Posted 26th March 2020
Message from Club President
In response to the COVID virus regulations, Port Ohope Yacht Club will not be functioning until such time the COVID status is reduced.
This will impact on the following activities and events.
 
Sunday and Social sailing – CANCELLED until further notice.
Committee Meeting on 7th April – conference call.
AGM on 10th May – email and proxy voting
Queens Birthday Regatta – CANCELLED

Posted 8th March 2020
March Newsletter

CLUB SAILING
We hope that you can join us over the next few months.
The club sails most Sundays from the Clubhouse at Port Ohope Wharf. Members are usually at the clubhouse at 12.30pm to rig up the boats for a 1.30pm start on the water, weather conditions permitting.
Prospective members welcome, we have very helpful club members willing to get new members into sailing.
Once a member you have access to the hire of club boats and a great bunch of people to sail with.

COMING UP SOON  "Around the Island Race' Sunday 15th March

EXTRA SAILING FRIDAYS - Starts 4pm Friday 13th March
In addition to Sunday sailing, the club is offering ongoing skills training for new sailors or sailors wanting to fine tune their existing skills. Especially for those graduating from the Learn To Sail course and others that would like to get practice on the water. Adam Reid has offered to coach these sessions. Starts Friday 13th March at 4.pm . Bring the family and finish with and easy 'picnic' or 'fish and chip' dinner at the club house.

SCHOOL SAILING
The team, made up of Whakatane High School students is going to the BOPSAT School Team Racing  Regatta on Thursday 12th March, have been working hard training every Friday since September 2019 with this goal in mind, thanks to coaches Graeme Reid and Graeme Tee throughout the season.

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST RE OPERATING RIB BOAT
Interest is invited from people in our community keen to help out occasionally during our Sunday Sailing programmes. This will entail operating a small rib boat. Water safety awareness essential. Expressions of interest to Graeme Reid on 3125535 or email portohopeyachtclub@gmail.com

RISK MANAGEMENT
Don't forget to sign the sheet in the clubhouse if you are heading out on the water, and then sign back in again when you come back.

LEARN TO SAIL COURSE ABOUT TO FINISH
Our very popular Learn to Sail Course is finishing on Saturday 7th March. Thanks to Graeme Reid and Adam Reid for organising this and to other club memebers for their active support. Mark Mcintosh, Pete McKenzie, Graeme Reid and Ric Carr.
If you are keen for a future Learn to Sail course, email portohopeyachtclub@gmail.com to register your interest.

VENUE HIRE
Out very tidy club rooms are great for weddings, birthdays, meetings and other functions. Comfortable for a group of up to 80 people and competitive rates apply... Not to mention our views over Ohiwa Harbour are so stunning, it's only fair that we share them!
For enquiries and bookings, fill out the contact form on the Venue Hire tab (above) and the coordinator will be in touch to discuss your venue needs.

MEMBERSHIP ENQUIRIES
Junior Member - under the age of 18 years on 1st April in the current season - $50
Senior Member -  $120
Family Membership (3 + sailors)  - $170
Social member - $75
Further membership information Membership Tab above.

AGM
Coming up Sunday 10th May





Posted 18th January 2020

Dear Club Members and community,

We trust you all had a wonderful Christmas and holiday break with family and friends.
It was good to hear at the last committee meeting that we have a few new members
joining for the season so if you see someone new, make a point of introducing yourself and
being of assistance to make them feel welcome.
Wishing you a great start to 2020 and we hope you can join us over the next few months.

LEARN TO SAIL COURSE COMING UP
Our very popular Learn to Sail course will be going ahead again next month so if you know of
anyone who wants to learn to sail, there will be a children’s and adults’ course run at Port
Ohope Yacht Club. The cost will be $200 for adults and $100 for children from 9 to 13. The
course will be from 12pm to 5pm on Saturday 15, 22 and 29 February, and 7 March.
A reasonable level of swimming ability and fitness is required. Spaces are limited so email
portohopeyachtclub@gmail.com to register your interest or if you have any questions.

CLUB FUNDING
Heather Hourigan has been working hard behind the scenes applying for funding to upgrade
club equipment. We are pleased and grateful to have been granted $17,000 from the Lion
Foundation and $10,000 from The Southern Trust to go towards the purchase of a new boat for the club. We would also like to say
a huge thanks to the Ohope Lions Club for their donation of $2,000.
The committee decided at this month’s meeting to put these funds towards the purchase of a 4.3 centre console boat.

POT LUCK DINNER
Sunday 26th January after sailing (5pm ish)

VENUE HIRE
There has been positive interest in hiring the club rooms for weddings, birthdays, meetings
and other functions following recent paintwork and new carpet installation. Comfortable for
a group of up to 100 people and competitive rates apply... Not to mention that our views
over Ohiwa Harbour are so stunning, it’s only fair that we share them!
For enquiries and bookings, fill out the contact form at the link below and the Venue
Coordinator will be in contact with you to discuss your venue needs: www.sailingohope.co.nz/venue-hire.html

VHF COURSE SUBSIDY
Update: The dedicated coastguard course which was scheduled for December has been
postponed until 2020 (around March). We’ll let those who expressed an interest know once
this has been finalised.

CALL FOR SPARE PARTS
The club hire boats are due to be upgraded and some top section masts are being purchased
but if you have any parts at home which you no longer use that could be put to good use at
the club, please let Graeme Reid know.

BOATS FOR SALE
There are two Laser boats for sale (entry and mid level). Please contact Graeme Reid for
more details at reidagri@xtra.co.nz .
Optimist for sale $500 Contact Liam on 0274846783.

DES TOWNSON A SAILING LEGACY
Brian Peet has written and published a biography about legendary yacht designer Des
Townson, creator of the Zephyr, Mistral, Starling, Pied Piper and numerous other large and
small yachts. The book has been warmly received by local yachties and magazine reviewers.
Books can be purchased direct from www.destownson.co.nz with a 3-day courier delivery.

CLUBROOM KEYS
We have had a number of clubroom keys not being returned from past users. This is a risk
for our insurance coverage so we need to take all steps to encourage people to return keys
they are not using, and most importantly not lose them. The Committee therefore agreed to
increase the key deposit from $25 to $50. This only affects new requestors of keys.
NB: Please note that keys are also only available for sale to members who are paying for boat storage.

MEMBERSHIP ENQUIRIES
2019-2020 membership fees
Junior Member - under the age of 18 years on 1st April in the current season - $50
Senior Member - $120
Family Membership (3 + sailors) - $170
Social member - $75
Further membership information and registration forms are available at www.sailingohope.co.nz/membership.html
The club sails most Sundays from the clubhouse at Port Ohope Wharf. (Excluding the
months of July and August). We are usually at the clubhouse at 12.30pm to rig up the boats
for a 1.30pm start on the water, weather conditions permitting. We have very helpful
members willing to get new members into sailing.

Happy sailing, everyone!
The POYC Committee