NSW F18 Travellers

F18 Nationals 1-6 Sept

2011-08-23T08:36:00.001+10:00

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

2011-07-19T13:21:00.001+10:00

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

2011-04-19T07:08:00.001+10:00

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

2011-03-20T16:00:00.002+11:00

Training Videos Page

2011-03-01T15:41:00.001+11:00

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"

2011-02-28T15:02:00.001+11:00

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

2011-02-23T12:09:00.000+11:00

2011 WA F18 States - 22nd - 25th April

2011-02-21T17:55:00.001+11:00

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

2011-02-18T17:24:00.000+11:00

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

2011-02-08T16:33:00.001+11:00

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

2011-02-04T07:31:00.001+11:00

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

2011-02-03T10:15:00.000+11:00

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

2011-01-31T16:20:00.000+11:00

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

2011-01-27T17:36:00.003+11:00

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

2011-01-21T19:36:00.002+11:00

F18 Class Rule Changes

2010-12-17T08:52:00.003+11:00

To all,

The international F18 Association had it's December meeting last weekend and some changes to the class rules have been agreed. These will be current from the 1st Jan 2011 so please take note

The Council approved unanimously to change the class rules as follow :

Standing Rigging change :

F.6.2 CONSTRUCTION

From 1st January 2011

(a) MANDATORY

(1) A forestay and bridles of 1 x19 stranded wire of minimum diameter of 4.0mm.

(2) Shrouds of 1 x 19 stranded wire of minimum diameter of 4.0mm.

(3) Trapeze wires of stranded wire or textile with a minimum diameter of 2.5mm.

(b) OPTIONAL

(1) A pair of diamond wires of 1 x 19 stranded wire of minimum diameter of 4.0mm.

The compliance date of 1st January 2011 would give any affected boats 12 months to comply.

The Council agreed to request TC to make for July 2011 meeting a proposal in order to limit the maximum dagger board projection under the hull.

10. Material used in F18 hull construction

The Council recall D.3.1 rule : The core cell material is not a class legal material.

A recorded letter requesting the details of boats already produced has been addressed to Loday/White on 7th of November with "No answer from the Company".

A second and last letter will be issued shortly requesting the details of boat produced and sold prior to 1 of August 2010 (list including owners name and hull number).

The boats produced and measured prior to 1st of August 2010 and listed on a class document will be allowed to continue to compete in F18.

All other boats using Core cell will not be class legal.

Kind Regards
James Ogilvie

Performance Pro
james.ogilvie@performancepro.com.au
www.performancepro.com.au

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

Cool Vid from the French F18 Asociation

2010-12-09T16:22:00.001+11:00

F18 Class Catamaran French promotional video 2011 from Matthieu Le Page on Vimeo.

Filmed by Matthieu Le Page

Kembla Klassic

2010-12-02T14:13:00.001+11:00

Last weekend nine F18s joined the fleet of about 100 boats to compete in the Kembla Klassic. On Saturday a 10-15kts nor'easter made for a pleasant mornings race. Jason and Josh reveled in the light conditions and won the first race with the Brewins second. In the afternoon the breeze kicked into 25-30kts with some gusts reported at 38kts. Of the eight boats racing, six broke stuff and only three finished the race. Steve Brewin replaced his dad to crew for his brother Chris and the pair won the race. Capsizing and turtling seemed to be the order of the day for the rest of the fleet. Jason and Josh capsized three times and still finished 2nd. By the end of the afternoon many of the boats sported "chock tops". The wind increased and the third race was abandoned as all committee vessels had a busy afternoon rescuing broken boats.

To compete in a weekend regatta you need tactics both on and off the water. How you navigate around the bar can have a big impact on the next days performance and your position in the point score. With this in mind I brought in the "big guns" last weekend to crew for me. Legendary party animal Neil Moxham did his best to wipe out the opposition on Saturday night. Grantly was completely shattered Sunday morning and the young blokes Jason and Josh were more than a little dusty. Despite our best efforts to corrupt the lads they pulled it together to sail brilliantly and win both races with a convincing lead.

Results

1st Sailing Scene Jason Waterhouse and Josh 0.75, 2, 0.75, 0.75 = 4.5

2nd Suebo Chris and Richard Brewin 2, 0.75, 3, 2 = 7.75

3rd White Tiger Brett White and Jon Jay 8, 3, 6, 4 = 21

4th Frisky Cat Kyle and Grant 6, 10C, 4, 3 = 23

5th Harken James and Grantly 3, 10C, 2, 10C = 25

6th Carbon FX Tim Makepeace 7, 10C, 5, 6 = 28

=7th Flying Fish Leanne and Neil 9, 10C, 8, 5 = 32

=7th Cruel and Heartless Ian Simpson and Grant 5, 10C, 7, 10C = 32

9th The Rose Billy Nissen 4, 10C, 10C, 10C = 34

NSW Travellers' Series Results (with one drop)

1st Brewins 1, 1, 1, (2), 2, 1, 2 = (10) = 8

2nd Kyle and Grant 4, 2, 2, 5, (5), 4, 4 = (26) = 21

3rd Jason Waterhouse 11, 8, (12), 1, 1, 2, 1 = (36) = 24

4th Greg and Kez 2, 2, (12), 3, 4, 12, 10 = (45) = 33

=5th Pellew / Beasho (11), 8, 4, 4, 10, 5, 5 = (47) = 36

=5th James and Pete 2, 4, 3, (15), 10, 7, 10 = (51) = 36

=7th Whites 8, 8, 7, (10), 8, 8, 3 = (52) = 42

=7th Leanne and Stuart 5, 5, 9, (11), 7, 9, 7 = (53) = 42

9th Rod Waterhouse 11, 8, (12), 6, 3, 6, 10 = (56) = 44

10th Ian Simpson 7, 8, 6, 7, 10, (12), 7 = (57) = 45

11th Nissens (11), 8, 5, 11, 10, 3, 9 = (58) = 47

12th Morgans 6, 8, 8, 8, 10, (12), 10 = (62) = 50

=13th Henk 9, 8, 10, 9, 10, (11), 10 = (67) = 56

=13th John Flewin 11, 6, 12, (15), 5, 12, 10 = (71) = 56

15th Tim Makepeace 11, 8, 12, (15), 10, 12, 6 = (74) = 59

16th Peter Lane 11, 6, 12, (13), 9, 12, 10 = (73) = 60

=17th Caedric and Darci 11, 8, 12, (15), 10, 10, 10 = (76) = 61

=17th Towndrows 10, 8, 11, (15), 10, 12, 10 = (76) = 61

19th Terry and Vince 11, 8, 12, (14), 10, 12, 10 = (76) = 62

Party time

The Sydney Flying Squadron, Milson Point have invited the F18s and the A class cats to sail on the 18th Dec. The club has lost the 12foot skiffs and the new commodore Chris Haskard is keen to get the F18s and the As sailing occasionally at the SFS. On the 18th Dec we do not need to pay an entry fee and they will have a Christmas party after the race with seafood and a great band. The club also run a spectator ferry so it is a fun day for family and friends. Sydney harbour is a great place to sail and the parties at the Squaddie are legendary. Please let me know if you want to race.

