Lifejacket Testing Event

Date: Saturday December 2nd

Time: 11am-4pm

Where: Naval Point Club Lyttelton

As a part of our club's promotion of safety on the water the Naval Point Club will provide an opportunity to check the effectiveness of your Personal Flotation Devices (PFDs).

Sailors in small boats regularly wear their PFDs and have a good idea of the condition. The aids do, however, deteriorate in condition and effectiveness over time as well as both children and adults growing to exceeded the safe weight limit for that PFD.

Sailors in larger boats often store their PFDs on their boats and may have a little idea of their condition until required in an emergency, its common so see expired or corroded gas canister preventing your inflatable life jacket from inflating when needed.

We will be providing dunk testing for Buoyancy Aids and visual checks for inflatables.

All vessels are required by Maritime law to have suitable PFDs for all people on board. For boats under 6 meters the PFDs must be worn. Yachting New Zealand Safety Regulations are a good guide to recommended and required safety equipment.

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Up coming regattas - UPDATED!

Trailer Yacht Canterbury Champs

Today is the last day to get your registration in for the Trailer Yacht Canterbury champs, if you have not already registered, we ask you to do so ASAP please. All information can be found here - Trailer Yacht Canterbury Champs

Oborn's Nautical have done an incredible job at supporting the event with prizes and spot prizes. And the team at Naval Point will have a build your own burger after racing on Saturday night up in the bar.

Weekends like this put a lot of strain on our on water volunteers and support as we are running a separate course for club dinghy racing as well. If you or someone you know can help us on the water on Saturday or Sunday please get in touch with Brian at Brian.Hobbs@ul.com. its so greatly appreciated, Food and all necessary training is provided.

ILCA South Island Champs

it has come to our attention that some people have had some troubles registering. Ue will be providing an alternative form on the ILCA South Islands page on the NPCL website by the end of today.

Don't forget you are permitted to use off brand ILCA gear for this event so get your registrations in quickly!

The Pint to Pint is back!

Yes you read the right, the pint to pint is back on Sunday December 17th so save the date.

We are looking at a midday start and each trailer yacht & keelboat will need to have a dinghy or some vessel under tow to get your designated beverage consumer or consumers ashore or to your check points (Yes there maybe bonus points up for grabs to those who have a youth member participating). If you do not have a dinghy, you are more than welcome to borrow one of our plastic Opti however oars are very limited.

Everyone is welcome so get the family onboard for a day full of fun and memories and come join us back at the club afterwards for a bite to eat and our Christmas celebrations.

Further details to come

Parking

As we head into 2 very busy weekends of regattas with our reduced carpark space we please ask ALL of our members to be mindful of this.

We are asking those who arrive with single vehicles early on a Saturday or Sunday morning to please park in 2 even and orderly rows on the harbor and back side of the carpark Closest to the containers and waka to allow those members who are arriving shortly after with boats on trailers space to safely park closest to the ramp and fencing for the construction area. This allows trailers to be maneuvered without risk of hitting another vehicle.

Canterbury Yachting Association Centenary Celebration

CYA has supported the promotion, growth and development of our sport on a regional basis and helped many younger sailors compete both nationally and internationally through coaching and travel grants.

At this event we had an opportunity for past and current members of the CYA along with other club officers to meet and celebrated the achievements of Canterbury Yachting over the past 100 years.

It was a lovely evening celebrating Canterbury Yachting Association 100 year anniversary! Our lovely Viki Moore, Ross May, and Wayne Keen were all given recognition of their service.

Ramp Rules and Etiquette

As our busy season continues just a quick reminder of the ramp.

There is a yellow line down the center. The side closest to the club is hand launch only. The side closer to the jetty is vehicle launch only, this is not only for our safety but yours. We understand there can be issues with wind and tides. At the end of the day we want everyone to go home safe and sound.

if you are found to be going down the ramp without a safety chain from your trailer to your vehicle, you will be stopped, returned to the top of the ramp and asked to fit one before you proceed. No exemptions.