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2019

CLUB PROGRAMME

This club was built for FUN

"Sailing the winds of paradise in 2019"

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Port Douglas Yacht Club Inc 1, Spinnaker Close, Port Douglas, QLD 4877

Postal Address: PO Box 111, Port Douglas, QLD 4877

Contact Us:

Club Manager: Richard Stapleton

Ph: (07) 4099 4386

Website: http://www.portdouglasyachtclub.com.au

Email: [email protected]

Rear Commodore: Phillip Kilfoy

Ph: (07) 4099 4386

Email: rearcommodore@portdouglasyacht club.com.au


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CONTENTS ______________________________________________________________________________________

2019 Club Calendar 4

Quicksilver Port Douglas Race Week 6

Club Championship 8

Fun Sailing Days 9

Cruising 10

Discover Sailing 11

Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions 12

Volunteers 12

WAGS 13

Seasonal Series Supplementary Sailing Instructions 15

Handicapping 17

Safety Management Plan 18

Sponsors 20


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CLUB CALENDAR 2019

DATE EVENT DETAIL

January 19th - 20th Low Isles Cruise Cruise

January 26 Saturday Australia Day Celebration Fun day

Feb 8 Quiz night/Skippers meeting

Feb 09 Summer series Race 1 & 2 (buoy races)

Feb 16 Summer series Race 3 (Passage race)

Mar 02 Summer series Race 4 & 5 (buoy races)

March 16 Saturday Closehaven Cup Race 6

March 30 Saturday Ladies Skippers Race 1 & 2

April 06 Saturday Learn to sail – day 1 J24 sail training week 2

April 07 Sunday Learn to sail – day 2

April 13 Saturday Learn to sail – day 3

April 19 - April 22 Easter Rally Hope Isles

April 20 – April 21 Easter Fun Regatta CYC event Cairns Yacht Club

April 27 Saturday Commodores Cup Race 7 (Passage race)

May 04 Saturday CrystalBrook cup Race 8 & 9 (Buoy racing)

May 11 Saturday Working B All hands-on deck

May 18 Saturday Cruise: Port to Fitzroy Mickey Ink Rally - Meet boats heading north for PDRW May 19 Sunday Cruise: Fitzroy to Port

May 19 Sunday Race week spinnaker run 4mile Beach fun run

May 20th - 25th Quicksilver Port Douglas Race Week

June 8th Saturday Winter Series race 1 and 2

Races 10 to 15 Club Championship June 22 Saturday Winter Series race 3 and 4

June 29 Saturday Winter Series race 5 and 6

July 6 Saturday Learn to sail - 2 week series J24 sail training weekend 1

July 7 Sunday Learn to sail - 2 week series

July 13 Saturday Learn to sail - 2 week series J24 sail training week 2


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July 14 Sunday Learn to sail - 2 week series

July 20 Saturday Quicksilver Cup Race 16 Club Championship

July 27 Saturday Christmas in July Fun day

August 3 Saturday Keith Quinn Memorial Cup Race 17 Club Championship

August 08 - 15 Airlie Beach Race Week

August 17 - 24 Hamilton Island Race Week

August 17 Low Isles cruise Cruise

August 29 - Sept 4th Magnetic Island Race Week

September 14 Saturday Working B All hands-on deck

September 15 PDYC Open day

September 21 Saturday Annual General Meeting

September 28 Saturday Learn to sail - 2 week series J24 sail training week 1

September 29 Sunday Learn to sail - 2 week series

October 4th Friday Lizard Island Rally cruise

October 4th Friday twilight Lizard Island Race Lizard Island Trophy

October 5 Saturday Learn to sail - 2 week series J24 sail training week 2

October 6 Sunday Learn to sail - 2 week series

October 8 Tuesday Skippers Dinner

October 12 Saturday Coral Sea Cup Regatta Races 18 to 20 Club championship

October 13 Sunday Coral Sea Cup Regatta

October 26 Saturday Lady Skippers Race Race 3 & 4

November 2 Saturday Spring Series race 1 and 2

Races 21 to 26 Club Championship November 16 Saturday Spring Series race 3 and 4

November 23 Saturday Spring Series race 5 and 6

November 30 Saturday Working B All hands-on deck

December 7 Saturday Christmas Cup Race 27 Club Championship

December 14 Saturday Christmas Party Members only


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Quicksilver Clipper Cup Port Douglas Race Week _______________________________________________________________________________________ Quicksilver Group is again the major sponsor of Port Douglas Race Week. 2019 is the third consecutive year for Quicksilver as naming rights sponsor and adds to a long history of supporting the community in the Douglas Shire and their association with PDYC.

