Milang Regatta Club in Milang, South Australia | Community organisation

Milang Regatta Club

Locality: Milang, South Australia

Phone: +61 400 444 544

Address: Paddlesteamer Dr 5256 Milang, SA, Australia

Website: http://www.milangregattaclub.com.au

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25.01.2022 Great to see a Lower Lakes Goolwa Regatta Yacht Club Inc member take home some chocolates at the Port Lincoln Yacht Cluba Lincoln Week

25.01.2022 Masonic Charities has once again supported safety of life on the Lower Lakes through the very generous donation of a Rescue RHIB to the Goolwa Regatta Yacht Club Inc... We again thank the Board of Masonic Charities Trust for their support in not just our region, but many others across South Australia.

25.01.2022 TO ENTER CLICK HERE: http://www.goolwaregattaweek.com.au/entries/

24.01.2022 It is fantastic to see Kiteboarding South Australia and Australian Sailing coming together to run these events... This one at Largs Bay Sailing Club will be a cracka...

23.01.2022 Near perfect sailing conditions presented to welcome in our 2020/2021 season with 3 back to back races held before a late lunch was served. Congratulations to Peter Hallsworth for taking out the overall win in a competitive fleet. Two boats were christened on the day, Julian Newton’s Nacra 5.8 'Game On 3' and Adam Jenkinson’s Nacra 5.8 'Cobra 2' - welcome to the club! As we re-introduce more Opening Day tradition, it was great to see the fleet participate in the Sail Past whi...ch also included our Power Boat Committee Chairperson Rick Smith in his V8 beast 'Ricochet 2’. Thanks to all the volunteers on and off the water and our sponsor for the day Adelaide City Kia who covered the nominations and lunch. A special thanks goes to Peter Briton-Jones for Race Officer duties who never doesn't have a smile on his face throughout the day. Photos to come! See more

23.01.2022 Check out these beauties!!

21.01.2022 WATER PATROL: A new high-tech $200,000 search and rescue boat has started patrolling the Lower Lakes, helping keep holiday makers safe on one of the busiest weekends of the year.

21.01.2022 Congratulations to Bradley Spencer & Michael Crouch on taking out the Taipan State Titles over the weekend at Victor Harbor Yacht Club... well done gents...

20.01.2022 Forecast looking great for tomorrow, looking forward to hosting a decent fleet...

19.01.2022 Congratulations to Commodore Randal Cooper, the Flag Officers and General Committee at Goolwa Regatta Yacht Club Inc for putting on a great celebration for the official opening of their 20/21 season... It’s fair to say that the Lower Lakes Clubs are thriving with Meningie Sailing Club also hosting an awesome event both on and off the water this weekend...

19.01.2022 OPENING DAY THIS SUNDAY 18th OCTOBER

18.01.2022 Download the app and get ready to sail.. We are back on the water and we kick off this Sunday with Race 1, 2 & 3 of our City Motor Group 20/21 MRC Club Series.... First Warning not before 1000hrs with 3 races...

18.01.2022 Not long to go now!!

17.01.2022 I wonder how this ends??

17.01.2022 Without sponsors, clubs like ours just don’t survive... now more than ever we need to support those who support us! Here’s Tommy G from club sponsor Adelaide Hills Toyota to say a few words....

16.01.2022 Here it is!! Some of our members need it more than others

14.01.2022 Perfect weather for all those clubs with Opening Days today! Hope to see you all out our Opening Day next Sunday 18th October..

