Members of the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania have re-elected unopposed the club’s Flag Officers – Commodore Clive Simpson, Vice Commodore Murray Jones and Rear Commodore Bruce Craw.

Members gave their full support for a second term of office for the three Flag Officers at the Club’s Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, 29 July, and at the same time elected four new members to the Club’s Board.

Winter racing on the River Derwent can be cold, and it can be frustratingly windless. Today was near windless, but not so chilly (9° C) as some recent mornings, but the wind was noticeable for its absence for heat three of the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania’s Winter Series.

In fact, the breeze ranged from 2 knots (sometimes 0 knot) to 5 knots (for the final 10 minutes of the race).  Unfortunately for most of the fleet, the 0 knot period occurred just after the start and, with a strong outgoing current, the majority of boats drifted backwards away from the line for half an hour and more.

Champion Tasmanian dinghy sailor George Jones has won the Laser Radial division of the Queensland Youth Week on Brisbane’s Waterloo Bay in an impressive lead-up to the Radial Youth Worlds in Japan in August.

Four teenage sailors from the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania contested this week’s regatta in Brisbane,  with George Jones winning, Elliott Noye placing third,  Rohan Langford sixth and Zac Pullen 10th in the 28 boat fleet that included the top three Laser Radial sailors from all Australian states and territories.

The Circumnavigation Committee has issued a Notice of Cruise for a 23 day cruise-in-company to the Gippsland Lakes, starting from Hobart on Saturday 23rd January 2010. Here are more details, including the cruise plan, entry form and background information.