SOMR 2007 NOR and Entry Form

The Notice of Race and Entry Form for the the 2007 Southern Oceans Multihull Regatta are now available on the website (See right hand column on home page). An online entry facility will also be available on the Sail Melbourne Website shortly.

Wangi Results

Results and images of the CORSAIR TRIMARANS WANGI WEEK REGATTA are now posted on the Wangi Sailing Club's website http://www.wangirslasc.yachting.org.au/?page=26921

Wangi Images

Tony Considine racing APC Max at the Trailable National Regatta at Wangi last week. More details of the regatta will be posted as soon as they are available.

SOMR 2007 Notice

Dear Multihuller

Advanced notice of SOMR 2007.

This years Southern Oceans Multihull Regatta has been shortened to 4 days to allow competitors to combine it with Geelong week and spend 1 stretched week of 9 days exciting and varied racing in Westernport and Port Phillip.

After 4 days of intensive Westernport racing and a lunchtime prize giving, we take a day off to cruise in company around to Port Phillip for an overnight stay at the new Martha Cove Marina. There are launching facilities nearby for those that would prefer to drive around. The following morning we have the inaugural Martha to Melbourne race which is now incorporated in the Geelong week calendar. After overnighting at a Docklands Marina we join the anticipated 250 strong Mono fleet for the passage race to Geelong. We then have 2 further days of racing in Corio Bay.

Highlights of the week should be…..

	We are proposing the introduction of a SOMR Team event. Put a team together of 3 boats from your club and race for the Team floating trophy and win bragging rights for your club for a year
	Individual trophies for Performance handicap, OMR and Line honours
	Sponsors Goodies (if we can find one with lots of cash)
	Regatta shirts (cheap if we get the right sponsor)
	Free berthing at Westernport Marina for the week and also at Martha’s Cove ($30 for the night at Docklands….)
	New format SOMR Presentation Lunch ( more time for partying!)
	Social events most evenings

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The provisional calendar of events is as follows:-

Day	Date	Event
0	FRI 19 Jan 07	Arrive, setup, Weigh, Measure, meet old friends Evening Social event
1	SAT 20 Jan 07	SOMR races 1 and 2 in Westernport Another evening Social event
2	SUN 21 Jan 07	SOMR races 3 and 4 in Westernport Possibly another evening social event
3	MON 22 Jan 07	SOMR long distance race Almost certainly another possible evening social event
4	TUE 23 Jan 07	SOMR final race AM Presentation Lunch (followed by another……….
5	WED 24 Jan 07	Passage in company to new Martha Cove Marina, Safety Beach, Port Phillip
6	THU 25 Jan 07	Inaugaral “Martha to Melbourne” race (Geelong Race 1). Overnight Docklands Marina
7	FRI 26 Jan 07	Williamstown to Geelong Race
8	SAT 27 Jan 07	Geelong week day 3
9	SUN 28 Jan 07	Geelong week day 4

Keep a watch on the new web site http://www.mycv.asn.au/ for notice of race and more details.

Alternatively, reply to this email and we will send out details.

Hope you can join us

Best Regards

MYCV Race Committee

Wasabi on recent trip to Sydney

Paul and Kirstie Pearce are new members of the club and have recently completed a cruise on the east coast with Chris Watts (Le Tigre) and Tim Allen (Christmas Beetle) in their Schionning Wilderness , Wasabi. If the photo is anything to go by, it looks like a great trip....

General Meeting Agenda (14th Nov)

Multihull Yacht Club of Victoria

General Meeting

Black Rock Yacht Club

Tuesday 14^th November 2006 at 8pm

(Training Rooms to left of clubhouse)

Agenda

· Wilparina II

o Rob Remilton will give us a talk on his all carbon Farrier trimaran Wilparina II. The boat has been extensively developed including the addition of lifting foils and canting rig, making it arguably the quickest Farrier on the planet. It is sure to be a very interesting talk, so come along and find out what makes this Farrier so quick.

· Commodores corner

o Update by Stuart on upcoming events and items of interest under discussion by committee.

· Any other items of general interest

o Boat building projects?

o Future events?

Musto Sale

General Meeting - Speaker: Rob Remilton

Robert Remilton will be giving a talk at the upcoming club General Meeting (November 14th) about his all carbon Farrier trimaran Wilparina II. The boat has been extensively developed including the addition of lifting foils and canting rig, making it arguably the quickest Farrier on the planet. It is sure to be a very interesting talk, so come along and find out what makes this Farrier so quick.

