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Blake Inspire - Angus is going!

29/5/2019

 
Torbay Sailing Club are proud to learn that Angus Wright has been selected to attend the Blake Inspire Programme. It is an awesome and exciting opportunity for him. The Blake trust is a pivotal partner in our annual Sir Peter Blake Regatta. 

To find out more about what the programme involves, watch this. For all those that will be at secondary school in the years to come, this is something to aspire to for sure. 

https://www.facebook.com/Blakenewzealand/videos/1187420661432901/

Winter programme, and Info!

22/5/2019

 
Hey team, 

How are we all? Settling into the cooler weather, and what appears to have been either a drift off, or a blow out? 

Some really cool stuff in this post, so keep reading. 

1) Winter programme. There is a winter programme attached (it is subject to change). There is a whole bunch of stuff, from evening theory sessions, to race clinics for all classes, winter series racing, first aid course, safety boat course, and FUN nights! And breathe...... check out the calendar attached. There will be a charge for the race clinics to cover some coaching costs. Payable on the day $20 for the day (the coaching fees you have paid were for the summer season of Sunday mornings). Note you will need to let Gareth know 4 days in advance if you intend on attending :) 

2) Torbay sailing bibs. We have had a sample made up for a Team Torbay bib to go over buoyancy aids. 78% recycled! The design is Option 1 on the attachment. If you are interested in one to wear on club days, and regatta racing, then Gareth is taking interest. They will cost around $30 each. Especially if we aim for around 100 bibs. All sizes available, from small, to the well built J14 sailors! 

3) We are after a bit of help. We have a number of Sir Peter Blake bibs in bags and boxes just inside the boat shed internal door. Is there someone, or a couple of people able to step up and take responsibility of taking them up to the Torbay laundromat and getting them all washed. And then counting all the usable bibs afterwards. There are three bibs (barfoot thompson - green fleet course, volvo - open fleet course, and southern pacific - adult course). If you are able to do this, please contact Antoinette. 

That is it for now. Don't forget, save the dates 16th June (Prizegiving), and 30th August (AGM). If you are interested in joining a committee or becoming a flag officer, then get in touch with any of the current flag officers. 

​Cheers!  
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IMPORTANT Information for all members

17/5/2019

 
​Dear Torbay Sailing Club Members, 
The information to follow has importance to it, and concerns the continuation of what has been a fantastic 2018/2019 season. 

​Firstly this is a formal invite for you to attend our end of season prizegiving. This will be held at the Torbay Sailing Club, on Sunday 16th June from 3pm. More information will come in due
course, but there will be some sort of dinner arrangement for a small fee, and a great time had. 

It is really important to come and congratulate those who have succeeded this season within our club. But also, really important to turn up for the following. 

The prizegiving is where nominations are received for elected positions, and other roles within the club are filled for the upcoming season, in this case the 2019/2020 season. Please note nominations may be received after the prizegiving until 7 days prior the AGM in writing. 

At the most recent General Committee meeting, we have had some members indicate that they will be stepping down from various positions. This will not take effect until the 1st of September, after ratification at the AGM of the incoming elected positions (30th August - save the date and not to be missed due to something similar to last year). 

This ensures that from the prizegiving until the 1st September, you are able to work alongside the person whose role you may be taking on. 

Here is a brief run down of what will be on the whiteboard at the the prizegiving for you to put your name against, or put nominations in for. Please send any nominations to secretary@torbaysailingclub.org.nz, before the prizegiving. A nomination form is attached. 

Flag officers: Commodore, Vice-Commodore, Rear Commodore, Honorary Secretary and Honoray Treasurer

General committee: Flag officers, plus 5 - 10 other members

Sailing committee: Rear-commodore (chair), plus up to 15 other members including fleet captains

Other roles: Heaps of them, if everyone just does a little bit. See attached document. 

We are working on drafting up some information around the roles. If you have any queries in the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact Tony (021 393 272), Gareth (027 723 4949) or Antoinette (021 038 8955). 
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Last club day for the season

2/5/2019

 
Hey team, 

The second and final club champs day is nearly upon us. 

Same times as last week. 9.30am briefing, race start at 10.30. Hot chips after. Bar will be open. You know the deal. 

Be great to see as many of you there as possible :) 

The suggestions box will actually be on the bar this Sunday (forgot last Sunday). 

If you are free to help out on a RIB, please let Gareth know. The help is greatly appreciated on the final day. 

See you there! 

Final reminder for Club Champs 28th April and 5th May

27/4/2019

 
Final reminder for Club Champs tomorrow and 5th May.

Briefing 9.30am (I suggest being rigged and nearly ready by this time)

Race Start 10.30am - 4 races back to back around 30 mins each

Sausage sizzle (free), and hot chips $2 after sailing, and bar will be open :)

Daniel is running Crunchie racing for the newer and less confident sailors. Same times. First in, first served if you want to use a red boat. Get there in plenty of time to get ready.

Finally, there will be a suggestions box on the bar top tomorrow, and next week. Let the club know what things we have done well this season, and things we can improve on, or introduce. Can be anonymous, or put your name on it.

See you all tomorrow :) ​

CLUB CHAMPS

24/4/2019

 
Hey team! 

