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1970 • ' : r.Y.A. REGATTA

This regatta w!ll be conductedover two weekends, July 18th and25th.

Nominations close on 12th July.The nomination fee is $3.50 seniorsand 51 fo r juniors.

On e ticket to the presentationnight ls included in the fee.

Presentation night will be heldat the club on the 1st of August.

Tickets $1 Adults and 50 centsfor Juniors. Programme and formscan be obtained from the Clu b onany Sun da y from N.T. Y.A.officials.

T h e clubs n ex t Gen eral M eet in gwill be held on TUE"'DAY JUNE311 t h a t !l pm. All financial mem­bers are reques ted to a t ten d .

BAR MANAGER

O ur new club bar manager "A lecGrimes" commenced duty onthe 1st of June and we all wishhim a long and successful associa­tion with the club.

DOG NEWS

Members and their fr ien ds wh ostill insist on bringing their dogsinto the club grounds are breakinga defini te club r u le.

Please have consideration forot h ers who abide by this rule.

PLEASE LEAVE YOUR DOGAT HOME.

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SOCIAL DIARY27 .Iune - FILM NIGHT

4 July - SING A LONG WITH MIKE

11 J u ly - FILM NIGHT

18 July - Hawaiin NIGHT REG ATTA25 J uly - FILM NI G HT WEEKENDS

1 August - "HOW T O COOK CHINESE F OOD "

4-Datwin Sailing Club • 'cwslc tte r . J une. 1970 Darwin Sailing Club News le tter, J une, 1970-5

COMMODORE'S REPORT V ICE-COM M ODORE'S REPORT

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of instruction nights, sim ilar tothe one recently held by the Mothand A class associations, we a reprepared to do this in conjunctionwith class associations, so if thereare any interested contact me, andall sailors come along. ask ques­tions, and give us your ideas onhow we can improve these nights.

Our new policy of giving outspoons to the winners of the week­ly races is working well. we havenot had to reclaim any due toerrors in our calculations, protestsor skippers falling to sign off, how­ever these things could happenand everyone must understandthat the winners as a nnounced onSundays are only provis ional.

Don't forget to nominate earlyfor the N.T.Y.A. Regatta, thisshould be a great series with someintensive sailing. may the fittestand best boat- crew combinationwin. Please keep well clear of meunless you are certain. quite cer­tain . that you have right of way.

RON TYLERVice Commodore

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I rece ived a nasty shock theother day when checking my rac­ing programme. Did you realisethat the sailing season Is 1/3 overvAnd still my boat is not going theway it should. Our first race inthe lub championship series isonly a week or so away and theN.T. Regatta the middle of nextrnon tho so If you have been likeme and thought tnat, there is stillplenty of time for tuning beforethese big events wake up. the endis near.

Not only do boats need polishinga nd tuning skippers would be welladvised to check on their rulesand tactics. Recently when on thecommittee boat I saw severalbreaches of the rules that hap­pened because the sk ippers did notknow who had right of way. Itonly takes one or two skippers ineach class who know the rules andare not afraid to protest tostraighten out much of this slack­ness, making sailing safer andmore enjoyable for all. To assist inthis, we propose to hold a series

Plans are well in hand for Dar­win 's first ever Sa iling Rega tta tobe held over 2 weekends and Ihope all sailing members will par ­ticipate and give the Race Com ­mittee their full support. I amsure you will agree the Bay looksa wonderful sight on Sun dayswith over 80 boa ts on the wa terwith a shore start which everyonecould watch. I hope the seabreezesstay with us apart from providingenjoyable sailing, it certainly pro­vldes a better spectacle for thosevatch ing on the beach .

Mrs. Ch ilman and I will be awayin J apan from J une 13th to the29th and we will miss the activi­ties of the Sailing Club.

relax after a hard day than sittingat the Club with the harbour andthe sunset. in front of you . This isall helping your Club to providethe services which we all enjoyand we look forward to seelngmore of you in the coming weeks.

