NEW Compass Site

[Maeling]

Home at last with life returning to normal.  If you haven't visited the Compass Site lately - it's changed quite a bit.  Photos from the 2019 Regatta are at the bottom of the front page - will fix that before the 2020 Regatta which will be the 19th of the modern era.  

Please keep in mind that while we give out over a $1,000 in donated prizes each year, plus nearly $400 of trophies, we have marginal income. Gift/Donations will help keep us going and help the value of your boat and solve some of those quirky problems.  A DD of $5 per month would make a heck of a difference.  https://sites.google.com/site/compassyachtgroup/donations 

We thank Vaucluse Yacht Club for continuing to allow us to use their basic but wonderful facilities each year and provide us with a night to remember

Try the new site now https://sites.google.com/site/compassyachtgroup/home view the 2019 pics and the Regatta pics over the years.  For obvious reasons I have not tagged people.

Rather proud of the header pic from a few years ago

Geoff Raebel

[michael]

Hi Geoff,

I only managed to get 2 pictures of the 3 boats that went to the raft up this year. Pisces being the "camera stand" is not in the shots! We had a good evening - as we are all no longer young only moderate amounts of wine/beer was consumed; but lots of good conversation.

Thanks again for a great weekend.

Michael

I33 Pisces

[stevefurlong71]

Hi Geoff,

Congrats on the new site, it looks great, as do the photos from the regatta. I read somewhere on this forum about a potential regatta up here in QLD. That would be great!! It prompted me to have a look at the register to see just how many Compasses are up north, and there is more than enough to have a good sail and a party. Could I ask that when you are next on the register that you update the details for Saskia II to be moored at Southport YC on the Gold Coast with a rego of ZV430Q. If anyone is in the area anytime don't hesitate to look me up, I'd love to catch up for a drink and a Q and A / story telling session.

Cheers

Steve

C29 Saskia II

[danieledelcastillo]

Well done Geoff,

I like the new and fesher look :)

Daniele

[Maeling]

Steve, I'll get to it.  Had to find a backup of my database now 400 Boats with the first Olympic 40 as the 400th.  Will post soon.  Just moving databases from MS to Libre ( and learning at the same time) I store a lot of personal data (Like who has a Nanni 21hp), I don't want to put on open Google.  Occasionally I do put people with like problems together

Maybe you at Southport YC could put on a Compass cruise to somewhere like Steiglitz or Jumpinpin and see what it attracts

Geoff Raebel

On Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 8:40:34 PM UTC+11, stevefurlong71 wrote:

Hi Geo

[Tardis]

Hi Geoff,

congratulations on the new website, it looks great and it looks like you must have spent a fair amount of time getting things so well organised.

Thanks for everything that you do for the group.

regards,

Paul

Tardis

[Maeling]

Appreciate that

Tks

G

[Kris]

Hi Geoff,

May I suggest that you make a PDF version of your book available and not only a hard copy?

Regards,

Kris

[Maeling]

Sorry Kris, thinking hard.  Will come back to you.  Still haven't got the new imaging unit for my colour laser.

G

[MrSeaDragon]

Yes, I agree, that would be an awesome idea.

Kind Regards,

Greg.

[Kris]

Good thing with the PDF is that you won't need to worry about ink anymore :-)

[Phillip of ninoxyacht]

The only thing is that PDFs are copied readily and that might impact sales, hence revenues.
And it would be a lot of work and time to convert.

[Kris]

there are measures you can take to make copying harder. But you can get a hard copy and scan that in easily (there are mobile scanning apps too) and do the same. Or make copies in a xerox and sell it. Digital age and it is hard to prevent misuse. And why would it be a lot of time to convert? Easy as..

I have only 2 hard copy books as back up (a navigator's almanach and a yachtmaster how to fix things book), I have no space for paper books. All of my books are on my kindle or tablet, with exception of one or two user manuals all paid for. 

[lockie]

Hi Geoff;

I also think the new webpage looks great. My only issue is that I can't find the articles on trips, maintenance etc, can you please advise.

Cheers, Graeme

On Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 2:28:01 PM UTC+11, Maeling wrote:

[Maeling]

You had me worried.  On the New Site choose ARTICLES then CRUISING  https://sites.google.com/site/compassyachtgroup/articles/cruising/another-good-excuse-for-a-sail

Geoff Raebel