Keith & Sally Hendy, Ron Woskett, James Brown 

Feb 20-21: Victorian TY Championships @ AWYC: Wes Ward, Aaron Pimm, John Demeo (OOD), 

Ed Darby, Alison Pimm, Max Stephens, Shirleen Minato, John Borchert and one or two family members 


Feb 27-29, Sailability (9am) on Saturday and AWYC Series on Sunday: Dave Clements, Mark & 

Kaye Harris, Brian Royal, Erwin & Ilse Bejsta 

Mar 6-7: MPONR, no racing at AWYC 

Planning for away-events for next season? 

Here is the list of events that have been listed in the 2008-2009 newsletters. Most of the events can be 

assumed to be at a similar time. The rest of the 2009-2010 dates will be published when known. 

Some Events at other clubs (2008-2009 dates in italics 2009-2010 dates in normal print) 

Aug 16-17 Cluster Cup, GTYC 

August 29-30 Sail Mordi Regatta, Mordialloc 

Oct 3-4 Heaven Can Wait 24 hour race, Lake Macquarie 

Oct 3-4 Zhik Single-Hander Dinghy Regatta (NSW) 

Oct 4 Top of The Bay TY Race, St Kilda (MTYC) 

October 12-16 World Masters 

Oct 31 Around Sunday Island, PAYC 

Nov 1 Loch Sport Lakes challenge 

Nov 8-9 Sail with Whales, Twofold Bay, Eden 

Nov 14-15 YV Dinghy Championships 

Nov 14-15 Lipton Cup, RYCV, Williamstown (TYs ) 

Nov 15-16 OTB – 4 of a Kind Regatta, Chelsea 

Nov 21-22 VLA Port Phillip Laser Championships 

Nov 21-22 RGYC OTB Classes Regatta 

Nov 22-23 William Buckley Race, Blairgowrie 

Nov 27-29 OTB – Go For Gold Regatta, Black Rock 

Nov 28 Arthur The Great Race, GTYC or 

Nov 28-29 Cairn Curran SC 50th Invitational (see flyer in this newsletter ) 

Dec 5-6 Elwood SC Youth Regatta 

Dec 5-8 Sail Sydney 

Dec 27-Jan Laser Nationals 

Dec 28-Jan 2 Int A Div Cats Nationals 

Jan 10-11 Aquafest Regatta, Safety Beach? 

Jan 21-22 Docklands Invitational 

Jan 23-26 Victoria Week (not Geelong Week) Regatta, RGYC (Audi replaces Skandia as sponsor) 

Jan 23-24 Australia Day Regatta, Yarrawonga 

Feb 7 Martha Cove Race, Blairgowrie YS 

Feb 13 Around Mud Island, Queenscliff 

Feb 13-14 VLA Laser Masters & Youth Championships 

Feb 27 Around French Island, Warneet YC 

Feb 21-25 Geelong Masters Regatta 

Feb 27 Around French Island, Warneet YC 

Mar 6-7 MPONR, Lake Wellington YC 

Mar 6-7 Victorian Tasar Championships at YYC? (AWYC crews?) 

Mar 13-14 Schnapper Pt Regatta, Mornington YC 

Mar 14 Three Piers Race, GTYC ? 

Mar 20-21 Vic Laser Championships 

Mar 20-21 TY Festival, GTYC 

April 3-5 Easter Regattas (Waranga? Gippsland Lakes, SSCBC) 

April 12-18 Sail Port Stephens 2010 

April 17-18 (probable date) Noelex State or National C’ships, RYCV 

April 17-18 Vic Junior/Youth Regatta 

April 18-19 – Drought Breaker Regatta at Port Melbourne YC 

April 25-26– ANZAC Regatta at YYC 


May 8 Steamboat Cup, GTYC 

??? National TY Championships 

Want to be a crew? 

If there are members out there who are looking for boats to crew on, make sure you put your name 

forward in the next newsletter. If other people interested, put them in touch. Contact me on 60432663, 

0400533741 or Terry.Caldwell8@bigpond.com. 

Rescue crew 

We are very keen to hear from anyone who might be available as a regular crew for a rescue boat and 

back-up starter. Maybe there’s someone who would like to volunteer for next season. 

Want to sell a boat? 

We have had some enquiries about small TYs lately. If you wish to sell one, please get details to me on 

60432663, 0400533741 or Terry.Caldwell8@bigpond.com. 

WORKING BEE 

February 6, from 10.00am 

To prepare club for Vic TY Championships 

Please bring your gardening tools and general tools, 

and personal protective equipment (gloves, ear muffs, safety glasses, overalls etc) 

More specific requirements will be emailed near Feb 6. 

ALL WELCOME….Please come and lend a hand 

Christmas Event 

Sunday, December 13 

Just the one race at 9.00am 

Gifts in Santa’s sack in the committee room by 12.30pm 

Santa will arrive at 1.00pm 

Novelty relays in Access Dinghies 

BYO Lunch 


John Landon 

DURING THE WEEK SAILING, WEDNESDAY 9/12/2009 

Hi everyone, just a quick note to thank those that fronted for the second Wednesday sailing/socialising 

event and further advising that our last one for 2009 is Wednesday, December 9 at around 1730 hours. 