Coming Up

F18 Nationals

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

Gosford Sailing Club

Friday 21st Jan Marathon Race (no points counted)

Saturday 22nd – Monday 24th Jan 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

Next Events of the NSW F18 Travellers Series

Jan 21-24 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

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

2010-11-23T14:05:00.001+11:00

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

2010-11-15T11:35:00.001+11:00

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

Olympics - RIO 2016: Multis are Back

2010-11-15T07:09:00.001+11:00

Olympics - RIO 2016: Multis are Back

Great News,

The ISAF Council, on a proposal from Chris Atkins, Chairman of the Events Committee, did agree on a slot of ten events, including Mixed Multihull, to be used at 2016 Olympic games, by 19 votes in favour and 16 votes against...
Best regards from Athens,

Olivier Bovyn
Pres IF18CA

Queensland F18 State Titles

2010-11-10T14:50:00.002+11:00

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

2010-11-10T14:49:00.001+11:00

Top Gun Regatta Results

2010-11-08T17:13:00.001+11:00

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

2010-11-01T12:04:00.001+11:00

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

Jason wins Speers Point Regatta

2010-10-27T08:33:00.002+11:00

Hello to all

I have just had word from Speers Point representatives that Jason Waterhouse and Josh McKnight sailing a Hobie Wild Cat were the official winners of the Speers Point Regatta. Congratulations to the young guys.

Leanne Gould

Event 4 NSW F18 Travellers' Series

2010-10-26T15:35:00.004+11:00

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

Wild Cats Hit NSW F18 Fleet

2010-10-24T09:29:00.009+11:00

3 new Hobie Wild Cats racing for the first time in Australia. Great to see new faces and some old ones sailing the new boats.

Wild Cats at Speers Point Regatta

2010-10-21T18:31:00.001+11:00

Three new Hobie Wild Cats will race for the first time in Australia this weekend at Speers Point Regatta. The Waterhouse family who are based at Pittwater have acquired two of the new boats. Rod is a multiple Australian and World Master champion in the Hobie 16s and he will be skippering one of the cats. His teenage son Jason will be steering the other Wild Cat. Jason won several world and national youth events and just recently came second in the F16 Euro Challenge in Italy. Jason should be a great inspiration to the other teenagers that have started sailing in our F18 fleet. The Pellews will be racing the third Wild Cat and Grantly is still working on the boat this evening to have it ready for Saturday. Katie Pellew (ne Spithill) is currently ranked in the top 10 match racing skippers in the world and is on our Australian Olympic team preparing for London 2012. Katie will be steering on Saturday before flying out on Sunday to compete at an international regatta. Adam Beashel will be her replacement skipper on Sunday and Grantly will be crew both days. Adam has sailed in several Americas Cup challenges and has now lives on Lake Macquarie.

The Waterhouses and Pellews have made a massive effort to get the boats ready for the weekend and instead of just racing at their local club at Palm Beach they are making the extra effort to travel to Speers Point and join the rest of the F18 fleet.

It should be interesting racing in the next few months as the Hobies challenge the C2s. Currently the Brewin family with Chris and Richard and World and Australian Champion Steve are unbeatable. This season they have won every race of every regatta and have a perfect score in the NSW Travellers' Series.

This weekend 8 visiting F18s will be joining the fleet of 7 local boats making a fleet of 15 F18s. The forecast is for a fresh Nor'easter on Saturday with a southerly change coming through late Saturday night and strong southerlies on Sunday. Fantastic conditions for exciting racing. Saturday night we plan to have dinner at the local pub next to the club. We are expecting about sailors to join the party.

see you Saturday

Leanne Gould

Mission Beach Regatta Queensland

2010-10-20T10:02:00.002+11:00

This weekend the Queensland F18s will again make the pilgrimage to north to sail in the Mission Beach Regatta and the Round Dunk Island Marathon. This event is run by the Tinaroo Sailing Club and a notice of race can be found on their website www.tinaroo.yacting.org.au/ This will also be the North Queensland Nacra Championships and a large number of boats are expected.

Details

Held at sailing club and the lifesavers building at South Mission Beach

Saturday 1030 Race 1

Saturday 1330 "Around Dunk Island marathon"

Sunday 1000 and 1300 Buoy races

Barbeque lunch each day

more info contact Greg and Judy Heath 40688201 or 0408075899

Leanne Gould

Oympics: F18 Class Official Submission to ISAF

2010-10-20T08:31:00.000+11:00

--The Formula 18 Class Association Submission to ISAF on Olympic classes makes a strong statement: The IF18CA fully support the Multihull comeback but does not want to become an Olympic Class itself. Lots of debates on the class about this submission, but it was finally agreed a text that reflected the class position and discussions at Erquy , where last F18 Worlds were held in July 2010. Tornado class members were present at that meeting too.-
First mission is to have Multis back, then start to discuss which boat, in my personal opinion, the Tornado Class is in a good position for a comeback in 2016, but we need to start working for the future as soon as the Multis are selected again (hopefully)
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Reporting Committee – Events Other Committee – Equipment Submission: 101-10

Equipment for the Olympic Sailing Competition
Multihull for the Olympic Sailing Competition
A submission from the International Formula 18 Class Association

Proposal
1. The International Formula 18 catamaran association (IF18CA) support the re-introduction of multihulls in the Olympic Games.
2. The IF18CA does not support selection of any current F18 design as Olympic Class.
3. The IF18CA support the selection of a 20 foot catamaran for men events and/or a 16 foot for women or mixed events.

