F18 Nationals 1-6 Sept

Hi F18 sailors

 

F18 Nationals at Magnetic Island Race Week are on 1-6 Sept. In Townsville today it is 26o and sunny with a fresh afternoon sea breeze. I know where I would rather be. So pack your boat and boardies and head north for some fun in the sun.

 

Entry Entries have to be lodged online by this Friday 26th August at the regatta website https://secure.tetra-australia.com/mirw/entry_form.cfm 

 

Event info  For all the details about race week go to the website http://www.magneticislandraceweek.com.au/index.cfm?eid=927  

 

Barge: Fantasea have come on board as the major sponsor of the F18 class at the regatta. They are providing free return transport to the island for your car and boat. Please call Fantasea direct to make your booking 07 4796 9300, you will need to register for the regatta first. Fantasea have a list of entered boats and you will need to mention you are an F18 competitor along with your boat name (as per your entry) to confirm your free transport. Due to the tides, please find below a list of barge times that we are able to book on. If anyone needs a hand or trailer storage whilst in Tvl (before or after the regatta) please let me know and I will be happy to assist.

TSV - Nelly Bay

Tue 30th Aug Wed 31st Aug Thurs 1st Sept

0520; 1235; 1805 0710; 1235; 1805 0710; 1440; 1625; 1805

Nelly Bay - TSV

Wed 7th September Thur 8th September Fri 9th September

0615; 0805; 0955; 0805; 0955; 1530 0955; 1530

I would also suggest you thank them for their sponsorship when you make your booking

 

Measurement will take place in the rigging area on the Thursday PM and Friday AM. Exact times will be sent ASAP. You will need to register at the regatta office first, then complete your F18 membership and then your boat can be checked.

 

Rigging At this event we will not be rigging on grass or sand. The rigging area is an asphalt car park and boat ramp. You will need foam pads to protect your hulls from damage.

 

F18 Association membership All competitors at the nations need to be financial members of the F18 association. To join or renew membership either go to our website http://www.ausf18.org.au/MEMBERSHIP/MEMBERSHIP.html and download the forms and pay by direct debit or just fill in the forms and pay at the event. We don't do credit cards.

 

Other news Congratulations to Steve Brewin who has just won the A Class worlds in Denmark for all the details go to http://catsailingnews.blogspot.com/ Young Jason Waterhouse teamed up with Brett Goodall to compete in the F16 Worlds in a Viper. They sailed brilliantly and finished 2nd behind Olympic silver medalist Darren Bundock. Well done boys! On Saturday September 24th the Sydney Flying Squadron are holding a race for 18 foot cats and skiffs to find the fastest vessel on Sydney Harbour. Carlton Brewery are donating a $6000 cash prize! Some of the skiff sailors are under the delusion that they have a chance of winning the prize against the cats. Put this date in your calendar. Details will follow.

 

See you at Magnetic Island

Leanne Gould

 

F18 Nationals Magnetic Island Race Week

Attention F18 Sailors,

It is only a matter of weeks now until the F18 Nationals will be held as part of "Sunferries Magnetic Island Race Week".

Remember this event is the official qualifying event for the F18 Worlds next July in Long Beach USA.

It is important that you all register for the event via the regatta website ASAPwww.magneticislandraceweek.com.au

The website has all the info you will need to plan your trip.

The regatta organisers are continuing to try and attract more sponsorship for the event and to help with this we need to register ASAP.

There are barges that run to the island many times a day and within the next couple of weeks we will announce details on how to book your barge journey.

There is still lots of quality accomodation still available to suit all budgets.

The F18 fleet will have their own race course separate to the yachts to allow an uninterupted race course along with a professional PRO.

We will also have our own very large rigging area which will be securley fenced and well lit at night.

Registration will take place on Thursday and a welcome function is planned for Thursday night.

Friday will see a course set for the F18 for the purpose of practice / training in the race area, and allow the F18 fleet to view the yacht racing on that day.

Official racing will begin on the Saturday.

Each afternoon there will be a Happy Hour on the deck at "Peppers" and this will be a great oppurtunity for us to explain to the yachties why we sail these great boats!

