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Port Stephens Yacht Club

Social and Competitive Sailing in a Pristine Environment

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PSYC Training Programme for 2021. Click the Button for training sessions dates

Gale Warning Current for Saturday 15 May 21

The BoM have a Gale Warning in place for the Hunter Coast. As per SI 3.1 if still in place at 11:15 racing today is abandoned.

Updated NoR, SIs and the Winter Programme

Go to the Sailing tab to check out the updated documents. All effective as of 1 May 2021. Key things to for is Winter events generally start at 1:00pm, sign off times have been reduced. A VHF radio is being installed in the Clubhouse to assist. New backstay flags are in and encourage you to fit your divisional flag. The handicap system has changed and now in keeping with other clubs and events system.

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Handicap System Update

PSYC is in the final stages of Top Yacht trial and Implementation. As of 1 May the Saturday series races will be based on Top Yacht rather than our Sail 100 system. The system utilises a CLUB HCP ‘receipt’ recommended by Top Yacht following their review of our 2020 Spring Season results. We are implementing by converting our Summer Series opening handicaps to TopYacht then using them over the last Summer season first 5 races to give us a starting set of handicaps for our Winter Programme. This also includes using 6% and 4% clamps. Hopefully this will provide an improved outcome for our fleet results including bringing the handicaps more in line with other clubs and regattas. Please be patient as there will likely be some hopefully minor teething issues while we become familiar with the new system. Wednesday races handicaps management will not change at this time. Rick

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