Competitive sailing began at Hobsonville in the early 1930's which led to the formation of the Hobsonville Boating Club (HBC) in 1934. With the Defence amalgamation of Hobsonville and Whenuapai in 1966 to become RNZAF Base Auckland, the HBC was retitled RNZAF Base Auckland Yacht Club (RNZAF BAYC). However since the airforce base has moved from Hobsonville we are now known as The Hobsonville Yacht Club. Our aim is to keep the tradition of recreational boating alive at Hobsonville.   We now also have a Facebook page - "Hobsonville Yacht Club"  HYC Update 20 Jan 2022HYC Commodore Announcement & Update; 20 January 2022 Hi to All Club Members/Dinghy/Keeler/Junior/LTS Sailors /Parents
Happy New Year!
I hope everyone and your families are well and are enjoying our glorious summer. I also hope everyone had a great Christmas Break. Sailing Program Start Firstly, our apologies for the delay on the sailing program and the short notice. Circumstances which have been out of our hands have meant we have had to adjust the program but we are looking/need to get a start. Our Sailing Captain Tamas has put together a revised summer program together and we a looking to start with a ‘have a go’/introductory/sign up night (for all programs) on the: Friday before the Anniversary weekend; 28 January 2022 @ 1630 The intention is to start with a go night and to gauge interest, and numbers in the next 1.5 weeks. The club will be open and we will have the BBQ on, for the Friday. We understand it is the Friday of the long weekend but we are not planning any other sailing during the Anniversary long weekend. We will look to publish the full program once we understand the numbers. However, the plan at this stage is to run the first ‘Adult learn to sail’ program on Waitangi weekend over the 3 days. The junior learn to sail (JLTS) will likely start on Friday 4th Feb at 4.30pm but we may split the JLTS into 2x groups (novice & advanced) and at different times. Tamas will post more details in due on Facebook in the coming days. The full program will be posted on FB, the HYC website and in the clubhouse once we gauge the numbers.
Club House/Bar/House Reminder, the club is open on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Nigel and I will endeavour to have the bar open every time but we are a bit limited on Bar Managers at this time so there may be occasions when we cannot be there for personal reasons. We will do our best to notify club members of this on Facebook if we cannot open. AGM We are now planning the AGM for March, which is another delay. The reason for this is we need to get the Sailing program underway first and this will soak up most of the exec committee’s time.
SUBS Thanks to all who have paid their subs and for those who have not please keep the subs rolling in. The club membership cards will be behind the bar in due course, my apologies for the delay but I have not been able to generate these yet due to other tasks.
Upcoming Events Sailing Program: ‘Have a go’/introductory/sign up’ for all sailing Friday before the Anniversary weekend; 28 January 2022 @ 1630
2021/22 AGM: Mid-March 2022
Have a great rest of the week! Look forward to seeing everyone at the Club on Friday!
If you have any questions and issues please contact Sean on 0226924327 or Tamas on 0211266850.
Sean Munro HYC Commodore and the Executive Committee
Help Naill !Niall Malone who started sailing as a young chap racing at Hobsonville yacht club with Gary Matthews on Waterwitch needs our help. He needs to raise money for his team so that they can head overseas next year! :-) HYC Commodore; Club Events: 10 August 2021HYC Commodore; Club Events: 10 August 2021
Hi to All Club Members/Dinghy/Keeler/Junior/LTS Sailors /Parents
I thought I would provide a quick update to remind all there is Winter Sailing on this Sunday 15th August in the morning.
Unfortunately the bar will not be open this weekend as our special licence has run out, however we are re-applying for a new special licence and I am still hoping we will get the building consent signed off in the coming weeks to get the licence back. Let’s just say I am very frustrated! For the facilities, we will be requesting a working bee in the yard in the coming weeks to put up white boards, paint the containers in our colours plus general maintenance. Dates TBA on this but Tamas will include these on his Sailing program. On the sailing program, the forecast is OK at this stage so the winter program is running this Sunday 15th August. Please be at the HYC compound at 9.30am for an 11.30am on the water. Again we would really like to please see a great turn out from young and old on Sunday. With an OK forecast it would be fantastic to see a good fleet on the water including sailors from the Summer LTS program.
I will be away this weekend so the team will be one hand down. It would be great if we could have a few volunteers to assist this Sunday. If there is any other information to pass on, Tamas will send a follow-up to this email.
Upcoming Events Tamas will provide an update on the upcoming sailing plans prior to the summer program. We are intending to run some one-off races between winter and summer. More info to follow on this. Below is the current program; Winter Sailing Program
Have a great rest of the week and hope to see everyone on the water on Sunday!
If you have any questions please contact Tamas on 021 1266850 or Sean on 0226924327.