25th Anniversary Clipper Cup Quicksilver Port Douglas Race Week

Racing the Winds of Paradise May 21nd to May 25th

Date Division First Warning

Mon 20th May All Divisions: Registration – from 1230 to 1630 hrs at PDYC

Tues 21st May Div 1, 2 & 4: Two short races; Div 3 short passage race passage Division 3: Short passage race

09:55

Wed 22nd May Div 1, 2 & 3: Passage race; Div 4 two short races Division 4: Two short races

09:55

Thur 23rd May All Divisions: Lay day (possibility of racing)

Fri 24th May All Divisions: Two short races 09:55

Sat 25th May All Divisions: Long triangle/W&R race 09:55

Presentation Night

The Notice of Race is available online at www.portdouglasraceweek.com.au Entries open Monday 21st January. Launch Saturday 24th February.

Entries close Friday 17th May. Refer Notice of Race for details.

Quicksilver Port Douglas Race Week The Far North's Premier Sailing Event

2018 Div 1 Winner White Cap

2018 Div 4 Winner #SPANK

2018 Div 2 Winner Callista


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Club Championship _______________________________________________________________________________________

A 27 RACE SERIES WITH POINTS ACCRUED FROM RACES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR The 2019 Club Champions will be the boat, skipper and crew that accrues the least points from 10 events in the 2018 sailing programme. The series is comprised of 17 races from the winter and spring seasonal series plus 10 races from 7 individual trophy events. The series allows for 3 results to be dropped from the 24 races.

SUMMER, WINTER AND SPRING SEASONAL SERIES

Summer Series: 4 buoy races, 1 passage race. Feb/Mar Winter Series: 6 buoy races over 3 consecutive Saturdays in June. Spring Series: 6 buoy races over 3 consecutive Saturdays in November.

INDIVIDUAL TROPHY RACES March 16th Closehaven Cup 1 Passage race April 27th

May 4th Commodores Cup CrystalBrook Superyacht Marina Cup

1 Race, the Commodores call 2 buoy races

July 20th

August 3rd Quicksilver Cup Keith Quinn Memorial Cup

1 Long race 1 Race - Waypoints

October 12th & 13th Coral Sea Cup 1 Passage plus 2 short races December 7th Christmas Cup 1 Passage race

Senga – 2018 PDYC overall Club Championship winner


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FUN SAILING DAYS _______________________________________________________________________________________

The most fun under the tropical sun

Points awarded for fun sailing events do not count towards the Club Championship

We all know our famous motto, but where does it come from?

One Saturday afternoon back in the day, after a day racing on the bay, a disgruntled skipper put in a protest against a fellow competitor. This was something unheard of for a friendly Saturday afternoon social and the defendant was not amused. The following week when the skippers and crews gathered for their next race a plaque appeared to remind the racers just why they were there. That even though yacht racing is an extremely competitive sport they were all just out there for the fun of it! There are two events on the club calendar that are purely for fun. The results do not affect the Club Championship or the competitors future handicaps. Just for the record, it is alleged that Marina Mirage Challenge II won the protest over Sunburnt Snowflake and the legend was born.

January 26th Australia Day Dress up and celebration time May 19th July 28th

September 15th

4mile beach spinnaker run Christmas in July Open Day

Quicksilver Clipper Cup Fun day with Christmas dinner Club Open Day


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CRUISING _______________________________________________________________________________________

January 19th – 20th April 19th - April 22nd

Low Isles Cruise Easter cruise - Hope Islands - Details to be arranged

May 19th Port Douglas to Fitzroy Island May 20th

August 17th October 4th

Mickey Ink Rally - Fitzroy Island to Port Douglas Low Isles Cruise Lizard Island Rally

"Go if it's good" is the theme for cruising events. Members are encouraged to "watch the weather and plan together". Random cruises can be arranged whenever the weather is suitable and there's nothing else on the calendar. There are many places within a day's sail from Port. If the weather's looking good and time is on your side, then why not go cruising? Cape Kimberley, Snapper Island, Hope Isles, Low Isles, Upolo Cay, Green Island, Fitzroy Island, Double Island and many reef anchorages within reach when the weather is right.

