Once again we have a keen group of Flag Officers and committee members.

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1 Commodore s Comments September 2006 It's nearly time to get our boats back on to the water for the upcoming summer sailing season. Somehow we seem to have skipped the Winter cold fronts and landed into Spring!! Anyway we look forward to having strong membership numbers and good sized fleets of boats at the Club this season. The Opening Day for the Maylands Yacht Club 2006/2007 Summer Series of sailing events will be held on day 15 October The opening ceremony will start at around 1330 hrs followed by a sail past at approximately 1350 hrs and an invitation race to start at about 1400 hrs. Invited Flag Officers and guests will be provided with afternoon tea following the opening ceremony. There will also be afternoon tea for competing sailors at the conclusion of racing. To assist with catering, members are asked to bring a small plate of food. All members are encouraged to participate in the Opening Day events. Once again we have a keen group of Flag Officers and committee members. The Management Committee for your Club this season are: Patron Terry Gaunt Commodore Jerome Toonen Vice Commodore Peter Kerrigan Rear Commodore House Vacant Rear Commodore Sailing John Wallace Rear Commodore Training Ken Patterson Committee members include: Secretary Alan Benn Treasurer John Gaunt Sailing Captain Blake Stephens Power Boat Captain Brian Plumb General committee Ian Pavey, Andrew Nichol, Kim Stephens, Bob Jackson, Chris Jones, Robert Herman, Kelvin Davis, and (there is one vacant committee member position) Other positions include: Bar Manager Canteen Manager Newsletter Editor Start box Lyn and Bert Brescianni Lisa Kerrigan David Puddey Max Albury, Sandy Patterson, Jan Puddey

2 Support Boat Hall Hire Cleaner MYC rep for YWA Adam Steele Lee Bickford Anthony s Cleaning Services (Marius De Zilwa) Vacant We have a full program of sailing events for the 06/07 Summer sailing season including the Opening Day invitation race (15 October 2006), a series of consistency/handicap races, a series of club championship heats, a short course series of races, a novelty sailing day (17 December 2006), the annual Picnic Race (25 March 2007) and the Bayswater Regatta (1 April 2007). A copy of the full sailing program for the 06/07 season is included elsewhere in this Mudlark magazine. Looks like we are set for another great season of sailing! We expect to have another strong fleet of Lasers this season and an increased number of boats in the mixed fleet. The whisper is that there are going to be 2 or 3 or 4 or more of the big 16 ft Hartleys sailing at MYC this season to give Mr Plumb a run for his money and several of those little Minnows zipping around nipping at our heels. Some of the club's hardy sailors have recently completed an enjoyable series of Winter races which were being held at the club on the second day of each month from May to September. All of the Winter races featured light winds and mild temperatures. There were about 10 boats on the water for each Winter race. Final results of the Winter series will be announced on Opening Day on 15 October. During the season Ken Patterson, Rear Commodore Training and his helpers will be continuing the day morning training programs for juniors. Both the Mirror class dinghies and the three Minnow class dinghies that the Club acquired towards the end of last season will be used for training this season. The whisper is that there are some more Minnow class dinghies being built or bought by MYC members and that we may end up with a good size fleet of these little boats. Great!!! In May this year the Club received a donation of $ from the Ron Tough Yachting Foundation (RTYF) to purchase a set of new sails for one of the Mirror class dinghies used for training. This will be a big help in our endeavours to progressively upgrade the training boats. As you may already know the worn out timber parquetry flooring in the main hall area of the Club premises has now been renewed/replaced with attractive jarrah timber boards or planks. This project was jointly funded by City of Bayswater and Maylands Yacht Club. The new flooring should serve the Club well for the next many years. The floor tiling in front of the bar and the carpet area between the timber floor and the viewing windows have also been renewed. Earlier this year the Club kindly received a donation of a fire hose, reel and cabinet from the Bardon family company Dobbie Dico Meter Co. Peter Kerrigan, Vice Commodore (and very handy bloke to have around) recently installed the cabinet and fire hose in front of the Club premises and the City of Bayswater organised for the fire hose to be connected to the water supply. The Club is once again inviting businesses and club members to sponsor a Race Day or Special Event during the 06/07 Summer Sailing season by donating cash or a

