May 2011 - Evans Bay Yacht & Motor Boat Club

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The SpinnakerContact DetailsClub office:Telephone: 04-939-4167Fax: 04-939-4168Office open roughly:Mon-Fri 9am-5pmEmail address:admin@ebymbc.org.nzWeb Page:www.ebymbc.org.nzPostal address:PO Box 14-496,Kilbirnie,Wellington 6241Physical address:501 Evans Bay Parade,Kilbirnie,Wellington 6021Slip master / Bookings027-240-5109 or04-939-4172Clubhouse (members) phone04-939-4170Management committee contactdetails are on Page 9.The Spinnaker is produced bimonthly,contributions (writtenand photographic) are welcome.Editor: Alison Pritchard04-385-7347kokamo39@actrix.co.nzBlack & White AdvertisingBusiness card size $30Quarter page $50Half page $100Full page $150Bulk orders placed in advance:20% discount for 2 ads25% discount for 3-5 ads30% discount for annualcontractPlease call for colour pricing.The Spinnaker is printed byAdPrint60 Cambridge Terrace04-384-2844least one of these events and can take some of the credit we have beengetting from visitors this summer. Even the weather generally behavedand we managed results from all of the regattas including the East Westdash – I don’t think anyone was complaining about the lack of wind(except maybe the ferries) and the sunshine was spectacular.The combination of profit from the East West Dash and the recently heldquiz night has been used to purchase a new large screen tv for theclubrooms. The club has Sky TV and is used by many of our clubmembers for watching sport, particularly rugby. For those people whodon’t have Sky at home, the club provides a good alternative forwatching rugby or in fact other sports. Check the website or emailnewsletter for times when the bar is open and feel free to bring friends,just sign them in as guests. If demand supports it we can also screengames on the projector – just like the pub, only cheaper and you aresupporting the club!The Management Committee is in full swing developing budgets for thecoming year and looking at tidying up the accounts for the end of year.We are hoping to utilise a less expensive review process for the accountsthis year rather than a full audit – this was a recommendation from theAuditor last year and will reduce time input from the auditor, staff andthe Committee without compromising quality. The financials are trackingwell this year and the Committee has worked hard to reduce expenditureso the end of year position should be positive. We have also undertakensome further long overdue maintenance this year and the project list hasreduced considerably as a result so capital expenditure requirements infuture years should be reduced.The big project for the next 3 months will be to find some new people totake on roles in the Management Committee. I have come to the end ofmy maximum 3 year term and will be standing down at the next AGMand a number of other positions on the Committee will also becomevacant as members stand down. The club needs some new people tostep up and take on the vacant roles and now is a good time to startthinking about whether you could get involved. In this and previousSpinnakers we have provided a summary of what is required in some ofthe Committee roles and I urge you think about how you might be ableto get involved. Current Committee members would be happy to discussthe roles further should you be interested. The club is not going to runby itself and now would be a very good time to get involved. The clubsurvives on volunteer input – the more volunteers, the greater the load isspread. If you haven’t had your turn, then this could be your year.Nikki JohnsonCommodoreCommodore’s ReportAs I write this, it seems autumn has well andtruly arrived and we are in fact seeing a littletaste of winter. I prefer to think that theearly arrival of the southerly storms meansthat we will get nice calm weather in themiddle of winter but I guess time will tell.The arrival of autumn means we are sayinggoodbye to a very active summer season ofsailing & boating at Evans Bay. We haveoutdone ourselves with a plethora of regatta’sand events and the club has certainly beenwell utilised. I hope that you were part of at- 2 -
The SpinnakerCliff-hanger finish to Paper Tiger North Island Grand Prix SeriesGlenn Syman (Evans Bay Yacht & Motor Boat Club) has won the Paper Tiger North Island Grand Prix Series ina cliff-hanger finish at the Mighty River Power Regatta hosted by Lake Taupo Yacht Club over the weekend.After four regattas (and 23 races) over a five month period the two leading skippers (Syman and Scott Pedersenfrom Napier) were even on points going into the final race and everything was on the line, setting up the serieswith a better cliff-hanger ending than any drama found on television these days.Taupo put on its normal zero to six knot conditions for the final regatta with the race committee doing well to getany races completed let alone the seven that were finally finished by Sunday afternoon.The regatta was again a taught fought contest as has become a feature of the series with five separate racewinners over the seven races. Syman and Pedersen won a race each to start the series. Ryan (Rowdy) Leatham(New Plymouth) was then awarded a win after Syman was judged OCS by the race committee in race three.Richard Dent (Tauranga) finished the day with a win in race five.Sunday dawned with very little wind again, with results so close on day one everything was to play for on thefinal day with both the Mighty River Power Regatta title up for grabs and the overall North Island Grand PrixSeries to be decided. Race five saw Syman pass Rowdy in the final boat length before the finish to win by half aboat length.Race six then saw a reversal of the previous race with Rowdy sneaking past Syman in the final tack into thefinish.All of this left the North Island Grand Prix Series tied between Syman and Pedersen going into the final race.Race seven was to see another new race winner for the regatta with Dylan Taylor (New Plymouth) in his firstever Paper Tiger regatta sailing a perfect race to lead from start to finish. At the finish all eyes turned to the cliffhangerfinish between Syman and Pedersen, which Syman managed to win with a close cover maintained up thefinal leg meaning Pedersen had no passing lane with Syman finishing third and Pedersen fourth.All this excitement (and a few double checks of the calculations) eventuated in Syman winning the Paper TigerNorth Island Grand Prix Series by one point from Pedersen.The Paper Tiger North Island Grand Prix Series is regatta series held over four regattas around the North Island(Lake Wairarapa, Lake Ngaroto, Turangi, and Taupo) during the season.Points are tallied at each regatta, with no drops allowed at any individual regatta (making consistency essential).The overall series winner is calculated by allowing each sailor to count 3 regattas from the 4 in the series.Final results for the Paper Tiger North Island Grand Prix Series:1st Glenn Syman (Evans Bay Yacht & Motor Boat Club)2nd Scott Pedersen (Napier Sailing Club)3rd Ryan (Rowdy) Leatham (New Plymouth Yacht Club)4th Denis Leatham (New Plymouth Yacht Club)5th Stuart Taylor (New Plymouth Yacht Club)Full results can be found at on the Paper Tiger website http://www.papertiger.org.nz/ResultsMighty River Power Regatta results can be found at http://www.ltyc.org.nz/results/MRP2011.htmFor further information please contact Ryan (Rowdy) Leatham on 027 636 6465 or rnleatham@gmail.comRyan (Rowdy) LeathamPublicity OfficerNew Zealand Paper Tiger Owners Association- 3 -
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