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Inside this issue:
2015-2016 General Committee and
Flag Officers...
It is a great honour to be elected as the
56th Commodore of Hobsons Bay Yacht
Club especially at such a time of transi-
tion for the club.
I wish to thank all the members who
have supported me over the years when
I was Race Director and Vice Commo-
dore.
As I have said many times before, it is
the members, and the contributions they
make, which make the club as successful
as it is today.
I congratulate Gary Marks and
Georgie Mitchel for their election as
Vice Commodore and Rear Commodore
respectively together with Nick Wood-
ley, Kevin LeNepveu and Lyn Dawson
as Honorary Treasurer, Club Captain
and Honorary Secretary.
The General Committee is made up of
Pat Caruso, Hugh Munro, Peter Clark,
John Tremewen, Rod Fuller and David
Judge. Congratulations on their election
to the committee. I would particularly
like to welcome Rod Fuller who is new
to the committee and David Judge who
does not seem to have sufficient time on
committees and keeps volunteering for
more. Continued on page 2
View from the Helm… Tony Dawson Commodores Report 2
Vice Commodores Report
3
A HBYC Weekend not to be missed
4
Paseafique Update 5
Club Captain & CBC Report
7
Cruise Report 9
August Calendar 11
View from the Race Room
9
Aid in Vanuatu 10
Officer of the Day:
1st Aug B. O’Leary A. Owens 2nd Aug A. Parker G. O’Meara 8th Aug D. James T. Legg 9th Aug M.Phillips A. Pickard 15th Aug R. Pitman N. Sellars 16th Aug R. Poynter J. Savage 22nd Aug P. Price J. Ray 23rd Aug V. Reynolds B. Rich 29th Aug T. Riedle B. Riggs 30th Aug N. Robbins J. Rouse 5th Sept M. Rudecki W. Ryan 6th Sept M. Sahhar J. Saunders Henry Press Tony Dawson
Our 1st Commodore & our 56th Commodore
I would like to thank the outgoing members of the
General Committee, Robert Bradley and Ashley Ste-
vens for their great contribution they have made over
the years. I understand that they will be continuing on
the Sailing Committee.
Looking forward...
The new building has provided the opportunity for
HBYC to review its operational structure based on
the availability of improved onshore facilities. The
new facilities provide for much more flexible use of
the spaces in the clubhouse with the ability to have
more than one activity taking place at the same time.
There is a strong desire by the General Committee to
increase the level of service to both members and
the local community in a financially responsible way.
The General Committee is currently undertaking a
review of the role of each of the flag officers and
members of the committee with a view to better
matching the needs of the club with the administrative
roles required for its proper operation.
For example, some of anticipated changes may in-
clude changing the traditional social organisation
role of the Rear Commodore, and reallocating this
elsewhere. The Rear Commodore’s role would then
be to manage all aspects of training in the club. With
an increase to a desirable level of member keelboat
training and higher safety and curriculum compliance
requirements for junior fleet, this is beyond what can
View from the Helm… Continued... be reasonably expected of the Vice Commodore and
Sailing Committee only.
All this comes at a time when there is increased level
of support being made available from Yachting
Victoria for such activities as accredited training from
junior to keel boat level and the involvement of the
club in Schools Teams Racing Series in February 2016
and Sail Melbourne in December 2015. We must
make the most of the opportunities presented.
An increased use of the building compared to prior
to the renovations is critical. This requires a complete
review of how we operate the clubhouse and bar and
how drink and food services are delivered. In the
immediate future the General Committee will be de-
veloping a comprehensive plan for managing the
clubhouse and the associated provision of services to
members.
The aim is to have the club providing high quality ser-
vices for both on water activities and social functions
both for club members and the community while main-
taining its culture as a member’s club. We want mem-
bers coming to the club because there is great service
and it is great place to be.
