Our club has been successful in gaining a Major Grant through the Sunshine Coast Council! $6000 has been granted and will be used to have a purpose built storage trailer made which will house all the clubs items, maintenance equipment, regatta items, tools, paint, buoys, etc etc. All in one spot!! And able to be brought to the lake for working bees, regattas etc.
Big congrats to David for his hard work and diligence in achieving this for our club. Well done!!
Also many thanks to Neil for storing the trailer at his place! Much appreciated!!
A big thank you to Ascent Building Solutions for their sponsorship of our club and radio sailing!! Huge thanks to Directors, Jared and Terry for their generous support and to Neil for enabling this support. You will see their promotional signage at major events and formal club events so if you are in need of any roofing materials or services give them a call and mention us!!
Great news with the Liberty Service Station adjacent where we sail offering to support our club. They have excellent facilities including toilets which we are welcome to use. In response I ask that all club members patronise their establishment for coffee, food etc. Being so close to us it will be great to access that much needed coffee before racing. Also they sell Beefy’s Pies!! How good is that!!! Also excellent prices on fuel!!!
Many thanks to Anne Maree the Director for making us feel so welcome!!!
Introduce yourself when you go there and mention you are from SCRSC!
A big thank you to our latest supporter of radio sailing – Kawana Flooring Warehouse. Thanks to Sales Manager Nic Dawson for supporting our club and radio sailing in general. Please give them your support if you are in need of anything flooring!!
Well known club member Glen Fitzgerald has been busy at it over the last few years fine tuning his sails and also fittings that he makes with a Laser Printer. As you would know if you have sailed against him he is very fast and always at the top end of the field. Glen is offering his sails and other fittings for sale. These are custom made to the highest standard so check out the pdf document attached for more details and pricing.
Bunnings are to be congratulated as owing to the fact we can’t do any sausage sizzles, Bunnings has given our club $500. This is great support for the community and recognition of radio sailing here on the Sunshine Coast. Expenditure of these funds will be focussed on improving the sailing experience for all members in the future.
The SCRSC Committee as at 20th March 2020 has decided that the sailing calendar is suspended immediately until furthur notice. This is in light of the recent Government advice that people should stay home unless the event/meeting is essential. Given the general age group of most members being in the most vulnerable category the committee has suspended all racing activity. Our venue is a public place so if a member/s choose to sail there during this time it is done at their own risk and is not approved or authorised by SCRSC. If members do sail be familiar with the latest health recommendations and implement these vigilantly. Particularly eg staying away if you feel a little unwell, maintaining recommended distances from others, using sanitzers, making contact with others etc.
We know you will understand the committees decision around this challenging situation and we hope to resume our sailing schedule as soon as government advice enables us to.
Awesome job by John McAulay in having the trailer rust removed, two pack painted, new gas struts and club signage. It looks fantastic and will raise the profile of our club and radio sailing on the Sunshine Coast. Thanks John from all members for your great work and generosity!
Special thanks on their outstanding work to GET NOTICED NOW sign writers!! All SCRSC members appreciate your support!!
Awesome job by Nambour based signwriting company!! Thanks for your support!!!
David has been involved
in radio sailing for over 45 years and this is a snapshot of his story.
David first got into
radio model boating in the early 1970s as he and his two sons were very involved
in radio power boats. In the late 1970’s David along with others formed the
Queensland Model Boat Association (QMBA) and later affiliated with the
Australian Model Yachting Association (AMYA) which later become the ARYA. In
the early 1980s David’s sons were more
into the power boats division while he became more interested in radio sailing.
In the mid 80s David initially
was sailing 10 Raters and EC12s locally and as far as Bundaberg. He also sailed Marbleheads locally and at
venues as far away as Cairns including his Brisbane based Carbrook club. Fleets
were strong and he eventually won a Queensland Marblehead Title. He moved into
the IOM class in the late 1990s sailing mainly at Carbrook and other South Queensland
venues.
He became Secretary of
the QMBA which eventually had a name change to what is currently the Queensland
Radio Yachting Association (QRYA) in the 1990s. In fact he was Secretary of the
QMBA and QRYA for a continuous period of 25 years which has to be a record in
itself!
David did not compete in
many major events from the late 1990s as he and good friend Gil Walker were too
involved in scoring major regattas all across the country. A major event in
1987, the EC12 World Titles was combined with the Australian National EC12
Titles. It was held at Pizzy Park Lake on the Gold Coast and was organized mainly
by David. The success of this event gave recognition to Queensland and the QMBA
as organisers of major events that were of the quality expected of world class
regattas. This event put radio sailing in Australia on the map for many across
the world with sailors coming from New Zealand and England including the then
world champion EC12 sailor John Cleave. Great for Australia that he was beaten
by a young Tasmanian, David Shepherd who took out the 1987 World Title.
In those days the
scoring, recording and processing was all done on paper and the EC12 World’s Match
and Scratch racing needed 6 people to manage the scoring and used the Equal
Opportunity Scoring System (EORS). The EORS was the forerunner for the current
HMS computerized system.
David travelled the
length and breadth of Eastern Australia scoring major radio sailing events with
the highlight being Gil’s and David’s scoring of the IOM World Titles conducted
at Lake Kawana hosted by Club Kawana Radio Yachting. 82 boats from across the
globe attended this event in 2005. In spite of gale force winds picking up the
massive marquee that had been erected at Lake Kawana and depositing its truck
axle holding down stakes over the road behind the venue, the event proceeded
and was hailed an amazing success.
David has been an icon of
radio sailing in Australia and selflessly contributed to provide successful services
to radio sailors for nearly half a century and at 89 years young is still going
strong with him scoring about 700 races in 2019!
An amazing effort!
Hats off to you David!!!!
Ross presenting the SCRSC Honorary Membership certificate to David BlackThe forerunner of the popular HMS scoring system we use today.RM Championships 1986Queensland IOM Championships 2000
