2012 – 2013 GFS Season Program
Print Friendly Sailing Program 2012-13
Safety Audits
| Year | Month | Date | Audit |
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| 2012 | August | 18 | Safety Audit – Saturday Series – 0900 Hrs |
| September | 23 | Safety Audit 1 – Twilight Series – 0900 Hrs | |
| October | 6 | Safety Audit 2 – Twilight Series – 0900 Hrs |
Important Events
| Year | Month | Date | Event |
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| 2012 | August | 11 | Working Bee – from 0900 hrs |
| September | 26 | Skippers’ Meeting – Saturday and Twilight Series – Clubhouse from 1930 hrs |
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| 2013 | February | 23 | Social Night |
| May | 25 | Prize presentation from 1500 hrs | |
| July | 9 | AGM |
Humbug Editions and Deadlines
| Year | Edition | Deadline | Year | Edition | Deadline |
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| 2012 | June | May | 2013 | April | March |
| September | August | June | May | ||
| December | November | ||||
| All club members are urged to submit material to Humbug | |||||
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Saturday and Down Harbour Keelboat Series
The starting sequence will begin at 1315 hours forall Saturday Series. Races will start from the club launch when code flag “Q” (yellow pennant) is flown at the clubhouse. ‘S’ denotes a possible Safety Equipment spot check; show the item requested to the launch crew after the finish.
| Year | Month | Date | Event | Mick York Trophy | Duty Boat or Time and Venue |
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| 2012 | 11 | Working Bee | Clubhouse from 0900 | ||
| August | 18 | Safety Audits | Clubhouse from 0900 | ||
| 25 | Spring Race 1 | Cav Sav | |||
| 1 | Spring Race 2 | Forte Forever | |||
| 8 | Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 1 (S) | ||||
| 15 | Spring Race 3 | MY Race 1 | Flair | ||
| September | 22 | Spring Race 4 | Zig Zag | ||
| 25 | Skippers’ Meeting | Clubhouse from 1930 | |||
| 29 | Long Weekend no race | ||||
| 6 | Spring Race 5 | Out of Africa | |||
| October | 13 | Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 2 | |||
| 20 | Spring Race 6 (S) | MY Race 2 | Eggshells | ||
| 27 | Spring Race 7 | Young Obsession | |||
| 3 | Spring Race 8 | Beware of the Dog | |||
| November | 10 | Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 3 | |||
| 17 | Summer Race 1 – Handicap Start | ||||
| 24 | Summer Race 2 – Handicap Start | MY Race 3 | |||
| 1 | Summer Race 3 – Handicap Start | ||||
| 8 | Summer Race 4 – Handicap Start | ||||
| December | 15 | Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 4 | |||
| 22 | Summer Race 5 (S) –Handicap Start |
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| 29 | Christmas and New Year Break |
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| 2013 | 5 | ||||
| 12 | Summer Race 6 – Handicap Start | MY Race 4 | |||
| January | 19 | Joe Walsh Down – Harbour Race 5 | |||
| 26 | Summer Race 7 – Australia Day Regatta Race – Handicap Start |
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| 2 | Autumn Race 1 | Kirralaa | |||
| 9 | Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 6 | ||||
| February | 16 | Autumn Race 2 | Speedwell | ||
| 23 | Autumn Race 3 | MY Race 5 | WGARA | ||
| March | 2 | Autumn Race 4 | Waterhound | ||
| 9 | Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 7 | ||||
| 16 | Autumn Race 5 | Going Grey | |||
| 23 | Autumn Race 6 | Umzimkulu II | |||
| 30 | Easter | ||||
| April | 6 | Autumn Race 7 (S) | MY Race 6 | TBA | |
| 13 | Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 8 | ||||
| 20 | Autumn Race 8 | TBA | |||
Saturday and Down Harbour Keelboat Series
The starting sequence will begin at 1315 hours forall Saturday Series. Races will start from the club launch when code flag “Q” (yellow pennant) is flown at the clubhouse. ‘S’ denotes a possible Safety Equipment spot check; show the item requested to the launch crew after the finish.