News for all Club Members

Go Sailing magazine - By now all club members should have received the Annual Go Sailing Magazine with details of all the Major Events in the sailing and boating calendar this coming season. It was mailed to the address of all registered club members as at July31st 2006.

Silver Cards - by now all club members should have received their new silver cards .for the season (provided you have paid your club fees). If you haven't, please check with your club. Remember the racing rules of sailing require all skippers (rule 46) and all crews who compete in more than 3 races per season (rule 55) to be club members and therefore have a silver card.

What does YA and YV do with the $58 the club pays for my membership? Towards the back of your Go Sailing magazine is an explanation worth reading - and we have recently created a 25 minute webcast to help you appreciate the many good things Yachting Victoria is doing for the future of sailing and boating in Victoria. It's on our website under "About YV". Just click on it.

MySailor - with your silver card, their would have arrived a letter that contained your membership number and a password - use these to access MySailor on our website www.yachtingvictoria.com.au. MySailor is your tool to keep all your sailing related information – and if your email address is recorded there you can receive regular email newsletters from your club and YV about all the good things happening in sailing and boating at clubs in Victoria.

19022WINDS (190 22 94637) Is a new weather service for Port Phillip Bay - available 24 hours per day from anywhere. It gives 4 current wind observations, any weather warnings and high tides at the heads. If successful we will extend it to other areas.

From the Team at Yachting Victoria - October 1st 2006

Click here to see an image of the original letter from Yachting Victoria

Hastings Winter Series Multihull results

This years Hastings Yacht Club Winter series was a tightly contested one consisting of 8 races with 2 discards. The 3 Divisions were Trailer Sailors, Keelboats and Multihulls. The series was well supported with usually about 25 boats competing of which there were 4 regular Multihull entrants. The sailing conditions for the entire series ,which was run every other Saturday, was one of light winds. On 2 occasions the wind picked up, but never enough to warrant the first reef.

George Bulka in Redshift started as the Multihull division favourite, but in the earlier races George was experimenting with a new rudder configuration which resulted in a DNF and some quick design work. Al Bennett in Mustang Sally started well and used his Screecher to great effect in several races. Pressure of work and stand in skippers bought Al back in line with Redshift. Dave Tapper in Shuttle faired better in the lighter conditions that kept the full potential of the Farriers at bay.

Mark Southwell in Fleetwind was a regular competitor and showed good speed upwind but seemed to enjoy cruising downwind. Chris Culph on Slick Willie joined us for a couple of races before being "demounted" and packed up for delivery to its new home in Queensland. Slick will leave a hole in the SOMR fleet and Bundy sales in Victoria! Vince Gardiner joined us initially on Trifle, but dropped out after a couple of races.

At the end of the Series Redshift, Mustang and Shuttle had each won 2 races. The final result after the discards was Redshift and Mustang equal first with Shuttle in 3rd Place. An enjoyable series well run by the Hastings race committee who worked hard at keeping the fleet active by promising free sausage sizzles after most races.... seemed to work. We now look forward to a combined Hastings and Yaringa Summer series and are hopeful that the Cat's parked up Rutherford inlet will come out of hibernation and show the Tri's a thing or two!!!

Upcoming Multihull Events

Upcoming club events and races that may interest members are now posted on the website, just look for the 'Multihull Events' link.

Alex MacNaughton presented some very interesting videos at the recent general meeting, which was well attended and enjoyed by all. The footage demonstrated the power of the sea and how good seamanship can deal with very rough conditions.

Some members are keen to compete in the upcoming Cock of the Bay Race on Boxing Day and I would encourage anyone who is interested to contact the club commodore@mycv.asn.au to help us coordinate a solid multihull division for this popular race.

Membership subscriptions are now overdue for the upcoming season, so if you haven't joined up for this year yet please do so using the membership form available from the website home page. Membership covers Yachting Australia membership (compulsory for all yacht club members), and you won't be able to race in any sailing events unless you are a paid up member of a yacht club.

