A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE MYC

JUNIOR COACHING AND RACING PROGRAM (JCRP)

2015 ­ 2020

Prepared by: MYC­Board­created Committee: Bruce Davis Greg Wilkins Cary Budd Dominique Winn Judy Richardson

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

MISSION STATEMENT

ABOUT THIS REPORT

ISSUES FACING THE ORGANISATION

FLEETS

BOATS

PATHWAYS

BOAT STORAGE

RIGGING DECK

SUPPORT BOATS AND EQUIPMENT

ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN

CHILD SAFETY

REVIEW OF FUNDING SOURCES

MEASURES OF SUCCESS

CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS

APPENDICES

Glossary

JCRP Junior Coaching and Racing Program JCRPC Junior Coaching and Racing Program MYC Board Sub Committee Optis Optimist class PJs Pittwater Junior class MJs Manly Junior class F11s Flying Eleven class BICs a boat made by BIC MS Manly Sailing (School) CapEx Capital Expenses YANSW Yachting Australia NSW Branch

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report has been written by the JCRP Review Sub­Committee of the MYC Board (JCRPC) to document the extensive investigation of current issues and future strategies for the sustainable success of the juniors program in the club.

The current situation finds the juniors program has grown to about 40 in the last few years due to the relatively recent infrastructure improvements in club facilities and the input of enthusiastic volunteer parents. This growth is plateauing due to the capacity of those facilities. Boat storage is at current capacity, the rigging deck is needing good race program scheduling to avoid clash in demand from the differing sections of the club (Sailability, Juniors, Centerboards, Manly Sailing) at the preferred times for use (peak demand) and support boats to student ratios.

The JCRPC found a vibrant, family­orientated juniors program managed well but ultimately unsustainable. The learning, skill development and experiential pathway for young members is limited in both entry points and progression. It found sustainability will come from growth in members and therefore fleets, boats and corresponding support boats, coaching and management and of course storage. This will need to be done in two strategic stages; pre­lease renewal in 2020 and after... next five years and then 5 ­ 10 years after that.

Locally there are about 20 schools and the municipality has a total potential of 6,000 students that could underpin our sailing program. However, we are in strong competition with other sports and sailing clubs. Just having a club house, some club boats and opening the doors will not attract a young member.

Stakeholder input confirmed a club needed to make it easy and fun for young people to learn how to sail. As well as racing a club needs to provide for cruising, games and social events to mix our junior and senior members and fleets.

Most juniors join our club after completing the Manly Sailing School’s entry­level course. Working closely with Manly Sailing (MS) will help them increase their intake of students to this program as well as increase the ‘feeder’ number migrating to join MYC. Strategies are also needed to recruit direct entry from schools and the community. As member numbers grow the Club also needs to simultaneously improve our facilities and services. These improvements will impact significantly on the clubs resources.

Children sailors will grow into and out of a class in about a 2 to 3 year cycle with the exception of the beginners classes who should only spend one season in the Optimists and another in the Pittwater Juniors (PJs).

The JCRPC has investigated differing club fleets and the advantages of a multitude of classes of boats. Six progress pathway options have been developed. One option pathway is to continue to do what we do now with the current Optimist > PJs > MJs > F11s, two pathways developed adopt the YANSW Tackers program and the other three include options of another entry/beginner class and two further progressive classes.

The key recommendation of this report is to adopt Option 5 ­ increasing from the current overall five classes to eight classes to accommodate all young sailors­

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Single to two­crewed pathway ­ Child entry via Optis > PJ > MJ > F11s > 29ers

Continued single­handed sailing and young teen entry in BICs > Laser 7.4 > Laser Radial

This mix of classes allows a child starter to continue in single handed sailing and conversely, teen starters to migrate to two­crewed in the MJ or F11 (after learning in the BIC).

The JCRPC believes it has identified the optimum range of classes and fleets that will offer young people the easiest and smooth transitions between classes.

Other key recommendations of this report are:

The management strategies of the juniors program will need to evolve with the membership. It will need more help from the Board, the community and club volunteers.

All capital raising opportunities will need to be explored to address the staged increase in fleets and members. The Club’s CapEx budget should reflect the recommended schedule.

The Club will need to engage high­quality coaches and trainers to ensure the program will give our young sailors the greatest opportunities to experience racing at State and National Titles. To do their work efficiently the coaches will need adequate resources and these will principally be in the form of support boats.

Many young people are not looking for a highly competitive environment and for those we will need to look at additional sailing activities that may look like games or soft adventures. Most young people are seeking social engagement and our club program should offer both on and off water opportunities.

The juniors program should be up front about what is on offer to junior sailors and what is required of the families. We need to counter this frankness and honesty by making our club very family friendly for those who select our sport and our club.

This report is submitted to the MYC Board and other stakeholders for consideration, discussion and action.

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JCRP MISSION STATEMENT Provide a range of sailing experiences for children and young people of all abilities with learn­to­sail classes, racing, training and coaching. Welcoming those that wish to sail socially as well as those that wish to race. Ultimately the goal is to inspire a life time enjoyment of sailing.

ABOUT THIS REPORT To ‘fact find’ the committee relied heavily on meetings with the following stakeholders:

1. Manly Sailing 2. MYC Juniors 3. Sailability 4. MYC Centre­boards 5. MYC Club Captain 6. Manly 16 foot Skiff Club 7. Manly Juniors Association President 8. F11 Association President 9. Manly Council 10.Yachting Association of NSW

The notes from these meetings can be found in Appendices 2 to 8. The report is generally a consolidation those observations, suggestions and points that were raised in the meetings that the committee found to be sensible and relevant. Because most of the information received was opinion and on occasions contradictory, the authors have made use of this variety of input to shape the findings and recommendations.

ISSUES FACING THE ORGANISATION The JCRP at MYC is faced with a number of issues that are likely to have a direct impact on the implementation of the plan. These issues have been addressed in this Strategic Plan.

OVERVIEW OF ISSUES

JUNIOR SAILING AT PRESENT

Juniors sailing at Manly Yacht Club uses Yachting Association of NSW (YANSW) accredited coaches and programs but doesn’t follow their Tackers or Green Fleet programs. The latter two programs are not mandatory and the feedback from YANSW is their endorsement of our present arrangement.

The Club leases space to Manly Sailing, a commercial sailing school who run courses for adults and children. Usually children beginning their sailing career enrol in the TL1 program (equivalent to the current YANSW Tackers 1) and initially learn in the Club’s Optimist Dinghies or Pittwater Juniors. Even though only about 10% to 20% have an interest in continuing with the sport of sailing, MS acts as an important feeder of new

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members to the MYC Junior Program. The school actually recommends or endorses those students that show an interest and ability in sailing to Manly Yacht Club.

The MYC Junior Program is managed by parents and engages qualified coaches. Some of the sailing dinghies are club owned, the same boats that Manly Sailing use, while others are privately owned. The club provides support boats.

Fleet storage is an ongoing issue with the club at capacity. Future growth will require more space for storage and rigging (operations).

The MYC Juniors Program is predominantly self­funded for it’s operational expenses but relies on financial support from MYC and an active grants program for it’s capital expenditure.

STUDENTS At present most students are of primary school age with a few in high school and nearly all skippers have completed the Manly Sailing Schools courses. We do not cater for high school aged beginners. Generally only those children with an interest in sailing enter the club’s juniors program and to varying degrees they are seeking competition, soft adventures, sailing games and the social activities and interactions that come from a small group.

Anecdotal evidence shows that sailing clubs in general have missed the importance of the social side of the sport which is a vital component to almost every activity they will chose to become involved in and follow. They like to race with and against friends or people they know.

The challenge is to attract and provide for kids that like sailing.

PARENTS Junior sailing programs require a high level of organisation and management and because of cost they can’t be provided on a commercial basis, clubs rely on parents who are themselves very time poor. As their involvement increases parents begin to warm to social, sailing and club management opportunities. The challenge is to get parents involved.

COACHING AND TRAINING It is an accepted fact that usually parents can’t teach their own children to sail. We need instructors that can connect with kids but the YANSW requires instructors to be qualified. There is a pool of qualified instructors but to remain competitive we need our instructors to be equal to or better than instructors at other clubs. However not all children are motivated by competition alone, our coaches will need to consider and cater for a range of student needs. The challenge is to attract and keep good instructors.

PATHWAYS As with most sports, parents and juniors want to know what progression opportunities or pathways are available through one class to another and how they will work.

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The current MYC pathway is from Optis > PJs > MJs > Flying 11 > leave the club. This range of classes does not provide a well­rounded sailing experience for all school children due to larger or older students not having a suitable beginners boat or boats beyond the Flying Eleven.

The issue is having a clear pathway/s for our young sailors.

SUSTAINABILITY MYC has experienced a number of junior fleets build and collapse over the years. Historically, this has been due to a variety of reasons but since the rigging deck was built, the storage rationalised, launching pontoon built, appointment of an on­site sailing school and introduction of coaches, junior membership has stabilised and grown. The current capacity for storage and rigging is approximately 39 spaces. The current fleet of MYC boats is made up of 8 Optis, 8 PJs, 11 MJs and 9 F11s. Additionally there are 15 Lasers used by senior members.

The challenge is to build sustainability and this will only come from continued improvement of these facilities, services and fleet sizes. The challenge is to create a ‘critical mass’ in each class in the development pathway.

EXTERNAL ISSUES There are a number of external issues that influence the JRCP.

THE YACHTING ASSOCIATION OF NSW YANSW has a juniors sailing program called Tackers. Here is an extract from their website;

Tackers is a new Australian program to encourage more primary school aged children to take up sailing. Everything about Tackers is centred on understanding how kids learn skills and have fun through sport. You don’t need your own boat and you don’t need to be a member of a yacht club to take part in Tackers!

Tackers is delivered at three levels through which children progress:

Tackers 1 – Having Fun (based on the YA Small Boat Course Level 1 & 2)

Tackers 2 – Tricks & Techniques (based on the YA Small Boat Course Level 3)

Tackers 3 – Sailing Fast! (based on the YA Small Boat Course Level 4 & 5)

Each level of Tackers comprises:

­ 20 hrs tuition with Yachting Australia qualified Instructors & Assistant Instructors

­ On­water & off­water games & activities

­ A Tackers kit

­ A certificate of achievement at the end of the course

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Each level generally takes a season of practice before progressing to the next level.

Many clubs that don’t offer the Tackers program have their own junior programs that are based on similar values, boats, and pathway as Tackers.

Parents/guardians are welcome at clubs to either relax and enjoy the club facilities, or perhaps to undertake an adult course themselves.

For juniors Step 4 is often called ‘Green Fleet’ ­ which is about having fun and building confidence rather than competition. Once confidence is built kids are able to go club racing and there is an ongoing “Junior Development Pathway” which provides for coaching at Bronze, Silver and Gold fleet levels.

The web site goes on to say:

What happens after Tackers 3 – Sailing Fast?

It can take several sailing seasons to complete all three levels of Tackers. After Tackers 3 participants are encouraged to take part in ‘Green Fleet’ at their local club. ‘Green Fleet’ is the first stage of club racing. Your Tackers Club will be able to tell you more about this.

Conclusion:

It seems that the details of the Green Fleet program are left to the individual clubs. Nationally the Tackers Program hasn’t been taken up by many clubs, the costs are

substantially more than the current MYC approach and the benefits will only be realised once the program becomes nearly universal. While the Tackers program has initial appeal, it was considered that keeping juniors in Optimists until the age of 13 and the significant financial investment for a club such as MYC, there is little immediate benefit.

LOCAL SCHOOLS The committee approached local schools, see Appendix 8, both primary and secondary, inviting them to a discussion on school sailing. Unfortunately there were no responses and the committee concluded after further discussions with parents and Anne from Manly Sailing that it is very difficult to get schools interested. MS currently provides sailing as a school sport for only one school (Manly Village Public).

Conclusion;

The best approach may be to leverage our parent network and identify a teacher in each local school who is interested in sailing and seek their help to get doors opened for school sport discussions.

MANLY 16 FOOT SKIFF CLUB

Manly Yacht Clubs juniors program has in the last 2 or 3 decades been over overshadowed by the Manly 16 Foot Skiff Clubs juniors fleet. Both clubs presently have fleets of Manly juniors and Flying Elevens and in the recent past the Skiff Club has had better facilities and coaching, attracting long time skiff families and hence larger fleets. Recently we have been able to close the gap by improving our facilities and coaching. Further the two clubs have conducted joint training sessions.

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At a recent meeting of both club’s officials it was recognised that separate stand alone fleets are in each clubs interest. Boat storage at either club will requires a commitment to race in that clubs fleet. There are enough children to sustain two fleets and giving families the option of sailing on either Saturday or Sunday would be beneficial.

Presently our beginners fleets are structured differently to the Skiff Clubs; we use Optimist Dinghies and Pittwater Juniors where as they start in Manly juniors and more recently BICs. Beyond the beginners both clubs use Manly Juniors and Flying Elevens. The Skiff Club expects their young sailors to move into 13 and 16 foot skiffs while we are tending towards Lasers and yachts but this report recommends a performance skiff, the 29er with its Olympic connection to the 49er, after the Flying Elevens.

For MYC it is important that we make a clear differentiation between the two clubs to potential members.

Following is a guide to the differences and similarities of the two clubs juniors programs.

MYC follows a traditional yacht club approach of promoting sailing dinghies to yachts

The Skiffies are focused on 16 foot skiffs as their final boat Both clubs have a separate sailing schools Manly Sailing has a unique and successful business plan and strategy MYC sails the kids on Saturdays, the Skiffies sail their juniors on Sundays Of the 8 proposed classes for use at MYC three classes are common to both clubs. The Skiff Club has 5 classes in total All children coming through Manly Sailing, learning in Optimist Dinghies, can

skipper a boat This report advocates an option with Olympic connections While MYC has competitive individual crews and skippers and in some classes we

have competitive fleets not all our fleets are competitive. The Skiffies have 4 competitive fleets

Both clubs engage good quality coaches MYC has a good and easy to use level rigging deck, the Skiffies have a sloping

lawn and timber deck. MYC launches from a pontoon, the Skiffies launch from ramp with an uncomfortable

low tide drop off Both Clubs have good support boats, perhaps MYC’s are better MYC offers both kids and parents a diverse and interesting sailing program The skiffies adult sailing is limited to 16 foot Skiffs This report proposes measures to make MYC a family friendly club. Parents can stand for directorships giving the Juniors good representation on the

MYC board

DEMAND FOR MANLY YACHT CLUB SERVICES Manly Yacht Club presently offers a range of facilities and services to members and potential members including Junior sailing. Other clubs in our harbour offer similar programs and other sports are available to potential members.

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A Manly Council report says there were 3402 junior students of primary school ages and 2289 students of high school ages in the municipality in 2011 making a total of 5691. See chart below. As noted earlier, Anne from Manly Sailing says that in a typical intake of sailing students only about 10% to 20% have an interest in continuing with the sport of sailing. Using Anne’s percentages and applying them to the Councils student numbers suggests about 600 young people will be interested in a sailing as their ‘sport of choice’. There are three or four other clubs offering junior training in our geographic area with whom we share this potential student base and if they were distributed equally between the clubs we could expect a membership of 200 young people. These clubs are Manly 16 Foot Skiff Club, and three specialist class clubs operating from Clontarf Beach.

Anne from Manly Sailing also reported that from her experience she expects that a well run sailing school with modest promotional activities would attract between 100 and 200 student per year and again using her percentages, 15 would take up club membership. While club membership growth is one benefit, the word­of mouth experience of these learners would impact on attracting more new starters.

If the 15 new members continue to sail for 10 years this implies a total young membership of 150. It should be noted that the Manly Yacht Club’s junior training program attracted almost 40 regular junior members last year.

