Marina Yarras Edge- Dockland stopover.

Gents,

The Marina sent us the wrong fax number. If you are faxing your “Visiting Yacht Registration form” the correct fax number is: 03 9681 8397

Please get them in ASAP so all the Multis are together.  Thanks Tim

                               

 

Skandia Geelong Race Week 2009

Hi All, Below is a brief run down on the sailing and social program for the multihull class for 2009 SGRW. There may be some changes and more detail will be forthcomming, but it gives you an idea of what to expect so you can prepare. The MYCV has worked closely with RGYC and the SGRW Principle race officer to come up with an exciting and varied program that bodes well for one of the best ever Multihull Regatta's in Melbourne. 1. Multihulls can Berth free of charge at RGYC from Saturday 17th onwards. When arriving via sea, please call the marina mobile and talk to Paul 0418 524 867. He will point you to your assigned marina berth. If arriving via road, call Rob Hampshire the Sailing Administrator on 5229 0730 or 0437 689 928 and he will direct you to the closest launching ramp, trailer park and berthing. 2. Monday 19th of January: 10am-4pm. Measuring of sails, spot safety checks. If you need your boat weighed please advise by Monday the 12th so we can organize.

Multi Muster: 6 pm followed by welcome dinner ($25 per head) and briefing. 3. Tuesday 20th of January: 2 short races around fixed marks on Corio Bay or a windward and return course around RGYC marks. Start time to be confirmed. Multi Muster: 6pm. Drinks and tall stories. 4. Wednesday 21st of January: Passage race to Martha Cove with overnight stop over. Course to be confirmed depending on weather conditions. Please view attachments and book into the marina. ($40 per boat). Multi Muster: 6pm. At Safety Beach Yacht Club for a BBQ dinner, refreshments and briefing. (price to be confirmed) 5. Thursday 22nd of January: Passage race from Martha Cove to Melbourne. Please view attachment for Marins YE (Yarra's Edge) Docklands. The majority of boats will stay here. The stop over is 2 nights at $50 per night. Please book ASAP. It would be great to get all competing boats in the same marina. Multi Muster: 6pm. Place to be confirmed. 6. Friday 23rd of January: Lay day. Sit back and relax and watch the Quickskips crew sail in the final of the “Audi King of Docklands” race and win a car. Only problem, they have taken the training wheels off and are competing in monos..... Multi Muster: 6pm. Place to be confirmed. Celebrate the win with Quickskips crew.(Rob to shout the bar!) 7. Saturday 24th of January: Passage race from Williamstown to Geelong. This is the 150th year of this race and will probably be the largest fleet ever with over 400 yachts competing. When arriving at RGYC use the moorings on the west side of the marina so we can all stay together. (Can someone please reserve a mooring for Shuttle, last year he arrived in darkness) Multi Muster: Place to be confirmed. Lets drink and party! 8. Sunday 25th of January: 1 or 2 races yet to be confirmed around fixed marks or around Corio Bay. Multi Muster: 6pm. Place to be confirmed but will include a presentation of trophies to winning boats and no doubt some celebrations thereafter..... For further information contact Tim Pepperell on 0418 318 019 (email tim@quickskips.com.au. ) or contact the committee at committee@mycv.asn.au

Cheers

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Oh why do we sail- Multihulls?

Loick Peyron

 

Solo Trimaran Skipper.

 

Sailing a monohull single-handed, you are racing.

Sailing a trimaran single-handed, you are risking your life!

Christmas Drinks- Tuesday 16th December.

Afternoon All,

 

I have booked a table at the Matthew Flinders Hotel cnr. Batesford Rd and Warrigal Rd. Chadstone. Melway 69 G 1. For 7.30pm.

Come along for a meal or just a drink. Guest speaker: David Tapper, talking about how well Shuttle did in the resent HYC race to the fairway buoy.

 

Come along and lets have a laugh!! HA HA HA opps. HO HO HO

 

regards

 

Tim Pepperell

National recycling Group Pty. Ltd.

Harpers Bin Hire

Quickskips

Ph 03 9303 1111

Email: tim@harperswaste.com.au

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Christmas drinks

On Tuesday 16^th of December we are thinking of having  Christmas drinks at a central place close to most members. Could you please indicate if you are interested in attending. Hotel to be confirmed shortly…. Please email back on tim@quickskips.com.au  See you there!

