Our partner in sailing, St Helier Yacht Club, has initiated a programme to attract more sailors and boats to organised
cruising and racing.

To mark the start of the “Let’s Go Sailing” programme St HYC is holding an open house social evening at the St Helier Yacht club, South Pier, on Wednesday 1st March starting at 1900 HRS.
Jeff Speller and other St HYC Club officers will introduce the programme and provide further details. The St. HYC is pleased to invite all interested potential and current sailors and boat owners. Refreshments will be served.
For further information or to register your attendance please telephone the Yacht Club on 732229

Are you in school year 10 or above? If you are a club member, regular sailor and keen to join the team teaching sailing at the Tony Cavey Training Centre at St Catherine’s then we would like to hear from you as we will shortly be bouncy castle for sale training the next batch of RYA Assistant Instructors. Entry criteria are as follows:

+You must be 15 years old (or in Year 10 at school, therefore turning 15 before 1st September)
+You must hold the RYA Powerboat Level 2 certificate
+You must hold a First Aid certificate, recognised by the RYA (We will be running this course in the Spring)
+You must undertake and pass the 2 day RYA Assistant Instructor Course

An eye on the weather has shown that there is a large amount of rain and some wind approaching which gives rise to Roger Noel, our guide, suggesting that Inflatable Water Slide we use our reserve date in two weeks time.

So until Sunday 12th February, where we will meet at Big Verns at 1.30 pm.

Enjoy the weekend!

Dear Sailors and Friends,

The eagerly awaited SCSC sailing calendar is now here.

Get out your diaries and pencil in all the regattas and events….

SCSC Sailing Programme 2017 V3.7

Please note we are now using Dutyman for staffing the events, you can see who is on duty and make changes easily with the new system.

http://www.dutyman.biz/dm.aspx?id=S0002335

We thank the Sailing Sec. and his team for the hard work in getting the calendar out , and we look forward to another great season on the water at St Catherine and all the other venues.

Sunday 29th Jan 1.30pm

This year’s winter walk will start from Big Vern’s carpark and will be a circular walk of around 2.5 hours hosted by Blue Badge guide Roger Noel.
All he has asked for is a review on Trip Advisor and a cup of tea at the end!
Please come and join our winter social event with your friends. 

Dear Sailors and Friends,

The new membership and dinghy berthing form is now available for you to print off and send to Jamie to ensure your 2017 membership and berthing is up to date. Please ensure that your boat is registered and paid up for the 2017 season, boats not registered at SCSC may be removed to allocate space.

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APPLY NOW FOR THE 2017 JERSEY CLIPPER BURSARY

Applicants of all ages are invited to apply for the 2017 Jersey Clipper Bursary – a £1,000 cash award aimed at furthering maritime endeavour.
The bursary is designed to assist an Islander of any age to achieve a particular nautical ambition. This could be a trip on a tall ship, attending a training course, participation in a watersports competition, undertaking a marine biology field trip or competing in an ocean race – anything with a maritime theme.
The annual award, a legacy from the three Jersey campaigns in the Clipper Round-the-World Race, was established in 2007 through the generosity of Dandara, Les Pas Holdings Inflatable Water Slide and UBS. Further funding to ensure the future of the award has recently been provided by UBS, enabling the trustees to increase the main bursary to £1,000 and offer a runner’s-up award of £500.
The 2017 winner will follow in the wake of St Catherine’s Sailing Club member Katie Bennett-Jones who used the 2016 award to attend a Senior Dinghy Instructor course at the Rockley Watersports Centre in the UK.
‘The course was such hard work but so interesting and I have now come back full of new ideas and information,’ said Katie on her return to Jersey. ‘I cannot thank the trustees enough for giving me this amazing opportunity.’
Last year’s runner-up, surfer Hayden Bishop, used his award to help fund his participation in the British National Surf Championships held at Perranporth in Cornwall in October.
The deadline for submitting written applications for this year’s award is the end of April 2017. They should be no more than 200 words in length and should be emailed to philipjeune@gmail.com.

NEW YEAR’S DAY SWIM

Starting the new year, SCSC has offered our friends in the long distance swimmimg club our facilities for soup after the New Year’s Day Swim. Please come and support them and share some stories from the bay.

The club will be open from 10am with a swim at 1045am.

