[Fwd: Racing this weekend]

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

Re: Kembla Klassic

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

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

Be warned some images are not pritty.

Kyle and Sam Take a Swim

Kyle and Sam Take a Swim

Sorry Guys

Palm Beach Regatta

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

 

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See you at Port Kembla

Leanne Gould