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Conclusion;

Although these calculations are approximate they tend to indicate that the demand for sailing from young people entering our junior program could be 15 children per year and potentially 100 to 200 people participating at any one time.

PARTICIPATION ISSUES Sailing is a participation sport and everyone involved with the juniors are participants. The most important are the young sailors but parents, coaches and Manly Yacht Club officials are also participants. In most cases children are not just dropped off like some other sports. Sailing requires a large amount of organisation and preparation before you actually get onto the water.

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Conclusion;

The decision to adopt sailing as a sport is therefore not taken lightly and good quality promotion and education of prospective participants is essential.

THE FAMILY FRIENDLY CLUB

The Juniors Program requires a constant inflow of new members and their families. It is common for new members to any sport to have trouble fitting into a club. They often feel uncomfortable and unfamiliar with the clubs facilities and procedures. First impressions are important and prospective members are favourably impressed if those first few minutes are friendly and welcoming and if quality products and services are on offer.

The positioning of MYC as a friendly club has already assisted in attracting enquires about sailing activities and the conversion to membership. However the committee heard from stakeholders how under­rated this issue is and the need for clubs to take it to a higher standard.

We need to project our clubs family friendly culture into the market place as early as possible and this could be done by working with Manly Sailing during their training program. It may be possible to talk with the parents and children and let them know what MYC’s Juniors Program has to offer and what pathways are available for both children and parents.

It was suggested that we form a small group of people, who know their way around the club and its management, called the “visitors, ask me” team. The team would answer visitor inquiries personally, provide information pamphlets and reference to navigating the website. They would visit each of Manly Sailings classes towards the end of their camp and have a presence on our deck every sailing day.

Further it has been suggested that once the family has decided to join our club, they go through an induction process for both the parents and kids. This could take the form of an adult club member inducting the new parents but at the same time an existing young member showing the new kid around. For the first half of a season new family members should be provided with a mentor to help them find their way.

To keep our established family members we need to look at our services, practices and fees to check that they are suitable. For example if we want families to be involved in twilight racing we may have to look at some form of child minding and a reasonable family meal deal. After racing we could organise some kids activities and perhaps prizes for yachts that take on families as crews. These offering don’t need to be provided every twilight race but could be scheduled for say 4 or 5 races a season.

Another suggestion was arranging for yachts to take mum and dad out to watch kids sailing.

Conclusion;

To attract more members, there needs to be better mechanisms in place to assist with enquires and addressing potential members information needs.

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STUDENTS Students range in ages from 8 to 18 years but also range in abilities and aspirations. Younger children need to sail with families and friends while late teenagers prefer to sail with just friends.

The availability of a range of classes may influence the choice of club for some. For example: a well­built boy may be much taller and heavier than a petite girl of the same age and a particular class of boat may be suitable for one but it will be unsuitable to the other.

Some students may be very competitive while others may simply enjoy their ‘social’ sailing. As they learn and become more proficient, their ability will change and their sailing needs and choices will evolve.

Some may learn to sail early at 8 or 9 years while other may start at a later age. Their starting ages will influence their career paths which in turn will influence the boats, fleets and classes they choose.

Some classes of boats may attract the attention of young sailors or delay their progression on to another class and this can cause problems. For example children are often happy to move on from the Optimist Dinghy to the higher performance Pittwater Junior but when it comes time to progress to a Manly Junior they are reluctant because the new boat is a two person boat and initially is considered less fun to sail.

As young people grow older their social life begins to intertwine with their sailing or it may even take them away from sailing. They are attracted to some classes of boats and to their state and national championships for both the sailing and the social activities. They see ownership of some boats as fashionable or as having a desirable status.

The 29r class has an age limit for the National championships of 17 years. This was purposefully done so that all competitors will be under the legal drinking age. It appears that 18 years of age is a turning point in our sport and influences fleets. For most people sailing ceases around the 20 year mark and they don’t return until they are in their mid­thirties.

The following benchmarking graph demonstrates the participation in sailing for various age groups.

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Conclusion;

Our on water juniors program must cater for students who range in age, physical size, abilities and aspirations. The club is required to tailor its services, facilities and equipment to meet this wide ranging demand.

Young sailors are not just looking for a sailing experience, as they grow older they are looking to merge it into their social life. A successful sailing program needs to include social opportunities such as an evening out once or twice a month on Friday or Saturday night. It could be as simple as a movie, maybe with sailing theme maybe not or perhaps a visit to a maxi yacht. A visit to the boat show would be good or it may not even have a boating theme at all. These social events may or may not include a meal but should always be supervised appropriately by parents.

HUMAN RESOURCES These resources come as paid and volunteer and both needed and valued. The Club’s policy is that we should in the first instance seek voluntary labour but where it can’t be provided or is not available or practical then paid labour can be considered.

The YANSW requires us to provide qualified and experienced coaches and only a few parents qualify. It is also reported that most children respond better to being taught by people other than their parents. Interestingly younger children respond best to instructors in their late teens and early 20s while older teenagers prefer older coaches.

Following is a table that gives a rough outline of the labour costs of providing the present day Manly Juniors program if it were on a commercial basis. To prepare the table the following assumptions have been made.

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Staff would be paid $30 / hour and the total cost to the club after insurance and administration would be $40/ hour

The season is 26 weeks The positions have been taken from the Juniors committee minutes The duration of work per week has been estimated by the authors of this report

Position Number of personal

Duration of work per week

Total hours per week

Total hours per year

Director 1 8 8 208

Assistant Coaches 3 4 12 312

Boat Captain 1 2 2 52

Race Officers 2 4 8 208

MJ Fleet Captain 1 4 4 104

PJ Fleet Captain 1 4 4 104

F11 Fleet Captain 1 4 4 104

OPTI Fleet Captain 1 4 4 104

Secretary 1 4 4 104

Treasurer 1 4 4 104

Registrar 1 4 4 104

Operations 1 2 2 52

Communications 1 2 2 52

Social 1 2 2 52

Total hours 1664

Total cost $66,560

If the cost of this labour were to be recovered from the 2013 ­2014 junior members it would have cost each of them $1,664 per season.

As a result most clubs have paid instructors while the hard work of management, moving boats, manning support boats, organising social events, conducting racing and results is the domain of the volunteer parents. It would be prohibitively expensive to have all of these roles undertaken by paid staff and hence there are few if any examples of clubs that don’t rely on volunteers. To compound problems the volunteers are time­poor parents who are often heavily involved with other sports chosen by their children.

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Conclusion;

Parents don’t like having their time wasted and don’t like being asked to do senseless work.

Volunteer­parents are usually willing to be given a job but need to have a limited liability and like to have a clear job description from a How to do or Who does what manual. As today’s parents are early adopters of technology, this can lead to the use of modern management tools.

MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION The juniors parents have formed a committee to organise and manage their activities and they meet regularly and are effective. They have developed a range of procedures and rules to help guide current and new members in their sailing activities. The committee deserves considerable credit for their efforts. However the Juniors Committee realises that management at present is still in a development stage and they are continuing the refinement processes. The MYC Handbook contains many of their procedures and guidelines and is reproduced in Appendix 12

Following is a list of issues the committee needs to manage on a routine basis.

Register young sailors and allocate them to fleets and boat Matching skippers and crews when evolving to MJs Engage and organise coaches Maintain and manage club sailing boats Manage the boat buy and sell policy Manage and organise boat storage in conjunction with the Club Captain Manage the racing timetable to avoid fleets clashing on the water and co­ordinate

with the Manly 16 Foot Skiff Club Creating and managing an annual operations budget Organise rigging, ensuring that as much as possible the kids do the work, allocate

deck space and launching and retrieval. Organise and train the parents in safe boat handling to drive the support boats with

particular emphasis to the ferry crossing and first aid Conduct a briefing before each event Conduct racing and training, collect, process and publish results Conduct social events

The committee has the following official positions:

Director Boat Captain Race Officers MJ Fleet Captain PJ Fleet Captain F11 Fleet Captain OPTI Fleet Captain Secretary Treasurer Registrar Operations

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Communications Social

The Club has an online club boat/motors handling course. The course is easy to use and all junior parents are expected to complete the course.

The principle issues are the organising of quality coaches, matching skippers and crews, training support boat skippers and crews, coaxing beginners across the ferry track and organising the rigging and un­rigging of boats on sailing events.

Conclusion;

While the management of the Juniors Program by the Committee deserves high praise, the issues facing the juniors committee each week are significant and it would be easy to lose sight of the larger picture while resolving many minor matters. A review committee of parents may identify how to streamline procedures further with the principal aim of reducing the work load and creating efficiencies.

The introduction of a paid full or part­time sailing manager may be considered as anticipated scale / volume of sailors is achieved.

TEACHING, COACHING AND TRAINING Teaching a child to sail is very difficult because we are explaining how something you can’t see will interact with their sails and boat. Of course this ‘thing’ is the wind and after teaching children to balance and steer their boat the steepest part of the learning begins. They have to understand the points of sailing, that is how to steer their boat on a run, reach and tacking. During this phase they need to concentrate and any distractions such as another child on board seems to cause problems. Because the Optimist is usually sailed one up, has a very stable hull with a small low aspect sail it is the choice of instructors for raw beginners. For older starters, other clubs successfully use either BICs or Picos.

Once the young sailors have gained the necessary skill to handle a boat independently they can be teamed up with another student to sail a Manly Junior. Before Optimists were introduced at MYC, raw beginners had to use Manly Juniors and the retention rate was very low. With Optimists the rate is much higher.

Beyond this point teaching usually focuses on sail and boat handling and sail trimming.

It has only been in the last decade that our club has engaged accredited and paid coaches. The committee members have observed a sharp correlation between access to quality coaching and the increase in junior membership.

A YANSW requirement is to engage accredited coaches in proportion to the number of students. These coaches require a range of suitable boats and to make the program work and there needs to be a critical mass of club­owned or privately­owned dinghies.

There is an accepted ratio of coaches to students, this is separate to the number of support boats to students except that a coach boats can double as support boats.

Last season a coach was engaged for beginners in the Optimists Dinghies and Pittwater Juniors every sailing day. For the Manly Juniors and Flying Elevens fleets, a senior coach was provided intermittently.

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A number of years ago the board approved an annual budget of $2,600 for coaching and this provides for a junior coach to work about 20 to 26 weeks. An extra fee of $50 pa per student supports the senior coach (See Appendix 12).

FLEETS PAST FLEETS Junior programs run by the Club over the last few decades have been short lived because they didn’t benefit from rigging decks, launching pontoons, professional coaching, club­owned skiffs and a professional and properly managed sailing school. On a number of occasions well intentioned parents have brought together children to start in Manly Juniors but for all of the above reasons and because a critical fleet size wasn’t achieved, numbers declined and the fleets died out.

PRESENT FLEET Since Manly Sailing commenced operation they have demonstrated that a well organised sailing school with qualified and capable instructors and adequate resources can attract junior students of primary school ages. They report that they are operating in a competitive environment, their courses are price sensitive and that margins are small. However they believe their business could be expanded by providing training for older kids of high school age if they had the appropriate resources such as a boat suitable for older young people.

Last year the Juniors Committee has been able to put on the water the best fleets of juniors since the hay days of the 1960’s and 70’s. Like Manly Sailing, they have demonstrated that a well managed and resourced committee can attract young sailors, however numbers are still small for the Manly Juniors and Flying Elevens and yet to be sustainable.

The following table shows the number of students moving from Manly Sailing to the MYC Juniors Program.

Year Number of students moving from Manly Sailing into the MYC Juniors Program

11/12 7

12/13 11

13/14 11

14/15 6*

* The season is incomplete

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SUSTAINABLE FLEETS Experience at MYC has shown that class fleets with only 2 or 3 boats usually decline and stop while class fleets of about 10 boats become sustainable. For well established fleets, the long term variability can be about 20% of the mean each season.

The total of all fleets for last season maxed out at 22 boats sailed by 28 people (snap shot at 1/3/2014) but there were 40 kids regularly sailing, implying an absentee rate of about 30 percent. It is possible that some children came to the club but didn’t race, rather they cruised and were not picked up in the published results. This report assumes an average absentee rate of about 25%.

If the extremes of the long term variability and the absentee rate coincide then it can be expected that fleets in a poor season may be reduced by 40% or say a nominal fleet of 10 boats may become just six on any given race day. While a fleet of six may provide good racing, a smaller fleet would probably die out.

Conclusion;

A sustainable fleet is about 10 boats in a class (irrespective of ownership) with an expected racing fleet of between 6 and 14 boats from race to race and season to season. This does not consider attrition through the season.

With the present pathway offered (Optis > PJs > MJs> F11s), this would mean a fleet of 10 times 4 classes = 40 boats.

FUTURE SUSTAINABLE FLEETS Our mission statement says that we aim to provide a range of sailing experiences for children and young people of all abilities with learn­to­sail classes, racing, training and coaching. Achieving this will require that the club provides opportunities for a range of ages and abilities and the following assumption and deductions are suggested.

Children commence their sailing careers as early as 7 years of age, become young people at 12 years and finish our program aged 18 when they enter adulthood. They could sail in our program for a maximum of 10 years.

Most will commence as 7 ­ 9 year olds but many will start at other ages. For 8 to 11 year olds the Optimist Dinghy is a suitable beginners boat. For 12 to 17 year olds the BIC is a suitable beginners boat. All children can gain some experience in sailing both single and two handed boats The Club could offer it’s sailors the option of completing their sailing career in either

single handed and two handed boats. On average, a sailor starting at age 7 or 8 could experience sailing 4 to 5 different

classes of boats by the time they reach 18 years of age. On average, a sailor starting at age 12 could experience sailing 3 different classes

of boats by the time they reach 18 years of age. To cater for all comers and provide a broad range of experience, we will need to

provide 7 or 8 different class fleets. There will always be attrition as participants drop out to peruse other sports and

pastimes.

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As sailors move from single handed boats to two handed boats the fleet size will tend to halve. This we call “double handed halving”.

Because of attrition and double handed halving and to ensure every class fleet is sustainable it maybe necessary to increase beginner fleets beyond 10 boats.

To roughly calculate a sustainable fleet size we need say there will be 8 fleets of 10 boats and that account needs to taken of the attrition rate and double handed halving. Clearly a sustainable fleet will be more than 80 boats and some sort of modelling will be required to get a clearer picture.

The flow rate of sailors through the program can be estimated knowing that they are enrolled for 10 years and each year 1/10 of the sailors graduate and 1/10 begin, and that is assuming 100% retention. For a mean sustainable fleet of 150 students then 15 students will need to start annually. With less than 100% retention and with some sailors starting at an age older than 8 years, we may need more, say up to 20 students per year.

Conclusions;

Children may start sailing at any age but usually 8 or 9 years and on average they will spend 2 to 3 years in each class and could sail in the MYC program for up to 10 years. To accommodate all comers we need to provide up to 8 class fleets. This implies a total club fleet well in excess of 80 boats. To sustain these fleets we will need to recruit 15 to 20 new students each season.

MAXIMUM PROBABLE FLEET From the demand for sailing we can assume amaximumprobable number of students of about 200. This implies that we may have to cater for approximately 150 boats.

BOATS BOAT OWNERSHIP At present the boats in storage are a mix of Club owned and privately owned. The Club would prefer to ‘get out’ of boat ownership and invest the capital in other assets but it has been recognised that the fleets need ‘seed’ boats in each class to contribute to critical mass. Because parents can’t be certain that their children will have a long term interest in sailing; given the usual budgetary pressures on families; the unfamiliar logistics of boat ownership and transport; they are reluctant to invest in a sailing dinghy. This is especially important for the beginners such as the Optimist Dinghy and the Pittwater Juniors.

If young people show a commitment to sailing then parents are likely to make the investment and this is especially true as the sailors become more competitive and requires a better boat.

Beginners do more damage to boats than the experienced sailors and hence the trend for sailing schools to use plastic boats.