Stuart Bloomfield

Commodore

Westernport Summer Series Race Schedule

Upcoming Westernport Summer Series event schedules-

Date	Start Time	Event
22nd – 25th Sep	TBA	Yaringa Mariners Club proposed Cruise to Docklands (One free night at Docklands). Contact Club for details.
7th Oct		Hasting Yacht Club – Opening Day
14th Oct		HYC – Commodore’s Cup
21st Oct	1600	Pre-Season BYO BBQ Yaringa Marina
28th Oct	1000	Hastings Race –
4th Nov		HYC – Captain Salty’s Trophy (Bouchier Channel)
18th Nov	1000	Joes Island Race –
2nd Dec		HYC – Eagle Rock Race
3rd Dec		Sandy Point BBQ
9th Dec	1000	Middle Spit Race –
20th Jan to 28th Jan		SOMR followed by MYCV “Cruise” followed by Geelong Week
10th Feb		HYC – Flinder’s Trophy
17th Feb	1030	Bouchier Channel Race –
24th /25thFeb		HYC Club Championships
17th Mar	1100	Zig Zag Race –
24th Mar		HYC – Night Race
14th April	1100	Sandy Point Race –
28th April	1100	Mystery Race – Course to be advised on the day

All Hastings Yacht Club races in Italics

The Yaringa entry from and Sailing instructions below….. Hastings to follow

ENTRY FORM-2006_2007.doc

summer2006_instructions.doc

SOMR 2007 Proposal

This year we are proposing Southern Ocean Multihull Regatta (SOMR) is held just prior to the Geelong Week Regatta, to encourage multihull sailors to compete in both regattas. We feel that this will make it easier for sailors to race in both regattas, because it will be possible to sail in both while only taking one week of holidays from work.

The current plan for the SOMR Regatta is to hold it in Westernport Bay from Saturday January 20 through to Tuesday January 23, with presentation on the Tuesday night. The Wednesday will free to allow skippers to deliver their boats to Port Phillip Bay for a passage race on the Thursday that will start from a location towards the southern end of the bay, finishing near Port Melbourne. The Williamstown to Geelong Race will be held on the Friday (Australia Day), followed by the Geelong Regatta Races, which will be held over the weekend.

If any members or other interested parties have any comments on this topic, please post them to the MYCV Commodore commodore@mycv.asn.au.

Wangi Multihull Regatta on again

Every two years the Wangi Sailing club hosts a regatta for large multihulls. Up until 2004 this regatta has been the Trailable Multi hull National Titles. Non trailable multihulls have always been welcome but their results have been calculated separately. This year we are making this a fully open regatta to all types of large multihulls. There will be three divisions to cater for all levels of performance and results will be calculated on PHS and OMR. We strongly encourage all multihulls of all different sizes to come to Wangi over the 3^rd week in November to take part in what has been and always will be on of the friendliest best value for money regattas in Australia. For those who have been before, don’t worry we aren’t changing a thing and for those who haven’t been yet, come along and see what you’ve been missing. The dates for this year’s regatta are November 19 to 24 so mark these down in your calendar and make sure the annual leave is booked in nice and early.

For those who haven’t been to Wangi yet we are located on the Western Shore of Lake Macquarie just North of Sydney. For the dates of the regatta we have virtually exclusive use of the largest expanse of water on Lake Macquarie ensuring the best possible sailing and fairest competition. The time of year the regatta is also the best time of year for moderate to fresh sea breezes, though nothing is guaranteed where Huey is involved. The Wangi sailing club is in the grounds of the local RSL so you can enjoy the cheapest drinks in the area with an unrivalled view of the start/finish area. Wangi Point has a 30m foreshore reserve around its entire length which is not only great for bush walking but offers many elevated vantage points for spectators. Wangi is also just half an hours drive from the Hunter Valley vineyards and beautiful beaches. So not only can you come and sail on one of the best smooth water venues in Australia but enjoy a great holiday in the area.

If you want to know more about Wangi week email Shane Russell on smruss@bigpond.com or telephone 0249754478.

Welcome to the new MYCV website

Well we've finally got around to updating the website and we intend to keep posting news and general club information to the website to try to keep everyone informed on club events. Anyone with newsworthy articles is strongly encouraged to send them to the webmaster.

The new format allows for members (and non-members) to subscribe to the news feed using an aggregator, if that all sounds too complicated then you also have the option of subscribing to the mailing list which will automatically send the latest news to your chosen email address; or you can just check on the website from time to time to keep up to date.

There is no need to worry if you think there is something on the old website that you cannot live without, because it has been archived and is available through a link on the new home page. If you have any suggestions for improvement or things you would like to see on the website please email the webmaster webmaster@mycv.asn.au.

Stuart Bloomfield

Commodore MYCV