Audi Victoria Week - December Update

Welcome to the final edition of the Audi Victoria Week newsletter for 2009.

As everyone winds down for the Christmas/New Year break, we'll be firing up to finalize things for the event which is only 34 days away!

On the sailing front, entries are steadily flowing in with 130 to date. Sailing Administrator Rob Hampshire is anticipating yet another big regatta, "At this stage we are on track for record numbers," he said.

He is encouraging everyone to get their entries in before the cut off on 6th January. All entries must be finalized by midnight on the 6th to avoid paying an additional $95 in late fees. Late entries will be accepted up until midnight on the 13th January and will incur the $95 fee.

Don't wait, enter here now!

The Sailing Instructions will be available early January from the website and the mooring plans will also be available on the site shortly.

As in previous years the skippers packs will be available for collection from the Docklands regatta office or Geelong, further details will be in the sailing instructions.

The entertainment program has been locked away with an exciting mix of musicians and a host of roving performers, read on for more details.

From all at Audi Victoria Week we wish you a very merry Christmas and a safe and happy New Year. Good luck to those competing in the Rolex Sydney Hobart and Melbourne to Hobart events; we wish you all the best and hope to see you all at the event in January!

For enquiries:

• relating to entries, berthing etc please contact the Sailing Administrator, Rob Hampshire on (03) 5229 0730
  or via email sailadmin@rgyc.com.au
  
  
• relating to volunteering please contact the Volunteer Coordinator, Sue Case on (03) 5229 0730
  or via email volunteers@rgyc.com.au
  
  
• relating to the event itself please contact the Event Coordinators on (03) 5229 9101
  or via email info@victoriaweek.com.au

Smooth sailing,
Audi Victoria Week team

Victoria Week Crew required

Peccadillo is looking for a couple more crew for Victoria Week. Plan to participate in whole regatta (18-24 Jan). If your interested in joining us on a 48ft cat, then give me a call on 0419 280 322 or email me on cmeredith@biosisresearch.com.au. Cheers, Charles Meredith

Christmas drinks reminder..

Remember Monday 30^th November, Christmas drinks at Bells Hotel Sth. Melbourne.

Starts 7.30pm see you there.

 

 

MYCV-memberships

It is with deep regret that I feel the need to write to you in relation to the status of our membership base at our yacht club.

As you are all well aware, a club is made up of members, paid up members.  At the moment the MYCV has about 12 of them.  It is hard to believe that we are the oldest Yacht Club in Victoria and yet the smallest in membership base. Anyone who races regularly, needs a Silver Card from Yachting Victoria. The MYCV is the cheapest way to achieve this.

Unfortunately at our current membership level, it is not sustainable for us to  continue as a successful yacht club.  The time has come. We now need to call on you all to respond  and become paid up members.

It’s  as easy as downloading a Membership Application form from the website, fax/email it and EFT payment straight into our bank account (all details are on the membership form).  Alternatively, you can pay  by cash or cheque to David Tapper on Monday 30^th November at Bells Hotel South Melbourne at our Christmas meeting/drinks. If you enjoy multihull racing, cruising, spending time with people who share the same interest, then lets start pushing to increase our membership base.

 

Thank you.

 

Tim Pepperell

Commodore

MYCV

 

 

 

 

Multihulls at AVW Geelong 2010

 

Multihulls at AVW Geelong 2010

 

 

The Multihull Yacht Club of Victoria (MYCV) in conjunction with Audi Victoria Week Principle Race Officer Denis Thompson, have organised an extended regatta starting on Tuesday 19^th of January 2010 through to Sunday 24^th of January 2010. The series will be staged predominately around fixed marks on Corio and Port Phillip Bay.   There will be a combination of short and passage races which includes starting with the 350 plus fleet in the famous Melbourne to Geelong Race.  Handicaps will be based on the OMR system and finalised before 6:30pm on Monday 18^th of January 2010.  All yachts must apply with category 5 safety regulations.

Although we start and finish at RGYC, we will stay 3 nights at ‘Marina Yarras Edge’ situated up the Yarra River near the City.   This will enable us to showcase Multihull sailing on the top end of the bay and incorporate the King of Docklands sail off which includes two multihull crews’ ‘e-marineworld skips’ and ‘Wilparina 2’.  Come along and support your Multihull mates while attending the Audi Victoria Week party.

