Elwood Sailing Club is hosting the A Class Open Lightning Championship for International A Class Catamarans on 12th and 13th of April 2014. There will be three races on each day, back to back with a target time of 40mins per race. Continue reading
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Online Duty Roster Trial
Elwood Sailing Club is trialling a new online Duty Roster System by Dutyman which was developed in the UK specifically for sailing clubs rosters and is already being used in Australia by Sugarloaf Sailing Club and North Haven Yacht Club. You can see the Elwood Sailing Club Duty Roster for the rest of this season at this link. Continue reading
Sailing Instructions updated (23 Mar 2014)
The Sailing Instructions for 2013-14 season has been updated as of 23 March 2014.
The changes are :
- removed the reference to Abandonment (was SI 13) as it’s now as per the blue book.
- SI 11.6 amended to read ESC Financial members
1 Mar 14 Race Start Video and Photos
‘Tinny’ for sale
Savage 418 Kestrel W-B (4.18m) open aluminium dinghy with Yamaha 25 VMH 2 stroke motor on 2006 Dunbier 4.7S trailer, includes removable pontoons, flooring and bench seat.
Price $4,500 ono.
Fun Day – Sat 8 March 10am-2pm
Meet members and sail with them on their boats. Try trapezing on an A class cat, putting the spinnaker up on a 125 or National E or see how different a Sabre is from a Laser. A great way to find out about next steps in sailing. Open to all, you are welcome to bring your friends and family.
ESC HYGM Saturday 1st March 2014 @ 5.30pm
All members are encouraged to attend the Elwood Sailing Club Half Yearly General Meeting to be held at the clubrooms on Saturday 1st March 2014, the meeting will commence around 5.30 pm or possibly a little later if people are still tiding up after sailing.
2014 Top of the Bay Results
The Top of the Bay race was held on 8 February 2014 in an 8 to 12 knots southerly with 68 boats competing. Click here for full results boat by boat.
- First Catamaran “Capricorn” Aus 04 F18
- First Monohull “Black Jack” Aus 21 Flying Dutchman
- First Team Elwood Sailing Club
- Second team Port Melbourne Yacht Club
- Third team Altona Yacht Club
Note : 10 entrants are required for a club to achieve a team result. Other clubs participating with less than 10 entrants were Albert Park Yacht Club, Albert Sailing Club, Williamstown Yacht Club and visitors from Royal Brighton Yacht Club, Black Rock Yacht Club.
Top of the Bay Regatta – from the Commodore
It is my pleasure on behalf of Elwood Sailing Club to thank all who helped and contributed to a very successful regatta last Saturday.
It was our new Club Manager, Brett Nangle’s first week with us and I congratulate Continue reading
Top of The Bay Interclub Challenge 2014 – Sat 8 Feb 2012
Elwood Sailing Club, as organising authority, is hosting the 2014 Top of the Bay Interclub Challenge to be held on Saturday 8 February for the following participating clubs: Continue reading