Last Saturday, 4th February 2012, The Yacht Club invited people to attend the Function Room Open Day.Over 80 people attended the event and were amazed at the beauty of the function room and spectacular marina views.

The quarter deck function room can cater for functions from 20-200 guests. You can have a relaxing cocktail party on our amazing deck over-looking the marina, a sit down formal style dinner or a casual BBQ style function for all of your friends.

If you missed the Open Day and would like to view the function room as a venue to host your event, please contact Julie, our Functions Coordinator on 0422 710 866 or email events@theyachtclub.com.au.

All yachts intending to enter, please notify Jay Grant on 0408 884 057 or Chris Warnes on 0409 441 549 by no later than 9am Sunday 19th Feb 2012 to enable suitable handicap times to be allocated to all competitors.

Cost of entry is free. All participants in the race who aren’t already members of The Yacht Club will receive free lifetime membership.

Start times shall be posted at The Yacht Club at 10am on race day. Briefing will commence at The Yacht Club at 11am with the first boat away at 12noon.

The presentation and give away of great prizes will occur at The Yacht Club.

Boats requiring temporary berthing on the day, please advise Jay Grant prior to the event.

The Yacht Club is calling all people interested in being a crew member for the day. If you are, please contact The Yacht Club reception on 5370 1700 or email info@theyachtclub.com.au.

Club Defends Incident Response

THE boss of a Mooloolaba club swamped by young revellers on Australia Day has defended the decision to stage a youth event and said security personnel did the best they could under difficult circumstances.

An estimated 1500 partygoers descended on The Yacht Club on Mooloolaba Spit after an attempt to expose the venue to a younger market went “viral” on Facebook.

The club became packed with young people, many of them drunk, leading to several altercations between security staff and the revellers.

The Daily has received a number of letters from people angry at the way club officials and security reacted, including allegations of a young man being pushed down a set of stairs and “senior club members” being put in wristlocks and marched from the premises.

The club’s general manager, Matt Dillon, said there was no denying there had been some problems with the “one-off event” which was organised to show younger people the traditionally-conservative club was open to people other than yacht owners.

When he heard the event had been a “hit” on Facebook, he organised for 10 security staff to be on site and liaised closely with police and licensing officials.

“The whole idea was to use Australia Day as an event to let young people of the Sunshine Coast know that they are welcome to come and join The Yacht Club – that they don’t have to be a sailor or own a boat,” he said.

“It was a one-off event to get that message out – not something we ever planned to repeat.”

Mr Dillon said only 850 people were allowed into the club at any time and the event ran smoothly until about 7.45pm when there was an altercation between several patrons and security staff.

Four bouncers were needed to restrain a “large young man” who broke free as he was being escorted from the club and a window was broken in the melee.

“It was a very unfortunate incident and it happened in front of a lot of people,” Mr Dillon said.

“It was one of only two incidents that involved a small minority and gave the day a bad taste.”

Mr Dillon said he was “generally happy” with the way security staff handled the situation.

“It’s hard to be critical because we’re not the ones being abused and spat on by young guys – big young guys,” he said.

He confirmed a club member had been thrown out by a security guard after a “misunderstanding” but he had since met with the member and apologised.

“I don’t believe this has caused long-term damage to the membership base we have got,” he said.

Police confirmed several young people were arrested at the event and charged with alcohol and public nuisance offences.

Saturday 4th February from 2:00pm til 6:00pm at The Yacht Club.

The quarter deck function room can cater for functions from 20-200 guests. You can have a relaxing cocktail party on our amazing deck over-looking the marina, a sit down formal style dinner or a casual BBQ style function for all of your friends.

Come along and view the function room set up. Enjoy a glass of bubbles on the amazing deck over-looking the marina while the sun goes down.

