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..