The last day was attended by around 15 happy people who sailed in a pleasant 5 knot South East breeze. 

We had 2 trailables, 3 Lasers and Ron Gibson in his tinny fishing. “What could be better?” you ask, and 

I say “Come and join us and find out!” 

The BBQ was busy and the socialising around the Club was fantastic. 

December 9 will be the last “organised” day for this year but we will be back on January 20, 2010 

Bring your boat, food, drinks and be prepared to have a swim 

THIS ACTIVITY IS TO BE RELAXED AND FUN. BE PREPARED. 

I aim to be at the Club from around 1630 hours. See you there. 

Contact John Landon on 0434058870 or send an email to jlandon@tpg.com.au with your name and 

contacts 

JL 


Excalibur - Regatta Champions 

Keeping up with the exploits of recent past members. Competing against forty-five boats of mixed 

classes, Sinead and Lachlan Stone sailing Flying Ant Excalibur 573 were crowned Regatta Champions at 

Yachting Victoria’s Elwood Sailing Club Youth Regatta. 

They were also victorious in Division 3 sailing against the Laser Radials and Laser 4.7s. In Division 3, 

they sailed extremely well in the varying conditions from five to twenty knots, winning all but one race 

in which they were OCS due to the one minute rule in the eleven boat fleet. 

Congratulations to Sinead and Lachlan. 

Aaron Pimm 

Simon Thomson accompanied his Mum and Dad on Executive Suite for their second in the Arthur The 

Great Race. 

FOR SALE: 

Binks 420 dinghy (Sail No14089) in very good condition. 

Trapeze, spinnaker, tuning manual. 

Mast stepped in two positions. Converts to single-handed sailing in minutes. 

On NSW registered trailer R98793. 

Price $2000. 

Contact Bill Christian 0260254101, Mobile 0429168647 

FOR SALE: 

Seabita 20 - Bad Habbits 

Have a look, it is parked on the western side of the club. 

Colin Hobbs, 042130147 



“Ropes” Article 

(submitted by Phil Clements) 

Double-braid polyester, which has a braided core of polyester as well as the polyester 

braided cover, is suitable for spinnaker halyards, topping lifts and headsail sheets on 

medium performance smaller boats where stretch is not a consideration. 

Spectra is the trade name for a polyethylene fibre derived from crude oil developed in 

the US by Honeywell in the 1980s. It has one of the highest strength-to-weight ratios 

of any man-made fibre, is light enough to float and has superior resistance to chemicals, 

water and ultra-violet light. Honeywell says that its top grade, Spectra 1000, is 15 

times stronger than steel. 

Dyneema, a similar high molecular weight polyethylene from Dutch State Mines 

(DSM), has a higher breaking strength in larger diameters and slightly better wear 

characteristics in heavy use areas. Its newest fibre, Dyneema SK78, is stronger and has 

lower 'creep' (stretching permanently when placed under constant load) than its previous 

bench mark Dyneema SK75. 

Vectran, developed in Japan, is a liquid crystal polymer. Its molecules are stiff, rodlike 

structures which give it excellent fibre tensile properties. It has very low stretch, a 

high-breaking strength and negligible creep. It is good around tight bends and has good 

abrasion resistance. 

PBO is a fibre that came from a class of high-performance polymers called PBZs. It is 

stronger than steel, has extremely low stretch and no creep. It was used in halyards and 

standard rigging on the America’s Cup yachts and is finding favour in grand prix offshore 

racers. Downsides are it does not have good flex resistance, degrades quickly in 

sunlight and is extremely expensive. 

Dynex and the newer-generation Dynex Dux are extremely strong ropes produced by 

Hampidjan of Iceland from DSM Dyneema fibre. They are stronger than steel wire 

ropes of the same diameter, will float, have low elongation and are extremely flexible. 

Dynex Dux 75 is a pre-stretched braided rope with ultra-high breaking strength. It is 

very firm and compact with a smooth surface. Elongation is very low, about three per 

cent. The rope is impregnated to improve abrasion resistance and endurance. 

Besides the aramid Kevlar, Nomex and PBO, Technora and Cordura are now being 

used in jackets on high-performance boats. Technora, a para-aramid fibre made from 

co-polymers, has excellent fatigue resistance to avoid abrasion around winches and 

better heat resistance then Kevlar and is salt-water resistant. Cordura, a nylon fabric, 

has high abrasion resistance and general toughness. 


