As we are all aware the current lockdown has been extended to September 2, 11:59 PM.

Although more restrictions have been added, most do not affect the club’s activities.

It is worth reviewing the current status.

There are only five reasons to leave your home (You must stay within 5km of your home)

• shopping for necessary goods and services

• care and caregiving, including medical care or to get a COVID-19 test

• exercise (maximum of 2hrs a day, with either your household or 1 other person)

• authorised work and permitted study

• to get a COVID-19 vaccination

 Can I check if my boat is secure –

Yes, this should be incorporated into your 2hr exercise window. Where you live outside of your 5km radius, you should ask a family member/friend to check on your boat during this time and only attend if it is for emergency reasons that cannot be postponed.

 Boat maintenance and repairs –

Self-maintenance (by a non-authorised worker) and repairs should be postponed unless for emergency reasons.

Can I still go sailing?

Boating (including Sailing) and Fishing is outdoor recreation permitted. However, within 5km, within 2 hrs, with a mask, with immediate family or one friend, and without requiring a closed venue to be opened.

Can I access my club room to have a shower?

No, club rooms are considered a facility and must not be opened. Come prepared and return home to have a shower.

So from the MMYC point of view.

• The clubrooms are closed.
• Boating and fishing are permitted as above, but only on an individual basis as part of your two hours / five kilometre limit of permitted exercise. The club cannot organise, publicise, or otherwise facilitate, any event, race, rally, training or practice session. Members are requested and advised not to put the club, or themselves, at risk by arranging any such event.
• The curfew arrangements now in place are unlikely to affect anyone but the most dedicated of after-dark fishermen.
• Masks are required at all times indoors and outdoors. There is a new requirement that masks may not be removed to consume alcohol. Members are reminded that this effectively prohibits the consumption of alcohol outdoors on club grounds.