14.01.2022 More about Kevin and the rescue attempt in the Vendee. The situation remains worrying. Hoping for the best. FOUR VENDÉE GLOBE SKIPPERS ARE IN THE ZONE TO HELP I...N RESCUE OF KEVIN ESCOFFIER 2200hrs UTC NEWS UPDATE Race Direction of the Vendée Globe have requested the assistance of three competing skippers, Germany’s Boris Herrmann (SeaExplorer-Yacht Club de Monaco), Yannick Bestaven (Maître CoQ IV) and Sébastien Simon (ARKEA PAPREC) to help Jean Le Cam (Yes We Cam!) in the mission to retrieve solo skipper Kevin Escoffier from his life raft after the 40 year old from Saint Malo had to abandon his IMOCA 60 PRB this afternoon after activating his distress beacon. Escoffier was racing in third place in the solo non stop around the world race, at some 840 nautical miles SW of Cape Town, when his PRB got into difficulties and he was forced to take to his liferaft. He alerted his technical team at 1346hrs UTC this afternoon, telling them he had significant amounts of water coming into the boat and triggered his distress beacon. PRB was positioned at 40deg55S 9deg16E at the time the distress beacon was activated. Race Direction of the Vendée Globe alerted MRCC Cape Town and CROSS Griz Nez who have been collaborating in a rescue operation. The skipper closest to Escoffier’s position, Jean Le Cam, who is competing on his fifth Vendée Globe, immediately responded to the request to divert to Escoffier’s position. Guided by Race Direction Le Cam arrived on zone around 1615hrs UTC and quickly established visual and voice contact with Escoffier who was in his liferaft but he was unable to retrieve him in the big, 5m, seas and 20-25 knot winds. The positioning of Kevin Escoffier's personal beacon (AIS MOB Man Over Board) emits HF radiowaves and will only be detected in the local zone. As he was manoeuvring to prepare to get closer to the liferaft Le Cam lost sight of the liferaft and could not establish radio contact nor to pick up the signal from the AIS the range of which was reduced by the heavy seas. He lost sight of Escoffier in the dying light but has continued to try and locate him, Le Cam is communicating regularly with Race Direction and the rescue authorities. The three other skippers are now in, or are approaching the search area. The four skippers will follow a protocol established by Race Direction in coordination with Jean Le Cam. They will approach with three reefs in the mainsail and the engine idling. A grid search area for the zone has been established and will be carried out by the four IMOCAs who are set to provide assistance. The PRB shore crew said that besides his AIS Mob, Kevin Escoffier also means to signal his presence in the liferaft. Daybreak tomorrow morning is around 0340hrs UTC in this zone and the search will be ongoing. This press release has been drawn up jointly with the Vendée Globe and Team PRB.

14.01.2022 We congratulate U SAFE Oceania on the development of this innovative life saving device and thank Nick Bice from U SAFE Oceania for choosing the Milang Marine Search and Rescue Squadron to be the recipient of a donation of one of these $13,000 life saving tools.. Our members and other users of Lake Alexandrina have never felt so safe!

14.01.2022 Can’t wait to host this epic event again for the fourth year! Great bunch of guys and girls and always a cracking weekend...

13.01.2022 Entries are now open, and Notices of Race released, for the Harken SA Summer of Sail Festival a landmark event in the history of SA sailing. You can also en...ter now, but pay later (before December 18) so jump online and commit today to be part of this awesome event. ENTER NOW www.sasummerofsail.com.au/entry

13.01.2022 It's that time of the year again where we roll our season over and that means new memberships. Please join us for another year of fun on and off the water, all ...with COVID plans in place. Social Memberships are just $30.00 with full Senior Sailor Memberships at only $120.00 - the water is a great place to social distance! help us keep the lights on, use this link to join today! https://www.revolutionise.com.au/milangregatt/registration/ See more

13.01.2022 Although every episode is brilliant, this one is extra special!! You will find around the 1hr 25min mark that our mighty club is now the holder of a World Record!

12.01.2022 Still no sailing folks, but it won’t be long!!

12.01.2022 Down but not out... A pause in proceedings as we enter lock down 2.0.. We will be working closely with KSA to bring you this awesome event as soon as it is safe to do so... Stay safe!

