What's On

Howdy OTB gang.

 

Well the Goldilocks principle worked out for us finally! With a perfect sunny day, offshore wind at around 10 knots and beautiful flat water, Sunday really was one out of the box. Even with a few boats missing  due to Sail Country about 21 boats hit the water for a delayed start to the Red Dolphin series. With the first two weeks written off due to too much/not enough wind it was good to finally get some scores on the board. The dead flat water made it seem like we were going slower than we were and I’m sure Dave B thought I was going even slower as I cut him off at the top mark. In my defense, I was told early in my sailing career “Don’t try to get out of the way of an A class, they’ll just treat you like a fixed mark”. True enough, Dave zipped around the back and roared past on his way to lapping me again!
 

The water might have been flat but the breeze wasn’t, and the frequent shifts made for some good tactical battles and it certainly wasn’t a soldiers course by any means. Going left or right off the start was only a good move if you kept an eye out for those shifts and too much delay making up your mind could cost you big time! It was great to see Grace Lazzar back sailing, going solo in her Laser radial. She was so quick that she even left Gingerbread Bill behind. Murray M had decided early to follow Bill as that was probably the fastest track, but cunning is as cunning does, and he soon wised up and ditched Bill to chase after Grace.
 

In a fine example of not many of us reading the instructions (who needs ‘em), the Laser bods were asking the rest of us before the first race, “ What Division are we in?” To which we replied  “Div 2 with us Sabres”.Well that meant a big fat No Score for them for race one as they were supposed to be in Div 3 with the 420’s. Sorry guys, only Paul M was trying to tell them the truth.

 

For future reference, all the division yardsticks are on the wall above the sign in desk, right next to the course diagrams, those other things that we don’t take the time to check before leaving the beach! Race two had the Lasers in the correct div and it showed that they were evenly matched with the 420’s. It was just the extra lap that had a couple of them complaining of sore bums at the end of the day! All in all it was a beautiful day to be on the water, even waiting between races was a joy.
 

Once we were all back safely on the beach it was time for the second act and we were treated to watching Rick Rogers From The 24th and a half Century taking out his Wazp and zipping (its the only way to describe it) along up on foils next to his mate on a foiling kite boardy thing, apparently called a wing foil, a bit obvious really. Rick is training for the Wazp Worlds in January after not sailing OTB for many years and never sailing a foiling boat- ever! Good luck Rick, I’m sure you’ll end up on the podium doing a shoey.
 

Many thanks to the race team this week of Geoff and Deidrie in start, especially as it was Big D’s Birthday. We also had Ciaran Snooks in Woodsy with John Matheson, one of our Keelboat compadres and Sutherland was ably crewed by Imogen Martin and Jamieson Ferguson with the invaluable assistance of another keelboater, John Wemyss who stepped up at the very last second to lend some experience and pass on some knowledge to these two willing youngsters.
 

That’s all for now folks and we’ll see you all next week for another perfect day. That’s assuming you didn’t do all your dough on the Melbourne Cup and had to sell your boat!
 

Cheers, Pete Chippy

 

1st – Friday Twilight Pursuit	Cirrus	Tim Bardon
1st – Friday AMS	2Xtreme	Andrew Clark

 

Sunday Summer Series Race 2

Thank you to everyone who assisted in the tower Friday night and Sunday – Andrew Stocks, Mal Winder, Dianne Jackson, and duty boats Fransiska and Rells.  For full results please click HERE

First Warning Signal:	17:25H Pursuit Start
	Race Officer:	Dianne Jackson
	Duty Boat:	Shimmer
	Tower Set Up & Results:	Dianne

First Warning Signal:	12.55H  Boat Start
	Race Officer:	Judy Champion
	Tower Assistant:	Dawn Clark
	Results and Set Up	Judy

For all boats planning to head to Geelong for the FOS 2024 please get on board with the Passage Race from Mornington YC. 

This is part of the Festival of Sails Entry and sounds like a great fun way to get your boat and crew to Geelong.  To enter CLICK Here and select the ‘Mornington Peninsula Series’

Congratulations Patriot!  Here is the ORCV’s article on the race and full results

Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron is pleased to announce entries are open for the 2023 Petersville Regatta, December 27-30 sailed in the pristine waters off Blairgowrie and surrounds. Join us for four days of fun, on and off the water.

Free marina berthing for the event with option to stay on.

Limited to 39 visiting boats and filling fast.

NoR, entries and more info at petersvilleregatta.com.au. or call Race Director Phil Beattie on 0408 502 698

 

Get you order in now to ensure that you are decked out in the latest Club Merchandise for he start of the 2023-2024 season Contact Marg Fleming on her email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to discuss your options. The youth t-shirts (with names on them) will have another order put in soon, so if you missed out on first round orders, please contact Marg to make sure you get one in the next batch, which will be processed by end of March. These t-shirts have been a hit with the juniors and will be great to wear to regatta's etc. 

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