General Meeting, Royal Brighton Yacht Club 5/11/08

Ops, forgot to mention it starts at 7.30

Notice of General Meeting

Our next General meeting will be held on 5th November 2008 in the Olympic Room at the Royal Brighton Yacht Club. Our guest speaker is Peter Merret who will be presenting the latest racing rules. Observing our fleet at the start line and buoys (Quickskips in particular), I would say we are all in need of a refresher with a few hints and tips to enhance our safety and competitiveness.

Please note the new venue for a change...

ISAF Olympic Sailing Regatta

Dear Petitioner,

August 1st is the deadline for submissions to ISAF’s Annual Conference in November, so it is time to reactivate the campaign. You may be able to help. See below.

1. Whatever the prospects for immediate re-inclusion in the Olympic Regatta, this issue has mobilised the international multihull community to establish an organisation that looks after our interests, ideally co-operating with ISAF, but independently, where necessary. Please visit http://www.multihullcouncil.org, website of the recently formed International Multihull Council. If you represent a multihull class or national multihull association, please join. This is quite separate and complementary to a Multihull Commission, which ISAF is reportedly planning to set up internally.

2. While the President ordered a secret vote, we have now been able to work out with high confidence which of the Councillors from your country probably voted in favour of multihulls, based on past voting record and other information. This suggests that David Tillett, Phil Jones and David Kellet supported us, so please thank them for standing up for our interests.

3. Two Councillors should be especially thanked. They demonstrated personal courage by taking the initiative on our behalf in an organisation which we have now learned is far more deferential than those of us engaged in business could imagine. These are Chris Atkins (GBR) and Phil Jones (AUS).

4. As you will see from the Open Letter to Mr. Petersson (below), there are two submissions that ISAF should debate at its Conference. These are respectively intended to ensure a long term future at the highest level and bridge over the gap in 2012. Hopefully he will take the lead, but this is not assured, so it is necessary that as many Member National Authorities as possible are persuaded to do so. That was invaluable help for our cause at the last Conference. Please therefore lobby your national sailing authority to take action before 1st August.

5. Finally, please reply to this email personally, if you are an Olympian, past or present and in any sailing discipline or sport, who is willing to help in the next stage of the campaign.

Thank You

Nick Dewhirst
Chairman
United Kingdom Catamaran Racing Association

OPEN LETTER TO MR GORAN PETERSSON

Goran Petersson, President,
International Sailing Federation
Ariadne House
Town Quay
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 2AQ

20th July 2008

Dear Mr. Petersson

We write to you on behalf of the 6000+ sailors worldwide who signed our petition to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that multihulls continue competing in the Games as no sailing boat better meets the Olympic ideal of speed than the multihull.

We write also at the suggestion of the IOC, who want the Sailing Regatta to be as exciting as possible and publish this as an Open Letter because you have previously responded to our earlier research and suggestions only through the media.

You will be aware that the original decision-making process in November last year was widely criticised both in Council and among the sailing community. Despite your personal recommendation that the decision be reaffirmed in May, your Councillors instead voted to review it.

When given a direct choice over which discipline they preferred to retain, a majority then voted for Open Multihull rather than Keelboat Fleet Racing for Men Only. However because of a constitutional technicality requiring a two-thirds majority for this appeal process, ISAF now faces the unsatisfactory situation that a democratic decision cannot be put into effect.

Therefore we now ask you to do something at the Annual Meeting in November this year which would enhance ISAF’s reputation for inclusiveness, sportsmanship and the Olympic spirit. As permitted in Regulation 1.1, please take the lead as President by placing the following two submissions on the agenda.

Submission 1
That Regulation 16.1.5 (a) (iv) be replaced as follows: “must include separate Men and Women Events for each of the five disciplines (1 Person Dinghy, 2 Person Dinghy, Multihull, Keelboat, Windsurfer).” (See Footnote 1)

Submission 2
That ISAF formally request IOC to include an 11th Event for the Sailing Regatta in the agenda for the next meeting of the IOC. (See Footnote 2)

Whether they succeed or fail, if you take these two initiatives publicly and formally, you will have done much to restore the confidence of the multihull community that ISAF has an Olympic strategy, that this strategy includes all key disciplines, that it follows IOC recommendations and that you have done all you can to bridge a temporary gap, caused by the IOC-mandated reduction in events.

