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RBYC Racing News May 30 2008
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Adams Rib ASSOCIATES CUP REPORT Sunday May 26th dawned bright and shining, a fitting day for the resurrection of the RBYC Assosciates Cup. With flat seas and gentle 5-10kn NE breezes, a procession of twenty one boats departed the marina and headed west to the start line where Harry Tedstone and his cheerful gang set up for a centre course race. The start saw plenty of activity on the line with the larger boats in the fleet headed towards the pin end, seeking out the port tack bias. With all boats getting a clear start, Audacious skippered by Kate Clarke, soon pulled away from the fleet and led the way to the weather mark.. In rapid succession, the rest of the fleet followed, hooking around the hitch mark and then downwind to the leeward mark. With the promise of consistent winds, Harry elected to extend the second windward leg from 0.3 to 0.5nm, but then the wind decreased again, resulting in a shortened course at the second rounding of the leeward mark. At the end of the day, Kate Clarke steering Audacious was a clear Line Honours winner with a seven minute margin from Reckless with Stephane Howarth at the helm, followed only 10 secs later by "Mrs Commodore" Lyn Bingham steering Mirrabooka. The eagerly awaited final PHD results saw Sally Williams skippering Ingenue win the day click here for full results. THANK YOU to everyone who contributed to the success of the day: our generous boat owners, the enthusiastic support crews, race management teams aboard Tarni, Redeemer and Bluegum, our handicappers Peter Coleman and Warren Schenk, (for ensuring all twenty one boats finished within sixteen minutes of each other) and Deb Lloyd for capturing the on water action. We look forward to seeing you next year for an even bigger and better event. Watch this space! To view Deb Lloyd’s pictures of the action on the water, visit her website at http://deborahlloyd.ifp3.com/root/deborahlloyd/iphoto/main2.cfm Rosie Colahan CALLING ALL CREW MEMBERS Richard Dexter from Blue Freight has a client purchasing a 40' catamaran in Tahiti and they require it to be sailed back to Brisbane within the next 2 months which happily coincides with the best weather patterns. The yacht is equipped with Category 1 safety gear including EPIRB’s, GPS, Radar and auto-pilot. he is am looking for a crew of 3 or 4, preferably with one of the crew holding a Master’s Certificate, to fly to Airfares to Tahiti, accommodation for two nights prior to departing (this will allow a thorough run down on the yacht prior to sailing) and flights from At this point, he may or may not be part of the crew. if you are interested please contact him directly on 03 9419 9344 or 0422 624 230 or email: ricdexter2004@yahoo.com.au. HEARNES HEROES - Wednesday May 28 2008 At the start what wind there was WSW or occasionally W, and around 5 knots give or take a bit. It was looking good for a slow but pleasant race, until around 3:45, when it slackened off to a windless, glassy calm as the northerly started to come in. By 4:30 we had a very gentle northerly, enough to give us steerage way, but not much else. 13 boats fronted for the afternoon's race. David Meik (Phoenix) is now a regular, and it was nice to see Current Affair out there again. Escapade was there with its crew of desperadoes. The westerly course 7, (S-3-4-5-6-3-5-6-3-5-F) was the starter's selection, although few of us expected to complete the whole course as we expected the race to be shortened. The Fleet Start was interesting, with the most boats clustered around the pin to start on starboard. The getaway was slow, and that was the way the day went. 3 boats, Escapade, Just Chillin' and Clipper III went south on starboard tack, while the rest of the fleet tacked over onto port and went out west. In a dying breeze, Phoenix was the first of the westerly making boats to tack over, and Just Chillin' passed ahead of her, to be first at the first mark. #3 to #4 to #5 was slow, with Phoenix working hard to pass Just Chillin, and the rest of the fleet working hard to keep in touch. After the fleet passed #6 for the first time, the breeze really started to die. Adam's Rib had their own private channel of breeze, which allowed them to sneak past Boots and Vintage Burgundy before coming to a halt just metres from #3. Clipper III had hooked into the same breeze channel, and this brought here up to the bunch, to join us while we all waited for wind. At this time, Just Chillin was 200 metres from the finish, and stationary or going backwards. Adam's Rib was the first of this group around #3, followed later by Boots and Vintage Burgundy. By this time Phoenix had finished, and probably had their boat packed up as well. While we were wallowing, there were a number of radio calls from boats deciding to call it a day and retire. There was also a scurrilous call about the distance Adam's Rib was from the mark when she rounded, suggesting that the distance was 0 metres or less! This was, of course, treated with the contempt it deserved!! The northerly came in very gently, and gradually built to a flying 4 knots!! This enabled Just Chillin' to finish, 41 minutes behind Phoenix, and Flying Fox finished a further 15 minutes back. Boots passed Adam's Rib on the way to #5. Vintage Burgundy's crew mutinied. There was not enough in the breeze for anyone after the first 3 to finish, although some of us were close enough to the finish to be disappointed when Harry announced that the race was over. He must have done that as the last task before leaving the Tower, as when Adam's Rib came down the marina channel, they had all decamped and the buggy was not even on the pier! The final results, after taking handicaps into account, had Phoenix winning from Just Chillin', with Flying Fox third. Complete results are available on the web-site. See you all out there next week, for a Pursuit Start. MARINE SAFETY VICTORIA FOCUS DISCUSSION GROUP PARTICIPANTS WANTED We act on behalf of Auspoll Research and Marine Safety Victoria. We are seeking people 16 years of age and older who operate a non-powered marine vessel and would be interested in participating in a group discussion about marine safety.
The group will consist of ten (10) people in total from various non-powered marine vessel clubs in the Melbourne metropolitan area and will be held in Carlton at 8pm on Wednesday, 4th June 2008.
The discussion runs for 1.5 hours and to cover any out-of-pocket expenses, we pay participants $70 cash on completion of the evening.
We are sure you can appreciate the importance of this research and anyone interested in attending and who is a member of your Club, should ring the Marine Safety Group Co-Ordinator on (03) 8781 5777 as soon as possible.
We assure you all attendees will remain anonymous and their details will not be passed on to any other data base in accordance with the Privacy Act.
THE WEEK AHEAD Saturday 31st May 2008 1330hrs - Winter Pursuit R3 Wednesday 4th June 2008 1330hrs - Hearnes Pursuit Start | ||
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