A formal dinner will be held on Tuesday 19^th of January at RGYC, at a cost of $25 per head.  This year’s dinner was a great success and we are endeavouring to make 2010 even better.

Any crews, especially interstate boats, needing help with arrangements/logistics please contact the MYCV committee.  The MYCV is committed in making this event the premier Multihull regatta in Australia, hence are proud to invite all racing and cruising multihull yachts to attend.

 (See program over)

 

The program

• Mon 18th Jan........Launch RGYC, measuring, registration, informal dinner in evening
• Tue 19th Jan..........2 races around fixed marks in Corio Bay. Formal dinner at RGYC
• Wed 20th Jan.........Passage race to Melbourne.
• Thu 21st Jan...........2 races around fixed marks top end of Port Phillip.
• Fri 22nd Jan...........Lay day
• Sat 23rd Jan...........Passage race to Geelong
• Sun 24th Jan..........2 races around fixed marks inner and outer harbour. Presentation Dinner
• Mon 25th Jan.........Pack up and go home. (Or stay and enjoy the celebrations)
• Tue 26th Jan..........Australia day

 

For further information please visit:

www.victoriaweek.com.au

www.mycv.asn.au

Tim Pepperell

Commodore

MYCV.

 

 

 

Christmas drinks-7:30pm Bells Hotel Monday 30th November.

Well it’s that time of year again! And hasn’t the it gone fast? This year the last MYCV meeting for the year,  will be a casual affair to catch up with sailing friends.  There will be a  brief chat about

 The Nationals held at Hervey Bay in October and a  report on SOMR and AVW progress. Kicks off at 7.30pm at Bells Hotel in the upstairs room. Finger food will be provided with drinks at bar prices.

 

Guest speaker is David Williamson, who sailed on Kookaburra in the America’s Cup 150th Jubilee Celebration in August 2001, held on the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England.

All the old Americas Cups yachts competed including Australia 2… Just hearing about the logistics of getting all these great boats back together is interesting, plus the meeting with

Dennis Conner and John Bertrand.

 

Hope to see you all there, for those that can’t make it, have a Merry Christmas and a safe New Year and see you at Hasting Yacht Club for the Summer series or Audi Victoria Week.

 

Cheers

 

Tim Pepperell

Commodore. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Copy report from Livesaildie,Sailworld and Ian Farrier web sites.

e-marineworld skips wins SOMR

 

‘e-marineworld Skips’ (formally Quickskips), a Farrier F9AX tri wins the ‘e-marineworld 2009, Southern Ocean Multihull Regatta’ (SOMR) held on Western Port in Victoria.

 

The crew of e-marineworld Skips, Tim Pepperell, Robin Reiger, Tony Holt and Gale Perry had a great time at SOMR, taking out line honours in all four races winning the prestigious Greyhound trophy. The regatta was held in light and fluky frustrating conditions except for the first reach in the first race. Tim Pepperell said “the first race was the most exciting of the series when sailing across to Joes Island, on a tight reach, holding our mast head kite was exciting when sticking it in several times going from 18 to 0 knots four times before we ran out of water and needed to drop the kite in a hurry”.

 

The four race series was hosted by the Hastings Yacht Club in-conjunction with the Multihull Yacht Club of Victoria. All races were tightly contested with the final handicap in both PHC & OMR results finishing the top 4 boats within 3 minutes of each other. After the wind dropped out again in the last race SOMR race control had no choice but to shorten course which had all of the fleet  motoring back to the club for a pack up and get ready for the SOMR presentation dinner. On PHC all 3 place getters were Farrier tri’s and on OMR 2 Farriers and 1 corsair 31 filled the top spots.

 

 

SOMR Report

This years SOMR was once again hosted by Hastings Yacht Club. Whilst the fleet was smaller than hoped, some of the flamboyant personalities made it feel much larger..... and non more so than Mark Stafford, respectfully known as "Shreik", whose huge presence on the dance floor made the lead singer swoon....but more of that later...

This year we were sponsored by e-marineworld (does their logo remind you of pacman?)... Tim and Rob provided some nice new trophies and then went on to win most of them! I put it down to their new ace crew of "big" Tony Holt ably assisted (possibly controlled) by Gale Perry. They took Line honours in all four Races thus winning the inaugural Greyhound Trophy.

