Please be advised, that due to weather conditions causing late arrival of vessells, the planned informal breakfast for Saturday 21 January 2012 at NCYC has been cancelled.  NCYC staff and management apologise for the late notice and any inconvenience.  Our normal breakfast will be available as usual.

Club Members,

As you may be aware we have 12 Metre ‘Australia’ (KA5) currently on our marina and Steak ‘N’ Kidney (KA14) will arrive on Friday afternoon. These yachts have been restored by the 12 Metre Historic Trust and are on route to a new home in  Sydney from where they will be regularly sailed, hopefully making regular trips to Newcastle and Wollongong for sailing days and corporate events. 

At late notice, NCYC has agreed to host an informal breakfast for the 12 Metres this Saturday from 8-9.30am during which time you can learn a bit about the yachts, the restoration process and the future plans for these historically significant vessels. Ben Morgan, founder of the Trust, will be available to answer questions and provide tours of the boats. For members interested in joining the Trust the opportunity will exist to go match racing on the yachts on Saturday (subject to  weather).
Come down to the NCYC, grab some brekkie on Saturday morning, learn about these fantastic machines and maybe go for a sail on a 12 Metre!

Click HERE for more information on the Twelve Metre Historic Trust

Click HERE for photos

Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club members, please note that any sailing activities conducted by the boats are not an NCYC endorsed sailing event.

Don’t miss the small window of opportunity to inspect this magnificent 60 ft yacht, cited as being the most powerful in her class. 

Thursday 19 January 2012 – 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm - Guided tours provided.

Placed 5th in the 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race IRC Division, Hugo Boss leaves soon for China.  2011 was an exciting year for the boat, having completed the Barcelona World Race, and competed in the Giraglia Rolex Cup, the Rolex Fastnet Race Challenge and the Artemis Challenge.  While named  Pindar, she finished fifth in the last Vendee Globe.

• Click HERE for photos - note Alex Thompson standing on the winged keel in the central photo.
• Click HERE for the Hugo Boss website

NCYC is proud to support the two day National Maritime Festival on 25 and 26 January 2012 which has something for everyone, whether or not you are involved in boating.   There are good prizes for the children’s colouring competition, but entries must be posted by 16 January to be eligible.  Check their website for details and times of all the fun activities.

• Click HERE for quick overview of the Forgacs Parade of Lights 2012
• Click HERE for the National Maritime Festival website

A fleet of seven yachts lined up for the 1800 hours start in Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club’s first race of the Lion, Bird & Cabbage offshore series on Friday evening.  The race commenced in a 20 knot North Easterly with the fleet tacking out of Newcastle Harbor before turning right, setting spinnakers and trundling down the NSW coast to Bird Island just to the north of Norah Head.  Phil Arnall’s Corby 43, Anger Management, set the pace and rounded Bird Island at approximately 2030 hrs before settling in to a 55 nautical mile beat to Cabbage Tree Island situated to the North of Port Stephens.

• Click HERE for more about the Lion, Bird & Cabbage Race 1
• Click HERE for the Lion, Bird & Cabbage Race 1 Results

Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club is proud to support the Newcastle Maritime Museum’s National Maritime Festival 2011.  We encourage all boat owners of any type of vessel to register to participate in the ’Forgacs Harbour Lights Parade’. 

 We also invite our non sailing members, and member’s families to view the spectacular event on the night of 25 January 2011. 

 There are exciting events for the whole family being organised by the National Maritime Museum for this Australia Day.  Great prizes.

Boat owners –  late registgrations are still being accepted to register for the  ‘Foregacs Harbour Lights Parade’  on the eve of Australia Day 2011. 

• Click HERE for more about the ‘Harbour Lights Parade’

Members of the public are invited to enter ‘SADDINGTON’S Quick and Dirty Boat Building Competition’

• Click HERE for details

Sunday 12 December 2010, is the date for the rescheduled Blessing of the Fleet.

This will be followed by Afternoon racing  – Lady Skipper Race. 

• Click HERE for the Invitation
• Click HERE for Blessing of the Fleet Program
• Rev Garry Dodd, Chaplain to the Newcastle Seafarers Centre and to NCYC, provides a Certificate of Blessing to all vessels blessed and adds the vessel name to the Prayers for Seafarers.

You need two documents:

1. Click HERE for Blessing of the Fleet Boat Registration Form
2.  Click HERE for Parade Diagram (chart)

Competing in the afternoon Lady Skipper Race or Harbour Race?

• Click HERE for Online Entry

• Boat owners are invited to register for the  ‘Harbour Lights Parade’  on the eve of Australia Day 2011.  

Click HERE for more about the ‘Harbour Lights Parade’

• Members of the public are invited to enter ‘SADDINGTON’S Quick and Dirty Boat Building Competition’

Port users are advised by the Newcastle Port Corporation that a third waverider buoy was deployed on 26 October 2010.  This deployment location will be maintained for 3 months at which point the buoy will removed.

Click HERE for details of Navigation Advice 6, 2010

Hunter TAFE Outreach

FREE COURSE  Introduction to Maritime Services

This comprises an introduction to basic boat and maritime related skills

Extended enrolment time –

• Phone 4923 7860  and leave your name & contact phone number. 
• Then be at room D2.1 by 10am for the first lecture.

Start Date:   19 October  2010

Click HERE for more information