Junior Sailing - Saturday 11th July - Hobsonville Yacht Club

please note we have currently closed associate memberships and are not accepting more!

for membership enquiries please contact

members@hycnz.org.nz

Members of the old RNZAF Base Auckland Yacht Club will be saddened to hear of the death of Shelly Gault, wife of Gavin Gault, a long serving RNZAF member. Both were stalwarts of sailing at Hobsonville.

Gavin rang George Higgins from Kerikeri last night to tell him that Shelly had passed away peacefully yesterday morning, ( Sat 16 Mar), after a long battle with cancer.

A funeral notice will be published in the Herald early next week.

"Crossing the Bar" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

Sunset and evening star,

And one clear call for me!

And may there be no moaning of the bar,

When I put out to sea,

But such a tide as moving seems asleep,

Too full for sound and foam,

When that which drew from out the boundless deep

Turns again home.

Twilight and evening bell,

And after that the dark!

And may there be no sadness of farewell,

When I embark;

For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place

The flood may bear me far,

I hope to see my Pilot face to face

When I have crost the bar.

Remember to enter, with $5 entry fee in the usual manner.

Monitor VHF Ch77 at all times.

For more information regarding HYC’s junior sailing programme, please e-mail Gill at dinghysailing@hycnz.org.nz

With the bar license comes new procedures and codes of practice. Members must have their membership cards on them when on the Club premises. Those wishing a card for their spouse please contact the secretary, Denise.

Members who bring guests into the Club are responsible for ensuring their guest signs a visitor register. They are also responsible for serving their guests and when you leave, your guest leaves with you.

The 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 P (Preparatory) flag goes up at four (4) minutes before the start. The P flag is blue with a white, square center. It is accompanied by a sound signal. This flag will remain up for three minutes.

The P flag comes down at one minute before the start. It is accompanied by a sound signal. The only flag still up is the Class Flag.

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

FIRST SUBSTITUTE: This is a triangular flag with blue edges top and bottom and a yellow center. This flag indicates a General Recall. Everybody starts over. New start sequence, etc.

X: Blue cross on a white background. It means that one or more boats have started prematurely. The race committee may, but is not obligated to, inform the guilty boat(s). This flag will be lowered when all premature boats have returned or after 4 minutes,whichever comes first.

S: White with blue square. This flag means, "The course has been shortened. The finish is between this flag and the nearby rounding mark,"

N: Blue and white checkers. This flag means, "The race has been abandoned." It should be accompanied by 3 sound signals.

Y: Diagonal red and yellow stripes. This flag means that all competitors are required to wear personal buoyancy.

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