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101m Hardy.

Happy sailing.

If vou have anv suzzestions~ ~ ~v

or complaints please directthem to myself. Acti on , ifappropriate, will be taken.My door is always open.

idiosyncrasies of the job.

Please try and meet our

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and Commodore 1encouragement. Vice Commodore 2Fortunately his Committee members ")2IC, Chris Gorst, Rear Commodore, House 3who has been Hobie 18 - European Titles 3holding the fort Secretary 4since Terry Rear Commodore, Soc ial 4Hunter left, has Treasurer 5done a sterl ing Rear Commodore, Training 6job. Chris (Gorst NTYA Championship results 7will brief Chris Club Coaching 7(Hadley) on the Twilight Results 8

the spectacular (fire)breakfast on the morningof the Ambon race start.During the evening beforethe start, a Canadian sailormade a special point ofmeeting me to tell methat, in his opinion, this isthe best sailing club in theworld. I agreed with him .

The Club and staff havewithstood the onslaught ofvisiting yachties : to thestaff, our thanks for yourdedicated efforts, especially

Apart from Ambon sailorsand the off-the-beachchampionship competitorsthe most noticeable visitorsare the parents of Clubmembers. What a privilegeto be able to show them thefamous sunset from ourexpansive beer garden.

~W@%Wl e' re

!'.~j practically

1W1 ~::~,~~the 1992 Dry Season sailingCalendar. many new faceshave been seen at the Clubwhich is very pleasing foryour Committee as it is anaffirmation that the Club isstill, as always, a desirableplace to be.

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The LogI This is yoor froo

INewsletter. pub1ished

;:

'Oy the Darwin Sailing ClubManagement We want to

hear your news. your views.

( So put yom moniker in this Lo\ .....ilh a line to The Editor

'\ drooped at the 8ar Of pos t\0 PO Box 789 Darwin.

\ or Faxed to 410580.

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MANAGEME1\'T COMMITTEE

TRAIN ING COM~nTTEE

SOCIAL COMMITTEE

HOUSE COMMITTEE

Barry se,».

Th e dingh y racks arefinal ly to be asse mbledla ter this week. Th e Ra ceCom mi ttee is looking at amore sa tisfac to ry design ­:;0. if you ha ve an ideawhich yo u think might beapplicable. then contactBarry \Varson (SailingMaster).

Stay posted!

Barry Commenced duty ,and is fa miliarisin g himse lfwith Cl ub proced ures andnersonalities. O n an ymatters pertairnng to

sailing and sailingadmi nistration, includingthe boar parks or lockerareas, please liai se withhim.

The R ace Co mm ittee is IO

m eet shortly to co ntinueplannin g for the directiorsai ling ar DSC should ta kein the fu ture.

If yo u have a gripe, bring itdirec tly to me or an otherm em ber of the RaceCommittee.

Th anks, too, to themem ben of the curren andprevious Race Committeefor the labour in workingbees.

Work is due to star t shortlyon modific at ions to the oldrace towe r. T his are a willbecome the SailingMaster' s workshop and ageneral sec ure storage arc 2.. ,

The, shipping container willbe di sposed of to m akeroom for Rescue 4(" Sandy " ),

SPOt On Marine - motorand controlsThe Yacht Shop (NeilGoedhan ) - paints an dfi nishes.Bruce Bovden - hullmodi fications .Rayweld (Don Rayment) ­tra ilerNavcorn (Bob Stroud) ­Comm unications,

,,?,,,:<,,::.,,,.,,.,,,,"7 • ,irll'~i;" f ne long-awaited. :".-.-.-:.-" ·.::'.. -0

:@} i~1 addi tion to our::M"" ,jl}: .:~H;'"l't,~:~:lTh IT scue fleet I S at

the club and readvfor a formal launching, O urthanks to our sponsors whocontributed so hand somely10 its completion.