Also if you know of anyone who would like to volunteer for the event, either on a chase boat or on shore, please let me know via email.

Get your boat ready, enter via the website and come and enjoy one of the most beautiful places in the country.

We look forward to welcoming you to NQ!

Mick Guinea

F18 Qld Rep.

Townsville Annual Sprints Regatta

Townsville Sailing Club

Townsville Sailing Club is gearing up for its biggest event since hosting the 505 World Titles in 1996.

The annual Sprints Regatta, held over the June long weekend, will this year include the Inaugural Round Magnetic Island Marathon, the QLD Tasar State Titles and is also a round of the Nacra NQ Super Series.

Sprint races will be held on Saturday 11^th and Sunday 12^th June and are open to all off the beach dinghies, multi-hulls and yachts. One design and mixed fleets can expect to compete in many races with close racing over short courses.

The Inaugural Around Magnetic Island Race will be held on Monday 13^th June. Any off the beach boat with a VYC yardstick 108 or under and Safety Cat 5 yachts are invited to enter this 24NM one lap race of the island.

TSC is expecting a strong fleet of dinghies and catamarans including F18’s to compete and is hoping the race will rival the Round Dunk Island race held at Mission Beach annually.

It has recently been announced that the Formula 18 class will be holding its National Titles later this year in conjunction with the Magnetic Island Race Week. The NQ Sprints will serve as great practice for the fleet as well as an opportunity for all sailors to enjoy the beautiful waters and conditions of Townsville.

The rivalry between NQ sailors Mick Guinea and Adam Beattie who finished 5^th and 6^th at last years Nacra World Titles respectively is set to continue at the regatta.

Local sailor Aaron Linton who has finished 2^nd at the last two Tasar Nationals, is expected to have a strong showing in his home waters.

The Notice Of Race is posted on the club’s website at www.tsvsailingclub.com

Are you looking for a mid-winter break from the southern chill? How do 28^oC days and 16^oC nights with 22^oC water temperature appeal to you this June?

F18 by Remote Control

Training Videos Page

We have updated the website to now include training videos, click the link HERE or to your left to see some great stuff already posted or if you have one yourself please email us to have it uploaded.

Kurnell "Cock of the Bay"

 

Ten F18s made the journey to Kurnell on Sunday to compete in the Botany Bay Classic and Cock of the Bay Regatta. The current Australian champions, Greg and Brett Goodall, made the trip from Bendigo Victoria to compete against the Brewins and the NSW sailors. There was a lot of flapping about in very little wind as all the poultry fought it out. Steve Brewin was the fastest fowl sailing an A Class and the Goodalls were the fastest F18 sailors. Here are the rest of the results.

 

Kurnell Catamaran Club Botany Bay Classic and "Cock of the Bay" Regatta

Sunday 27th February 2011 – Results are Final

 

F18 Fleet – Aggregate Scores

Sailed: 2, Discards: 0, To count: 2, Ratings: VY, Entries: 10,:

Rank Boat Name Class Sail No. Helm Crew Club YS R1 R3 Total

1st C2 F18 AUS 222 Greg Goodall Brett Goodall BYC 67.5 1 1 2

2nd Sue Bo F18 AUS 60 Chris Brewin Richard Brewin KCC 67.5 3 2 5

3rd Magical F18 AUS 751 Kyle Amadio Grant Rogers KCC 67.5 2 4 6

4th Krank the Noodle F18 AUS 101 Greg Wyers Bob Wyers KCC 67.5 4 3 7

5th Norselec Switchboards F18 AUS 018 John Flewin Simon Young KCC 67.5 6 5 11

6th Cruel & Heartless F18 AUS 619 Ian Simpson Grant Bow SPSC 67.5 7 7 14

7th Flying Fish F18 AUS 1023 Leanne Gould Stuart Morton KCC 67.5 5 11 DNF 16

8th Durepox F18 AUS 10 James Ogilvie Neil "Stiffy" NCYC 67.5 11 DNF 6 17

9th F N Crazy F18 AUS 7 Greg Chamber Trevor Lowder KCC 67.5 8 11 DNF 19

10th Silver Fox F18 AUS 207 Peter Lane Gary Selwood KCC 67.5 11 DNF 11 DNF 22

 

Weekend March 5 and 6  Darren Lowder Memorial Regatta Trial Bay.

