Members Survey - Your change to have a say
The General Committee and House and Social Sub-committee strongly encourage you to take the time to complete this survey. Your feedback will provide us with valuable information about the services and facilities you want your Club to provide. Tell us what we are doing well or where you would like us to make changes to improve the services we provide.
You have until Friday 7 July to complete the survey and we look forward to receiving your response.

We have seen your photos on Facebook, phones and cameras and know the Squadron is brimming with great memories and celebrations of time spent on the water. We ask that you share them on the Art-wall by submitting your favourite photo(s) to one or more of the following categories:

RACING | CRUISING | LANDSCAPE | FUN ON THE WATER
Email jpeg or pdf image(s) to [email protected] by June 4th 2017. Don’t resize your photos, send in the largest size you have. Include your name, nominate colour or black & white printing and submission category(s). Entries will be printed to 20cm x 25cm and displayed by number – entrants remaining anonymous. A ballot box nomination will be used to select the winning photo for each category. Entry fee $10 charged to your club account.

Entertainmen​t Book... only 2 left
Sailability Tasmania is again raising funds via the Tasmanian Entertainmen​t Book. 20% from every membership sold contributes to supporting Sailability. Books are available from the DSS Office.

The Squadron now has a used battery drop off container located in the slip-yard. Please see our Marine Facilities Officer Peter for more details.

Member Car Parking Permits
Those members who have already paid their membership will soon receive our new parking permit stickers in the mail. Once you have received your parking permit please place on your car and advise the office of your registration number.

Can’t get in your boat shed? Have unused boat equipment you would like to sell or give away? Why not list these items in the Squadron classified. Please send your sale/ give away items including a short description of the item and contact details to rearcommodor​[email protected] and they will be listed in the next Squadron News as well as Social Snippitz.

COMBINED CLUBS 2017-18 PROPOSED SAILING PROGRAM
The Combined Clubs agreement has been in place since 2012 and in the main has worked well, with most series well supported both in terms of entries and starters. However it has become apparent that in recent years the number of boats entering and starting in the Combined Clubs Harbour Series has been in serious decline. The Sailing Managers and key volunteers from the three clubs have been meeting regularly in the latter part of the 2016-2017 Season to attempt to address the decline by putting forward a model that encourages maximum participatio​n in the Combined Clubs pennant series. In doing so the group has taken into account feedback and constructive criticism from a range of owners and skippers. We have also been careful not to damage participatio​n in successful series such as the Long Race Series and various Twilight Series. Bearing in mind that any new pennant model will be a compromise, the following is the model we are proposing for the 2017-2018 Season.
The programme features:

• COMBINED CLUBS SUMMER PENNANT, consisting of nine races
  • Five will be long date races starting around 10am.
  • Four will be races in the river starting around 1.30pm.
  • Races will be scheduled approx. every second Saturday
• Because the new model combines the groups and divisions from the Long Race and Harbour Race Series, PHS handicaps will need to be reviewed and boats allocated to four or five divisions. While this may have little impact on most boats, some will inevitably go to a higher or lower division than in the past. IRC and AMS ratings will not be affected.

For those wanting the cut and thrust of windward/leeward style races there will be a separate series;

• SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIP, this series will consist of three days scheduled throughout the season, with each day consisting of up to five races.

There will be more detail released in the next few weeks but this summary covers the direction Combined Clubs will be taking in 2017-18.

Combined Clubs Sailing Operations Group

Squadron Race Dates ~ June - September

House Open Times
With the colder winter months upon us our open times until spring are below.