M id: Fenelcy

Kim BellKei th Norri s

lviarg ar e; Hyde

JaM Nicholas

Mid: Fcncicy

John Hard :'Barry S ~2.dl

Bar:; StachPet er Bracke

Eo Wh artonBerry Coac

George OwenFeE,. Goehr

Dick Kil burnBill Siace

Dave EvaI1.<

Gr aham PuffenIan Batcnburg

Elaine NicholasPaul WnaramGeo ff Finc n

Co iin BlairTea Craigie

Margare t HydeJohn Plum mer

(v acan t)

Joan NicholasCoiin Ja gger

Bi]] S tacc

Jenny Sirnon csonRodney W alsne

RACE COMMITTEE

Com m od oreVice Commodor eRear Commod ore(Training)Rear Commod ore(House)Rear Commodore(Social)SecretaryTreasurerPublic ity Officer~1cn1hcn:

ChairmanSecreiarvSafety OfficerDivision] rep .O.T.B . Catam ar ansUnder 30 ftDivision 3 rep .O.T.B . Mono hu llsMembers

Chairm anSecretary

Chairm an

Cha irm anSecret ary

Elain e 'ichoi;llDonna Reid

Shirlie RichardsonPete; FearnVi :::j:.i Long

Aloert Lo ng

John ConnellAngela MeldrumAnne Tnompson

Ton y Waldron_~'TIIlC Siace

Many thanks to the Management Com mittee an d RaceCommittee. of the DSC for conduc ting. on be-ha lf o f th e:J\TYA. what W;lS a very successful 1'-~T Champion ship

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A specia l thanks to allthose who made thevisitors ' stay a pleasant andmemorable one.

The pre -Am bon breakfas trun by the bar sta ff W 2.S

well received - a good timeW2.~ had by all. includ ingthe staff. ...

A thoro ugh clean-up of thepremises is scheduled to

take pl ace over the nextfew weeks, and the repairsand maintenancprogramme will conti nue .Projects will be undertakenin the mornings so as tocause the least disruption tomembers.

Funds for any capitalimpro vem ents are ver .limited, and plan ned for inadvanc e. Your writtencons tructive ideas arewanted. so we can inci udeyou- sugge stio ns in theprogramme . good ideasabound, but they areuseless to your Committeeif you don 't tell the MCabout them .

Unsupervised ch ildrencontinue 10 be a problem.O ur gardener works hardto provide pleasantsurr oundi ngs..... . don' tallow children to dc strovthe greenery.

Pare nt s: please rememberhat children are not

perm itted in the bar areasunl ess accompanied by anadult. If vourunac companied childwishes to purcha se a dri nk

or chips, etc., direct themto the servery area near theBi stro. Some members arebecoming impatient withparents who do not seem 10

exert the control over theirchildren that i. required toensure they are not irritantsto o thers.

As you are all aware. ournew General M an ager ,Chris Hadley . commencedQU,y on the 27 th Ju ly. Chri sGorst and our re gular staffwill welcome the extra pairof shoulders to help spreadthe load.

An espec ial fl anks to ChrisGorst for his untiringefforts during the veryhectic weeks lead ing up tothe mass exodu soccasioned by the stan ofthe Amb on ra ce .

Mid: Feneley

Expected conditions are(Cont inues Pag e 5)

The European re gattawill be held on the Islede Noirm ourier (near~ ante. ) on the Bay of

Biscav.

Compared to our "local"Hobie 8's. T he Formulahas a lightly largermainsail. a similar ki te andhuge dagger boards - so the

pair ha ve also begun atough trainingpro gram .

F01l11ula class is verypopular . "George" and"Ki ller" will competewith ave, 60 boats fromali over Europe.

Oversea. the Hobie 18

place at the national tit lesin Mooloolaba in Januarvthis year .

LOCAL HOBlE 18SAILORS SET SIG HTSON E UROPEAN TITLEThey have sailed

together for nearl.. threeyears now. CO l in gsecond in the XL(Spinnaker) division at theAustralian . .arional s in}99 1 and taking out first

arwick (George)Owen and Kristin(Killer) Metcalfeho pe to tra vel to

France in earl y Septem berto represent Australiaand compete in theHobie 18 EuropeanChampionships,

Pag e 4 The Lag J uly 1992

every two years.

Drop a no te in at the office,or bend the ear of yourfavorite (or least favori rel)MC member.

Your opinion on two-yearterm s, both for and agains t.is needed by theCommittee.

Before any decision onsuch a major change istaken (it requiresconsti tutional chan ge) ,your MC nee ds feed bac kfrom you, the members.

