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Top Gun Regatta Results

 

Hi all,

 

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

TOP GUN REGATTA 2010

Kuenell Catamaran Club

Final Results F18 Fleet

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

New Boats

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

 

Next Weekend F18 States Palm Beach

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

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

$75 entry which includes an evening meal

Briefing 10.30 am

racing not earlier than 12 noon

details check the website www.pbsc.org.au

NOR and Entry forms attached

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

 

Are you a financial member of the F18 Association?

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

 

NSW Travellers' Series Results

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

2nd Kyle and Grant 4, 2, 2, 5, 5 = 18

3rd Greg and Kez 2, 2, 12, 3, 4 = 23

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

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

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

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

8th Ian Simpson 7, 8, 6, 7, 10 = 38

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

=9th Morgans 6, 8, 8, 8, 10 = 40

11th Whites 8, 8, 7, 10, 8 = 41

=12th Nissens 11, 8, 5, 11, 10 = 46

=12th Henk 9, 8, 10, 9, 10 = 46

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

15th Peter Lane 11, 6, 12, 13, 9 = 51

16th Towndrows 10, 8, 11, 15, 10 = 54

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

 

Next Events of the NSW F18 Travellers Series

Nov 13-14 Beware the Bullets and F18 States Palm Beach

Nov 27-28 Kembla Klassic Port Kembla

Jan 22-24 F18 Nationals Gosford

Feb 5 Pulbah Island Marathon race Speers Point

Feb 27 Cock of the Bay Marathon Kurnell

March 5,6 Trial Bay Regatta

April 17 Kurnell

 

 

Top Gun Regatta Kurnell

 

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

 

Details

$35 regatta fee

1030 hrs Briefing

Racing am and pm Saturday and Sunday

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

Camping available at the club

 

See you on the water

Leanne Gould

 

 

Jason wins Speers Point Regatta

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

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

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

 

 

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