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Situated on the foreshore of Port Phillip Bay, the Sandringham Yacht Club (SYC), one of Australia’s most progressive and awarded yacht clubs, presenting world class sporting and event facilities right on the water’s edge.

Our 356 berth floating marina, Boating Academy, waterfront support services, newly built clubhouse and reciprocal rights with yacht clubs worldwide, offers Melbourne sailors an incomparable membership opportunity. Whether you’re an experienced hand or exploring a new venture to discover the sea, SYC welcomes you.

SYC members enjoy a lively club atmosphere thanks to year round industry events, boating activities and sailing regattas. Our a la carte restaurant offers a special dining experience with picturesque views across the bay, as do our Members’ Lounge and Members’ Bar where you can sit and relax with a wine or coffee.

For those seeking a distinctive location for an upcoming event, you can’t go past our luxurious clubhouse. Stunning bay views, versatile rooms, and superior food and beverage service make this the perfect venue.

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Foredeck Essentials, Conquering the Pointy End

This course, aims to help boat owners and skippers upskill crew to be competent on the foredeck and help improve boat performance. Peter Dowdney who has 30 years foredeck experience provides inspiration and insight into what it takes, what you need to do to move from crew to foredeck.

“Master the foredeck position and you will always have a boat to sail on. Skill up and be confident and you can go places with it”

Develop the skills and learn the tips to be a great foredeckie and reduce the on-the-job “trial and error”

With a mixture of online, pre-reading and then a practical day in person, participants will learn everything they need to know if they want to conquer the foredeck role.

Foredeck Course Outline

The competent Foredeckie needs to plan ahead and think about what’s going to happen out on the course. They need to understand their boat, the equipment and know-how to approach sail changes using the correct techniques. On a modern racing boat, foredeck competency is critical to reducing risks of damage whilst maximising performance.

With an eLearning online session and a full day in person for practicals (at Sandringham Yacht Club), participants will join our trainers and learn:

• What it takes to be a good foredeckie, the skills you need to do the job properly.
• How the role changes to suit the boat type or the sailing conditions
• Learning how to predict what happens next and how to stay ahead of the game
• Pre-race preparation – the art of avoiding problems before they happen
• What it takes to work competently and safely on the foredeck ?
• The importance of clear communications
• What gear you should have, what works and why?
• Personal fitness – an under-rated requirement.
• The impact of modern boat & sail design on the role
• We will look at a typical race day, how we manage the start, the various stages of the race, and the thinking and strategies of the foredeckie.
• The art of gybing a spinnaker properly
• How to drop and peel spinnakers
• Headsail changes, when to change, why you change, the choice between inline and tack changes.
• How to pack headsail on deck and spinnakers down below
• Furling sails - types of furling sails, tips and tricks for more efficient furling
• Review various boats in the marina, their setups, and systems, what works and why?
• Strategies to reduce the risk and avoid problems
• How to recover from a disaster and keep racing

After we would encourage participants to join a boat so they can put these learnings into practice.

Pre-requisites

Rudimentary understanding of what it means to work on the foredeck and some basic experience of inshore foredeck work plus knowledge of modern sailing terminology. All participants must complete the eLearning prior to the in person day and complete any pre reading.

Course Dates & Booking

eLearning prelearning and Practical Day at SYC Sunday 11th August 2024, 9am – 4pm.

ORCV Member $200 / Non Member $275 / Youth $175.  The course includes lunch on Sunday.

Club Support Program -  To assist your members find suitable and trained Foredeckie, the ORCV is offering a pathway and will  sponsor 1 youth (aged 25 years or younger) from your club to join the upcoming Foredeck Essentials Course.   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with us with who i t is you’d like to nominate.  

  The Trainers

Peter dowdney – lead & 'master of the foredeck'.

Many of you will know Pete Dowdney our lead trainer as Pete from Ronstan as he’s been there for some 30+ years putting to get use his knowledge and experience of sailing.

Peter started out as most young ones do, learning to love sailing via off the beach boats. Being fit, strong and agile, he joined the crew of Turbo and Freelance to learn the trade of “foredeck” right here in Melbourne sailing on the Melbourne to Hobart Westcoaster onboard as foredeck in 1983 and then again on Turkeyshoot in 1984.

