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Lane Cove 12ft Sailing Skiff Club is a sailing club located at Longueville on the Lane Cove River in Sydney, Australia. The Club organises sailing races each Saturday throughout summer for selected dinghy classes and teaches young people how to sail. It is a volunteer based club with all office bearers, officials and instructors offering their services free of charge.

History

The Club was formed in 1918 by residents of Longueville, Greenwich and Northwood who were keen to race their small open boats against like competition. The Club’s first formal meeting took place on 10 December 1918 in the pavilion at the Longueville Cricket Ground now known as Kingsford Smith Oval. That first meeting established club rules, elected office bearers and established a bank account. While some larger vessels were part of the Club’s initial register by the early 1920s, the Club sailed 12ft Skiffs exclusivity.^[1] As the 12ft Skiff class became established across Sydney and the New South Wales 12ft Skiff Council was formed, membership numbers and boat registrations at Lane Cove grew.^[2] In 1936 a clubhouse, which also served for boat storage was constructed on land leased from Lane Cove Council near Longueville Wharf.^[3]^[4]

Sailing continued at the Club throughout World War II at the specific request of those Club members who were serving in the Australian Defence Forces. Although no Club Championships were awarded in the years 1941-1943. Immediately after the war a full racing program was re-commenced. In 1946 the VJ class was introduced to the club to encourage younger sailors and to assist teaching younger children how to sail. In 1955 the Club’s youth programs were expanded with the introduction of the Moth class leading to a growth in overall membership.^[5]

By the mid 1970s boat storage space at the Club was fully occupied and there was little room for social activities. To address the situation a major redevelopment took place in 1975 adding a second storey to the building to accommodate Club rooms, a canteen and an open verandah that allowed viewing of the start and finish of each race.

The first formal youth program commenced in the 1960-61 season when the Sabot class was introduced, and a lesson based, Learn to Sail program started.^[6] ^[7] These programs continued for a number of years but had lapsed by the early 1980s.^[5] They were refreshed and reintroduced in 1985 when a fleet of new fiberglass Sabots was constructed and the Club's Learn to Sail program have been continuous since that time.

As membership grew further classes were introduced. The Laser class was adopted as a replacement for Moths in 1974. The Cherub class emerged in the late 1970s effectively replacing the Gwen 12 as their numbers dwindled and the Flying Eleven class was introduced in 1973.

Office Bearers

The Club is managed by a Management Committee that is elected at the Annual General Meeting each year. ^[8] The principal office bearers are:

Current Classes

Historic Classes

Competitions

In each of the current classes the Club offers weekly handicap and scratch racing. Handicaps are allocated to each boat according to a fixed time knockdown system, in which the handicap winner of each race loses three minutes from their handicap for the next race, second place loses two minutes and third place loses one minute. The maximum handicap for each class is 30 minutes.

Youth Sailing

The Club offers Learn to Sail programs for children. These programs are conducted during school holidays and each program runs for one week, Graduates from the programs then go on to a Learn to Race program. The Learn to Sail programs are conducted in the Club’s fleet of ten Sabot class boats and three Laser 4.7s.^[9]

From the Learn to Race programs young sailors move on to the regular Saturday afternoon racing in the Sabot class or Laser Radials. Older and more experienced youth sailors compete in the Flying Eleven class before moving on to one of the senior classes in Cherubs, Lasers or 12ft Skiffs.^[10]

Notable Members

See Also

References

1. ^{{Cite news|url=|title=Lane Cove Doings|last=Avon|first=|date=10 Sep 1920|work=Arrow Newspaper|access-date=|page=6}}
2. ^{{Cite book|title=75 Years Afloat: Vaucluse Amateur 12ft Sailing Skiff Club 1926-2001|last=Martin|first=Tom|publisher=Vaucluse Amateur 12ft Sailing Skiff Club|year=2003|isbn=|location=Vaucluse, NSW|pages=64}}
3. ^{{Cite book|title=Minute Book|last=|first=|publisher=Lane Cove 12ft Sailing Skiff Club|year=1918|isbn=|location=|pages=}}
4. ^{{Cite journal|last=Black|first=J. F.|date=1938|title=An Era of Progress in 12ft Skiffs|url=|journal=Australian Aquatic Annual|pages=|via=}}
5. ^¹{{Cite journal|last=Shortridge|first=Bill|date=|year=1963|title=Lane Cove a Family Club|url=|journal=Seacraft|edition=July|publisher=Consolidated Press|volume=|pages=22–23|via=}}
6. ^{{Cite news|url=|title=Clubs Organsie Training for Juniors|last=|first=|date=3 June 1960|work=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=}}
7. ^{{Cite journal|last=Anderson|first=Anne|date=May 1960|title=The "Yachtsmen" are Youngsters|url=|journal=Shell House Journal|volume=Vol II, No 4|pages=|via=}}
8. ^{{Cite book|url=http://www.lc12ftssc.org.au/reports/100th%20Annual%20Report%202017-2018.pdf|title=Annual Report and Financial Statements|last=Lane Cove 12ft Sailing Skiff Club|first=|publisher=|year=2018|isbn=|location=|pages=31}}
9. ^{{Cite web|url=https://inthecove.com.au/sporting/name/lane-cove-12ft-sailing-skiff-club/|title=Lane Cove 12ft Sailing Skiff Club - Sports Club|last=|first=|date=July 2018|website=In The Cove|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
10. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.sailing.org.au/discover-sailing-centre-feature-lane-cove-12ft-sailing-skiff-club/|title=Discover Sailing Centre Feature - Lane Cove 12ft Sailing Skiff Club|last=|first=|date=|website=Australian Sailing|archive-url=https://www.sailing.org.au/discover-sailing-centre-feature-lane-cove-12ft-sailing-skiff-club/|archive-date=8 May 2017|dead-url=|access-date=May 8, 2017}}