Crew Register
Join our crew register and sail regularly in Club events. Our Skippers are always looking for experienced and not so experienced crew. Complete the registration form and your name and contact details will be posted on the MHYC website for skippers to view. Register by downloading a hardcopy version and return it to MHYC: Fax 02 9969 3326.
Yachts requiring Crew
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Yacht
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Design |
Skipper |
Contact |
Position |
Racing |
| Gogo |
MH53 |
Matthew White |
0421636374 |
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Saturday Pointscore |
| Nine Dragon |
NS369 |
Bob Cox |
MHYC - 9969 1244 |
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Saturday Pointscore |
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| Local Hero |
Syd36 |
Peter Mosely |
MHYC - 9969 1244 |
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Saturday Pointscore |
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| Crusher |
NSX36 |
Brent Lawson |
0418 203898 |
Tactician & Sail Trim
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APS - Sept 09 |
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| Tallawonga |
Jen 39 |
Chris Deane |
0414 748 960 |
Experienced Crew |
Thursday Twilight |
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| One |
Adams 10 |
Geoff Charters |
0410 786 627 |
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Summer Pointscore |
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| Heart of Gold |
Adams 10 Cruising
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Darryl Coombs |
0431 734 748 |
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Try Crewing Day 2010
19 September 2010 (To be confirmed)
The Sailing Industry Association (SIA) as division of the Boating Industry Association has identified a need for more people to be exposed to the activity known as Crewing.
The need has arisen with sailing clubs finding it difficult to find and retain crew to participate in sailing, be it recreational or competitive.
The SIA believes that an annual free activity that is complemented with some light education will be able to fulfill the needs of sailing clubs, sailboat owners and people wanting to crew by bringing the groups together.
The success of TCD will rely heavily on the participating clubs supporting the day and by involving the TCD participants in further activities like twilights, to ensure their retention in the sport.
Benefits to skippers
• Opportunity to get new crew
• Support club
Benefit to Clubs
• TCD will introduce people to clubs and encourage them into club membership from the start of their involvement in sailing.
Benefit to sailing industry
• TCD will inform people that participation in boating is possible without a boat.
• TCD will introduce people to sailing education.
• TCD will entice people to further their participation, leading to equipment and possible boat purchases.
• TCD will encourage more people to go boating.
Event outline
TCD will run from selected clubs that can provide the facilities and vessels needed for the event. The clubs can be geographically placed around NSW.
People (18 years & older) will pre-register through the BIA website. The BIA will work with clubs to coordinate bookings.
The possibility of being over subscribed will be closely monitored via the website registration booking system. The registration booking system can be pulled down once the TCD is full. The opportunity exists that these people who are interested but unable to take part in the day can still be given information about how to get into sailing.
On the day, participants will attend a preliminary briefing and beginners guide to crewing in the club with an opportunity to interact with their allocated skipper and crew.
This will be followed by a safety check, tour of the boat and sail.
On the completion of the sail, participants will meet back at the club for a sandwich and chat where club representatives can explain club membership, possibilities for further sailing tuition and a briefing on which sailing activities they can register to crew on and how to go about this.
The TCD program will incorporate an invitation for participants to sample twilight sailing (1 to 3 evenings) at the club. This ‘next step’ is critical to nurture people into crewing. On these nights, participating clubs are asked to act as TCD ambassadors to provide a special welcome to this batch of future sailors and club members.
Try Crewing Day (19 September 2010) timetable:
Time Activity
10.00 – 11.15AM (1 ¼ hours) AT CLUB Preliminary briefing
Beginners guide to crewing
Meet & greet skipper & crew
11.15AM – 1.15PM (2 hours) ON BOAT
Safety check
Tour of the boat
Sail
1.15PM – 1.45PM (1/2 hour) AT CLUB
Informal debrief & light lunch
Group size will depend on number of vessels available.
Timing
Year Date
2010 19-Sep
2011 18-Sep
2012 16-Sep
Racing Rules of Sailing - Crew Eligibility
MHYC Special Regulation 9.0 – Person in Charge
Members are reminded to read the details of MHYC SR9.0 Person in Charge published in the 2009/10 Sailing Handbook.
MHYC Special Regulation 10.0 - Helmsperson
A yacht shall only be helmed by the nominated helmsperson or a regular member of the crew. The nominated helmsperson is defined by the RC as the helmsperson whose name appears on the official race entry form. Where it is intended for another person to helm in a race, notification of the change of helmsperson shall be given in writing to the Sailing Office for approval not less than 3 hours before the start of the race. A regular member of the crew shall be one who has sailed in at least 50% of races on the yacht in the current season as a member of the crew.
RRS55 – Crew Eligibility
“Any crew member that sails in more than three races in any one sailing season, shall be a member of a Club affiliated to an MYA, and be a Youth or Silver member of their MYA and Yachting Australia.” (MYA means the State/Territory Yachting Authority- Yachting NSW)
“It shall be the responsibility of the person in charge of the boat to ensure that all crew members on board for each race comply with this prescription.”