OPTIMIST INLANDS TRIP.

Optimist Inland Championships – Saturday & Sunday 13 & 14 May 2017

2 days of sailing at Grafham Water Sailing Club, UK.
Donald Forbes is kindly heading up a trip for our young sailors.
All optimist sailors bouncy castle for sale are invited and the trip will take place from Thursday 11th with a late ferry departure and return on the following Monday.
please get in touch if you would like your sailor to go to this National Ranking event. There is currently space avaible on a towed stacker and we would like to confirm places to get most competitive rates.

Dear Sailors and Friends,

Festive greetings and best wishes to you and your familes at Christmas time!

It is with great pride that I bring you this first message as the new Commodore of our great sailing club, knowing that it is in excellent shape following the departure of Paul Raimbault as commodore.

Coming up soon is the eagerly awaited Boxing Day Race where, as times past, we see a themed morning hosted by the House committee, and racing (if suitable ) for the hardy, often dressed in festive clothing!

I hope you can make it for the 11am start and as always cakes, mince pies and the like are grateful received on the day.

As usual, Winter training is taking place this season so please let Martin, James or David know that you are intending to sail or be part of the safety, support or training team as his plans are based around numbers participating at this time of year.

From the Tony Cavey Training Centre we have been given the opportunity to gain a great deal for SCSC members at the London Boat Show this winter, please see the info below.

Can I take this opportunity to wish you all, again, a very Merry Christmas and a Peaceful and Prosperous new Year, and I’m looking forward to seeing you all again soon, at our club enjoying the sport of sailing in the beautiful surroundings of St Catherine’s Bay.

Justin Horton, Commodore SCSC

LONDON BOAT SHOW 6th – 15th JANUARY 2017

ST CATHERINE’S SAILING CLUB TICKET OFFER
USING
PROMOTIONAL CODE: JGSCSC

Buy 1 ticket for £12.50 and get 1 FREE ticket
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WEBSITE BOOKING: www.londonboatshow.com

IMPORTANT NOTES
This Promotional Code is strictly for the use of St Catherine’s Sailing Club members.

Individual members may purchase up to 5 discounted tickets at £12.50 each. 1 free ticket will be sent with each purchased ticket.

Individual members may only use the Promotional Code a single time.

All tickets are valid ANY DAY including Preview Day on Friday 6th January.

Tickets can be ordered up to MIDNIGHT on Thursday 5th January.

Youngsters 15 years or under go free (up to two per accompanying adult) provided tickets for them are requested when ordering adult tickets.

A single transaction fee of £1.95 applies whether ordering one or more tickets.

Tickets are only available as ‘Print at Home’ via the London Boat Show website.

WEBSITE BOOKING PROCEDURE
Click on ‘BUY TICKETS’ at top/right of homepage.
Enter and submit Promotional Code JGSCSC. This will bring up the ticket ordering sequence which is straightforward to follow.
John Goode Promotional Tickets – terms and conditions:
This offer is only available to persons contacted or made aware of the offer via John Inflatable Water Slide Goode (individually referred to as an “Eligible Person”). An Eligible Person will be provided with a code which must be entered into the Show ticketing website and will entitle them to one Standard ticket at a discounted rate of £12.50. A transaction fee of £1.95 will be applied to all purchased tickets, which shall apply per transaction and not per ticket. Upon purchasing a discounted ticket under clause 62, an Eligible Person will receive this ticket via email and will also receive two free Standard tickets via email. An Eligible Person is entitled to purchase one discounted Standard ticket (and shall only be entitled to two free Standard tickets) only via this offer. The Organiser reserves the right to cancel and/or void any tickets (whether discounted or free) obtained in excess of this under this offer. Free and discounted tickets under this offer will be valid on any one day between the 6th January 2017 and 15th January 2017. Purchasing and/or presentation of a ticket (whether free or discounted) under this offer for Show admission is subject to the terms and conditions for i) General Ticket Purchases and ii) John Goode Promotional Tickets. In the event of a conflict between these terms, the precedence shall be: i) John Goode Promotional Tickets terms and conditions; and ii) General Ticket Purchases terms and conditions. Tickets will not be sent by post. Tickets will be sent via email and must be printed and provided at the Show on the day of intended admission. Tickets are valid for one admission only. Upon exit from the Show visitors will not be re-admitted. The Organiser reserves the right to remove this offer at any time. Subject to clause 69, this offer is available whilst stocks last, but will in any event shall close at 11.59pm on January 5th 2017. This offer is not available on the gate. This offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Tickets (whether free or purchased) cannot be exchanged, or transferred, nor may they be resold for commercial gain. The face value of a free ticket is £0.00. Full terms and conditions here http://londonboatshow.com/Visiting/Terms-and-Conditions/Visitor-Terms-and-Conditions.

