ERIENCE - Sandringham Yacht Club

RECREATIONAL BOATING REPORTFun at the January raft-up picnicThe Docklands Cruise-in-CompanyWe will however continueto promote and attempt runningNavigation Rallies and to this endthe annual SYC Cup shall be runin mid February 2012 and a scaleddown version of the ClipsalInvestigator Navigation Rally will be run late March 2012.Other events during this past calendar year included aCruise-in-Company on Saturday 2 April 2011 when 12yachts and 10 power boats with their guests ventured northfrom SYC in somewhat sloppy conditions to Waterfront Cityat Docklands.The fun started at approximately 1730 with a marinapre-dinner “finger party” consisting of drinks and nibbles.Following the party the 71 SYC members and theirguests proceeded to dinner at Achelya which is a Turkishrestaurant at New Quay/Waterfront City at Docklands.The night at Achelya was huge to say the least. Very loudand festive Turkish music, delicious and plentiful food, anextraordinary belly dancer and some even partaking fromnargile water pipes!Following dinner, many boats hosted “after parties” whichwent late into the night.Summer raft-up line up at Red BluffThankfully, due to the resumption of Eastern Standard Timeearly on Sunday morning, we all were able to avail ourselvesof a much needed extra hour in our berths before returningsafely to SYC.I was also extremely happy with the participation from theRecreational Boating fraternity in the Club Marine CentenaryRegatta held on Saturday 30 April 2011. The pursuit sailingevent had a significant number of entrants and the “FamilyFun Rally” had 25 boats entered with a good mix of yachtsand power boats.The winner of the Family Fun Rally was Eye Candy.Congratulations to her skipper and owners Andy andAnnette Knight, together with their extremely knowledgeablecrew!Robyn Coombs and Gill Stubbs with“Con the Fruiterer” at Fishos’ Night.Early on Sunday July 24 2011, the annual RecreationalBoating Presentation Breakfast was held in the Members’Bar. This event was a fantastic success with just over100 people in attendance. The staff did a wonderful job inproviding us all with hot plated gourmet breakfasts, juiceand coffee. Delicious French pastries were provided freeof charge by member Yves Morvan from French FantasiesBakery. The bar was popular serving Bloody Marys,Glühwein and sparkling white wine.Sue Bowes was the very worthy winner of the RecreationalBoating Person of the Year for 2011/2012. Sue has beenan invaluable member of the Recreational Boating Subcommitteefor some years and continually contributes to allRecreational Boating activities. Congratulations Sue.The annual Recreational Boating Winter Picnic was heldon Saturday 27 August 2011. This year we had a full busplus Doris Little and the Vickerys bringing up the rear inDoris’ own “Fun-Bus”. As usual, the event “went off” withdrinks being served en route, a whistle stop at Arthurs Seatsummit, tastings at Tuck’s Ridge winery, lunch at the GreenOlive at Red Hill restaurant and then more tastings at theBluestone Lane winery. More drinks were consumed duringthe passage home to SYC and the majority of the 40 “verytired” revellers proceeded to the Members’ Bar to ensurethey became even more “tired”. Another grand day out!During the year we have as usual been presenting GuestSpeaker nights every two months. Our aim was to have amix of safety/educational nights and cruising experiences.These nights have had wonderful attendance numbersand I would like to particularly acknowledge club membersGeorge Shaw, Ron White, Rob Conn, Ian and Sue Boon,Peter Lees and Peter Turrell for their time and for sharingtheir experiences and expertise.8Summer 2011 | syc off the wind