Qld Happenings - October
This season has started out slowly, with fleet numbers being down. 125 fleets are currently racing out of both the Brisbane Sailing Squadron and the Darling Point Sailing Squadron. As always we are keen to see both new and old boats on the water so drag the boat out of the corner in the garage dust her off and come sailing down on the river or bay!
Early this year the association purchased ‘STARBUG’ sail number 3026, former national championship winning boat for the use of member and potential members. However due to a few years of idle neglect the boat is currently under restoration by John Anderson and myself. It is the aim of the committee to have the boat on the water and available for hire at DPSS for any and all potential members.
The annual South East Queensland championships is being held in conjunction with the DPSS GRFC regatta. The 125 SEQ titles will be held on Saturday the 12th and Sunday the 13 of December. A notice of race will be released when the details are finalised.
If members who currently have ‘project boats’ require assistance, don’t forget that the committee is just an email of phone call away!
Finally and importantly the South Australian division of the National Executive Committee (NEC) has called for agenda items for the 2009-2010 national conference. This is where any changes to the constitution and Rules of construction and measurement are voted on. Each state is asked to submit rule changes 8 weeks before the conference. Currently the QLD division has no items to put forward to vote on. For changes to the rules of construction and measurement 2 votes are required to pass an amendment to the rules. There are currently a number of rules up for their second vote. When the agenda is released by the NEC the QLD committee will review the proposed changes and circulate its decision for the members review prior to the NEC conference.
If you have any questions on any of the items I have discussed please drop me an email or give me a call.
Grant Steinback, QLD State President