Current Position
As the leading and fastest growing multihull Association, the IF18CA fully support the reintroduction of the multihull into the Olympic regatta. The Association believe that the multihull offers a distinct discipline, different from other monohull class and is worthy of inclusion to the Olympic regatta."

The IF18CA support the selection of a 20 foot catamaran for men and a 16 foot catamaran for women or mixed, both designs would be tailored for the medal race show and producing the best impact for the spectators and media.

Reason
A lot of harmony currently exists in the multihull scene. The selected design for the Olympics will represent the pinnacle of our sailing community, with top sailors sailing the best one design catamaran. They will be “our heroes on the top of the multihull pyramid"

The F18 fleet is a great class for thousands of club sailors and some professional sailors, mixing different kind of events such as long distance races or 'round the cans' races where various boat designs compete on elapsed time. The open design rule is strongly powered and is promoted commercially by many manufacturers on each continent which is developing the class. The F18 class is definitely the development class for builders and the “rendez vous point” for all kinds of sailors.

One of the major reasons unanimously shared by the class is that if one F18 design is selected as Olympic support, it will definitely give a technical and commercial advantage to the selected manufacturer and therefore threaten all other builders and sailors using other designs.
The F18 box rules allow any builder, even non professional builders, to enter the class on a fair basis. This is clearly expressed in the F18 class rules introduction guide line and principal.
The box measurement rule allows manufacturers to develop catamarans that are competitively priced yet allowing freedom to builders to develop higher levels of performance. Being open to any manufacturer allows many builders and sail makers to compete and so keep costs to a minimum.
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Submission as sent to ISAF by IF18CA Gral Secretary, James Baeckler-
Link to ISAF Doc http://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/10110F18fortheOlympics-%5B9385%5D.pdf

F18 NL Style

2010-10-19T17:33:00.000+11:00

F20 Carbon - Movies

2010-10-19T17:29:00.001+11:00

Formula 18 Finnish Class Championships 2010

2010-10-19T17:22:00.002+11:00

Fw: Speers Point Regatta

2010-10-19T13:10:00.002+11:00

Speers Point Regatta

Hi all

This weekend we will have about 15 F18s sailing in the Speers Point Regatta on Lake Macquarie in NSW. This will be event 4 of the NSW Travellers' Series. The details for the event are;

Entry fee $30 seniors

Registration Saturday 0930 - 1330

Briefing Saturday 1200

Race Session 1 Saturday 1357 Warning signal

Race Session 2 Sunday 0957 Warning signal

Race Session 3 Sunday 1327 Warning signal

Camping sites for 10 tents on Saturday night but notify the club before the weekend.

Dinner at the pub 1900 Saturday night,

See you Saturday

Leanne Gould

Fw: Wet and Wild at Forster

2010-10-09T16:48:00.002+11:00

Wet and Wild at Forster

The camping gear should be dried out by now after yet another Forster Wildcat Regatta in the rain. We all arrived Thursday and Friday to set up camp for a weekend sailing party. Twelve F18s joined the fleet of about 80 catamarans sailing in the regatta. Brett Goodall and Christa travelled from Bendigo, Victoria to compete but they got mixed up and brought the wrong boat. The sailed a F16 Viper. Andrew Holden made the trip from Queensland and we had Adam Beashel sailing on the Pellews boat. All the families and friends came to join in the fun. In fact our F18 group had more people there for the party than actually sailing. A new bloke called "Spike" distills homemade rum and his OP chocolate rum got the party started on Friday night. Regrettably it had a devastating affect on the opposition Saturday morning.

After several hours floating about, Saturday's racing was abandoned due to lack of wind. As to be expected the Nor'easter kicked in just as we reached the shore. This was not a total catastrophe because many of the competitors were a little jaded after partying too hard on Friday night. Saturday was a very early night and we woke to a fresh Nor'easter on Sunday.

Four races back to back in the fresh conditions tested our endurance. Monday was more of the same with two races held in a 15kts Nor'easter. Yet again the Brewins sailing the new C2 dominated the F18 fleet with a score 1,DNF,1,1,1,1. Kyle and Grant came second with 5,2,2,3,2,2 proving that an old Tiger with well used sails is still very competitive in the right hands. James and Pete sailing a Nacra came third with 3,1,7,2,5,3. For the rest of the results and photos go to the Forster website http://forstersailing.blogspot.com/

We are expecting even more boats at the next regatta. The Rod and Jason Waterhouse will be sailing 2 new Hobie Wildcats and hope to make it to our next regatta at Speers Point.

This was the third event of the Travellers' series. Our first event was at SFS Brass monkey's Regatta. Event 2 at Kurnell and Event 3 Wildcat.

Coming Up

October 23-24 Speers Point Regatta (camping and billeting available)

November 6-7 Top Gun Regatta Kurnell (camping)

November 13-14 F18 NSW State titles at the Bullets Regatta Palm Beach

November 27 28 Kembla Klassic Port Kembla (unofficial camping)

January 22-24 F18 Nationals Gosford

Feb 5 Pulbah Island Marathon Speers Point

Feb 27 Cock of the Bay Marathon Kurnell

March 5-6 Trial Bay Regatta ( Darren Lowder Memorial) (national park camping booking essential)

April 17 Darren Lowder Memorial Kurnell

See you on the water

Leanne Gould

Wildcat Regatta

2010-09-29T09:21:00.003+10:00

Wildcat Regatta, Foster NSW, This Long Weekend

Hi all

Everybody is looking forward to Wildcat regatta this long weekend at Forster. Camping is available from 1200 hrs Friday to 1200 hrs Tuesday. There will be one briefing at 1300 hrs Saturday and racing from 1000 hrs on Sunday and Monday with a presentation Monday afternoon.

The fees for the event have been changed to include ALL NSW National Park fees (camping and car). Fees are $90 for a 1 person boat and $100 for a 2 person boat. These fees include camping and car access to the park as well as race fees. Everything is available at the club; hot showers, water, meals, snacks, soft drinks and alcohol.

All the family is welcome for the whole weekend. The regatta is hosted by the Great Lakes Sailing Club on Wallis Lake. For any addition information and maps on the location go to there blog site at http://forstersailing.blogspot.com/

We should have a big turn out of F18s and I look forward to seeing you all on the water.