Watch the weather, plan together and go if it's good


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DISCOVER SAILING _______________________________________________________________________________________ PDYC is an Australian Sailing Discover Sailing Centre. The club owns two J24 yachts and has several members qualified through Australian Sailing to conduct sail training.

Now is the time for all members to discover sailing Throughout 2018 the club is running two four-day & one 3 day sail training sessions held over consecutive weekends. April 6th, 7th, 13th. July 6th, 7th, 13th and 14th and September 28th, 29th and October 5th & 6th.

April 6 & 7th, 13th Day 1, 2, 3 Learn to sail a J24 July 6th & 7th, 13th & 14th Day 1, 2, 3, 4 Learn to sail a J24 September 28th & 29th October 5th & 6th

Day 1, 2 Day 3, 4

Learn to sail a J24 Learn to sail a J24

Each of the three Learn to Sail programmes is followed by a major club race on the following weekend to enable students to crew in a race with the club fleet. For more information and to book, contact Port Douglas Yacht Club. Ph: (07) 4099 438

Crystalbrook Superyacht Marina is a major sponsor of the clubs J24's


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NOTICE OF RACE AND SAILING INSTRUCTIONS _______________________________________________________________________________________ NOTICE OF RACE (NoR) A NoR is published prior to each event which may cover a single race or multiple races included in a single event. The NoR shall advise where and when the sailing instructions will be available and include the title, place and dates of the race(s). It will state how the race(s) will be governed and a list of documents that will govern the event. It shall also include the divisions and the handicap system that will be used and the conditions of entry. Each NoR is published on the club notice board and website prior to each event. SAILING INSTRUCTIONS The sailing instructions for all events will consist of the instructions in the World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing 2017 - 2020 Appendix S, Standard Sailing Instructions, and the Supplementary Sailing Instructions (SSI) issued for each event. The standard sailing instructions plus the SSI for WAGS and the Seasonal Series are posted on the club notice board. SSI for other events are issued prior to the event as detailed in the notice of race.

VOLUNTEERS _______________________________________________________________________________________ WORKING B's Working B's are held throughout the year where members come together to put their time and effort into looking after the club. Check the calendar for dates and make sure your email is on the distribution list.

This club was built for fun only by the strength of its volunteers

WAGS A volunteer event that is only made possible by the generous members that put in the time and the effort. RACE WEEK The success of Race Week depends on members that give their time planning, organising and staging the event. GENERAL DUTIES Volunteers are always welcome and the club is forever grateful to those many members that have assisted throughout the years, and those that continue to do so today.


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WAGS _______________________________________________________________________________________

WAGS SUPPLEMENTARY SAILING INSTRUCTIONS _______________________________________________________________________________________

1 RULES 1.1 WAGS is governed by these Supplementary Sailing Instructions, PDYC WAGS Policy and Risk Management Code of Practice contained within the PDYC Risk Management Plan and the mandatory nature of the rules and regulations therein. 1.2 PDYC WAGS Policy and Risk Management Plan is available on the club website at www.portdouglasyachtclub.com.au/risk-management. 2 EVENT CATEGORY 2.1 The event is a short course sunset cruise. PDYC adopts YA/AS Special Regulations Part 1 as a guide for cruising boats. 2.2 The event is defined as a Category 6 event. 3 ENTRIES AND ELIGIBILITY OF VESSELS 3.1 WAGS is open to only monohulls and multihulls listed on the PDYC Yacht Register. 3.2 Boats registering in the event log on the day shall be deemed to have entered the event. 3.3 By entering the event an entrant implies compliance with PDYC policy. 3.4 PDYC shall not be held accountable for non-compliance of its policies by event entrants. 4 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 4.1 Every Wednesday, registration at the Club from 4:00pm sailing anytime thereafter. 5 COURSES, START & FINISH 5.1 Refer to course diagram below. 5.2 The Start and Finish are at the discretion of the skipper within the time limit. 6 TIME LIMIT

Wednesday sailing is a thriving tradition at many yacht clubs. PDYC skippers and their crew generously give their time to take members and the public for a free sunset sail every Wednesday. To get involved be at the club from 4PM and register your interest. Skippers choose their guests who are encouraged to participate in dinner and drinks at the club.

Many years ago, in a distant port a few keen yachties hard at work one Wednesday afternoon decided that the weather was just too good, and they should be out sailing. Tools were downed and the race was on, and so was born the legend of WAGS.


