Thanks to our loyal sponsors:

The good summer weather continues and the number of boats out enjoying this is evidenced by the number of empty moorings in the river. The yard is also looking quite empty which suggests that maintenance activities are on hold while the good weather is here.On the works front, repairs were completed on the ramp during January to fix some holes. Several piles are scheduled to be replaced during March which will get us up to date with the pile replacement programme. Other projects under investigation by the works committee include the repair of the main wharf pontoon and the replacement of the roof over the deck area. Further planning is required on how we can complete the remaining ramp repairs (above the waterline) now that council funding is no longer available.

Membership is growing steadily and now stands at 288 members. The number of unallocated moorings has also decreased such that we now only have four spare. Good work by Katie on these two areas.

You should all have received by now a letter from me regarding the need to limit any noise generating activities around the club to certain hours as agreed with the Auckland council.

Commodores ReportThese conditions are part of our lease renewal and are a combination of what we already have as resource consents and what the council now expects of activities in residential areas. Whilst we have existing resource consents for the yard and the shed, the maximum noise levels permitted in those consents is less than the level of noise emanating from the yard when a power tool is in use. Abiding by the points raised in my letter is not a guarantee that noise complaints will cease or that we can return to the way it was. The local neighbours need to be shown that we are serious about being good neighbours as is required in the terms of our lease. If you have not yet read this letter then I encourage you to do so as any breach could have consequences for all club members.

To keep in touch with what’s happening at the club check the website for updates on events. You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Colin Thrush, Commodore WBC

09) 424 5905 weiti@xtra.co.nz1 Fairhaven Walk, Whangaparaoa

Thanks to our loyal sponsors:

New MembersRobert Ansell Chatue BrianAkiko & Katsumi Shibuya Tea TreeBrett Mills CzardasNick Homer and Jo Denholm MonterayPeter & Lorraine Lloyd AlmadaStephen & Annette Rosewarne Alberta RoseCampbell & Lizzy Dickie PindaricPatrick & Dianne Waters Sea StarJoshua Prier RamcoMike Hill TallyhoAndrew Bodmer Russell Peat StimulusDavid Hay High NoonMark Robbertze AltusCharles Clark RewiArron & Ashela Jackson Sea BondJack Quinton RoyaleBen & Tina Bezuidenhout ManawaRobert McFarlaine InaghAndy BernsRob Preston MirimnaPete Hammond Rex Swensson VeritasBruce Edwards Mike BlancfieldErob Mose Sun PeddlarMichael and Anastasiia Gilroy CastawayAbrie and Jessica Grobbelaar Wild HoneyTim & Kathy Ellery KaroroDonald Stewart RoughyDonald Macferson ZiezoCarmen Venter NikolinaDavid and Karen Oakley BiznizAdam and Jo Kember Easy BreezesRichard and Raewyn Simmonds JusonCameron Dempsey High NoonDavid Taylor Good News

VHF and SSB/MROC COURSE MARINE MEDIC COURSEThe club is looking at running the above courses this year, please contact Katie in the office if you are interested.

QUIZ MASTER REQUIREDAre you a natural speaker and love entertain-ing a crowd, then we need you!!!! The club is looking at running a Quiz Night this winter, please contact Katie in the office if you are interested.

CLUBHOUSE BOOKING ON MONDAY NIGHTS DURING TERM TIMEThe club would like to welcome Northern Performing Arts who will be using the club house on Monday nights from 3.30pm until 6.30pm during term time only. Please remember that you are still able to come into the clubhouse during this time and use the club facilities.

Notice Board

DONATIONS REQUIRED FOR MID-WINTER RAFFLE AND SUMMER PRIZE GIVINGThroughout the year the club runs several raffles which are very popular but the club has to cover the costs for these raffles. This year the club is seeking donations from club members for the raffles, donations should be given to Katie in the office or in the box in the upstairs room in the clubhouse. Some ideas are boxes of chocolate, wine, small box of beer (6 pack), nuts, glasses, vouchers etc.