Leanne Gould

F18 Newsletter

2010-09-21T13:27:00.003+10:00

NSW Traveller's Series Update

Hi all

Event 2. The second event of the Traveller's series was hosted by Kurnell Cat Club on the 12th September. We sailed two races back to back with a windward return course. The sun shone and a steady 15kt nor'easter kept a smile on everyone's faces. We were happy to welcome two new boats to the fleet. Peter Lane and crew Gary were sailing on a brand new C2 and John Flewin with crew John Flewin sailed on a Capricorn. The event was won by Trevor Lowder with Richard Brewin as crew on Trev's Capricorn F,n Crazy(1,1). Equal 2nd was Greg and Kez (3,2) and Kyle and Grant (2,3). Paul and Pete were 4th sailing on the black boat (4,4) and Stuart and I were 5th (5,5). The two new blokes had a few problems in the first race and both came equal 6th with a DNF and DNS. The full results with the times are attached.

Coming Up

October 2-4 Forster Wildcat Regatta The warm weather is upon us so lets all get into our bikinis and boardies and head up the coast for the long weekend. What can I say,.. Rhode island, Cowes, Lake Garda, Forster.. the big names on the international circuit. Everybody who is anybody will be there. Greg Goodall is reported to be flying back from Europe for this big event and will be sailing on the new C2. Laura Baldwin and Chris Caldercoat will be flying in from San Francisco and they will be sailing there new boat. The NSW locals will be there in force and a few banana benders and threatening come south across the border. We are expecting over ten F18s. For the uninitiated Forster is a legendary three day catamaran event usually drawing a fleet of between 50 and 100 boats. It has been running for over 30 years and is a perfect blend of competition, party and camping. National park camping is available from Friday to Monday and the club run a canteen and bar over the weekend. For the grand final of the footie they rig a wide screen TV and everybody joins the party. The event is popular with families and sailors of all ages.

I have been asking around and at this stage these are the boats that are coming; 1 James and Pete, 2 Kyle and Grant, 3 Stuart and I, 4 Grantly and crew, 5 Brewins, 6 Trevor Lowder, 7 Nissens, 8 Ian Simpson, 9 Morgo, 10 Henk and Spike, 11 Laura and Chris, 12 Greg Goodall, 13 some Queensland bloke, 14 Brett White and 15 Glen Towndrow. Peter Lane and Terry aren't coming. I don't know about John Flewin and Greg and Kez.

October 23-24 Speers point Regatta Seven F18s now race from Speers Point so we have a ready made fleet before the visitors arrive. Camping is available for this regatta and F18 sailors have offered billeting to anyone needing a place to stay. Just let me know and we can sort something out. Last year about 40 of us went to the pub for dinner and it was very enjoyable.

November 6-7 Top Gun Regatta Kurnell Great wind and camping is available.

November 13-14 NSW F18 State Titles Palm Beach Beware the Bullets Regatta

November 27-28 Kembla Klassic Port Kembla camping available

Jan 22-24 F18 Nationals Gosford sailing Club

Feb 5 Pulbah Island Marathon Speers Point

Feb 27 Cock of the Bay Marathon Kurnell

March 5-6 Trial Bay Darren Lowder Memorial Regatta (South West Rocks)

April 17 Darren Lowder Memorial Regatta Kurnell

See you on the water

Leanne Gould

Event 2 Kurnell 12.09.10

2010-09-21T13:22:00.001+10:00

NSW F18 Newsletter 6th September 10

2010-09-06T16:44:00.000+10:00

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

F18 Newsletter

2010-09-06T16:42:00.002+10:00

NSW F18 News

Hi All

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

Brass Monkey 2010 Regatta

2010-08-30T11:22:00.001+10:00

To all,

Final results are yet to come but pics have now been posted from last weekends Brass Monkey Regatta.

Click the HERE or the MEDIA tab for a smaller selection of pics

Follow this link http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/7777752/2/F18%20Catamarans/Brass%20monkey%202010?h=9531c3 for the full selection

F18 Weekend Regatta

2010-08-23T10:33:00.001+10:00

This Weekend "Brass Monkey Regatta"

Hi All

The forecast looks good for the weekend regatta with about 9 -14 kts each day, sunshine and 18oC. Perfect to kick off the season!

Boats; At this stage we have 9 F18s definitely coming and an extra 3 probably coming, so we should have a good fleet.

Racing; Depending on the wind they will run 2 races each day back to back, with windward to leeward courses. Start times are ; 1300hrs Saturday 1100hrs Sunday. That should suit us just fine.

Ferry; Change of time for the ferry. It will now leave at 12.45hrs and return about 3.30pm on Saturday. On Sunday it will leave at 1045hrs. The ferry is BYO food and drinks. At this stage about 20 of our group will be on the ferry.

Entertainment; The band Latin Fire will be playing on the wharf from about 3.30 until about 5.30pm to entertain the girls while we get off the water. On Sunday jazz duo John Morrison and Jackie Cooper will be launching their new CD.

Presentation; Saturday after sailing and before dinner we will have the presentation downstairs on the wharf.

Dinner; 7pm at present we have 54 people booked. Please let me know if you are coming.

SFS As a member of the Sydney Flying Squadron I welcome you all to our club. It is the oldest open boat sailing club in Australia and believes that sailing is a spectator sport for the whole family. We hope you all have a great weekend.

See you on Saturday

Leanne Gould

F18 News "NSW"

2010-08-13T13:04:00.001+10:00

Hi all

BRASS MONKEYS REGATTA 28-29th August.

I have been overwhelmed by the positive response to this regatta. We have nine F18s definitely sailing and 2 extra F18s that will probably sail. Just about everybody is coming to the dinner and bringing there families. We have 50 booked for dinner on Saturday night, including 15 teenagers. I have had a few questions.
Booking for dinner? I have a list of all those coming to dinner. Don't contact the club but tell me if you and your family are coming. Please let me know ASAP if you are joining us.
Paying for dinner? I will collect the money for dinner on the Saturday morning for those sailing, or after the race for those not sailing.
Parking? There is 2 and 4 hour street parking near the club but sailors have been booked in the past. I suggest to park in High St or even Whaling Rd.
Location? For a map of the location of the club go to the website www.sydneyflyingsquadron.com.au/contact-us
Ferry? The spectator ferry comes to the club wharf. Several of the families have expressed interest in the ferry. Look at the site www.rosman.com.au/regal_pictures.htm to see pictures. At present the ferry is due to board at 11.45am which is over an hour before the race. I am negotiating with the club to load the ferry later so the girls don't get board. I'll keep you posted.