You will also establish a legacy of ending the unseemly four yearly round of political infighting at the only time possible – when memories are fresh and consequences are far off.

Given your public declaration of support for one side in that debate, we very much hope that you now find it appropriate to demonstrate impartiality and give the other side what compensation you can.

Nick Dewhirst
Chairman
United Kingdom Catamaran Racing Association

Footnotes

1. Reasons for Submission 1
• This would bring sailing into line with the convention among a majority of other Olympic sports for equal numbers of events for both genders in all their major disciplines. It would place differing athletic skills ahead of equipment considerations, so better meet IOC objectives and also provide a clear strategy to the choice of Events.

• It would also ensure that the Sailing Regatta presents the wide range and diversity of sailing, within the practical constraints of the Olympic Regatta.

• Should circumstances change, then this Regulation will need to be altered, but that is desirable because it will ensure that ISAF makes any change of strategy conscious and deliberate.

2. Reasons for Submission 2
• Inclusiveness: Multihull sailing is one of the five core sailing disciplines with global representation in both developed countries and emerging markets. It would otherwise be unrepresented at the Games.

• Excitement: Multihulls are the most media-friendly sailing boats because they are the fastest craft in the regatta, highly athletic and exceptionally suited to be camera platforms.

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Photo from Race 1

Notice of AGM

The Annual General Meeting of MYCV will take place at 8pm on 5th August at Black Rock Yacht Club. Your chance to stand for the committee, pass a motion and make a difference.......

HYC Multihull Division Race 2 report.....

This report was kindly provided by Libby of Quickskips fame ..... not sure I agree with all the sentiments, but I now have an Island named after my boat....... Libby : The race as I saw it: Skippy started off with a crew breakky at the marina.. getting us all in the mood... It was a kite start... Yeee ha!!! Shuttle, Frassled, Mustang Sally and Quickskips were all racing... The rest is a bit of a blurr... down out around... down out around finish! (we were gearing up for another loop) The highlights... the great gentle breeze from the North, the sun, Frassled sailing a great race until their kite mysteriously did not appear ( seems they went trawling with it... at the BBQ afterwards they reported holes.. but had not been game to have a proper look!) .... Mustang Sally really looked the goods... She had a cast of thousands aboard and had her NEW KITE.. a flouro yellow/green kite with a prancing Mustang stencilled on...same cut as the old one.. made by Lisa, and given to Al on his 50th birthday by his sailing buddies ( funny it was Als birthday but Sally got the present!!!)... Sarah had also given Sally a present for Als 50th... and has had 'Mustang Sally' signwritten along the floats with the prancing Mustang logo... VERY FLASH!!! The big news of the race was the unusual event of an island appearing in Westernport during the race... Aptly nicknamed SHUTTLE ISLAND, and came about when Tapper and Crew decided to park themselves on the bottom! Unfortunately what was going to be just their little secret between race control and Shuttle was heard by EVERY other boat in the race! Luckily Shuttle did NOT have to wait for high tide to get off as supposed and were released from their sludge when all other multis were back in the marina.... The crew of Shuttle were missing at the After BBQ.... maybe they were too EMBARASSED to turn up??? Last ( but certainly not least!!) there was a roar of excitment as we were coming into the Marina for there, heading out under motor was We3/ Wee3/Wi3/Ve3/Vee3/ Syzergy.. with JAMES BROWN at the helm, and a grin from ear to ear...He was back on the water and with a little luck will be sailing in the next race... Bring it on... Oh yeah... sorry I think the results were... Quickskips / Mustang Sally/ Frassled/ Shuttle Island... but you will have to get that confirmed elsewhere as I'm not so big on detail!!.. All I know is we were first over the line so we could go and take photos of Mustang Sally's new kite!

Best YouTube video I've seen

CLIVE PEETERS 2008 LAUNCESTON TO HOBART YACHT RACE

"How about New Year’s Eve in Hobart, watching the fireworks dockside with a glass of champagne, having passed most of the Sydney boats coming up the Derwent." This is the picture Rob Remilton is painting to entice as many Multihulls as possible to join him in this years Launceston to Hobart Yacht Race. It is now in its second year and the committee would like to lift the profile and entries in the multihull division. Sounds like a good proposition, especially as SOMR is likely to move to later in the year so there is one less excuse not to....Start is 14h00 on 27th December outside the Tamar...

