๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ž๐ญ ๐’๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐€๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐›๐ž๐ฌ

๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐’๐ฒ๐๐ง๐ž๐ฒ โ€“ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ž๐ญ ๐’๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐€๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐›๐ž๐ฌ

Written by Stephen Brook

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Sofiane Karim, is an 18-year-old French sailor, a sailing coach, and when it comes to describing his love of the sport, a poet.

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โ€œYou play with the elements,โ€ he says of sailing Laser Radials. โ€œYou play with the water, you play with the wind, play with the current, with the clouds everything,โ€ he says.

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โ€œAnd you also have to take care of the boat and you have to take care of yourself.

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โ€œYou learn a lot by sailing, that is why it is my favourite sport.โ€

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Sofiane is in Australia on a gap year, coaching at Woollahra Sailing Club and here to โ€œlearn Englishโ€ even though he can speak it perfectly.

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Home is Antibes (โ€œHave you visited? You mustโ€), between Cannes and Nice on the French Riviera, where the winds are lighter than Sydney Harbour and the water often choppier.

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๐๐š๐œ๐ซ๐š ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ ๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‡๐’๐‚

Written by Stephen Brook
Most of the time, Brin Liddell and Rhiannan Brown are on the same page.
The two 17 years olds, competing in the Sail Sydney Nacra 15 class, have an easy familiarity with each other that comes from crewing together for two seasons and being friends since they were eight.
And sometimes they even finish each otherโ€™s sentences.
For both, passionate parents were their entrรฉe into the sport: Rhinnanโ€™s mum first showed her the ropes when she was just five, Brinโ€™s dad campaigned in Tornadoes at the Barcelona Olympics, while his mum crewed on the tall ship Young Endeavour on its world voyage when she was aged 18.
The pair hope to sail all the way to the Youth World Championships in Brazil next December, and the youth spot will be decided early next year.
Brin steers, while Rhiannan crews. Asked how that was determined, Rhiannan replies succinctly, โ€œHe was already in it.โ€
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Club News โ€“ December 13 2019

Stories from Sail Sydney 2019
Sail Sydney is finally on at Woollahra Sailing Club for a four days of excitement sailing and we are giving the opportunity to our sailors to share their unique emotions with you.
๐๐š๐œ๐ซ๐š ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ ๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‡๐’๐‚
Written by Stephen Brook

Most of the time, Brin Liddell and Rhiannan Brown are on the same page.
The two 17 years olds, competing in the Sail Sydney Nacra 15 class, have an easy familiarity with each other that comes from crewing together for two seasons and being friends since they were eight.
And sometimes they even finish each otherโ€™s sentences.
For both, passionate parents were their entrรฉe into the sport: Rhinnanโ€™s mum first showed her the ropes when she was just five, Brinโ€™s dad campaigned in Tornadoes at the Barcelona Olympics, while his mum crewed on the tall ship Young Endeavour on its world voyage when she was aged 18.
The pair

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Club News โ€“ December 6 2019

Rosรฉ Bay 2019 โ€“ December 7
The Rosรฉ Bay event will be staged again this year at Woollahra Sailing Club. The festival will be on tomorrow and members will be able to visit the Eventbrite site for Tasting Pack/Ticket sales and receive a 10% discount. Use the promo code RB10 to enable tasting dozens of rosรฉ, red, white and sparkling wines for drinking on the day or for your summer cellar needs. Of course members are welcome in our club on the day to have a look and grab some lunch but wine must only be consumed by those who have tickets.ย  Book nowย 

Sail Sydney 2019
Less than a week to go to the event of the year at Woollahra Sailing Club. Do not miss the opportunity to be part of it.
Read moreโ€ฆ
Volunteers โ€“ Sail Sydney Needs You!
Youโ€™ve done the Volunteerโ€™s Competence training, now come and put those skills to practical use.ย 

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Legends of Woollahra Sailing Club โ€“ Brett Beyer

Legends of Woollahra Sailing Club โ€“ Brett Beyer
By Yves Stening
In November this year, Brett Beyer was honoured by the NSW/ACT Laser Association with Lifetime Membership.ย  Usually this kind of award comes to an athlete at the end of a distinguished career, a mark of respect for a once great contributor.ย  However, while Brettโ€™s contribution has indeed been great, he receives this award while still at the top of his game, both as an athlete and coach.ย ย 
In the last 18 months alone, he has achieved the following:
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Laser Masters World Championships, Dublin โ€“ 1st
Laser Masters World Championships, Netherlands โ€“ 2ndย 
Australian Laser Masters Championships- 1stย 
NSW Laser Masters Championships โ€“ 1stย 
South Pacific Laser Masters Championships โ€“ 1stย 
Coaching
Currently coaching WSCโ€™s Sylvie Stannage โ€“ Laser Radial, for path to Paris, 2024
Regularly coaching DBSC fleet programsย 
Private Coachingย 
His past achievements are extraordinary, by any standards.