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At MYC those using Club­owned boats pay a boat usage fee which is an attempt by the Club to recover some of the capital and maintenance costs. Private boat owners are required to pay a boat storage fee.

The current fees for use of Club­owned Manly Junior dinghy are:

The current fees for storage of private boats are:

$180 (full season) $ 90 (from mid­season)

Dinghy ­ Inside Storage $315 Dinghy ­ Outside Storage $229 Laser $201 Junior Classes $113 Other Boat $451

As can be seen in the table above, there is a significant difference in costs between using a Club­owned boat to the capital outlay (not shown) and storage fees of a privately­owned boat.

However the provision of low­cost entry provided by Club boats is essential to a successful member recruitment process. The introduction of a sliding fee scale or time limit may need to be developed to encourage migration to privately owned boats.

Manly Sailing uses the Club’s Optimist Dinghies and Pittwater Juniors for teaching beginners. MS claims that there is insufficient revenue from teaching children to allow them to purchase their own boats and this was confirmed a number of years ago by the Club’s selection committee that appointed Manly Sailing. The committee drew up a business model for a hypothetical school based at Manly Yacht Club and found that the operating profit would be modest and only minor capital expenditure could be justified.

The Club has a buy and sell policy for boats. It doesn’t address the issue of how many and what type of classes are owned but rather how we should ensure we are buying and selling at market prices. It also ensures that if we sell a club boat then we have first option to re­buy next time it is offered to the market. See Appendix 10

CLASSES AND FLEETS All clubs have at some time grappled with the problem of choosing appropriate pathways through various classes for their juniors. In a bid to meet the varying demands of young people hundreds of classes of boats have been designed and developed over the years. In this regard sailing must be the world’s most fragmented sport.

Following is a table showing some principle features of boats that might be considered for use at Manly Yacht Club. In assessing what boats maybe most suitable a number of factors will need to be considered such as length, weight, cost but a most important fact will be sail area. This single figure will indicate how difficult it will be to handle. In this table boats are sorted in terms of working sail area, that is the area of the jib and mainsail.

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Comments:

The Optimist Dinghy design principles appear to be based on the classic shoe box and it is equipped with a very low aspect and small cat­rigged sail. The boat is considered ideal for children beginning their sailing career being stable and easily handled in surprising strong winds even by beginners.

The PJ has a significantly larger sail and boasts a more stream line hull. While the Optimist is rota moulded and hard to damage the Pittwater Junior’s lighter fibre glass construction can be damaged with any significant impact. The Pittwater Junior is appreciated by the kids graduating from the Optimist because of it vastly improved performance but unfortunately they preferred to stay sailing in it rather than move onto the next class presently at Manly Yacht Club, the Manly Junior.

The BIC is similar to a Laser but rota moulded and smaller. It is suitable for 12 to 15 years who are in the learn to sail / beginners class but can be fitted with smaller sails for younger children. The BIC is a boat that can serve as a learn­to­sail boat but also as a pathway boat.

The Manly Junior was designed for our club by its members. It is an enduring classic with its two working sails and spinnaker and is an ideal teaching boat for children from 9 to 12 years of age.

Lasers can be fitted with three sail sizes suitable for a range of crew ages, weights and strengths. However the smaller sail lacks enough power to make the boat perform properly and the BIC with only a slightly smaller sail tends to give a better sailing experience. With the full size sail and an adult skipper the Laser is truly exciting to sail and this may account for their popularity. Although they are quiet long at 4.2m they are of modest beam and low height, from bottom of hull to deck, making them very space efficient from a storage perspective.

Flying Elevens and Manly Graduates are regarded as the next pathway step from the Manly Junior although some times the Manly Graduate is a big step. The Flying Eleven has a slightly smaller working sails and because of its much smaller hull demands less

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storage space. The Manly Graduate was designed at our club as an intermediate step from the Manly Junior to the 14 Footer. It does take a lot of storage space.

The 420 is an Olympic Class and quiet an old design, they are not so much a performance dinghy as the 13 Foot Skiff or the 49er. It has a big hull and is hard to store but from a tactical perspective they are a great boat and compares well with the Manly Graduate and in this respect, like the Graduate, would be a manageable step from a Flying Eleven.

The 13 foot skiff is a pathway step between the Flying Eleven and the 16 foot Skiff. Its main rival is the 29er which is a stepping stone to the Olympic class 49er. It is a performance skiff suitable for young people 16 to 18 years of age and from a storage point of view they are similar to the 420 or a Manly Graduate. Manly 16 Foot Skiff Club has been instrumental in developing the use of the 13 foot skiff as a ‘nursery’ for potential 16 foot skiff sailors.

Following is the same table but sorted to show the order for sail area per crew.

Using these criteria the Manly Junior is the easiest boat to sail and the Laser is the hardest. In practice we know this not to be true and the difficulties of sailing a boat two up probably explains this unexpected result. It seems neither the working sail area of a boat or the sail area per crew are good indexes to measure the difficulty of sailing a dinghy. Without a formula or rule of thumb the committee assumes both tables need to be considered.

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CLUBS AND CLASSES Following is a table of adopted classes by local clubs and the Yachting Association.

Club Opti PJ MJ Picos Bics Cadets F11 Lasers 420 29r 13 16 Keel

YA NSW • • • •

16’ SC • • • • •

MHYC

• • • •

BSC*

•

MYC • • • • •

3/5 1/5 2/5 1/5 0/5 1/5 3/5 2/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5

BSC also sails 505, MG, Mirror, Moth,National E, Sharpie, Tassar and an open division.

The YA Takers Program requires juniors to sail Optimists until they are about 13 years old but many parents and coaches believe that kids need to change up to a higher performance dinghy earlier and to experience a two­man and two­sail boat. The YA also believes that by introducing two man boats early it will halve the fleets. They hold that the number of boats on the water is a key performance indicator rather than the number of people.

The 16’ Skiff Club starts children sailing as crews in the Manly Juniors and then after a few years they usually move on to skippering. Critics of this system say it’s fragile because the number of new children entering is dependent on the number of existing skippers. This fragility hasn’t been a problem in the past, possibly because of the strong tradition for skiff sailors to bring their children back to the club to sail Manly Juniors.

Middle Harbour Yacht Club has embraced the YA’s ‘Tackers’ Program using Optimists. Young people entering the beginners program who are too big for Optimists start in Picos. They use Cadet dinghies, and 420’s and the Institute of Sport has their 470 program based at the club.

The YA Tackers and Green Fleet programs are very similar to the learn to sail and novice programs provided by MYC and Manly Sailing.

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Manly Yacht Club starts its children in Optimists and then contrary to the YA’s recommendations moves them onto PJs and MJs. If we were to comply with the YA and retain the same number of children we would need to sell our PJs and MJs and purchase more Optimists Dinghies. It could be argued that because we have limited boat storage there are benefits in using two­man boats as early as possible.

Parents report that the transition from Optimists to PJ is very smooth and easy with the children appreciating the improved performance of the PJ. The switch to MJs is more difficult because kids have to crew up and work together but it is manageable. Transitioning to Flying Elevens has proven to be possible at MYC. Moving from Flying Elevens to 29rs or 420s has proven to be successful at other clubs.

It seems to be commonly accepted that the learn to sail boat for young children is the Optimist while there is less consensus about the ideal learn to sail boat for young people over say 12 years. The most commonly used are the BICs and Picos.

The question of pathways is something of concern to parents interested in their children’s development. Often it is more a question of the range of pathways available because in the early days of one’s sailing career it is unclear what pathway will be chosen.

BOAT SELECTION CRITERIA

STEPPING STONE CLASSES

The progression from class to class should be challenging for a young sailor but at the same time manageable. Consideration should be given to the likely age, weight, strength and ability of the sailors and compare these to the principle features such as length, beam, weight but particularly the sail area of the next boat.

SAILING DISCIPLINES

Our fleet should represent all disciplines of sailing from cat rig single handed to the two handed skiffs, both tactical and sports boats. When young people finish the MYC course they should have had a broad range of sailing experiences and understand how different boats perform.

BOAT VALUES

The boats may be privately or club owned but in either case we should seek classes that are good value for money. Market value is also driven by popularity. If a parent can see a boat will be relatively easy to sell and hold its value, they are more likely to invest.

BOAT STORAGE

Manly Yacht Club has limited storage and boats such as the Manly Graduate and the 420 are very space hungry as opposed to the Optimist Dinghy and the Laser. For example Manly Juniors can only be stacked 3 high whereas Lasers are stacked 5 high which means 167% more Lasers can be stored.

Remembering that MJs are sailed two­up where Lasers are sailed solo.

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BOAT MAINTENANCE

With limited repair ability we need to seek out low maintenance boats wherever possible. The Rota mould Optimists Dinghy hulls have proved to be durable compared with glass reinforced fibre hulls such as Pittwater Juniors and Manly Juniors.

POPULAR BOATS

Some Classes of boats are more popular than others and in some instances it can’t be explained, except to say it’s a matter of fashion. We need to select classes that are in favour with the sailing fraternity.

Conclusions;

There are numerous combinations of classes that could be brought together to produce a sailing program at Manly Yacht Club. There is no obvious way to construct a table or develop a formula to rank classes and fleets to assist in the Club’s decision. Inevitably the decision will be subjective and after considering the foregoing and noting the fleets already used at Manly Yacht Club the following simplified pathways would meet our requirements.

7 to 13 yrs > Optimists > Pittwater Juniors > Manly Juniors > Flying Elevens > 29ers > ?

12 to 17 yrs > BIC > Laser radial > Laser

PATHWAYS A pathway is the series of activities undertaken while a person is a club member. Every member has their own pathway and of course pathways are not restricted to juniors but this report only considers the pathways of juniors and their families.

The report describes mean or typical pathways and it is anticipated that the Juniors Committee may encourage sailors to take a preferred pathway.

There are two identified entry points to a sailing pathway; as a crew with a skipper in a two­handed boat OR as a skipper of a single­handed boat (eg Optimist or PJ or BIC). The appropriate pathway will depend on a range of issues including availability of experienced skippers and the nature of the child. Some kids just aren’t team players or are simply big or immobile and should be encouraged into an appropriate boat.

It is important that all kids going through our program get a well rounded sailing experiences and should be encouraged to experience both single handed and two handed boat.

PATHWAY MODEL The JCRP Committee has developed a very simple spreadsheet to model the movement of sailors through various fleet arrangements. This model has assisted the committee to predict boat and sailor numbers for various pathway options. The model certainly has limitations and only broad trends and conclusions can be gained from its use.

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The model allows for movement between Manly Yacht Club Fleets and to other sports and pastimes but it assumes that sailors are not lost to, or gained from external fleets. It can be used to predict fleet sizes given the number of students coming to the program from Manly Sailing or conversely the number of students required from Manly Sailing to achieve a sustainable fleet.

The spreadsheet has been replaced by a simple diagram to make it easier and quicker for the reader to follow. The model is so simple the reader should be able to check it easily, knowing for example the number of sailors joining should equal the number students leaving the fleet. Also the number of sailors in a fleet should equal the number of sailors moving into the fleet multiplied by the number years they will stay in the fleet and calculating the number of boats will depend on whether they are single or two handed. It may be possible to use each boat for two or more sessions per week, reducing the number of boats required, although this may not be practical for other reasons of convenience. Unless stated the model assumes they are only used for one session per week.

Only some of the possible pathways have been shown, a pathway may not be used one season but then used the next, our examples are simply for a hypothetical season. We would like to think they are close to the long term average but that won’t be known for at least another decade. Progression along any pathway should be subject to oversight by a committee of parents and coaches.

On occasions the model will throw up fractions, for example “10.5 boats” and of course it’s not possible to have 0.5 of a boat so they have been rounded up. The following should also be noted:

Unless stated we have adjusted the intake from the sailing school so as to achieve fleets of ten boats or more. That is what we have considered as a sustainable fleet.

The figures in the arrows are sailors per year The figures in the boxes are sailors and boats in the fleet.

PATHWAY OPTION 1 Designation: Yachting Association of NSW recommended pathway.

Description

The YANSW believes a club needs a minimum of 8 Optimist Dinghies and Laser 4.7s to create a fleet and that from their experience the retention of Optimist sailors is about 75% and for the Flying Elevens the retention is about 50%. They also admit it requires some very good coaching for the transition from an Optimist to a Flying Eleven.

If we assume the Optimists will only be used one session per weekend then the model suggests that only one or two students can be accepted each year. Further and alarmingly the 29er fleet numbers becomes negative. To avoid this situation in our model we have assumed the Optimists will be sailed 3 sessions per weekend.

There is a question of whether or not students will want to sail the less attractively scheduled sessions.

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The model predicts that we can expect 4 and 3 boats in the Flying Eleven and 29er fleets respectively. Consequently these fleets will be less than 10 boats and hence unsustainable.

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For Option 1 Against Option 1

We would fall in line with the YA’s juniors sailing program and all the benefits that might flow such as grants and sponsorship. We approached the YA by mean of 2 emails and 2 phone calls seeking assistance in getting supportive arguments for this section but they didn’t respond.

The standard pathway has been developed assuming that kids will progress from plastic training Optis to fibreglass racing Optis. We do not have a fleet of racing Optis nor the space to develop such a fleet.

Kids need to test their skills and abilities and although sailing in Optimist fleet can be tactically challenging for a 12 or 13 year old it won’t teach them sail handling or trimming nor how to manage a boat at speed. It is too late at 14 or 15 years of age to be introduced to a two handed and two sailed boat.

It would be difficult to attract young sailors to an MYC Optimist fleet when other neighbouring clubs are offering more interesting opportunities.

It is unlikely we could ever achieve sustainable fleets in the Flying Elevens or 29ers

PATHWAY OPTION 2 Designation: Yachting Association of NSW recommended pathway a shown in option 1 but with the Optimist student intake increased to a number that will achieve sustainable fleets of Flying Eleven and 29ers.

Description

Using the model the intake of Optimist sailors was increased until the fleet of 29ers equaled or exceeds 10 boats. It shows that 85 Optimist sailors would be required to generating sustainable fleets of F11s and 29er’s.

Rigging and launching 85 Optimist Dinghies would be onerous and consideration could been given to having, say three session of 28 boats. Further 18 could be plastic and say 10 from the more competitive fiberglass construction.

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For option 2 Against Option 2

Same as option 1 Same as option 1 Two fleets of Optimists, plastic

and F’glass will be required.

PATHWAY OPTION 3 Designation: Present fleet at MYC based on the race results for the 8th March 2014.

Description

This diagram uses real data from developing fleets. The kids seem to swap between boats from time to time and hence a progression from one fleet to another and the length of stay is difficult to document. All Optimists Dinghies are plastic at present.

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For Option 3 Against Option 3

It gets MYC a juniors fleet and we don’t have to spend any more money

There is an easy set of stepping stones from one class to the next, highlighted by examining the boat comparison table. It reveals an even and incremental increase in sail areas between chosen classes.

Children enjoy graduating from the slow moving Optimist to the ‘performance’ Pittwater Junior and this is the hook that keeps them sailing.

None of the present fleets are truly sustainable

Parents are asking where will my kids move to after they are to old for Flying Elevens

There is no opportunity for high school aged students to enter the program as beginners

PATHWAY OPTION 4 Designation: Expansion of the present fleet providing pathways to both a two­handed performance boat and the single­handed Laser.

Description

In this option, three new fleets have been added to the present situation (option 3), the 29ers, Laser 4.7 and Laser Radials. Once again the intake of Optimist sailors has been increased to ensure all fleet equal or exceed 10 boats.

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For Option 4 Against Option 4

There is an easy set of stepping stones from one class to the next, highlighted by examining the boat comparison table. It reveals an even and incremental increase in sail areas between chosen classes.

Children enjoy graduating from the slow moving Optimist to the ‘performance’ Pittwater Junior and this is the hook that keeps them sailing.

