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Day one of the B14 National Titles at Kingston Beach

Day one of the B14 National titles at Kingston beach saw some great performances from the MPYC boats.

Wed 04 Jan 2023

Christmas Break day, Santa and Allsands Trophy

Christmas Breakup day started early with a group of trainees on the water for one more sail in near perfect conditions. There was lots of progress made and a well worth while exercise. Followed by Santa who arrived by boat to delight the little ones. Then the Allsands Trophy race in the afternoon followed by a BBQ tea to finish off the first half of the season.

Sun 18 Dec 2022

Training final week

The trainees had a good session on the water today with the advanced group practicing starting and the beginners tackling tacking and jibing. There was a decent breeze making it a good learning curve for everyone. Ross has provided the following observations complete with graphics.

Sun 11 Dec 2022

Sabre State Titles

Most of our Sabre sailors were away this weekend at the State Titles on the Derwent as part of the Showdown Regatta. Lauren Keil was the top local sailor in 10th position and first female as well as first on handicap in the 23 boat fleet with Chris Keil next in eleventh.

Sun 04 Dec 2022

Trophy Race 4th December 2022

For the first time this season we had perfect conditions with a steady breeze.

Sun 04 Dec 2022

Interesting wind readings from Sunday

Check out the wind readings below from the time we were on the water, columns are, Time, Direction. Speed K, Gust K Speed Knots and Gust Knots. The direction was all over the place, see you didn't imagine it!

Mon 28 Nov 2022

Pittwater Regatta 2022 day 2 and overall

We managed to get six races in today spread over two sessions morning and afternoon but it certainly wasn't easy.

Sun 27 Nov 2022

Pittwater Regatta day one

A good fleet and promising breeze as we headed out however as usual this season a very changeable and difficult breeze restricted us to just one race. So Now we have an early 10:00am start for tomorrows racing with hopefully seven races.

Sat 26 Nov 2022

Pennants 7 & 8 Training week 5

Very light winds (again) with the advanced trainees practicing their skills and the beginners doing tacking and jibing on shore.

Sun 13 Nov 2022

Trophy Race and week 4 of training

A nice gentle breeze for training but unfortunately very little in the afternoon for the Trophy race

Sun 06 Nov 2022

Pennants 5 & 6 plus week three of training

A great day reasonable breeze and a bit of sun saw lots of trainees on the water in the morning and a bumper fleet for the pennants

Sun 30 Oct 2022

Anchor Wetsuits Trophy and week two of training.

Week two of training saw the beginners paddle and steer around a short course and the more advanced trainers out on the water but only observing. The Anchor wetsuits Trophy was sailed in cool conditions but in a nice little breeze.

Sun 23 Oct 2022

Pennants 3 & 4 and the first week of Training

A reasonable day for the first week of training with the beginners getting a tour of the club and on the rescue boat a tour of the bay. The more advanced group got out on the water in a cool and slightly fresh breeze but all went well. Followed by Pennants 3 & 4 sailed in very changeable conditions.

Sun 16 Oct 2022