27. 08.
After the Saturday race on the 12th September members are invited to stay on and enjoy a barbeque tea at the Rotunda. Bring your own meat and salads or purchase sausages or hamburgers from the Club. After the meal John Mole will talk about boat trailer set-up and handling, and what you can do to minimise problems with your rig.A night not to be missed. It would be good to see all members along this weekend, not just those racing.
8. 06.
Saturday 13th June 2009 at The Packing Shed, 150 Woods Road Moolap.
Be there for 6.30pm for dining at 7.00pm.
Three course meal, including tea coffee and soft drinks. BYO beer and wine, corkage charges are included. Price $34.50 per head
We had a great presentation night there last year, and the food was excellent.
Notification please by Wednesday 10th June. Please ring Jim Bland so that we can notify the Packing Shed of final numbers.
15. 04.
Following on from last year’s fun tour of the Moorabool Valley vineyards, this year’s wine tour takes in the Bellarine vineyards. The day’s activities are as follows:
- 10 am meet at St Helens boat ramp
- 10:45 am Wyana Park Vineyard, Soho Road Drysdale. includes an Australian native garden to explore.
- 11:45 am Mermerus Vineyard, Soho Road Drysdale (across road from Wyana Park)
- 1:00 pm BYO everthing BBQ lunch at St Leonards beach
- 2:30 pm Leura Park Estate, 1400 Portarlington Road Curlewis
Includes music, cheese coffees/teas. Guided wine tasting $3/head
Please register your interest/further enquiries with tour leader Paul Graham.
16. 10.
7-30pm at the Sailing School Eastern Beach.
Gavin Wright will give a presentation on the proposed new club rooms.
All Club members are invited to hear about this exciting new development. Please bring a plate.
16. 10.
Next Sunday, 19th October is the 2008-2009 Season Opening Day for the Geelong Trailable Yacht Club. The program for the day is as follows:
10-30am Morning Tea and Official Opening.
12-00 midday - Sail past
- Lunch –
1-30pm Briefing for Stern Chaser
2-00pm Start of first boat.
Prize for Best Dressed Boat.
The Club will provide meat and salads, please bring a plate of nibbles, biscuits, cakes or desert to share.
Good Sailing!!
7. 09.
It was a bit of a shock but not a surprise for the eleven who arrived in Queenscliff on Sunday, 27th July, for the annual Sorrento lunch social. The weather was encouragingly dry in Geelong but not so in Queenscliff, so the look around the new marina was postponed to later in the day. A delightful cuppa at the ferry terminal and we were on the ferry and away.
Lunch venue was the Hotel Sorrento, perched on the top of the hill and overlooking a delightful scene – boats moored off the beach and a picturesque Port Phillip at its best. Lunch was ordered and consumed by most, though there was a difficulty with the timing of a couple of the meals.
From there the group proceeded to the shops. Women tended to spend much time in the boutique clothing shops while the men waited anxiously outside, bemoaning the fact that there seemed to be no chandlery. Some of the art studios attracted interest. The imagination of some artists is amazing, as are the prices asked for their works. You could buy a good Boomerang 20 for just a painting and a sculpture. The Boomerang would be difficult to place in the lounge room though.
Back on the ferry and return to Queenscliff. No rain, so a wander around the new marina was possible. The slipway is replaced by a 150 tonne travel-lift and the old wooden piles and jetty are to be replaced by lots of Bellingham Floating pontoons. There is a very large hard-stand area for working and dry storage. When completed, there will be room for 400 boats.
There is some controversy about pricing for the couta boats but for trailables, the cost is $50 per night, reducing to $40 for bookings of 10 or more. That gets you a wet marina berth, access to toilets and showers and a lounge with tea/coffee facilities and a microwave. Berths are available now, though the marina is but half finished. Final completion is scheduled for November 2008.
John Mole
