Kingston Beach Sailing Club welcomes you!

If you would like to learn to sail please visit the Sailing School pages or call the Commodore Stephen Reynolds 0410 996 359 for information.  

We have classes catering for all ages from 8 years; you only need to be able to swim, in clothing, for 25 metres and like getting wet! 

We use Optimist dinghies for children and Pacer dinghies for teenagers and adults.  

We also welcome volunteers and would love assistance for both on water activities (rescue boats) and off water activities (canteen, start box etc). 

Training and mentoring avaiable for all positions. 

 

If you have your own boat and are looking for somewhere to sail and get some training then come to KBSC! We have experts available to help you.

 

Masters sailing?  Yep! Come and join the Laser Masters for some good old fashioned fun and sailing and a beer on the clubhouse deck afterwards. 

 

Contact the Commodore for further information: 0410 996 359 or stereyno@iinet.net.au

 

Reminder - AGM; Sunday 17th June at 1500

Upcoming training courses

email your Expression of Interest/Offer to help to

Commodore; Stephen -  stereyno@iinet.net.au or call 0410 996 359

Soon: Radio operators course - 5 hours one day session - $105

CPR course; 2 sessions available to choose from - 15th July and 22 July from 1400 to 1600 - FREE

(All coaches and rescue boat crews should complete one of these courses, as well as any other interested parents and members)

JUNE: rescue boat training course - FREE

Dates:  Friday 22 June 7.00pm - 9.30pm

                        Sunday 24 June 9.00am - 2.00pm (BBQ lunch provided)

 

Maximum participants: 12

 

Course Content

Safety Management (Club Rescue Plan, risk assessments, responsible persons / duty of care)

Role and Duties of the Rescue Boat and its Crew

Preparing the Rescue boat (required equipment, checking hull inflation, checking and starting motor, launching and retrieval)

Boat handling in close proximity to sailing craft (coming alongside, holding station / standing off, appropriate speeds, lee-shore operations, approaching people in the water, single and multiple boat towing, righting capsized boats)

Rescue techniques (retrieving a person from the water into the rescue boat, handling injured and unconscious persons, trapped or missing crew, management of injured persons and transfer).

ROTARY FUN RUN Sunday 3rd June - helpers needed from 0900 approx

 

TEAMS RACING PHOTOS

LINK IS HERE 

Presentation Night

March 31st 2012.

Thanks to all who helped to make the night such a success - everyone associated with the meal, the presentations, the sailing school - THANK YOU

For those who missed the "Minty Moments" here they are:

Josh Ragg

If he can’t be a sailor he will be a mechanical engineer. Took control of the RIB one day and they were only 2 feet off the ramp before Josh had the engine cowling off, fuel tank out, first aid kit in pieces and practically had the inflatable turned inside out to check for leaks. PUTS THE PHRASE “SAFETY CHECK” TO THE ULTIMATE TEST.

 

Dan Ragg

He's a goer; he asked his Mum for a Laser - he's as tall as a blow fly with the legs picked off; 2 knots of wind under a handerchief sail would bowl him over

 

Gabe Morrison

Supposed to be Sabot Captain but defected to Laser 4.7’s and won the State Titles by the skin of his teeth by the way. He may have performed better if he had read the sailing instructions and sailed across the correct finish line and forwards instead of backwards

 

Jack Work

Illustrious masters Coach. Unfortunately results were affected by a couple of things. One being our series of disasters during the trip equivalent to The Hunts the year before and the other when Jack took us in to the middle of the river for gybing exercises, forgot to look over his shoulder to see a strong offshore coming nearly rivalled the  disastrous Sydney to Hobart yacht race in 1998 especially for the fogeys he had under his wing at the time.

 

Lindsay Wilson

As if it wasn’t bad enough that we broke down on the way to Brisbane and had our accommodation cancelled, Lindsay went for a swim and got dumped by a wave and did some serious shoulder damage which not only prevented him from sailing a couple of days but stopped him from lifting a glass of cider to celebrate making it to the worlds in the first place.

 

Patrick Eberhardt

A double banger here. Patrick sailed in the sabot nationals and got pinged for pumping a couple of times. It was very distressing for him, BUT he gets a double gong. A minty moment for being caught,  and,  an encouragement award.   All champions push the boundaries or they wouldn’t be champions.   Patrick dared to extend himself to find those boundaries. Although the outcome was not favourable as the rules are the rules he should never be discouraged by temporary setbacks. Next time he races in major competitions the results will be much different due to those past experiences.

 

Finlay Cooper

Only the second protest in the history of the club; the first was in 1954 cos'the showers were too cold

 

Quentin Hunt

Never far from the news. Totally inappropriate sailing gear, Jeans, Rugby Top. Explorer bush walking socks and a PFD 1. Just because he was caught on the hop when Grant Atherton spewed over the side of his boat is no excuse. Vice Commodore Title is up for grabs next year as we are not sure about Quentins suitability as a role model.

 

Commodore role may be up for grabs as well as Robbie took advantage of my absence to give the speech for the Rotarians. My only saving grace is that although they gave Robbie a louder applause than me, they gave him a smaller donation.

 

David McAully gets a sympathy moment rather than a minty moment because he suffered at the hands of the Hunts this season. After a huge expenditure to get involved in B14 sailing, David was about to set sail on the first day when he tripped and injured his knee. It was bad enough that Robbie found it extremely funny but Quentin arrived a little time later to make his observation and assume the boys were doing their usual mucking around. He ignored the cries of pain and shouted out. “Stop mucking around, get out on the water, get up off the ground, God you boys are hopeless.” Meanwhile David ends up in hospital.

 

Anne

Gets a minty moment for her protest at the Worlds. Only time in her life she has protested and she won. Not surprising as the British competitor T-boned her on port tack and sailed off without even apologising. Little did he know that that was the cruncher for the protest. If he had said sorry, forget the rules, he would have beaten her that race but he then came last.

 

An ANNONYMOUS minty moment where I will just eat the Minty myself but I can’t name the perpetrator in this case but its still worth an honourable mention.

 

A very senior member of this club attended a hotel in the city for a counter lunch this season and got caught short so to speak during the meal. Being senior he went in to the handicapped toilet and went about his business. I was going to say quietly but that may not be the truth. When he finished he looked around and found that there was no toilet paper. He took the initiative and pulled out his mobile phone and rang his son who worked in the city and got him to ring through to the hotel and tell them that he was stranded. He hung up and waited and about 2 minutes later a hand came under the door and pushed the toilet roll across the floor, fixing the dilemma. Very smart thinking for a senior citizen and it reinforces the need for all you younger sailors to teach your older members of the family how to use their mobile phones just in case of emergency. (Just for the record the Commdore does not have any sons working in this state)

 

Jenny Graney.

It was bad enough for her to go sailing and forget her rudder and tiller after her 60^th birthday but then to forget the kebabs at the main course for the Rotarians was almost a huge senior moment. Surely we won’t be witnesses into the future where Jenny forgets what day we are sailing but if anyone sees a fully dressed sailor on the beach on the wrong day, just take her gently by the hand and bring her home. (Maddy gets a minty by association cos'she'll be the carer)