Pete’s foredeck skill and reputation led him in 1987 to being selected for Foredeck on Steak n Kidney for the America’s Cup and again in 1991 onboard Challenge Australia in San Diego. Travel and a “bucket list” of other races were then completed with some of the more noteable ones being:

• 12m World Championships in Sardinia and Sweden onboard Steak n Kidney,
• Admirals Cup and Fastnet in Cowes UK onboard Bimblegumbie,
• Kenwood Cup in Hawaii with Challenge 3, Once Jolly Swagman and Challenge Again, and multiple
• Melbourne to Hobart Westcoasters onboard Turbo and Freelance
• Sydney to Hobart onboard Ragamuffin, Illusion, Westernport Venture, Sword of Orion, Ocean Designs, Wedgetail, Cougar 2, Blackjack and Terrafirma to name just a few with the list going on and on.

“I learnt very early on that the foredeckie was the master of his/her domain in front of the mast. Being a good foredeckie , opened opportunities to sail on some incredible boats, with some of the best sailors in the world, taking me to places that I had only dreamt of going! “

“Mastering the foredeck has provided me with a lifetime of opportunity and allowed me to build a career doing what I love doing”

Martin Vaughan - Foredeck & Double Handed Specialist

It has held him in good stead, underpinning a successful double handed sailing career, including the Melbourne to Osaka and several Melbourne to Hobarts.

Mark Welsh – Accomplished Sailor with Years of Foredeck Experience

For the best part of Mark’s 40 years of sailing, he’s been on board a range of keelboats after starting out on International Cadets. He’s currently co-owner (with his father Mike) of Wicked, a Beneteau First 40.

He’s crewed in most positions, including many years on the foredeck. Having completed most ORCV races, the inaugural ORCV Melbourne to Vanuatu race on Alien, Adelaide to Port Lincoln races, Hamilton Island, Sydney to Gold Coast and 7 x Sydney to Hobarts (best result being 2nd IRC overall 2009 on Wicked). Mark has found himself on the foredeck in a wide range of conditions.

Well known in the sailing scene, Mark is currently Rear Commodore of Sandringham Yacht Club, Club Captain and a regular ORCV Skipper and has won a wide range of ORCV races.

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Sandringham Yacht Club: Learn to sail in Melbourne

• David Whitley

It’s possible to book sailing lessons in Melbourne at the Sandringham Yacht Club. The club also offers introductory sailing experiences.

What is Sandringham Yacht Club?

Sandringham Yacht Club on Port Phillip Bay is one of the most prestigious sailing clubs in Australia. It’s based at the marina between Sandringham Beach and Sandringham Dog-Friendly Beach in Melbourne .

It’s a member’s-only club, which hosts numerous regattas and recreational sailing experiences. What non-members might be more interested in is the sailing lessons. This is where you can learn to sail in Melbourne.

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Sandringham Yacht Club sailing lessons

The dinghy sailing lessons in Melbourne cost from $220 each. They form a programme that can train you to be a competent sailor.

The beginners’ section of the programme covers important steps such as being able to leave and return to the beach. It also teaches would-be sailors to avoid other boats, recover crew in a  ‘man overboard’ situation, sail without kneeling and right a capsized boat. You’ll also learn to identify dangerous situations around the marina, steer and control the mainsail at the same time, and know where to have the sails set.

These beginners’ sailing lessons cost from $220, and are open to everyone – not just members of the Sandringham Yacht Club. There is a discount for members, however.

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Sandringham yacht club sailing experiences.

If you just want to dip your toe in the water – or, rather, keep your toe out of the water – the Sandringham Yacht Club also offers sailing experiences.

These are largely about fun and doing as much or as little as you want on the boat. Qualified sailing instructors are in charge, but everyone else gets a practical, hands-on experience, hopefully learning a few of the basics on the way. You can book to have a go with a partner, family or group of friends.

The Discover Sailing Experiences at Sandringham Yacht Club take place on 7.5 metre keelboats. The experience lasts three hours and costs $220.

It’s also possible to learn to sail on Sydney Harbour and take sailing lessons in Pittwater , Sydney .

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Sandringham Yacht Club offers easy ‘try before you buy’ schemes

Sandringham Yacht Club (SYC) has stepped up its campaign to get more bodies on boats of all kinds in Victoria, by looking at the bigger picture and offering ingenious ways of enticing people onto the water without it costing an arm and a leg.    

It can cost a bomb to join any sporting club, and for newcomers, joining and annual fees can be daunting when you are not sure if you will stay in the sport for the long run, or even in the short term.  

‘Sandy’, as it is known to locals, has found an uncomplicated and affordable way to help potential new members, both children and adults, to try sailing and the Club’s facilities without having to immediately take up full membership. It provides ‘Day’ and ‘Season’ passes at a minimal cost, allowing users to sail and to use its clubhouse facilities post-race.

Day Pass membership allows for up to a dozen uses and entitles the user to a reduction in the nomination fee when converting to annual membership. The first six days cost $15 per sail (Thursday Twilight Sailing – no charge) and the remaining six days are $35 per sail. Should users wish to continue, they will need to become an annual member. On average, this successful scheme has produced 700-800 annual users to-date.

