Hi all
Our fleet of 14 F18s joined the mixed fleet of dinghies and cats at the Speers Point Regatta last weekend. A big thank you to all the volunteers who made the event happen. The Waterhouses new Hobie Wild Cats drew a lot of attention from the crowd. Young Jason had a new crew 18 year old Josh McKnight who was sailing his first regatta in a catamaran. Rod sailed with wife Kerry on Saturday and his other mate Sunday. Grantly Pellew's stress levels were pretty high when he was still taking the bubble wrap off bits of the new boat at 11.00am. Katie sailed Saturday and Adam Beashel sailed Sunday. Glen Towndrow came to give his support but couldn't sail due to a busted shoulder. James turned up in the morning to wish us all well. He has just sold his black boat to Bruce Gunn from Speers Point.
Three back to back races were held each day in less than ideal weather. The wind on Saturday blew from every point of the compass from 2-15kts challenging even the most experienced of sailors. In one race we dropped our kites near the mark then hoisted them again for the "work". It created an almost impossible task for the volunteers who were running several races simultaneously for different fleets. On Sunday we woke to 15kt Southerly and hosing rain. After some initial problems with the start boat it was towed into position and the racing started a little late. The steady breeze made for good sailing and we had some good rides down wind.
There is some ongoing debate over the results. At the presentation the Brewins were awarded 1st place. They took their medal and envelope made a speech and thanked everybody. We all clapped and congratulated them and then headed home after proceedings had finished. Regrettably there had been a mistake in calculating the results and it seems that Jason Waterhouse actually won the regatta and the results were then changed. Richard Brewin is now challenging this outcome so at this stage the results are provisional.
Provisional Results Speers Point Regatta
1st Jason Waterhouse and Josh 2, 1, 4, 2, 1, 3 = 13
2nd Brewins 1, 9, 1, 1, 2, 2 = 16
3rd Greg and Kez 3, 5, 2, 5, 5, 5, = 25
4th Pellews and Beasho 15F, 2, 5, 3, 4, 1 =30
5th Kyle and Grant 7, 3, 3, 6, 15, 11S = 40
6th Rod and Kerrie Waterhouse 4, 12, 15C, 4, 3, 4, = 42
7th Ian Simpson 8, 8, 7, 8, 6, 6 = 43
8th Morgans 11, 7, 11, 7, 7, 7 = 50
9th Henk and Spike 10, 4, 10, 10, 9, 9, = 52
10th Whites 9, 13, 9, 9, 8, 8, =56
11th Leanne and Stuart 6, 6, 8, 11F, 15C, 15C = 61
12th Nissens 5, 11, 6, 11F, 15C, 15C = 63
13th Peter Lane and Gary 15F, 10, 15C, 15C, 15C, 15C = 85
14th Terry and Vince 12, 14, 15C, 15C, 15C = 86
NSW Travellers' Series Results
1st Brewins 1, 1, 1, 2 = 5
2nd Kyle and Grant 4, 2, 2, 5 = 13
3th Greg and Kez 2, 2, 12, 3 = 19
4th James and Pete 2, 4, 3, 15 =24
5th Pellew / Beasho 11, 8, 4, 4 = 27
6th Ian Simpson 7, 8, 6, 7 = 28
=7th Morgans 6, 8, 8, 8 = 30
=7th Leanne and Stuart 5, 5, 9, 11 = 30
9th Jason Waterhouse 11, 8, 12, 1 = 32
10th Whites 8, 8, 7, 10 = 33
=11th Nissens 11, 8, 5, 11 = 36
=11th Henk 9, 8, 10, 9 = 36
13th Rod Waterhouse 11, 8, 12, 6, = 37
14th Peter Lane 11, 6, 12, 13 = 42
=15th John Flewin 11, 6, 12, 15 = 44
=15th Towndrows 10, 8, 11, 15 = 44
17th Terry and Vince 11, 8, 12, 14 = 45
Next Events of the NSW F18 Travellers Series
Nov 6-7 Kurnell Top Gun Regatta
Nov 13-14 Beware the Bullets and F18 States Palm Beach
Nov 27-28 Kembla Klassic Port Kembla
Jan 22-24 F18 Nationals Gosford
Feb 5 Pulbah Island Marathon race Speers Point
Feb 27 Cock of the Bay Marathon Kurnell
March 5,6 Trial Bay Regatta
April 17 Kurnell
See you on the water
Leanne Gould
