All,
Firstly, thanks to those who attended the crew and skippers “Meet and Greet” on Sunday 11th August in the Club House (Blues Point Hotel) as it was a great opportunity to chat with you …and kudos to those who turned up after running the City to Surf.
As a follow up please find this email and information.
Racing
The Club's Race Calendar is on the web site and available to download.
Race 3 is scheduled for Sunday 8th September and Race 4 the Sunday 29th September.
Crew positions are available now for future races but pending the level of response, it will be on a first come first serve basis as we may have too many new crew for the racing positions available.
Matching Crew to Boats
As was discussed during the meet and greet session we understand that prospective crew live in a range of suburbs from inner west to north suburbs and our thinking is that we want to try and match crew to where the closest skipper/boat is located.
Currently our skippers/ boats are located at the following harbour locations:
1) Berrys Bay - closest to the yacht club (Blues Point Hotel)
2) Drummoyne - best for inner west residents.
3) Tambourine Bay - Riverview/Hunters Hill area.
4) Greenwich (near Greenwich Ferry and Greenwich Flying Squadron)
Once you have been matched to a boat/skipper, details like the meeting and departure times will be communicated by the skipper. Also, if you seek to crew with another new crew person, please let us know this as well.
BPYC New Crew Offer - Free Helly Hansen Club Hat
The club has extended this offer up to and including Race 4 of the Spring Series.
The hats are worth $35 - $40 and are very popular. On completion of your membership you will be entitled to your complimentary hat and this will be presented at the post race awards back at the club house.
We have already issued 2 of these hats to two very eager new crew at the post race prizegiving for BPYC Race 2 of the Spring series on Sunday 25th August.
Australian Sailing Compliance
The BPYC is an affiliated club of Australian Sailing and part of our compliance obligations is ensuring our members and non-members who sail with the club have the insurance coverage provided by Australian Sailing.
Prior to racing, BPYC requires that any prospective new crew choses one of the following options in order to comply with Australian Sailing requirements:
Each of the membership options below can be activated on the BPYC website - https://www.bpyc.com.au/membership-2024-2025
Option 1 - AS Sail Pass - $15 per race, a one day coverage via on-line signup. Some more information here and on the Australian Sailing web site - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siQWvty5XOc&t=37s
Option 2 - BPYC Membership - $100 per year and includes discounted tickets to the Christmas Lunch and AGM lunch as well as securing your Australian Sailing Number - https://www.sailing.org.au/as-number/
Next Step and Call to Action
As a next step please respond to this email with the following:
1) Which boat location for racing;
2) Race date you’re looking to start,
3) Sail Pass or Membership option you will pursue;
BPYC will set up a WhatsApp group for New Crew who have confirmed interest by emailing to bluespointyc@gmail.com attention to the Commodore.
Once we have you introduced to a skipper/boat they will communicate the next steps and we will have this matching done prior to future races.
Any questions or issues, feel free to give me a call on 0416093215.
Carl Braden
COMMODORE BPYC
+61 416 093 215
