Happy Wednesday sailors,
If you’re planning any offshore racing or passages, I suggest you check out the ORCV’s online Fundamental or Intermediate Navigation Courses, or Navigation Masterclass with leading offshore navigator Will Oxley. Navigation is an important skill for both skippers and crew, especially if you’re heading offshore. I have just booked my spot! You can find out more on our website.
Thanks to Neil from Above & Beyond Boating for the mention in their podcast this week. The topic is ‘taking others on your boating journey,’ and if you are not familiar with the AABB podcast you can check it out here.
Don’t forget to join me tonight at 7pm AEST for Dockside with Deb – this week my guest is MHYC Commodore Peter Lewis who will talk about the new Breakout Series 2020, as well as other aspects of getting back to sailing after COVID-19 and club strategy.
With sailing starting to open back up, we have new races and events being added all of the time to the MySail event listing page. If you would like to get your club’s events listed here, send an email to hello@mysail.team so we can help you out.
Until next week, happy sailing 😊⛵
Deb (MySail Founder)
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Sailing News from Around the Web
MySail Launches Contact Tracing Features
Designed to help skippers easily manage their sailing schedule and crew, MySail offers a convenient platform to manage contact tracing details. Once the yacht’s sailing schedule is set-up, crew details required for contact tracing can automatically be tracked in the system.
From mysailing.com.au | Read full article.
Applied Reason
The tense wait is over for foreign America’s Cup personnel trying to enter the host nation as the New Zealand government finally grants them permission.
From Ocean Magazine | Read full article.
Entries Open for Brisbane to Keppel and Brisbane to Hamilton Island Yacht Races
The Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron has announced that their signature offshore races, the Club Marine Brisbane to Keppel Tropical Yacht Race and the Brisbane to Hamilton Island Yacht Race, will be going ahead in light of the relaxations surrounding COVID-19 restrictions. The races are scheduled for the original start date of Friday 31 July 2020 in the anticipation of further easing.
From MySail News | Read full article.
Matt Steven Sailing Undercover Wins Young 88 Two Handed Champs on Countback
Last Sunday saw the running of the second stage of the aptly named and “covinnovative” Mount Gay Rum 1-2-3 Series. Two handed, windward leewards with no extras was the order of the day. Twelve competitive 88’s and a bunch of hardy Pied Pipers assembled in the vicinity of Auckland Harbour’s Northern Leading Light to do battle in ten to 20 knot Southwesters over five intense and closely fought races.
From MySail News | Read full article.
Podcast: Taking Others on your Boating Journey
In this episode Neil discusses the benefits of progressing through your skippering journey with other people, whether they are regular crew members or close friends and family.
From Above & Beyond Boating | Listen now.
Supporting Double Handed Sailing Growth
World Sailing has established a dedicated section for double handed offshore sailing to support the growth and interest in this segment of the sport.
From Scuttlebutt Sailing News | Read full article.