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Vice’s View… Gary Marks With only being in the Vice Commodore’s position for a few weeks and with the Brass Monkeys series being
very popular and running very well, I thought I would use this newsletter to introduce myself.
My name is Gary Marks and Deb and I joined Hobsons Bay Yacht Club in 2006. I have found it much easier to
identify people by relating them to their yachts so we initially had a 27 foot yacht called Bondi Tram.
A bit over 3 years ago we upgraded to our current yacht Tumbling Dice which is a Beneteau 35s5. On race
days you will generally find us somewhere in the middle of the fleet.
In 2007 I joined the Sailing Committee. I found this to be very rewarding and gave me a great insight into race
management and sailing administration in general. The Sailing Committee meet on the first Tuesday of each
month at the Club at 7.30 pm. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday the 4th August 2015 at 7.30 pm and I
would encourage any member who would like to have their say to come along and contribute.
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A HBYC Weekend not to be missed… 7-9 August, 2015 This month the Cruising Group of HBYC presents an opportunity for all members to Cruise or join in the fun at
our Winter Spectacular at Melbourne City Marina (Victoria Harbour) and the Docklands...-ALL WELCOME-
Cruise up Friday or if you can't Cruise or come on Friday, doesn't matter, there's lots going on all weekend… from
Yum Cha, Alma Doepel, Chocolate Festivals, Pizza, Boat Crawls to Trivia, oh and of course Cruising!
ITINERARY – HBYC CRUISING WEEKEND PROGRAM
Friday 7th August
Sail your boat down to Docklands; Berth at Melbourne City Marina Docklands. You don’t have to have a boat to join in Cruising Group activities; If driving down for the night, park at Harbour Town Docklands or street parking, and walk down to Melbourne City Marina located at the waterfront. 6.30pm : Drinks at Melbourne City Marina Lounge- B.Y.O. Drinks & Food with D.I.Y. BBQ on the Terrace, Bring a camping chair if you can, as seating is limited. 7.30pm : Docklands Fireworks Spectacular (Uninterrupted views from the Terrace) 8pm : Cruising Group Presentation: "Sailing Vanuatu"- Speaker- Robert Bradley.
9pm : (PPI) Port, Pancakes n' Ice-Cream!
Saturday 8th August
*Those wishing to join in on the Saturday by car, and/ or Saturday new arrivals by boat to Victoria Harbour for this HBYC Cruising Weekend event- you are all still very welcome! Berths will be reserved for HBYC. Ring Peter Clark. Yes, our real HBYC Cruising weekend FUN begins. 11am : Special “Yum Cha” sitting at Gold Leaf Chinese Restaurant (near the Star Wheel); 2 or 3 Tables can be reserved for HBYC Clan! BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL with Peter Clark for Yum Cha** 1pm : Boat pool (like car pool) and Sail across Victoria Harbour to the Boat Shed for special Alma Doepel tour & Wooden Boat Shed Tour. 2/ 2.30pm : Return to Docklands Waterfront at New Quay Piazza to join in the fun at the "Melt Away Choco-late Festival" … Yes, fair dinkum, Chocolate Festival Bonanza! And/ Or Enjoy Breakaway Free-time Shopping or Coffee! 5pm : Re-Group and Boat Crawl Happy Hour to 7pm (Remember your youth with Pub Crawls? ; Yes, sorry but you and I have ‘aged’, so we now call it “ Boat Crawl” … Like wine, Whisky or Top Shelf Aged beef, we do get better with Age! J ) 7.30pm : Meet up at Melbourne City Marina by evening. Each "Bring-A-Dish Dinner Night" to "Share"; All and any Winter-Warmer Dishes and Dessert Welcome. Dinner at Melbourne City Marina Lounge and Terrace. Share and Swap Cruising and Sailing stories, or just simply have fun hanging out with the HBYC gang. 9 or 9.30pm : ONE Round of "Team Trivia" , AND, ONE Round of "Team Charades", with GREAT spot prizes
up for grabs!
