Hi All
Brass Monkeys Regatta We all had a great time at the Brass Monkeys Regatta over a week ago. 5-10kts and sunshine were the perfect tonic for the winter blues and ten F18s turned up to sail in the weekend regatta at the Sydney Flying Squadron. It was a great family event and the girls and the kids enjoyed the spectator ferry and the live music.
Results Steve and Richard Brewin won the regatta in the new C2 with a score of 1,1,1,1. In second place was Greg and Kez (3,2,2,3) and James and Pete 3rd (2,3,5,2). The other placing were; 4th Kyle and Grant (8,4,3,6), 5th Leanne and Stuart (5,7,4,7), 6th Morgans (7,6,7,5) 7th Ian Simpson and Neil (9,10,6,4) 8th Brett White and Lachie (4,5,11,11), 9th Henk and Spike (6,8,8,11) and 10th Glen and James (10,9,11,11).
Presentation dinner On Saturday night our group of fifty took over the club restaurant for our presentation dinner for last season. Greg Goodall from Australian High Performance Catamarans generously donated the major prize of a new spinnaker that was won by the Nissens. The family were over the moon. Thank you Greg! James and Clo Ogilvie from Magic Marine donated sailing gear to the value of $1500 for the other prizes. As well as donating the prizes the Ogilvies helped organize this event and the travellers series and Clo took many great photographs which can be seen on the new website James and Kyle have set up. James has made a major contribution of his time and skills to build the F18 fleet in NSW and we all appreciate his outstanding commitment to the class. The evening was a great kick off to the season.
Next The second event of the travellers series is next Sunday 12 September at Kurnell Catamaran Club. Two races back to back with a briefing at 12 noon and 1.00pm start. We tried to organize a training weekend but wasn't practical this early in the season so we will participate in Kurnells first event for the sailing season.
Coming Up Get your camping gear ready for the Wildcat regatta at Forster over the October long weekend (2nd-4th Oct). We should have a big turn out for this event.
See you on the water
Leanne Gould