At this stage it looks like we will have fifteen F18s sailing next weekend at Trial Bay. We will have 13 NSW boats and 2 boats are making the trip down from Queensland. This will be a big regatta and a highlight of the season. Almost everybody has booked their accommodation. If you haven't booked yet don't leave it too late. Briefing Saturday at 1100hrs. The notice of race is on website http://www.kcc.asn.au/   For camping contact  Arakoon State Recreational Area 02 65666168 or check out the website http://www.trialbaygaol.com/camping.html For rental apartments contact LJHookers South West Rocks http://www.ljhooker.com.au/search?g1=192&a1=1&a0=all&a0=residential&a3=rent&a5[]=holiday

 

Sunday April 17 Darren Lowder Memorial Regatta Kurnell

For info go to the website http://www.kcc.asn.au/

 

See you Saturday

Leanne Gould

 

F18 Training Day Palm Beach

2011 WA F18 States - 22nd - 25th April

Please find attached the Notice of Race and Entry form for the 2011 Mandurah Easter Regatta.
The Mandurah Offshore Fishing and Sailing Club are excited to be hosting the very first WA State Titles from the 22 - 25 April 2011.

Currently there are 12 Formula 18 Catamarans and 3 Formula 16 Cats in WA, and it would be great to get them all out racing at Easter.


If you are intending to sail, then please email myself or Gavin Parker as well as sending in your completed entry form to MOFSC.

Those who are unable to sail the state titles weekend are asked to consider lending/leasing their boats. A list of competent skippers/crews will be available should you choose to do so.

Hope to see you all there!

Worlds Slots Positions and Allocation

Hi to all,

The international F18 Association has confirmed we have been given 9 spots for the 2011 F18 Worlds to be held in Hungary. I have listed the overall positions from the Australian Nationals and the Teams that have already advised they would like to attend. If you are listed and/or  wish to attend but not in the list, or have a TBA next to your name and will not be attending please let me know ASAP so I can have the selections completed ASAP.

Many thanks in advance

Nationals Results				Worlds Slots, 9 spots available
1st	Greg Goodall	Brett Goodall		1	Greg Goodall	Brett Goodall	Confirmed
2nd	Steve Brewin	Jack Benson		2	Steve Brewin	Jack Benson	TBA
3rd	Jason Waterhouse	Josh McKnight		3	Jason Waterhouse	Josh McKnight	Confirmed
4th	Adam Beashel	Grant Pewell		4	Adam Beashel	Grant Pewell	TBA
5th	Warren Guinea	MARJA Van Helden		5	Adam Beattie	Jamie Leitner	Confirmed
6th	Adam Beattie	Jamie Leitner		6	Brett Burvill	Ryan Duffield	Confirmed
7th	Brett Burvill	Ryan Duffield		7	Rod Waterhouse	Chris Way	Confirmed
8th	Michael Guinea	Viv Haydon		8	Lachlan Gibson	Joshua Fugill	Confirmed
9th	Rod Waterhouse	Chris Way		9	Gorden Beath	Alex Beath	Confirmed
10th	Chris Brewin	Richard Brewin		10	Andrew Holden	TBA	Confirmed
11th	Lachlan Gibson	Joshua Fugill
12th	Chris Cauldercoat	Dan Sims
13th	Luke Mc Mullen	Lam Richardson
14th	Billy Nissen	Dean Nissen
15th	Rob Lattimore	Luke Duncan
16th	Leigh Thorne	David Veysie
17th	Martin Webb	Leigh Mcnally
18th	Kyle Amadio	Grant Rogers
19th	James Ogilvie	Claudine Ogilvie
20th	Gorden Beath	Alex Beath
21st	Steven Kroon	Tim Wildy
22nd	Gavin Parker	Mark Parker
23rd	Gary Gonall	Leigh Gornall
24th	Greg Wyers	TBA
25th	Andrew Holden	TBA
26th	Mark Letiner	Jerone Fritz
27th	Brett White	Lachlan White
28th	David Jorgenson	Neil Moxham
29th	Leanne Gould	Stuart Morton
30th	Ian Simpson	TAB
31st	Bruce Gunn	Bridget Gunn
32nd	John Fewing	Antony Edwards
33rd	Glenn Towndrow	James Towndrow

