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Wynyard Yacht Club

Locality: Wynyard, Tasmania

Phone: +61 459 108 066

Address: 2a Old Bass Highway 7325 Wynyard, TAS, Australia

Website: http://wynyard.org

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24.01.2022 WYC came alive with a buzz today. New family's, excited kids and amazing food was all part of the day. Our Start Sailing and morning program attracted more boats than we can remember! 20 boats all full with kids and adults having fun on the water on a full tide. Then back onshore for Bigharts/Project O team incorporating Chef YYan's gourmet kitchen where lunch was served. Lunch was then followed by afternoon racing where sailors were challenged to two races offshore in 10 to 18 knot NW winds. Big thanks to all who assisted in making this day at WYC one to remember. Love what WYC offers its community.

24.01.2022 WYC held its official opening to the 2020 21 season with approximately 100 friends and members present to celebrate the forthcoming season officially opened by incoming Commodore Chris Symonds Three tiers of Government were represented and present with Mayor Robby Walsh, Ruth Forrest MLC, Roger Jaensch MP and Federal Member Gavin Pearce who spoke of a unique community culture at Wynyard Yacht Club driving its continuing success. Incoming Vice Commodore Jess Andrewartha was ab...le to share the recent success of the WYC being named as Club of the Year for Australian Sailing Tasmania along with Ela Klinger named as Volunteer of the Year and Chris Symonds named as Para Sailor of the year. All three winners will represent Tasmania at the national Awards to be announced next week. Many junior and youth sailors and paddlers then took to the water for a sail/ paddle past and river racing. A BBQ and celebratory cake was enjoyed at lunchtime before racing resumed off shore for the senior fleet where 12 yachts competed in light westerly winds on a large groundswell. In all a fantastic day for WYC showing great teamwork to deliver a successful day for all who look forward to the season ahead. See more

24.01.2022 Come along to Wynard Yacht Club this morning for some river racing and light air practice! Hopefully we will dodge the rainclouds, but getting wet is sometimes part of the fun for our juniors! Briefing at 9:45 and aim to be on the river to enjoy a beautiful Wynyard high tide at 10

23.01.2022 Afternoon racing results for 14/11/2020 - a great turnout by the sounds! Corrected times below :) Race 1: 1) Nathan Humphries Laser radial 16:17 2) Mike Darby Hartley 16:47 3) David Stuttard Laser full rig 16:48... 4) Chris Symonds Hansa 16:59 5) Nick Jones Laser 4.7 17:46 6) Ben Maynard sabre 18:25 7) Brady Tassiker sabre 18:53 8) Robert Pullman Laser full rig 21:07 Race 2: 1) Nathan Humphries laser radial 15:50 2) Mike Darby Hartley 15:59 3) Chris Symonds Hansa 16:39 4) Nick Jones Laser 4.7 16:42 5) Ben Maynard sabre 17:01 6) David Stuttard Laser Full rig 17:08 7) Brady Tassiker sabre 17:16 8) Robert Pullman Laser full rig 26:10

23.01.2022 Sabot regatta on the 28th November.

22.01.2022 New propeller guard fitted to our safety boat reducing the risk of propeller strike.

22.01.2022 Congratulations Ela!

21.01.2022 Progress continues on the new club with 75 steel piles now driven, some up to 17 meters depth and boat storage section groundworks underway.

21.01.2022 If you are keen to learn sailing in a fun, safe learning environment delivered by accredited instructors with all equipment supplied, use the link to register. Its a 10 hour program over three Saturdays. Program is suitable for both youth and adults. https://www.revolutionise.com.au/wynyardyc/events/

21.01.2022 Congratulations to Mike Darby for his incredibly consistent racing, taking out the Deviot Dinghy Regatta overall. Congratulations must also go to Matt Price who took out second overall, respectively.

