| Rhumb Lines News June 09 |
(A conga dance/the shortest course between two points at sea)
1. Hot Winter Sailing Specials
2. Sailing Gossip
3. J24 resurgence worldwide
4. Audi Winter Series
5. Join us racing North on Kioni
6. Just for Fun at Airlie Beach Race Week
7. Let’s go on a Sailing Holiday
8. Link to our Calendar of sailing options
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| Hot Winter Sailing Specials |
Harbour sailing under crisp clear blue skies is magic at this time of year.
It is a good time to take advantage of our Hot Winter Sailing Specials or to book your next course or sailing holiday.
Book now to SAVE up to $200.00 (for group 2+) and in addition we will include a 3 Hour Try Sailing Gift voucher to give to a friend.
A great gift idea, save heaps, dates can be left open and booked when you’re ready to set sail. On the cooler days we have nice new warm jackets to keep you Hot. |
| Sailing Gossip |
- Congratulations to Cliff & Sarah who were engaged this month.
- Ex Instructor Leon and Emma's first baby is due soon. Many happy days.
- Theory and social evenings have been busy with 60 people at times. The busiest and most fun theory lessons in Sydney.
- Big Boat - A lot of people managed to board Kioni our Beneteau 47.7 after our theory nights to check out the luxury and of course have a glass of vino during debriefing.
- Congratulations Instructors qualifications upgraded - Ian, Damien, John (Gardo), John, Gunnar and Tony become qualified RYA YA Yachtmaster Instructors with Ian appointed our Chief RYA YA Instructor.
- Ian instructed on his first RYA YA 5 day Practical Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster course on the Sydney 38 over Easter weekend and feedback from the crew was excellent. Congratulations to all of the crew who were awarded their RYA YA Coastal Skipper Certificates.
- The RYA YA Shorebased courses are busy, small groups and finely tuned. We have added extra dates.
- New crew owner register for our students.
- New Blog - Our Newsletters will now be quarterly with regular blogs. Send us a good blog (school related ) and if we add you, we will have a nice bottle of wine and a Try Sailing Gift Voucher for you.
- New Powerboat Drivers License Course PDL (practical). As of 1 June 2009 a practical component is required to get your PDL. We have a new 3 x 2 hour practical course with small groups of 3. The course is on our 5.3 m centre consul Niaad rigid inflatable. The new safety red inflatable with a new 70 HP Tohatsu motor will give you the practical skills to get your license.
- New Sponsors Page - Please go to ‘About us’ in the menu and support our sponsors.
- International qualifications, hundreds of people have completed our YA C6 Bareboat Skipper and YA C7 Offshore Crew courses over the years and we strongly recommend continuing with the RYA YA scheme which you can enter at any level. It is important to be realistic as to your knowledge and enter the RYA YA program at a level that will add to your knowledge and skills. The next RYA YA
- Winter is a good time for some classroom study, join a Day Skipper or Coastal Skipper & Yachtmaster Shorebased courses
- Spaces available this weekend on Basic Navigation and Safety.
- Spinnaker Sponsor Wanted – Great opportunity to promote your company logo for 12 months on three new PSS J24 spinnakers.
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| J24 Resurgence Worldwide |
The J24 class World Championship was fully booked with 84 yachts. Once again the class is coming into its own as the alternative keelboat class to the Etchells in Australia. With around 6000 in the world the class has enormous depth and world level competition. The next big J24 event is the Asia Pacific Mid Winter championship in Adelaide with over 24 entries including 3 overseas entries from Japan, Korea and Singapore. It promises to provide an important step into the building of the future Asia Pacific series and also as a lead up to the next events.
- Asia Pacific Championship 6th to 8th June 2009
- New regular monthly C4 Race Days
- Gosford Classic 2nd to 5th October 2009
- NSW State Championships November 2009
- Nationals in Victoria Jan 2 - 8, 2010.
- World Championships in Norway 2010
Starpac is on the road again heading for Adelaide. Instructor and 3 times national Champion Sean Kirkjian is at the helm with our spinnaker course and State Championship graduates Tim, Zoe, Venetia, with Matt and Joe joining the team for the first time. Good luck team.
A big thank you to the Lapstone Hotel group for their sponsorship of our Starpac team in the International J24 Asia Pacific Championship in Adelaide this coming weekend June 6 to 9th 2009.
http://www.pacificsailingschool.com.au/sponsors.htm
Event coming up
Gosford Classic Championship 2nd to 5th October 2009
The long weekend in October is the biggest weekend in our racing calendar, where we will take 5 J24s to race in the J24 Gosford Classic weekend. We will all stay in Terrigal for a fun weekend of racing and partying and you can join a team as long as you complete the C3 Spinnaker course. Book early as this fantastic weekend always sells out fast. |
| Audi Winter Series |
Winter is the best time to sail on Sydney Harbour - the wind has been good and we are in the Sydney Hobart Bar before 4 for the debriefing. We have started racing Kioni and Cadenza but still have some spaces left and will be racing every Sunday from now until 19 July. Join us for a winter filled with fantastic sailing and great partying too, you can start this weekend.
Race 4
Cadenza came second and stars in the sailing news. The crew rotated positions this week and were advised to take it easy as they were learning a new position. Take it easy, not the Cadenza Crew, excellent training by Instructors Gunnar and Tony and a magnificent crew helped Cadenza mow down most of the fleet, well done.
Picture of Cadenza courtesy of Sail World.
http://www.sailworld.com
Race 5
Congratulations to our Kioni crew, 2nd this week. With only a few weeks of training the crew made us proud with another excellent result. Paula (‘hoppy’ was navigator with Damien on the helm. After some celebration Paula said that ‘today was the best days racing in eight years and we had the best crew’.
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| Join us Racing North on Kioni |
The Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, starts on Sydney Harbour at 1.00pm, Saturday 25th July 2009. The race began in 1986 and has traditionally been the curtain opener for the winter northern racing circuit to Airlie Beach and Hamilton Island. We will be racing Kioni with a crew of 14. Traditionally the yachts follow a course close inshore to take advantage of the breezes and keep out of the south current. The finish is outside of Southport in Queensland a race of some 384nm.
We have spaces available if you wish to join the crew – but you will need to have completed C1 Set Sail, C2 Competent Crew, and C3 Spinnaker, C14 ISAF SSSC or have a similar sailing background. |
| Just for Fun at Airlie Beach Race Week |
After the Gold Coast race, Kioni will continue north, an opportunity for you to gain sea miles, and then race the Airlie Beach Race week, and even deliver the boat back to Sydney afterwards if you have time.
Race week is available to everyone at the school even if you have just started sailing. This is a week of fun in the sun in the Whitsundays. A day off in the middle for some snorkeling and after each day’s race join the presentation and party and back to the hotel overnight. |
| Let’s go on a Sailing Holiday |
Fancy sailing the Whitsundays or New Caledonia? Contact us for more details or these fantastic holidays sailing in idyllic locations with likeminded people to share the lobster and wine!
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Link to our Calendar of sailing Options
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To check out your sailing options go to this Calendar page which will link you to our website or give us a call or pop into our office for a chat.
http://www.pacificsailingschool.com.au/15815.htm
RYA & YA Theory Shorebased Courses
YA Practical Courses
RYA YA Practical Courses
J24 Sailing events
Big Boat Sailing Events
Sailing Holidays
We hope see you on the water soon!
Kind Regards Terry, Carla, Ben & Paula
And the best team of Instructors in town!
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