The regatta was held in light and fluky winds with the exception of the first race which was champagne sailing in near perfect reaching conditions along the top of Westernport. For the rest of the regatta your anchor was a strategic weapon to stop the tide taking one backwards in the frequent windless zones and those who used it wisely made good gains....sadly, the crew of Shuttle did not catch on and they were noted overtaking many boats going backwards on several occasions.... In spite of the conditions, all races were hotly contested with the top boats separated by no more than a minute or 2.

Shaun Fishley on Frassld continues to improve and we expect him to knock Skips off their top spot soon. He was 2nd overall on OMR. George Bulka had some exciting moments on Redshift and took out the PHC trophy. Probably not his best regatta and I put it down to him being distracted by his new baby Catamaran. You can never write off Leon and Rainbow Connection with a handicap to die for.... he should have won it all in the light conditions but found a few too many holes and ended up 3rd in both PHC and OMR. Jeff on Chilli had a ripper last race and was leading the pack until we realised he had missed out a mark.. this was easy to do in the windless conditions..Al on Mustang Sally was in cruising mode and training up a new crew.. fortunately for the rest of us they had not learnt to use the screacher so Al was down the field this time. That leaves Shreik on With Teeth....somehow, in the last race, he managed to not see a huge Channel Mark which was the first turning mark, and managed to wedge his tri onto it... made a lovely bell like sound and took him 5 minutes to free himself... for his efforts he won the Pigs Might Fly Trophy and the Zinta Trophy for the best boat breakage..Finally, the start boat... they did a great job as usual, but turned up with a start mark 18inches high that one could barely see. Fortunately, in the 3rd race it sunk, never to be retrieved... the gods were on our side that day....

The presentation Dinner on the Monday night was well catered and well supported by sailors and members of HYC. We had the same live band as in previous years and the lead singer certainly remembered Shreik for his on floor activities.

Many thanks to the HYC team lead by Josie, Ian Anderson as Race Officer and all competitors. I think running it on Cup weekend was probably not the wisest decision in hindsight, but a good time was had by all...

6 Days to go!

 

SOMR starts next Saturday. There are some boats still looking for crew, if we can’t find crew some boats won’t get to the start line.

If you know anyone that might be interested please let me know on 0418 318 019.

See you there. 

 

Tim Pepperell

Commodore.

MYCV.

19 Days to go!

Just a reminder SOMR 09 is only 19 days away. If any boats are looking for crew, or  any crew are looking for a ride, please let me know so we can match you up.

Remember, we want as many boats  as possible on the water. Call me on 0418 318 019 or email: tpepperell@bigpond.com.

See you there.

Tim Pepperell

Commodore.

MYCV.

person wanting to crew for HYC final winter series race. Saturday 12th.

 

Any boats needing crew for this week please call Mark madler-edwards on 0416 239 673.

 

AGM - New Committee

Can't say the AGM was well attended but we did vote in a new committee. Tim Pepperell is our new Commodore so we can expect lots of activity, change and delegation! I am hopeful that his new responsibilities will detract from his performance on the water, but I am not holding my breath.... The rest of the team remain pretty much unchanged... Many thanks to Stuart as past commodore, he is staying on the committee as Rear to help keep us in shape...when the twins allow...

Plans for Audi Victoria week are well under way so SOMR is our immediate focus. The NOR will be published on the web site next week...thanks Ian...

Cheers

Audi Victoria Week (ex Skandia Geelong Week)

The AVW committee have approved the following Multihull Program. They had safety concerns about the passage race to Mount Martha so we have swapped it for a passage race directly to Melbourne and 2 races around the top end of Port Phillip. We expect the celebrations in Docklands to be huge this year with a new main sponsor and a rebranding of the event, so it will good to be a more active part of it. We are expecting a fleet of 18 to 20 with new boats joining in from both SA and Vic... some support from up north would be the cherry on the top!!