3 trophy/voucher. This concept has been very successful over the past few years and has provided good exposure to businesses that have provided sponsorship. Sponsors will be acknowledged on the Club website and in the Mudlark newsletter. If you are interested in sponsoring a race or special event please contact the Club secretary Alan Benn or myself. The Club is holding a major Busy Bee on Saturday 23 September from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm and day 24 September 2006 from 9.00 am to 3.00 pm. We need all willing and able members to come and help out at the Club at least for some period during these two days. Further details about this planned Busy Bee are included elsewhere in this magazine. A reminder that Club membership fees fall due on 1 September. Please forward your fee monies to the secretary as soon as possible. I look forward to your participation and fellowship at the club this season. Happy sailing to all. See you at the Busy Bee on Saturday 23 September Jerome Toonen Commodore Radial Ravings Radials Rejoice A new season approaches The days are getting longer and warmer a new sailing season must be about to start. It s time to get the wrinkles out of the 5.7 metre sail, dust off the hull, do all those maintenance tasks that were going to be done before the start of the season and make sure the body is ready to go. Hopefully there will be a range of breezes to suit all sailors - but no drifters. There has been enough of those during the winter series which tested the patience of the diehards who ventured out. Yours truly had the experience of getting within a couple of boat lengths of the finish line in one race only to go backwards and then finally finish 20 mins later. The Radial fleet numbers should be similar if not more than last season with a few new sailors having been around the club during winter. I was reading where Brendan Casey, a well known top level Australian Laser sailor has switched to the Finn due to competition for a Olympic berth in Lasers and also because his weight is now kgs. Another factor in his change of boat may be the light winds expected for the Olympics in China. But I m not sure where that leaves some of the Maylands radial sailors. Dare I suggest a weigh in at the start of season? Maybe this could be a factor in the handicapping and the lightweights would have to carry lead? It s done in Hobie 16 s. No one would object to being weighed would they? After all there aren t any women sailing Radials at the moment. It would be an interesting exercise! See you all on Opening Day for the weigh in.

4 Other Sailing matters In my new role as Rear Commodore Sail, I have produced a sailing programme for the coming season.. The new programme is based on last seasons as well as suggestions and direction from the committee. For your information it is included as part of the newsletter and will be posted on the club s website. Hopefully the changes will prove successful. Another change is that I will assume the Officer of the Day responsibilities for the season. When not available I will be looking for a substitute to fill the role. Several seasons back, a Laser training session was held at the club on a day morning by Tim Castles for a small group at modest cost. If anybody is interested then please let me know and providing there is enough numbers then another session could be organised. Any other suggestions, problems etc regarding sailing matters please contact me. John Wallace (Toby Mac) day Date 15-Oct Oct Oct-06 5-Nov Nov Nov Nov-06 3-Dec Dec Dec Dec Dec-06 7-Jan Jan Jan Jan-07 4-Feb Feb Feb Feb-07 4-Mar Mar Mar Mar-07 1-Apr-07 8-Apr Apr Apr Apr-07 Cons'cy Champ'p Heat Heat , Start Special event Opening Day Short Course 1 & 2 Steve Fox 1 (Laser) Heron St Champ Novelty Races xmas break xmas break 10 Handicap & 14 Short Course 3 & & 19 Short Course 5 & 6 Long Weekend Laser States Steve Fox 2 (Laser) Picnic Day 22 City of Bayswater Easter 23 Handicap

5 The Minnow s Tale Minnow (min-oh) n. 1. A small freshwater fish of the carp family. 2. A mighty sailing ship on a three-hour cruise A new class of yacht at the Maylands Yacht Club. Well G day to you all and welcome back to the best part of the year. That s right, opening day is just around the corner so it s time for some sun, fun and a sore bum. Does anyone remember those days at Maylands when the club was bursting at the seams with pesky little juniors? I do, but sadly the numbers have diminished in recent years. Well things are about to change. Soon the waters of Maylands are going to be a sea of blue sails so lazy laser sailors who turn up late will be battling to find room to rig amongst hundreds of Minnows spread across the lawns. The changerooms will once again be littered with forgotten tee shirts, towels and wetsuits, the canteen will be emptied of any way cool stuff and wet sandy footprints will be the norm upstairs. Did I say soon? One thing is for certain, the Minnow fleet has been born and has already increased in size to 7 boats. Last year the club was given 3 boats by The Cruising Yacht Club in Rockingham to kickstart our fleet. Recently the Club purchased a fourth boat, Hugh and Owen Davis are helping their dad Kelvin build a new timber boat and they have bought an older fibreglass boat. Amy Kerrigan has got herself a fibreglass boat and Ben wants to know where his is. Back in July, I think it was, we had a bit of a get together to try out the minnows and put Amy s boat through it s paces. It was a pretty windy, miserable day but those that turned up had a bit of fun. Hugh jumped in one boat and took off like he was born in the thing. Owen and his mate Daniel went two up but nearly didn t make it past the end of the jetty. Amy took off in her new boat but soon returned and explained that she was not going out until the weather behaved itself. Ben jumped in Amy s boat did about ten 360s 5 metres from shore, shot off into the middle of the river and capsized. When he righted himself he stated that he would rather have gone to his cousin s birthday party. Lara, who was a bit unsure about sailing on her own had to sail Ben s boat back to shore after Ben retired to the rescue boat. I think Lara discovered it was quite fun after all. Guy took off like a rocket then came a bit unstuck when he got caught in irons in the strong breeze. After he was shown what to do he really got the boat going and I am sure will be a keen competitor in the class.