The addition of the 29er and Laser will provide certainty about pathways available in popular racing boats for our young sailors.

To maintain sustainable fleets in the Flying Elevens and 29ers we will need a larger number of students from Manly Sailing

There is no opportunity for high school aged students to enter the program as beginners because they would have to use 4.7 Lasers and this is impractical because the sails are too big and you need plastic boats for beginners.

After two years in single handed sailing, juniors may be too old or experienced to become MJ crew.

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PATHWAY OPTION 5 Designation: Expansion of Option 4 by including BICs (or similar boat).

Description

The inclusion of BICs will allow Manly Sailing to promote sailing as a high school sport and it will allow beginners between the ages of 8 and 17 years learn to sail at MYC. Additionally it will provide a pathway for those who are only suited to single handed boats.

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For Option 5 Against Option 5

There is an easy set of stepping stones from one class to the next, highlighted by examining the boat comparison table. It reveals an even and incremental increase in sail areas between chosen classes.

Children enjoy graduating from the slow moving Optimist to the ‘performance’ Pittwater Junior and this is the hook that keeps them sailing.

There is an option for Children to start their sailing career as MJ crews. More experienced skippers teach new crews which reduces coaching burden on Club.

The addition of the 29er and Laser pathways will provide certainty about pathways available in popular racing boats for our young sailors.

There is a pathway for young people starting their career later, and there is a way for them to move into a two person performance boat. Equally there is a pathway for those who prefer to sail alone.

The BIC has been chosen in this example because it is durable plastic, appeals to younger people and while good for a older starter, it also has a good stepping stone sail area from PJs or MJs.

It’s harder sailors to get children to move on from the Pittwater Junior.

The Club will need a significant capital injection to fund the to purchase the additional fleets

The increased demand on storage and rigging space for additional boats

A significant development in the management strategies of the juniors program considering the larger numbers of sailors, coaches and ‘volunteer’ parents.

More support boats will be required.

PATHWAY OPTION 6 Designation: The same as Option 5 but the Pittwater Juniors have been deleted.

Description

The removal of the Pittwater Juniors addresses the concerns of some parents that their kids get too comfortable sailing these boats and resist moving onto the Manly Juniors.

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For Option 6 Against Option 6

With some kids it is hard to get them to move on from the Pittwater Junior to a two sail, two person boat. They may progress to a BIC or Laser without ever experiencing a two sail dinghy.

The Pittwater Junior is not a major class and probably never will be. Opportunities to sail in state and national events are limited or non­ existent.

There is an option for Children to start their sailing career as MJ crews. More experienced skippers teach new crews which reduces coaching burden on Club.

The Pittwater Junior is perfectly positioned as stepping stone boat particularly in regard to sail area and removing it would leave a considerable gap.

One year in the Opitimists is limited sailing experience and it is important for the crew of a two person boat to have helming experience, after all a boat is steered with the sails just as much as the helm.

For off­the­street learn­to­sail organisations such as Manly Sailing, single person boats are best. Hence the school often uses the Pittwater Juniors for older students.

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Having 4 classes to manage means having extra coaches and therefore extra expense.

The Manly Junior teaches teamwork and keeps the knowledge within the kids themselves. The parents/coaches don’t have to spend as much effort teaching the younger sailors things like, rigging, starting procedures sign on/ sign off, etc.

By eliminating one of the classes, the ratio of kids to rack space improves dramatically, for example if we had 5 MJ’s and 5 PJ’s we would have 15 sailors on the water.

This would put more kids on the water for less racking and demand on other resources. If we had 10 MJ’s we would have 20 sailors on the water, an improvement of 25%.

Families don't realise the PJ option is more likely to bore a young and progressing sailor and lose them from sailing. A motivated MJ crew are more likely to continue given the challenges and thrills it offers.

To make the MJ really successful you need to make it a class by itself and remove the Pittwater Junior as an option. Otherwise the kid and family will usually take the soft option.

The BIC is a boat that can serve as both a progression from the Opti, but also as a learn­to­sail boat for larger/older kids.

Allows for kids to crew in MJs before becoming too old or too big or too experienced.

The PJ does have benefits of keeping non sailing families in sailing. Sometimes a family might look at an MJ­only option and decide it's too hard and go somewhere else.

PJs are attractive to families that don’t want to commit to the rigging complexities and seriousness of the MJ.

The MJ­only option creates a problem for the sailing school. It's difficult to teach kids with uninvolved parents to sail in an MJ.

The Club will need to purchase a fleet of BICs and provide storage and rigging space for additional boats.

Again, a significant development in the management strategies of the juniors program will be needed considering the larger numbers of sailors, coaches and ‘volunteer’ parents.

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OPTIONS SUMMARY Advantages and Disadvantages Option

Fleet mix by Option 1 2 3 (as is)

4 5 6

Plastic Optimists

Glass Optimists

Pittwater Juniors

BICs

MJ

Flying 11

29er

Laser 4.7 or Radials

Number of Class Fleets 5 5 4 6 7 6

Historic link

Easy steps between fleets

Good starting point for teenagers

Full single­handed sailing pathway

Learn to sail boats all robust plastic

ISAF Fleets

Good inter­club competition

Easy evolution from current program

Is the number of beginners required high or low

Is present storage sufficient

Is MYC required to purchase new club boats

Good alternative to ­> 13’ ­> 16’ Skiffs

Sustainability

Encourage peer to peer coaching

Note: Rating system as follows: 1= 2= 3= 4= 5=

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OVERVIEW OF THE OPTIONS Options 1 and 2 will not lead to a well developed and sustainable fleet that will cater for our members needs and nor will they make our club sort after by potential parents and junior sailors.

Option 3, the present situation, has proved to be attractive to young sailors but is not really sustainable and doesn’t provide for progression with MYC beyond the Flying Eleven.

Options 4, 5 & 6 all provide a sustainable pathway to adulthood but Option 4 doesn’t have a pathway for high school aged students. The choice between Options 5 or 6 depends on whether or not we want the Pittwater Junior to stay in the fleet. Some say the Pittwater Junior is perfectly positioned as a stepping stone, especially from a sail area perspective while others say it stops children moving onto the Manly Juniors.

Following is a table showing sailors, boats and fleets.

Fleet Sailors Boats

2013 ­ 2014 Fleet 40 30

Mean sustainable fleet option 5 157 113

Mean sustainable fleet option 6 153 104

Probable maximum 200 148

Clear pathways will teach kids to sail by providing easy steps between classes. These steps or pathways must be arranged so that we cater for all comers and so that student leave the program with a working knowledge of the common forms of sailing dinghies and crew positions. Options 5 and 6 are best placed to achieve these goals.

The juniors program should ensure that all sailors have experience in two handed, two sail boats unless there are extenuating circumstances. Before entering the program, parent and children should know of their pathway options and their expected length of stay in each fleet.

The pathways should be given as much exposure as possible by publishing in the MYC Handbook, website, on the wall of the rigging deck and in a flyer.

Conclusions:

1. The adoption of Option 5 appears to be the best strategic move forward. 2. Significant effort will be required to develop and administer the pathways of option 5

(as well as option 6).

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3. Clear information about the pathways showing the expected stays and age groups will dramatically improve decision making by parents and young sailors and should contribute significantly to the selection of MYC as their ‘club of choice’.

BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FLEET Building a sustainable fleet will take time, the first step will be to increase the intake of new starters. Our pathways diagram suggests 16 primary school aged children and 8 young people from high school are required each season. This increased intake will require a substantial amount of promotion as well as a “word of mouth” approach and could take an expected minimum of 3 years to build up to the desired intake. We need to make sure, and help if necessary, that Manly Sailing can also sustain the increased number of students. If this process were to start at the beginning of the 2015­2016 season then the following table would indicate the fleet numbers we should expect.

Club­ owned/ Stored

OPTIs PJ MJ F11 29ers BIC Laser 4.7 Laser Radial or Full

Sum

2015/16 9 7 6 3 0 3 0 0 28

2016/17 11 7 8 5 0 6 0 0 37

2017/18 11 9 10 7 0 10 3 0 50

2018/19 11 11 12 9 2 15 5 0 65

2019/20 11 14 13 11 4 20 10 2 85

2020/21 11 14 14 13 5 20 14 4 95

2021/22 11 14 15 14 7 20 14 6 101

2022/23 11 14 16 15 8 20 14 8 106

2023/24 11 14 17 16 9 20 14 9 110

2024/25 11 14 17 17 11 20 14 10 114

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PATHWAYS BEYOND 18 YEARS OF AGE We cater for young adults at present through participation in our yacht and Laser fleets. But some sailors are looking for a more challenging experience and in time it maybe necessary to promote a performance boat such as a 49er and a fleet of small keel boats. Young adults in their late teens and twenties are usually busy with education, work and social activities and sailing is given a lower priority. To maintain a fleet would require a great deal of effort by parents and the club.

PARENT PATHWAYS We need to build on our volunteer culture, and try and develop a more equitable load sharing framework. This will mean giving parents the resources they require to do their work. And while parents receive most reward from seeing their children progress they are also seeking pathways for themselves. Often the needs to cater for the children and themselves seems to merge and this is a good thing for our club.

The following diagram is an example of the pathways available to parents. There maybe more options and more cross linkages than shown but it does give and example of possibilities.

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Conclusions:

This sport offer parental pathways as well as those for participating junior sailors and the opportunity to offer these pathways should not be overlooked. It also fits well with the family­orientated environment developed so far within MYC. The cultural increase in volunteerism should be adequately planned for and addressed as part of the committees recommendations.

BOAT STORAGE Boat storage is located on the lower deck and consists of sailing dinghies, yacht tenders and support boats. Recently yacht tender numbers have been reduced and replaced with courtesy dinghies while sailing dinghy storage has increased.

Not all racks are the same, for example the upper racks are not utilised because the parents report they are too high to use. Lasers are very space efficient because they are very thin from their decks to keels and can be stacked in compact racks, Optimist Dinghies can be stacked on their transoms whereas Manly Juniors are space hungry due to their height. You can’t fit a Manly Junior into a Laser rack.

The following table illustrates the present racking capacity and required racking if the club is to rack enough boats to create a sustainable fleet.

Boat Present Racking Capacity

Required racking for mean sustainable

fleet

Additional Racking

Optimist Dinghy 11 11 0

Pittwater Junior 8 14 6

Manly Junior 11 17 6

Flying Eleven 9 17 8

29er ­ 11 11

BIC ­ 20 20

Laser 4.7 or Radial ­ 14 14

Laser Full rig ­ 10 10

Total 39 114 75

It is anticipated that boat storage will be sufficient for demand in the 2014­ 2015 season but will be inadequate for the 2015 ­2016 season.

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The Committee asked our honorary architect, Candace, to draw up racking ideas for additional boat storage and they are shown in Appendix 11. Her plan shows three new boat storage locations.

8 storage racks within the building. 32 storage racks in the area between the street and the building. These would

require some excavation, modification to the disabled foot path and the construction of a light weight building similar to a carport.

16 places on the rigging deck in front of Manly Sailings office. They would reduce the area available for rigging and also require some form of light building.

If all three sites were utilised the total additional rigging space would be 56. These boat spaces were based on the dimensions of a Flying Eleven and it should be noted that they are space hungry. If a mixture of boats were stored it is possible up to 10 or 15% more boats could be accommodated.

Both the committee and Candace see the need for addition boat storage as shown on the plan but don’t endorse their precise size or location, rather regard them as an example of what could be considered.

Conclusions:

The club requires additional boat storage and having documented some storage ideas outside the current lease limitations, discussions and options must be investigated with Many Council. These discussions should consider the upcoming lease renewal in 2020.

To incorporate any additional storage space, additional funding needs to be planned and sourced.

RIGGING DECK The rigging deck is an important club asset. All boats require rigging and it is also a venue for social activities where members get to know and help each other. On weekend there is a high demand for it’s use and this is only likely to increase. As an asset we will need to manage it well.

The area available for rigging includes the decking immediately west of the building, a section of the wharf as far out as the pontoon and some of the roadway outside the Manly Sailing office.

There are four sailing sessions each weekend which use the rigging deck pre­racing and post­racing:

Saturday morning ­ Manly Sailing beginners course and Sailability Saturday afternoon ­ Manly Yacht Club Juniors Program Sunday morning ­ Manly Yacht Club Juniors Program (occasional) and Manly

Sailing Intermediate course Sunday afternoon ­ Manly Yacht Club Laser fleet

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Both the sailing school and the MYC Juniors Program has to jostle for space and facilities with the other MYC users. Each fleet has its own operating procedures, sometimes written and for others it is just a matter of tradition. The procedures of each fleet haven’t been aligned and this has caused problems in the past.

At times the deck and pontoon are at capacity, compounded by the outward opening doors taking up valuable space and lack of fencing preventing boats being rigged close to the decking edge.

The type or mixture of boats being rigged and the placement of dinghies on the deck influences the number of boats that can be accommodated at any one time. Manly Juniors, Flying Elevens, 29rs and 420s need to be laid over on their beam ends to rig and hence take up more space than Optimist Dinghies, Lasers and Pittwater Juniors.

Not all the boats in storage need to be rigged simultaneously and the sailing committee very wisely schedules events to avoid congestion on the deck.

In order to use the rigging deck as efficiently as possible we need to be able to measure its capacity so that the Sailing Committee can properly program sailing events such as weekly point scores and special events like state championships. The JCRP Committee will also need to know its capacity so it can advise the Board on the future directions for our Junior fleet.

The Committee asked Candace, the clubs unofficial/honorary architect, to have a look at the deck and see how many boats it could accommodate for rigging and her plans are shown in Appendix 11. It became clear that the capacity depends on how much cramping of the spacing is acceptable, specifically whether access pathways need to be maintained. Two figures are provided, one will keep pathway open and the other will use the pathways to rig boats which will mean those closest to the pontoon will need to launched first.

The next question is how do we measure the space? The space could be measured in square metres, however this would require a good understanding of measurements and so the unit used is the space needed to rig an Optimist Dinghy.

From Candace’s plan of the present deck this would be 28 but 48 optimists if you are prepared to fill the pathways.

Club records were sought to try and confirm that the real deck usage was similar to that anticipated by Candace. The most popular juniors events in the 2013 ­ 2014 year were the Club Championships and they did cause some congestion on the deck. The result sheets in the MYC News were examined to find out how many boats were rigged and the results are shown table below.

To construct the table it has been assumed that Optimist and Pittwater Juniors use the same space whereas an MJ uses 1.5 times the space of an optimist and the F11 uses 2 times the space of an Optimist. For the bigger boats we have assumed a Laser uses 1.5 times and 29rs 2.5 times the space of an Optimist Dinghy. BICs say 1.7 and a 3.3 Access 1.1.

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The table shows that on two occasions the Juniors occupied the equivalent of 28 Optimist Dinghies which is precisely what Candace had predicted on her plan with pathways. The Juniors parents confirmed that on busy Club Championship race days the deck was very crowded.

Re­presentation of the same data shows fleet sizes that can be rigged on the deck.

Capacity of rigging deck for various classes

Optimist Dinghy

Pittwater Junior

Manly Junior

Flying Eleven

Laser 29r Access 3.3

Efficient (Safe, with pathways)

28 28 19 14 19 11 25

Maximum (increased risks, no pathway)

48 48 32 24 32 19 44

The following table illustrates the demand for rigging space for three fleet scenarios. The first being the season just past, the second for a sustainable fleet and the third being the maximum probable fleet we could expect. The demands are expressed in boats and Optimist equivalents.