Kind Regards
James Ogilvie

Durepox Marine Australia
james.ogilvie@durepox.com.au
www.durepox.com.au

PH: +61 400 701 878
Fx: +61 2 8569 0383

Pulbah Island Marathon

Last Saturday it was 41oC and blew over 25kts from the NW and an intense day of sailing was had by all. Several skippers from the local fleet came down to have a look but declined from racing, deciding discretion was the better part of valor. Eleven F18s were brave/stupid enough to enter the event for a bit of rip roaring, mast snapping fun.  After multiple capsize, breakages and general mayhem only three boats actually finished the marathon. Billy and Dean Nissen where victorious completing the race in just under two hours. They only had two capsizes and broke main sail battens and dinted their mast. Thirteen minutes and a couple of swims later, Brett White and his guest crew sailed home on their new Wild Cat appropriately named the Feral Cat. Chris Caldercoat finished third on his Capricorn.

 

Speers Point Amateur sailing Club did a wonderful job hosting the event and kept everyone safe. The rescue boats had many customers and there was quite an inventory damage with two boats breaking spreaders. Thank you to Brianna White for the fabulous photos of the day.

 

Grant Barr has bought a Nacra from Queensland and will be racing with John Jay. Ian Simpson has picked up his dad Kershy as crew. It was also good to see some of the new blokes Caedric Reader, Paul Whyte and some of the old faces Andrew Driver and Chris Caldercoat amongst the sailors.

 

Next Events of the NSW F18 Travellers Series

 

Sunday Feb 27 Cock of the Bay Marathon Kurnell.

This is a one day regatta with a briefing at 10 am. In the past they run sprint races in the morning followed by a marathon race around Botany Bay. The race is lots of fun and attracts a first class fleet. The NOR is coming soon. For info on the club go to website http://www.kcc.asn.au/

 

Weekend March 5 and 6  Darren Lowder Memorial Regatta Trial Bay.

Two days, six races and the social BBQ of the year. Come experience some of the greatest sailing in what has to be the greatest venue on the NSW Coast. This is not only the regatta of the year and a great social weekend away, but a chance to remember a lost sailor and friend to many

 

Best to book your accommodation for this regatta. For camping contact  Arakoon State Recreational Area 02 65666168 or check out the website http://www.trialbaygaol.com/camping.html For rental apartments contact LJHookers South West Rocks http://www.ljhooker.com.au/search?g1=192&a1=1&a0=all&a0=residential&a3=rent&a5[]=holiday

 

Sunday April 17 Darren Lowder Memorial Regatta Kurnell

For info go to the website http://www.kcc.asn.au/

 

Sydney Flying Squadron

The F18 President is visiting the SFS this week to talk about the $5000 race next season. They are keen to see F18s race at the club occasionally and they are getting sponsorship. A couple of us are going down to join their Saturday races for the next two weeks.

 

See you on the water

Leanne Gould

 

Cyclone report from Townsville

 

Hi everyone ,

 

The guys from Townsville all faired ok, all the F18s are damage free and apart from a few fallen trees properties are ok aswell.

Was a long night with breeze starting to build here about 7pm last night with around 35knots, peaked at around 90 knots during the night for around 5 hours and was still around 30-40 knots at around 8am. Only in the last couple of hours has the breeze dropped below 20. We were bunkered in the house with essentials under the mattress in the bathroom.

Big clean up tomorrow, currently we are on extreme water rations in Tvl but have been told water and sewage plants should be operational tomorrow. Power is out and still could be many days before it returns. A lot of lines down around town. We all have gen sets so the beers are still cold! 

As far as I know all the guys in Cairns and port Douglas faired well, the major hit areas were south of Mission.