Sunday 9th August
GO FREESTYLE. What that means? - Everyone top off a great Cruising Weekend with their own Sked! Wake up to waterfront activity, soak in the Sunshine! Life is good, get out there. All members old and new are Welcome! Skippers, Racers, Cruisers, HBYC Crew, Members & Families, HBYC Socialites or HBYC soloists, young or forever young (All sailors are created equal!) – All Welcome. For Winter, It doesn’t get better than this.
MUST RSVP for Births and Yum Cha : Please register your name with PETER CLARK - HBYC CRUISING GROUP
M:0411 520 920 E: [email protected]) no later than Wednesday 5TH August, for the coming HBYC
Cruising Weekend 7-9 August, 2015 (Fri-Sun).
After 10.5 weeks and close to 2000 nm we find our-
selves in Cairns on the final countdown to the start of
the Indonesian rally.
Phil and Lesley in Cairns looking like they are really get-
ting into the swing of cruising life!
We know that some HBYC members will have been
following the blog so we will try not to repeat too
much of that material here.
Perhaps it might be of interest for readers to know
how things have been going with the boat. We (i.e,
Phil) had spent most weekends working on the boat in
the two years since we bought her, so there had been
a lot of preparation.
The major things included replacing the standing rig-
ging and most halyards, installing an electric toilet and
holding tank, fitting boom tents with water catcher and
other shade covers, installing fans, installing lithium
batteries, re-wiring to the circuit board with oversize
cable, installing battery monitors, new large anchor
and anchor chain, new dinghy, outboard and wheels,
fitting a BBQ, installing new chart plotter and AIS tran-
sponder, cleaning water and fuel tanks, installing HF
radio, installing electric davits, and replacing skin fit-
tings. The other thing that Phil focussed on was lots of
little things that would make day to day life easier.
While all this preparation seemed never ending and a
bit overwhelming at times, it is now really paying off.
Paseafique Update... Phil Shand & Lesley Day There are lots of things that have worked incredibly
well. For navigation, choosing the larger screen (12
inch) for new chart plotter rather than opting for the
cheaper smaller screen was a really good decision –
the chart plotter is located at the chart table so the
larger screen means we can actually see it from the
helm. Still, there have been times when it has been
useful to have the ipad with navionics running in the
cockpit as a back up to the chart plotter.
AIS has been very helpful for seeing ships and other
vessels in our area and for friends and family to fol-
low us on marine traffic (although lack of base stations
in some areas means we disappear into black holes at
times).
Setting the sails has been made smoother by having
the pole attached to the mast so it is easier and safer
to deploy it when we want to pole out the headsail,
along with using spinnaker sheets to brace the pole (as
suggested by Bill Feore). This system has worked very
well and has been used frequently given that almost
all of our sailing has been downwind.
We have been very happy with the boat’s downwind
performance. It is very comfortable (especially at
speeds over 6 knts) and relatively fast. Its shallow
draft has also meant that it has been easier to get
across bars and we have been able to get into some
places we would not otherwise have been (eg.,
Innisfail where we sat out some windy and wet weath-
er).
Thermal comfort has been enhanced initially by the
drop sheets that attach to the edge of the dodger to
make a warm and relatively dry section in the cockpit
(very cosy when we were still in Victoria), and more
recently by the various bits of shade cover that we
have, in particular the boom tent shade covers. The
shade makes the cockpit more comfortable but also
keeps down below a bit cooler. Strategically located
fans have also helped. The boom tent covers have al-
so been very handy on rainy days and nights.
Continued on Page 6
Paseafique Update... Continued... As all the hatches are covered so they can remain
open, except when very windy and rainy. Speaking of
rain, the boom tent shade covers also double as a wa-
ter catching system which has had a workout in a cou-
ple of locations where there has been quite a lot of
rain (Wilson’s Prom, Mooloolaba, Innisfail, Cairns).
