Maylands Yacht Club

Next school Holidays, why not give your kids the opportunity to learn to sail!
MYC is holding a week long introductory sailing course, especially reserved for school aged sailors.
Mon 30th Sept to Fri 4th Oct 2024 - 5 half days.
Recommend 10 years minimum age.
Book now.
https://www.trybooking.com/CUNOP

School Holiday Intro to Sailing Course 30 Sep - 4 Oct 2024 School Holiday Learn to Sail course at Maylands Yacht Club. Runs over 5 days Mon 30th September to Fri 4th October. 9.00am to 1.00pm. This...

Learn a new skill at your local sailing club this year!
Maylands Yacht Club has opened bookings for its popular Learn to Sail course.
This course starts in October and runs for 9 weeks.
Open to all ages.
Book at this link:
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1274656?embed

Why not enjoy music by the river?

Remake of Alfred Hitchcock movie The Birds, now showing at the jetty outside MYC.

End of Season Results for the Sabre Fleet

Championship

1 Scott Underwood
2 Chris Holyday
3 Mimi Secco

Consistency

1 Scott Underwood
2 Chris Holyday
3 Mimi Secco

Short Course

1 Scott Underwood
2 Chris Holyday
3 Mimi Secco

Summer season may be over, but we continue to sail on the first Sunday of the month through the winter, race starts at 1pm.

End of Season Results for the Mirror Fleet

Championship
1 Doug Pianta
2 Rolna Stoeger
3 Glenn Secco

Consistency

1 Doug Pianta
2 Glenn Secco
2 Rolna Stoeger

Short Course

1 Doug Pianta
2 Glenn Secco
3 Nathan Steele

End of Season Results for the Laser Fleet
Some more photos from the end of season prize night held last week:

Championship
1 Jerome Toonen
2 Terry Gaunt
3 Robert Hermans

Consistency

1 Jerome Toonen
2 Juan Roman
3 Trevor Rabey

Short Course

1 Jerome Toonen
2 Alan Benn
3 Juan Roman

Congratulations to all our sailors as we celebrated the end of the summer season at our annual Prize Night.
Some consistent and dominant wins from Jerome Toonen (Lasers), Doug Pianta and Haro Armstrong (Mirrors) and Scott Underwood (Sabres)

Congratulations to Len Randell OAM

The South of Perth Yacht Club would like to congratulate Len Randell OAM on the recognition of his service to sailing and naval architecture.

Len Randell is very much one of the fathers of sailing on the Swan River and is a living credit to the sailing community of Perth and ocean clubs. His name is known the length and breadth of Australia as are his designs and boats that ranged from the simple Pelican dinghy to the STS Leeuwin and includes fishing boats, cray boats, ferries and the 14 foot skiffs that were sailed to National championships during the 1950’s.

Len wasn’t born into a sailing family, but became enamoured with the river, indeed any water everywhere. He grew up in the Depression years and all of his spare time was spent around the Swan and Canning rivers, fishing, swimming, building canoes with his mates to go paddling on the river. He began sailing at Maylands before the yacht club was established and began to hire boats from the foot of William St, near where the new Elizabeth Quay would be established. Sailing, crabbing, a free roaming life, there was little money and he had to learn to make his own fun.

He left Perth Modern School at fifteen to take a trade as an electrical fitter and by twenty two was a regional supervisor for the Public Works Department. But it wasn’t to his liking and he followed his passion for boat design on an amateur basis. To him, it was just commonsense and after some study, he wrote a thesis and submitted plans to the Royal Institute of Naval Architects in the UK in 1952 and at the age of twenty seven was made an associate. The only naval architect in Perth at that time and self taught at that.

From then on his reputation spread, as his understanding of different materials and sailing experience helped him design faster boats. He had confidence in his intuition and didn’t rigidly follow Lloyds Rules on Loads to the letter and he ended up designing vessels of all sizes and materials from 14 ft skiffs to cruisers and fishing boats. Len took up a number of hobbies in later life and is a keen glider pilot, still flying today and regards it as a natural extension of his sailing career.

He was a sailor as well as a designer and in unusual circumstances, he sailed a friend’s yacht Rugged, that he had designed and helped build, in the inaugural Naturaliste Race in 1955. Of course he won it on handicap, as the sixth boat over the line, but it was an amazing feat for the smallest boat in the fleet of 15 boats. We need to remember that he sailed on a large number of the offshore races in his youth and still sails today on the Swan River from SoPYC.

Len Randell joined the South of Perth Yacht club in 1951 and was elected as a Vice Patron of the club in 2019.

Once again the club and indeed the whole of the sailing community of Western Australia would like to congratulate Mr Len Randell OAM for his contribution to sailing and boat design in Australia.

Words: Rick Steuart Archivist SoPYC
Images: Amanda Watson.

Small turnout? No worries. There's always the Laser, Sabre, RC mixed fleet!

Members - have you booked for the 14th June End of Season Presentation Dinner?
It's a real quick step. Just click on the link below.
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1226100?embed

Redesigned river bank to challenge our winter sailors.

Thanks to Sabre sailor Steve for the photo.

