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General News
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Winter is truly upon us, and sailing has slowed down but not stopped. Remember every Wednesday afternoon we have the Hearnes Heroes series and on Saturdays, we are running the Blizzard and Costello series alternative weekends. There is as always plenty going on in the office getting us ready for the new season. The 2023/2024 sailing calendar is being finalised …
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Reminder - WHAT’S IN A NAME – SUBMIT YOUR BOAT PROFILE
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Last week we invited you to submit a profile of your boat for our website. This is easy to do – just click on the button which will explain everything….
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RBYC well represented at ORCV Awards night. On Saturday night the ORCV presented awards for the past two seasons. MC for the evening was RBYC General Committee member Cath Hurley, and the event was attended by Commodore Niesje Hees as well as a number of other RBYC members. RBYC was well represented in the awards. Congratulations to all these boats and …
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End of Financial Year Tax deductible Donation
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Some of our young elite sailors are training for the Olympics which requires a considerable cost outlay. The Australian Sports Foundation has provision for setting up fund raising pages for this purpose, which enable tack deductible donations.
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Periodically we will provide links in this newsletter to the fund raising pages of club members. Please consider donating to help them on their sailing journey.
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Club member Sophie Jackson has a fund raising page set up for her 470 Campaign with Angus Higgins.
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For RBYC members who have a ASF fund rasing page for their sailing campaign, then we would be happy to promote this via the club newsletter.
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There are also other ASF projects set up if you wish to donate to the club , see below
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Keelboat News
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Saturday 17th Racing - Abandoned due to unsuitable weather.
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Upcoming racing
Wednesday 21/6/23 - Hearnes Heroes Pursuit 1330 hrs
Saturday 24/6/23 - Blizzard Fleet 1300 hrs
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America’s Cup News
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John Bertrand AO is chair of the selection panel for the Australian Women’s Team, which will be racing in AC40s in September - October 2024. Here is a SailWorld article about the selection process for both the Youth and Women’s teams
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and here is a link to the America’s Cup website providing information about the event.
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OTB News
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Frostbite Regatta - Abandoned due to Strong Wind Warning. A new date will be scheduled soon.
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Next OTB fleet racing : 2nd July
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Training News
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September School Holidays, Term Training & Keelboat- Book Now
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The program for September school holidays is now available on the RBYC website. Sailing for all levels will be avavibale.
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. Details can be found using the below links
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Our popular Sunday term Training programs are avavibale to book . These fill up fast so be in quick.
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July Crew course FULL
July Spinnaker: 3 spots left
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All are 2 day course running 9.30 am - 4.30pm each day.
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August courses will be published soon
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Cruising News
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Winter Solstice 2023 - Pre Swim Information
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Arrive at RBYC 5.30pm
Swim briefing 5.45pm in the outside car park
Rug up for the briefing and fire show.
The club wheel barrows will be out to store your gear during the swim.
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2 Swim Courses
Triangle
Channel Triangle
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Groups of 8-10 swimmers leaving approx 30 seconds apart
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All swimmers must have flashing lights
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Dinner service will start at 7pm
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Bookings for dinner are essential and can be made now with Caroline at RBYC 9592 3092 or email [email protected]
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Around The club
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Friday Chef Challenge
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This week we have “Alina” creating a dish from Nepal.
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Nepalese Momo’s – Inspired by the Tibetan dumpling momo’s are a dumpling filled with a mixture of either meat or vegetables, traditionally “buffalo” however Alina has chosen pork for this special.
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Momo’s are a popular Nepali street food and is a dish Alina has grown up with her whole life
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There were 6 games this weekend.
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On the field: defending champs Geelong traveled to Adelaide to take on the streaking Port Adelaide Power on Thursday night. The Cats welcomed Patrick Dangerfield back this week and impressed early, outscoring the home team by 6 goals to 2 in the opening term and holding a 7-point lead at halftime. However, the second half was different as the Power surged away to record a 38-point win
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ORCV
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Discount Yachting Winter Series – 4 longer passage races incorporating the 2 popular destination races to Blairgowrie & Geelong. Starting with an on-water distress drill before race 1 on June 24th. Only those who enter the series or race 1 can participate in the drill. Entries are open for the series and race 1 here https://www.orcv.org.au/winter-series
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Navionics & Fundamentals of Navigation, 2 courses. Navigation has changed a lot in the past few years. Learn how to use Navionics and learn the fundamentals of navigation by joining the 2 upcoming courses. Learn more here https://www.orcv.org.au/training/navigation
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Weather for Sailors – Robin Hewitt will once again be sharing his detailed knowledge on Weather for Sailors with module 1, the Fundamentals. Over 3 nights via an online platform. Learn more here https://www.orcv.org.au/training/weather-courses
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