We have had ample power with the new lithium bat-
teries and solar cells even on some relatively overcast
days. The electric davit system with remote control
means that it is easy to pull dinghy up at night.
Anchoring has been relatively stress free so far- the
anchor is a Saraca Excel and we have been very hap-
py with its performance in sand, mud, clay and rock.
And finally, the alcohol has been working very well.
On the other side of the ledger there are a few things
that have not worked so well…
Early in the trip the main sheet caught on the binnacle
during an accidental gybe and the force broke one of
the fittings that hold the binnacle to the cockpit floor.
Consequently the binnacle was pulled over on a very
disturbing angle. We thought initially that we had lost
the steering but on a closer inspection it was still func-
tioning which was a relief given that it was night time
and we were a fair way off the NSW coast. Despite
the fact that we had changed the bolts in the chain
plates, we did have leaks around them which resulted
in some puddles of water down as good old Bass
Strait threw a bit of water over the boat. Although
anchoring itself has gone well, we have had some
trouble with the anchor chain piling up on the anchor
locker which has interfered with feeding the chain at
times. The engine noise has been bothering us so we
invested in some new (and expensive) lead lining for
the engine bay which has been a big improvement.
And finally, we regret that we were not able to fit the
holding tank so that we can completely bypass it when
it is not in use. We also think that a hard box would
have been better than a bladder, as it is hard to con-
trol the smell at times.
There have been continual improvements along the
way: fitting a fishing reel to back of boat; a rope to
stop the main sheet catching on binnacle; a separate
hot water pump for hot water system; led adhesive
strip lighting in cabin, inside fridge and lockers; more
shade covers for front of boat; and a larger boom
break which works very well and is better than the
smaller one we had.
As everyone predicted the sailing conditions improved
markedly once we got to about Yeppoon. We have
had some magical sailing days and some truly gor-
geous anchorages. Our departure for the last Australi-
an leg is imminent and then the Indonesian adventure
will begin.
We are very grateful for the assistance and encour-
agement from HBYC members: Kim donated small
outboard as spare; Bill and Barb Feore shared their
experience of sailing an Adams Carina; Dan and Yo
Hellier shared lots of information and gave us books
and courtesy flags; Peter Clark gave excellent ongo-
ing support after fitting the new lithium batteries; Eric
Marsh gave us a good deal on a second hand HF ra-
dio; Colin Leake provided professional assistance and
advice which greatly helped us get through the worst
bits of the trip; Peter and Gloria in the office were
most helpful with administrative matters, and everyone
has been very encouraging, particularly the cruising
group. Thanks also to those who are following and
commenting on the blog (paseafique.wordpress.com)
and facebook – it is great to have that contact from
friends.
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Paseafique has now left Australia waters as she com-
petes in the rally - Wonderful Sail 2 Indonesia 2015,
which will take them from Cairns all the way through
Indonesia.
For more information please see their blog or on the
rally, go to:
http://www.sail2indonesia.com/
Club Captain & CBC Report… Kevin Le Nepveu Stuck in the mud...
Members are reminded that we have a “STUCK IN
THE MUD” register operating where members can
participate by sending emails to the club citing the
mud events. This also includes pen boats.
The purpose of this register is to allow the club to ap-
ply pressure on the controlling authorities to keep the
water clearways free of silt buildup.
Lost souls...
Any old paints or other inflammables you may have
been storing in the lockers for a “rainy day”
(I know only one member who antifouls his boat with
multi colours and vintages of antifoul) So bring them
out into the light of day on the working bee day and
the club will arrange disposal in a painless manner.
Officer Of the Day (OOD)...
The General Committee continues to discuss the role
and scope of the OOD role, a small working group
led by the new Vice Commodore, Gary, will be ex-
ploring the possible needs and process of the role, so
watch out for developments over the next couple of
months. We have received some feedback of mem-
bers’ opinions but would welcome more.
Club Lease Progress...