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6.1 All boats shall complete the course in daylight hours only. 7 CHANGE OF COURSE 7.1 When a strong wind warning is issued by the Bureau of Meteorology for Cairns Coastal Waters, the course is to be changed to Dickson Inlet and Packers Creek only. 8 OMISSIONS 8.1 There will be no notices to competitors, changes to sailing instructions, divisions, signals, marks, changes to the course, shortened courses, protests, penalties or scoring. 9 SAFETY REGULATIONS 9.1 All entrants shall agree to abide by PDYC WAGS Policy and Risk Management Code of Practice. 9.2 A boat that retires from the event shall notify the event office as soon as possible. 10 RADIO COMMUNICATION 10.1 All boats shall monitor VHF channel 16 for the duration of the event. 11 PRIZES 11.1 All entries are eligible for prizes to be drawn at random after the event. 12 DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY 12.1 Participation in the event is entirely at the sole risk of the participant. See Rule 4, RRS. The organising authority, committee, members and employees will not accept any liability for material damage or personal injury or death sustained in conjunction with or prior too, during, or after the event. 13 INSURANCE 13.1 Each participating boat shall be insured with a minimum $5,000,000 third party liability cover.

APPENDIX A: WAGS COURSE DIAGRAM

No current weather warning 1 – 2 – 1 Strong wind warning 1 – 3 – 1 Boats may choose to navigate Dickson Inlet and Packers Creek when there are no current weather warnings but are required to do so when a strong wind warning is current. When navigating Trinity Bay boats are required not to travel further than the point at which their return shall exceed day light hours. 1 = PDYC pontoon or your boats marina pen 2 = Any point on Trinity Bay 3 = Any point on Packers Creek


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SEASONAL SERIES SUPPLEMENTARY SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

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1 RULES 1.1 Races will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS), the prescriptions of Australian Sailing (AS), and the Supplementary Sailing Instructions (SSI). The SSI may modify parts of the RRS. 1.2 Australian Sailing Special Regulations Part 1, Category 6 shall apply. 2 CHANGES TO SAILING INSTRUCTIONS This changes RRS Appendix S 2. 2.1 Any change to the sailing instructions will be advised at the race briefing or notified on VHF 72. 3 SIGNALS MADE ASHORE This changes RRS Appendix S 4. 3.1 No signals shall be made ashore. 4 SCHEDULE OF RACES

SERIES DATE RACES 1st WARNING 2nd WARNING LATEST WARNING Summer 9th February 2 10:10 ASAP after 1st race 13:55 Summer 16th February 1 10:10 Summer 2nd March 2 10:10 ASAP after 1st race 13:55 Winter 9th June 2 10:10 ASAP after 1st race 13:55 Winter 16th June 2 10:10 ASAP after 1st race 13:55 Winter 23rd June 2 10:10 ASAP after 1st race 13:55 Spring 3rd November 2 10:10 ASAP after 1st race 13:55 Spring 10th November 2 10:10 ASAP after 1st race 13:55 Spring 17th November 2 10:10 ASAP after 1st race 13:55

5 THE COURSE This changes RRS Appendix S7 5.1 The course to be sailed shall be notified at the briefing at 0830hrs on the day. 5.2 The course shall be either three laps windward leeward (WL) or one lap triangle sausage (TS). 6 MARKS 6.1 Course WL

• Start marks: A point (p) 100m from and through red outer channel marker in line with non palm tree (S).

• Rounding marks: Inflatable buoy (P) and red outer channel marker (P). • Finish marks: Red outer channel marker (P) and green outer channel marker (S).

6.2 Course TS • Start marks: Inflatable buoy (P) and inflatable buoy (S). • Rounding marks: Inflatable buoys (P). • Leeward gate: Inflatable buoy (P) and inflatable buoy (S). • Finish marks: Inflatable buoy (P) and inflatable buoy (S).

7 SHORTENED COURSE This changes RRS 32 7.1 Changes to the course shall be notified at the race briefing or on VHF 72. 8 THE START This changes RRS Appendix S 9. 8.1 Races will be started by using rule 26 except that there will be no signals. 8.2 All boats must use GPS time to count down to the start and record a finish. 9 RECALLS This changes RRS 29 9.1 Boats over the line prior to the start shall voluntarily re-cross the start.


