The 2009/10 sailing season is underway. It was officially opened at 1120 hours on Sunday when Commodore Clark raised the TYPBC flag and the shotgun was fired by club Patron Bill Mitchinson. Overhead, Warbirds flew indifferently.

Club patron Bill Mitchinson opens the sailing season.

Over 100 members enjoyed the champagne brunch. Others arrived later in the day.
What a spectacular start it was. As the keeler divisions slid down the harbour with spinnakers drawing, the centreboarders spread themselves between Sulphur Point and Claytons Island; a visual treat for the people at Pilot Bay.
To underline the catch-phrase 'TYPBC – home of the P Class”, 11 of the little beauties turned out, including one from Kohimarama. Out of the Optimists, Starlings, Zephyrs and Lasers, the ‘P's' had the largest fleet. This season TYPBC will be introducing the 'John Old's Inter-Club P Class Challege”. John Olds is a well known participant in P Class and Starling events. Since his son sailed a P Class in 2003 he has been to every national championship and many other contests in between. He has provided a huge amount of support to anyone with a measurement problem to a broken piece mid regatta. Although he is from Timaru, he has access to many clubs in NZ, particularly Murrays Bay. He shows no favorites or bias towards any club, but is there to help everyone and is a great believer in ‘club spirit'.
The 10 knot north-easterly cool breeze and a challenging 1.9m tide set the scene for all three races for the centerboard division boats. With two firsts and a second, Ken Atchinson was the best in the full rig Laser fleet. Similarly, Nick Gunn in the Starlings and Bob Smythe in the Zephyrs. Green Fleet sailors Jessie Miller, Elle Warren, Monique and Chantelle Frost showed how much they have improved over winter by sailing upwind against the tide to effortlessly complete two races. Jessie Miller won with two wins.

By Gun Caundle