Hello all,
So this week we have the knots/lashings/raftbuilding to have some fun with. Please remember wet gear so we can sea trial our creations.
Next week (21 Feb) the programme says Rowing, but I think a bit of sailing practice would be beneficial, seeing as we have two days of regatta that weekend.
The week after that (28 Feb) calls for Crew Overboard. However, I have booked us in for dragonboating instead. This will be highly weather-dependent, so if it looks not-so-good we may be back to the Crew Overboard. We'll try to get at least a day's notice at any rate.
Cheers,
R
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Friday, 1 February 2013
Ready, set, GO!
Hello all,
Fantastic evening and a great start to the term. Lots of good fun on the water in kayaks and tubes, photos up in the gallery AND on that Facebook thing!
Welcome to our new crew:
Ben
Andre (brother of Marcus the Younger)
Dylan (friend of Marcus)
George
Elliot (brother of Lewis)
I did a little bit of watch shuffling last night just to show our new guys where they be positioned. I expect we'll have a fuller roster next week and we'll do a proper job of it so everyone knows where they will be. One other change of note, Ollie was promoted to Assistant Coxswain of Aft Port.
The watchlists and term programme will be emailed out in a few days; please print them off so you can see what we're up to ahead of time.
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Things are beginning to ramp up for Jamboree 2014. The Scouts national office has put together some resources that everyone should be very interested in and they will be mostly on Facebook this time around.
First is a public page where signup is not necessary:
http://www.facebook.com/NewZealandScoutJamboree
Next is a group page where Scouts 13+years can sign up. You'll need your Scout Membership Number to confirm the join request:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/NZScoutJamboree.Youth/
If you don't have your Membership Number, please call the national office.
See you next week!
R
Fantastic evening and a great start to the term. Lots of good fun on the water in kayaks and tubes, photos up in the gallery AND on that Facebook thing!
Welcome to our new crew:
Ben
Andre (brother of Marcus the Younger)
Dylan (friend of Marcus)
George
Elliot (brother of Lewis)
I did a little bit of watch shuffling last night just to show our new guys where they be positioned. I expect we'll have a fuller roster next week and we'll do a proper job of it so everyone knows where they will be. One other change of note, Ollie was promoted to Assistant Coxswain of Aft Port.
The watchlists and term programme will be emailed out in a few days; please print them off so you can see what we're up to ahead of time.
===
Things are beginning to ramp up for Jamboree 2014. The Scouts national office has put together some resources that everyone should be very interested in and they will be mostly on Facebook this time around.
First is a public page where signup is not necessary:
http://www.facebook.com/NewZealandScoutJamboree
Next is a group page where Scouts 13+years can sign up. You'll need your Scout Membership Number to confirm the join request:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/NZScoutJamboree.Youth/
If you don't have your Membership Number, please call the national office.
See you next week!
R
Tuesday, 22 January 2013
Great Onepoto Raft Race: 17 February
Hello all,
The date and time for the raft race has been set: 12 noon at Onepoto Bay on Sunday 17 February.
Apparently the TBay land Scouts actually train for this event, so we'll have to take a bit of time out to practice lashings and raft construction. If anyone has a rubber tube at home and wouldn't mind donating it to the cause, please bring it around.
Past years have been heaps of fun, check the photo gallery for pictures!
Cheers,
R
The date and time for the raft race has been set: 12 noon at Onepoto Bay on Sunday 17 February.
Apparently the TBay land Scouts actually train for this event, so we'll have to take a bit of time out to practice lashings and raft construction. If anyone has a rubber tube at home and wouldn't mind donating it to the cause, please bring it around.
Past years have been heaps of fun, check the photo gallery for pictures!
Cheers,
R
Saturday, 19 January 2013
Joint sailing day confirmed for tomorrow
Hello all,
I have confirmed with Britannia that we'll be sailing with them tomorrow (Sunday) beginning at 1pm.
If you are wanting to participate, please be at the Britannia Scout den at Evans Bay by around 1 to help rig boats. No need for a lifejacket as we can use theirs.