HYC Winter Series Race 1 results

The Winter Series got off to a good start with a race to Sandy Point and back. I think the race committee and the mono fleet all went to the same party the night before because it took 2 general recalls to get their race started. We had the gun Sydney 36 "Wild Goats" starting with us but despite Frassld's best attempts to park on the start line we all got away unscathed. The beat down to Sandy Point was competitive, but as the faster tris approached the turning mark the wind came in stronger from the South West for 20 minutes. Quickskips was purely by luck on the right side of the course and able to take advantage of the shift. They were keen we show the attached photo with them flying to the finish line and their main competitor still beating downwind..... The broad reach back home was fast and meant we were all first at the BBQ after the race. Well done 'Skips and a we look forward to the next race this Saturday. (sorry either our commodore has left his server switched off or blogger is busy.... the pic will come later)

Hastings Winter series

The Hastings Yacht Club winter series starts this comming Saturday 14th June. The 1st start is at 11am for those challenged with 1 hull....we luckier ones start 5 minutes later all going well! The yacht club is holding a BBQ after each race (bring your own drinks as they are not licensed) and we are particularly keen that all competing multihulls try and make it to the BBQ... Tim and Rod on Quickskips are preparing to go north and uphold the honour of the club at the nationals in a few months time. Not wanting to peak too soon (Tim is recovering from his broken leg in a boating incident!), they plan to take a relaxed approach to the winter series... until of course George gets ahead of them when I suspect the red mist will reappear. At a recent informal meeting on Shuttle, they did express concern that Frassld was improving far too quickly.... Rumour has it that there are 2 new Multi's about to join us and a 3rd likely in 6 months time... this is great news. The first is recently arrived in Hastings after a quick trip down from Queensland and looking good on her new swing mooring... we look forward to finding out more about her... Mr Sin (Mark Stafford) has purchased a boat similar to Redshift to help keep George honest and I believe a well known couple have taken a Quantum leap forward which will deliver their new baby in 6 months time.... See you on Saturday...

General Meeting Reminder

Hi all, just a quick reminder that our next General Meeting is 20th May at Blackrock Yacht Club at 8pm. The main item of interest will be a report back on the recent Gladstone race.

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Brisbane to Gladstone Highs and Lows

The recent Brisbane to Gladstone race featured a highly competitive group of 30'ers all vying for line honours including two of our members boats APC Max (Tony Considine) and Raw to the Core (Martyn Riley). These two boats proved to be the fastest yachts in the Race, however unfortunately one of them failed to make it to the finish line, while the other took line honours.

Conditions were ideal for small boat sailing with a light start building to 15-20 knots downwind for most of the Race. The two boats from MYCV came together lightly in the final minute of prestart putting Raw to the Core on the backfoot after having completed a 720° penalty. Meanwhile APC Max got off to a flyer, but had a tough competition with Wilparina II and the Raider One Designs across Moreton Bay.

By the time the boats passed the fairway bouy APC Max led the fleet from Raw to the Core about 2½ nm astern; the leading monohulls were still ahead of the multihulls at that stage, but in sight. The race up the coast was exciting for the crews with boats sailing at speeds in the low 20s, sometimes too tight to hold course, other times sailing at downwind angles.

The leading boats passed Indian Head at about 23:00 and about 23:30 Raw to the Core, sailing downind comfortably under her largest spinnaker at around 20 knots, sailed a few hundred metres below APC Max, who was sailing several knots slower under her screacher (No.2 spinnaker). APC Max responded by changing up and shortly after unluckily caugth the tack of the spinnaker in the water after dropping down a particularly steep wave; this led to the boat pitchpoling. Raw to the Core noticed that APC Max's lights had dissapeared and notified race control. The following boats were coordinated by Race Control and Wilparina II picked up the stricken crew successfully.

Martyn Riley went on to take line honours about 2½ hours ahead of AYS Raider One Design and about ½ hour ahead of Ichi Ban (monohull), however Wilparina II was awarded the second fastest time after recieving redress for rescueing the crew of APC Max.

For more details and a chance to ask questions, come to our next general meeting on May 20th.

