Mid Winter Dinner

Come and help us celebrate Mid Winter with a special carvery dinner on Friday, June 27th. Bookings essential

Summer Prizegiving

Come to the prize giving on Saturday, May 10th to

applaud the winners and then it's party time!

QUIZ NIGHT

Friday 11th March. Find some knowledgeable friends and put a team together to win fun prizes!

FAIRWAY BAY SPONSORS FLYING FIFTEEN NATIONALS

GHYC is thrilled to have Fairway Bay as the sponsor of the FF National Regatta to be held by the club on March 13th - March 16th. Note the club will be open throughout the regatta for coffee during the day and meals in the evenings

BURGER NIGHT

The club will be opening at the new time of 6.30 pm on Wednesdays from 19th February

Xmas Party

The club Xmas Party is on Friday December 20th, starting at 6pm with free bubbles on arrival. Fabulous buffet meal, fantastic band. All for $30pp. Bookings essential by December 16th.

Boat Hop

The Boat Hop on November 16th is a chance to socialise and get to know other members in small groups aboard boats, and then come back to the club to join up with everyone.

Winter Prize Giving Party

We shall be partying on Saturday,October 5th after presenting prizes to the winners of the Winter Series. Book soon!

AMERICA'S CUP BREAKFAST

Come and watch the racing in company at the club on Sunday and Monday morning. BYO BBQ breakfast.

Winter Racing

Check out the photos, of race 6 of the Winter Series in the gallery to see what a great day it was. The photos were taken by I D Haywood.

ANNUAL ARTS SHOW

Our annual Arts show is on Sunday, August 11th.  Anyone wanting to exhibit should contact the office.

Women's Sailing Squadron

The ladies were out on the water again on Sunday, practising some new "tricks"

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Youth Programme

Two of our new junior members out on the water honing their skills for the Flying Fifteen Nationals in 2014

Women's Sailing Squadron and more

Winter is normally a busy time for planning when you’re involved in a predominantly summer sport.

The girls of the Gulf Harbour Yacht Club Women’s Sailing Squadron never stop planning sailing related activities and Kadon is a great co-ordinator, rounding up everyone and organizing the meetings and sailing sessions.

The weekend just gone wasn’t the best for sailing, too rough and too cold so Kadon came up with a fun social and team building idea for a “squadron” meeting in the warmth of the coach’s lounge. The squadron met for mulled wine and a knot tying relay she dreamed up for which prizes were awarded. As a result everyone went home on Sunday afternoon happy and tied up in knots. With the aid of a couple of lap top computers and a smart phone everybody also learned to understand the Wind Guru a little better and to use the weather forecast in strategic race and cruising planning.

At the same time that the ladies were relaxing, laughing and playing rope games the club’s Youth Keelboat Programme was taking another step toward becoming a reality. Another junior sailor was signed up for the programme that will run in conjunction with the Women’s Sailing Squadron, sometimes sharing training days, boats and sessions.

Additional to that a Youth crew to represent GHYC at the March 2014 Flying Fifteen National Championships was being formed. GHYC will host the contest and the Will Taylor, Matthew Signal pair will train to “do the club proud”. They’ll receive coaching from me, a 3 x Flying Fifteen National Champion.

There’s plenty to get excited about at Gulf Harbour Yacht Club and still opportunities galore for women and young sailors. Please make enquiries and become involved.

John Weston

Coach

New Member's Night

Members new and old are invited to mix and mingle at the club on Friday June 14th