Woah, what a contingent we had at the Opti nationals. 8 sailors! (Max, Lola, Frances in Open, and William, Andrew, Ben, Tate and Luke in Green). They all sailed extremely well, and represented Torbay Sailing Club in fantastic fashion! 

Now time for the REAL regatta of the year..... our very own CLUB CHAMPS :) 

The NOR and SSI are attached. 

A few important things to note:

1) Start times! 
2) You will need to bring your own lunches as races are back to back.
3) Free sausage sizzle after sailing and of course the bar will be open. 
4) If you are a parent NOT sailing, it would be greatly appreciated if you are able to help out. We have bar, sausage sizzle, beach duties, RIB and Lady Waiake spaces to fill. 
5) No coaching. There will be Crunchie racing for orange fleet at the same times as the big course. 

If you are able to help out either Sunday, please let me know via messenger. 

These are the final two weeks of the season, so we hope to see ALL members and sailors out there giving it their best. :) ​​
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New look for Lady Waiake

19/9/2018

 
A team of Torbay Sailing Club members have been working hard in the background since the start of February.

Lady Waiake is a feature of Waiake Beach and, after suffering a catastrophic engine failure during the 2016 Aon Youth Sailing World Championships at Torbay, it was used more commonly as a swimming platform for locals rather than a committee boat for the club.

However, actions were taken and funds raised, and on September 15 a new-look committee boat was launched at Riverhead to start the 22nm journey back to Waiake Beach - and only 12L of petrol was used. 

The Lady Waiake was designed by Terry Bailey and built in 1978 at Kerry Alexander’s boatyard in Browns Bay. Bailey was a Torbay Sailing Club member and Paper Tiger sailor and built a number of Paper Tigers, some of which are still sailing in the fleet.

A huge shout out to Blair Gerrard (rear commodore) and Graham Fleury who put in more hours than all the members who help combined.

A quick summary of the work done:

  • inboard engine removed
  • floors, toilet, and pretty much everything removed, and entire interior cleaned (due to oil)
  • new floors and transom built
  • new engine fitted
  • new windows fitted
  • repaint of the entire boat including antifoul

Come and see her for yourself at this year's Sir Peter Blake Regatta on December 1-2.
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Lady Waiake was towed via water and land to a safe place ready for work to be carried out.
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Under cover, needing some TLC
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A few transformations in colours through the process...
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And there we have it.
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Cruising speed of 7 knots, and she reached 10 knots.

A New Chapter for the Torbay Sailing Club

5/5/2016

 
Work has begun on new clubrooms for the Torbay Sailing Club at Aicken Reserve, Waiake after years of planning and fundraising by club members. The new club rooms, thanks to the generous support of Foundation North, NZCT, Lotteries Commission, Auckland Council, Hibiscus and Bays Local Board, Lion Foundation and Infinity Foundation  is planned for completion before the start of the 2016/17 summer season and in time for the World Master’s Games sailing event in April 2017.
 
The sailing club at Waiake Beach had modest beginnings in the late 1950s when local residents grouped together to share their passion for sailing on the outstanding waters off the northern East Coast Bays. Early sailing races were run out of a tent erected on the foreshore and a variety of wooden homebuilt craft were popular. By the late 1960s a number of families who later became well known in New Zealand and international sailing circles called Torbay Boating Club (as it was known then) home. Examples included the Holland family; son Ron Holland became famous as a yacht designer, as did Russell Bowler who was a key member of the Farr Design office. The Bethwaite family were also Torbay locals who later migrated to Australia and became most well known as the designers of the current Olympic class skiff the 49er. Both John Spencer and Kerry Alexander were local boat-builders based in Browns Bay and John Spencer designs such as the Jollyboat and the Javelin still sail from Torbay 5o years on!
 
The first club house was built on the current site in the 1960s and it was little more than a shed. Upgrades and additions provided storage for a tractor and rescue boat in the 1970s. During the 1980s club members along with the community worked to develop the current structure which also included the Awatuna Sea Scout hall and boat storage and more recently the shed for the local WaterWise group.
 
The current Torbay Sailing Club structure eventually became run down and basic facilities within the structure were no longer operational; plumbing, electrical and water leak issues had become common, and the club-house has become tired and run-down.
 
Construction of the new club house commenced in May and will feature a structure which sits on the original “foot-print”, but is more modern and fit-for-purpose. Designed by club member, architect and local resident Tymen Tolsma and supported by club members who have expertise in planning, engineering, building, legal and fundraising – the new building is a real team effort by our small, family oriented club who see the opportunity to provide a facility that has the ability to serve the local community in many ways.
 
“The new club-house will be awesome not only for our club, but as a facility that is suitable for for wider community use such as classes for fitness, crafts and other interest groups” says Blair Gerrard the Club Commodore.
 
Written by Mark Orams
 Vice-patron, Torbay Sailing Club
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Sailing Club Building Starts

1/5/2016

 
April/May 2016 is a key time for the Torbay Sailing Club as the existing 50 year old clubhouse is in the process of being demolished to make way for the the new clubrooms in preparation for the 2016/17 season. The new clubrooms have been designed by club member Tymen Tolsma from Stephensen and Turner and mark a significant upgrade in design and functionality. Photos of proposed building are available on this site. It is a new era for the club and makes for exciting times as we move forward in such a positive way.
The plan is to have the new club house up and running in time for the Sir Peter Blake Regatta in December – Even if it is slightly unfinished inside.

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