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Class of Boat

Boats requiring rigging Equivalent in Optimists

2013­14 Season

Mean Sustainable

fleet

Maximum Probable Fleet

2013­14 Season

Mean Sustainable

fleet

Maximum Probable Fleet

Optimists 5 11 12 5 11 12

Pittwater Juniors

6 14 16 6 14 16

Manly Juniors

6 17 19 9 26 29

Flying Elevens

4 17 19 8 34 38

BIC’s 20 23 34 39

Laser 4.7 14 16 21 24

Lasers Full Juniors

10 12 15 18

Lasers Full Seniors

9 15 15 23 23

29ers 11 12 28 30

3.3 Access

6 6 6 7 7 7

Totals 156 35 213 236

The table, not unexpectedly, shows that if we tried to rig all boats presently in storage there would be insufficient deck space or it may be just possible if we crammed them on without pathways. The Junior and Sailing Committees have addressed this issue by staggering sailing activities over the four weekend sessions but if fleets continue growing then better scheduling or alternative arrangements will be required. As our immediate goal is to achieve a sustainable fleet we need to determine if, with improved scheduling, the existing deck will be adequate.

We need 213 Optimist spaces but there are four sessions each weekend resulting in 53 spaces per session which according to Candace’s plan can’t be done even if we cram without pathways. Also we need to account for the sailing school’s requirements during session 1 and that the fleets don’t happen to divide up in a very convenient manner. There is also the issue of traditional rights to the sessions and the issue that some sessions are perceived as better than others, for example session 1 is regarded as ideal

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for younger children and session 4 ideal for adult Laser sailors. At present the Juniors sail in Session 2 but would prefer to sail session 1.

Following is a table showing deck usage if we move to a sustainable fleet and with the present scheduling. It highlights that session 2 will be excessively over crowded, in fact we will need almost three times our present rigging space. Importantly it shows the club will have to make some changes to the deck or the way we use it or both if we want a sustainable fleet.

Rigging Deck Usage: Sustainable Fleet: Present scheduling

Session Class Sustainable Fleet

Optimist Spaces required

Session 1 Optimists Manly Sailing School

11 11

PJ Manly Sailing School

14 14

BIC Manly Sailing School

20 34

3.3 Access 6 7

Total 66

Session 2 Optimists 11 11

PJ 14 14

MJ 17 26

F11 17 34

Total 85

Session 3 BIC 20 34

Laser 4.7 or Radial

14 21

Total 55

Session 4 Laser Full Rig Juniors

10 15

Laser Seniors 15 23

Total 38

Note: 11 x 29ers would be rigged on the beach

The next table shows deck usage for sustainable fleets but with some re­scheduling of individual fleets and assuming the 29ers are rigged on the beach. If they are stored in the

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club, they will be wheeled to the beach on dollies but if they are stored off site they will be brought to the beach on trailers.

Rigging Deck Usage: Sustainable Fleet, Changed Scheduling

Session Class Sustainable Fleet

Optimist Spaces required

Session 1 Optimists Manly Sailing School

11 11

PJ Manly Sailing School

14 14

BIC Manly Sailing School

20 34

3.3 Access 6 7

Total 66

Session 2 MJ 17 26

F11 17 34

Total 60

Session 3 Optimists 11 11

PJ 14 14

BIC 20 34

Total 59

Session 4

Laser 4.7 or Radial

14 21

Laser Full Rig Juniors

10 15

Laser Seniors 15 23

Total 59

Note: 11 29ers would be rigged on the beach

With improved scheduling the peak deck usage could be reduced from 85 to 66 Optimist Dinghy equivalents. While this will not be enough to satisfy the needs of a sustainable fleet it does demonstrate the importance scheduling.

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It is convenient for families to have just one day at the Club, for example families often have more than one child interested in sailing and if one sibling sails on Saturday afternoon in a Manly Junior and the older sibling sailing on Sunday morning in a Flying Eleven then this would be inconvenient. They may look to another club with more suitable scheduling.

It may be possible to introduce hot rigging within sessions to solve our space problem. For example, this would mean if session 2 started at say 1300 hrs and that as normal all the Optimist Dinghies and a few Pittwater Juniors are already rigged by the Sailing School then the Optimist sailors could be briefed and launched by 1330 hrs. At this time the extra Pittwater Juniors could be brought out and rigged and launched at 1400hrs when the Manly Juniors could be rigged and launched at say 1500hrs. Boats usually return in staggered pattern and we just need to have them de­rigged as quickly as possible.

The problem with hot rigging is that it puts pressure on the sailors and detracts from the experience. If there were a delay because of too much or too little wind then the hot rigging system may not work properly or at all.

The other solution could be to increase the size of the rigging deck.

In the 1990’s MYC and the 16 Foot skiff Club made a joint Development Application for boat storage for the 16’ Skiff Club and an entrance hall and rigging deck for MYC. This was approved in 1999 with the entrance hall and about one third of the rigging deck having been built.

The Committee asked Candace to draw plans showing how many boats could be rigged if the full deck shown on the DA were built. This plan is in Appendix 11. The drawing shows that the larger deck will increase capacity from 28 with isles or 48 without isles to a ratio of 80 / 116 Optimist Dinghies.

Conclusion:

The rigging deck is a vital asset and needs to be used and managed properly The capacity of the deck can be measured in the number of Optimist Dinghies that

it can rig. We can rig 28 Optimist Dinghies on the present deck and 80 on the deck shown in

the original DA. Depending on how fleets are scheduled and managed we will need to find space

equivalent to approximately 70 Optimist Dinghies to rig a sustainable fleet. The rigging deck could be extended to meet the expected increased demand.

SUPPORT BOATS AND EQUIPMENT MYC requires support boats for bad weather rescue, training beginners, coaching more advanced students and others less­specific for laying marks and general support duties. All support boats have a serious role, are expensive, need to be skippered and crewed by experienced people.

Boats should be acquired to meet a specific purpose and as the result of a cost benefit study. Our fleet to date has been purchased to meet the following needs:

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1. Old RIB Training beginners 2. Yellow RIB Training beginners 3. Nigel Holman Coaching boat for MJs and F11s 4. Robbie R Laying Marks 5. Carlyle Start boat

Future purchases should be focused on demand and achieving more emergency backup capacity. A cost benefit study may consider purchasing cheaper plastic or Aluminium boats.

Young beginners require a greater level of support than experienced regular sailors. For example it is assumed the Optimist fleet requires proportionally more support than the senior Laser fleet. Yachting NSW was asked if they had any guidelines or general rules in regards to this matter but were unable to help. In the absence of any better information the following table is proposed as a guide for Manly Cove and North Harbour.

Fleet Ratio of competing boats to support boats

Optimist Dinghies 5:1

Pittwater Juniors 5:1

Manly Juniors 6:1

BICs 6:1

Flying Elevens 7:1

Lasers 4.7 7:1

Laser Juniors 7:1

29ers 8:1

Laser Seniors 10:1

The next table shows the number of support boats required for a sustainable fleet if changed scheduling were adopted.

Session 1 2 3 4

Support boats required

8 5 8 5

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Examining this table it is clear that sessions 1 and 3 requires a large number of support boats and that a strong case could be mounted to further adjust the scheduling and reduce the need to purchase additional boats just to meet a spike in projected demand. Any adjustment has to be considered alongside the available rigging space and launching and retrieval issues. The scheduling of fleets will be a matter for the Sailing Committee after receiving feedback from competitors and parents. This report just wants to highlight the sensitivities and that the club may have to progressively purchase another 5 support boats.

It is the Race Officer’s job to allocate support boats as they believe appropriate and following is an example of how this might be done for Session 3.

Fleet

No Boats

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Y’RIB Old RIB

4.2 RIB Robbie R

Carlyle New Plastic

1

New Plastic

2

New Plastic

3

New 3.7 RIB

New 5.0 RIB No

S’boats

Opti 16 2

PJ 14 3

BIC 14 3

Although Carlyle has been included in the table it would only be used in an emergency or in extenuating circumstances. Ten support boats are considered necessary rather than the 9 required, to cover for breakdowns, repairs and maintenance.

Conclusions:

Our support boats should be acquired to meet a needs based profile. The purchase and maintenance of support boats should be a consideration when

deciding fleet scheduling. We should revise the ratio of support boats to competitors if and when guidelines

become available A sustainable fleet requires up to 10 support boats Storage of the increased fleet of support boats has not been addressed yet. Our next purchases will probably be cheap rota moulded bad weather support

boats

LAUNCHING AND RETRIEVAL Most of our fleet is launched on our pontoon which needs to accommodate both support boats and our sailing fleet.

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At present we can launch or retrieve about 1 boat every 3 minutes or say 20 boats per hour. Usually the support boats are moored on the inside of the pontoon and the sailing dinghies are launched on the outside.

A sustainable fleet would require the launching of say 60 to 70 boats a session but because they need retrieving there will be say about 140 boat movements. If this is done over a 4 hour session then we will need 35 boat movements per hour. Also a bigger fleets there will be more support boats.

In addition there could be a problem if the deck is increased in size preventing the inshore pontoon side being accessible. As the fleet increases to a sustainable size it is certain that the pontoon will be inadequate.

The Committee met with Tom Sims from Sydney Marina Contracting. He has about 40 years experience in the Australian waterfront construction industry. After inspecting our site Tom advised that a short floating marina including a launching pontoon for sailing dinghies would be possible at Manly Yacht Club. Further he suggested that Bellinghams Marinas, the worlds largest marina builder, have a pontoon unit 6 metres wide that could be used to form a dinghy launching facility. He recounted a pontoon that he designed and built to launch rowing skiffs and thought something similar would work well on our site.

Tom suggested that without a large sized wave attenuator or a breakwater it would not be economic to construct a boat marina but thought a launching pontoon with a couple of berths might be possible although expensive. To go into any further detail would require investigation and design work and this would incur costs.

Conclusions:

Ultimately the present pontoon will be inadequate The club should make further investigations to design and fund a bigger and better

launching pontoon in partnership with an extended rigging deck.

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ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN The Juniors Program requires a number of assets for its proper operations such as sailing dinghies, support boats, boat storage racks, rigging decks and launching pontoons. Some of these assets we already have but much will need to be obtained if we are to support a sustainable fleet. The purchase of assets will incur capital expenditure, some will need annual maintenance, and on occasions will require repair and replacement.

The allocation of sailors to club owned dinghies is a matter for the Sailing Committee as is the skipper and crews to support boats. These issues are not under consideration in this report.

CAPITAL EXPENDITURE Following is an inventory of assets for both the present and sustainable fleets. This list should be maintained and upgraded as appropriate and made available to our members and included in the clubs annual accounts.

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Item Present

Fleet Sustainable Fleet

Radios Installed or Hand Held

Life Jackets

First Aid

Unit Cost Cost Present Fleet

Cost Sustainable

Fleet

Coach Boat 1 Nigel H I 2 $18,600 $18,600 $18,600

Coach Boat 2 Yellow RIB H 2 $8,000 $8,000 $8,000

Coach Boat 3 Old RIB H 2 $8,000 $8,000 $8,000

Coach Boat 4 I 2 $25,000 $25,000

Mark Laying boat 1 Robbie R I 2 $20,000 $20,000 $20,000

Mark Laying boat 2 I 2 $20,000 $20,000

Support Boat 1 H 2 $4,000 $4,000

Support Boat 2 H 2 $4,000 $4,000

Support Boat 3 H 2 $4,000 $4,000

Starting Boat Carlyle I 2 $30,000 $30,000

Coach Boat 1 Trolley $1,000 $1,000

Coach Boat 2 Trolley $1,000 $1,000 $1,000

Coach Boat 3 Trolley $1,000 $1,000 $1,000

Coach Boat 4 Trolley $1,000 $1,000

Coach Boat 1 Road trailer $1,800 $1,800 $1,800

Boat Crane $3,000 $1,800 $1,800

Optimist Dinghies 8 16 16 $2,500 $20,000 $40,000

Pittwater Juniors 8 14 14 $1,400 $11,200 $19,600

Manly Juniors 4 4 8 $2,000 $8,000 $8,000

Flying Elevens 3 3 6 $2,500 $7,500 $7,500

29ers 3 6 $6,000 $18,000

BICs 20 20 $3,500 $70,000

Laser Radials 3 3 $2,500 $7,500

Life Jackets 40 93 $80 $3,200 $7,440

Hand Held Radios 1 5 $250 $250 $1,250

Installed Radios 4 5 $350 $1,400 $1,750

First Aid Kits 3 3 $100 $300 $300

Totals $112,050 $330,540

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MAINTENANCE Some assets require annual maintenance but we don’t require a schedule because historically the work has always been done in June. Examples of those items that require maintenance are as follows:

Item Maintenance action Present Fleet Sustainable Fleet

Coach Boat 1 Service motor $1,000 $1,000

Coach Boat 2 Service motor $1,000 $1,000

Coach Boat 3 Service motor $1,000 $1,000

Coach Boat 4 Service motor $1,000

Mark Laying boat 1 Service motor $1,000 $1,000

Mark Laying boat 2 Service motor $1,000

Support Boat 1 Service motor $1,000

Support Boat 2 Service motor $1,000

Support Boat 3 Service motor $1,000

Starting Boat Service motor, antifoul, paint hull, mooring fees* $3,000 $3,000

Coach Boat Road trailer

Check Bearings and running gear $200 $200

First Aid Kits Replace components as necessary 3 Kits $300 $300

Annual Total $7,500 $12,500

* At present this is included in an annual fee paid to Davis Marina for mooring, antifouling and engine services. Does not include registration, insurance etc.

Most maintenance costs are in connection to servicing outboard motors. In the interest of simplicity we need to standardise on one brand of motor and at present we have mostly Mercury outboards. Ultimately it is anticipated that we will commission one dealer to service all motors annually.

The extra cost of maintenance of a sustainable fleet above the present fleet is estimated to be about $5,000 per year.

REPAIR Despite regularly servicing, all equipment will on occasions need repair. In the past repairs to the sailing skiffs have been simple and undertaken by the parents or Manly Sailing and this system seems to work and should continue. Repairs to the coach, mark laying, support and start boats are usually more complicated and are often undertaken on a commercial basis. The formal MYC Incident Reporting procedure should include notification to the Boat and Equipment Director informing of any repairs needed so they can be addressed in a timely manner.

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REPLACEMENTS All outboard motors will require replacement every 5 to 10 years to ensure a high level of reliability. If we have a fleet of 10 boats we will, on average, need to replace one or two motors annually. The oldest motor in the fleet at present is Robbie R’s and it will need replacement within the next two years.

Sailing dinghy sails will occasionally need replacing and this needs to put in the annual budget.

Conclusions:

We need to maintain the inventory of assets with details about date of purchase, value expected replacement date and cost.

All assets require servicing and this should be yearly.

The MYC Incident Reporting protocols need updating to include notification of repairs when needed.

CHILD SAFETY Child safety can take the following forms:

Club house and rigging deck injury On water injury Child sexual abuse

The Juniors Committee has instituted rules in regards to the use of the club and deck and these appear to be sufficient but need to be added to the Club’s Risk Management Plan and kept under constant review. On water safety can be best achieved by employing qualified and experienced coaches and resourcing them well. The club already adheres to the special requirements of the Racing Rules of Sailing and has sufficient support boats to meet the current normal requirements.

The Juniors Committee requires Police Checks of all those working with kids. The Club should have a policy on how child abuse allegations are to be handled. A guide has emerged from the various and recent Royal Commissions. Those with any relevant information should give it directly to the police and request that the Police inform the MYC Board via the President, Club Manager or any of the Board director at the earliest appropriate time.

Conclusions:

Existing Junior Committee rules may be adequate but need to be reviewed under the Club’s overall Risk Management Plan (which is currently in development).

On water safety is best provided by training from experienced and qualified coaches and Race Officers and equipping them properly.

All those formally working with junior sailors should continued to have police checks however protocols may need to be developed to cover other ‘volunteers’.

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The club should publish the correct way of reporting child abuse allegations and the MYC Incident Reporting Procedure.

REVIEW OF FUNDING SOURCES Capital expenditure, maintenance and repairs will require funding.