Sean Munro HYC Commodore and the Executive Committee HYC Commodore; Bar Progress & Club Events: 12 May 2021Hi to All Club Members/Dinghy/Keeler/Junior/LTS Sailors /Parents Firstly my apologies for the lack of correspondence over the past few weeks, I was away up north and then on a trip to Sydney for work where I got stuck when the travel bubble burst. The Executive committee are pleased to bring some good news on the bar and clubhouse, however the council building consent process is slow, and out of our and KO’s control. Yes things are progressing and I believe the regaining of the licence is not far away. Let’s just say the Exec continues to be a little frustrated. The good news is the bar is open this Sunday after our first day of winter sailing utilising the special licence. My apologies that we have again been a little slow with our correspondence on this but we had to clear up an issue with the council on timings which has now been resolved. So, the Bar is OPEN again this Sunday 16th May 2021 following Sailing from approx. 3pm utilising our special licence. We are looking forward to seeing a good turn out from all club members. Our apologies in advance we are not serving tap beer until we get the bar fully up and running again, but I have requested Lion Red and Speights bottles get added to the bar stock, plus some more upmarket bottles of wine! On the sailing program, our Sailing Captain Tamas is publishing an update but in short, the winter program starts this Sunday with an 8.30am meet at the containers, for a plan to be on the water by approx. 10.30am. Special Bar Licence: The 'Bar is Open' on dates which are tied to our upcoming sailing regattas/events. The next dates are; Sunday 16th May 2021 with licensed hours 3pm to 9pm Sunday 30th May 2021 with licensed hours 3pm to 9pm Sunday 20th June 2021 with licensed hours 3pm to 9pm Sunday 4th July 2021 with licensed hours 3pm to 9pm Sunday 18th July 2021 with licensed hours 3pm to 9pm Sunday 1st August 2021 with licensed hours 3pm to 9pm Note; I believe we will not have to use all these dates as we should have the bar licence sorted. Once the building consents are done the Licence will be issued according to my discussion with the Licencing inspector. Upcoming Events Tamas will provide an update on the upcoming sailing plans, however below is the program for info; Winter Sailing Program  Have a great rest of the week and look forward to please seeing everyone in the Club on Sunday Afternoon! If you have any questions please contact Sean on 0226924327. Sean Munro HYC Commodore and the Executive Committee HYC Commodore; Bar Progress & Club Events: 07 April 21
Hi to All Club Members/Dinghy/Keeler/Junior/LTS Sailors /Parents
The Executive committee are pleased to bring more good news on the bar and clubhouse.
There has been further very good progress on the Building consents to allow us to get our Bar Licence back. The meetings last week with the council went well so KO and their consultant have been given direction on some requirements, and they have a further meeting next week. KO is confident resolution is well underway but at this stage the executive do not have firm dates for the bar being fully opened as there are some action items to occur first.
The Bar is OPEN again this Friday 9th April 2021 from approx 4pm for the second Twilight regata, utilising our special licence. We are looking forward to seeing a good turn out from all club members.
On the sailing program, I will let our sailing captain Tamas give an update in due course, but in short we will need to get on the water at 5.15pm on Friday to get a couple of races in before we lose the light now daylight savings is over. However we believe it can be achieved with good team work and early preparations of the boats.
Note: There was an error made with daylight savings dates when we put the sailing program together; it was the commodore's fault!
Special Bar Licence:
We were successful in our application for our Special Bar licence.
In short, I am pleased to say the 'Bar is Open' on dates which are tied to our upcoming sailing events.
The next dates are;
The Bar is open for the Twilight regattas.
There are further dates planned but we will publish these in due course as we are hoping the Bar Licence issue will be resolved by then.
Upcoming Events
Note; The Summer Closing day is TBA due to the sailing program changes, we will publish this in due course but it will likely occur at the start of the winter program.
Tamas will provide an update on the upcoming sailing plans shortly, and Sean will keep you updated on the bar when further info becomes available.
Have a great week and look forward to seeing everyone in the Bar on Friday Night!
If you have any questions please contact Sean on 0226924327.
