Annual Report 2011-2012.pdf - Lane Cove 12ft Sailing Skiff Club
Annual Report 2011-2012.pdf - Lane Cove 12ft Sailing Skiff Club
Annual Report 2011-2012.pdf - Lane Cove 12ft Sailing Skiff Club
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<strong>Lane</strong> <strong>Cove</strong> <strong>12ft</strong> <strong>Sailing</strong> <strong>Skiff</strong> <strong>Club</strong>The start of racing this week was postponed ashigh winds and generally rotten weather kepteveryone ashore. Racing started on the secondday, in challenging conditions. Jeremy Jones andBilly Lusty performed well that week, beingScratch winners in the Cherub Class. The weekwas viewed to be a great success by all sailorsfrom all the various <strong>Club</strong>s, as Belmont alwaysdoes a great job, and this regatta is viewed asgood fun, and not full of the competitive angst thatis sometimes found at other junior regattas.New Support Boat ProjectJeremy Jones and Billy Lusty power their Cherub through the rain atCHSbefore the start of the new season. The course,while challenging, proved very popular and wasvery well received. Kids (and others!) who tookthe course benefitted greatly from the learningand skills training available.Jack Winning - LTS CoordinatorAustralian Secondary Schools Regatta (CHS)A healthy contingent of Sailors from <strong>Lane</strong> <strong>Cove</strong>travelled to Belmont this year to take part in the<strong>Annual</strong> CHS regatta on Lake Macquarie. Always awell-attended event, this year there were 121registered boats before the regatta started, andthis swelled as beach entries arrived.<strong>Lane</strong> <strong>Cove</strong> Sailors used this opportunity to sailboats that they normally don’t during the season.Keen Sabot Sailors were seen out in Flying 11s,Flying 11 sailors were seen racing in their Flying11s, other Flying 11 sailors moved forward toCherubs, and <strong>Lane</strong> <strong>Cove</strong> even fielded a Tornadocatamaran and a <strong>12ft</strong> <strong>Skiff</strong> in the event.At the <strong>Club</strong>’s Management Committee meetingheld 20 April 2009 it was resolved that a subcommitteecomprising James Francis, RichardGriffin, Ian Meggitt, Warwick Thomson, AndrewGlassock and Jack Winning be formed to identifyour needs and investigate the options and costs ofa boat to potentially replace the Clyde.This sub-committee identified in excess of 50criteria for the uses and type of boat required andthen set about searching for boats that cameclosest to meeting these criteria. Around $80,000was identified as an approximate cost to have anew boat equipped ready for use.We applied for a Sport & Recreation grant in 2010but were unsuccessful. We also applied for theextension of our Australian Sports FoundationProject, which had been successful in raising themoney necessary to fund the purchase of ourLearn to Sail boats, to cover Support Boats andEquipment. Rolf and Cathy Lunsmann lookedafter the administration of this fund.The <strong>Club</strong> Management Committee resolved that,subject to the approval of family, the new boatwould be named the Ted Griffith in recognition ofLearn to Sail expedition to Woodford BayThe <strong>Club</strong> now has a variety of boat types for a variety of roles.www.LC<strong>12ft</strong>SSC.org.au Page 7