It is assumed that repairs and maintenance will be funded by an increased junior membership subscriptions and boat usage and storage fees.

The Capital Expenditure Table suggest that our present investment is $112k and that if we embrace a sustainable fleet this will need to be increased to $330k Assuming it will take a decade to build a sustainable fleet, then in that time we will need to find $218k or $22k per year. With increased juniors activity there are a number of capital generating strategies including increased sponsorship, sports grants, and ‘bank’ loans.

The replacement of motors and sails will need to be funded from our annual budget and possibly fall under the terms of some sports/community grants.

Conclusions:

Capital funding will be significant and all avenues of revenue need to be investigated

The forecast annual CapEx budgets need to include the purchase schedule in line with the growth of sustainable fleets and the ongoing schedule of the replacement of major items.

MEASURES OF SUCCESS To track improvements and identify opportunities that deserve greater focus we need a way to measure the programs activity.

The following is an initial recommendation of success metrics to be monitored with the aim to initial benchmarks and then viable improvements:

1. Number of junior members – including new members (attraction) and renewals (retention) and resignations

2. Retention rate of junior members 3. Number of family members with juniors 4. Volunteer rate: How many juniors and parents are involved 5. Parental participation in sailing: How many junior parents are sailing [eg yachts or

lasers] 6. Racing: Numbers actually racing each week in club races and the involvement in

class regattas and the number of members not racing each week 7. Skills development: Completion and progression through skills development

programs

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8. Social participation: Numbers of events held and attendance levels, particularly those initiated within Juniors

A satisfaction index should be developed to measure members’ and visitors’ satisfaction with the Club’s sailing and social offerings and interactions.

Another satisfaction milestone will be the successful renewal of the MYC Lease with Manly Council based on the community support of the club and its junior program. Given the investigation finding in this report, the new lease includes an expansion of the lease footprint and facilities needed to maintain all of the Clubs sailing programs.

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CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS The following conclusions and recommendations are considered necessary if Manly Yacht Club is going to attain a sustainable junior program.

THE YA TACKERS AND GREEN FLEET PROGRAM Both the YA Tackers, Green Fleet programs and most existing club programs such

as the Manly Sailing’s Learn to Sail and MYC Juniors Programs are endorsed by the YA NSW.

At present we have a choice of continuing with our existing arrangements or adopting the Tackers and Green Fleets programs

Becoming a Tackers club may have benefits of branding, professional development, merchandise and materials as well as a syllabus for schools

The YA’s policy of keeping juniors in Optimists until the age of 13 and the significant financial investment for a club such as MYC are seen as detriments

Nationally the Tackers Program hasn’t been taken up by many clubs

It is recommended that:

1. The club should monitor the Tackers Program and join it if a clear benefit can be identified

LOCAL SCHOOLS The Committee has tried to get support for a schools sailing program by contacting

the principals directly but has found this strategy unresponsive.

It is recommended that:

1. Parents of juniors should identify and approach school teachers that may be interested and willing to act as ambassadors to further a relationship between their schools and our Club. Ultimately it is planned that this relationship would result in some form of school sports sailing.

DEMAND FOR MANLY YACHT CLUB SERVICES The demand for our services has been estimated using demographics from Manly

Council and anecdotal evidence from Manly Sailing There are about 6,000 school aged children in the Manly Municipality of which it is

estimated 200 per year may pass through Manly Sailing. Of those about 20 may continue on to sail regularly with our club.

It is recommended that:

1. The club set a target of recruiting 20 new junior members annually 2. Anticipate an under 18 years membership could be 200 sailors

THE FAMILY FRIENDLY CLUB To attract more members, there needs to be mechanisms in place to assist with

enquires and addressing potential and new member needs.

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It is recommended that:

1. We need to create a team of information volunteers dedicated to answering visitor inquiries, and are supported by information pamphlets and a dedicated introduction page on the website

2. The last class of every Manly Sailing Camp should be visited by an information volunteer to let parents and students know about our pathways for children and parents

3. An information volunteer should be on the rigging deck every Juniors sailing day 4. New parents and kids should be inducted by existing parents and kids 5. New family members should be provided with a mentor 6. All of the clubs services, practices and fees need to be reviewed to make sure they

are family friendly, for example a family meal deal after twilights and on occasions child care facility.

7. Provide positive incentives for yachts to take mum and dad out to watch kids sailing and to participate in club sailing events

8. Organise off­water and after sailing social activities

STUDENTS Our club must provide for the sporting and social needs of students While their sailing needs are important equally their off water social needs are just

as important.

It is recommended that the following are considered when designing our program

1. The mix of classes required to satisfy the sailing ambitions of our students 2. The required balance between competitive and social sailing 3. Need to provide suitable fleet/class options for beginners of all ages (8 to 17 years) 4. Promote the popular classes of boats 5. Importantly, the need to promote off water social activities

HUMAN RESOURCES It would be far too expensive for the junior program to be managed on a

commercial basis, the program has to rely on volunteer parents We need to build a volunteer culture; with an equitable load sharing framework and

give the parents the resources needed to do their work The detailed management required to get young sailors on to the water is probably

best left to those parents with first hand experience

It is recommended that:

1. It should be made clear to parents at the very beginning, that they will be given a job

2. If there is no parental involvement then there is no registration 3. All parents should have a limited liability, clear job description and how to do kit 4. All jobs should have a purpose and be sensible 5. Where ever possible modern technology should be employed to reduce the work

load

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MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION The Juniors Committee has developed a range of procedures to guide members Management is still in the development stage and it would benefit from a review

process This process would be best done by parents

It is recommended that:

1. All jobs should focus on essential needs 2. All jobs need to be streamlined 3. Job descriptions need to be written 4. The organisation needs to be under constant review by sub­committee of parents

who reporting annually 5. A paid sailing manager position be considered

TEACHING, COACHING AND TRAINING This is the core and defining issue in our Juniors Program We must seek out the best coaches we can afford The Program should provide a range of sailing experiences for children and young

people of all abilities, those that wish to just sail socially, as well as those that wish to race

It is recommended that:

1. The club seeks to engage the best quality coaches 2. The number of coaches should equal or exceed any YA requirements 3. Our coaching should equal or exceed the standards set by other local clubs.

PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE SUSTAINABLE FLEETS To achieve a sustainable fleet of juniors individual fleet sizes will need to reach a

critical sustainable number of at least ten boats Over the last decade juniors fleets have increased as a result of improvements to

facilities such as the pontoon and rigging deck and future increases will again depend on improvements to facilities and resources.

It is recommended that:

1. Seed boats be purchased for new fleets 2. The coaching team be expanded 3. The rigging deck and boat storage be increased as part of a ‘Master Plan’

FUTURE SUSTAINABLE FLEETS Most children will start their sailing career at 8 years of age but we will also need to

cater for older beginners

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They will spend only a year in the Optimist and Pittwater Juniors but will probably spend 2 to 3 years in each of the Manly Juniors, Flying Elevens and 29ers

Some beginners will spend their first 2 years as crews on Manly Juniors It is considered inappropriate to hold most young people in one class for more than

3 years because they simply out grow the boat To cater for beginners of all ages 8 to 17 years we should have 8 individual fleets

It is recommended that the club plans for:

1. More than 10 boats in the single handed beginners fleets 2. 10 boats in the two handed older fleets 3. 100 or more boats in total 4. 150 or more students in total

BOAT OWNERSHIP It’s clear that the club must own the boats for use by absolute beginners and some

boats to seed or stabilise the other fleets Beginners boats should always be rota moulded plastic boats Beyond these goals the club should have no exposure to boat ownership

It is recommended that the club:

1. Owns enough plastic boats to create and sustain a beginners fleet 2. Stabilise other fleets by retaining the present club owned boats 3. Seed the proposed new fleets with a minimum of 3 boats each 4. Keep the club’s current buy/sell policy

CLASSES & FLEETS When choosing which classes and fleets would be most suitable at Manly Yacht

Club a set of criteria needs to be established

It is recommended that the following criteria be adopted:

1. A minimum of two beginners classes to accommodate a range of ages/body sizes 2. An even and manageable progression from one class to another 3. All the major sailing disciplines are represented 4. Working sail area to minimise difference between pathway steps 5. Boats with good durability and resale value 6. Ease of storage 7. Popularity of the class and its use by other clubs

CLUBS & CLASSES The three most common boats in use at other clubs are the Optimist Dinghy, Manly

Junior and the Flying Eleven. These are in use at MYC.

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1. The Optimist Dinghy, Manly Junior and the Flying Elevens continue to be part of the class fleet at Manly Yacht Club

BOAT SELECTION The decision will be subjective and needs to be made with reference to the criteria

previously detailed

It is recommended that:

1. 29ers be added to the end of the current progression path 2. BICs (or similar) and Laser radials be added to the current Laser progression path 3. Anticipate crossover between fleet progressions

STUDENT PATHWAYS Option 5 will:

Provide for a sustainable fleet as well as a range of sailing experiences for both racers and social sailors while at the same time inspiring a life time of enjoyment for the clubs young people

Allow us to provide beginners courses for all who present in the ages 8 to 17 years Enable children to enjoy and appreciate boats that they can comfortably handle but

are still challenging Expose children to a range of experiences and boats so they can choose a sailing

career.

It is recommended that:

1. The Club adopts Option 5 2. A pathway committee to administer our sailors progressions is formed 3. The Club publicises the pathways showing the expected stays and age groups 4. A Juniors Program Management Plan be developed (further)

BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FLEET The club will need to actively build junior numbers The club will need to improve facilities to meet their reasonable needs and

requirements

It is recommended that:

1. Work with and assist Manly Sailing to increase student numbers 2. Plan for a decade long transition to a sustainable fleet in each class 3. Meet increased and improved storage, rigging, launching and coaching needs

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PARENT PATHWAYS It should be mandatory for parents to assist the Juniors Committee There are a range of other activities for parents at our club, both sailing and

management

It is recommended that:

1. The club identifies and publishes pathways for parents 2. Use these pathways in our promotion of Junior Sailing to the family

BOAT STORAGE We are anticipating an extra 75 active sailing boats working from our club in the

future If the 29ers are stored on trailers off site and are rigged on the beach we will need

64 additional boat storage racks

It is recommended that the club:

1. Plans for an additional 60 boat storage racks 2. Engage Manly Council in the process of developing storage and rigging facilities as

part of the lease renewal program 3. Investigate funding options 4. Consider the minimising of member yacht tender storage by providing replacement

courtesy dinghies

RIGGING DECK We need to use our present rigging deck as efficiently as possible A sustainable fleet will require more than double the rigging space presently

available The rigging deck shown on the original Development Application could provide a

deck big enough for a sustainable fleet

It is recommended that the club:

1. Align fleets procedures 2. Schedule rigging sessions to minimise demand on rigging space 3. Install space saving sliding doors 4. Install handrail on deck edge 5. Rig boats on deck in a space efficient manner 6. Adopt a mild form of hot rigging 7. Expand the rigging deck in line with original Development Application 8. Rig some boats on the beach

SUPPORT BOATS & EQUIPMENT The number of support boats required for a sustainable fleet will increase from the

present 5 to possibly 10 depending the how the sessions are scheduled.

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It is recommended that as demand increases the following boats be purchased:

1. Three cheaper support boats of plastic construction 2. One small RIB for coaching 3. One 5m RIB

LAUNCHING & RETRIEVAL The present pontoon will be inadequate for a sustainable fleet The club should commence investigations and planning for a better pontoon

It is recommended that plans be drawn for a staged development as follows:

1. Stage 1 ­ A ramp and pontoon capable of launching and retrieving 30 to 40 boats per hour.

2. Stage 2 ­ A tee head capable of berthing 4 boats. 2 berths for pick up and drop off and 2 as permanent or casual berths

3. Stage 3 ­ A wave attenuator and additional berths

ASSET MANAGEMENT The assets presently under management are sailing dinghies, support boats and

their motors as well as other equipment such a radios and safety gear Future capital expenditure will be required to purchase additional assets to meet the

demands of a sustainable fleet Some assets will require repair, maintenance and replacing in the future At present their management is reasonable

It is recommended that:

1. We update the Club’s Asset Register with details about date of purchase, value expected replacement date and cost

2. Have all assets serviced yearly 3. We create a dedicated email address to report faults so that assets can be repaired

in a timely manner 4. We encourage Manly Sailing and the parents to continue to undertake the minor

repairs to sailing dinghies 5. Replacement of major items should be included in the projected annual CapEx

budget 6. The Club should actively seek sponsorship or grants for it’s junior fleet growth of

about $10k pa or more, along with maintaining the clubs contribution which could be as high as $10k pa.

CHILD SAFETY Rigging deck and on water safety issues are presently managed by the parents and

coaches On water safety is best provided by engaging experienced and qualified coaches

and race officers and equipping them properly Coaching staff are presently required to have police checks

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It is recommended that:

1. The club appoints only qualified and experienced coaches 2. The club should continue the practice of requiring those working with children to

have police checks 3. Members should be advised to give any information they may have about child

abuse to the police and how to instigate an MYC Incident report. This advise would be best given through the MYC Handbook.

MEASURES OF SUCCESS We need to measure our successes and failures so we can plan a better future

It is recommended that we measure the following:

1. The number of junior members 2. No of family members with juniors 3. Volunteer rate 4. Numbers racing each week and those not racing 5. Skills development 6. Social participation 7. Parental participation in sailing 8. Satisfaction 9. These measures should be reported to the Board bi­annually and a summary

reported in the MYC Newsletter annually

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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 1 Strategic Review of MYC Juniors Coaching and Racing Program (JCRP)

Terms of reference:

Investigate and confirm current and future demand, current and future growth capacity and develop a report to assist decisions of the MYC Board.

The intention is to:

Review all training, sailing school and all fleets. Identify current and potential capacity of club facilities for the JCRP including boats and

equipment. Review the potential impact of external parties who can shape future growth. Identify restrictions for growth. Draft a JCRP Asset Management Plan Investigate member’s expectations of future growth. Benchmark the JCRP against other ‘similar’ sail training and progression programs. Review range of funding sources. Investigate short, medium and long-term sponsorships.

Review Committee Members:

A minimum of 3, max of 5. Two Board Members + 1-3 non-Board members

Output:

MYC JCRP 3-year Plan

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APPENDIX 2 MANLY YACHT CLUB

MEETING OF JUNIOR COACHING AND RACING PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Tuesday 23rd April, 2013. 7.30pm

Present: B. Davis, G. Wilkins, Cary Budd, D. Winn, J. Richardson and Anne Stockdale (Manly Sailing)

Business:

Anne Stockdale was invited to speak on the business of Manly Sailing and the relationship with MYC Juniors.

She outlined Manly Sailing interaction with Greg Taranto (MYC Juniors) and the Manly Skiff Club and talked about a number of issues as follows:

Services / products

1. Corporate Team Building 2. Learn to Sail – Kids & Adults 3. Racing in the Whitsundays 4. Yacht Charter 5. Try Sailing Experience

Student numbers

For each of the two categories, juniors and adults, a properly run sailing school at that site could hope for between 100 and 200 students per year

As for Schools, we are best suited to those within walking distance, but we can do business with others further afield. In practice we are only likely to get 3 or 4 classes a week of 20 to 30 kids per class.

Profitability

The Adult Learn to Sail is the most profitable and Racing in the Whitsundays is the least profitable.

Benefits to Manly Yacht Club

In addition to providing the normal sail training services, Manly Sailing also undertakes a number of extracurricular tasks such as incidental repairs, accepting deliveries, answering queries.

The Manly Sailing Wish list

Urgent

1. Improved procedures so that Manly Sailing, Sailability and MYC sailing divisions can work together better.

2. Improved fuel storage and management 3. Upgraded security on lower floor and big boat storage doors.

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Non Urgent

1. More sailing dinghies for learn to sail kids

General

Manly Sailing is only interested in the “learn to sail” aspect and not coaching of students.