6 Hugh and Owen Davis have entered Junior Sail Junior Sail is a coaching clinic run by Yachting WA and is being hosted this year by NYC in September. Next time you see Hugh and Owen they will be brimming with knowledge that, I have no doubt, they will expatiate (look it up) to those game enough to ask. The minnows will have racing on day mornings starting about 11:00 am and I am confident of having 7 or 8 boats on the water within a couple of weeks of opening day. The club is going to lease the club minnows to juniors at very reasonable rates so those that are interested should speak to me to book your boat. We will be having another informal pre season event soon and with any luck the weather will be a little more kind so that we can get a bit more sailing in. I will contact everyone in due course to organise this. I have put together a pretty full on sailing programme for the juniors this season so it should be a lot of fun. That s it for this inaugural Minnow Tale. See you down the club. From the Skipper

7 Junior Corner Last year during training I felt early skill development amongst those who had never sailed before was much faster than it had been in previous years. It may be that last year s group was quicker off the mark than previously, however, it is something I put down to the fantastic way the previous season s trainees assisted as peer tutors in the early stages. It made a huge difference to have an accomplished sailor in a boat with a novice to give on the spot advice and encouragement. This year we would love to see the same happening. While I am aware that some of last year s group are now equipped with their own Minnows and keen to begin the racing program being organized, the plan is to stagger the start of the Minnow racing season for the first two weeks to allow this peer tutoring to happen once again. We need you guys! It would be great to have you join us for the first couple of training days. Should any Club member know of kids or adults interested in having a go at sailing, encourage them to come along to Opening Day to have a look around the Club and see how we operate or to contact me via the Club address posted on our website. Looking forward to a great season Ken (and Ossie, John and Max)

8 MYC 2006 BUSY BEE 23RD AND 24TH SPTEMBER TASK Kitchen Window Painting - Handrails Bar and Pillars Ceiling PERSONNEL Remove window and replace hinges. Prepare the window and frame for painting. Paint Sand back using sand paper, electric sanders, electric wire brush etc. Quick dry prime and enamel black Bar facia and around pillars to be sanded and refinished PLEASE BRING cherry picker,sander,drop sheets paint brushes sand paper, sanding machines. Paint brushes,drop sheets, enamel paint(black) Undercoat QD Butch Startbox Paint with beige type colour Window Frames Sand,undercoat and paint white Ladders,paint brushes,rollers,drop sheets etc Club to supply paint Ladders,paint brushes,rollers,drop sheets etc Club to supply paint Cherry Picker or mobile scaffold,paint brushes sand paper etc Cherry Picker or mobile scaffold,paint brushes sand paper etc Cherry Picker or mobile scaffold,paint brushes sand paper etc Cherry Picker or mobile scaffold,paint brushes sand paper etc Sign on river side of club needs repainting.paint out Hall for hire and obsolete phone number.sign at front of club out of date. Ladders and someone with a good hand. ensure showers have curtains buy curtains as required Fans Clean all fans Ladder, cleaning rags bucket etc Hall lighting Ladder, cleaning rags bucket etc Clean Hall Ceiling in carpeted area Treads on steps Furniture Windows Clean all lighting diffusers and replace faulty flouros Remove all old decoration leftovers. General clean inside clubhouse. Wipe down dirty areas, marks etc. Dust above trophies and framed flags on walls. inspect for sagging and repair if possible remove clean and reglue as required All chairs and tables need a good clean All windows to be cleaned for opening day Outside stairway and walls Wire Fence near canteen Trench to fire hose reel The outside stairway below kitchen to be high pressure washed and any graffiti removed.handrail repainted. Wall above stairway to be pressure washed to remove moss dirt etc Repair or remove as necessary Fill in wher the trench has subsided Downstairs Canteen Corrugated iron cladding etc to be repainted with same colour as gutters or same colour as boatshed doors. Boatshed doors Repaint outside of doors with mission brown or similar. No prime Downpipes Quick prime and coat with same colour as gutters Gutters and Bargeboards repair as required. Quick rub, prime and recoat MYC Sign Other Ladies Toilets Front entrance Kitchen and bottom canteen Boatshed Around clubhouse Grassed areas Bitumen Repairs The front entrance area needs a good clean and pressure wash Clean out kitchen area including the small cupboard under the bar. Chuck out any crap not required. Buy a couple of tubs to keep things a bit better sorted.clean bar fridges and other two fridges.clean bottom canteen. Clean fridges, pie warmers etc.sweep and disinfect the floor in bottom canteen. General tidy up here don t waste too much time here. Cleanup all areas around club. Weeds growing around building. Paper, weeds and other stuff under and around stairways etc. Edges of grassed areas around pathways and carpark needs to be trimmed and tidied up. Spray for Bindi Bindi Areas of bitumen that have broken up need repair. Areas need to be dug out and ashphalt put in and compacted. Ladders, cleaning gear Ladders, cleaning gear contact adhesive knives etc cleaning clothes, buckets etc window cleaning stuff Brick cleaning stuff. High pressure water blaster,ladders Wire, pliers etc shovel buckets,scrubbing brush etc Brooms disinfectant cleaning gear buckets etc Brooms dust pans spade broom etc whipper snipper spade broom spray equipment etc shovels picks crow bars, thumper or whacker packer

