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Concrete and Steel Arrives

The Construction of the PHYCs new clubhouse has now reached another milestone as Custom Constructions delivery of concrete and steel reached the PHYC hardstand.

Gypsy wins club race

Anything is possible in the Pilbara and Gypsy showed them all on Sunday 14th June 2009 when all accolades went to the skipper and crew with a deserved victory.  

One time cauldron… to glamour queen on the race course

Young Guns hit the water

Aaron, Jacob and Jadyn showed how the art of sailing was done, when they hit the water to mix it with the seasoned club sailors on the race course.  While the three recent graduates of the Learn to Sail Course did not complete the course,  it was great to see them sail out of the challenging yacht club basin and return before the low tide closed the inlet.  And all this without even a sign of a capsize in the 15 to 20 knot Sou-Easterly.  The Club is proud of your effortds lads. 

The guys were joined after the race by some of their fellow Navy Cadets and the talk was high about how the sailing went and who was going to compete to win the upcoming PHYC Corsair Dinghy Challenge.

Northwest Regatta scheduled

The Northwest Regatta skipped a beat in 2008, but will return to the waters off Hampton Harbour Boat and Sailing Club on 11th and 12th July 2009 at Dampier.  That is the weekend in the middle of the July school holidays.  This will make it easier for people wanting to travel from Perth, Exmouth, Hedland and Broome etc

Check out http://phyc.wordpress.com/northwest-regatta/

or keep an eye on the http://www.hamptonharbour.net.au/index.html HHBSC website for more information.

 

Learn to Sail

May 2009 Learn to Sail Graduates and Instructors

The first of the 2009 Port Hedland Yacht Club Learn to Sail Courses has been completed.   The course participants gathered practical and theoretical knowledge on and off the water in mostly perfect weather.  But even the  rain squall on the second class could not dampen the spirits of the new sailors.  Port Hedland Yacht Club is excited to have the new sailors hit the water and practice their new skills.

If you are keen to Learn to sail then contact 0417 987 815 

 

or Learn to Sail class information can be found at http://phyc.wordpress.com/learn-to-sail/

You see the New Club is only a slab …

but there is much more happening out of sight

The steel manufacturer is busy assembling the structural steel components.

 

New club house that is to be completed in 2009

 The picture shows the Architect’s Impression of the new club house that is to be completed in 2009. 

 

Port Hedland Yacht Club has a long history in the Pilbara.  The club is very excited to be progressing towards a new era with the new club house and a continued growth in membership.  PHYC is a great venue to socialise with friends and family or just to sit back and enjoy the awesome Pilbara sunsets. 

Members and Guests of members are welcome to enjoy the club facilities on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  The club facilities include a Bar, Galley and outdoor or undercover dining.  The Playground is simply impressive and is a must for the children.  The Yacht Club Markets are held once a month and are just another reason to frequent the club.

The Port Hedland weather directs the sailing season to run from April to November.  The cooler months are great to escape the hot summers and stay clear of the tropical cyclone activity.  The club provides members with access to a boat ramp and a hose down bay.  The Hardstand Area is suitable for small boats through to large yachts and is fitted with cyclone tie downs.

Learn to Sail Courses will be held through the season.  The courses are great fun and will give novice sailors the skills to sail an off the beach dinghy.  The club has nine Corsair sailing dinghies which are ideal to learn the sailing skills.

See the friendly faces at the door for membership and other enquiries.

We look forward to seeing you at the Port Hedland Yacht Club soon.

PHYC 2009 Opening Day

A group of keen sailors took to the water on Sunday 26th April for the 2009 Opening Day.  Ten boats hit the water to blow away the cob webs.   With thanks to the VMR Port Hedland, the fleet was kept safe and were ensured a return to shore.  e.g. Hobie 16

 

1 rescue performed

Comfortably Numb

 The members enjoyed a BBQ lunch which was tremendous.  Thanks to the chefs.

 

Next sailing will be the Learn to Sail Class on the Saturday 9th May with racing on the Sunday 10th May.

PHYC 2009 Opening Day

PHYC will celebrate the Opening of the 2009 sailing season on Sunday 26th April.

New and returning sailors are welcome to enjoy a social day at the club.  For the new sailors it is a great opportunity to try sailing and learn what facilities the Port Hedland Yacht Club has to offer.

Any enquiries to Commodore John Bartlem.

