Kembla Klassic Regatta (27-28th Nov) and the Nationals

 

The Kembla Klassic this weekend (27–28th Nov) will be the 7th event of the NSW Travellers' Series.

 

Details

It is on at Port Kembla Sailing Club, Northcliffe Drive Berkeley NSW

$60 entry fee

Registration Sat 0800 –1000hrs

Briefing Sat 0930hrs

Race 1 – Sat 1100hrs

Race 2 – Sat 1400hrs

Race 2a – back to back with race 2

Race 3 Sun 1000hrs

Race 4 Sun 1300hrs

Friday night bar and snacks

Sat / Sun lunches

Sat night Bar and BarBQ

Sun morning breakfast

Camping for $10 per night per campsite.

 

F18 Nationals

The NOR is on the website www.ausf18.org.au 

Gosford Sailing Club

Friday 21st Jan Marathon Race (no points counted)

Saturday 22 – Monday 24 Racing

 

Nacra Nationals

2-8th January Port Stephens Sailing and Aquatic Club

http://www.nacra.com.au/news/32nd-nacra-nationals-2nd-8th-january-2011

 

Hobie Nationals

30th Dec – 5 Jan Vincentia Sailing Club Jervis Bay

http://hobiecatnationals.com.au/

 

C2 Nationals

2 –8th January Hervey Bay Sailing Club. In conjunction with the Taipan and Viper Nationals.

http://www.taipan.asn.au/R40544.html

 

See you on the water

Leanne Gould

 

F18 State titles

 

Sunshine and classic nor'easter put a smile on all the F18 sailors faces at Palm Beach Bullets Regatta last weekend. It was great to see new young blokes join the fleet. We had young Michael McCormick race with Rod Waterhouse on the Wild Cat.  Caedrick and Darbi Reader joined the racing in a Capricorn. Paul Whyte and Rob spent the weekend putting together their new boat. Welcome to the new blokes. Young Lachie White had his first solo sail in a Hobie Wave before the event and his Dad Brett had a problem to get him off the thing to race the F18.

 

This weekend the Steve and Richard Brewin, in the C2, gave us all a sailing lesson and won the F18 NSW state title in style. Jason Waterhouse and Josh McKnight came second and Billy and Dean Nissen were third.

 

Results F18 State Titles

 

1st Steve and Richard Brewin 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, (12OSC), 1, 1 = (20) = 8

2nd Jason Waterhouse and Josh McKnight 4, 3, (8 ), 4, 2, 2, 2, 4 = (29) = 21

3rd Billy and Dean Nissen 2, 4, 5, 2, (12OSC), 4, 3, 3 = (35) = 23

4th Kyle Amadio and Grant Rogers 5, 5, 2, 3, ( 8), 6,  6, 5 = (40) = 32

5th Grant Pellew and Grant 7, 6, 4, 6, 5, 3, ( 8), 6 = (45) =37

6th Rod Waterhouse and Michael McCormick 6, (12 DNS), 12 DNS, 12 DNS, 3, 15, 2 = (53) =41

7th James Ogilvie and Paul Williams 3, 1, 3, 5, (12DNS), 12DNS, 12DNS, 12DNS = (60) = 48

8th Brett and Lachie White (9), 7, 7, 7, 6, 8, 4, 9, = (57) = 48

9th Leanne Gould and Stuart Morton (8 ), 8, 6, 8, 7, 7, 7, 8, = (59) = 51

10th Caedrick and Darbi Reader 10, (12DNS), 12DNS, 10, 4, 5, 9, 7 = (69) = 57

11th Henk Zeeman and Spike (12DNS), 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 12DNS, 12DNS, = (81) = 69

 

Next Events of the NSW F18 Travellers Series

 

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

 

 

 

 

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Queensland F18 State Titles

Results

Top 5

1st Adam Beattie -Jamie Lietner

2nd Dale ,Blair Mitchell

3rd Warren Guinea-Marja Van Helden

4th Luke Mcmullen-Jes

5th Michael Guinea-Viv Haydon

Regatta Report

The Qld F18 State titles were held at Mission beach between Cairns and Townsville on the weekend on the 23rd of October. A total of ten F18s competed, with boats from Brisbane, Airlie beach, Townsville, Cairns and Port Douglas. A total of five races were held over the weekend. The first two were held on Saturday morning in about 10knots of breeze and sunny conditions. Warren and Marja were leading the first race but decided to do an extra lap as they can not count to 2, this allowed Luke McMullen to claim 1st place. The next race Warren and Marja won convincingly, followed by Adam and Jamie.

The Round dunk Island race followed on Saturday afternoon, in about 15knots of breeze. The big outgoing tide made for some choppy conditions around the back of the island. Adam Beatie narrowly lead Dale Mitchell at the top of the island followed by Warren Guinea. Once the spinakers were raised for the long downwind home Adam increased his lead and won the marathon in a time of 80 plus minutes which is the fastest in ten years time. Dale Mitchell sailed a great race to take second place. Warren and Marja just finished ahead of Michael Guinea to claim third spot. The run home was great with big seas and strong winds, but once around the back of the island, the seas became flat which made for a quick trip to the finish line.

Sunday saw about 12-14 knots of breeze. Adam and Jamie showed us all a clean pair of transoms and easily won the both races.

