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Spin Sheet,
September/October 2004
Sailing
School News
Marine Life
- Boat Books
Charter
Boat Update
Bull Rock Competition
Waterfront Grapevine
Winners
are Grinners
Diary Dates
This Spin Sheet is bursting!
We're
bursting with news - of our Australian Sailing Adventures
and extra charter boats...we're bursting with winners - from
the Frequent Floaters Club draw and the Spin Sheet...we're
bursting with offers and a fabulous Spring prize from
Boat Books...AND
we're bursting with anticipation with this glorious
weather...enjoy this Spin Sheet.
Why not forward this e news to a
friend?
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for your chance to win a skippered and
catered four hour charter - just like Simon of Mosman, this
draw's winner - it's easy, just introduce your mates to
Simply Sailing and load up your Frequent Floaters
Club card - benefits redeemable at Simply Sailing,
the
Sydney Harbour Kayaks
and the Skiffies Char Grill.
Sailing School News
Australian Sailing
Adventures
We've devised our
Australian Sailing Adventures for the midweek
tourist market - although locals with time on
their hands are more than welcome too!
We tackle Yachting Australia's inshore courses
- from the Introductory to Inshore Skipper in
10 days. We've scheduled extra hours and
spice to compensate for the fast track nature
of the program - more social sailing,
Wednesday arvo racing and visits to Sydney
Harbour yachtie hotspots.
More
details...
Buckle up - as the
twilight season cranks into gear on Friday
5 November. The brand new
Bavaria Match 42 will add punch and
glamour to our fleet. Those
pocket rockets the Choc and
Xcess will again go head to head with
Madama Butterfly and Aida.
Can the SS crews repeat last season's
storming performances to keep the
silverware at the Spit? To be part
of the campaign to keep our Manly
opponents in bridesmaids' spot book now.
Inshore Skipper
Practical BONUS Radio handbook
Our inshore skippers
course will teach you all you need to know
to bareboat in Sydney Harbour and beyond.
Take our September course and receive the
Marine Radio Operator's Handbook, an
essential in any aspiring skipper's toolkit.
Details...
Yachting Australia Safety & Survival at Sea
Course, September
2004
The essential
accreditation for the offshore crowd, (be it
cruising or racing), and
highly recommended for all boat owners and
those who aspire to offshore waters.
Includes the must have practical liferaft
drill. With Chris
Matthews.
More
details...
Inshore theory for Beginners to Skippers -
October 2004
Our "No more Gaps" course
starts again on Tuesday 5 October.
In six Tuesday evenings Chris Matthews
(and industry expert Don
Gillies) will spill the beans on
anchoring, boat construction, radio,
navigation and lots more. All
theoretical components of the Introductory,
Competent Crew and Inshore Skippers
Certificates are covered. Includes
your powerboat assessment.
Course details...
Handy Links
Sailing Calendar
for all dates
Sailing Packages
for great value & innovative packages
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Marine Life
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Boat
Books is a downright
sailing institution - and a one-stop shop
for all your nautical needs.
Don't ever visit Crow's Nest (on the North
Shore) without popping in for a browse of
their enormous range of books and
resources - suitable
for the student, the recreational boating
enthusiast to the professional
sailor. From
Boat Building and Repair, Design,
Electrics, Meteorology, Navigation and
Rules and Seamanship - to everything in
between - Cooking on Board,
Kayaking, Knots, the list is endless.
Boat Books is an authorised Chart Agent -
so bring those cruising dreams one step
closer with Boat Books amazing range of
all of the Australian charts and other
Admiralty charts.
Boat Books
is well known in the marine industry for
their expertise in electronic navigation -
check out their state-of-the art Magellan
hand held GPS systems including the Orange
Explorist 100.
Boat Books is a national company
covering the whole of the Australian
East Coast BUT it is their personal
service and attention that sets them
well apart from the pack.
To win "Sail & Rig Tuning" by Dedekam
from Boat Books enter our Spin Sheet
competition now - yes put down your
coffee, pick up your chart and enter
right now.
Pop into Boat Books
at 31 Albany Street, Crow's Nest or
browse their extensive catalogue at
www.boatbooks-aust.com.au
Charter Boat Update
Bantry Bay Social
Sailing - Labour Day
Calling
social sailors to repeat last year's sublime
trip to Powderhulk Bay.
Our
sensational mix of Sydney Harbour sailing, sea
breezes and a fair dinkum Aussie BBQ will be
staged in the wilds of
Upper Middle Harbour on
Labour Day.
Details...
Bavaria Match 42 NEW FLEET
ADDITION
The Bavaria Match class of
yachts is taking Sydney sailing scene by storm.
Much as the Sydney 38 did some 3 years ago.
So it is with wide open arms we welcome the NEW
Cuckoo's Nest - the Bavaria Match 42.
We wave bye-bye to the old Sydney 38 "Cuckoos
Nest" as she glides off to newer pastures.
Principal Chris Matthews is
looking forward to campaigning the Manly Friday
night series on the Match 42. "We had a
fantastic season on the Sydney 38 last year, but
no real competition so we were always the heroes.
