Ready to go? To participate, enter via Ch 62 between 1200 and 1330 with your boat name and number of crews on board. You will then be given an entry number which you will need to remember. Take photos of the locations below with a crew member in the pic, and either post them to the ‘Social Sail / cruise – Scavenger hunt’ FB event or email them to rearcommodore@rpnyc.org.nz between 1500 and 1600. Here are your clues in pdf: 2021-12-04 Scavenger hunt or list form below. >> Activity: Dress up a fender to look like a sailor and bring…
Author: Conny Rohr
… was so much fun that we have decided to plan another one in February! So if you missed out this time round, make sure you’re in next time. Not only did we have a full Wardroom on a non-sailing day, but there was great complimentary food, challenging questions, banter and laughter, cheering and ‘shouldn’t-have-changed-our-first-answer’ sighs, a fabulous bar team and awesome prizes donated by our sponsors. We have a few decent scores to beat next time round, so get prepared now and keep an eye out for Signals Ashore and on Facebook for the next Quiz Night date announcement!
Opening Day this year saw Club Commodore Dave Roberts announce a new promotion to encourage existing members to sign-up new members and receive a recognition for their efforts (> Join the Club) The ‘Member Get Member’ promotion runs from Opening Day (11 October 2021) through till the Commodore’s Trophy Race (30 April 2022). Existing members are encouraged to sign-up your family, friends, colleagues, as either a Senior member or a General member and you will earn a bar tab that can be redeemed at the RPNYC members bar. The key conditions are the nominated person cannot have been a member at…
It’s been a long time in the making, and finally – just in time – the Wardroom was ready for the members and our 139th Seasons Opening Day. Heaps of volunteer hours and Jason’s, Chris’ and Marcia’s time were spent over the last weeks to hurry up the tradies, put furniture back in, shine up the trophies, stock the bar and clean, clean, clean. Thanks again to all of you for your support 🙏. We had stunning weather for the short Opening Ceremony held on the deck. Commodore Dave Roberts in his speech thanked the Wardroom Project Steering Committee (Andrew…
Dear members, Well, the Wellington COVID scare certainly had an impact on the number of members attending the AGM, but thanks to ‘spontaneous’ renewals and upgrades we have managed to achieve a quorum – thank you attendees for coming along. The outgoing board presented their reports as published, and shared an update on the ongoing Earthquake strengthening project which provided a few challenges so far but overall is still on track to finish in 5-7 weeks. As smooth as the Annual Report and Accounts were presented and approved, as smooth was the voting of the new, incoming board. The new team presents as follows:…
What a week it was! On Sunday, 12th May, our friends from Ghost Fishing NZ were back to haul up more trash and rubbish from our doorstep, Clyde Quay. And on Saturday, 18th May, we celebrated our racing fleet, skippers and crews with our annual Prize Giving. SEASON 2018/19 PRIZE GIVING The trophies were polished, the room was gleaming and everyone’s eyes were full of anticipation with smiles and cheerfulness all around. Just what it needed to be! We were also welcoming our sponsors Charlotte and Pat from Lola Stays (Rum Series) and Paul from Dunning Thornton (Offshore Series), handing…
It’s time for an update on the earthquake strengthening project. There has been significant progress over the past few months, especially on the design and technical side. And while a lot of effort has been put in to drive the funding, the return here is less exciting. At the AGM, the ‘40%’ strengthening option was the favoured one by our members. We also left the ‘67%’ option on the table should something come up that made this more viable, however this was not the case. Accordingly, all of our effort has been focussed on the 40% option, which involves: A…
Windy Welly truly lived up to its name on the first day of the Regatta on Friday, with various different maximum wind speeds measured by different boats ranging from 30 to 50 knots. It was a good day for riggers and sail makers, and everyone enjoyed themselves. Needless to say most of us were aching the next day… Jive Talking battling the breeze on Friday For Saturday the breeze eased off, and the five races were sailed in very good conditions. The first four were windward/leewards similar to Friday’s races, followed by a harbour course which merged most of the…
The Regatta weekend is just about to start, and there’s lots happening over the weekend! Check out the programme here. Have you heard about the generous offer from Mevo for Regatta crew (free sign up and $10 credit (valid to 3 March 2019))? Check your email for details or get in touch. Thanks to our sponsors – Crombie Lockwood, North Sails, Yamaha, SeaDek, Lawson’s Dry Hills, Burnsco, mevo, Upholstery Craftsman, MUSTO, Mount Gay, McKenzie Willis, Whittaker’s, Pivotal Print, Chaffers Marina, The Apple Guy, Havana Coffee, Barton Marine – you can look forward to a load of goodies included in your Boat Regatta…
In January, the Twilight Series took place on Wednesdays. This was a good way to get back into racing and also to eye up the competitor’s skills before the Regatta. We had 9 boats in total competing in this series and received great feedback. The first evening comprised of 4 W/L races of about 10 minutes each, controlled from Caniwi in the inner harbour. It was decided there would be no kites allowed in the boisterous 20 -30 knots conditions. Race day 2 was a club start with the finish at Jerningham, then 2 W/L races starting from Jerningham in…