Sailing  Calendar as follows noting RACE START TIMES …

Date	Event	Start
April
Sun 26th	Opening Day	10:30
May
Sat 9th	Learn to Sail – A1	09:00
Sun10th	Club Race 1	10:45
Sat 16th	Learn to Sail A2	09:00
Sat 23rd	Learn to Sail A3	09:00
Sat 30th	Learn to Sail B1	09:00
Sun 31st	Dinghy Challenge	14:00
June
Sat 6th	Learn to Sail B2	09:00
Sat 13th	Learn to Sail B3	09:00
Sun 14th	Club Race 2	13:45
Sat 20th	??	?
Sun 21st	?? was Dampier	?
Sat 27th	Learn to Sail C1	09:00
Sun 28th	Dinghy Challenge	13:45
July
Sat 11th	Learn to Sail C2 OR NORWEST  REGATTA DAMPIER	09:00   ??
Sun 12th	Club Race 3 OR NORWEST REGATTA DAMPIER	12:00   ??
Sat 25th	Learn to Sail C3	09:00
Sun 26th	Dinghy Challenge	12:45
August
Sat 8th	Learn to Sail D1	09:00
Sun 9th	Club Race 4	12:00
Sat 22nd	PHYC Regatta	11:30
Sun 23rd	Port Hedland	10:30
September
Sat 5th	Learn to Sail D2	09:00
Sun 6th	Dinghy Challenge	11:00
Sat 19th	Learn to Sail D3	09:00
Sun 20th	Club Race 5	11:00
October
Sun 4th	Picnic Day	10:30
Sun 11th	Dinghy Challenge	14:00
November
Sun 8th	Closing Day	12:00

 

 

PHYC New Clubhouse Construction – Slab is down

PHYC New Clubhouse Construction

 

 

PHYC Pilbara Dust Storm Spectacular

The PHYC once again had front row seats for a spectacle like no other.  On Thursday 26th February the sky lit up under a spectacular sky full of cloud and a pending sunset, much to the delight of club members and guests. 

Unfortunately the same group of people witnessed the passage of a front from a dust storm.  The Port Hedland BoM recorded winds up to 95 kilometres per hour.  Thankfully the rain quickly followed to settle the dust and the members were treated to a spectacular light show by mother nature.

 

 

Local Sailor wins WA State titleMike Forbes has completed an excellent Skate dinghy career by taking victory in the 2009 Skate Dinghy State Titles with long time sailing partner, Gary Caporn.   Mike said the sailing at East Fremantle Yacht Club, Perth was dificult for the other competitors, but it was their steady hand in wind gusts upto 30 knots that sealed there Title victory. 

Source http://www.sailtoronto.org.au/photos 

The Skate is a two person skiff dinghy that carries two people.  The asymmetric spinakker provides plenty of power on the downwind legs and generates some high speed sailing.

The multiple National and State title winner has taken up the opportunity to sail the two handed TASAR dinghy with his wife Jen at PHYC.  See pic below.  The couple plan to compete in Japan in the TASAR World Titles in September / October 2009.  Anyone interested in sailing the TASAR or sailing in general should contact the club. 

The PHYC sailing season will start in April 2009, with the Opening Day scheduled for Sunday of the ANZAC Day long weekend.  The club calendar will be posted very soon.

Club Bar and Galley Open

Thursday 22nd January 2009

Thanks to the help of some hard working club members the club is shining again.

 

 

A big thanks to the committee members John Bartlem, David Sutcliffe, David Gosper, Ilse Gosper, Greg Lacey, Alan Hocking.  And helping hands from David Tremlett, Brett McInerney, Tash Hunter, Lorraine Bartlem, Tanya Richardson and Life Member Gordon ‘Big G’ Clement.  This hard working crew pushed through 42 degrees and 60 to 80 % Relative Humidity to get the club ready for the 2009 Summer Season. 

There will be plenty of opportunity for members to chip in, around the club this season as we observe the team from Custom Construction and Contractors complete the New club house. 

In the meantime, come on down and enjoy the wonderful evening seabreeze with a cool drink, a ripper sunset and a good value meal. 

Memberships for 2009 are available at the door or see the Bar staff for enquiries. 

 

PHYC is a smoke free venue in 2009.

 

See you soon at PHYC. 

  

Plenty of wind for a Wind-up

Some pics from the last outing for 2008…

 

Flying a hull off Hedland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tasar - Dynamic takes First and Fastest

 

Comfortably Numb in Hot Pursuit of Silver Lining

 

Vice Commodore strutting his stuff

 

 

Weerdee Island

A combination of the 30 knot wind on Saturday morning and the Neap tides proved to be both a help and a hindrance, as a couple of the yachts flagged to sail to the Island did not make it and others made the journey in near record time.

The Weerde Island main beach was looking a little daunting at 10am on Saturday morning as Gypsy touched down with plenty of waves on the shore and sand being whisped of the sand dunes.

By the time Ribasher arrived, the bay was looking a little more like the picture postcard weather.  Sea Slug joined the party to complete the small flotilla,  shortly after RIbasher had taken anchor.

