Keelboat News 30 November

Announcements/Messages/Reminders

LAST CHANCE to enter the range series
Race entry closes this week! Enter now so you do not miss out. Race 1 will be held on December 4th.
Please use this LINK to enter and find the race information.

Volunteers needed:
We are looking for people with their Power Boat license to learn how to drive our race officials boats Willam Paterson, Albatross and Killara, to then be able to volunteer for races that are held as on-water laid courses. If you are interested, please contact Colin at boating@rmys.com.au

Boat duty roster reminder
Please ensure you check when you are rostered for boat duty and always confirm your attendance with Colin.
The boat duty roster can be found at the following link. LINK 

First Aid & CPR course cancellation
Due to low numbers, the First Aid & CPR course scheduled for the 5th of December has now been cancelled. A new date for the course will be announced in eBreeze soon. Registration for the new course date will be made available through the RMYS website. 

FINAL REMINDER – Safety compliance declaration
All boats must have a safety category declaration sticker. For those who do not yet have one, please get your form back to Colin ASAP. If have already done so, please come to the RMYS office to collect your safety category sticker. The forms can be found at the following link. LINK

New pursuit course sheets
Separate course sheets for both spinnaker and non-spinnaker pursuit courses are now available from the following link. LINK

Crew sign-on:
A reminder that crew sign-on is compulsory for all racing. Your crew must be either an RMYS member or hold a Sail Pass for the day in question. The best way to sign-on is via the MemberPoint App. The app can be downloaded from the Android and IOS app stores. Simply search for “Member Point” or follow these links for your device:

Member Point for Android

Member Point for IOS

Information on how to purchase a Sail Pass and instructions for using Member Point can be found at the following link. LINK

Racing

Upcoming Dates:

December:
1st December: Twilight Race 5 
4th December: Range Series Race 1
8th December: Twilight Race 6
11th December: International Cup
12th December: Squadron Sunday
15th December: Twilight Race 7 (Final)
18th December: Non-Aggregate race
22nd December: Christmas on the Marina Twilight

RMYS Results: Full results can be seen at https://www.rmys.com.au/sailing/racing/entrants-results/

Wednesday: Twilight Race 4

Saturday: Dick Lean Trophy results

ORCV
4  RMYS boats joined the ORCV Coastal Sprint race.  Lord Jiminy took 2nd over the line  and Ruyjin 3rd in AMS 
Full results can be viewed HERE

Port Phillip Women’s Champion Series.
Five  RMYS took to the water across the 3 divisions. It’s only a small fleet this season (12 boats all up). The best performing bait was No Mans Land taking out 2nd  in the mixed crew.
Results

Classics
We were the host club on Sunday. The weather was perfect and the racing was close. The top 3 places were taken out by RMYS boats with Acropsire III taking 1st.
Full results can be viewed HERE

Volunteers: help is still needed.

Check out our Volunteer page to see what it’s all about… the club needs you.