All Yachts registered for the Twilight Series are eligible to enter the Saturday Down Harbour Series and Mick York Trophy Series. The Mick York Trophy Series will run in conjunction with the regular Saturday Series Races. Down Harbour Series Races are sponsored by Joe Walsh Rigging
Saturday Winter Keelboat Sailing, 2013 Series
All Yachts registered for the Saturday and Twilight Series are eligible to enter the Winter Series. The starting sequence will begin 1230 hours
| Year | Month | Date | Event | Other Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 11 |
Winter Series Race 1 | Winter Series start sequence commences at 1230 hours from the clubhouse The Number of Divisions and the yachts in each division will be communicated prior to the first race. |
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| May | 25 | Winter Series Race 2 | ||
| 1 | Winter Series Race 3 | |||
| June | 15 | Winter Series Race 4 | ||
| 29 | Winter Series Race 5 | |||
| July | 13 | Winter Series Race 6 | ||
| 27 | Winter Series Race 7 |
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Twilight Series
All Twilight Races will start and finish at the clubhouse.
Twilight Spring and Autumn Series will be sailed in six (6) Divisions. The start sequence will commence at 1740 hours. Coloured boards indicate the course to be sailed by each division. Blue Division will sail the blue course, White Division and Yellow Division will sail the white course, Green Division and Black Division the green course and Red Division will sail the red course (see Sailing Instruction 10 – Courses and Course Signals).
The Summer Series will possibly be a Handicap Start Series. This will be communicated prior to the start of the series.
| Year | Month | Date | Event | Other Information |
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| 2012 | August | 11 | Working Bee | Clubhouse from 0900 |
| 23 | Safety Audits | 0900 –1200 | ||
| September | 26 | Skippers’ Meeting | Clubhouse from 1930 & Bar Open | |
| 6 | Safety Audits | 0900 –1400 | ||
| 7 | Daylight Saving Commences |
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| October | 10 | Spring Race 1 | Sausage sizzle & Members fridge | |
| 17 | Spring Race 2 | BBQ and Bar Open | ||
| 24 | Spring Race 3 | BBQ and Bar Open | ||
| 31 | Spring Race 4 | BBQ and Bar Open | ||
| 7 | Spring Race 5 | BBQ and Bar Open | ||
| November | 14 | Spring Race 6 | BBQ and Bar Open | |
| 21 | Spring Race 7 | BBQ and Bar Open | ||
| 28 | Spring Race 8 | BBQ and Bar Open | ||
| 5 | Spring Race 9 | BBQ and Bar Open | ||
| December | 12 | Summer Race 1 | BBQ and Bar Open | |
| 19 | Summer Race 2 | BBQ and Bar Open | ||
| 26 | Christmas Break | |||
| 2013 | 2 | Summer Race 3 | Sausage sizzle & Members fridge | |
| 9 | Summer Race 4 | Sausage sizzle & Members fridge | ||
| 16 | Summer Race 5 | Sausage sizzle & Members fridge | ||
| January | 23 | Summer Race 6 – Australia Day Regatta Race | BBQ and Bar Open | |
| 30 | Summer Race 7 | BBQ and Bar Open | ||
| 6 | Autumn Race 1 | BBQ and Bar Open | ||
| February | 13 | Autumn Race 2 | BBQ and Bar Open | |
| 20 | Autumn Race 3 | BBQ and Bar Open | ||
| 27 | Autumn Race 4 | BBQ and Bar Open | ||
| March | 6 | Autumn Race 5 | BBQ and Bar Open | |
| 13 | Autumn Race 6 | BBQ and Bar Open | ||
| 20 | Autumn Race 7 | BBQ and Bar Open | ||
| 27 | Autumn Race 8 | BBQ and Bar Open | ||
| April | 3 | Autumn Race 9 | Sausage sizzle & Members fridge | |
| 7 | Daylight Saving Ends |
All Yachts registered for the Saturday and Twilight Series are eligible to enter the Saturday Down Harbour and Mick York Series. The starting sequence will begin at 1315 hours for all Saturday Series races.