10.01.2022 Lock away Saturday 6th February 2021 and let’s get as many boats as possible on the water for this epic race... Our rescue boat will be on station and keeping people safe between Pt Sturt and The Narrows...

10.01.2022 Milang waters have never been so safe!! We congratulate the newly formed Milang Marine Search & Rescue Squadron on their formation and look forward to working closely with the Committee to ensure safety of life on Lake Alexandrina and surrounding waters. Head over to their page and give them a like! https://www.facebook.com/MMSARSMilangSA/

05.01.2022 SPONSOR SHOUTOUT: A big thank you to CMG Adelaide for coming on board as Naming Rights Sponsor for the 2021 Goolwa to Milang Freshwater Classic. Please support those that support us: www.cmgadelaide.com.au... Race documentation available for download from our website: www.milangregattaclub.com.au

04.01.2022 Have you entered yet? This is going to be epic.... http://www.goolwaregattaweek.com.au/program http://www.goolwaregattaweek.com.au/entries

03.01.2022 Kids in Sharpies - this is a great event running for the third year... If you have kids that are keen, get in touch with your local Sharpie club..

03.01.2022 KSA UPDATE - PART 2 MILANG RE-RUN / COVID 2020 has not been a great year for organizing events and sadly a few weeks ago we postponed our Milang Downwinder / C...ommunity event we were super excited about. The good news is that the wind for that weekend was sub par and a re-run is on the cards for 2021 Summer (early March 2021). In the meantime we encourage people to listen to current SA Health guidelines and apply them as fit to our sport which is generally safe and a low risk activity for transmission of COVID. PFD UPDATE KA/KSA have been involved in meeting with DTPI re; regulations to wear a life jacket whilst kiteboarding. Please be aware despite our efforts to seek a ceasefire on this law, as it stands it is law to wear a PFD whilst kiteboarding. What we ask is that if you are approached by DTPI about Lifejackets, message a committee member so we know and can keep track and please don’t be rude to those enforcing this bureaucratic nonsense as it will not help us. Our position is simplified as followed; - Kiteboarding without a lifejacket is safe as evidenced by lack of drowning incidents in Australia in the last 20 years, this is due to natural buoyancy of equipment - Other states allow no PFD to be worn within 400m of shore - Wearing a PFD can make operating our equipment more hazardous and the extra flotation is sometimes a hinderance (like a surfer trying to duck dive under a wave) KSA COMMUNITY PAGE ETTIQUETTE A few recent posts within our community (both on the page and off the page) have either walked the line or crossed it in terms of rude behavior. We understand that there are a diverse range of personalities, opinions and world views within our community and do not ask that everyone be best mates but please think twice about what is being posted. It is not our intention to heavily moderate this page or become the cyber police, however consider that we all love kiteboarding and want to foster a community that is welcoming for beginners and enjoyable to be in. Many of us have an entire circle of friends from the kiteboarding scene and on the whole it is a great community. What is posted online is almost always interpreted in more harsh tones than what is intended and the eDrama is not good for us.

02.01.2022 This is a cracking race! Get down and support our friends at Christies Sailing Club and add this trophy to your collection!!

02.01.2022 Now that the thing called 2020 is done, it’s time to focus on what’s important - the GRYC’s 2021 Milang to Goolwa! Join us at Milang for the pre-race dinner from 6pm, with 3 races for OTB classes from 1pm

02.01.2022 Some important reading here...

02.01.2022 LBYC Sail Training sessions will recommence on Sat 14th Nov and will continue each Sat morning from 10:00 to 12:00 until 19th Dec 2020. After the Christmas ...break these sessions will be held from 30th January until 27th March 2021. Everyone is most welcome to attend regardless of age. If you own a life jacket please bring it along, otherwise LBYC jackets can be supplied. Why not come and give sailing a try ????? See more

01.01.2022 Just over a week to go, have you entered yet?? Entry form, NOR and Sailing Instructions available at www.milangregattaclub.com