Members - have you booked for the 14th June End of Season Presentation Dinner yet?
It's a real quick step, just click on the link below.

https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1226100?embed

Members are reminded to book their tickets for the end of season prize night on Friday 14th June.
We're serving up paella and dessert plus loud music (courtesy of our resident yacht rock band, "Now & Then") and potentially bad dancing.
Don't leave it to chance at the door, book now.

2023 - 2024 Maylands Yacht Club Prize Night Come and celebrate the end of a successful 2023/2024 season at Maylands Yacht Club. Bring your family for a relaxed opportunity to congratulate...

Multiple owners later, Mirror 67115 (aka The Duke) now appears a classic wooden dinghy. Beautifully reimagined and brought back to glory by Sabre enthusiast Chris Holyday.

On the occasion of the 2024 City of Bayswater Regatta, members of Maylands Yacht Club pay respect to our late Commodore Terry Gaunt senior.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Terry Gaunt senior. Terry was part of the fabric of Maylands Yacht Club. He was a Club Commodore (following in the footsteps of his father Wally and paving the way for son John) and Club Patron. Terry was always supportive of the club, its members and their sailing endeavours.

The Gaunt family are a solid foundation of the history at Maylands and we send our sincere condolences.

It's on again!
Bring your dinghy and join the fleets at Maylands Yacht Club for the annual City of Bayswater Regatta.
Sunday 24th March 2024. Register on the day.
Racing starts at 2pm.
Drinks and refreshments afterwards.

Free entry, cash prizes.
What more could a Sunday sailor ask for?
(Ed: more wind than last year)

Attention MYC sailors: with Sunday's forecast high temperature and light wind, we are assessing whether afternoon racing will be on.

Morning training fleet will be held as usual.

Stay cool.

Bookings are now open for the next Learn to Sail course at Maylands Yacht Club, commencing Sunday 4th February 2024.
This course spans 9 weeks and is suitable for adults and children.

Learn to Sail Feb 2024 at Maylands Yacht Club This training course runs every Sunday morning from 4th February 2024 for 9 weeks. Ideal for beginners and those with little sailing experience. Open to all ages. Using Club boats, sailors are taught the basics of sailing in a friendly and supportive environment. Registration includes membership to....

Our popular school holiday course is now open for bookings.
Keep the kids outdoors and busy learning to sail over 5 days from 22nd to 26th January 2024. Recommended minimum age 10 years.

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Maylands Yacht Club looks forward to welcoming visiting Sabre sailors for the first heats of the 2023 2024 State Title this Sunday 19th November.
Our gourmet hot dogs will be available as usual from the kiosk to fuel (or re-fuel) you.

This Sunday 19th November, MYC is hosting the first heats of the Sabre States. Plus it's a short course racing day!

MYC members please bring a dish to share for club dinner during presentations. Visiting Sabre sailors are most welcome to join.

A reminder to our sailors that this Sunday is 2 short course races followed by a Club dinner. Bring a plate to share.

Members sailing today were lucky to share in birthday cake in honour of Club Patron Ken Patterson.

Members (past and present) and friends of Maylands Yacht Club are invited to the Season Opening Day this Sunday 8th October. Be on the grassed area before 1pm to hear from Club Commodore Rob Hermans, and our new Club Patron - Life Member and keen Laser sailor Ken Patterson.

RFBYC's premier dinghy event, the 34th International Classes Regatta (ICR) will be held over the weekend of 2 & 3 December 2023. ⛵️🤩

The Notice of Race has been released and entries are now open!

An invitation is extended to the following Classes:

Single-Handed Classes:
🌟 Contender
🌟 ILCA 4, ILCA 6, ILCA 7
🌟 Optimist
🌟 O’pen Skiff
🌟 Hansa
🌟 International OK Dinghy
🌟 BIC Techno
🌟 WindFoil
🌟 WingFoil
🌟 WASZP

Double-Handed Classes:
🌟 29er, 29er XS
🌟 Mirror

Open training sessions for some classes in the week leading up to the event. Check out the schedule attached to the Notice of Race.

https://rfbyc.asn.au/2023-icr-dinghy-regatta

The Contender States will be held in conjunction with the ICR.

Go back through memory lane or if this is your first ICR, check out some fabulous highlights from the 2022 ICR:
Day 1️⃣ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psyY15j4Eio
Day 2️⃣ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4GVZSU3J6I

The 34th ICR is only 12 weeks away. We look forward to welcoming everyone in early December.

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Perth Dinghy Sailing Club
Perth Flying Squadron Yacht Club Inc
Koombana Bay Sailing Club
Mandurah Offshore Fishing and Sailing Club
Princess Royal Sailing Club
Dunsborough Bay Yacht Club
Maylands Yacht Club
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WA9ers
WA Laser Association
Contender Owners Australia
Western Australian International Optimist Sailing Association
Contender Class Australia
Australian Sailing - WA

A reminder that September's winter sail will be on 10th September. Happy Father's Day to everyone this Sunday.

Don't Panic.
There's still tickets left for the MYC Prize Night on Friday 14th July.
Embrace the French theme with a spit roast dinner, live music, and some light entertainment.

Book at this link:
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?embed&eid=1072103