Experience has shown thata who lesale turnover of theCommittee can be verydisrup tive to the Club .

Following this ini tialadjustment period, atsubsequent AGM's, halfthe Co mmi ttee (asde ineated above) wouldbe elected for two vearterms.

One year term: Vic eCommodore, RearCommodore (Social),Secretary. PublicityOfficer and two ordinarymembers.

Two year term :Commodore, RearCo mm odore (Trainingand Juniors), Treasurer,and two ordinarymembers.

The advantages to [he Cluband to the members hip isseen as a be tter continuityof the MC: the Co mmitteefeels very strongly that ittakes at least six mon ths foreach M C me m ber to reachtheir maxim um poten tial .after which interv al it isnearly time to retire fromo ffice !

"Fof\vard;"':::~.:;:t;:;:;:::::;:::":: Plan nin g" meeting,

the ManagementCommittee (M C) discussed[he possi bility of two yearte rm s for the MC members- half the members of theCommittee would ret ire

~y

ft:, t its recent

If the proposal is acceptedby the me m bers, at the firs tsuc h e lectio n the membersof the M C would be electedas fo llo ws:

In the past, co ntinuity hasbeen achi eved by amajor ity of Committeemembers being re-elected- however, there is noguarantee that this willalways happen.

If the overall feedback tothe suggested change isfavorablc . the Committeewill develop the ideafurther.

Paul HllLaram

Film night

day should be great - don 'tlet anyth ing prevent youfrom being there.

Jive night

Farewell [0 "Macca" , ou rchef, who is moving to

greener pastures .Thanks , on behalf ofthe Social Co mmittee

....... ...1 for your help and

hard work.

Ii :;~:::~~b;:~lfBarbecue. It all

depends on thedepradarions of theCullen Bavdevelopment.

DSC has been challe ngedto a cricket match, the SandBar Cup, by "?"?

Want to play? Let meknow ASAP, so the teamcan be finalised. The whole

Jive niint?W atch t: ~ notice boardfor more info .

Film n: :ht.Arrange: ents are stillbeing m: .e.

Ambon has come and gone.Again the club excelleditself in hospital ity. By allaccounts, a good time W:J.S

had by all.

Elaine Nicholas

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he Clubs turnover in the Bar and Bistro is approx imately 20% down for thecorresponding period last year, which is disappointing considering this is ouractive sailing and trading period . However, this downturn creates an opportunityfor our Ge neral Manager to ievelop strategies for improving the perform ances of

these areas.

Summary of June 1992 financialperformance: Bar Trading S' OOO

1992 1991 1990 Income 83 114 117Club activities S '000 Gross Profit 23 "j 32,)-

Gross Profit % 32% 28% 27 %Income 17 18 14 Surplus for June 13 13 13

ExpensesRacing & Boat Prk 10 " ') 6 Bis o Tradin g S '000t-Social Functions 8 -1 Income 45 56 60""T

Training ,I " 3 Gross Profit 6 15 14-r ,)

Depreciation 6 5 5 Gross Profit % 13 0/0 27 % 23%Interest .1 0 " Surplus for June 2 11 6,

Other 2 1 "') 15:>-

Geoff Finch50 42 " ....j,)

Deficit for June (33) (24) (9)

For the men. superb wineand cheese and a swim wearand lingerie show.

There is also the door prize- a weekend for two atMirarn beena, graciouslydonated by the proprietors.Be there.

dedication, which they do!

Tcrritorians to representthe NT and Australia atthis level of competition.

result particularly whenhe had to leave the crewat home due to lack offunds.

To compete on theinternational circuitrequires deep pockets,which George and Killerdon't have, and

It is rare indeed for

Lingerie! Swimwearl'-'

"Vine and cheese!Mirambeena To uri t Resort

Saturday 15th August

To interest the ladies ­a superb swimwear andlingerie show, andwine and heese .L....- --J

Help them - come to thewine and cheese night atthe Mirarnbeena TouristResort on Saturday 15th

...- ---, August (only 515 perhead). They really doneed your help.

This time last year Georgeattended the WorldChampionships in Italy - hecame 3rd - an outstanding

To assist themselves,they have organised awine and cheese tasting(see brochure this issue),which will, hopefully, atleast get them on to theplane.