• Mon 18th Jan...........Launch RGYC, measuring, registration, informal dinner in evening
• Tue 19th Jan..........2 races around fixed marks in Corio Bay. Formal dinner at RGYC
• Wed 20th Jan.........Passage race to Melbourne.
• Thu 21st Jan...........2 races around fixed marks top end of Port Phillip.
• Fri 22nd Jan...........Lay day
• Sat 23rd Jan...........Passage race to Geelong
• Sun 24th Jan..........2 races around fixed marks inner and outer harbour. Presentation Dinner
• Mon 25th Jan.........Pack up and go home
• Tue 26th Jan..........Australia day

We have made bookings with Marina YE for the 3 nights in Melbourne for all Multihulls at a preferential rate.... Last year was great... lets make this year greater..

HYC Race Report

Races 4 and 5 of the Hastings Yacht Club winter series have been well supported by the local Multihull fraternity. Race 4 started with a record 8 Tri's on the start line which bodes well for the future and speaks volumes for the support our division gets from HYC. At the front we had the glory boys on Quickskips and Redshift. In the middle Chilli, Frassld, Daylight Robbery and Mustang Sally, and bringing up the rear Shuttle and With teeth....so we all had someone to play with... Conditions were good with the wind slowly increasing to 20 knots as the race wore on. Sadly, Redshifts rudder failed for the umteenth time leaving Tim on Skips with just himself to play with. The course was a repeating Triangle in the main channel. The tide was ebbing strongly and with 27 mono's also racing on the same course, if you didnt judge it correctly the B35 top mark was challenging. In the end, Skips pipped Mustang Sally by 30 seconds on corrected time and Shuttle beat With Teeth for 3rd by 10 seconds.

Race 5 had 6 Tri's at the start with a forecast 25 knots. The Race Committee sent the fleet to Joes Island and back. Everyone had a single reef in at the start which proved to be a prudent decision as the beat back from Joes Island saw the wind getting towards 30 knots. George had fixed his Rudder and got off to a flying start in Redshift on the 1st leg which was a beat to B35. Al on Mustang Sally, complete with his all girl crew of 4, (how does he do it?) screamed after George using his screacher to good effect. Once past crawfish rock all the spinnakers were hoisted... well almost all as Quickskips seemed to be struggling with theirs and gave up after a while..I believe they had equipment failure.... The race back after the rounding was fun when the rain storm came through, but winds dropped a bit towards the end. The final result was a well deserved win for Redshift followed by Mustang Sally, Frassld, Daylight Robbery and Shuttle, all within 2 minutes of each other. Slowskips got the wooden spoon for a change..no doubt the crew will be flogged..

2009 Annual General Meeting

The 2009 AGM will be held on Wednesday 19th August at 8pm at the Bells Hotel and Brewery, 157 Moray Street, South Melbourne. As usual, plan to arrive an hour early for good food, refreshments and a natter....

Next meeting Thursday 4th June.

Don’t forget The next General meeting at Bells hotel 157 Moray Street, South Melbourne.

Starts 8pm, but if want a meal before get there early between 6-7pm.

See you there!

 

 

Multihull World #95 Page 97

Who is the mystery man in red hanging on for his life while Frassld is maxing out? Mystery SOLVED!

After some intense investigating via the “Man or Mouse Committee”, it’s being decided not to shame the offending mono sailor as he hadn’t experienced speeds like that before.

Confucius says: When sailing a fast multihull and eating CHEESE , (while hanging on for your life) Keep cheese firmly in your mouth[WITH TEETH]

 

 

WRFIR-Presentation Dinner 23rd May...NEXT SATURDAY!!

So far 4 people have booked for next Saturday nights presentation dinner.

We need to finalise numbers for the Multihull table ASAP.

Please get back to me by Tuesday 19^th of May.

Cheers

Tim Pepperell

0418 318 019

 

 

June General Meeting

Our next General Meeting will be held on Thursday 4th June commencing 8pm in the Upstairs room at Bells Hotel and Brewery, 157 Moray Street, South Melbourne.

As before, plan to arrive an hour early for good food, refreshments and a natter....

The main event will be a combined presentation by the skipper and crew of Peccadillo recanting the tale of their recent 3 peaks race in Tasmania. As I type, the Skipper and delivery crew are sailing Pecca' back home this weekend.... lets hope the forecasted Gale has moved on by the time they reach the northern end of Tassie...

Planning for SOMR over Melbourne Cup weekend and Geelong week has commenced and we will present our progress.....