20.01.2022 Congratulations to all involved in yesterday's Season Opener event - what a wonderful day to start the WYC season Results are as follows: Morning racing wi...nner - Nick Jones (My Horizon) Afternoon results (corrected times): 1 Chris Symonds 38:48 2 Mike Darby G Shepherd 39:44 3 James Lohrey Nick Jones 40:13 4 John McMahon 41:20 5 Auston Rotheram 42:42 6 Teresa Badrock 43:17 7 Robert P 44:55 8 Ela Klinger 45:07 10: Matthew Price Max/Vinnie DNF See more

20.01.2022 A great day on Saturday with junior sailing in the morning and some nice weather for afternoon racing. Congratulations to Daniel Zschech who was presented with the Southy Award for 20/21!

20.01.2022 Phil Tidey and Ela Klinger travelled to Hobart recently to complete the pool session of the Shipboard Safety Skillset the first element of Volunteer Marine Rescue training for our members. Well done to you both.

19.01.2022 2020 Tasmanian Sailing Awards Congratulations to our Female Sailor of the Year Finalists Claire Cunningham - Royal Yacht Club Of Tasmania Manuela Klinger - Wyn...yard Yacht Club Our judging panel would like to thank & congratulate the following nominees: Kirsty Salter - TAS Sharpies Ruby Edmunds - Port Dalrymple Yacht Club The winner of this award will be announced 25th September

19.01.2022 Tomorrow's weather looking perfect for sailing - 15knot westerly and no rain! Junior sailing in the river starting at 10am (ready and rigged), and afternoon senior sailing with warning signal around 1pm (briefing 12:30). Looking forward to seeing you all there!

18.01.2022 Despite the rain, still plenty of action at the club today with the beginning of a start sailing course, and the fun yet competitive tulip cup. The tide & wind conditions made for some interesting racing in the river with the two races resulting in a 4-way split of 1st place. Thanks to Matt for the video, and all the volunteers who made today work so well.

18.01.2022 Big thanks to Greg Bird who travelled to fit our new Surf Radio to our vessel today.

16.01.2022 Last week WYC instructors delivered a Start Sailing 1 program to 11 Girl Guides participants and three Leaders travelling from locations ranging from Smithton to Launceston. The program was held over three days totaling 12 hours. WYC thank our four Instructors in making the program a success.

15.01.2022 Lovely to see some keen sailors on Saturday for our adventure sail - despite change of plans due to the weather we had a great time exploring upriver! Thanks to our rescue boat volunteers who were kept busy! We had some boats racing and some boats enjoying a scenic lap, following are results: (noting my conflicting advice RE downwind and upwind starts sorry!) Race ... 1) Mike Darby 26:07, 2. Nick Jones 26:46, 3. Chris Symonds and Tammens family crew 28:37, 4. Warwick Papworth and Jo 31:10, 5. Ben Maynard 34:47, 6. Rian Klinger 36:41, 7. Daniel zschech 37:27, Ethan Price and Lief 39:48. Archer, Nick, Ben, Patrick, Samara, Hugo and Elliot also enjoyed a discovery sail around Gutteridge Gardens. 2) 1. Mike Darby 06:16, 2. Chris Symonds 06:45, 3. Nick Jones 7:01,. 4. Ben Maynard 07:09, Daniel Zschech 12:02

15.01.2022 Unfortunately due to high winds, there will be no sailing tomorrow at WYC. Enjoy your weekend!

15.01.2022 Fantastic for Wynyard youth sailors and familys to travel to Hobart over the last four days. You all did WYC proud. Well done to Nick 1st and Penny 3rd on a countback.

15.01.2022 WYC are delivering MAST powerboat license programs fortnightly to keep up with a huge demand of late. Tonight's program was delivered in ideal conditions with Ela and Warwick joining the training team.