Mission beach has been reported to have been hit pretty hard. I will let you know how our friends from there are

As soon as I know, I can only assume they had to be evacuated prior due to being such a low area.

 

Thanks for all your thoughts and wishes. It is very much appreciated.

 

Mick and Christy.

 

 

F18 sailors in Far North Queensland

 

We have a large group of F18 sailors in the Mission Beach area. This is a photo of the group a couple of weeks ago at the Nacra Nationals. The F18 sailors from around Australia are thinking of them and hope all their families are safe.

 

Leanne Gould

Fw: Newsletter

 

 

Gosford Nationals

We all had a fantastic time at the Gosford Nationals. The club and the volunteers did a great job and ran a very professional regatta. All the F18 sailors would like to thank James Ogilvie who put in so much effort to make the event so successful. Thanks to Kyle who sorted out finances and paperwork and to Grantly who got sponsors prizes from Zhik and Harken. We had 33 F18s and 12 F16s and the racing was awesome.

 

Next nationals

We held the AGM at the regatta and next seasons Nationals will be held as part of Magnetic Island Race Week from the 2 – 6 September 2011. Check out the regatta website for more info www.magneticislandraceweek.com.au Next season it is Queensland's turn to host the nations. We have a large fleet on F18s in Far North Queensland and they suggested that it would be good to be part of a big sailing event. This will help raise the profile of the class and should be a lot of fun. Normally the F18 nationals are held near the Australia Day but this time of year is not practical up north because of stingers and cyclones.

 

Oceanic F18s Championships

There is a proposal to hold an Oceanic F18 Championship in the Cook Islands in 2012. The Cook Island tourist bureau are keen to sponsor the event with shipping and cheaper accommodation. They even want to sponsor our local NSW travellers series. The Australian F18 association support the idea but are looking for an expression of interest from sailors before any planning takes place. Would you like to take your boat to the Cook Islands in 2012? I certainly would love to go. The info is on our website www.ausf18.org.au Please contact James Ogilvie if you are interested or have any questions. james.ogilvie@performancepro.com.au 

 

Pulbah Island Marathon

This Saturday 5th February is the Pulbah Island Marathon starting from Speers Point Sailing Club. The briefing is at 11.00hrs and La Mans start at 1200 noon. This a popular event and usually draws a large fleet of F18s. At Speers Point they now have 9 local F18s and with a group of us coming from Sydney we should have a fleet of over 15 boats. This will be part of the NSW Travellers series.

 

Next Events of the NSW F18 Travellers Series

 

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

 

Sydney Flying Squadron

The Sydney Flying Squadron at Milsons Point have a new Commodore and he is very keen to get F18s visiting their club for regattas. The club is really hopping at the moment with live music after the racing each week, a spectator ferry and good prizes for the sailors. Next season they are offering a prize worth $5000 for a race on 24th September! No I didn't put too many 0s on that number that is five thousand dollars. A race for boats eighteen feet long with a 2.30 start 24th September to find the fast 18 foot boat in Australia. It will be a great competition with the skiffs verses the cats. A few of us will be visiting the club this season for a few races. We will keep you posted if you want to join us.

 

See you on the water

Leanne Gould

 

Oceania F18 Championships Cook Islands 2012

Oceania F18 Championships

Expression of interest for competitors


To all,

With the increased profile of catamaran sailing worldwide we have had a proposal from OSAF to develop a inaugural Oceania F18 Championship event in 2012. Discussions with organising committee's and sponsors have already begun and Atutaki, Cook Islands has been flagged for the events first location.

Racing will be planned over 5 days, maximum 16 races following the same format as the International F18 World titles. The Australian F18 association is fully backing the introduction of this event and working to ensure an Oceania event can get off the ground.

We are calling for expressions of interest from competitors to gauge the interest at this time and ask that any parties wishing to take part and or provide sponsorship please contact James Ogilvie at james.ogilvie@performancepro.com.au or +61 400 701 878

Updates will be posted as we progress and we hope if continued interest is received we will be able to provide an exciting and high speed F18 sailing event in 2012.

Boats all ready for the Nats