Won 13 Laser Masterโ€™s World Championships, and Podium places in 4 others
Olympic Laser Coach

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Club News โ€“ November 29 2019

2019 Christmas Party โ€“ December 1st

We are very excited to host the 2019 Christmas party at Woollahra Sailing Club from 2.30 to 6.30pm. Come along and enjoy huge water slide and BBQ!
What to bring:
Yourself, your elves, your friends, your reindeer, all dressed Christmassy!
Bring some food to share or enjoy Gigiโ€™s hospitality in the cafe.
Kids bring your water pistols and floating pool toys.
Dress up and come prepared for fun.

Sail Sydney 2019 โ€“ early bird ends tomorrow
Do not miss the opportunity to register by November 30th for the early bird. Get your spot guaranteed for Sail Sydney 2019.
Register Now!
Volunteers โ€“ Sail Sydney Needs You!
Youโ€™ve done the Volunteerโ€™s Competence training, now come and put those skills to practical use.ย  WSC needs volunteers for a variety of roles, from driving boats to assisting with on-shoreย tasks.ย ย 
Become a volunteer
๐’๐ž๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ญ ๐’๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐’๐ฒ๐๐ง๐ž๐ฒ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—

Rosรฉ Bay 2019 โ€“ December 7
The Rosรฉ Bay event will be staged

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Club News โ€“ November 15 2019

Sail Sydney โ€“ December 12-15
Sail Sydney is the premier Dinghy sailing event in Australia this year.
The Notice of Race for Sail Sydney 2019 has been released, withย Woollahra Sailing Club set once again to be a hive of activity from December 12thย โ€“ 15thย where scores of competitors will battle it out on the waters of Sydney Harbour.
Last yearโ€™s event saw more than 300 competitors take part, with both Junior and Olympic Class fleets featuring competitors from New Zealand, Malaysia, Macedonia, Hong Kong and Holland, as well as Australia.
We are expecting another large fleet of local, national and international sailors to take part in 2019.
The Notice of Race is available now.ย  ย Online registration for competitors, support boats and volunteers is open.
Classes: Laer Std, Laser Radial, 470, 420, 29er, 49er Nacra15, Laser 4.7, Techno 293, Techno Plus, Sabot 1, Sabot 2, Opti Intermediate, Opti Open, Opti Green, Mirror, Finn, Flying 11,Tasar, RS Aero, RSX,

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Club News โ€“ November 22 2019

Sail Sydney 2019 โ€“ Dec 12-1
Volunteers โ€“ Sail Sydney Needs You!
Youโ€™ve done the Volunteerโ€™s Competence training, now come and put those skills to practical use.ย  WSC needs volunteers for a variety of roles, from driving boats to assisting with on-shoreย tasks.ย ย 
Become a volunteer

๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฐ ๐–๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐ž๐ญ
2018 Australian Sailor Of The Year, and Tokyo Olympics athlete, Matthew Wearn, will compete in the 2019, Sail Sydney regatta, Dec 12-15, Woollahra Sailing Club. Wearn continued to cement his spot on the Australian Sailing Team in the Laser with podium finishes at nearly all major regattas. His dominant year included victories in the Laser Europeans in Porto, Portugal and the Europa Cup in Hyeres, plus a second in the Sailing World Cup, Enoshima, Japan, and fourth overall in the Ready Steady Tokyo Olympic Test Event. He was second in round one of the 2019 World Cup Series, Enoshima, the Laser World Championship in

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Club News โ€“ November 8 2019

Rosรฉ Bay 2019 โ€“ December 7
As you would be aware the Rosรฉ Bay event will be staged again this year at Woollahra Sailing Club. The date is 7th of December and the organisers are keen to welcome members to experience the club in a new way. Members will be able to visit the Eventbrite site for Tasting Pack/Ticket sales and receive a 10% discount. Use the promo code RB10 to enable tasting dozens of rosรฉ, red, white and sparkling wines for tasting, for drinking on the day or for your summer cellar needs. Of course members are welcome in our club on the day to have a look and grab some lunch but wine must only be consumed by those who have tickets. This promotional code is good for the next 7 days only. Book now
Club Race Officer Seminar โ€“ November 26
The Australian Sailing Club Race Officer Seminar is a

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