Yours In Sailing

C. J. R. CHI LMANCommodore

The ladies auxil iary have beendoing an extremely good job andhave alreadv raised over $700 to ­ward safety equipment for theClub. The six chickens which areraffled each Sunday afternoon atthe Clu bhouse are towards thiseffort. The ladles do a lot of hardwork to conduct these raffles andtheir other fund raising activitiesand 'our assistance to them couldhe lp 'to save the life of a Member.The sea Is a wonder ful friend buta very cruel Mas ter and everyonesailing and those watching on theshore can have a much freer mindwhen they know the Club has ade­quate and reliable safety andrescue equipment.

We look forward to seeing youall again on our return.

Dear Fellow Members.

I am sure you are all as pleasedas I am to see the rapid rate atwhich our ne w buildings are rls ­ing.

The building Committee andKim Nicholls as the Club 's Build­ing Agent are doing a magnificientjob and we are still anticipating itbeing finished approximately theend of July.

Those of vou who have taken thein terest to ' walk over and inspectthe new Junior Clubhouse withthe shower and changeroom facili­ties which are taking shape at theback will surely agree that thiswill add considerably to the at­traction of the Club. Now that thene w area for the main clubhouseis taking shape, you can see wewill have a verv nice area indeedunder cover and a Clubhouse to beproud of.

Unfortunately, our grassed areahas suffered considerably whilstbuilding work Is being carried out,but this is unavoidable and weplan to completely re-grass thearea on completion of the buildingproject so that we can continue toenjoy the wonderful outdoor se t ­ting which the Club can offer.

The attendance of Club Mem­bers at the various tuncions whichhave been organised has been veryheartening indeed and has been abig encouragement to the Com­mittees who work so hard to pro­'id e these functions.

The Club's repu ta tion as a placefor family enjoyment is spreadingfar and wide and many peoplecomment to me about it.

Your Comm it tee is very pleasedindeed to see the ever increasingnumbers of members who aremaking their club a stopping offplace on the way home from work.particularly on week nights. Thereis no better place in Da rwin to

6-Darwin Sailing Club Newsletter, June. 1970 Da rwi n Sa iling Club Newsletter . Ju ne, l!J7U- i

N ig hts to Remem be r ~ !FUN 'N' FASHIO N AND ROARING TWENTIES

Jo in in o ur next fancy dress fun - Hawaiian ig ht - 18th Ju ly

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DAR CY HI LLRear Commodore

YOUR ASSI STANCE I S AG AI NREQUESTED

Please dispose of ALL li tt er inthe recepta cles and stack yourchairs and tables on the dancenoor,

Following my appeal to allmembers in the May Newsletterregarding tidyness of our grounds.I regret to say tha t very little im ­provement is evident and thehouse committee are very dis­appointed with the lack ofthought and co-opera ti on frommembers.

coping with an efficient trainingprogram. But to make an Al jobof training this yea r we need moreassistants. So sailors how abouttwo hours of your t ime Satur daya rv o's , the ki ds will love you.

MARK P TTERSONKIM NIC HOLLS

T he Roaring Twenties. a lt houghthe attendance was less than ex­pected. was very satisfyingwith some outstanding costumeswh ich left no doubt as to th eth eme of the evening.

TRAINING OFFICER'S REPORT

Our social activities continue tobe successful and the fun 'nfashion show was particularlyoutstanding. Many thanks to allwho helped 0 organise this nightand also to the many participants.particularly the juniors who hadno previous experience of model­ling. No doubt their first appear­ance on the "cat walk" must havebeen a "nightmare".

REAR·COMMODORE'S REPORT

There are now 89 junior sailorson the class roll : and 17 seniorswho started a basic trainingcourse on the 6th June. The J un .iors are showing tre mendous en­tnustasm and ab ili ty. Th ank s tohe efforts of Mat Fewell . R usty

Phillips and John Binnekamp jnr.and Ra y Smith we are nearty

8- Danvin Sailing Club Newsletter, June, 1970

APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP

Darwin Sailing Club Newsletter, June, 1970-9

MINX AND OPEN NEWS

Application for membership hasbeen received from the following :

D. N. Bell, J un ior . C. E. Brown. Senior.

A. J . Logan, Senior. A. P , Ford, Senior.

M. M. Flynn, Senior. P. Fo rd, Associa te.

L. Flynn, Associate. P. M. Car ter, Associate.

R. F . Black, Senior. J. D. Sha n ks , Senio r.

R. P . H unt , Jun ior. E. A. Lemon , Sen ior .

G. W. Hunt, J unior. P . Schoenb erger, J un ior ....

Since our last issue in the Newsj t Is most pleasing to report thatour "little group" of ardent sailorsand supporters has grown and wenow enjoy quite good starting lineups each Sund ay.

