Cody Sailing Club Code of Conduct

It is the policy of Cody Sailing Club that all participants, officials, parents and volunteers show respect and understanding for each other, treat everyone equally within the context of the sport and conduct themselves in a way that reflects the principles of the club.  The aim is for all participants to enjoy their sport and to improve performance.

Abusive language, swearing, intimidation, aggressive behaviour or lack of respect for others and their property will not be tolerated and may lead to disciplinary action.

Participants – young sailors, windsurfers and powerboaters

• Listen to and accept what you are asked to do to improve your performance and keep you safe

• Respect other people

• Abide by any rules that are set, and play fairly

• Do your best at all times

• Never bully others either in person, by phone, by text or online

• Take care of all property belonging to other participants, the club/class or its members

Parents

• Support your child’s involvement and help them enjoy their sport

• Help your child to recognise good performance, not just results

• Never force your child to take part in sport

• Never punish or belittle a child for losing or making mistakes

• Encourage and guide your child to accept responsibility for their own conduct and performance

• Respect and support other club members

• Accept officials’ judgements and recognise good performance by all participants

• Use established procedures where there is a genuine concern or dispute

• Inform the club or event organisers of relevant medical information

• Ensure that your child wears suitable clothing and has appropriate food and drink

• Provide contact details and be available when required

• Take responsibility for your child’s safety and conduct in and around the event venue

Officials and Volunteers

• Consider the welfare and safety of participants above the objective of the sailing session

• Encourage participants to value their performance and not just results

• Promote fair play and never condone cheating

• Ensure that all activities are appropriate to the age, ability and experience of those taking part

• Build relationships based on mutual trust and respect

• Work in an open environment

• Avoid unnecessary physical contact with young people

• Be an excellent role model and display consistently high standards of behaviour and appearance

• Do not drink alcohol or smoke when working directly with young people

• Communicate clearly with parents and participants

• Be aware of any relevant medical information

If you are concerned that someone is not following the Code of Conduct, you should inform Cody Sailing Club Welfare Officer or the person in charge of the activity.

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Cobnor Training Weekend

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July 2026

Friday arrivals were the usual Cody dribs and drabs arrivals, but even Simon arrived during the daylight, and a pleasant evening was had by all gathered around Anna’s wire mesh fire pit in the warm clear evening chatting and watching the satellites proceed across the night sky. A leisurely morning was spent in the lovely warm Saturday morning sunshine with Steve conducting ‘informal’ training on the field for people setting up new boats, optimising existing rigs or rigging spinnakers never rigged before. We took to the water around 11am and mustered on Cobnor Point to discuss the days training which included sailing efficiently in tidal flows, anchoring off with a tripping line, reefing afloat, a ‘acted out’ demonstration of man over board drills and practicing using the spinnaker (once it was rigged correctly). The day’s training was punctuated by a lunch on the foreshore at Cobnor point with Anna and Mark securing the royal ‘king and queen’ throne of the viewing bench there to dispense their regal declarations to the rebellious throng set out below them. All in all, a great day’s training.

The following day commenced with a session on Day Sail Leading, with Chris volunteering to lead a test day sail and presenting all the planning and briefing to the crews on the field before we went off the sail the plan.


From Chris:

On Sunday morning we had a six-boat fleet of Comets for a short cruise. This was part of the training for new day-sail OODs and was led by me (Chris) under Steve’s watchful tutelage.|

We were afloat just before 11, getting ahead of a fleet (flock, swarm… insert your preferred collective noun here) of Toppers, which were holding a youth race meeting from Cobnor SC. Our first leg was just a short hop from Cobnor to a stop at Itchenor hard. But just because it was short didn’t make it uneventful, with one boat finding themselves up a cul-de-sac the wrong side of the harbour jetties, before we were all able to meet up on the hard. Launching again into strengthening winds, the Cody fleet made its way upwind and uptide through a Sunday morning throng of racing dinghies, motor cruisers and anchored yachts to the ‘Wear’ mark. The fleet made good use of the skills of sailing out of the tide that they had practised the previous day. Turning back towards Cobnor, the fleet landed on Cobnor Point, practising landing on a lee-shore. De-briefing over lunch on the rocky beach, we were also able to watch the Toppers racing, with Debbie’s nephew taking a leading role.

We then spent time reefing afloat, more spinnaker practice before the participants left the point to pack up, An enjoyable and very useful day!

Simon and Chris.