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MPYC has been established some 75 years and has more than 100 members, with a lot of family and junior members.
The waters are safe for learners and the facilities are excellent. Boats can be launched and retrieved easily from several ramps facing different directions and about 10 metres of shallower water before the ramps.
This section includes information about the Club and its facilities. See the submenu for information about the Club History. |
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The Club has excellent facilities for members including:
- boat parks available for members to hire
- locker and spar storage in the boat shed
- changing rooms, showers and toilets
- a clubhouse with kitchen, toilets and a lounge
- elevated race control box
- video facilities
The Club also owns several rescue boats and training yachts.
The clubhouse can be made available for suitable functions. The Facilities Secretary is
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The Estuary is a mix of channels, sandbanks and, in between, large areas that are deep enough to sail dinghies and small trailer yachts for a few hours before and after high tide.
The southern end of the Estuary, where the club is situated, is reasonably clear of sandbanks. The first sandbanks to really watch start at Skylark.
The map shows the channels in blue, sandbanks in yellow, and in between in green. See this article about changes in the Northern end of the Estuary
You can spot the sandbanks by watching for change of water colour, wave patterns, ripples and standing seabirds!
Mark names are:
Mark
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Appearance
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Tips
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B
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Bridge
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Small orange buoy in mid channel
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Hairpin bend! Round with enough room on an outgoing tide, and keep up speed so you can tack.
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O
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Outer
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Yellow Pole
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The first leg of the Outer-Bridge-Finish sequence. Watch out for learners.
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T
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Tee Stake
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Bouy with orange flag
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Good water all around
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BB
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Blue Buoy
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Blue Drum
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Mainly used by Juniors. Don’t mistake it for Tee Stake.
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M
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Mortens
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Blue Drum close to shore
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Close to shore, but in good water. Roughly where Mortens Jetty once stood. Watch for boats rounding in opposite direction.
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HP
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Heathcote Pile
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Dark Drum
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Middle of the Estuary close to Wells
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W
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Wells
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Pole with orange painted top
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Not often used, water can be shallow to the east of this mark.
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G
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Green Can
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Green top on a pole
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Good water all around
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Sky
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Skylark
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Orange buoy
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Skylark Island sits to the north-east and is a problem if sailing to/from Tripod if you get too far north (hit “the beach”)Some sandbanks to watch out for east of Skylark and closer to the causeway.
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Tri
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Tripod
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Buoy close to shore in deep water
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Strong tide flow – leave plenty of room for rounding. Approach from South can be tricky due to current; approach from north can be tricky to due sandbanks.Although in deep water, there are sandbanks within 25 metres to the northwest and the east. Your course shouldn’t take you over those. Usually the first leg of the ‘triangle’: Tripod, EBB, Orange, 22.
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EB
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East Bank Buoy
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Orange Buoy
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Marks the shallows – always leave this to starboard – don’t be tempted to cut the corner even if it isn’t a race mark.
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Orange
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Reddish pole with small drum on top
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Usually a reasonable approach from EB but might need to throw in some tacks. Watch for gradually shallowing water to the west and quickly shallowing water to the east.
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22
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22
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Pole with drum on top
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Usually no problem approaching from Orange as a reach. If tacking towards it from the west, watch for sandbanks to the south of the mark.Next mark from here will be HP, Mortens or Green Can. If Green Can stay 60 metres west of the layline until close to Green Can, to avoid sandbanks – location is very close to map.
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Note that the names of the marks are not a good indication of what they look like – see the article in the Club History for the reasons they have the names they do. |
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