Thursday 26th January 2012
10am onwards
Inflatable pools on grass
Bring your bikinis, boardies, singlets, thongs and hats
Free BBQ 3pm – 5pm
Brought to you by Club Marine

Twelve months of planning, meetings and organisation preceded the regatta, cementing relationships between the SCYC and TYC, and Mooloolaba Marina. “We are very pleased with the outcome of the event and the commitment and support from all the groups involved,” said Heinz Seeberg Commodore of the Sunshine Coast Yacht Club. Equally pleased are the Queensland Hobiecat Association. Sarah Turnbull, Secretary of the Queensland Hobiecat Association described the event as “such a success” and reported that the association was very impressed with the co-operation from everyone which enabled the sailors to enjoy great sailing as well as great social time.

Five of the Sunshine Coasts best weather days were the back drop for the 80 Hobies (16s and 18s) competing over five divisions. Visitors and locals were treated to a daily exhibition of colourful sails criss-crossing the ocean just off Mooloolaba and Alexandra Headland. For the competitors, the conditions were varied from challenging all the way down to testing light breezes with the wind and swell putting on a variety of performances as the week progressed.

If you ventured down to The Yacht Club during the regatta you would have been witness to or even joined in the excitement of the day as locals and competitors, including teams from New Zealand, New Caledonia and France, enthusiastically shared stories of their day’s triumphs or tragedies over a cold drink or three.

The final day of the regatta finished with a rousing dinner in The Yacht Club’s function centre, attended by around 200 competitors and a group of organisers from the Sunshine Coast Yacht Club. In between dinner, drinks and stories, awards were presented to all the winners, as well as a few mentions for some embarrassing moments experienced by a select few.  Appreciation and applause was rallied for the Sunshine Coast Yacht Club and their crew of 40 volunteers who supported the Hobies with Race Committee crew, safety and rescue crews, mark crews and numerous on land tasks such as radio room control and boat launching. Additionally, The Yacht Club and Mooloolaba Marina were thanked for their enormous support with the venue and facilities, as well as their donation of a Mega Esky full of beer for the SCYC raffle (won by Julie Halverson).

Sunshine Coast Yacht Club is looking forward to a bright sailing future for the region. Following the outstanding success of the Australian National Hobiecat Championship Regatta, the SCYC is in discussions with an enthusiastic group from The Queensland Hobie Cat Association who are looking to conduct regular short course racing events.  Through the combined efforts of the SCYC and The Yacht Club and Mooloolaba Marina, events such as these and other regattas look set to become regular features of the Sunshine Coast’s sailing calendar at Mooloolaba Marina.

The 2012 Bridal Expo is on this Sunday, 22nd January 2012.
Novatel Twin Waters Resort
From 10am to 4pm
Lucky door prizes
Two wedding gowns being given away
Live music
Over 100 exhibitors.

Download a copy of our wedding kit here.

The Yacht Club Wedding Open Day is on Saturday 4th February 2012.
The Yacht Club function room
2:00pm to 6:00pm
Come along to view the function room set up.
Enjoy a glass of bubbles on the amazing deck over looking the marina while the sun goes down.

The prize of a mega-esky full of beer (value $500) was donated by The Yacht Club. It was drawn at The Yacht Club on Friday 6th January 2012.

The winner was Julie Harvison of Twin Waters.

The next major raffle (Mega-esky) will be in the week up to Australia Day – to be drawn on Australia Day (evening). The Esky will be displayed in the foyer and tickets will be available from SCYC or The Yacht Club reception.

A huge amount was accomplished, including;

* removal of rubbish

* weeding and planting of gardens at entrance to The Yacht Club

* removal of excess earth and rock from outside A finger amenities

A huge effort and many many thanks to those that attended including a number of visitors to our marina.

A BIG thank-you !!!

The morning was concluded with a BBQ and friendly chat under the palms on the grass at the marina.

The next “Working Bee” is on Saturday 18th February 2012.

If you are interested in attending the next meeting, please contact friends@theyachtclub.com.au.

We have a huge site to look after and there is the potential to make it the best marina and club on the east coast of Australia.

View pictures of the day in our Gallery.

Australia Day

26^th January 2012

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