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Membership Open

After months of closing it's doors to new members, BESA will be accepting members again starting July 1st.  Classes will also be available to the general public.

 Membership Closed

 We are temporarily not allowing any new members.  We have had so many new members join over the last couple months, that we definately need to hold off on accepting any new members.  We will also have to hold off on lessons as well.  The main problem we have is a lack of available boats.  We will definately get 2 new boats in June, and hope to get 5 or 6 additional boats by July.  Once we have more boats, or as members leave, we will re-open membership.  While I can't give a definate date at this time, I hope to start accepting members again around July 1st.  Hopefully, we can also start up classes again at that time. 

Lessons

 

Many of you have already seen the changes I’ve made to the lessons.  Last year, I talked the Busan Yachting Federation about the ISSA certification.  They had no problems with us using their certification.  However, this year, the head of the sailing school, is giving me problems with not only the ISSA log book, but also about using their boats.  Now I could make an issue about it by going over his head to the vice presidents and directors, whom many are friends of mine, but I’ve decided it’s not important enough to cause a stir over.

 

Instead, I’m going to make our own log book.  It will be just as effective as the ISSA log book when it comes to chartering boats in the future.  Basically, charter companies are businesses and they need customer.  They do, however, need to be assured that you can take out their expensive property and bring it back safely.  They normally do this by requiring a certificate or logbook.  Even though you show these items, they will still test you by seeing how you set up the boat and they may even watch you handle it with an observer on board.  Sometimes they charge a small fee to observe you.  So the most important thing is that you can sail.  Having all the fancy certificates that cost hundreds and thousands of dollars means nothing if you can skipper a boat properly.

 

When I originally set up the classes, I made them so it would go with the ISSA log book.  However, I think the system I have in place makes more sense, both for effective learning as well as availability of boats.

 

So if you’ve completed Basic Dinghy, and I think you’re ready, you can move on to Dinghy Master.  If you haven’t completed Basic Dinghy, you will finish up Dinghy Basic.  If you have any further questions, contact me.

 

May Schedule

 

You may have also noticed that May is for members only.  We had almost 20 new members join in a matter of less than a month.  That’s about the same number as we had all of last year.  So in order to maintain quality in the club, May has been closed off to members only.  I’ve stopped advertising as well, so hopefully demand slows a bit.  If we sign just a few more members, I will have to probably take additional steps to close off the monthly membership and only allow annual.  The current monthly members will be allowed to continue their monthly payments.

Mark is looking for crew to enter the Korea Match Cup Qualifier.  If you are interested and can make time to race from May 12th to the 16th in GyeongGi-Do, please contact Mark at:

 markchi@busansailing.com or call 010-2858-9470

The will be two major races held in Busan.  The annual Busan Cup will be held May 2nd.  The regatta venue will be just off Haeundae Beach.  Many of the top sailors from all over Korea will compete in IRC and dinghy class boats. 

Teh Arirang Cup will start in Gwangali Bay on May 3rd.  This is an annual challenge between Korean and Japanese boats.  Last year a korean boat, Snark, won the event; the first time ever for a Korean boat to win this event.  The starting line for the race is Gwangan Bridge and the race finishes in Fukouka, Japan.

BESA kicked off a new season in style with the 'Welcome Back BBQ' attended by over 70 people.  Under beautiful skies, members and guests of the Busan Expat Sailing Club enjoyed some great food in the neat surroundings of the Marina.  BESA kicks off another sailing season after starting up for the first time in July of 2008.  This is just the start of a series of barbecues and parties which the club will host.  Pictures of this event will be posted on this website as well as the Facebook site soon.

In order to finally offer keelboat lessons, BESA will be opening weekeday morning lessons in April.  The classes will likely start at 9:00 AM and end at 11:30 to 12:00 PM.  Dinghy classes will also be offered.  The cost of all weekend classes will be considerably discounted.   See under LESSONS for more details.

We are finally taking registration for the 2009 season.  Classes start Saturday, April 4th.  The lessons format and prices have changed since last year.  While 2008 classes were great, we did have a few problems.  We have made improvements to this years program to tackle those issues.  The changes include much smaller classes, less lecture time, and better attention to on-the-water training.  These changes should greatly improve your overall experience.  Hope to see you on the water soon.

A new race series will start this Saturday the 22nd of November.  The races will be held monthly with a champions crowned at the end of the year.  There will be several classes including: Laser, Laser Radial, 470, Optimist, and Open Class.

These races are being arranged by the Busan Yacht Club, Busan Youth Dingy School, Busan Expat Sailing Association, and the Busan Sailing Federation.

The championship will be a point system with competitors earning points for each finish in the top 10.  Racers will be ranked and the one with the most points at the end of the year will be crowned the champion in each class.

 If you want to participate, contact Mark Chi of BESA for more details.

 

Come to Haeundae beach to watch world class match racing with some of the best women's teams from all over the world.  The venue is right off Haeundae beach so anyone can watch all the fun action.  The races start October 28th and ends November 2nd.  BESA members are encouraged to come and participate.  To find out more please visit the official website at:

http://www.busanyacht.co.kr/event_eng/event_01.htm