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This post provides some notes on how to register participants in programmes.
Revolutionise Sport is the software platform provided by Australian Sailing to all affiliated Sailing Clubs.  There are many nice features available in this product and, like all software, there are a few tricky bits.  This post aims to address some of these issues.
We are currently reviewing other event management systems in order to address the issues outlined below.

System seems to hang after entering payment details – Please don’t use mobile phone or tablet

The booking system is very reliable when using a PC or Laptop and most reliable when using the google Chrome browser.  Please use a PC or Laptop running Chrome if possible.
We do not know why other devices are less reliable.  We have asked the vendor but not received a satisfactory response.

System seems to hang after entering registration details and before taking payment details
Please complete all mandatory fields.
All

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Membership and storage renewals – prize draw – holiday for two on Hamilton island
It is time to renew memberships. The Club’s financial position is solid post the significant investment in 2019 to build the ramp and pontoon. However, the Club’s future would be grim without its primary source of funds which is membership and storage fees. The timing is not ideal but we appreciate the prompt payment of your membership and storage fees. Most fees remain unchanged from last year.
If you pay your membership by 31 May 2020 your name will go into a draw to win a holiday for two on Hamilton island.
If you have not paid by 31 May 2020 your security access may be disabled until payment is received.

Access to the Club
Very significant fines apply to individuals and organisations that breach regulations.  
“In the case of an individual, the maximum penalty is $11,000, or imprisonment for 6 months, or both and a

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WSC WEATHER UPDATE – 14/3 10:30AM

 

𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡

 

Moth Racing – CANCELLED

Tackers – ON (fun onshore activities)

Out there – ON

Opti squad coaching – ON

 

𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏𝟓𝐭𝐡

 

Currently all programs/racing ON as scheduled

More updates coming tomorrow AM

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Thursday 13th February till Thursday 2nd April 2020
Racing Starts 1730
Spectators welcome on committee vessels and/or family, friends enjoying a bevvy watching the action on the cafe balcony.
Register now

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Congratulations to WSC Members who competed in the recent 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 at Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club and also those who achieved selection for the provisional 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 (𝐀𝐒𝐘𝐓).
It was great to see many members attending the regatta in different capacities.
Unfortunately bush fire haze affected 50% of the event and our sailors had mixed results with minimal racing.
Our sympathy goes to those impacted by the fires, Woollahra Sailing Club will be supporting relief organisations.

𝐖𝐒𝐂 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬:
𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨 𝟐𝟗𝟑 𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐬
Grae Morris (NSW)
𝐈𝐧𝐭 𝟒𝟐𝟎 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥s
Bridget Conrad and India Gilbert (NSW)
𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬
Mina Ferguson (NSW)
The provisional team, which requires ratification from the Australian Sailing Board before being finalised, will represent Australia at the 𝐇𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩s in Salvador, Brazil in 12 – 19 December 2020.
Full story  http://ow.ly/rYXf50xUPEk

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Twins and teammates Lilly and Matilda Richardson, from Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula are twins are trying new things and mixing it up.

“We just got into the 29er,” says Lilly, the eldest (by about ten minutes).
The have been sailing the boat for two months and recognise it is a difficult class to get skilled at. Particularly as next year is the final year of high school. Lilly wants to study medicine, Matilda psychology.
We all get the deal with twins, right? The look the same, have similar personalities, hobbies and passions. Right?
Wrong. “We started (sailing) at the same time but I hated it,” Lily explains. So she boycotted it. “Dad kept shoving me back in my Opti until … I wasn’t so scared.
“I think I got a little bit jealous of Tilda sailing and I wasn’t there.”
Their father no longer sails. “He just likes to come out and watch us.”
Which leads to the

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“Pint sized windsurfer has never ‘sailed’!”
By Stephen Brook
Friendly and welcoming, just like her community, RSX windsurfer Courtney Schoutrop, 20, knows she is in a minority at Sail Sydney.

But that doesn’t bother her at all.
“They are all pretty friendly, the sailors that I interact with, but we all tend to stick to our discipline,” says the Queenslander, who trains at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron in Brisbane.
“At my club we are down the other end, really segregated from the boats, but when we see them we say hi.”
She has not been tempted to try sailing – except once.
“I got in a Laser once and capsized. That’s my boat experience.”
“Windsurfing is hard, it can be mentally challenging, physically hard at times too.”
Managing the pain can be the toughest challenge as the sport can be intensely physical, particularly in light winds, when the board needs to be “pumped” to increase speed. Courtney holds

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𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐒𝐲𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐲 – 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐎𝐟 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬

Written by Stephen Brook

 

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.

 

“You play with the elements,” he says of sailing Laser Radials. “You play with the water, you play with the wind, play with the current, with the clouds everything,” he says.

 

“And you also have to take care of the boat and you have to take care of yourself.

 

“You learn a lot by sailing, that is why it is my favourite sport.”

 

Sofiane is in Australia on a gap year, coaching at Woollahra Sailing Club and here to “learn English” even though he can speak it perfectly.

 

Home is Antibes (“Have you visited? You must”), 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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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 other’s sentences.
For both, passionate parents were their entrée into the sport: Rhinnan’s mum first showed her the ropes when she was just five, Brin’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, “He was already in it.”
And

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Legends of Woollahra Sailing Club – Brett Beyer
By Yves Stening
In November this year, Brett Beyer was honoured by the NSW/ACT Laser Association with Lifetime Membership.  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.  However, while Brett’s contribution has indeed been great, he receives this award while still at the top of his game, both as an athlete and coach.  
In the last 18 months alone, he has achieved the following:
Sailing 
Laser Masters World Championships, Dublin – 1st
Laser Masters World Championships, Netherlands – 2nd 
Australian Laser Masters Championships- 1st 
NSW Laser Masters Championships – 1st 
South Pacific Laser Masters Championships – 1st 
Coaching
Currently coaching WSC’s Sylvie Stannage – Laser Radial, for path to Paris, 2024
Regularly coaching DBSC fleet programs 
Private Coaching 
His past achievements are extraordinary, by any standards.

Won 13 Laser Master’s World Championships, and Podium places in 4 others
Olympic Laser Coach

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