NEW BOATS Chris Caldercoat and Laura Baldwin have bought a F18 and will be racing with us in October. Laura is in the UK racing Sail for Gold Regatta then the pair will be in San Fran for the Finn Gold Cup and then onto the Women's Match Race Worlds. Laura wrote, "

We've seen sense and are going to sail a fun boat after this." Victorian based Greg Goodall from AHPC also made contact saying a new C2 should arrive in October and he hoped to make it to 2 or 3 NSW regattas.Windrush in WA have designed and built a new F18 called the Wedge. I have heard that they will be shipping the boat to Sydney and WA sailors will fly across to compete in a few events. Henk Zeeman from Speers Point is test sailing a F18 this weekend and is hoping to join our fleet.

WEBSITE James Ogilvie has been spending considerable amounts of time this week updating our website. With Kyle's help they have created a whole new look to the site with lots of useful links. It will work a bit like a blog site with regular updates. The boys are still working out a few bugs in the system but it should be up and running in a day or two. Check it out www.ausf18.org.au Thank you James and Kyle for creating such an effective communication tool.

CALENDAR Some of the dates were wrong on the last draft calendar. Please note that the Pulbah Island Marathon is on 5th Feb and the Trial Bay Regatta on the 5-6 March (not the 7-8). I have revised the draft calendar and it is attached.

Macca and Grantly on the move

2010-08-11T09:36:00.001+10:00

Some footage from the NSW States 2009/10

QLD F-18 states at Mission beach. 23rd,24th October 2010.

2010-08-10T17:53:00.001+10:00

Round Dunk island marathon included in regatta as last year. 5 races in total. Expecting 11-13 boats so far. Once I have some more information I will send to you all. Here is some photos from last year

Trial Bay 2009

2010-08-10T16:28:00.001+10:00

A few pics from the Trial Bay regatta. The most perfect place to sail in NSW

F18 World Championship 2010 - Day 05

2010-08-05T12:52:00.000+10:00

F18 World Championship 2010 - Day 03

2010-08-05T12:50:00.000+10:00

F18 World Championship 2010 - Day 02

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F18 World Championship 2010 - Day 01

2010-08-05T12:48:00.000+10:00

Poor form from Aussies again

2010-07-13T04:26:00.000+10:00

As part of the organising of the F18 worlds no sign on sheet
was supplied. Tables where on hand so AUS 222 (yours truely) was first
to use the table as the sign on sheet. Photo is of another 160 boats
doing the same and as usual the French being rather pissed off. James

End of day 4

2010-07-09T05:34:00.000+10:00

Hmmmmmmmm, no wind but still raced. 1st, well dead last or a DNF as
past the finish time. We then all get sent home to sit on the beach
for the next 1hr to have 1 good race. Still not a good result for us
as around 70th.

Yeh, 3rd race canceled but fighting hard for next to last place in the
gold fleet. Still lots of good guys out the back but we are consistant
in the last 10.

All races in under 8 knts

Day 4, Gold Fleet

2010-07-08T06:15:00.000+10:00

Today had ups and downs, plenty of damage on the water and lots of top
guys in and out.

Made my worlds starting on port both 2nd and 3rd races and top 10 to
the first mark.

60th, 30th, and a dead 2nd last. Very light winds and some
exceptionaly good sailors in this fleet.

Hope to have wind tomorrow but happy with our starts and top mark
roundings just goes downhill from there

Regards

James Ogilvie
+ 61 400701878 mobile
+ 61 2 8569 0383 fax

sent from iPhone

Looks like we are sailing

2010-07-07T20:34:00.000+10:00

Not happy Jan. Under 5 knts

Day 4 not much better

2010-07-07T18:21:00.000+10:00

Hmmmm, we scraped thru into gold fleet with an overall 77th position.
Looks like we will try for the woodsucks in Gold but we made it.

See wind below, nil

End of day 3

2010-07-07T06:12:00.000+10:00

Not such a good day and still waiting for final results for the 6th
race.

Race 4 first for the day was light, under 5 knts and very bumpy. Final
result was a 56th.

Race 5 was in much the same wind, 0-5 knts with a really bumpy sea due
to the tide. 61st overall

Race 6, still to see final results but had up to 10 knts and was much
better for us. We think we are around 20th in this race.

After 5 races we are sitting at 84th position but with a 20th in race
6 should bring us down quite a few spots and into Gold fleet starting
tomorrow.

Regards

James Ogilvie
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+ 61 2 8569 0383 fax

sent from iPhone

Still no wind

2010-07-06T20:45:00.000+10:00

Boys have reverted to hand ball.

Day 3 start of the day

2010-07-06T18:22:00.000+10:00

Boat all ready, start delay yet again.

The wind is around 5knts but we hope to see around 10 today which can
keep us up the fleet.

Big issue with Bundy as a DNF and DSQ yesterday which hurt him as he
was the top boat.

Day 2 results and sailing

2010-07-06T07:11:00.000+10:00

Start was delayed by 2 hrs as standard French organisation was shit.
We hit the water in 10knts but built to 15-18 during the day.

Race 1. Bad position second row and flopped onto port, not a good
move. Ducked 90% of the fleet but still stayed in there.

Race 2. Pin end start, smoking. Rounded top mark in 10th spot just
behind Bundy, kite then hooks behind mainsail battens and we loose 20
spots.

Get going and pull back a few places to windward as we are in the
grove this rime around. Finish in the top end of the fleet and more
than happy.

Race 3. Bad bad start. some frenchy stuffs us up so we gamble and flop
to port and thread the fleet. Pays off and top 15 to the first mark,
we have a good downwind but loose a few spots into the gate but still
strong.

Doing well to windward, high and fast and do a clean race but just out
of the top pack.

Overall good results with a 50th, 16th, and 28th. Sitting in 58th out
of 161 boats.