FILMING OF THE ROSE NOELLEFilm company Making Movies will be filming around the clubhouse grounds on Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th March. They are making a film about three men who survived 119 days adrift at sea in an upturned trimaran called Rose Noelle.

THE WILDTHINGS COSTAL CLASSIC REPORTLABOUR WEEKEND 2014

After weeks of preparation, we arrived at Westhaven at 7am on a drizzly Friday – race day! The realization that we needed a blue race had dawned on the car trip down, so after being dropped off a quick dash on foot in thermals by our skipper Mathew to Burnsco was necessary.

Leaving our marina berth at 8:45am, we made our way into the harbor with a myriad of other yachts. We sailed past the committee boat to do our pass-by then jockeyed for position for the race start at 9:30am. We had a great start, ending up right on the line with a good place near the front of the fleet on the Devonport wharf side. We began the race conservatively with a full main and no. 1 genoa as many other yachts showed their spinnaker finery.

Once around North Head, we gybed, put up the spinnaker and headed for Tiri on a straight broad reach. It was gusty with plenty of round-ups around us. The Wildthing had her share of round-ups too as we may have been overpowered at this point. Fourth time Coastal Classic veteran Lachie (12), tucked himself into the pushpit but forgot to reposition himself during one round-up and ended up underwater briefly. We averaged 10kts to Tiri as all the big Division One and Six boats came spectacularly flying past.

Shortly after Tiri, Witchy Woman slid past us to starboard. We continued on our course and hit our top speed of 11.6kts. However during one round-up the spinnaker got caught between the spreader and the main causing a small tear. We quickly dropped it and put up the no. 2 spinnaker while Kaine and I did a fast repair job on the rip. Jevon gave me a quick lesson in spinnaker packing theory and I took on the role with gusto – no pressure! Our media liaison, Tracey continued to keep our progress updated throughout the race.

We held the no. 2 all the way to Cape Rodney until the wind went light and swung west. We then dropped the spinnaker and put up the no. 1 genoa and sailed for the inside of the Hen and Chicks. 20 minutes later the wind picked up to 25kts on this course. Jevon and Kaine ran the foredeck smoothly with only the required amount of yelling. Steve provided manpower on the main sheet and traveller.

We rehoisted the no. 2 spinnaker just after the Hen and Chicks as the wind backed round to the southwest and sailed with this setup all the way to Cape Brett.

Most of the fleet chose a route outside the Hen and Chicks, but we continued on our course with a few other boats from our division near us. It was great to see Cape Brett during daylight hours even if it was from a distance.

We snuck through the gap at Cape Brett at 10:15pm and sailed hard on the wind at 6 to 7 knots of boat speed into the Bay of Islands just going to port off Whale Rock. Then the wind dropped right out and we tacked slowly towards the finish with many boats around us. Sometimes it felt like we were actually going backwards! We finally drifted over the finishing line at 1:47am.

A very successful race with the only minor damage being a bent stanchion and a few bolts sheared off on the steering bearing housing. After a few celebratory drinks, the crew found various places to sleep around the boat at about 6am for a quick snooze. Then at 10am we woke up for a well-deserved fry-up for breakfast. As a Coastal Classic newbie, it was a great race. Good winds, good company and after putting it off for the last seven years, I might even do the race again – maybe…

RESULTS – DIVISION THREE• WITCHY WOMAN 10TH• FIRST PRIORITY 14TH• THE WILD THING 17TH• TUXEDO JUNCTION 24TH

Left to right: Jevon Sturley, Tracey Williams, Kaine Sturley, Mat Nicholls, Philippa Nicholls, Lachie & Steve Sorenson

Thanks to our loyal sponsors:

Racing Activities Update February 2015

It has been a mixed bag as far as the racing is concerned where we seem to be in a pattern of getting either too much wind or not enough.