FW: 2009 Multihull Nationals at Hervey Bay

 

 

Hi Multihull Sailors
 
The date has been set for the 2009 trailerable Multihull regatta at Hervey Bay. We will be holding the event starting on Sunday 18th October to Friday 23rd October. Normal format will apply with the Invitation Race on Sunday 18th and a 6 Race series to follow with a lay day in the middle. A notice of Race will follow over the next couple of months. We are planning to have a tag along cruise over the week before the event as well as the week after for those that are interested in cruising the great Sandy Straits and western side of Fraser Island. These cruises will be led by one of our local boats to make it easy to navigate for you.
Accommodation is available close to the Urangan Boat Harbour where your boat will be allocated a marina berth for the duration of the regatta ( Cost included in your nomination ) or you may choose to stay on your boat at the marina as it has full facilities available.
 More information will follow in the next couple of months.
 
 Best Regards for now
 
 Daryl Dorsett
 
Race Director
Hervey Bay Boat Club Yacht Squadron

WRFIR- Trophy Presentation Dinner.

On Saturday May 23^rd  The Warneet Motor Yacht Club will be hosting the Presentation for this years Round French Island Race.

Dinner $15.Drinks cheap. Starts 8pm. Trophies 9pm. Last year we had a Multi table and had a great night. If anyone is interested give Tim Pepperell

a call or email and I’ll organize a table or two. Lets once again support this great club and event as they support multihull sailing!

Hope to see you all there, cheers…TP

 

 

Multihull World #95 Page 97

 

 

Who is the mystery man in red hanging on for his life while Frassld is maxing out?

Three Peaks Race... vacant crewing position

If you are interested in joining the team on Peccadillo, a Chris White 46 MkII catamaran, in this year’s 3 Peaks Race in Tasmania, there is a opening for a sailor due to an injury to one of the team. If you’re not familiar with the race, you can look it up on www.threepeaks.org.au. Peccadillo have a very fast running team and the boat has a good turn of speed in the right conditions, so should be pretty competitive. They did it last year and it’s a great race with lots of variables. If you are interested, contact Charles Meredith on 0419 280 322 or cmeredith@biosisresearch.com.au.

General Meeting details

Some details of the next Club meeting on Tuesday 24th March 8.00 pm at BELL’S HOTEL and BREWERY 157 Moray St. South Melbourne. (plenty of parking) Arrive an hour early to partake of the rather good meals and boutique beers available at this great venue, then adjourn to the very comfy function facility where we will be entertained by David Axup’s brilliant presentation on the “ History of Maritime Signal Flags”. Title sounds a bit dull ? You obviously haven’t yet seen David’s performance !! We will follow this up with a lively discussion on whodidwhatandwithwhichandtowhom at this years’ Geelong Week, WAFIR, MarleyPoint events – and the new forthcoming SOMR format. Don’t miss this one - that means you too, Tim

Marley Piont Race 7th March-Crew wanted!!!

Do you want to sail on one of the fastest Multis going around? Well today is your lucky day…

Mark Stafford from WITH TEETH is looking for a crew. 2 bodies needed.  Please call 0428 254 736. ASAP.

This is one of the Grand slam Multi events for the year, don’t miss out!!!!

General Meeting - 24th March 2009

The next General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 24th March 2009 at the Bells Hotel in South Melbourne at 8 pm. This is a departure from our usual meeting place and we would encourage members to join us before the meeting for a good meal and refreshments both of which come highly recommended by Ian Anderson.. We are confirming speakers at the moment and will let you know in a week or so's time. We anticipate feedback on Geelong Week and the recent French Island Race, together with discussion on when best to hold SOMR. Current thinking is to move it from Easter to Melbourne Cup Weekend.....

Race update WRFIR

Shuttle is ready for any barging at tomorrows start.
Robin Reiger
M 0418 318 017

Warneet Around French Island Race Saturday 21st of February.

Reminder: 21^st of February is the 33^rd WRFIR. Last year we had 5-7 multis start. This year let’s make it 10! Quickskips, Shuttle, Mustang Sally, Red Shift, Frassld, Chilli, Cascade, With Teeth, Sea Sprinter and Rainbow Connection, set this day free and join in the fun.