Day 2 first race to come

2010-07-05T15:53:00.000+10:00

We wake up expecting under 5 knts but it's been blowing 10-15 all night.

Aussies are happy. I will give an update and results after racing

Day 1

2010-07-05T05:13:00.000+10:00

Invitation race, start 1 general, start 2 general but most of us kept going.

We where around 30th in the fleet but light moderate winds so realy strugled most of the race.

Forcast is for 1-5 knots for the next 3 days. Not sure how we are going to go but the boat feels not to bad.

Regards

James Ogilvie

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+ 61 2 8569 0383 fax

sent from iPhone

Club James and Pete

2010-07-05T05:08:00.000+10:00

Day 1. F18 Worlds Erquy France

Club James & Pete

First post so will be short

2010-06-25T16:16:00.000+10:00

F€\k the French

12hrs waiting and kicked off 2 flight due to strikes in Paris. Now they have lost my bags as well.

Leave Sydney - Raining so happy
- Land Hong Kong not a bad flight

Hong Kong airport - at 1am is quiet
- they change the gate twice on us. Big airport and walked forever.
- land Paris 6am

Paris Airport - bumpy ride the entire way, no sleep at all
- 12hrs waiting for a flight as French on strike
- on and off 2 planes, still in airport
- yeh flight leaves 12 hrs late
- land in Venice

Venice Airport - OMG, no bags. Been traveling for way to long and now in another line to find my bags
- bags still in Paris not arriving till after weekend as French don't work weekends
- hope things get better :)

Pics at Sydney, Hong Kong, Paris, all airports so far sorry

Regards

James Ogilvie

New boards and a polish for next year

2010-05-16T10:50:00.000+10:00

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2010-05-05T14:41:00.000+10:00

Bateman's Bay 2010

2010-05-05T14:37:00.000+10:00

Hi All

The Anzac long weekend regatta in Bateman's Bay was our last event of the travellers series for this season. Three F18s joined the fleet of over 90 boats for a great weekend of racing. Bateman's Bay is a beaut location for a regatta and was very popular with families. The boats are rigged on the beach in front of the holiday cabins. (Photos below). The racing is only for 2 days so the third day can be spent with the family and /or recovering from the previous nights party. A great social regatta for the end of the season and well worth thinking about for next year.

On the series point score there was only one point between the two lead boats and this regatta would decide the overall winner. I think Grantly and Katie must have slipped James' wife Clo a bribe because he was summoned to a compulsory wedding leaving Pete without a skipper. A bloke called "Cabin Boy" was pressed into service as captain of the Durepox and they made a good attempt to win the series from Grantly and one of his hot shot mates. Alas Grantly was just too good. At the other end of the fleet Stuart and I realised that if we sailed each race at this regatta that we would not be last in the series. We are over being last so we were on a mission.

The first day of racing was a light nor'wester which was just as well because we had over 30 cats on the starting line in our division. Race two was a bit of a demolition derby at the start. James' mate Neil in the 5.8 did a pretty good job of converting a Taipan into a monohull earning himself the dubious title of "Captain Crash". That night about ten of us had a BarBQ and partied at the salubrious "Aquarius Holiday Apartments" and Neil was in deepest remorse.

The forecast for day two was for a 27kt Southerly. The sky was black and everyone was a little nervous. Pete, Neil and Cabin Boy decided that they didn't want to return with two smashed up boats so they retired and packed up. Grantly was thinking about pulling the pin but could not contain the boundless enthusiasm of his crew. Stuart and I and Grantly were the only two F18s racing in the fleet. Luckily the weather was not as bad as expected and we competed two races without drama. The results for the F18s were Grantly, 1,1,1,1 Pete 2,2,DNS, DNS and Stuart and myself, 3,3,2,2.

The overall travellers series was won by Katie and Grantly. James and Pete were second and Greg and Kez third. The prize for the series is a spinnaker generously donated by the series sponsor Australian High Performance Catamarans. This does not go to the series winner. Each event that a team has raced has earned them one ticket in a raffle that we will draw at the prize giving dinner. Our series fees will help to subsidise this night. This will encourage and reward participation in the regattas. Our aim is to get more F18s together racing in a fleet.

As this is our first season we have disused the presentation night with some of the sailors. The feed back was that because we all live so far apart people would rather travel for a regatta than just a dinner. At this stage we are investigating having our presentation night at the end of August at the Brass Monkey's Regatta at the Sydney Flying Squadron (SFS). This will be the first event of next season. A few of us raced at this regatta last season and found it quite fun. It is in a central location (Milson Point Sydney Harbour) and the restaurant is reasonably priced. They have a spectator ferry running on the Saturday and sometimes they have music on Saturday night. This means that families can come and watch and the girls can frock up for a nice dinner and dancing. For the kids who are still playing winter sport the racing is on both Saturday and Sunday, so they could play footy on Saturday and come down to the dinner on Saturday night and race Sunday. At this stage we are making enquires with the SFS and will keep you posted.

All the best
Leanne

Fwd: Newsletter

2010-04-19T20:28:00.001+10:00

Hi All

The forecast is looking good for this weekends racing at Bateman's Bay. At this stage it looks like we will have six F18s for our final race of the travellers series for this season. James has updated the pointscore and you can check it out on the website at www.ausf18.org.au/results/9.html Currently the Pellews on 15 are in front by one point from James and Pete (16). There is not much between the next group with Greg and Kez 27, Nissens 31, Brewins 32 and Simpsons 34. Kyle is on 40 and Trev and I are tied for the wooden spoon.

I have attached the NOR for the regatta. The word is there is unofficial camping at the clubhouse on Saturday night. Most people stay at the Batemans Bay Beach Resort 02 44724541 or the Clyde View Holiday park 02 44724224. There will be a canteen running over the weekend and a BarBQ at the club Saturday night. Racing is on Saturday and Sunday with 2 races back to back each day. Rego 9-11am Saturday, Briefing 11am, warning signal 1225pm Sat. Sunday the warning signal is earlier at 1055am.

