Covid Guidance from Australian Sailing

Unfortunately the Covid situation continues to impact the activities of the BPYC on and off the water. Please find below guidance from Australian Sailing that the BPYC endorses. Please note however, the BPYC does not provide legally binding advice and all members and friends of the club should follow official government guidelines, keeping in mind that this changes frequently.

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Unfortunately Covid restrictions have not changed and we all need to batten down the hatches and wait this out.

What these restrictions mean for sailing in Greater Sydney, Wollongong, Shellharbour, The Central Coast and The Blue Mountains:

·         The rules allow two people to exercise together, or more if they are from the same household.

·         Sailing is considered as exercise.

·         People must stay in their Local Government Area or within 10km of home for exercise.

·         This means you can go sailing with one other person, or more if they are all from your household. Social distancing must be observed.

·         If you do go sailing, please get in, go sailing, go home; keep your distance from others at your club, marina or boat ramp.

·         Do not carpool with anyone outside your family.

·         All crew must reside within 10km of the boat.

·         The boat must remain within 10km of everyone's residential address.

The NSW Office of Sport site has detailed advice for Sporting Organisations https://www.sport.nsw.gov.au/covid-19-information

NSW Maritime have updated their advice - https://roads-waterways.transport.nsw.gov.au/maritime/covid-19-update.html

We are also keeping our Information page updated with any new advice we receive - https://www.sailingresources.org.au/covid-19/nsw/

For those clubs in the locked down areas, we are putting together some ideas and resources for keeping you engaged with your members, as well as some ideas for sailors of all ages to pass the time at home. These will be sent out and posted on the NSW News page.