Whilst the main season is over there are still plenty of club activities to look forward to including the annual dinner, our popular winter training squads and some great courses to brush up your knowledge…. 

Laying Up Training Fleet

Please meet at the club 2pm this Sunday  (20th November) if you can spare an hour or so. The plan is to lay-up the training boats for the winter period, many hands will make light work!

Annual Dinner and Prize Giving

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Our main social event of the year and definitely an evening not to be missed. Once again we’ll be celebrating in style another fantastic year at St Catherine’s! Here is a link to the Poster with details.  We look forward to seeing you on the 26th at the Hampshire Hotel.

There’s a great value adult-menu and kids-menu. Please print and complete your menu-choices which you should return asap with a cheque enclosed.  E-mail sarah@jerseysailing.com

Numbers are limited so don’t delay!

AGM Notice

The AGM will be at 3 p.m on Sunday 27th November at the club House, its open to club members.  The agenda and proposed general committee will be posted on our club notice board on or before Saturday 19th November. If there is any business that you would like included you must notify Nicky Westwood, Honorary Secretary, by Sunday 6th November as at least 21 days notice is required.

Your committee very much looks forward to welcoming as many members as possible on the day, tea and cakes will be provided!

Winter Training

Once again we are running winter race training sessions for those keen to hone their skills & keep active during the winter months. This year the Laser, Optimist & Topper training will all take place on the same day commencing Sunday 6th November at 09:30.

Martin & Jamie will lead the Laser coaching & we are looking for volunteers to help with race coaching the Optimist & Topper fleets plus we need plenty of volunteers to man safety boats & shore cover. As the saying goes “many hands make light work” so the more volunteers we have the more we can spread the load so if you can spare some time on a Sunday morning please send an email to Martin spells706@gmail.com, James.mullholand@careyolsen.com & David cadins@me.com  with the help you can provide so we can get a rota set up.

For your diary the training dates are as follows:

Sunday 6th November
Sunday 20th November
Sunday 4th December
Sunday 18th December

The format will be a briefing at 09:30 in the clubhouse then straight out on the water for some exercises followed by a couple of races counting towards a winter ladder for each class. To speed up the launching process all sailors must be changed & boats ready to be taken down slip prior to the briefing. We aim to finish up at about 13:00.The cost is £5.00 per session to cover fuel & light refreshments.To help with the organisation we would like to members to sign up now for the winter training & then let us know one week in advance of the training date if you can’t make it. For the Laser fleet please advise Martin Speller & Jamie Mulholland  email addresses:- spells706@gmail.com / james.mulholland@careyolsen.com respectively & for Topper / Optimist Fleet please advise David Cadin email address:-  cadins@me.com.Finally if there are members who do not sail a Laser, Optimist or Topper but want to take part in race training please contact Martin or David.

Learn How Protests Work

At St. Helier Yacht Club on Friday 4th November at 6pm
A group of adult volunteers will act out a protest scenario in the prescribed RYA format. All are welcome to attend what promises to  be an interesting session.  Especially valuable for those racing regularly or anyone perhaps uncertain about the protest process that would like to know more. Its free to members .
Please e-mail justindavidhorton@gmail.com if you would like to attend, junior members are especially encouraged to do so.

Race Officer Training

Also at St. Helier Yacht Club on Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th November the Regional Race Officer course still has some sponsored places available to club members.

Please e-mail justindavidhorton@gmail.com if you would like to participate in this RYA course which we are promoting to any aspiring race officer or helper as it benefits the club and sailing.

Sailing Cancelled Tomorrow

Condor Series 5/6

Due to strong southerly wind forecast for tomorrow morning (Sunday 16th Oct) the sailing committee has decided to cancel.

Hopefully we’ll have bouncy castle for sale better luck next weekend for the last races in the current Condor series!