Proving just as successful is the Season Pass, a one-time introductory pathway option for those new to sailing, or transitioning from the Club’s Youth Academy or the Day Pass scheme. It is an ideal way to have your cake and eat it too.

Users are entitled to one year’s unlimited access to all Club Marine SYC Boating Academy courses, a card allowing access to: club racing, member facilities on the days of your courses and crewing days, a mentoring/buddy system, personalised service, and a complimentary ‘Discover Sailing’ experience for four people. At the end of the 12 month period, the nomination fee is waived should you transition to ‘Crew’ membership.

SYC’s Training and Development Manager, Michah Shuwalow says, “The Season Pass is doing everything that we set out to achieve – developing the students’ skills and knowledge while increasing the Club’s racing participation.”

Shuwalow adds wryly: “We’ve also bucked the trend of sailors being ‘male, pale and stale.”

One of many contented customers making the transition to full membership this season is Patricio Sepulveda, whose Pass had led to buying into a J24.

“I got my Season Pass last year,” Sepulveda says. “My only sailing background was windsurfing. Before October last year, I had never been at the helm of a keel boat or a dinghy, but I have a friend who sails, so we sailed a bit on his father’s boat. I enjoyed it so much, I decided I wanted a boat, but I had no idea about which boat or how to do it.

“I told my friend, ‘find me a boat, and I’ll buy it’ – so he found one, a J24 (he named it Baile De Luna which translates to ‘Moondance’) – and now I own a boat! Then I told my wife, ‘We have a boat now, so I need to learn to sail, so I can take us out’,” Sepulveda remembers, laughing.

“I went to Sandringham to see about lessons and keeping my boat there (it is now kept on the Club’s large hardstand) and I saw about their Season Pass and got one. From September to December I did three keelboat, two dinghy and one radio operator’s course there! 

“In the first week of January, I skippered my J24 at the Nationals (held at SYC, he finished 19 th with a best result of 13 th ) – I would not have been able to do that without the courses at Sandringham Yacht Club,” he says proudly. 

“The J24 community at the Club is very close – I made a lot of friends. On the water, everyone is very supportive,” he ends.

Sandy’s Day and Season passes lead to very affordable membership options. Interested parties can easily buy a Day Pass instantly, using the Club’s app – search for ‘Member Point’ – where you can also find membership, race information, sign on and off when racing, update member details, club news and alerts and more – all in once place. See more here:  https://syc.com.au/smartphone-app/ or just visit or phone the Club.

Discover Sailing – the easy way

Over the last five years Sandringham Yacht Club has hosted in excess of 3600 visitors at its Discover Sailing days – 1200 alone attended the most recent one in November, up 450 from 2016 – eclipsing the previous record by 200.

That is approximately 1300 trips/rides utilising five large keelboats, five J24’s, three of the Club’s Beneteaus, six Pacers, four Stand Up Paddleboards, four large powerboats and two RIBS, equalling 100 volunteers and 270 lifejackets!

Discover Sailing days is the perfect way to test the water. It costs nothing, you meet likeminded people and the Club is a friendly one. If you find boating to your taste, the next step is made easy with the Day or Season Pass options.  

Of course the beneficial flow-on effect of these programs is that they are giving boat owners more crew options and more competition. While some will buy their own boats, others will be happier coming to the Club to crew for others, equating to a wide talent pool for both dinghy and keel boat sailing via the Club’s crew register.  

For all information, please go to the SYC website at: www.syc.com.au

Di Pearson/SYC media

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Situated in the heart of Sandringham Harbour on the foreshore of Port Phillip Bay, the Sandringham Yacht Club (SYC) is one of Australia’s most progressive and awarded yacht clubs, presenting world class sporting and event facilities right on the water’s edge.

Our 360 berth floating marina, Boating Academy, waterfront support services, stunning clubhouse and reciprocal rights with yacht clubs worldwide, offers Melbourne sailors an incomparable membership opportunity. Whether you’re an experienced hand or exploring a new venture to discover the sea, SYC welcomes you.

SYC members enjoy a lively club atmosphere thanks to year round industry events, boating activities and sailing regattas. Our Members’ Lounge and Members’ Bar & Bistro offers a special dining experience with picturesque views across the bay, or you can sit and relax with a wine or coffee.

For those seeking a distinctive location for an upcoming event, you can’t go past our luxurious clubhouse. Stunning bay views, versatile rooms, and superior food and beverage service make this the perfect venue for weddings, special events, corporate activity and celebrations of life.

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