Times are tough andthe response fromprospective sponsorshas been verydisappointing.

(from page 3)

windy (the Isle is in theroaring forties) and icywater - a bit differe nt toDarwin!

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Did you know the Club has a range of products that serv e to advertise your membership of the Club?They make grea t gifts. too.

..'.~<;k th e sta ff behind the bar to assist yo u with your purchase.

Glas s beer pots, pint size. with DSC logo S25.00"Th e Northern Territory Coas t" by John Knight S18.95T-shirts. with collars. vari ous colours and sizes. crnbroidcd nag logo 5~5 .00

T vshins, crew neck with "Darwin Sailing Club 81 1700 " S10.00Club hats wi th larg e brim and chin-tie 525.00Cl ub caps St..50DSC Burgees ~ ]0.08F loating rechargeable torches S65.0QCalcula tor - clock 525.00Clock ~ 15.00DSC ires 52.50refills for biros S1.50Foam stu bby coolers 55 .0:>P lastic stubby cool ers 52.08Tvshirts, older SLY] • light blue, primed DSC logo S15.00Corduroy caps S8.00

Every day item s such as soap. tooth paste. or L ,V. blockout arc available loa .

~, . \

- - - )

~.~ ~f!E;~~:,:and Lasers. was c.

great success. Eachparticipant sailed 3 raceshelming a Tasar, e rewing 2.

Tasar, and sailing aLaser.

What a way to increasetheir sailing skills.

1s. Ben N iche as2nd Chris Batenburg3rd Jamie Richardson.

1SI gir : Amy :\icholas.

Train ing course ~ ' ~ in fu llswi ng . Jenny Sirnondso r,

and her helpers are busywith -arious schoolgroups, and TL trainingcour~e . .

If yo u wan' to 1::a.,11 moreabout people . kids (or

Are you a "Jennj helper" ?

even sai ling), why notvolunteer your expertiseas 2. "Jenny helper"? Jenn yis always on the lookoufor the hidden tal ent tha tyou may have . Don't beshy.

The Clul has given yo u a

lo t - \;Ihy not say thankyou, and re -invest some ofthat in the Club?

All Jenny's custom ers arepaying custom ers, and assuch, are potential club

m em bers,

The onlv wav the Clubwill survive in thedifficult tim es ahead is

by in volving yo ung peoplein . ail ing . Help the Club to

cont inue to help you !

As anyone kn ows, if youcan invol ve the kids. the

arent: vill also be comein volved.

] of n Nicho las.

HELP SEND OUR NATIONAL SAILIN-GCHAMPIONS TO THE HOBIE 18 EUROPEAN

CHAMPIONSHIPSS PPORT GEORGE AND KR ISTIN AND COiVIE TO A

I E NDCHE~i" L\,TA TING

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(STARl'JNG 6.JO [Jill)

BY THE POOL AT IH IR A1\ H3EENA

E

SATURDAY AUGUST 151'1-1, 6 - 8 pm

COST: Sits.Oil per lrend *V E t\UE: i\l il'<1lllheCllil Tourist Rcsort

6-t C,H Cllilgh Strl'ct Durwin

TICK ETS AVAILABLE AT i\1l]{A l\lIlE ENA RECEPTIONOR

OV EH TilE IIAI~ AT TIl E IJAI~\\'IN SAILI NG cu m

E n q uir ies Ring Mill. 0 1l'l'1I 1\95616 or Kristin l'IIClraJl'c 819181 "

* l nclud c s door priz e of wcck e n d 1'01' 2 al i\liraltlhl'Clla T o u rist Rcso!"[

The L og July 1992 Page 7

D ivision 2~ 18 ft. B a b ies .I S ~: "Jeanie ' Rex Schoolrnc ister2nd: "Defi ance " D amien Ford3rd : "Ganesh" John Gi bb

D ivision 6, Tasarsl st: "Vamoo se" H ugh Bekkers2n d: "Jeba." Ben Nicholas3rd.: "Nij inski " John Simondson .