The planned race to Great Barrier on Waitangi day had to be diverted to an alternate destination of Man O War Bay because of the high winds and rough seas. Only three boats took part after a number of entrants dropped off on the day. All boats finished in just over 3½ hours which must be a record for this course (24.5 miles).The cruising series has now completed five races: the first Friday night race had to be delayed till the Saturday due to high winds; the second race was a combined race with GH to Waiheke where a fleet of 16 boats started, with GH taking the overall honours. Race 3 was a Friday night race to Islington Bay with a good breeze and most entrants finishing within 3 hours. Race 4 to Kawau was shortened at Tiri channel due to insufficient wind. Race 5 to Mahurangi on anniversary weekend was also a Friday night race but was somewhat drawn out due to a dying breeze at the finish line. Next race is on 20th February, start time 6.30 pm. Our thanks to Marine Solutions at Gulf Harbour for their support of this series.The Barfoot & Thompson 2-handed series has now completed 5 races with the final race on 1st March. Although not as many entries as last year (11 so far) this still makes a reasonable sized fleet.The Short-handed series has now completed 5 races with race 6 scheduled for the 15th March, which is a single-handed race. Thanks to Cargills Marine for their support of this series.

Winter Series Report by Kerry Davies - Flasher

On the serious racing front, the Winter Series, combined with Gulf Harbour Yacht Club, has again been a great success with 28 boats entering in the racing.

There was certainly a lot of competition and it was very enjoyable being out there sailing against such enthusiastic teams. The trend for light weather carried through from the summer for a good number of the races, a great benefit for those with boats that do well in those conditions and also causing some interesting results and shortened course situations.... There was quite a diversity of boats entered this season, and also three woman Skippers taking part! In the White Division, the two Platu 25s from Gulf Harbour Yacht Club placed well in most races, taking first and second in the series for that Division, with Planet X in third place.Unitec had a very good run in the Gold Division, easily winning the Gold Division Series, while there was fierce competition in the rest of the fleet and also between the five Marauders entered. Southern Rebel took second place and Flasher came in third.The light conditions did eventually run out around the end of the series causing the last two races to be abandoned and cancelled due to too much wind.Thanks to our sponsor (Wet & Forget) for their generous support of this series.The winter series is looming with race 1 scheduled for 10th May. You still have time to get all those little jobs done and get a crew organised for this series.

FREE PROPSPEEDWITH EVERY ANTIFOULCall Lance Today!For a free quote & take the hassle out of this years Antifouling VALID UNTIL JUNE 2015

DON’T MISS THIS SPECIAL OFFER

Thanks to our loyal sponsors:

Objective: display a line on a chart plotter to indicate a finish line (or a start line if desired)Approach: Add additional points to the end of a route such that it displays as an integral part of the route. This requires 3 additional points.

• Defineawaypointatthecentreofthefinishline. This will be used as your destination for calculation of arrival times etc.• Fromthispointaddafurthertwopointsforthe ends of the finish line.

This will display a line on the chart plotter you can use to verify you have crossed the finish line. Appropriate levels of zoom will help refine the accuracy of the crossing.Example: Cruising course 5 to Mahurangi.Other considerations:1. If you use this route in the reverse direction then you will need to skip the first few waypoints.2. The total course length will now include the extra length of the finish line. In the above example the course length would be from the start to mark C5.

* All the above coordinates are given in the WBC cruising supplement, available from the website.

