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Yarra Bay 16ft Sailing ClubSailing Club InformationHome > 16ft Sailing Club AIMS OF THE SAILING CLUB The general aims of Yarra Bay 16ft. Skiff Sailing Club, Junior Sailing Division are to promote, foster and train junior sailors up to the age of eighteen. The Club Board does this by promoting Flying Ants, Lasers, Sabots and other classes of yachts, including Skyriders for training. Put simply, we help children have good safe fun whilst they enjoy the sport of sailing. LIABILITY While all care is taken with junior sailors, the Club accepts no liability for damage to craft or any injury to any person participating in the Club's activities either training or racing. All persons put to sea at their own discretion and shall ensure that their craft is in a seaworthy condition, whether their craft is club property or privately owned. PARENTS' RESPONSIBILITIES The club welcomes and encourages parent participation in training, racing and social activities. The club prefers parents of junior sailors participating in sailing activities, to stay close by whilst sailing is in progress. Weather conditions on the bay can change quickly and parents must be on-hand in case they are needed. They may only leave their children in the custody of the sailing instructors for very short periods of time and then only after craft have been rigged in preparation for the morning's sailing. They must return in time, to help with the unrigging and to make sure that their child's craft is washed down and correctly stowed away.
SAFETY The Club is concerned for the safety of junior sailors and insists they wear a buoyancy vest whilst on the water and that they are confident swimmers. A limited number of life jackets are made available to children who do not have their own. However, to avoid the disappointment of a jacket not being available the Club prefers all junior sailors to purchase their own. One rescue boat and two "rubber duckies" are available whilst training and racing are in progress. Parents experienced and who hold a powerboat license are always needed to crew these craft during training. This allows the sailing instructors maximum time to spend with the children. All juniors in the learn to sail program must sign on before the lesson and sign off at the completion of the lesson. This is a very important safety procedure. The decision to start or abandon training or racing shall be at the safety committee's discretion. Instructions given by club officials must be obeyed at all times WHEN Sailing instruction is given on Sunday mornings from 9:00am and is usually finished by noon, depending on weather conditions. PARENT PARTICIPATION As well as assisting with the rescue craft and rigging and unrigging the sailing boats, parents are more than welcome to assist with the many other Club activities. All the Club's craft are constantly maintained so they are in a safe and seaworthy condition. Repair work of this nature is mostly carried out on a Saturday afternoon in the Club boatshed. Skilled persons are required to help with maintenance and are again, most welcome. All the Club's administrative duties are carried out by parents and other interested members. The club officers are elected for the ensuing year at the Annual General Meeting which is held before the sailing season begins, usually in mid-August each year. A Junior Sailing Club meeting is held in the Sailor's Bar at 7.30 PM, on the first Thursday of each month during the sailing season and parents and junior sailors are welcome to attend. The Club also produces a program which lists all racing and training events as well as regattas and monthly sausage sizzles . CLUB BOATS AND LINKS Yarra Bay has many types of sailing dinghies available to the members to learn or hone their sailing skills, these include; Windsurfers NAUTICAL LINKS Weather Sailing REGATTAS Yarra Bay Sailing Club is a proud sponser a number of Inter-club / Regional / State and Special occasion Regatta's. Upcoming Events include;
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