Meeting at Sandringham YC

Phillipe Peché will be presenting a short video and talking about the record breaking Jules Verne circumnavigation on Orange II in the Olympic Room at Sandringham YC beginning at 20:00 (8pm) on Thursday 6th March. Please plan to arrive early as there will be twilight racing out of the club on that night and seating at the venue is limited to 50. I hope to see everyone there and I am sure it will be a very interesting presentation. Stuart

General Meeting - Speaker: Phillipe Peché

Phillipe Peché, who was a member of the record breaking Orange II crew (current Jules Verne Trophy Holder http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/photos/05/orange-rtwr/ ) and regular crew on the French Open 60 Trimaran racing circuit, has agreed to give a presentation about his expliots at our next general meeting, which is now scheduled for next Thursday (March 6th). It should be a very exciting meeting, please check back next week to confirm the venue, we are currently looking at Brighton Yacht Club.

Feb General Meeting postponed to March

The next General meeting will be held early March. Date ,venue and details to be advised ASAP. Our apologies for the postponement.

SOMR 2008 Results

Congratulations to Redshift for winning the line honours and OMR championship and to Frassld for their PHS victory. Thanks to all the competitors for a great series which was proved to be a huge success. The results have now been posted to the website and special awards are listed below:

THE WINNERS !

SERIES CHAMPION, TYCV PERPETUAL TROPHY, OMR CHAMPION
REDSHIFT – GEORGE BULKA

OMR:
1. REDSHIFT – GEORGE BULKA
2. CASCADE – ALEX MACNAUGHTAN
3. SEASPRINTER – DALE GARDNER-BERRY

PERFORMANCE HANDICAP:
1. FRASSLD – SHAUN FISHLEY
2. SEASPRINTER – DALE GARDNER-BERRY
3. RAINBOW CONNECTION – LEON ALEXANDER

BANDERSNATCH TROPHY, LONG DISTANCE RACE AWARD
CASCADE – ALEX MACNAUGHTAN

PIGS MIGHT FLY TROPHY ( MISPLACED OPTIMISM AWARD)
WE THREE – JAMES BROWN

ZINTA TROPHY ( I CAN BUST MY BOAT BETTER THAN YOU CAN)
SIN – MARK STAFFORD

STEADY AS SHE GOES AWARD ( MOST CONSISTENT MIDDLEFIELDER)
BULLFROG – GEOFF HUNTER

SOMR VIRGIN AWARD ( MOST SUCCESSFUL FIRST TIMER)
FRASSLED – SHAUN FISHLEY

PARASOMR AWARD ( I CAN BUST MY BODY BETTER THAN YOU CAN)
TRIFLE – VINCE GARDNER

ST. ARBOA RD. AWARD (RED/GREEN BEWILDERMENT)
SEASPRINTER – DALE GARDNER-BERRY

AS TIME GOES BY AWARD ( MOST FOOLISH ETA PREDICTION)
DAVID BLAKELY

SOMRSUGARDADDY AWARD ( GENEROSITY BEYOND THE CALL)
ANDREW & HARRY SHIRT – ANDREW SHIRT MARINE

Dolphin Striker

Now I know why they call it a Dolphin striker!

 

KangaBag Bags Multihull series at Geelong Week

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Tim Pepperell and his uniquely-named Farrier F9 Quickskipskangabag has taken out the four-race Geelong Cabs Multi Hull series at Skandia Geelong Week. Two firsts and a third were enough to hold off a strong challenge from George Bulka’s Redshift and secure him the title. In third place, veteran multi hull skipper, Robert Remilton proved his worth yet again on Wilparina II which enjoyed a screaming downhill run today under spinnaker following the race start. Returning home to South Australia from racing in Tasmania and Queensland, the well-travelled trimaran skipper found conditions ideal on the harbour with certainly a lot more water to race on than Remilton’s hometown of Goolwa.

 

 

Quickskipskangabanga, wins the Multihull trophy

 Quickskipskangabanga, wins the Multihull trophy

Tim Peperell’s F9 RX trimaran Quickskipskangabanga, the boat with the longest and one of the most unusual names in the 447 boat Skandia Geelong Week fleet, sailed away with the Multihull trophy in today’s Passage Race from Williamstown.

The five year-old trimaran which hails from Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron across Geelong’s Corio Bay, pipped Robert Remilton’s Wilparina II in second and George Bulka’s Red Shift in third.

“We did very well and we are happy with where we ended up,” said the elated Pepperell.

