Over the Labour Day weekend in March, the Victorian Impulse Association will be conducting their Victorian State Titles, and also the Southern State Titles at the Williamstown Sailing Club.  There are 4 sessions for racing; Saturday afternoon, Sunday morning, Sunday afternoon and Monday morning.
 
So come on down and watch the action of this class on the water- we are needing volunteer helpers across various activities both on and off the water over the weekend.
 

Williamstown Sailing club was victorious at the Annual Top of the Bay event held between the small boat sailing clubs at this end of Port Phillip Bay on 6th Feb.
In very challenging conditions Willy boats Sailed across to Port Melbourne to compete in the race.
Well done to all those who competed, the scores between clubs were close but we came out on top.

Saturday saw this year’s Club-1 group out on the water for the first time. Having completed their Learn to Sail course only a few weeks earlier, the promise of good conditions for beginners brought a number of them down to the club for their first race. The conditions though ultimately proved challenging. Despite the benign weather forecast of 15 to 20 knot winds and seas of 0.5 to 1 metre, conditions out there on Saturday were tough. The wind was quite variable and the swell seemed a lot higher than the predicted 1 metre.

Race result standings for the Club and Class Championships 2009 have now been published:

• Club Championship
• Class Championship

The results sheets also have a permanent link on the "Club Racing" page.

News in Lieu of a Newsletter
Normally we would be sending out the quarterly newsletter but our editor has been unwell and the committee thought it would be nice to give him some time off. So this is a fill-in in lieu of the newsletter (next quarter we will be back to normal I hope).
The year book has suffered some delay also but will be available as soon possible.
Everyone will receive a copy in the normal mail as well

You can certainly pack a lot of drama into one of these sailing races can’t you? Well at least Ken and I can! We’re now managing to keep pace with the fleet and that brings with it a whole new level of enjoyment for us. No longer are we just sailing the course – at last we’re competing!

We need wind. Without wind we can't sail. So as if to reinforce the fact that our sport is so dependent on the wind, on Saturday mother nature withdrew our only means of propulsion - the wind. For those that revel in light wind conditions it was an opportunity to seize the advantage and post a good result. But for the majority of us it was a test of patience and persistence.

Day scheduled for first interclub (HBYC, WSC and possibly RYCV) pacer race.