Tony Dawson, the Club Consultant Valuer and myself
met with the Valuer Generals’ office along with Parks
Vic in the past week to discuss the fee structure for our
new lease. Needless to say we are not quite in agree-
ment and will meet again to resolve the issues in early
August.
CBC update on the Clubhouse development...
The building is inching its way to completion of stages
1&2 and hopefully the builders will be offsite by mid-
August. The internal fit out is progressing with the toi-
lets & showers now getting the finial tiling areas com-
pleted.
Continued on Page 8
Another month of cold and wet weather has passed
with not much joy in the area of sailing as well, but
summer is about to break through with two very im-
portant things about to occur.
1. the builders will be off site by mid to late Au-
gust 2015.
2. the Working Bee has been scheduled for the 5th
September 2015
On the football scene, Carlton continues to lose, Essen-
don are still on a losing streak, The Bulldogs go from
strength to strength, but it appears to be “ How far
the Hawks” for the big day in September.
The Working Bee will include the usual vast scope of
jobs and activities in the yards and on the marina to
make the club ready for Opening Day and the sum-
mer season and now it will include items in the new
clubhouse to get a few jobs done to get us our Certifi-
cate of Occupancy, including mundane items as get-
ting the new bar working, commissioned and tested
and also testing the upper balcony and views. Moving
stock and maybe shelves into the new cool room and
other storage areas will be included. One area I will
be keeping a close eye on is the NON STORAGE OF
JUNK, just because we will have some extra space
does not mean we need to store junk.
A full listing of jobs is being prepared and obtaining
materials required for jobs will be arranged over the
next few weeks.
The new club BBQ will not be installed nor will the
landscaping as part of the build but hopefully a few
club mini working bees, they will progress at a much
cheaper rate than the builders. We have a portable
BBQ on site to do the sausages etc. so it will all be
good.
Marina Piles...
The work has been completed on the 6 Marina deck-
ing piles and we are now waiting on delivery of the 3
stern piles to get them installed. Boat owners will be
contacted individually by John Erickson if temporary
boat relocation is required and as per normal, the
club will ensure boats are carefully looked after.
The AAA lift supply & installation is dragging its feet,
but it should be done early August. The Bar equip-
ment and fridges are in place and being plumbed to
the new cool room. The balcony rails are installed
including the internal stairwell and void (hole in the
floor) railing. The building is really coming to fruition
and it looks great.
I keep getting comments from people just walking past
the club about how good the building looks and how it
fits in our environment.
Just so you don’t spend all your time in the yard at the
club, we have installed a large clock on the east wall
facing the water so to remind you that you probably
need to go home sometime.
I expect that when everybody gets into the new build-
ing and walks around, we will get 2 lists of comments;
1st list called “what you hate”. 2nd list of “what you
love”. The only rule will be is that you must have at
“one love for each hate item” on your list.
My “love” list will include the balcony and the
many areas of different “amenity” of the building
for multiuse, enabling it to be utilized by families,
kids, functions, or just a quiet space in the lounge
area for a coffee and read the newspaper or
book, but I may be disqualified due to a “conflict
of interest”.
Any members that are planning to have a cele-
bration of any sort, should consider our club as the
first option for a location.
The pile of dirt is beginning to disappear into back fill
for the terrace and grassed area with the Gabion re-
taining walls installation is not far away which will
take most of the rest of the dirt as backfill.
The club should start to get back some yard space
during September, another working bee job on the
cradles, which will help those who want to get their
boats out of the water and ready for the summer sea-
son.
Variety Bash update…
The Variety-The Children’s Charity Bush Bash by the
Hobbo’s crew of James, David, Stephen and Martin, is
well in hand on preparation. They have reached the
nomination level of donations for the chase (sorry ral-
ly). The Merc is all signed up and will be at the club
for special viewing and some “serious tyre kicking” on
Saturday, 1st August. James has promised photos of
the day and updates of the adventure during the ral-
ly, so we all should be able to follow progress via
electronic stuff as they go. Andrew Slagmolen (The
Bookmaker, H6336) has supplied the stickers for the
car to let everybody along the way know who they/
we are. Thanks to Andrew Slagmolen for supporting
the club and it’s members.
