Indented Head Yacht Club members officially open the sailing season

THE day selected for Indented Head Yacht Club’s opening of the season was not the best day for sailing.
The forecast was not good and both Royal Geelong and Port Melbourne Yacht Clubs called their sailing off on Friday night in view of gale warnings put out for Saturday.
But Indented Head members are tougher than that and some members brought boats – just in case.
Younger sailors participating in the regular Saturday morning Learn2Sail program were in no doubt – they were going to sail. They had two Lasers 4.7, four Optimists and the Quest on the water in the morning, and they all seemed to have a ball.
After lunch it was a different day weather-wise and the duty race officer wisely decided to abandon any further sailing.
Members then headed into the Community Hall to officially open the season.
Commodore John Walter welcomed all and especially Corangamite federal member Libby Coker, Gary Crole (Chaplain at Christian College) and representatives from other Yacht Clubs and the community.
Those present at the Opening Ceremony firstly heard from committee members Chris Green, who (along with a sub-committee) has surveyed all members and developed a strategic plan for the future of the Indented Head Yacht Club.
The plan’s main focus is that if the club is to survive, members must adapt and change.
Commodore John Walter then introduced Ms Coker, who officially opened the sailing season and spoke about her time as a young child sailing Sabot dinghys with her dad at Black Rock Yacht Club.
Chaplin Gary Crole gave his thoughts, a couple of jokes and best wishes on the beginning of the season when he ‘blessed the fleet’.
Many junior sailors stayed on from the morning training session to witness the official opening, but had a lot more fun digging the biggest fort ever seen on Indented Head beach.