Joe Walsh Rigging Down Harbour Series
| Year | Month | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | September | 8 | Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 1 |
| October | 13 | Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 2 | |
| November | 10 | Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 3 | |
| December | 15 | Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 4 | |
| 2013 | January | 19 | Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 5 |
| February | 9 | Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 6 | |
| March | 9 | Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 7 | |
| April | 13 | Joe Walsh Down Harbour Race 8 |
Mick York Trophy Races
| Year | Month | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | September | 15 | Mick York Trophy Series Race 1 |
| October | 20 | Mick York Trophy Series Race 2 | |
| November | 24 | Mick York Trophy Series Race 3 | |
| 2013 | January | 12 | Mick York Trophy Series Race 4 |
| February | 23 | Mick York Trophy Series Race 5 | |
| April | 6 | Mick York Trophy Series Race 6 |
NSW Government School – Term Dates
Term
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2012 | 2013 | ||
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| From | To | From | To | |
| 1 | 27th January | 5th April | 29th January | 12th April |
| 2 | 23rd April | 29th June | 29rd April | 28th June |
| 3 | 16th July | 21st September | 15th July | 20th September |
| 4 | 8th October | 21st December | 8th October | 20th December |
Sabot, Junior Laser and Laser Series
Sabot Races start no earlier than 1300 hours, Lasers can be on the deck at 1400 hours, should be on water by 1500 hours and can return from 1700hours. * For details see the Sabot Sailing Instructions for race formats.
| Year | Month | Date | Sabot and Junior Laser* | BBQ | Laser |
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| 2012 | August | 11 | Working Bee -Clubhouse from 0900 Hours – all welcome |
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| September | 2 | Spring Series Race 1 -Club Championship Ht 1 | BBQ | Spring Series Race 1 | |
| 9 | Spring Series Race 2 | Spring Series Race 2 | |||
| 16 | Spring Series Race 3 -Club Championship Ht 2 | Spring Series Race 3 | |||
| 23 | School Holidays |
Spring Series Race 4 | |||
| 30 | Long Weekend | ||||
| October | 7 | School Holidays | Spring Series Race 5 Cowie Cup Heat 1 | ||
| 14 | Spring Series Race 4 | BBQ | Spring Series Race 6 | ||
| 21 | Spring Series Race 5 | Spring Series Race 7 | |||
| 28 | Spring Series Race 6 | Spring Series Race 8 | |||
| November | 4 | Spring Series Race 7 -Club Championship Ht 3 | Spring Series Race 9 | ||
| 11 | Spring Series Race 8 | BBQ | Summer Series Race 1 Cowie Cup Heat 2 | ||
| 18 | Spring Series Race 9 | Summer Series Race 2 | |||
| 25 | Spring Series Race 10 | Summer Series Race 3 | |||
| December | 2 | Summer Series Race 1 | Summer Series Race 4 | ||
| 9 | No race Greenwich Games |
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| 16 | Summer Series Race 2 – Club Championship Ht 4 | Summer Series Race 5 Cowie Cup Heat 3 | |||
| 23 | Summer Series Race 3 | BBQ | Summer Series Race 6 | ||
| 30 | School Holidays – no races |
Break – no races | |||
| 2013 | January | 6 | |||
| 13 | Summer Series Race 7 – Australia Day Regatta Race |
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| 20 | Summer Series Race 8 | ||||
| 27 | Summer Series Race 9 Cowie Cup Heat 4 | ||||
| February | 3 | Summer Series Race 4 – Australia Day Regatta Race Club Championship Ht 5 |
BBQ | Autumn Series Race 1 | |
| 10 | Summer Series Race 5 – Commodore’s Trophy Race | Autumn Series Race 2 | |||
| 17 | Summer Series Race 6 | Autumn Series Race 3 | |||
| 24 | Summer Series Race 7 – Tin Can and Mug Trophy Race |
BBQ | Autumn Series Race 4 Cowie Cup Heat 5 | ||
| March | 3 | Summer Series Race 8 – Club Championship Ht 6 | Autumn Series Race 5 | ||
| 10 | Summer Series Race 9 – Class Captain’s Trophy Race |
Autumn Series Race 6 | |||
| 17 | Summer Series Race 10 -Club Championship Ht 7 | Autumn Series Race 7 | |||
| 24 | End of Season Novelty Races and Trophy Presentation |
BBQ | Autumn Series Race 8 | ||
| 31 | Easter – no race |
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| April | 7 | Autumn Series Race 9 | |||