The car with crew is leaving Melbourne and heading
for Cains on the 12th August, there is still time to make
a donation towards the charity by visiting
https://varietyvicbash.everydayhero.com/au/car41
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Club Captain & CBC Report… Continued...
For the July cruise we decided early to make it an
easy mid winter destination to stay overnight at Mel-
bourne City marina at Docklands.
As the weekend approached and the weather reports
came out close to the weekend it was going to be a
freezer! I was satisfied with the destination decision,
we could, after all, plug into the power and have a
heater in the cabin. Saturday wasn’t too bad with no
rain but also none of that rare winter sunshine that we
can experience in Melbourne. Only two boats braved
the conditions, Kashmir and Sundowner.
For those that that have not been to Melbourne city
marina lately, it has had a bit of a makeover and
moved location to the other side of the Piazza. It now
overlooks directly the marina and is much larger with
a huge lounge room/kitchen and balcony area. We
sat there for the evening and watched the city lights
come on over a quiet little drink. After dinner on Sun-
downer we returned to the Lounge to watch a stage of
the Le Tour de France.
We awoke Sunday morning to find Melbourne turning
on its finest, wet and very cold. Sundowner headed off
fairly promptly back to Hobsons bay whilst the Kash-
mir crew went for a walk to check out the latest in Har-
bour town, unfortunately the planned roof has not yet
been built so it was a wet walk.
The return to our pen at HBYC was a freezing trip and
I was very appreciative of having a Pilothouse yacht,
although the windscreen wiper is not functioning
(again) so I was having to look out through the hatch
for approaching traffic.
It was a quiet weekend but very enjoyable to be out
on the boat again and to see the upgraded marina.
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Dear HBYC,
Together with some fellow Melbourne Trailable YC mem-
bers, I attended a wonderful evening at Hobsons Bay Yacht
Club hosted by their Cruising Group.
HBYC Cruise & Talk Report - July… Peter Clark We enjoyed a social evening that included a great feed of
beef stroganoff, washed down with a mug or two of
gluwein and some delicious cakes & coffee for dessert,
which proved an excellent way to spend a cold Friday
evening on 10th July. Add to this Guest speaker Jerry
Grayson AFC., the youngest helicopter pilot to ever serve
the Royal Navy and the most decorated peacetime naval
pilot in history, and you have a truly entertaining evening.
Jerry spoke with both humour and poignancy of his experi-
ences as a helicopter pilot for the Royal Navy, from pro-
tecting the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal from Russian
submarines, to his service as a Search & Rescue pilot that
included the notorious 1979 Fastnet Race. Followed by an
extensive Q&A session before signing copies of his book
“Rescue Pilot – Cheating the Sea”.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank HBYC and the
Cruising Group for their hospitality and a memorable
evening.
WÉâz j{|àuç MTYC Secretary
From the Race Room… Ian Robertson
Brass Monkey Series...
The Race Boat Crew are having difficulty establishing
the correct Finish Time for a Brass Monkey Entrant who
is completing the Pursuit Course and travels through
the Finish Line while completing the Brass Monkey Pur-
suit Course.
We had an entrant in Race 4, who, after Starting,
managed to cross the finish line twice during the race,
before correctly finishing. There are four Divisions
Racing in the Brass Monkey Series, if you could go
through the “Finish Line” just once it would be a great
benefit to the Race Boat Crew.
There will be an “Honourable Mention” (maybe they
should shout the bar) for all yachts who have man-
aged to go through the Finishing Line more than once
after starting a Brass Monkey Race.