Hope to see you all there
Leanne Gould

2010-03-12T08:39:00.000+11:00

Hi All

With a unpromising forecast for rain and storms eleven F18s were towed north to compete in the Darren Lowder Memorial Regatta at Trial Bay. God obviously sails an F18 because yet again we were lucky with the weather. The clouds parted on cue, the sun shone and a 10 -15kt Nor'easter kept everybody happy. We had three great races each day and a social barbeque Saturday night at the Lowders party HQ. Unfortunately the race organisers haven't forwarded the results yet despite me sending a couple of emails. I think they must be collapsed exhausted in a heap somewhere after going to so much effort to put on such a good show. I have passed on our thanks for their help.

From memory I think the results were 1. Chris and Richard Brewin, 2. James and Clo Ogilvie, (on a count back) close 3rd. Ned and Dean Nissen, 4? Ian Simpson and Ryan, 5? Trevor Lowder and crew 6? Kes and crew, 7 Stuart and I, 8 Brett and Lachie White, 9 Glenn and James Towndrow, 10 Ian and Jack Morgan, 11 Terry and Vince. When the complete results arrive I will forward them on. I am going to Canada skiing on Saturday and will be back on the 29.03.10.

We only have two events left in the Travellers series this season. On Saturday 20th March we will be racing at Palm Beach Sailing Club. Then we have nothing organised until the Anzac Day Regatta at Bateman's Bay. I have attached the NOR for this event. I have emailed the organisers and I will forward on the detail about camping and food. Probably best to book early for accommodation as this is a popular destination on a holiday long weekend. I will remind you all closer to the time.

Best of luck

Hope to see you all when I get back

Leanne Gould

Re: Some footage from Kurnell

2010-03-02T19:57:00.001+11:00

Some footage from Kurnell

2010-03-02T14:23:00.001+11:00

All the big cats started in the same fleet,

Bundy on a F16
Brower on a Tiapn 4.9
Brewin S on a A Class
Brewin R on the C2

and the usual fleet of Infusions. The NSW Travellers Series has seen a
average of 8 boats each event and this weekend was no exception.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxNHY2sc5C0

Regards
James Ogilvie
0400 701 878

james.ogilvie@durepox.com
durepox.com.au
>

[Fwd: Racing this weekend]

2010-02-03T11:36:00.001+11:00

Hi All

We all had a great time at the Nationals in Geelong. It was awesome. Hundreds of boats, thousands of sailors, the music played and the sun shone. For highlights of the regatta and results go to the website www.victoriaweek.com.au Twenty five F18s competed for the national title. Steve Brewin and Jack Benson won the regatta with the new design C2 from Australian High Performance Catamarans (AHPC). Greg and Brett Goodall came second in the other C2. A Hobie Tiger came third sailed by Robbie Lovig and Lachlan Gibson. Brett Burvill from Western Australia came fourth in the newly designed Windrush Edge. Check out the victoriaweek website for the news stories, photos and results. One thing to note is we had four lady skippers at the event which is a first. Fourteen year old Maggie Nissen is the one to watch finishing 15th and skippering in her first big event. Well done Maggie and her Dad Dean!

This weekend it is all on again at Speers Point. They are running a Pulbah Island Marathon which starts at 12.45pm at Speers Point on the northern end of Lake Macquarie and races around Pulbah Island and back (about 35km). The forecast is looking good with 12-19 knots SSE/SE. So it should be a great race. We have heard rumours that the club now has seven F18s. Apparently the club members have been buying Tigers over the summer so now the have five Tigers and two Nacras. Will they all be on the water? Some of the Sydney sailors are making the trip north for the race. Kyle has coaxed Andrew Driver out of his premature retirement to crew for the day as Sam is on crutches with a busted knee. Stuart and I will be racing. Who else is coming out to play?

After the Pulbah Marathon the next event is the "Cock of the Bay" at Kurnell. THEY HAVE CHANGED THE DATE. It is now on Sunday 21st Feb.

Upcoming Events

Sat 6th Feb Pulbah Island Marathon (Speers Point)

Sun 21st Feb Cock of the Bay (Kurnell)

Sat 6th - Sun 7th March Darren Lowder Memorial Regatta (Trial Bay near South West Rocks)

Sun 18th April Darren Lowder Memorial Trophy (Kurnell)

Sat 24th - Sun 25th April Anzac Day Regatta (Bateman's Bay)

News Flash - next years Nationals 2011 will be at Belmont (Lake Macquarie NSW) some time around Australia day

See you all Saturday

Leanne

Grant and Xtreme Stair Surfing

2010-01-03T12:50:00.000+11:00

Re: Kembla Klassic

2009-12-04T16:41:00.001+11:00

Many thanks Leanne.

Steve never fear, your boat is still in one piece and hasn't been attacked by a 5.8. Unfortunately the same can not be said for Wills boat.

See pics posted on the Blog pages.

Overall F18 Results are as follows, these exclude the A Class results as run at the event and sorry Richard just pipped you at the post on a count back.

Place Sail No Skipper Agg Score Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1 1 J Oligive 3.5 0.75 2 0.75 (2)
2 60 C Brewin 3.5 2 0.75 (6.00F) 0.75
3 619 I Simpson 9 3 4 2 (5)
4 17 G Wyers 13 7.00O 3 (6.00C) 3
5 1023 L Gould 15 4 5 6.00F (7.00F)
6 7 T Lowder 17 7.00F (7.00F) 6.00F 4

TO ALL PLEASE NOTE THE NEXT EVENT IS SAT 12TH NOT THE 13TH AS LISTED IN THE NOR. SORRY FOR THE MIX UP

See you all soon.

Regards
James Ogilvie
0400 701 878

Leanne Gould wrote:

Hi All

The wind blew and we all had a rip roaring, beer drinking, boat breaking good time at the Kembla Klassic last weekend. Six F18s attended and five F18s went home with broken stuff. All part of the preparation for the nationals in Geelong where, reportedly the wind blows fresh to frightening everyday. It was close racing between Brewin and Ogilvie with Richard just beating James. Ian Simpson and his new crew came third which was a good effort for the young bloke who had only sailed on the wire once before the regatta, All the results are on the website www.pksc.com.au

Steve Brewins A class came off second best in a collision with a 5.8. The bow of the A was completely torn off. Despite the carnage we all had a great time. It was quite an Australian cultural celebration with the heat, camping, barbeque and the essential beer drinking competition. Trevor Lowder enthusiastically led the rest of the boys astray (not that they needed much encouragement) in competing in beer sculling competitions against the monohull sailors. The boys yet again proved the well known fact that cat sailors can drink beer faster than the mono sailors.

