MASTHEAD # 6 – March 2013

First and foremost I’d like to thank each and every HMYC Club member who contributed in some way to the recent HMYC 9 Hour event.  Your help, no matter how small, was greatly appreciated and went a long way to making the 9 Hour the success it was!!  Yes, it was a success and many of the competitors have already said that they’ll be back next year!!  Thanks must also go to Nick Smart for donating the rubber duck and motor which were raffled.  We sold all the tickets, and got much needed revenue which will go towards the costs of the next phase of the bank restoration project. 

The winners of the raffle are: 

1^st prize – the rubber duck – Mr Bjorn Hannsen. 

2^nd prize – the motor – Mr Anthony Alexander. 

3^rd prize – a bottle of whisky and a bottle of gin – Mr Hes Hamilton/Mrs B Tarboton. 

4^th prize – wine – Mr Clive Waddy.

For those of you who weren’t at the 9 Hour, your Club was very festive for the event – we had a DJ to provide music, there were some stalls selling jams and pancakes, we had the KZN Kidz Club in the clubhouse to entertain the children, and there were 60 entries.  The weather was good – not too much sun, and also not too much wind.  My thanks must also go to the generous Club members who kept on coming up to the clubhouse with prizes!!  We had one sponsor for the event – Moffatt Optical – who provided some prizes and also gave a cash donation.  Their banners and umbrellas on the grass added a welcome splash of colour to the event. 

Your club hosted the Tera Provincials on the 23^rd and 24^th of March, and this was well attended by 15 entrants.  There was a cross-section of wind, from light to moderate, with 5 races being held on the Saturday, and 2 on the Sunday.  Sailors and parents alike enjoyed the event, and are now looking forward to coming back to the club in December, when we will be hosting the Youth Nationals!!!

Talking of the Youth Nationals, if you have any old 2 litre ice cream tubs at home and have no use for them, please will you give them to Debbie, as she will need them for lunch boxes for the Youth Nationals competitors.

I have managed to find out some more about the Rhino Club Card – the current Rhino Club card is in the process of being replaced by KZN Wildlife.  They have managed to extend the current card now until 30^th June 2013 – it was due to be replaced on the 31^st March 2013 – so if your card expires before the 30^th June, you can just renew it temporarily until the 30^th June, when the details of the new card should be finalized.

Thanks,

Brenda

9hr - Calling HMYC sailors

Last year there were 65 boats participating but sadly only 16 were entered by HMYC members !!

This is HMYC’s premium event so we would like to see a greater number of members involved. It does mean 2 sets of crew but if you are keen to sail your boat, or crew on a boat, then let Hes Hamilton know.

hjh@telkomsa.net

BANK REPAIRS

One of our members has generously donated a Rubber Duck and an Outboard Motor which we will raffle in order to assist in financing the high cost of repairs to the bank.

We will use the 9 Hour to help promote this generous donation by selling raffle tickets at the 9 Hour for R100 per ticket, limited to the sale of 100 tickets.

Tickets will be sold on a first come basis so do not miss out on the chance to help the Club and at the same time win a worthwhile prize.

The prizes are on display in the Club House from next week with tickets available anytime from Hes Hamilton 0722254230. You can EFT payment if this is more convenient.

MASTHEAD # 5 - FEBRUARY 2013

The SAS KZN regatta was held once again between Christmas and New Year at HMYC, and this was a great success. There were two courses, with the open class sailing on the one course, and the Sprogs and Lasers on another. The Sprogs had their Nationals, while the Lasers had their KZN Provincials Championships at this regatta. Both these classes enjoy coming to Midmar at this time of year, and similarly HMYC enjoys hosting them! The weather was good with sun and wind, and our thanks go to Rob Samways and Anton Ellens for being Race Officers on the two courses.

The Midmar Mile will be held on the 9th and 10th February, and Club members are again reminded that your Club has been hired out to one of the swimming clubs for the whole weekend for this event, so you won’t be able to go to the Club on either of these days.

The next major event coming up on the sailing calendar is the 2013 HMYC 9 Hour – this will be held on Saturday the 2nd March. The organising committee is trying very hard to make this a memorable event, so please come and support your Club, and have an enjoyable day.

There is a raffle which will be drawn on the Saturday evening – tickets cost R100 and among the prizes are a rubber duck and a 3hp engine. You don’t have to be at the 9 Hour to claim your prize if you win – you just have to buy a ticket which you can get from Hes Hamilton. The proceeds of the raffle will go towards the cost of repairing the eroding bank in the car park.

