News

24 August 2005

This weekend! Make sure you've signed up, paid your fees, and nomminated for rescue and canteen duty. I'm starting to get into gear to get the results engines up and running for the new year, too. Not there yet, but hopefully we'll make it OK. In honour of the Club's shiny new web site, complete with official racing calendar, I've stopped publishing one here, and instead have included a link to the main (Senior) race program in the margin menu. Let me know if you think this isn't a good idea.



27 July 2005

The new season approaches: you should have received your membership forms in the mail, and Ross Mackay's e-mail notice that there's a working bee at the club this Sunday (31st). Last Sunday was the last winter sailing day. The new season's calendar is up on the main Hunters Hill Sailing Club web site here. It's all starting to happen.

In keeping with the spirit of things happening, here is the Notice of Race for the Balmain Regatta, which will take place on Sunday 30 October: [PDF].



17 May 2005

The new Hunters Hill Sailing Club web site is up, here. I'm afraid that holidays forced me to miss the AGM, so I don't know how that all went, yet. Sorry for the inconvenience. No doubt normal transmission will resume soon. Don't forget that the first race of the winter series is this weekend, Sunday 22nd, starting at 1300. The first winter working bee will be from about 8am to 2pm the following Sunday, 29 May. Keep an eye on the main club notice board for details.



PM, 10 Apr 2005

Well, that's it for the points scoring part of the season. See you all at the AGM and the awards ceremonies, if I miss you at the President's Trophy next weekend.



10 Apr 2005

Last pointscore of the season today. Looks like a lovely day for a sail. Be there, even if it won't change your position in the series...

Gordon Azzopardi has two boats for sale, 160282 and 169688. Contact him on 0409030705 or for details, photos and prices.



21 Mar 2005

The last championship race was sailed on Sunday in gusty but otherwise near perfect conditions: a great day's sailing was had by all. The racing was close as the places still in doubt were fought for. The final championship placings are up on the results page, but will be summarised here:

Emma Sunderland won the 4.7s, just ahead of Chris Rohr and Alexandra Galloway. Brian Conolly won the Radials, ahead of Gordon Azzopardi and Meghan Andrew. David Page won in the Standard rigs, ahead of David Edmiston and (oh, look!) your humble scribe. Congratulations to everyone!

Fundraising do on 2nd April: tickets still available: contact Leanne Nattrass on 9736 2595 before Tuesday 29th, as that's the day that she needs to give instructions to the caterers. Should be a great night.



14 Mar 2005

Results up to last Sunday are on the results page. Calendar corrected for Easter dates. The coming sunday is the last championship heat: be there!

Fundraising pig-roast + jazz band on 2nd April: $25/ticket or $65/family. Bound to be a good time for all. Get tickets from me or from the canteen, next weekend.



7 Jan 2005

Championship and Handicap results for Sunday 6 Feb are up. Hunters Hill Handicap results will follow once I figure out what is involved, and tell my results program about it. Soon, hopefully.

Photos that David Page took while on rescue boat duty are also up, here. Thanks Dave!



31 Jan 2005

Results for the first race back after the Christmas Break are up. Hopefully there will be a few more starters in the 4.7 and Full Rig sections next week, for CC6 (only one of each yesterday.) Malcolm Roe and David Page scored easy first place points by doing rescue boat duty! (David: Don't forget to write "Race Duty" or the like on the sign-on sheet, otherwise I am likely to count you as a no-show for the day.) The breeze and sailing were excellent, and no-one collided with the 16-foot skiffs that were hooning around on much the same course as us. It was a 10kt Southerly, so we were sailing the Snapper Island to Tarban Ck. course with a water start in Fern bay, all rig sizes starting together.

Change to sailing instructions: the race abandoned on 12 December was CC5, and this will now be sailed on 20 February, in conjunction with PS19 and HHH2. PS15 has evaporated from the results tally, never to be seen again.

Kevin Burman has written to say that there was much discussion at the nationals on how to make our fleet more compettitive and (hopefully) larger. The main concern was that starts are too easy, races too long (and perhaps too one-sided). Suggestions for improvement included:

  • water starts, boat or gate
  • two short races each race day
  • courses set east of Clarkes Pt, mostly
  • club visits/joint races
  • more HHSC lasers at regattas
  • more (some) on-water coaching

If everyone could think about these issues, and how to distribute the extra work that they involve, and bring their thoughts to the next race (6 Feb), that would be terriffic.

Thanks to everyone who helped out with our duty class responsibilities: very smooth and professional.



26 Nov 2004

Yay: an update! The results page contains results! Your humble class secretary and web maintainer is still open to suggestionsn for improvement, and the handicapping algorithm could probably stand some fine tuning, so please take the Pointscore results with a grain of salt. The championship results should be good, though.

Oh: I still haven't marked in all of the away races. I hope to get around to that soon. If you've been given a did-not-start score (maximum points) for a race that you missed because you were competing in a class event, please let me know.

Don't forget: this weekend we're hosting heats five and six of the Laser 4.7 Interclub Championship. We've been told to expect an extra 10-15 boats: please make our guests feel welcome.



18 Aug 2004
A new web page is born. Includes draft calendar, but not much else.

1 Aug 2004

Sam Boyd at Laser Radial Europeans:



22 July 2004

Congratulations to James Burman 18th in the Laser 4.7 Worlds! Also to Matthew Brown: 32nd in the Bronze fleet in almost his first 4.7 regatta. Samantha Boyd 15th in Laser Radials at Youth Worlds.

James in the thick of it at Garda:




About HHSC Laser

Hunters Hill Sailing Club has one of the largest fleets of racing lasers in Sydney, with a nice mix of advanced and club level competition. Join us for some of the friendliest racing, 2:00 on Sundays. New members are always welcome, and coaching is available for new sailors



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