Training

Adam and Jamie have been in Europe for six months this year working at the Nacra factory and sailing at all the major regattas. This experience has made them a lot quicker and showed us all how much they have improved. We held a training afternoon on Friday, which was followed by the annual trip to Dunk island resort for some quiet drinks. This year you could hardly see the island due to the rain and 20 plus knots blowing acros the bay.

The fleet in North queensland is steadily growing with three or more new boats to follow soon. Boats are sailed in Airlie Beach, Townsville, Cairns and Port Douglas and are mostly Nacra Infusions, but one Hobie Tiger competed this year and we all spent some time showing him some favourable tips.

The Mission beach regatta is a great event combining standard races with a true ocean marathon. It is one of the last remaining events of its kind in Australia. In addition we would like to thank the following sponsors for there help in donating trophies for the F-18 Qld state titles.

Harken
Ullman Sails-Airlie Beach
Nacra NQ

Regards Warren

Mission Beach

 

 

Top Gun Regatta Results

 

Hi all,

 

Nine F18s braved the inclement weather to join the fleet of cats at Kurnell Top Gun Regatta last weekend. The competition was hot as Chris and Richard Brewin in the C2 fought off the assault of the young blokes, 18 year old Jason Waterhouse and Josh 19 in the Hobie Wild Cat. Winning by only one point and a boat length were the Young Guns taking on the Old Guns with a grand total of 105 years of experience. It seems that youth and enthusiasm triumphed over experience and cunning this time...

TOP GUN REGATTA 2010

Kuenell Catamaran Club

Final Results F18 Fleet

1: Sailing Scene, AUS 125 Jason Waterhouse, Josh McKnight: 8.0

2: Subo, AUS 60, Chris Brewin, Richard Brewin: 9.0

3: Easy Tiger, 214, Rod Waterhouse, Chris Way: 13.0

4: Krank the Noodle, AUS 101, Greg Wyers, Kez Stevens: 17.0 

5: Norselec, 018, John Flewin, Simon Young: 26.0

6: Frisky Cat, 1893, Kyle Amadio, James Ogilvie: 26.0

7: Flying Fish, AUS 1023, Leanne Gould, Stuart Morton: 31.0

8: White Tiger, 1960, Brett White, Lachlan White: 37.0 

9, Silverfox, 207, Peter Lane, Gary Selwood: 41.0

11 year old Lachie White won an encouragement award for saving his dad's neck during a intense capsize. All the sailors are impressed by Lachie who regularly crews for his dad Brett. Well done Lachie! 

 

New Boats

We would like to welcome three more F18s to the NSW fleet. Bruce Gunn from Speers point has recently bought the black Nacra and will sail at Speers Point. Caedric Reader from Pittwater has bought a Capricorn and Paul Whyte has just bought the Laruffa F18 and has joined Kurnell. The NSW fleet has been growing at a phenomenal pace with six F18s purchased in the last month and a container of new boats expected in the next few weeks.

 

Next Weekend F18 States Palm Beach

Next weekend 13th /14th November is the F18 NSW State title as part of the Bullets Regatta at Palm Beach.

Palm Beach Sailing Club, Sand Point, Iluka Rd Palm Beach

$75 entry which includes an evening meal

Briefing 10.30 am

racing not earlier than 12 noon

details check the website www.pbsc.org.au

NOR and Entry forms attached

Please let me know if you are sailing so I can inform the club of numbers for the catering.

 

Are you a financial member of the F18 Association?

You must be a financial member of the F18 association to compete in the states. The treasurer has informed me that most of us are not financial members. It is easiest to do the paper work online. Go to our website www.ausf18.org.auand download the forms. It is easiest to pay by direct debit. We will have forms available on Saturday for those who are not organized so bring you cheque book or cash.

 

NSW Travellers' Series Results

1st Brewins 1, 1, 1, 2, 2 = 7

2nd Kyle and Grant 4, 2, 2, 5, 5 = 18

3rd Greg and Kez 2, 2, 12, 3, 4 = 23

4th Jason Waterhouse 11, 8, 12, 1, 1 = 33

5th James and Pete 2, 4, 3, 15, 10 =34

=6th Pellew / Beasho 11, 8, 4, 4, 10 = 37

=6th Leanne and Stuart 5, 5, 9, 11, 7 = 37

8th Ian Simpson 7, 8, 6, 7, 10 = 38

=9th Rod Waterhouse 11, 8, 12, 6, 3 = 40

=9th Morgans 6, 8, 8, 8, 10 = 40

11th Whites 8, 8, 7, 10, 8 = 41

=12th Nissens 11, 8, 5, 11, 10 = 46

=12th Henk 9, 8, 10, 9, 10 = 46

14th John Flewin 11, 6, 12, 15, 5 = 49

15th Peter Lane 11, 6, 12, 13, 9 = 51

16th Towndrows 10, 8, 11, 15, 10 = 54

17th Terry and Vince 11, 8, 12, 14, 10 = 55 

 

Next Events of the NSW F18 Travellers Series

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

 

 

Top Gun Regatta Kurnell

 

This weekend we are expecting over 10 F18s to join the fleet in the Top Gun Regatta at Kurnell Catamaran Club. With a its big uncrowded bay, legendary Nor'easters and easy rigging Kurnell is a favorite sailing destination amongst the F18s. This regatta will be event 5 of the NSW Travellers' series. Please note that this regatta has an early start.

 

Details

$35 regatta fee

1030 hrs Briefing

Racing am and pm Saturday and Sunday

Check the website for race instructions and maps www.kcc.asn.au

Camping available at the club

 

See you on the water

Leanne Gould