Anne said that she was told by the Skiffies that their learn to sail program has recently been abandoned and that leaves only Manly Yacht Club / Manly Sailing working in that space. Previously we were working to differentiate our program from theirs but now there is no need, and we should act as we see appropriate.

Best way for MYC to make contact with the Schools is to contact the head of sports at each school.

Then Anne took questions from the committee.

Bruce D thanked Anne for giving the committee and insight into Manly Sailing.

Judy Richardson tabled MC Junior financial situation (Number of Junior members, Assets, Income and expenses) as supplied by Toucia (Bookkeeper).

Meeting ended 9pm.

Bruce Davis

Chairman

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APPENDIX 3 Report from Manly Juniors 20th May 2013

Kids should rig their own boats rather than just parents Working bee required between juniors and Manly Sailing Arrangement to date is very good with Manly Sailing Chris think the fuel system he has is OK We need more girls sailing We need to handle the ferry crossing better so it doesn’t frighten the kids We should co-ordinate the start line and times with the Skiffies better Chris suggests to use a whistle more to get the kids organised They need magnetic boats for teaching All hand held radios need to have neck lanyards Buy cheaper UHF radios Need to rack an extra six boats next season (1 MJ, 31F11s, 2PJs) Has team snap outlived its usefulness? We need a few more races next season BD, Curly Girl and Anne are writing a boat user course We now have a boat buy and sell policy Next season they will stick with the courses in the handbook This presentation they had to buy more trophies Steve Teudt is now the MJ Race Committee chair MJ Committee should deal directly with board on non-racing & sailing matters This year the MJ Committee work force will tripple in size (from 6 to 17) Some Committee members

Director Greg Coaches Ian, Phil, David Boat Captain David Poole Race Officers Tim Docker, Stephen Teudt MJ Fleet Captain Steve PJ Fleet Captain Hamish F11 Fleet Captain Case OPTI Fleet Captain Mark Tindale Secretary Mark Rees Treasurer Xavier Registrar Paula Operations Nick Communications Pete Social Joanne

Kids like sausage sizzles after race We need more parents with first aid and safe boat handling course Ditto instructors course We will have some winter training with Skiffies The meeting was too long Beginner kids will be coached each week May need a second coach for these kids Specialist coaching for better kids every 2nd or 3rd week in non-CC pointscore races. Ask board why can’t juniors get boat racking

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Notes from JCRP Meeting with Greg T and Steve T

Wednesday 22nd May

Kids

Manly Juniors do whatever Manly Sailing doesn’t do We had 29 kids 2012 2013 season and estimate 40 in 2013-2014 season Looking at kids up to 16 yrs Most of our students come from Manly Sailing, 10 to 20% of MS students come onto the club Often get kids and parents who are new to sailing This creates a lot of work but it is a service to the sport of sailing We need a core of experienced parents to make it sustainable We must keep it attractive to both kids and parents to continue for many years – without the

longevity of tenure the parents will lose “corporate knowledge” and the thing will fall apart. Generally kids want to follow their siblings We aim to get divisions of 10 boats per class

Parents

The structure should be sustainable The key is parental involvement There was 6 parent in 2012- 2013 committee and we have 17 parents for 2013-2014 The committee meets monthly Parents are encouraged to get boat licences Parents are rostered on to positions This is done using the portal Team Snap Ian Sanders is head coach and is well regarded Tim and Steve are Race committee Consider rostering on a yacht to take parents onto race course on Saturday afternoons This would help the cross over between yachties and juniors

Support Boats

We need 1 support boat every 6 competing boats Boats available are Robbie R, old RIB, New RIB, Charlies Chariot, Steve Teudts inflatable We need a big RIB Re-fueling is a problem although Chris from Manly Sailing is a good help

Dinghies

There are 8 Optis, 5 PJs, 5 MJs, 2 F11 club owned boats There are 4 PJs and 3MJs member owned. Encourage kids to buy boats In the 2011-2012 season we had to sail Sat and Sun because we didn’t have enough boats In the 2012- 2013 season we just sailed on Sat because we had enough boats Steve Teudt has offered Laser II as a coaching tool Not enough boat storage at MYC Too many MYC owned boats will create a boat maintenance problem Most parents are time poor and have trouble maintaining boats due to lack of experience and

knowledge We may need to provide some resources to get things fixed Steve T said he thought we should get rid of the PJs but most parents want to keep them

Sailing

We offer two divisions, Cruisers and Racers

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Initially kids are sent to the cruisers until they are good enough to sail a race course Getting kids into regattas seems to be beneficial We could consider getting the parents sailing at the same time as the kids

Instructors

Most of our instructors are young, 17 to 22 yrs Kingsley is a mature aged instructor and has be engaged a number of times and is very good and

is used to coach Racers Extra money spent on quality coaching would be good Skiffies don’t allow coaching in races MYC allows coaching in the HPS but not CC races Juniors are considering videoing kids sailing and showing it back club later We need to encourage parents to become qualified instructors The course is 2 days of driving and 3 days of instructing

Progression

We need to offer a form of progression Skiffies are MJ, F11, 13, 16 Suggest MYC Opti, PJ, MJ, F11, 420, Small Keel Yacht

Club

Not enough cross over between juniors and yachties

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APPENDIX 4 JCRP MEETING – Wednesday 5th June 2013 at 7.30pm

Present: Bruce Davis, Greg Wilkins, Judy Richardson, Elli Demeny

Business:- ELLI DEMENY from Sailability came to talk to the meeting about Sailability’s use of the club facilities and other concerns. She made the following points.

Operations

Sailability is like a constant try and sail day There are 24 groups who sail plus two larger groups of about 80 kids Sailing is on Wed and Sat and follows much the same format Sailability starts at 0900hrs Usually off water by noon and boats away by 1300hrs There are 4 race days per year and 4 practice race days per year totalling 8 days In 2012 Sailability had 1753 participants which included disabled, abled, helpers and carers Storing equipment and tidiness is important Sailability officials wear high visibility vests To expand, Sailability needs, another support boat and more volunteers

Issues

The large number of boats and people causes some congestion on the deck and pontoon There is congestion when sailability is washing their boats and the Manly Juniors are rigging Sailability has used more fuel this season than previously, perhaps the MJ have used more fuel

than they thought Prefer if MJs had just one or two boat drivers for Charlies Chariot Kids should shower upstairs Life jacket can be shared but must be returned to the correct place The MYC members are welcome to help Sailability

Other

We need to co-ordinate risk management Handrail could be fitted to upstairs toilet We should use upper deck more

Elli was thanked for her input and left the meeting. The issues raised by various parties (Manly Sailing, MYC Juniors and Sailability) were then discussed in preparation to their presented to the Board. A summary of important issues was prepared as follows:

Manly Sailing:

1. Improved procedures so that Manly Sailing, Sailability and MC sailing divisions can work together better.

2. Improved fuel storage and management. 3. Upgrade security on lower floor and big boat storage doors. 4. More sailing dinghies for learn to sail kids.

Manly Juniors:

1. Working Bee required between Juniors and Manly Sailing. 2. Co-ordination of start line and times with Skiffies could be organised better. 3. Need a rack for extra 6 boats next season (1 MJ, 3 F11s, 2PJs)

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4. Juniors have a boat buy and sell policy. 5. More parents needed for first aid and safe boat handling course. 6. Need specialist coaching for better kids every 2nd or 3rd week in non-CC pointscore races. 7. Question for Board as to why juniors can’t get boat racking.

Sailability:

1. Lack of communication between all parties using the deck on Saturdays. 2. Fuel issues when fuel has been used up by Manly Juniors. 3. Happy for Charlies Chariot to be used by Manly Juniors but would like it to be left as received. 4. Too many people/boats on the deck on Saturdays.

Still require Centreboarders (Ian Cameron) to come and talk to the meeting.

Meeting finished at 9.15pm

Signed:

Bruce Davis

Chairman

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APPENDIX 5 JCRP MEETING – Sunday 30 June 2013 at 9.30am

Present: Bruce Davis, Greg Wilkins, Cary Bud and Geoff Read

Business:- Geoff Read came to talk to the meeting about the Centre-boarder’s use of the club facilities and other concerns. He made the following points.

There are 9 C’boards that enter the racing but usually the fleet is about 5 or 6. There are other lasers that are entered but not sailed in the fleet The club owns one laser No new comers have been turned away as yet. Most rigging starts about 12:30pm on Sundays and race start at 2pm The race times suit the fleet The course suit the fleet They had a junior sailing with them for the last 3 races the 2012 2013 season IT would be good to get boats and spars together New lasers are now fitted with turbos that allow better adjustments of sails The club laser need a turbo kit fitted which costs about $300

The committee and Geoff then inspected the boat storage area and found there was room for the following boats:

2 Juniors on mobile rack 2 Juniors on fixed racks 2 F11’s on fixed racks 2 Optis deck Laser spars could be stored on boat racks There is lots of high racking but hard to use

Meeting finished at 10am

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APPENDIX 6 JCRP Meeting with Andrew Cribb Yachting NSW

10:30am 1st July 2014 at MYC

Andrew said:

Kids don’t care what boats they are sailing so don’t get too fussed. He asked what we are aiming to achieve with our juniors program. Kids want fairness Kids and parents want steps to international fleets All fleets must have a critical mass 16s are wrong in that they don’t encourage non sailing families Best case scenario are Tackers The Tackers program prefers Optis After tackers they go to Green Fleet YA NSW got Government grant to set up Tackers Instructors need

General Instructors Certificate plus Tackers extra course

Tackers Course written in conjunction with the Department of Education Yachting is now considered a growth sport including Tackers There is participation funding available but very little of it Youth pathways

Opti --- F11 --- 29r Opti --- Laser4.7 --- Laser full rig

Kids should stay with Optis until 13 or 14 yrs Transition to F11 requires good coaching Retention of kids in Opti fleet about 75% Retention of kids in F11 fleet about 50% Sailing is popular with mums Child minding required to mums sailing We need more rigging space We need to train our parents Manly Sailing will shortly be accredited to train MYC support boat drivers Andrew said our new RIB should be 5m To make sailing a team sport we need to provide teams racing in Optis Clubs are now adopting a Feb to Jan sailing calendar.

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APPENDIX 7 JCRP Meeting with Helen Lever Manly Council 11.00am 3rd July 2014 at Council Chambers Helen said:

The Council staff don’t have an opinion about the merits of individual sports clubs rather they prefer to be guided by public opinion.

We should provide a written list of boat storage options with drawings and photos for the council to consider as landlord.

We should also look at the gate DA to see if the recent legislation has made its approval possible now

We should also look at the 1998 DA to see if it is still alive and if it would still be possible to extend the deck

She doesn’t have the latest Manly Sailing Subleases for signing could we send her a copy? They would like to ask the RMS to lease the jetty and decks directly to us but note this may

not be possible because a small section of the building straddles onto RMS land

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APPENDIX 8 JCRP Meeting Notes

11th June 2014

Present Mike Salter President - MJ Association, David Doyle - President F11 Association and Juniors at Skiffies, Kingsley – Coach Domonique Winn, Steve Garmston, Bruce Davis BD’s notes

What does MYC want from Kids sailing? Make money, lots of kids or kids that stay longer. Retention of kids in the sport of sailing is most important The energy that enthusiastic kids give to the rest of the membership is important The F11 Association is strong and financial but MJ Association is OK but only has a small kitty F11 had 100boats at their national Champs Kids 12 to 16 years Andrew and Jenny do most of the coaching and are very good F11 cost $16k new but good second hand boats are less than $4k Use older kids to teach younger kids, F11 can teach MJ and these coaches should be paid Often less competitive kids make good coaches Good coaching requires 1 coach to 5 MJ or F11 Important to provide a pathway for the less competitive kids This may take the form of adventure sailing Clubs need good processes to manage parents, kids, boats etc. Need to involve kids in the management Kid’s club captains and other roles gives them ownership of the management Min fleet number is 4 boats but 10 to 12 best. Inter fleet sailing is good Mixing of kids at regattas is important Social issues at the club are important Australian Government funding is targeted at winning medals- Olympics Funding trickles down from YA to YNSW and is applied to elite sailors These kids are taught to win but not how to sail Hard to keep kids interested in sailing after F11 13’s are too hard for 16yrs olds to sail 29er’s are easier than 13’s but still a challenge at 16yrs Kids want 29er’s so they can go to the Youth Nationals It sociably acceptable for kids to sail 29er’s The boats look attractive Age limit at Nationals is 18 so non drinking There are nomadic fleets that just don’t have a home or a club culture Nomadic fleets don’t work 29er’s don’t have home and are looking for a club There were 20 * 29er’s at the Middle Harbour Skiffs but they just died out Were they too hard for the kids to sail? Parents own the boats, not many kids own boats Clubs need one person to drive change They need to be backed up by a large committee Parents new to sailing find it difficult to get kids started Often they will front up on Saturday morning hoping to get a crew spot for their child Often they are unsuccessful and the active parents are too busy to talk with them Club must have mechanism to talk with new comers Try sailing and Tackers are good to get info out about sailing The sport of sailing must make kids and parents welcome The Skiffies have a sailing school They don’t know what’s happening to it

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The school hasn’t fed any kids into their program as yet The more fun you can make sailing the better Kid need to sail weekly to build commitment Kids need to be relaxed and confident Skiffies are trying to build a crew matcher – don’t how it will work The skiffies and us should work together 16’s cost $70k and they are too expensive, so wonder if fleet will sustain All fleets need a critical mass PJ’s are easy to rig and this makes them attractive We need to package our kids sailing so its complete and obvious to parents

Dom’s take home points: -harness and support energy from parents and kids and build on this, incl succession planning - provide lots of opportunities for kids to enter easily, progress (pathways for all types of kids) and take on further opportunities (skills development, training and teaching leadership) - make use of support and synergies with associations and other clubs - make it fun and make it social - it's not always about the boats or racing - leverage our strengths (the school, the classes, Greg t, the location and club culture) to be welcoming and easy to access

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APPENDIX 9 Following is an example of letters sent to 14 local schools inviting them to an open afternoon session at the Club. 22 May 2014 The Principal Manly Village Public School Darley Road Manly NSW 2095 Dear Sir or Madam, Manly Yacht Club has a very successful and growing junior fleet and we want to explore the possibility of establishing relationships with local schools. Already one school uses the club for its sports program and now we are hosting an open afternoon session with nearby schools to find ways of building on this success. During the last decade the club has been assembling all the vital resources required to support junior sailing. We now have a launching pontoon, rigging deck, commercial sailing school and more recently a fleet of training dinghies. The accredited sailing school, Manly Sailing, operates its junior program for beginners on Saturday mornings and in the afternoon the club’s coaching racing program, for the more experienced children, swings into action with professional coaches. It is common for clubs to support junior fleets but for Manly Yacht Club, located on the most beautiful harbour with the best sailing water and climate, it has been made our highest priority. In fact our goal is to elevate sailing in Manly Cove to an equal standing with other mainline sports such as football, netball and cricket. To help achieve this goal the Club’s board has formed a committee to investigate and report back on ways to better use our resources so that we can provide quality coaching and racing programs. The Junior Coaching and Racing Program Committee invites yourself and any interested teachers to an open afternoon at Manly Yacht Club to look over our facilities and engage in a free flow of ideas that might lead to more interest in sailing among local children. From our perspective, we are particularly interested in any ideas from schools that might help us encourage sailing as a school sport. If you or any teachers at the school would like to attend please let us know. Venue Manly Yacht Club East Esplanade Manly Time 4:30pm Date Wednesday 11 June 2014 Duration 1 hour RSVP Phone 9948 3750 or wildlife@iinet.net.au Yours sincerely Bruce Davis Chairman Junior Coaching and Racing Committee

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APPENDIX 10 Manly Yacht Club Juniors Boat Ownership Plan

Junior sailing is the core activity of all yacht clubs. It can be the starting point for a life long association with sailing and in many cases with the club. To grow our fleet of juniors the club has found it necessary to purchase a number of sailing dinghies. These boats are used by our young members until they are committed to the sport and buy their own craft.