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After the 2014 Melbourne to Vanuatu race, Escapade
engaged in a bit of a program distributing education-
al materials and some medical materials. Here is a
short summary of the extent or our mini-aid program.
After we loaded up in Port Vila there was 800kg of
educational related supplies on board including read-
ing books, exercise books, pens, pencils, marker pens,
chalk, erasers, scissors and sharpeners plus one fibre-
glass canoe and 4 old sails.
We distributed it to 4 secondary schools, 8 primary
schools, 3 Kindergartens, 1 public library and 2 youth
groups as follows -
P Port Vila Scout group (canoe), Efate Island
P Havannah Harbour Primary, Efate Island (via proxy in the form of Trybooking.com)
P Nguna Island Kindergarten P Emae Island Secondary
P South West Bay primary and secondary, Mala-kula Island.
P Torres Island primary schools x 2
P Vao Island. primary
Aid in Vanuatu… Robert Bradley P Loone Primary, Ambae Island
P Port Olry secondary, Santo Island. P Lonkar Primary, Santo Island. P Tasiriki Primary, Santo Island
P White Beach Primary, Tutuba Island. P Palikuloa Bay Primary, Santo Island.
P South West University Library, Luganville, Santo Island.
P Northern Councils Youth Centre (Sails) Don’t forget that Robert will be presenting at the Au-gust Weekend Cruise at the Docklands.
What’s on at HBYC for the month of August 2015…. Brass Monkeys—Heat 7 Sat. 1st @ 1.15pm
Classic Yacht Winter Series - Race 6 Sun. 2nd @ 10.30am
A HBYC Weekend not to be missed... Fri. 7th - Sun. 9th
This month the Cruising Group of HBYC presents an opportunity for all members to Cruise or join in the fun at our
Winter Spectacular at Melbourne City Marina (Victoria Harbour) and the Docklands...-ALL WELCOME-
Cruise up Friday or if you can't Cruise or come on Friday, doesn't matter, there's lots going on all weekend…
from Yum Cha, Alma Doepel, Chocolate Festivals, Pizza, Boat Crawls to Trivia, oh and of course Cruising!
For full details and Itinerary see our website or Page 4 of this Newsletter.
Brass Monkeys—Heat 8 Sat. 15th @ 1.15pm
Classic Winter Series Race 7 Sun. 16th @ 10.30am
HBYC Presentation Night Sat. 22nd @ 7pm
Due to the renovations, this years Presentation Night will be more casual this year,
with Canapés instead of a sit down meal.
RSVP’s are a must and you will all receive your invitations next week.
Last Friday of the Month Session - Rules Fri. 28th @ 7pm
Brass Monkeys—Heat 9 Sat. 29th @ 1.15pm
Last Brass Monkeys After Party Sat. 29th After Race
This year we are going back to the 70’s to celebrate the last HBYC Club House
renovation, so grow that hair, maybe a dirty Sanchez, bring out the flairs and let’s
have a Party!
Live music, 70’s style food and of course a prize for the best dressed crew!
Classic Winter Series Race 8 Sun. 30th @ 10.30am
Bar Hours… Saturdays - Only on Brass Monkey Race Days. The bar will also be open for all HBYC Friday Night Info. Sessions & Events nights, so keep your eye on the web-
site for updates.
Club Member of the Year - Ray Proudlock On behalf of the Hobsons Bay Yacht Club committee and members, we are pleased to announce
that this years Member of the Year is Ray. Ray was a popular choice for nomination, the HBYC
start boat wouldn’t be the same without him! Ray is a very active member who volunteers week-
ly on the start boats, on the Sailing Committee and on a regular basis in other roles around the
club. His knowledge and expertise has kept the boats on the water and the races started and
finished with skill, and his willingness to volunteer your time around the club is greatly appreciat-
ed which underlies the essence of being a club member, thank you. Ray will be a Honoured
Guest at Presentation Night.
Congratulate him is you see him around the club.