Happy Hour

The camping gear and fishing kit were brought up from below decks and then ashore to turn the deserted island into quite a hospitable camp.  Thanks to the bonfire wood collectors, a beach fire took over where the ripper of a sunset left off.

This is how you catch em Al

A couple of fish were landed on the lines and many more marine life spotted around the island waters.

Everyone was trying to get ashore – even this Blue Ring Octopus

 Gypsy set sail back for Port Hedland on the hint of a Sunday North Wester, but there were a lucky few who could stay on and enjoy the tropical paradise in style.

Doin it Tough Weerdee Style

 

Tuggies take to the Water… In a Corsair !!

 

Corasirs Tug Style

With great pleasure that we announce the newest Corsair sailors at PHYC.  The guys from TK Shipping are certainly no slouches on the water.   Pushing around hundreds of thousands of tons of ship is an every day part of the job for the Tug Masters and their crew.  John Bourke is a former Commodore of the Sandy Bay Yacht Cub and current member of the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania.  John has netted some of colleagues from TK, to get them out on the Corsairs.  The guys enjoyed their Corsair sail so much that they are keen to join the membership and start some Corsair Match Racing.

You can look out for John at the Yacht Club, driving the Tugs in the Harbour or follow his progress on the yacht HELSAL III during the 2008 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. 

 

http://rolexsydneyhobart.com/yacht_details.asp?raceEntryID=12118

 

We warned you that he was NO slouch.  A damn good advert for sailing the PHYC Corsairs.

 

PORT HEDLAND YACHT CLUB 2008 REGATTA 

The PHYC Regatta for 2008 certainly provided plenty of varying sailing conditions for the sailors.  A time correction yardstick was applied to the three divisions of yachts, normalizing sailing performance of the crews of dissimilar yachts.

The off-the-beach boats enjoyed sailing from the yacht club basin to the race course in the outer Harbour.  Thanks to the efforts of BHP Billiton and Downer EDI Works, who have provided the deepening of the basin entrance with the recent civil works on the Spoil bank. 

The Regatta was sailed with a three race format. Nine boats lined up on the start line for Saturday’s racing in a light East Nor-Easterly.  After a weather forecast that predicted the sheets blowing off the clothesline, the majority of the fleet tried to finish the race battling the two knot tide in NO wind. 

Thanks to the crews of the Volunteer Marine Rescue and the Start Boat for their efforts in assisting with getting the fleet safely back to shore.  The winners were home and enjoying the sunset from the clubhouse while some of the unfortunate sailors were still coming home while the spectacular sunset slipped away.

Sunday’s weather was more of what the fleet had expected with a rather cool East Sou-East for the morning race up into the Port Hedland Inner Harbour and then a long zig zag back out to the top of the Spoilbank.  The weather did keep on challenging the sailors on the thirteen boat fleet, as the offshore winds abated and the afternoon sea breeze filled from the North, Nor-East.  The sailors returned to shore for a lunch break and then made their way back to the race course for the third and final Sunday afternoon race.  The sea breeze filled in at 15 knots and provided for some good racing. 

The regatta results for the Division A Monohulls were  1^st – Venomous, Dave Gosper, 2^nd – Ribasher, Phil Jones, 3^rd – Gypsy, Joan Foley.  The Division B Catarmarans, 1^st  - Allegro, John Bartlem, 2^nd – Evita, Chris Muller HHBSC, 3^rd – Warrawin, Barry Sisson. The Division C Dinghies, 1^st – Filler Up, Brett McInerney, 2^nd – Dynamic, Mike Forbes, 3^rd- Peter Forbes HHBSC.

The North West sailors now have the 2009 Regatta firmly in their sites with the Regatta to be sailed from the new clubhouse.  Sailing will continue on Saturday 6^th September with Sunday 7^th hosting the Corsair dinghy Challenge.

 

2008 Regatta Sponsors

NORTH WEST LIQUOR SUPPLIES ANDERSON STREET

HARVEY NORMAN BOULEVARD SHOPPING CENTRE

PROGRESSIVE SUPPLIES  HARDIE STREET

CUSTOM CONSTRUCTION  PORT HEDLAND

BHPBILLITON IRON ORE NELSON POINT

PILBARA BOATS N BIKES CAJARINA ROAD -  WEDGEFIELD

BLACKWOOD HARDWARE WILSON STREET

BOATING HARDWARE PRO SAIL O’CONNOR – PERTH

BIG G aka GORDON CLEMENT  PHYC LIFE MEMBER

DOWNER EDI WORKS PEAWAH STREET – WEDGEFIELD

Heavyweight Tidal CLASH

 

The Iron King was a big hit for the people of Hedland when she decided to steer her own way when departing port.  She is believed to have suffered steering failure when navigating one of the changes of direction in the shipping channel.  No better place too watch the outer harbour action than from the Port Hedland Yacht Club.  See you there soon.