Division 9! Min n owsl st: "Double Trou ble " Taren Batenburg2n d : "D aydream" Victoria Winter3rd "D ash" Rhi anna n Lever

ivision 4! Un der 30 'sl st "Cleanin g Lady" P. Colbert2n d "Graffi ti " Da e Evans3rd "Balladier" G. Breeze

Division 7! L asers - Standard sailst: "H unter S. Th om pso " S. Dow se

2nd: un-named Mark Hengcr3 rd 'True Blue" Chri s Batenburg

Division 7 ~ Lasers - Radi al saill st: un-named Toby W hart on2nd: Whartz-n-all '' Claire Whanon

II ~~~):~~~~~~iFincludi ng sai ling

in their P.E. curriculum.Not long enough to getstudents to a TL level , butmore than enough to whettheir appetites for sailing ..

They are strongly urged tojoin the clu b as mem bers inth rir own right, wi thouthaving to wait for parents.

If yo u are worried byfal ling num bers in yourD ivisions, come along to apractical session. and "sell"y DU- kind of sai ling.

Training COS! in this area ismet by the sc hools. an . by c.grant to the Club fromDepartm en t of Span :Youth and Recreation.

ith the . 'TChampionshipsfinished, tra in ingfor the Aus trali an

Championships 420 squadbegins in earnest. ehave two crews - BenNiche as and D arnicnDu ' C, an d Amy Nichol asand Claire Wharton.Ther .S 2 chance of athird crew a so joining in.

T:'1e l.Y.K.U. has nowmeally separat ed men'sand wom en's , ailing inthis event. so there will befleet s competin g in Open-Men's, Op en Women's.

'outh Men'. and Youth\\'omen's event s.

W it h the good ]csuh sachieved earl ier this year,and more hard work, DSCwill continue to impress.

~ltiif; he invitation race

l:\!~lj:!~i~.~:.:: ~ne~~~1:~' SchoolsSailing Champs

was won by NightcliffHi gh (Chris Baienburg).

O ther schools competingwere St. John's. D arwinHigh. Sanderson High.Korrn ilda Colle ge andO'La uhglin College.

The nex t heats will be he don lv'ionday Au gust 10 h.

] cnny Simon dson .

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•TheA linesQue nd acht Charter& iIrst Australian Whitbread 92-93Twil ghtRe ults

race: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 tot.al2914 6/5 20/5 3/6 17/6 In lin 15n 29n

Gemini Girl 31 25 45 80 60 75 188 95 99 698Graffiti 58 80 45 90 81 8 129 24 67 582Rat Tack 77 33 94 37 69 1I 1 62 96 579Hippocampus28 96 45 73 67 129 66 72 576Jama 51 18 75 66 43 190 75 1 519The Dancer 55 89 97 9 62 97 61 7 477Gypsy 11 45 77 78 186 62 448Mei Ling 90 170 62 98 420Swindler 45 58 52 69 190 414Khanna 39 85 50 135 2 63 374Irish Coffee 35 81 32 67 2 78 73 368Pearler 30 84 74 77 75 340Elw ing 5 41 46 12 1 72 28 313Vamoose 71 99 129 299Zanzibar 75 26 188 289Mirnpi 30 41 49 30 4 1 62 23 276Silencer 178 58 33 269Reflections 71 82 102 255Adieu 27 85 39 89 240Titbit 21 16 70 67 9 19 34

236Jupiter Express 187 29 216Gallimaufrey 195 195Irrawaddy 190 190Karan a 188 188Catrnandu 142 45 187Clipper 187 187EffGce 136 43 179Shockwave 68 34 40 142Our Phi losophy 133 133 The Editors plea:Pixie 116 116 If any Association orNina Q] . 25 87 112

group wishes to informLady Love 97 97Flashy Lady 84 84 the rest of the Club ofLccongc 83 83 activities of interest,Start Again 82 82 leave copy at the Office.Fungus 79 79Quiet Dawn 47 27 74 The opinions expressed in TheBogey Boat 56 56 Log are those of the editor.Toby Wharton 45 45 and are not necessarily thoseSpindrift IV 43 43 of the ManagementJcba 33 33 Committee .C'est La Vie 23 23Cerurefold 15 15 See you on the water.True Blue 7 7Dreamtime 4 4 "Cerberus"No fixed Address 2 2