15.01.2022 Amazing cloud formation in Hobart during the four day Australian Sailing Tasmania Training and Youth Championships where WYC has five representatives attending. Well done to the families for travelling to attend. Thanks to Lisa Garland for the photos

14.01.2022 The 2021 Hansa Class Tasmanian Championships are coming up in February. Contact Chris for boat allocations. The NOR can be found here: http://wynyard.org/portfolio/2021-hansa-tasmania-states/

14.01.2022 Saturday’s activities showcased sailing in Devonport at it’s finest. What a spectacle - the rigging lawns and pontoons in front of the Club were crowded with bo...ats and sailors getting ready on a glorious day with a 15 knot sailing breeze. (And in amongst this hive of activity our Dragons Abreast boat paddling ladies had a great morning as well.) Training for juniors and adults in the morning, a junior race in the river before lunch, briefing and a ‘sav’ at the bar, then 21 yachts of all description from along the coast competing in the Cock of the Mersey Race. The BBQ and presentation afterwards had the place buzzing with conversation. Thank you to the visitors for putting on such a spectacle, and the locals for the efforts in putting in the work. And the winner is..Mike Darby from Wynyard YC. (Full results will be posted separately shortly.) Our volunteers all of you including the ‘quiet achievers’ are appreciated thank you. A special shout out this week to our Treasurer Angela Marshall (who became a full-blooded dinghy sailor turtle on the way back in from the race course) and her children Cody, Jamieson, Sam and Maddison who put in two big days of effort. Family involvement at our Club is so vital to our recent growth. Hope to see you all out on the water again soon. See more

13.01.2022 Sabre events this season thanks to Matt Westland; The State Titles are being held at Midway Point on January 9th and 10th. There seems lots of interest in the c...lass so we should see a good fleet size. This season we have instigated a travellers Trophy for Sabres. We will combine the results from the following events for prizes in overall and handicap formats. Pittwater Regatta 5th and 6th December 2020 Royal Hobart Regatta Saturday 6th Feb 2021 Itzaboat Race ( Lindisfarne) Sunday 7th Feb 2021 Blockbuster PDYC Feb 27th and 28th 2021 Note: The Royal Hobart regatta and Itzaboat race have been configured to make it easier for Northern sailors to travel down for a weekender. Sailors can rig at LSC and sail over to the regatta grounds for afternoon races on Saturday and then leave boats rigged at LSC overnight ready for Itzaboat on Sunday.

12.01.2022 Thank you to Waratah Wynyard Council for the grant to replace our soon to be non compliant lifejackets. The project now complete with logos and new storage racking in place.

10.01.2022 Last Saturday was Leven yacht club's opening of the season & two refurbished launch ramps with all coastal and some northern clubs represented. The rains stopped for the official opening then closed in again when 22 yachts hit the water on a full tide for an out and back course from the clubhouse to a bouy 250 meters off the river mouth. The range of classes was huge with the A Class Cat leading all home. The race was won by an Elliot 7 trailer sailor by 1.5 minutes on corre...cted time. The Mayor, State MP and recently retired State MP then jumped onto yachts and joined the racing with the Mayor taking the hounours. The outgoing tide caused some of the smaller yachts grief but all otherwise had fun. Congratulations to Leven Yacht Club for a great day and we wish you the best for the season ahead. See more

10.01.2022 This Saturday we have the Tulip Cup river race! Be rigged and ready for the briefing at 10am.

10.01.2022 Congratulations Chris!

10.01.2022 WYC held first aid programs this week for 12 members who are now reaccredited for another three years. Elijah Witt was one participant all bandaged up.

09.01.2022 A bit of from today’s #sailing

09.01.2022 All ready to go for our season opening tomorrow! Coffee from 9am & briefing/opening at 10am.

07.01.2022 Wynyard Volunteer Marine Rescue held its annual Operational Readiness Inspection audit this afternoon with eight members of our Unit performing drills and showcasing our equipment and systems to the SLST State Coordinator. Well done to all involved.

07.01.2022 A magical day on the water yesterday Plenty of action at morning sailing, and 3 close races out at sea in the afternoon in great conditions. Nick Jones managed to race the Golden Laser without a tiller extension after an early mishap!

07.01.2022 Pressure cleaning the launch ramp for safe launching

06.01.2022 WYC operates from 9am till 4 pm Saturdays. Come on down for a look (not this Saturday as we are supporting Cock of Mersey) and talk to our volunteers who can guide you on your options for participation.

