Sailing Administrator

Renee Cohen

In light of the events of the past few months, I would like to firstly thank all of our sailing members for your understanding and patience during this time. With a situation that has been constantly evolving, the Sailing Office, like everyone else, has been responding to changes on a daily basis and now that we are partially back on deck, we are working hard to prepare for when our sailing activities will be able to resume. Taking into consideration the impact that the closure period has had on our racing schedule, the racing calendar has been reviewed, and I encourage all sailors to refer to the online sailing calendar and the amended SIs for the updated racing schedule. We are hopeful that, at the time of printing this article of InSYnC, we will be preparing for our racing schedule to kick off with our first SYC Special Event of the year – the Evolution Sails 2 Handed series on the 11th of July. We are also very pleased that another of our SYC Special Events that wasn’t able to go ahead during the closure period – the Telemachus Ladies Day Race – has been rescheduled for the 9th of August. Telemachus Jewellery has been a wonderful sponsor of this event for many many years, and we are happy that it was possible to reschedule this event. Other dates that you will want to make a note of include a confirmation of the new race dates for the 2020 Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race – the start of this race is now confirmed for Saturday 3rd of October. The next Surf to City is also confirmed for the 9th of January 2021, following on from our premier Sail Paradise Regatta which will take place from 4th – 7th January 2021. I would like to encourage all sailors to be submitting their entry fees through the TopYacht Entry System (TES), which, at the time of printing this article, will again be accepting entries. The fee structure has been revised, and all “Early Bird” entries for SYC Special Events will receive a 20% discount up to 7 days prior to the event. The same also applies for block series entries – so we would encourage you to be considering applying early and applying for series events to take advantage of the 20% discount. I would like to thank all bailment holders at Hollywell for renewing bailment. We appreciate that the last couple of months have been difficult for many and your continued support of the club is appreciated and it means that we are in a strong position moving forward. We are also fast approaching the 30th June, which is when all Australian Sailing Special Regulations Equipment Audit Forms usually expire. SYC has extended this date which will now be pushed back to the 30th of September, which means an additional 3 month period for Safety Audits to be completed. Please refer to the Australian Sailing website, should you require more information on the safety audit requirements: https://www. sailingresources.org.au/safety/equipmentauditing/ In other news, the SheSails program – which is designed to both celebrate women in sailing, and encourage increased participation in the sport – has announced funding for the SheSails Race Officer program. We congratulate Kerry Noyes, Kylie Fleming, Linda Whitmore and Sophie Whitmore for taking up the offer to become involved in this program and receive training to become Principal Race Officers for the Club. Many of you will also be wondering about Presentation evenings, which were originally scheduled to take place this month. Rest assured, these events will be rescheduled, however, in light of the restrictions that are currently in place we are still working through how best to hold the events whilst also adhering to social distancing requirements. As a final note, the next AGM will be held on Monday the 20th July. I encourage all sailors to attend the AGM – it’s a great way to find out first hand what is happening with your club. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our current Sailing Committee for everything that they have done for the club during this term – particularly during this period with the very unique set of circumstances that we have faced - and look forward to welcoming our new Sailing Committee following the AGM. As we return to a ‘new normal’ I look forward to getting to know more of you, and seeing you around the club – and back at racing!

Renee Cohen

Sailing Administrator Officer

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