Gossip; Stuart bought a Nacra infusion and we picked it up last Thursday. Stu was working last weekend so I took it down to Port Kembla to race with Kyle doing me a favour and crewing. James took a day off work last Friday to help me set the boat up. Without the help of James and Kyle I couldn't have got the boat on the water to race. A big thankyou to the boys. Now we have to sell the Tiger. Any enquires ring Stuart on 0421878823

The next race is at Speers Point next Saturday 12th December. They will be doing the one long race starting at 2.00pm with windward returns and triangles. Stuart and I can't make it and neither can James but Kyle will be racing. Are any other Sydney boats making the trek to Lake Macquarie? This will be the last race before the Nationals. On Monday I will be away on holidays for a few weeks with the family so Merry Christmas to all and see you at the nationals

Leanne Gould

Some more pics from Port Kembla

2009-11-30T16:23:00.000+11:00

A full report from the event will be sent out soon along with overall
F18 results. Some adjustments need to be made as both F18 and A Class
cats sailed in the same division so overall positions need to be
adjusted to cover only F18.

Pics from Port Kembla

2009-11-29T21:28:00.000+11:00

Be warned some images are not pritty.

Kyle and Sam Take a Swim

2009-11-20T10:07:00.000+11:00

Kyle and Sam Take a Swim

Sorry Guys

Palm Beach Regatta

2009-11-20T09:59:00.000+11:00

Hi All

On the weekend we had a bobby dazzler of a breeze at Palm Beach for the sixth event of the travellers series. After a season on light conditions at last we had NE 15 knots on Saturday and 15/20 from the south on Sunday. Katie and Clo had a break from their Olympic training and joined their husbands on board. The girls were actually talking about sailing together one regatta to see how they measured up against Grantly and James. This seemed to make the boys a tad nervous.

The Palm Beach regatta was called "Beware the Bullets" which was a warning not entirely heeded. The fresh breeze brought it's share of thrills and spills. In a training session last Friday Macca gave Stuart a practical demonstration of how it is much easier to capsize a Tiger than a Nacra. This obviously inspired James who does not like to be out done. On Saturday he drove his boat down the mine with speed and precision demonstrating that in fact a Nacra can go in just as effectively. Kyle and Sam saw everybody else having fun swimming in the water and didn't want to miss out. Greg and Kez on the Capricorn were ripping sails on Saturday but they disappeared at one stage on Sunday. I don't know if they were in swimming too or just back at the beach chatting up the girls. Katie and I didn't bother with that nonsense we preferred to keep our hair dry.

James and Clo won the regatta but the places have not yet been confirmed because of a query with the scoring system. The results and some pictures are on the website www.pbsc.org.au

Next is the Kembla Klassic Regatta on the 28th and 29 November. For details go to the website www.pksc.com.au There will be four races over the weekend. The registration is 8.00am - 10.00am and the briefing is 9.30am. The first race starts at 11.00am on Saturday and 10.00am Sunday. Camping at the club. Lunches both days, barbeque Saturday night and breakfast Saturday morning. At this stage the boats definitely going are; Greg and Kez, Richard Brewin, James and Pete, Kyle and I, the Nissens and the Morgans. Stuart is working and Grantly and Katie are sailing big boats that weekend so two boats won't be there. Trevor Lowder and Ian Simpson should both be there if they can organise crew. Greg Goodall will probably be coming up from Melbourne with the new breed of Capricorn. I haven't heard from Brett White. That makes 6 definite boats, and an extra 4 maybes.

Up coming Regattas

28-29 Nov Port Kembla

12 Dec Speers Point (club day)

23,24,25 Jan Nationals Geelong

6 Feb Pulbah Island Marathon ( Speers Point)

28 Feb Cock of the Bay Kurnell

6-7 March Darren Lowder Memorial Regatta (Trial Bay)

21 March Yarra Bay

24-25 April Batemans Bay

Please let me know if you want to be removed from this mailing list or if you would like someone added.

See you at Port Kembla

Leanne Gould

F18 States 2009 002,

2009-11-20T09:51:00.001+11:00

Hi All

We all had an awesome weekend at Kurnell. Thankyou to the organisers and volunteers who ran the racing, feed and looked after us. The results are attached and a couple of photos below. We had seven races over the weekend and twelve starts if you count all the general recalls. There seemed to be much improvement in the middle and back of the fleet and it was great practise for the nationals. Grantly and Macca won the event but the boys were given a run for their money by the Brewins. Unfortunately Richard hasn't totally recovered from the shoulder surgery and isn't in top form but hopefully he will be fighting fit by the January.

Gossip; Patrice had a beer with the fleet on Saturday night. He now lives in Thailand but is often in town on business and is keen to crew some time if anyone is short. Andrew has had a change of circumstances and has given up sailing at the moment. We will all miss him (especially the homemade rum) and hope to keep in touch.

Next weekend 14th and 15th Nov is the Bullets Regatta at Palm beach. The forecast at this stage is for sunshine and afternoon Nor'easters. NE+ Palmy = perfection! Briefing at 10.30am Saturday 14th and racing not earlier than 12 noon. For billet accommodation ring Rod Waterhouse 0416262705 or you can stay at my place but please ring 94493883 or email ASAP. Warning; if you want to stay please contact me early because you will be out of luck if you leave it until Friday or Saturday afternoon. At this stage we have 5 boats coming 1 James and Pete, 2 Kyle, 3 Stu and I, 4 Grantly and 5 Greg and Kez. The Brewins, Lowders and Ian Simpson can't get a leave pass but we don't know about the Whites and Morgans. Are you blokes coming?

Upcoming events;

14th-15th Nov Palm Beach

28th-29th Nov Kembla Klassic (camping available)

12th Dec Speers Point Club racing

23-24-25th Jan Nationals Geelong ( I have found a camp ground 10 minutes from the club that has 3 overpriced cabins that sleep 6. Let me know if you want the details)

6th Feb Pulbah Island Marathon (from Speers Point)

28th Feb Kurnell Cock of the Bay

6th-7th March Darren Lowder Memorial Regatta Trial Bay (South West Rocks)

21st March Yarra Bay (Botany Bay)

18th April Kurnell

24th 25 April Batemans Bay

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Regards

Leanne

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