Fishing Competition November 2014

What a great turn out we had for the Fishing Completion in November, 63 adults and 17 children took part. A big thank you to our sponsors, North Beach, Top Catch, Cargill Marine, Viking Kayaks, Mission Kayaks, Canoe & Kayak, Burnsco Gulf Harbour, Waiwera Thermal Resort & Gulfland Marine

The winners were…….Gurnard – biggest fish Alex Marshall, average fish Monique Simmonds, children’s winner Keilan WelshJohn Dory – biggest fish Ivan Evans, average fish Ivan Evens, children’s winner Finn LyneessKahwai – biggest fish Rob Writhe, average fish Bill StoneKingfish – biggest fish Dean Henshaw, average fish Joe WaseSnapper – biggest fish Garry Marshall, average fish Steve Bunt, children’s winner Finn LyneessLadies snapper - Jeana OreSpart – Keilan WelshPorae – Stephanie RyanTrevally – Max Hayden

Chart Plotter Programming for Finish Lines

Thanks to our loyal sponsors:

A full copy of the new regulations can be found on the Council website at: http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/licencesregulations/maritimeregulations/Pages/watersafety.aspxSome points of relevance to WBC members are summarised below. See the website for any exemptions to these regulations.7 Carriage of personal flotation devices (1) A person in charge of a recreational vessel must not use it unless there are sufficient personal flotation devices for each person on board at all times that the vessel is in use. (2) Personal flotation devices must be: a. in a readily accessible location on board the vessel; b. of an appropriate size for each person on board; and c. in good operative condition.

8 Wearing of personal flotation devices in times of heightened risk (1) A person in charge of a recreational vessel must not use it in circumstances where tides, river flows, visibility, rough seas, adverse weather, when crossing a bar, in emergencies, or other situations that may cause danger or a risk to the safety of persons on board, unless every person on board is wearing a properly secured personal flotation device of an appropriate size for that person.

9 Wearing of personal flotation devices on small recreational vessels six metres or less (1) Every person on board a small recreational vessel must wear a properly secured personal flotation device of an appropriate size for that person at all times. (2) Subclause (1) does not apply if the person in charge of the vessel, after assessing all circumstances and determining there would be no reduction in safety, expressly authorises any person on board to remove a personal flotation device.

12 Person in charge of the vessel (see also rule 13 for conditions for under 15 year olds)(1) No vessel may leave the shore unless a person in charge of the vessel has been nominated. (2) The person in charge of a vessel is responsible for the safety and wellbeing of every person on board and for the safe operation of the vessel, including the carriage and wearing of personal flotation devices by persons on board the vessel. (3) A person must not be in charge of a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or a drug, or both, to such an extent as to be incapable of having proper control of the vessel.

14 Speed of vessels The speed of all vessels must be no more than 5 knots when the vessel is:• within50mofanyothervessel• within50mofanypersoninthewater• within200moftheshore,anystructure,amarine mammal or vessel flying a dive flag.34 Vessels to be identified (1) A person must not use a vessel on navigable waters unless it displays a name, consisting of letters of the Roman alphabet or numbers that are not the vessel’s brand, make or model, and that is distinct to that vessel. (4) This must be displayed above the waterline on each side of the vessel by the person in charge of the vessel. The minimum height of the name, identifying mark or identification number is 90 millimetres and it must be legible by day from a distance of at least 50 m

Auckland Council’s Navigation Safety Bylaw (came into effect from Labour Weekend 2014)

Thanks to our loyal sponsors:

Newsletter Design by Jingerlee Graphic Design - (09) 428 3250 https://www.facebook.com/JingerLeeDesign

Upcoming Events!Weiti Boating Club Annual Ladies Race

Sunday 29 March 2015Race starts 1pm

Spot Prizes plus a prize for the best dressed boat. Theme is “Countries”

Come and join us for a fun afternoon out on the water followed by prize giving and afternoon

tea at the clubhousePlease let Katie in the office know if you would like to sail

but don’t have a boat or if you need crew

NOR and Sailing Instructions are available on the website www.weiti.co.nz

Prizes sponsored by

Commodore Weekend 2015Friday 20th March Cruising Race to Mahurangi 6.30pm start

Saturday 21st March Games from 3pm followed by a BBQ at Sullivans Bay

The Club will provide food for the BBQ and drinks. Please bring a salad to shareIf you can’t make it by boat why not drive up on Saturday & meet everyone at Sullivans Bay