Very pleased to see our "old"and sincere friend in Peter Fewellba ck at the helm again, hope youare going to stay with us P eter .

Th e junior ski ppers are showinga few of the "old chaps" just howeasy it Is to win, bu t I think we

"old chaps" will soon be collect ingthe spoons !

The Cur ry and Cla ret n ightwent off extremely well, thanks toMarg and Mal Brassington andtheir helpers. Was told by one clubmember from another associationthat h is only comment was - "hegot too much claret and whe n a reyou having the next one".

Class competition has beenextremely good and hope that itwill continue in the same vane.

B. J . EVERETTA. K . Hunt, Junior.

D. J . Hunt, Junior.

F . M. Gyles, Associate.

F . Sc h oenberger. Jun ior.

C. E. P icker in g. Associate.

J , BINNEKAMPSecr eta ry

MIRROR ASSOCIATION NEWS

B2 CLASS NEWSAs forecast last month, racing

in this class has been tremendous­ly keen . and our handicapper mustbe nearly ready to throw hishands up in despair. After show­ing early promise, but no result,J ohn Binnekamp and StephenFewell on Magtca came good witha nice win on Sun day (June 7th).They will be anxious to keep thepressure on in future races, andwith other crews just as anxiousto foil them, we should see someheart-stopping fin ishes du ring thecoming weeks.

Paul Wharam. our despa ir in ghandicapper, is to be congratu­lated on his capable handling ofthe handicaps to date. In a newfleet such as ours the job is not an

easy one. bu t Paul has our measurealready .

En largements to the fleet ofBlack Witches can be anticipatedshortly. with Neil Fowlers BlackWitch' II tack from Do wn Sout h,and Gordon Hughes nearly readyto throwaway h is walking stickand pick up the tiller of WylieWitch .

J us t a few days ago I pickedup one corner of the wrapping onJ ohn Cost ellos new boa t for asneak p review, and it looks abeauty; almost ready for thewater. too. so looks like we'll needto be trying even harder. fella's!

PETER BLYTHPresident

The last few weeks h as seen asteady increase in the number ofboats sailing each week. This haslead to some exciting racing whichshould continue through t he sea­son, A special welcome to our newskippers and crews. Anyone whorequires a dvice on t uning and rig­ging should contact Alan Mitchellwho is on ly too willing to pass onthe "good oil". Skipp ers are r e­minded that nominations for theN.T. Ch amp ionsh ips close on 12th

JUly 1970 so have you r entry inbefore that date. Any memberwho intends sailing in the N.T.Championships must be a financialassociation member. See TonyWoodroffe with thise $2. Memberswho desire to compete in theNational Ch am pion sh ips to beh eld at Lake Burley Griffin overXmas-New Year should also seeTony Woodcoffe re boats, accom­modation and entry forms.

TONY WOODROFFE

.lu-uarwm ;:o,aumg ,-, IUD rxewsrerter, June, .l:1IU

JUNIOR N EWS

The junior clubhouse, I ampleased to say has been kept in amuch tidier condition lately. Thecleaning roster obviously has hadsome effect.. Keep up the goodwork . The picnic held at Man­dorah, by all accounts proved tohave been a great success. I thinkjuniors stomach's haven't anymemory, or they have hollow legs ,because about 25 loaves of slicedbread vanished in the matter ofa quarter of an hour.

We are very grateful to a ll th eseniors who aided us with trans­port and general organisation inthis activity, it was greatly appre­ciated.

As you can all see the newjun ior clubhouse is really on it's

way . when completed, there willbe a grand opening night social,more will be said about this at alater date so keep your eyes andears open.

Mrs. J arvis kin dly donated a S10open or der at K aren Lee, thisbooste d our fin ances by a bout $50.Than k you once a ga in Mrs J arvis.

We would still like to see morejunior members a t our socials, sohow about coming along and join ­ing in all the fun . A special re ­minder to all old members to re­new their membership.

SANDRA COS TELLOP residen t

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