Some Geelong Week 2009 Action shots

 

 

 

 

Geelong Results 2009

Geelong Glory for Wilparina II

Yesterday Robert Remilton was modest about the possibility of winning the Geelong Taxi Network Multi Hull Series but a stiff breeze in the last of the seven-race series was the perfect boost to a first place on handicap and overall series win for his Farrier F9r Wilparina II.

With little water flow from the Murray, Remilton’s usual sailing ground at Goolwa is unsuitable for the large multi and he has been spending time sailing her on Lake Macquarie.  Making the trip across the border to Victoria was never in doubt though, with Remilton, entering his sixth regatta at Geelong in as many years.  

The wind and waters of Port Philip were favourable once again for the veteran multi-hull sailor and his crew, who experienced some fun times during the longer passage races which were a change to the multi-hull series format this year.  “It was all great racing but our final race was the best race of the regatta for us, we had a dream run where we clocked 20.1 knots” he said. 

The series win is the second at Skandia Geelong Week for the well-campaigned multi with Remilton’s son Philip at the helm along with his crew which includes a Brisbane sail maker, a yacht builder and a retired teacher, Remilton’s long time crewmate.

David Tapper wasn’t disappointed with his second placing.  Lighter winds in the morning were better suited to his Cirrostratus 10 Shuttle but such are the swings and roundabouts of multi-hull racing.  Notching up his fourth Skandia Geelong Week regatta, Tapper was also enthusiastic about the multi-hull race series year.  

“It’s flipping hard work but a great format.  The morning favoured us today of course and we had long runs of about 14 nautical miles so it was good fun coming home but the afternoon was tougher”  

Third place in the multi hull series went to local Port Philip sailor Tim Pepperall and his crew on Quickskips, a Farrier F9ax who recorded a final score of 23.00, one point behind Shuttle and three points behind Wilparina II.

Final series results can be found at www.geelongweek.com
Traci Ayris – Skandia Media

 

Skandia Geelong Week - Trophy Presentation

Afternoon all,

 

Hope all of you have recovered from a fantastic week of sailing. For those who are wondering, yes Shuttle has now finished the last race! (just out of the time limit though)

On Sunday 8th February, 2009 Skandia Geelong Week - Trophy Presentation at RGYC. If anyone would like to come and make up a Multi table please email Tim Pepperell back on tim@quickskips.com.au. ASAP. Cost is $25.per head. This is a great way for us to thank the club, showcase multi’s  and cement our future next year with hopefully a similar regatta program.

 

 

New Members and Boats

I received an unexpected but very welcome call from Mark Stafford a few days ago. Most will remember Mark, not for his sailing prowess in SIN at the last SOMR, but for his talents on the dance floor at the presentation evening at Hastings Yacht Club. Rumour has it the Dirty Dancing producers sought him out to coach Patrick Swazi....... or was it the producers of Shrek?

Anyway, Mark has foresaken SIN, turned his cheek and taken on [With Teeth]... a bloody funny name for a Farrier F25A that he plans to clean up Geelong week in... good onya Mark and be assured that when the rudder breaks Ian will be ready to fix it...with Georges help and advice no doubt ... it is named after a Nine Inch Nails song and it is hoped that racing wise it does have teeth...thats up to you Mark...

We welcome Dean Snow as a new member of the club with his Farrier F32RX called Volantis. It is a new boat and he has entered Geelong week to join in the fun. I notice that George Bulka reports that his F82R Redshift was built by one Dean Snow so I trust George will be suitably sub-serviant and allow Dean right of way at all times...fat chance I reckon.....

I notice that Geoff Floyd has his new Sprint 750 named Chilli on the hardstanding at Hastings Yacht Club. We look forward to some keen racing between Geoff and Ross McOmish at Geelong Week... no pressure Geoff, but we expect you to prevail over our SA friends...

Finally, you will all be pleased to hear that Tim Pepperell has at last paid his membership fees... I personally believe the crew on Quickskips have to make a donation everytime they step aboard... Tim, Shaun and David have worked tirelessly (they tire easily) with the Geelong week committee to set up the Multihull Program for the week.... job well done...

Cheers

Tim (Fuller) Pepperell spotted mono sailing

Tim has been spotted at a specialist training camp for Geelong Week believed
to be at Blairgowrie. Here is a photo of Tim taking instructions from his
coach from the foreshore.