“It got up to 19 knots in Corio Bay and then the wind died. Then it came in from everywhere and the other boats all caught up. Until that point we were looking like heroes after our good start in clear air.

“It was a hot, frustrating race,” recalled Pepperell, adding in some other unprintable descriptive words.

“We were 100 metres from the finish line and wind died out. We watched guys from 500 metres sail right up to us. One small racer/cruiser monohull who was under kite waved to us as he went past.  It was like he had his motor on, then we got it.

“Sea Sprinter, Red Shift and Mustang Sally are the boats we have to beat and we did that today,” added Pepperell as the waterfront prepared for a storm which hit Geelong late this afternoon.

Today’s handicap win was Quickskipskangabanga’s second in as many days following their double victory, line and handicap honours, in yesterday’s race one for multihulls, the Martha Cove – Williamstown passage race.

The first multihull over the line today was Martyn Riley’s 56 foot catamaran Raw Nerve from Sandringham Yacht Club.

Two races are scheduled for the multihulls on Sunday - the first due to begin at 915am - the final day of racing for this division.

Lisa Ratcliff
Skandia Geelong Week media team

http://www.geelongweek.com/news/news-single.asp?ID=326

SOMR 2008 Results

The results for the races that have been completed are now posted on the website. Look on the right column of the homepage: - Race 1 - Race 2 - Race 3 - Race 4

Photos of SOMR 2008 Regatta

Photos of the SOMR Regatta (and other photos) can be viewed in our new image gallery here http://www.mycv.asn.au/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=16

SOMR Half Time Report

Sailing conditions have been excellent for the first four days of the regatta and the race control and social venue provided by Hastings Yacht Club have ensured all competitors are enjoying fantastic sailing with a great social atmosphere after each days sailing.

The invitation race held on Sunday consisted of a lap around the Middle Spit in Westernport. The downwind leg along the narrow channel between the Spit and French Island was a challenge for the fleet with some competitors finding the mud and others (We Three) finding their off-season modifications did not stand up to the pressure. In the end line honours went to Redshift with Cascade winning both Performance handicap (PHS) and OMR Rating.

Race One (Monday) took the fleet on a 32nm course to Newhaven; starting in light conditions with many changes in position over the first two legs with more consistent conditions filling in from the South resulting in some spectacular spinnaker reaching conditions and close racing at all levels in the fleet. Unfortunately Vince on Trifle had some health problems with the trying conditions and had to withdraw from the race and possibly the regatta, our best wishes go out to him for a speedy recovery and many good races in the future. Sin had some spinnaker durability problems that were rectified overnight by Ullman Sails. Ultimately Redshift hung on to take line honours over a fast finishing but late starting Pacifica. Frassld bounced back from a poor invitation race to take the PHS win and Cascade used local knowledge and experience to take the win on OMR.

Race Two (Tuesday) took the fleet North around a mud bank known as Joes Isand, providing a navigation challenge for much of the fleet with Mark Stafford proving once again that you pay for your Sins by proving that Eagle Rock is harder than his daggerboard, however he successfully completed the race thanks to the inherant safety of multihull sailboats (and a big pump!). A number of boats (Frassld, Sea Sprinter and Sin) proved that using your spinnaker isn't always the fastest way to sail (particularly on a windward leg, even if it was downwind a few minutes earlier). Ultimately Redshift's speed prevailed to give them another line honours with Cascade continuing there winning streak winning on OMR with Rainbow Connection taking the PHS win.

Races Three and Four were held on Wednesday and consisted of Triangle courses. Shuttle nailed the start in the morning race but was soon overhauled by some of the faster boats. Fickle conditions led to some frustrated sailors and ultimately the race was shortened by one lap. The afternoon race had consistent fresh breezes providing some exciting racing. Redshift put in a great performance on the tight courses to take OMR victories in both races and clinched the line honours trophy by making it four wins from four starts. Sea Sprinter made the most of the tricky morning conditions to take PHS honours. In the afternoon Frassld showed what they could do with another win on PHS.

Tomorrow (Thursday) will be a lay day providing a much need rest for the fleet who are all looking forward to the remaing races on Friday and Saturday and a gala presentation evening, featuring live entertainment, on Saturday Night.

The Regatta is proving to be a great success with the hospitality of Hastings Yacht Club providing the sort of regatta experience and atmosphere that originally led to the popularity of the regatta in earlier years.