Location: https://maps.google.co.nz/maps?ie=UTF8&cid=117741155523164200&q=Sea+Cadet+Corps&iwloc=A&gl=NZ&hl=en_uk
The forecast is looking reasonable with easterly winds of about 5 or 6 knots, temperature around 18, and some good sun.
Hard to say when we'll wrap up, but off the water by 4-430 is a reasonable guess.
See you there!
I have confirmed with Britannia that we'll be sailing with them tomorrow (Sunday) beginning at 1pm.
If you are wanting to participate, please be at the Britannia Scout den at Evans Bay by around 1 to help rig boats. No need for a lifejacket as we can use theirs.
Location: https://maps.google.co.nz/maps?ie=UTF8&cid=117741155523164200&q=Sea+Cadet+Corps&iwloc=A&gl=NZ&hl=en_uk
The forecast is looking reasonable with easterly winds of about 5 or 6 knots, temperature around 18, and some good sun.
Hard to say when we'll wrap up, but off the water by 4-430 is a reasonable guess.
See you there!
Sunday, 9 December 2012
Could not have been better
Hello all,
I must say, today's regatta was fantastic! Huge thanks to the parents and leaders who made it all happen.
Photos are up on our gallery site (https://picasaweb.google.com/109310999096060098606/OnepotoRegatta2012)
Conditions were pretty varied all over the course, with a good breezy bit around the bottom mark, and completely dead pocket up near the top mark.
So when you were tacking around the bottom, you had to let the main out or too much power would come on too soon.
And this was a slightly weird course in that the top mark was quite close to the start line which made for a full crowd around the first turn before everyone had a chance to spread out. Please do take care with the boats - even a little bump against another boat can cause a significant amount of damage.
That dead pocket was a 'wind shadow' caused by the big hill directly to the west. So it was a bit amusing to see a dozen boats beetling for the top mark then stop dead just before getting there! The clever ones went a little further out into the harbour to keep the wind as long as possible and have some speed going into the turn. You could see the wind pick up again literally meters past from the mark... it must have been so frustrating to get caught there.
At the end of the day, however, it was a fantastic event, and especially since it was our first of the season!
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This coming Thursday is our last night of the term and I'm hoping the glorious weather will hold. Bring your sailing gear as chances are good we'll be back out on the big blue.
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And of course, Saturday 15 December starting at 7:30 will be our end-of-term/end-of-2012/possibly-end-of-the-world campfire. Bring the whanau, chairs and a stick for roasting something sweet
Cheers,
R
I must say, today's regatta was fantastic! Huge thanks to the parents and leaders who made it all happen.
Photos are up on our gallery site (https://picasaweb.google.com/109310999096060098606/OnepotoRegatta2012)
Conditions were pretty varied all over the course, with a good breezy bit around the bottom mark, and completely dead pocket up near the top mark.
So when you were tacking around the bottom, you had to let the main out or too much power would come on too soon.
And this was a slightly weird course in that the top mark was quite close to the start line which made for a full crowd around the first turn before everyone had a chance to spread out. Please do take care with the boats - even a little bump against another boat can cause a significant amount of damage.
That dead pocket was a 'wind shadow' caused by the big hill directly to the west. So it was a bit amusing to see a dozen boats beetling for the top mark then stop dead just before getting there! The clever ones went a little further out into the harbour to keep the wind as long as possible and have some speed going into the turn. You could see the wind pick up again literally meters past from the mark... it must have been so frustrating to get caught there.
At the end of the day, however, it was a fantastic event, and especially since it was our first of the season!
===
This coming Thursday is our last night of the term and I'm hoping the glorious weather will hold. Bring your sailing gear as chances are good we'll be back out on the big blue.
===
And of course, Saturday 15 December starting at 7:30 will be our end-of-term/end-of-2012/possibly-end-of-the-world campfire. Bring the whanau, chairs and a stick for roasting something sweet
Cheers,
R
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