25 Days to go!!!

Had another meeting of the Organising Committee this morning and are well on the road towards tying up all the ends to make this a really memorable regatta!!!

Just a couple of things were discussed which we felt should be on this site to assist our visitors.

One, and it is most important, is that the sun can cause severe burning at this time of the year.    Even on overcast days, you can absorb a lot of radiation, especially if you come here from a Northern Hemisphere country which is just coming out of winter,

We will have limited supplies of sun screening ointment on hand but to be on teh safe side, if you are going to be on the water, bring some of your own so that you can re-apply it during the day.

The other matter is to bring some wet weather gear.   We are experiencing the wettest and coolest summer for many years and the indications are that we could continue to experience at least two days of rain during your stay.    Best be on the safe side.   It should not be cold but it could be wet!!!

Looking forward to the 17th March!

Bill

27 Days to go!!!

Just so you know!!!!

38 Days to Go!!!!

Our Executive Committee met again this morning at the Port Stephens Yacht Club.  We are moving steadily down the track with our planning and most things seem to be under control.   Our host families all met here a couple of nights ago and are all looking forward to looking after our overseas visitors.

The latest programme is now on the site and we only anticipate minor alterations from now on.

We may have a problem obtaining six Etchells Class yachts but we feel that, if necessary, we can overcome this by having a 7th Hood Class yacht.  If this happens the crew who would have been sailing the missing Etchells, will sail the 7th Hood in the Hood fleet.    If they beat their countries “official” Hood, their score will count.    If they don’t, their result will be discarded..   This will all be spelt out in the sailing instructions when they are issued closer to the date.

There were a couple of mistakes in the history page but they have been corrected, so, if we had your year wrong, it should be OK now!!

The latest timetable/programme is HERE

And a welcome letter from our Port Stephens Shire Council Mayor is HERE

65 Days to go UPDATE!

This page now follows on from Bill Haskell's Comments page

Only 465 days to go until March 18th!!!!!!.  Entries have now been finalised and we have 21 from the USA, 20 from Russia, 20 from Japan, 19 from Canada and 10 from New Zealand.   Should be a great party!!!

The programme has been drawn up and whilst we describe it a "provisional" we do not expect any major changes.

Click HERE to view it.

We conducted the first meeting of the organising Committee for the year yesterday.  All members were present and we are getting well down the road to a very happy and enjoyable event.

Port Stephens Toyota are supporting us by supplying sign writing for our rounding  marks and join the Port Stephens Shire Council (our local government body) as sponsors.

Visitor lists have been finalised and your host families will be notified shortly as to who is staying with whom.   We have done our best to match up visitors with specific hosts , not always an easy task!   We have 92 guests and 33 hosts with a few more still to come.

Our local teams have been selected and we will do our best to give you some pretty good competition!!

We now have wifi on site in our Clubhouse so those of you with iPads and mobiles will have easy access to the internet during your stay.

Our programme will start on Sunday 18th March with a cruise around our waterway using both the racing yachts and some of our local fleet so that supporters and some of our hosts can come along and have a look at our venue. 

Each day, lunch will be provided and there will be a Barbecue (Sausage sizzle we call it!) at the Clubhouse and the bar will be open as soon as the last race of the day concludes.