Sean Munro HYC Commodore and the Executive Committee
Course Sheets for 2019/2020 SeasonLOCAL COURSES 2019 / 2020 SEASON Course numbers 1 to 10 and Harbour Courses as supplied by CCYC COURSE: Number displayed on Start Boat or Tower. MARK ROUNDING: As described. COMMS: Listen/Hail VHF Channel 77 START: SHORTEN COURSE: Monitor VHF 77 and/or Flags. #1 Start – 19 Chelsea Buoy – Rona Buoy – A Meola Buoy – 19 Chelsea Buoy – Rona Buoy – A Meola Buoy – 19 Chelsea Buoy – Finish. (All to Stbd.) (9.94 NM) #2 Start – Rona Buoy – A Meola Buoy – Rona Buoy – A Meola Buoy – Rona Buoy – Finish. (All to Stbd.) (10.9 NM)
#3 Start – 2 Bayswater Buoy (to Stbd) – A Meola Buoy (to Stbd) – Rona Buoy - (to PORT) - Finish. (10.45 NM) #4 Start – 19 Chelsea Buoy – start mark – 19 Chelsea Buoy – Finish (All to Stbd) (9.2 NM). #5 Start – 2 Bayswater Buoy – 19 Chelsea Buoy – Rona Buoy – Finish. (All to Stbd.) (8.6 NM) #6 Start – A Meola Buoy – start mark – A Meola Buoy – start mark – A Meola Buoy - Finish (All Stbd) (9.3 NM) #7 Start – Rona Buoy – A Meola Buoy – Rona Buoy – A Meola Buoy – 19 Chelsea Buoy – Finish. (All to Stbd) (10.00 NM) #8 Start – 2 Bayswater Buoy (to Stbd) – A Meola Buoy (to Stbd) – 19 Chelsea Buoy (to PORT) – Finish. (9.6 NM) #9 Start – 19 Chelsea Buoy – A Meola Buoy – 19 Chelsea Buoy – Finish (All Stbd) (7.0 NM) #10 Start – Rona Buoy – A Meola Buoy – 19 Chelsea Buoy – Rona Buoy – A Meola Buoy - 19 Chelsea Buoy – Rona Buoy – Finish (All to Stbd.). (10.8 NM)
Course numbers 11 to 18 as supplied by HYC #11 Start – LSO(S) – ODM(S) – Beachhaven(S) – LSO(S) – ODM(S) – Beachhaven(S) – LSO(S) – Finish #12 Start – A Meola(P) – ODM(S) – Beachhaven(S) – LSO(S) – ODM(S) – Beachhaven(S) – LSO(S) – Finish #13 Start – A Meola(P) – 19 Chelsea(S) – A Meola(S) – 19 Chelsea(S) – Finish #14 Start – A Meola(P) – 19 Chelsea(S) – Rona(S) – 19 Chelsea(S) – Rona(S) – 19 Chelsea(S) –Rona(S) – Finish #15 Start – 19 Chelsea(S) – 2 Bayswater(S) – Finish #16 Start – 19 Chelsea(S) – 5 Torpedo Bay(S) – 19 Chelsea(S) – Rona(S) – 19 Chelsea(S) – Rona(S) – Finish #17 Start – 19 Chelsea(S) – 4 Devonport(S) – 18 Resolution(S) – 19 Chelsea(P) – Finish #18 Start – 19 Chelsea(S) – 11 Saltworks(S) – 14 Northern Leading(S) – 18 Resolution(S) – 19 Chelsea(P) – Finish HARBOUR COURSES 1. Start to 7 Rough Rock Yellow Buoy (Stbd), To 14 Northern Leading Yellow Buoy (Stbd), to 18 Resolution Yellow Buoy (Stbd), to Finish. (16.5NM). 2. Start to 7 Rough Rock Yellow Buoy (Port), To 10 McKenzie Yellow Buoy (Stbd), To 14 Northern Leading Yellow Buoy (Stbd), to 18 Resolution Yellow Buoy (Stbd), to Finish. (21.5NM). 3. Start to D Illomama Yellow Buoy (Stbd), to Navy Buoy (Stbd), to Browns Island Beacon (Port), G Motukorea Yellow Buoy (Stbd), to 14 Northern Leading Yellow Buoy (Port) to 18 Resolution Yellow Buoy (Stbd), to Finish. (26.0NM). 4. Start to Motuihe Island (Stbd) to 18 Resolution Yellow Buoy (Stbd) to Finish. 5. Start to Motuihe Island (Port) to 18 Resolution Yellow Buoy (Stbd) to Finish. FAIRWAY MARKS: Pass through Main Span of the Harbour Bridge.   Need to clean your bum????Why not try Floating Dock Services on X Pier in Westhaven who sponsored HYC's winter series races!!!!  Clinton who runs the floating dock service would like to remind all our members that if you plan to going sailing up north this summer you will need to have been cleaned (water blasted to get all of the gremlins off) within 30 days or less of leaving for your cruising trip. (the only exception is for boats with new anti foul - they have a six months from the date that they were anti fouled) ****floating dock services are getting busy in the build up to the summer holidays, so best to book your clean early to avoid disappointment **** Please make sure you mention that you are a member of HYC ... it will make him happy as it will show him it is worth while sponsoring us!! Ps This is a great service for those of us who do not like having strap marks on our bottoms!!!!!! |
Start sequence for HYCThe Class Flag goes up at five minutes before the start and remains up until the start. This is a warning flag only. The Rules of Racing (RRS) don’t kick in for another minute. It is accompanied by a sound signal. The The START: The Class Flag comes down. It is accompanied by a sound signal. You should be at or very near the starting line going fast.
OTHER FLAGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
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