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10 OMISSION OF RRS RULE 50.2 10.1 Rule 50.2 requiring that if used a whisker pole is attached to the mast does not apply. 11 THE FINISH This changes RRS Appendix S 11. 11.1 Yachts take their own finish times to be provided to race office as soon as possible. 11.2 Finish times must be taken off GPS time recorded in hours, minutes and seconds. 12 TIME LIMITS This changes RRS Appendix S 12. 12.1 Three hours. 13 PROTESTS AND REQUESTS FOR REDRESS This changes RRS Part 5. 13.1 Protests shall be lodged with the Race Committee within the protest time limit. 13.2 The protest time limit shall be at the discretion of the Race Committee. 13.3 Hearings will be held as soon as possible.

APPENDIX A: SEASONAL SERIES COURSE DIAGRAMS

WINDWARD–LEEWARD (WL)

Start – 1(p) – 4(p) – 1(p) – 4(p) – 1(p) – Finish

1 = Inflatable buoy 2 = A point 100m from 4 in line with 4 & 5 3 = Green outer channel marker 4 = Red outer channel marker 5 = Non palm tree on Rex Smeal Park

TRIANGLE–SAUSAGE (TS)

Start – 1(p) – 2(p) – L Gate – 1(p) – Finish

Start = 3(p) 4(s) Gate = 3(s) 4(p) Finish = 3(s) 4(p) 1 = Inflatable buoy 2 = Inflatable buoy 3 = Inflatable buoy 4 = Inflatable buoy


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HANDICAPPING _______________________________________________________________________________________

Boats racing in PDYC events are allocated a performance handicap which, by definition, indicates the expected performance of a boat relative to each other boat. This is based on historical performance, crew and equipment. Actual performance is used when historical data is available. Where historical data is not available expected performance is based on information supplied to, or researched by, the Sailing Committee. The Sailing Committee issues an initial handicap to each boat. Handicaps for Race Week are determined by the Race Officer in conjunction with the Sailing Committee. All events use SailSys race management software to nominate, compute results and adjust handicaps. Handicaps will adjust based on the parameters that are entered into SailSys. To determine the results SailSys creates a benchmark boat and this boats handicap will not change after that race. Boats placing above this boat will usually increase and boats below will decrease. By how much depends on how close the result is. The Sailing Committee meets once a month and determines if any manual adjustments are required. This might occur if a boat is clearly under or out performing for any reason such as major change of crew, new sails or recent slipping. The PDYC Handicapping Rules are available on the club website.


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SAFETY MANAGEMENT PLAN _______________________________________________________________________________________

SAFETY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR CLUB SAILING ACTIVITIES PDYC Safety Management Plan addresses the issues of health and safety and demonstrates an understanding of the duty of care to all members, workers, contractors, participants and the general public in respect to club organized sailing activities. Visit www.portdouglasyachtclub.com.au/risk-management to read the club Safety Management Plan in full. All skippers and crew participating in club organised sailing activities are encouraged to read and comply with this document. SAFETY CATEGORY The safety requirements of YA/AS Special Regulations Part 1, Category 6 applies to all PDYC sailing events unless stated otherwise in the Notice of Race or the Sailing Instructions. The YA/AS Special Regulations Equipment Audit Form for Category 6 safety requirements is available at http://portdouglasyachtclub.com.au/risk-management. Skippers and their crew are encouraged to review this to ensure their compliance.


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POSTPONEMENT OF RACES

The rules for the postponement of races applies to all PDYC organised events on the club calendar except Quicksilver Port Douglas Race Week which is under the control of the appointed Race Officer. The following five point plan is in place to manage the inherent risk of sailing, limit possible damage to equipment and preserve the integrity of the events.

1. If a strong wind warning is current for Cairns Coastal Waters for any period that a scheduled race is due to take place then that race shall be postponed.

2. A postponed race is rescheduled for the same start time on the next Saturday. 3. Where there is an existing race on the next Saturday the postponed race will be run on

the same day provided the time limit allowed for the postponed race will not infringe upon the time limit allowed for the existing race or races in which case the postponed race will be postponed to the next Saturday.

4. Postponed races not rescheduled shall be abandoned. 5. Postponed events may be rescheduled to a day other than a Saturday if a majority of

skippers entered in the affected series agree.

Safety First Always You're the Skipper - You're Responsible

http://portdouglasyachtclub.com.au/risk-management


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