This season we can pit ourselves directly against
Manly's Bavaria 42 - I hope they are looking
forward to it as much as we are!"
For more details on the Bavaria Match series of
yachts visit their website at
www.northsouthyachting.com.au
Summer
Rates
Summer Rates will be here on 1
October, so why not take advantage of our off
season rates this month and this glorious weather?
Bareboat Rates.
Skippered Rates.
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Spring
Competition - At Bull Rock
The Prize: "Sail and Rig Tuning"
by Dedekam - "At long last
a concise, well-illustrated book on tuning sails and
mast. The easy to
read drawings take you through tuning headsail, main
and spinnaker. By far the
best book on sail tuning available. 80 Pages".
Thanks to
Boat Books
Australia for this fabulous prize.
This month's competition is
nothing if not topical.
1. What is the
distance from the shore below the lighthouse and
Bull Rock at ALT?
2. What lights would
you see approaching Bull Rock at night?
3. List other dangers
you might encounter in this area (minimum 3)?
All correct answers (all 3) will
go into the SimplySailing cap and the winner will be
drawn at 5pm on 31 October 2004. Let's get
navigating!
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Hatch & Match?
Frequent sightings now over rule
coincidence in this pairing of two of last
season's twilight crew. Our
Spin Sheet lips are sealed... but take
your risk on romance this summer and book
your berth now on one of our Yellow Jersey
Twilight Challenge yachts....
John
Fretwell was one of our most notorious
course junkies, graduating to the helm of
"the Choc" on Wednesdays after just 6
months. After being billeted
back to the UK by work we're delighted to
see that those chillier climes haven't
dented his sailing bug. Here
we catch up on John's nautical adventures
in the south of England:
"It's
official, I've
finally taken the plunge and will be a
yacht owner at last.
We're
making a very specific assault on the East
Coast Haven Ports series for 2005
(not exciting
just cold) and then Cowes week August
2005. She is a
Beneteau 25 now known as "Mid Life
Crisis". Not quite
the Choc but not dissimilar in
terms of size (but when does that ever
matter);
it's more of an Adams on steroids, at last
I'll beat the J24's.
I'm not sure that Suffolk sailing is ready
for boardies and eskies
but someone's
got to take a stance!"
Whilst the Australian Sailing Team
didn't leave Athens with a swag of
sailing medals to rival the Sydney
Games, this talented bunch still did
us proud. Anthony Nossiter
knotched up a 6th in the Finn class
(Single Handed Men's Dinghy) - a
massive improvement on the Sydney
Games. His 1st in Race 7
put him within a heartbeat of the
medals. Picking the right side
of the turf is not easy in unfamiliar
waters. Consistency is the
key to Olympic sailing competition and
Great Britain's Ben Ainslie was
clearly not ready to relinquish his
grip, winning his third gold.
Catch up on all the
nautical adventures and up to date
results of the Australian Sailing Team
at the Athens
Olympics at
the ISAF website:
http://www.sailing.org/olympics2004.
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Frequent Floaters
Club Draw
Front up to the helm - Simon Milne of
Mosman - you have won a skippered and
catered four hour charter on the
Northshore 370 Euphoria.
Simon referred two of his mates to us for
their Competent Crew courses last summer -
YES it is that easy!
Results - Winter Competition
1 What is a
"scratch boat"?
A: The fastest boat on the course
2. Where
precisely is Middle Percy Island
(long and lat)?
A: 21.7S Lat and 150.3 E Long
3. Which set of
tell tales do you read on a reach?
A: The middle ones on a jib
We had our largest amount of
competition entries so far - thanks
to all our readers. Our
congratulations to our winner George
of Balmain!
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SPECIAL
MIDWEEK Competent
Crew Practical - 20, 21, 22 and 26
September
Safety & Survival
at Sea - 20, 21, 22 and 26 September 2004
Headsail Trim &
Pole - Saturday 25
September, 1pm
Introduction to
Spinnakers - Sunday 26
September, 8.30am to 3pm
Social sailing -
Bantry Bay BBQ - Monday 4 October, 10am to
3pm
Small Craft
Safety Theory - starts Tuesday 5 October
NOW BOOKING
Australian
Sailing Adventures #1 - 11 - 15 October, 5
days
Australian
Sailing Adventures #2 - 11 - 22 October, 10
days
Headsail Trim &
Pole - Saturday 23
October, 1pm
Twilight Sailing
starts - Training and socialising - Friday
5 November
Twilight Racing
starts - Racing and socialising - Friday 12
November
Headsail Trim &
Pole - Saturday 20
November, midday
Australian
Sailing Adventures #1 - 6 - 10 November, 5
days
Australian
Sailing Adventures #2 - 6 - 17 November, 10
days
Headsail Trim &
Pole - Saturday
11
December, midday
Introduction to
Spinnakers - Sunday 12
December, 8.30am to 3pm
Trim! package
- roll up the above for a discount - 11 and 12
December
Social sailing -
Sydney Seafood Markets - Christmas Eve,
10am to 3pm
New Years Eve
- charter boats have the best view
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Contact Details
Telephone:
9451 2511 Email:
cm@simplysailing.com.au
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