The club in choosing classes and numbers of boats is mindful of the need to maximise junior numbers and positive sailing experiences for them while at the same time looking for a minimal capital out lay. Once the capital out lay has been made it is important to keep the boats in good condition so that the equity is maintained and can be reported properly in our accounts.

Clearly it is important to encourage private ownership once the juniors show an interest and commitment to the sport.

The Club owns the following classes of boats:

Optimist (Optis) Pittwater Juniors (PJs) Manly juniors (MJs) Flying Elevens (F11s)

The club particularly encourages private ownership of Manly Juniors, Flying Elevens and PJs but because the kids transition quickly through Optimists it is acknowledged that private ownership of these classes is less practical.

When on occasions the club finds it appropriate to buy and sell boats the following issues will be considered.

The Club may buy boats:

To meet the demand from increasing junior numbers and juniors who are new to sailing To meet the demand from school sailing When private ownership is not practical

The club may sell boats to club members:

To encourage a culture of Junior boat ownership To provide a less daunting path into boat ownership. To free up MYC money to spend on other boat purchases To build a sense of pride by juniors in their boat To encourage them to maintain and tune their own boats

When buying or selling boats the MYC board must be provided with evidence that the transaction is at market value. A list of similar boats and asking prices will usually be sufficient.

When buying boats:

An invoice describing the boats and equipment included with the amount to be paid must be provided.

An email should be sent to info@myc.org.au with the following information: Details of boat and equipment to be purchased (Name, Number, Sails etc)

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Proof of market value (references to recent sales or market listings)

When selling boats

The buyer agrees to give the Club first right of refusal should the boat come onto the market again.

The buyer agrees to assists the Club to find a replacement if a replacement is required for the club.

The buyer is prepared to sell it back to the Club for the price they paid the Club or a lower price The Club has no obligation to buy the boat when it comes on the market and the buyer is not

obliged to accept an offer from the Club which is lower than the original sale price

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APPENDIX 11 Rigging and Boat Storage Plans

Existing Deck showing Optimist Dinghies being rigged with walkways.

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Existing Deck showing Optimist Dinghies being rigged without walkways.

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Enlarged Deck per approved Development Application showing Optimist Dinghies being rigged with walkways.

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Enlarged Deck per approved Development Application showing Optimist Dinghies being rigged without walkways.

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APPENDIX 12 Extract from MYC Handbook 2014 ­ 2015

MYC Juniors – 2014/15

MYC Juniors works closely with the club’s sailing school (Manly Sailing) to deliver a program which spans from Learn­to­Sail to competitive dinghy racing. This partnership can take a child from never having stepped foot on a boat to becoming competent at racing at state and national level in several sailing­dinghy classes.

Learn to Sail – Manly Sailing

Manly Sailing (school) runs Learn­to­Sail holiday camps and Saturday morning courses for Juniors. These courses concentrate on progressing beginners to the point that they are confident in handling a dinghy and are competent to sail beyond “Yachting Australia Start Sailing 2” level. Manly Sailing can support further development of junior sailors beyond this level in parallel with club sailing if and when required.

Start Sailing 1 and 2 are part of the Yachting Australia Youth Development Pathway. A detailed description of the pathway’s Syllabus and Achievement Criteria is available at the following link.

http://www.yachting.org.au/wp­content/uploads/2013/10/Dinghy­Syllabus.pdf

Contact Manly Sailing

For further information and course enrolment please use one of the following:

http://www.manlysailing.com Phone: 02 9977 4000 Email: info@manlysailing.com.au

MYC Juniors Training and Racing Program

The MYC Juniors program aims at developing skills from YA Better Sailing level to YA Better Racing level over several seasons. Rate of improvement will be dependent on a number of factors including the child’s motivation and application. All rates of progress are supported by the club. The program runs regular weekend training and racing sessions with qualified and experienced instructors supported by the Juniors’ parents. These sessions are scheduled in the club calendar. A Juniors Committee, made up primarily of parents, meets regularly to plan and manage the program.

Contact and Next Steps

Please read on for a full understanding of the program. Then if you would like to join or have further questions please do one or more of the following:

Send an email to juniors@myc.org.au

Attend 2014/15 Registration and Orientation Session – 12.00pm, Saturday 16­August­2014 at MYC

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Turn up to a Juniors sailing day – most Saturday afternoons in Summer and have a look at what we do.

Attendance and Schedule for year

Juniors training, racing and sailing sessions are published in the MYC club calendar and are run on most school­term Saturdays of spring, summer and early autumn. Apart from special events the day starts around 12.30pm and finished around 5pm.

Attendance is not compulsory but weekly participation is encouraged. Parents are required to notify of child attendance to each session by Wednesday of the week prior. This is done through a web portal.

We ask that Juniors turn up to the sessions regardless of the weather conditions. The coaching team and race committee will then decide whether sailing and/or racing is safe to proceed. If sailing does not proceed the coach may run a knowledge training session at the club house.

The Juniors committee may decide to offer additional ad­hoc sailing days during school holidays. Juniors families will be notified of these by email as well as official club notice boards and web sites.

Juniors Pre­requisites

All Juniors must:

Be members of MYC – either through a Junior or family membership. Complete and sign a Juniors Program entry form. Be confident swimmers and be able to swim 25 metres.

All Juniors intending to skipper a sailing dinghy in MYC Juniors sessions must:

Be sailing above YA Start Sailing 2 level. If the sailing level cannot be confirmed then an assessment of the Junior will take place in the first session to establish whether the Junior is competent enough to join or whether more tuition is required.

Have the confidence to sail directly from the club pontoon in the company of a Juniors support boat.

Juniors intending to crew in a Manly Junior or Flying 11 are not required to have prior sailing experience.

The target age range for Juniors is 8 to 15 years. Juniors outside this range will be considered for entry using a number of criteria including confidence in the water and swimming ability.

Juniors Fees and Charges

All Juniors must pay for their club membership (either family or Junior membership) as per the membership schedule of fees.

Junior MYC Membership ­ $86 incl. GST per season Family MYC Membership (Yacht, 2 adults and children) ­ $484 incl. GST per

season All Juniors must pay a small coaching fee which goes towards funding paid

instructors Coaching fee ­ $50 incl. GST per season

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All Juniors requiring the use of a club dinghy sailing boat must pay a Club boat Usage fee as per the

club fee schedule. Boat usage fee (full season) $90 incl. GST Boat usage fee (from mid­season) $180 incl. GST

All Juniors who own a boat and want to store it at the club­house must pay boat storage fees as per the club fee schedule.

Storage of Juniors Dinghies ­ $113 incl. GST per season

Juniors gear (to bring with them)

Wetsuits (optional but recommended for early­Spring sailing) Booties Board Shorts (wear over wetsuits to avoid wetsuit damage) Rash shirt Towel Jumper Sun Screen Drink Bottle (one you can afford to lose since they are carried in the boat) Bag – water­proof if possible Life jacket – These are not compulsory as the club can provide them

Parent participation and responsibilities

Parental assistance is required to help run the sessions and the program:

At every session each Juniors dinghy requires a parent and that parent has overall responsibility for rigging and launching the dinghy at the beginning of the session and de­rigging, washing and stowing on completion. Parents will receive training for this. Parents of older Juniors who are capable of being completely self­sufficient with rigging and launching are exempt from this requirement, however these juniors will be on their own on the deck.

Encourage/train the Junior to rig/de­rig their own boat and take responsibility for it Parents are required to assist the coaching team as needed, this may include

joining the session on a support boat to help manage the children on the water. On a roster basis parents take the roll of deck captain. Deck captain involves

managing support boat equipment, locking up, last­to­leave, filling petrol cans etc. A detailed checklist is provided.

Parents are responsible, with the aid of the Juniors Boat Captain and Fleet Captains, for repairs to damage of the club dinghies resulting from their use. This does not include fair wear and tear unless the Junior has been allocated a Manly Junior or Flying 11 for the season. Any materials and spare parts required will be provided by the club through the Juniors Boat Captain and/or fleet captains.

Parental assistance is required for the general running of the group eg. race officers, working bees, support boat driving, social events, regatta entry and administration. Parents are encouraged to volunteer to play a role on the Juniors committee.

Juniors participating in MYC activities may be photographed and images may be used in reporting in these activities. Juniors will not be identified on those images unless permission has been granted to do so by the child’s parent/guardian.

MYC Resources and Facilities

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The Yacht club provides a number of dinghy sailing boats for the children to sail in the following classes:

Optimists Pittwater Juniors Manly Juniors Flying 11s

Member­owned boats are encouraged to join and participate within the above classes.

The Yacht club provides support boats, start boat, racing marks and life jackets. In each Juniors session a reasonable number of support boats will be deployed to support the Junior fleet, taking into account weather conditions and fleet numbers.

The Yacht club will provide one or more trained and qualified Dinghy Sailing Instructors to perform coaching duties.

The club provides a BBQ for use at social gatherings on the deck and the Juniors group may use the upstairs balcony and rooms when they have not been hired out for a function.

General Rules

All users of MYC support boats must comply with the requirements as listed under Section 6.20, MYC Support Boats.

Swimming is OK outside of sailing times when supervised closely by parents and only when the Sail Day Director has given permission. Swimming is only allowed east of the pontoon.

Life Jackets are to be worn by Juniors at all times on the water. The children are to rig and de­rig their boats. Parents are to assist their children

while assuming overall responsibility for these tasks. Licensed instructors are first in charge with Parent coaches and support boat

drivers subordinate to those licensed instructors. MYC club dinghy sailing boats are not to be used outside the Juniors program. Support boats must be on the water and in support when MYC club dinghies are

used. Boat maintenance

Manly Sailing School is responsible for repairing damage it causes and normal wear­and­tear maintenance to club dinghy boats used regularly in its Lean­to­Sail courses.

MYC Juniors is responsible for repairing damage it causes to all club dinghy boats.

MYC Juniors is responsible for wear­and­tear maintenance to club dinghies not regularly used by Manly Sailing.

Social events

Several Juniors BBQs will be scheduled during the season to occur after Juniors sailing days. These will be held at the club on the downstairs deck or in the upstairs function room/balcony. Details of each BBQ will be communicated to Juniors prior to the events.

Juniors will participate in the Commodore’s Picnic, Club Christmas Race, MYC Women’s Challenge and Club Presentation events.

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Juniors may also become involved, on a social level, with club twilight racing.

Awards

A Presentation night is held at the end of the season. Awards include:

Coaches award for Racer and Novice – These awards are based on attendance, attitude and application. 1 point for attendance each week and 3, 2 or 1 points for 3 best sailors/boats as nominated by the Juniors coach in each session.

1st, 2nd and 3rd (depending on fleet numbers) for the various racing series in each division.

Squads

There are 2 squads in MYC Juniors – Novice and Racers. The MYC Juniors coaching team will allocate juniors to these squads. These allocations will be made in the best interests of each child’s development and to ensure club resources are available to support the squads adequately.

Squad numbers are limited by dingy boats available (either club or member­owned) and support boats available to support the sailors.

Novices

This squad is intended to aid transition from Start Sailing to racing, or children changing from crew to skipper roles, or even when children change dinghy classes. Therefore, it is recommended for children who:

Have just progressed from a Learn­to­Sail course and have achieved YA Start Sailing 2 Level OR

Have been crewing but want to consolidate skippering skills before entering or re­entering the racers squad OR

Just want to have fun and race with more of a social attitude.

One or more trained and qualified dinghy sailing instructors will be provided by the club to coach the Novice squad at every session.

Racers

This squad is made up of either:

Juniors who have developed more advanced skippering skills and confidence and who want to learn how to race and compete in club races as a skipper. Skippers will have progressed past YA Start Sailing 2 and be progressing towards YA Better Sailing. Ability to sail upwind around a race course is a critical pre­requisite. This will almost always exclude sailors coming straight from Learn­to­Sail courses without going through a half­season in the Novice squad.

OR

Juniors who wish to crew (not skipper) in a Manly Junior (MJ) or Flying 11 (F11). Crews do not require previous sailing experience.

The Racers squad could be made up of boats from Opti, PJ, MJ and F11 dinghy classes.

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The club will provide trained and qualified dinghy sailing instructors to coach at selected sessions throughout the season. However, in some sessions (particularly Club Champion race days), on­water support may be limited to experienced volunteers and licensed support­boat drivers.

Sailing Sessions

Novice and Racers will sail at the same time but will usually be managed separately. Novices will usually use the racer’s course and may even start races with the racers. However, Novice coaches will have the option to hold separate activities when the racing squad is racing.

Racer sailing sessions will be either training­only sessions or a combination of official club race point­score races and training.

Sailing sessions roughly follow the following schedule:

30 minutes Boat rigging, preparation 10 minutes Coach briefing 30 minutes Boat rigging, preparation 10 minutes launching 120 minutes Sailing training/racing 10 minutes Coach De­brief 40 minutes De­rig and stow gear

Club Boat Allocations

Club­owned dinghies will be allocated to a skipper or skipper/crew combination at season­start and at the midseason points. Maintaining constant dinghy class and skipper/crew allocations throughout the season is a priority consideration for the purposes of race series results and to build familiarity with the boats and their crew mates. However, new members at mid­season will be accommodated as a higher priority and also it is recognised that juniors may want to progress to more challenging classes and positions throughout the season. Best efforts will be made to balance these 3 priorities with limited club resources.

Initial allocations will be made at the start of the season and adjustments will be made throughout the first few weeks of training before the racing series commences.

Allocations to classes and club­owned boats will be decided by the Juniors Committee using the following guidelines:

Class of boat Juniors will be able to indicate their preference for class of boat. Juniors will be matched to the optimum class of boat using

preference/weight/competence as criteria. Who goes with whom? Juniors will be able to indicate their preference for skipper/crew position and

crew­mate. Skipper and crew to be as compatible as possible in terms of weight,

competence and preference for each other. Skippers must be ready to skipper – if a Junior would benefit more crew than

skipper (or vice­versa) then they will be given higher priority for the position that they are more suited to.

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Qualifying for a club boat (there is a finite number of club boats available – MYC will only acquire boats up to a club fleet limit where club funds are available)

Juniors with a long tenure of club boat usage will be encouraged to buy their own boats.

Where there is an under­supply of club boats in a particular class Juniors who have been using MYC club boats for longest will be last to qualify for a club boat – FIFO (note, crew­only time counts for half of skipper time).

Those that miss out on a club boat in their optimum/preferred class will be placed into another class if possible. If no other class is possible then they will be encouraged and assisted in purchasing a boat.

Who gets which boat within a class? Once it is decided which Juniors qualify for club boats, then the most

experienced sailors will be allocated the “best/fastest” boat within a class. Skipper and crew allocations for member­owned boats will be the

responsibility of the owner member and his/her parents.

Racing Series

Racing is designed to progressively teach the Juniors the finer rules of racing and foster their competitive spirit. The competition tends to keep the Juniors (and seniors) interested and motivated to sail and continue sailing.

A series of club point­score races is planned over the length of the season. Refer to Notice­of­Race and Sailing Instructions for detailed racing rules. Racing point­score will be based on best results in a number of races in the series. Club racing awards will be awarded based on the racing point­score – both Club Championship (scratch) and Handicap Point Score. In addition, separate Mini Regatta and Summer Series (Handicap Start) series will be run. These award categories are listed in the Trophies and Presentation section of the club handbook.

Racers will be encouraged to attend State and National regattas for the class of boat they race. However, parents will need to organize and fund registration, transport for boats and accommodation where necessary.

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