2009-2010 Sailing Calendar 

26-Jul-09 10.00am Sunday Working Bee (Commodore’s sausage sizzle for lunch) 

22-Aug-09 10.00am Saturday Working Bee (Commodore’s sausage sizzle for lunch) 

5-Sep-09 

Free 

6-Sep-09 9.00am "Give Dads a Sail" Regatta H1-3 

12-Sep-09 2.00pm CBH=0.725 & Nx25 Country C'ships (H1&2) 

13-Sep-09 9.00am CBH=0.725 & Nx25 Country C'ships (H3,4 & 5) 


Free 


No racing at AWYC 


Free 

27-Sep-09 9.00am Local Regatta (One race session) 

3-Oct-09 

Heaven Can Wait 24 Hr race , Lake Macquarie 

4-Oct-09 9.00am Local Regatta (Two race sessions) 


NSW Labour Day Holiday - 1st Monday of October 


Free 

11-Oct-09 9.00am Commodores Trophy (H1) 

AWYC Championship/Handicap (H1) 

“Third Race” Series A - YS & HCP (H1) / Resail 

17-Oct-09 10.00am Sailability (9.00am) 

18-Oct-09 9.00am Commodores Trophy (H2) 


“Third Race” Series A - YS & HCP (H2) 

24-Oct-09 3.00pm Ronstan Sail Inland -Albury Wodonga Yacht Club 

25-Oct-09 9.30am Ronstan Sail Inland -Albury Wodonga Yacht Club (H1&2) 

31-Oct-3 Nov-09 HBS Rose Festival or LHC Regatta & LHC, includes HBS Dash for Cash 

(H1&2, Sat 1pm; H3&4, Sun 9am; H5 Sun 1pm) 

7-Nov-09 10.00am Training [Coach not available] 

8-Nov-09 9.00am Commodores Trophy (H3) 


12.00pm Go Sailing, Open Day (to 3.30pm) 

14-Nov-09 

Sailability(9.00am), Corporate Event (2pm)[Co-ordinator required] 

15-Nov-09 9.00am Commodores Trophy (H4) 



21-Nov-09 10.00am Training [Coaches required] 

3.00pm Ronstan Sail Inland -Yarrawonga Yacht Club 

22-Nov-09 9.30am Ronstan Sail Inland -Yarrawonga Yacht Club (H3&4) 


Arthur The Great Race, GTYC 


No AWYC Racing. 

5-Dec-09 10.00am Training [Coaches required], Corporate Event (2pm)[Co-ordinator required] 

6-Dec-09 9.00am Commodores Trophy (H5) 



12-Dec-09 

Sailability (9.00am), Corporate Event (2pm)[Co-ordinator required] 

13-Dec-09 9.00am Commodores Trophy (H6) 

11.00am CHRISTMAS Fun Races/Party/Santa 

20-Dec-09 11.00am Social Sail (with Mokoan YC) 


2009-2010 Sailing Calendar 

9-Jan-10 

Free 

10-Jan-10 

Great weekend to take friends for a sail and use the club facilities 

16-Jan-10 

Sailability (9.00am), Corporate Event (2pm) [Co-ordinator required] 

17-Jan-10 9.00am Commodores Trophy (H7) 


“Third Race” Series B - YS & HCP (H1). No resail. 

23-24 Jan-10 Australia Day Regatta @ YYC or Audi Victoria Week (Australia Day on 

Tuesday) 

30-Jan-10 

Free 

31-Jan-10 9.00am Commodores Trophy (H8) 

AWYC Championship/Handicap (H7) & Resail H5 

“Third Race” Series B - YS & HCP (H2) / Resail 

6-Feb-10 10.00am Training [Coaches required] Working Bee 

4.30pm One Hour Sternchaser-YS (wine prize) then BBQ 

7-Feb-10 9.00am Commodores Trophy (H9) 



13-Feb-10 3.00pm Ronstan Sail Inland - Albury Wodonga Yacht Club 

14-Feb-10 9.30am Ronstan Sail Inland - Albury Wodonga Yacht Club (H5&6) 

20-Feb-10 

Victorian TY C’Ships @ AWYC 

21-Feb-10 

Victorian TY C’Ships @ AWYC OTB racing at YYC 

27-Feb-10 

Sailability (9.00am), Corporate Event (2pm)?? 




Fun Run through club grounds 

6-Mar-10 

Free 

7-Mar-10 

Marley Point Weekend . Vic Tasars-YYC. No racing at AWYC 

13-Mar-10 10.00am Sailability (9.00am) 

3.30pm One Hour Sternchaser-HCP (wine prize) then BBQ 

14-Mar-10 9.00am Commodores Trophy (H11) 



20-Feb-10 

Free 




27-Mar-10 3.00pm One Hour Sternchaser-HCP (wine prize) then BBQ 

28-Mar-10 9.00am Local Regatta (H1-3) 

3-4 Apr-10 Easter Regatta @ Waranga or Gippsland Lakes (Daylight Saving ends) 

17-18 Apr-10 Noelex Nationals? 

17-18 Apr-10 Drought-Breaker Regatta? 

24-25 Apr-10 YYC Anzac Day Regatta or Geelong TY Festival 

Fri 7/5/10 6.30pm Function / Presentation 

Sun 30/5/10 2.00pm AGM 


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