April General Meeting .... 8pm 3rd April BRYC

Apologies for late notice, but the next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday 3rd April at Black Rock Yacht Club. Our guest Speaker will be Chris Mitchell. Chris is the brainchild behind the Access Dinghy in particular and "universal design" in general. His talk has the title of "Get your Bum wet again" and is assisted by Video footage..I dont think it has an 18+ rating! There will also be the usual Commodores corner with feedback from Stuart on SOMR and Geelong.... we might ask Quickskips to explain their WAFIR win? Look forward to seeing you all there...

When will they learn.....

This is an extract from an article published a week or so ago on the recent Adelaide Port Lincoln Race... "At the briefing in Adelaide on Thursday night Steve Kemp announced the number for Skandia to call to announce her expected early arrival in Port Lincoln but skipper of one of the multihulls, Martin Riley asked if he could use the same number should he arrive before Skandia. This request was accompanied by howls of derision but sure enough Raw To The Core arrived in Port Lincoln 22 minutes ahead of Skandia." Well done Martin and crew...

Apology

In my account of the latest WAFIR race, I suggested that Chris Culph was observed helming Quickskips. It appears my implication that the win was due to his presence on the boat was completely unfounded. I am now reliably informed that Chris spent most of the race lounging on the nets, with Tim, nursing sore heads.... So who was helming the boat that so resoundingly thrashed Redshift? All suggestions will be treated in the strictest confidence until published on this site... Libby?

David and Goliath?

Is Terry our rising star? ...... I can confirm that he did pass Skandia under full throttle with a Bundy skillfully held in his hand and all before breakfast!

WAFIR results... Good win for QuickSkips

This years Warneet Around French Island Race had 7 multi's competing. The start was delayed and moved to Joes Island because of the light winds. At the Gun, Shuttle, Redshift, Quickskips and Mustang Sally were quickish out of the blocks. Cascade was observed making last minute adjustments to something resulting in a leisurly start some minutes later....We were all flying spinakers and trying to get the best from the light winds across the top of the island. Redshift and Quickskips slowly pulled out a lead with George playing the angles and Skips looking for boat speed. Shuttle held onto Sally for a while but Al put his A into G and started catching the lead boats....well he pulled away from Shuttle at least! As usual, the wind picked up as we skirted down the East of the Island with the tide helping progress significantly. It was basically a port beat down the east and then a starboard beat along the south of the island with winds up to 12 knots. Cascade was starting to catch Shuttle and Trifle was quietly getting on with the job in her usual efficient fashion. The 3 lead boats were romping off into the distance at this stage, the west leg being almost a dead run to the finish off Crawfish rock. By the time we had all crossed the finish line the wind had picked up a little which helped the beat back to Hastings. When the results were computed, Quickskips was the winner beating Redshift by about 40 seconds on corrected time. Trifle pipped Shuttle at the post for 3rd place by 2 seconds! Sally was 5th and Cascade 6th. Well done Quickskips.... was that Chris helming?

SOMR Rouges Gallery

Got tired of seeing Shuttle and waiting for the SOMR report .... thought a picture of the SOMR winners would be appropriate... well done George and team..... the new sail worked a treat ....