9 Maylands Yacht Club Sailing Program Race Day 1 15/Oct/ /Oct/05 OPENING DAY Consistency Heat 1 Consistency Heat 2 Club Championship 1 Consistency Heat 3 Consistency Heat 4 Short Course Mini Series Heats 1 2 Consistency Ht 5 6 Laser (Full Rig) Club Championship 2 Consistency Heat 7 Steve Fox Trophy Ht 1 (Laser H'cap) 1400 Heron Junior Consistency Heat 8 Herons Club Championship 3 Consistency Heat 9 Novelty races 3 29/Oct/06 4 5/Nov/ /Nov/ /Dec/06 10/Dec/ /Nov/ /Nov/ /Dec/06 24/Dec/06 31/Dec/06 11 Mid Season break - Xmas Eve Mid Season break - New Years Eve 7/Jan/07 12 Club Championship 4 Consistency Heat 12 Short Course Mini Series Heats 3 4 Consistency Ht Consistency Heat 15 Club Championship 5 Consistency Heat 16 4/Feb/07 16 Consistency Heat 11 28/Jan/ /Jan/07 14 Consistency Heat 10 14/Jan/07 13 Handicap Start /Feb/07

10 Maylands Yacht Club Sailing Program Race Day 17 18/Feb/ /Feb/07 Sat-Mon3 to 5/Mar Laser State Titles 11/Mar/07 22 Short Course Mini Series Heats 5 6 Consistency Ht Labour day long weekend Laser (Full Rig) Club Championship 6 Consistency Heat 21 Steve Fox Trophy Ht 2 (Laser H'cap) Picnic Day CITY OF BAYSWATER REGATTA Consistency Heat 22 25/Mar/07 Consistency Heat 20 18/Mar/07 21 Consistency Heat /Apr/07 Easter Fri-Mon 6 to 9/Apr /Apr/07 Consistency Heat 23 Handicap Start 1350 Consistency Heat 24 Club Championship 7 Consistency Heat /Apr/07 29/Apr/07 Championship Series 1. All championship races are trophy races. 2. The series consists of up to 7 races, of which the worst race is dropped. 3. Trophies are presented to up to 1st, 2nd & 3rd, depending on participating numbers in the series. Consistency Series 1. All club races are consistency series races. 2. The series consists of up to 25 races of which the worst four(4) are dropped. 3. Trophies are presented to up to 1st, 2nd & 3rd, depending on participating numbers in the series. 5. Handicaps change for all races for which there is a trophy race or series associated. 6. Any boat that competes in an Association event outside of the club on an MYC race day, receives average points for that MYC race. MYC must be informed prior to the MYC start time for the average points to be applied. Short Course Series 1. Series results will be awarded for both championship & consistency. 2. The short course series is also included in the consistency series (see "Consistency series" above). 3. The series consists of up to 6 races, of which the best 5 results are included. Mixed Fleet 1. The mixed fleet will consist of boats with insufficient numbers to form their own class. 2. The mixed fleet sail for consistency series and a yardstick Championship. Please refer to the Maylands Yacht Club Sailing instructions for more information.

11 For Sale Laser Wagyls Rubies - its up for sale. Ross didn't give many details, just "as is with wheels, ph ". If anybody wishes to write an article on their fleet or issues/topics that they feel the club may be intestesed in, please drop me an . David Puddey dpuddey@gmail.com dg_puddey@hotmail.com