Registration for the 9 Hour is on Friday 1st March, from 16h30 to 20h00, and also on the morning of Saturday 2nd March, from 07h00 until 08h15, with the race starting at 09h30.

HMYC will also be hosting the Tera Provincials on 23rd and 24th March, so the month of March will be a busy one for your Club.

There is now an HMYC trailer available for Club members to rent for use within the Club grounds. The trailer is suitable for a Hunter or similar size keelboat, and can be used if you want to take your boat out of the water to clean it with the high pressure hose, or want to do some on-shore maintenance on your boat but don’t have a trailer for it. The rental is R75 per week, and you should contact either Hes Hamilton or Clive Waddy for more information about it.

Henly Midmar Yacht Club

Hi ,

Light, light, NE blew in the morning and some of us were wondering if it would ever blow enough to start a race. Eventually Rob lay a small triangle course when a light ne about 4 knots came through eventually building to around 7knots.

First race saw Essex forced to go back after an altercation with Smokem Oakem . Luckily for Essex this enabled them to be on right of course getting a very lucky lift . Thus they came in first just ahead of Derick and Mark then L20 followed.

Second race was a tussle with Smoken ,Odin and essex . Essex clawed a place back from Odin but Smokem held on to win. So smokim 1, 2. Essex , 3. Mark on his Extra sneaking in ahead of Odin.

Last race:Odin got a great start followed by Essex  and then Smokem , Next beat saw essex overtaken by Smokem . Thus 1st Odin (excellent !nice for them to get a bullet again!) 2nd Smokem, 3rd Essex.

So on the George Duffin series Ant Mac and Mickey won the day. Monthly Mug went the way  of Mark on his Extra (I even brought his normal rating down and he still got it!!) So well sailed Mark!

Results are on the website.

9 Hour is the next big one . Hope to see you all there!

Kind regards

Tim Duguid

Jan - Monthly mug

Results have been posted on www.hmyc.org.za  . Day started out with 0 to nothing then switched to dam wall and settled in to a light to moderate breeze. 3 back to back races were sailed .

Dynamite clear ahead each race but were just pipped by Joe and Tim on handicap. So well done to the Phillips'. They won the day and also ahead on hunter trophy and silver fleet trophy.

Later on there was a mother of all storms . Scary stuff with Campbell and the Ross's still out. All arrived back safely but unfortunately a Flamenca washed up on rocks.!Sad to see .

Kind regards

Tim Duguid

9hr - 2nd March

Dear member,

Your Club is currently busy with the preparations for the 2013 HMYC 9 Hour race, which is the major event on our sailing calendar.  The race will take place on Saturday 2nd March, with registration also taking place on the afternoon of Friday 1st March.  Running this event requires assistance from a lot of helpers, and we are looking to our members for this.  Any assistance which can be provided for this event will be much appreciated.

If you have a large gazebo with sides and would allow it to be used as a Medical tent for the 9 Hour, please can you either e-Mail Brenda at rbt@sai.co.za, or else phone her on 082 821 3029 – please phone after 5-00pm?

Also, if you can help in any way with either the 9 Hour recording, or with the registration of competitors on either Friday 1st March or Saturday 2nd March, please will you also let Brenda know?  We keep the recording shifts at about two hours each and need quite a few people to record the boat numbers and times when the boats complete each lap.

Your Club is still looking for sponsors for the 9 Hour – either a cash donation or prizes would be much appreciated.  If you know of anyone who can assist with this, please can you ask them to contact Brenda using the contact details as above?

Thanks,

Brenda

Autumn Handicap 2012

Wind was quite shifty, varying from NE to SE.

Quite a few oldies out!!!However Rob again proving to good but as on age handicap not skipper ,he is a deserved winner.

Class	SailNo	HelmName	CrewName	R1	Total	Nett
Extra,open transom	876	Rob Tarboton		1.0	1.0	1.0
Hunter 19	442	Wille Vierstraete		2.0	2.0	2.0
Soling	8	Keith Gearson	Nico Jacobs	3.0	3.0	3.0
L 20	03	Rob Gray	Connie Gray	4.0	4.0	4.0
L 20	1910	Peter Goble	Clive Waddy	5.0	5.0	5.0
Hickman 680 mod (Dynamite) 2 Asymetrics	001	Anton Ellens	Cj	6.0	6.0	6.0