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25.01.2022 A blustery northerly sea breeze greeted 5 yachts for the first Ocean Bouy race of 2020. After a slightly delayed start, JForce lead ZigZag and Enticer up the first leg after Indian Pacific slowed with headsail issues. The Number 4 course consist of a triangle, sausage and triangle around the 3 marks laid with the top mark some 1.4 nautical mile from the bird rock start and then onto a mark off the north shore. After the first lap ZigZag lead JForce around the bird rock mark w...ith Indian and Enticer no more than 300 meters behind. The second lap JForce had opened a gap but Indian had closed on Zig Zag rounding the mark in close quarters with Enticer close behind. Indian split with the other yachts up the last work to the sea bouy but was headed on both tacks allowing JForce to extend her lead over the fleet. Zig Zag and Indian had a close Port vs Starboard nearing the top mark however in the freshening Nor North Easter, Zig Zag showed a massive speed advantage heading into the beach and pulled past Indian, surfing down the 4 meter waves at over 10 knots. Over the line, Cool Change racing in Division one finished first, JForce a clear leader in Division two with Zig Zag, Indian and Enticer followed in that order. Handicap results will be posted at https://www.pmyc.com.au/racing/racing-results/ shortly. Next weekend the yachts will be racing inshore in the long river series and the following week will see two days racing offshore in the Regatta. The full event schedule is available here https://www.pmyc.com.au/racing/

24.01.2022 Enticer heading out for today’s Ocean Buoy event. Photo credit Liz Stanmore.

23.01.2022 Today the executive committee endorsed the return to sailing plan, tomorrow marking the return to club competition. Please remember to download the COVIDSafe app, clean and disinfect as per your plan, mark off attendance and perform social distancing where practical. The restrictions placed on Sailing can be viewed here https://www.sailing.org.au//nsw-may-update-relaxation-of-/ Fair Winds

17.01.2022 New restrictions in place following National Cabinet Meeting this evening, Sunday 29 March which further restrict club activities. * Outdoor/social gatheri...ngs now restricted to 2 people. * Public playgrounds, parks and skate parks closed. * Boot camps now banned due to 2 person limit. * Australian’s must stay home unless shopping for essential items, medical or compassionate care, exercise or work (if you cannot work remotely) * People over 70 need to stay at home and self isolate. * Commercial and residential tenancy - moratorium on evictions for next 6 months (ie: you will not be evicted if you can’t meet rent) We are currently working with crown lands in particular to see how can get some assistance for clubs further in this area. Please contact Carl ([email protected] or 0415 707 305) if we can assist your club in this area. We are already aware of multiple clubs with leases due/coming up

14.01.2022 2XS part of the PMYC fleet

14.01.2022 Hi Sailors, The PMYC would like to invite all members to attend a 4 race series, the 2020 Back from COVID social event. This will be an exciting combination series with two ocean buoy and two short river events. Racing will be conducted as per the Notice of Race that can be found on the PMYC web site here https://www.pmyc.com.au/racing/ or directly here 2020 Back from COVID NOR... Prizes will be awarded as per the NoR (1st place in each race plus 1st overall in the series) with handicaps being the greater of the latest for a yacht or at discretion of the race committee. As a number of yachts may be unable to compete in this series, sailors are encouraged to indicate their availability by email to [email protected] Please include which dates you can attend and any yacht preference. Please register for the events as they become available on the PMYC web site. They are open for registration Sunday prior to the event. https://www.pmyc.com.au/home/

12.01.2022 Special Club Meeting tonight. All current club members welcome to join. Please see the events page for more details. https://www.pmyc.com.au/events/ The main topic for discussion will be the return to racing. Meeting will be held online via Zoom. If you need assistance please contact the Vice Commodore or the Secretary.

09.01.2022 Wind Knocked out of Sails As the sun sets over the glistening water of Wallis Lake, we feel blessed that we live in such a wonderful location. The lake links us... all, from Pacific Palms in the south, west to Coomba Park and north to the shores of Forster and Tuncurry. The Sailing Club on the eastern shore is nestled amongst the ubiquitous palms that are endemic to the area. It is the club members who have developed this once sand-mining lease and maintained this special space. The place is special, so special to all of us. During the week mums and dads bring the kids- too small for the beach and the surf, to play on the shore. On the weekend sailboarders rig on the shore, families gather on the grass and kids play in the water and occasionally we get out for a sail. During the season the club hosts regattas. Big regattas that have lived on beyond the Oyster festival and have a following that is Australia wide and known around the world. The club, the covered areas, the grassed areas, built and maintained by members. All of it, every cent, from the club’s hard work. It knocks the wind from your sails when you find the club broken into, you sort of feel violated, once the anger has passed. Fires lit on the floor- I remember laying that Lino. Cupboards stripped bare of 1st Aid kits- the ones we use to help kids with splinters from those nasty palms, stingoes for the bites and bandages for the wounded. Our communication radios stripped from shelves and torn from rescue boats so we cannot safely conduct races. A Defibrillator. Really! Why would you take a club’s Defib’. Safety gear from rescue boats. More radios, rescue knives- the ones specifically designed to cut through webbing and to save stranded sailors- but useless to open a cardboard box. The Computer, stolen without a power cord and protected by a password. Gone with seasons of results and thousands of photos of fierce competitors. There is more, and the thieving was pure senseless. We rebuilt after the storm took our roof in December 2018, we shut-down through the fires in 2019 and locked up through Covid- cancelled our regattas and scuppered our hopes of a sailing season. This is a low blow. Sadly, we are now committed to replacing our safety equipment and spending our precious funds on rebuilding our little club with alarms, sensors and cameras. Just so we can keep what we have worked for.

06.01.2022 Thanks to those club members that were able to attend the special meeting last night. It was really great to see new faces and be able to provide information about our return to sailing plans to cater for the additional requirements for COVID-19 If you had trouble with the technology or could not make it I can run through the presentation packs at a later time, just send a message to the club Facebook page or send an email any of the club executive. Hopefully we can get throu...gh what still looks like a mountain of work to get back to sailing. We are on track but will still need to keep pressing hard to make it. Thanks also to the messages of support, they are really appreciated. Andrew Vice Commodore See more

05.01.2022 The return to sailing plan is getting items ticked off, only a few to go. Downloading the COVIDSafe app is another way we can all help Health Authorities to trace contact.

05.01.2022 JForce heading to Sydney preparing to compete in the MHYC break out series. Good Luck guys and gals.

04.01.2022 Start of today’s wet river race.

03.01.2022 Back to sailing today, Raja leads Sea Slug over the start.

02.01.2022 The mid winter break has seen yachts performing their winter maintenance. In the back from COVID series, Cool Change leads the fleet. Last race is this Sunday.

01.01.2022 I would say that the Sailpass implementation has not been without challenges, the rules from 1 Jan will be changed to enforce it. Andrew - Vice Commodore