From the Tiller

We have a number of winter sailing dates comming up and we look forward to the Club’s Annual Presentation day on the 15th, with a special note to thank our many volunteers. The men’s change room upgrade is well underway to be ready for the start of next Season. 

The club house is also getting good use during the week with Clareville Fitness and Meredith Rasdall's Visual Art classes providing some welcome revenue for the club. Members are asked to be mindful & respectful of the Art & Fitness classes. If you are interested in joining them, click the links for info:

Functional Fitness for over 50's Clareville Fitness

Adult Art Classes Meredith Rasdall Visual Art

Winter Sailing

Centreboard start 10am

Yacht start 11:30am

• Sunday 15 June

• Sunday 13 July

• Sunday 17 August

Helena van de Linde

Commodore

Presentation Day Sunday 15 June 3pm

Kids, Adults, Centreboard & Yachts

The season’s awards will be presented after Winter Sailing on Sunday June 15th at 3pm.

Awards will be presented for most enthusiastic and most improved in Blue & Red Groups, along with spring, summer and club championships for all centreboard classes. Awards are also presented to the winners of each yacht series along with a couple of trophies for fastest yacht etc. Centreboard & Yacht racers will be awarded for 1st, 2nd & 3rd places.  

This is an important day for us to acknowledge members who volunteer as well as those who have achieved outstanding sailing results. Awards for top male, female & family sailors as well as a number to recognise those who have contributed most to the club. We’ve had many nominations for our most prestigious award, the Ryves Shield.

So please join us on the 15th, support the club and show your appreciation for those who have excelled. You might have an award to pick up yourself ! The BBQ will be on & the bar open to enjoy our great location on a winter’s afternoon.

Volunteering at Avalon Sailing Club

Avalon Sailing Club was established by a number of families who wanted their children to learn to sail and the family and volunteer culture remains part of our DNA. Please take a moment to read through and acknowledge the volunteers who:

• Meet and greet at new members at opening day

• Attended the season opener Working bee

• Built the Open Skiff racks

• Communicated every weekend about what is going on Whatsapp groups (Yachts, Blue/Red, Instructors)

• Hung the banners to promote our Opening day (in Avalon and at Kitchener park)

• Volunteered in the canteen on Sunday mornings

• Picked up pies on Sunday mornings

• Maintained canteen stocks (including shop and unload)

• Unstacked the dishwashers

• Washed the tea towels

• Supported our kids on the water during learn to sail and sailing camp

• Took their children to regattas (much schlepping of boats).

• RSA Bar service at regatta and other events (Shakespeare, Bookochino, Deck parties)

• Managed response crew including training and scheduling

•  Organised servicing and implemented repairs of the response fleet (Lucinda, Blue Peter, Yellow Glen, Red Rib, Tender Rib, Flotsam, Jetsam) and associated motors

• Maintained our dinghy fleet with repairs to Nippas MJs, F11s, Spirals

• Fixed the davit crane many times for different reasons

• Managed our accounts incoming and payable

• Chased up debtors

• Picked up the mail from the PO box

• Managed our insurances

• Managed our licences (to operate as sailing club and to operate a bar) as well as associated event notifications

• Social Media posts promoting the club

• Update our Website 

• Budgeting and forward planning

• Fixed the pontoon when it went lopsided

• Replaced our lost L

• Took the garbage bins to the road. Returned said garbage bins from the road to the club.

• Spiral regatta (notify neighbours, parking attendants, boat shleppers, deck management, food shop, food prep, race management, scribes, logistics, comms, representation at Association, videography, bar)

• Applied for grants, got us grants

• Ran the committee meetings (incl agenda and minutes)

• Kept our risk tables current

• Took the recycling (bottles/cans) to the recycling station in Mona Vale

• Couta regatta (representation at Association, promoting the event, race management, sausage sizzle, paella and sangria, Bar, organising moorings for visitor’s boats)

• Pittwater Off the beach regatta (Liaising with RPAYC and BYRA, Race management, support on water, bbq on deck)

• Managed our moorings

• Managed our racks

• Club house hire management (and responding to enquiries)

• Responding to weekly incoming enquiries at info@sailingclub.com.au

• Planned the Yacht and Centreboard race series calendar

• Liaised with the Australia day committee and organising the Australia day regatta

• Officers of the day each Sunday (and coordinating those)

• Restocked bar regularly (including purchase and unload)

• Organised the trophies to be inscribed

• Entered race results into race management software

• Maintained attendance records (incl sign on sheets)

• Liaised with our sister clubs (RPAYC, BYRA)

• Liaised with our class associations (Open Skiff, MJ, F11, Spiral, Aero)

• Liaised with council re trailerboat parking restrictions

• Organised the games at the Portuguese Picnic day (including the float mat)

• Ferried over the BBQ and esky to Portuguese Beach

• Santa at xmas party

• Organised the bands/speakers for our social events

• Organised the CPR/Defib Trainers

• Kept the club tidy 1 (emptying kitchen and bathroom bins)

• Kept the club tidy 2 (disposed of stuff people should not have left)

• Washed the glass doors to the balcony

• Replaced rotten floorboards on accessway

• Replaced boards on rigging deck

• Conducted yacht safety audit

• Contributed to and edited Jibsheet

• Produced financial reports

• Maintained and serviced our camera and its link to our webpage

• Communicated with sponsors (Woolworths, Avalon RSL, Whitworths)

• Recorded sailing race starts and posted on YouTube

• Liaised with Rudder Family re return of replica Rudder boat and assisted with boat loading

• Liaise with members