06.01.2022 Afternoon Racing results for Saturday 7th November - needed to squeeze a quick third race in to break the 2 way tie for second, and 3 way tie for third! Thanks to our rescue boat volunteers for the afternoon - Neal, Chris and Ela :) Overall: 1) Mike Darby sabre 3 (1,1,1) 2) Nathan Humphries laser radial 7 (2, 3, 2) 3) Matthew Price sabre 9 (3, 2, 4)... 4) Nick Jones laser 4.7 (minus tiller extension!) 13 (6, 4, 3) 5) Ben Maynard sabre 15 (4, 6, 5) 6) Teresa Badrock sabre 16 (5, 5, 6) Race 1: MD 15:30, NH 16:03, MP 17:02, BM 17:22, TB 17:23, NJ 17:36. Race 2: MD17:10, MP 17:46, NH 17:53, NJ 18:02, TB 18:22, BM 19:24 Race 3: MD 10:53, NH 11:23, NJ 11:29, MP 11:31, BM 12:02, TB 12:15

04.01.2022 Well done to Wynyard sailors Nick, Penny, Vinnie, Max and Riley. Great to see good numbers back in Sabot's.

04.01.2022 Congratulations to all WYC members who made this award possible. https://www.facebook.com/watch/

04.01.2022 Pacers, Optis, Support Boats, BBQ, ..... Everything is ready for the Season Opening on Saturday. A special THANK YOU to Liam and Penny for coming and helping us today.

03.01.2022 Afternoon sailing was held in a shifty 15 knot westerly, providing some moments of excitement for our sailors, and plenty of work for our rescue boat volunteers. Thanks to Neal and Auston on the committee boat, and Chris and Ela in the RIB. Results as follows (corrected time): 1 Mike Darby (Sabre) 43:20 2 Matthew Price (Sabre) 44:33 3 Alan Nicholas (Sabre) 47:15... 4 Nathan Humphreys (Laser radial) 47:47 5 Ethan Price/Leif Folden (420) 51:30 6 Warwick Papworth (Pacer) 1:00:14 Next week morning and afternoon sailing and Tulip Cup river racing!

02.01.2022 There is no sailing at Wynyard this Saturday due to the Cock of the Mersey in Devonport. Wynyard sailors are encouraged to attend. Program of events for the day. Youth sailing from 9am and racing at 10am. Cock of the Mersey Briefing at 1230hrs and race start 1340hrs outside if weather is suitable which it looks to be so far.

02.01.2022 2020 Tasmanian Sailing Awards Finalists Congratulations to our Male Sailor of the Year Finalists: Brett Cooper - Royal Yacht Club Of Tasmania, Derwent Sailing ...Squadron Inc & SB20 Australia Chris Symonds - Wynyard Yacht Club & Australian Hansa Class Association & Sailability Tasmania Our judging panel would like to thank & congratulate the following nominees: Ethan Galbraith & Charlie Zeeman - Sandy Bay Sailing Club Greg Prescott - Royal Yacht Club Of Tasmania Mike Darby - Wynyard Yacht Club Stephen Salter - TAS Sharpies Will Sargent - Derwent Sailing Squadron Inc & Sandy Bay Sailing Club The winner of this award will be announced here 25th September

01.01.2022 Some photos from Saturday morning. The outgoing tide made a perfect day for an adventure sail to fossil bluff, but also made for a very busy boat ramp. Another great day and thanks to the support crews, shore helpers and canteen team!

01.01.2022 Tomorrow we have a celebrity chef attending WYC for lunch. Be sure not to miss out. https://www.youtube.com/watch

01.01.2022 Final Results for the Cock of the Mersey Race 2020 Apologies for any misspellings. Thankyou to all competitors.

01.01.2022 Happy new year! Tomorrow we will be having an Adventure sail to the old port. 1430 hrs briefing and on the water at 1500 hrs.