Developments

We are currently planning to host a boat show and expo for local sports clubs and associations in December 2022. Any Club interested in participating should contact us for more information. Watch for announcements! 

Update July 2022

We have been invited to negotiate our new lease arrangements. The negotiations are confidential, however we will provide further updates when we can.   

More about Crown Lands leases here: https://www.industry.nsw.gov.au/lands/use/leases  

10 July 2022

Work proceeds at an impressive pace with the new layout for the downstairs washrooms completed and tiling about to start. 

5 May 2022 

Work has already started on the SEAS project with the new solar arrays fitted. As ever our volunteers have been hard at work preparing groundworks for the water tanks and inside the boat shed clearing the way for washroom upgrades.

26 February 2022 - SEAS project update
 
We are delighted to announce that we have been successful in securing funds to support a modified
version of our original SEAS project plan under Round Four of NSW Government’s Stronger Country
Communities Fund. The SEAS project is one of over 400 to share the $100 million allocated to
improve the lives of people in regional NSW. Saratoga Sailing Club would like to thank the NSW
Deputy Premier Paul Toole for this opportunity. SSC has received $134,076 towards improvements
in:

• Sustainability: fitting a new array of solar panels, converting a water heater to a heat pump, and installing a rainwater capture system for rinsing boats, flushing toilets etc.
• Equity: reconfiguring and upgrading our change room facilities to provide equitable facilities for women.
• Access: replacing our staircase to allow safer and easier access to the first floor and its disabled bathrooms.
• Security: installing secure fencing around the dragon boats’ storage area.

Preparatory work has already started, which includes reconfiguring the layout of the boat shed to
create space for the new change room facilities, but major works will be undertaken in the off-
season.

In parallel, we will take the opportunity to improve our dinghy storage capacity to cater for the
expansion of the mixed fleet.

Regular updates will be provided at post-race briefings, however please let us know if you have any
concerns or suggestions.

More information about the NSW Government Stronger Communities Fund can be found here:
www.nsw.gov.au/SCCF

At high tide, the water at Saratoga Sailing Club comes past the mangroves and licks a small sandy bank at the edge of the land. However, at low tide, it can only be accessed by walking through mud, which increases in depth as you go further out.

'Sailors; and 'Paddlers' have to drag their boats out to open water then pull themselves aboard. This means that sailing is restricted to those with the physical strength and ability to do this.

At very low (spring) tides, which happen every month, it is not possible to reverse trailers onto the mud and boats are launched from the nearest slipway on Centennial Avenue, which is 1.5km away. This ramp is unable to be used at dead low tide and is in disrepair. The road is narrow and not really designed to allow sailing boats to rig and launch. Local residents near the slipway at Centennial Avenue are very accommodating in the busy summer boating season but we cannot send all of our boats down there as there is insufficient parking for all of our club boats and the public. It is too far to take dragon boats by road.

In an ideal world, we would be able to launch boats into deep water from the club grounds, secure them whilst trailers are returned to shore, and for sailors who are less able, to board the boats via a low jetty. This is just not possible with the low fall off and shallow nature of the area.

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We have a number of projects planned that are just awaiting being written up or being approved.

We will put notices on our Facebook page when more information becomes available

Adam Crouch presenting a cheque for our new ride-on mower.