Howdy Gang.

What a ripper day last Sunday, eh? For a day that promised so little, it turned out to be an absolute cracker! The forecast was for strong winds and a fair bit of rain, and we did get the rain, just not at race time. I got to the club about 12.30 and sure enough, it was pelting down, and everyone was hunkered down in the training room or upstairs checking the radar (what a fabulous tool), with no one looking too keen. Then right on cue, the rain stopped, the Start boat and RHIBs appeared from the channel, and it was a mad scramble to rig up and hit the water. Well, more a case of the water hitting us as the onshore wind was sending some pretty big waves onto the beach. But in true SBSC style, it was one in all in as everyone helped each other holding boats or handling trolleys. Special mention to Katrina M, who stayed in the water, sometimes neck deep, holding boats so skippers could climb in until she was the last but one left when Nick M and Matt W returned the favour.

   

Once out past the channel mouth, I and a few others, headed out to the mussel farm area to look for the start boat. Where the b'jesus was it? Had they turned tail? No, a quick look back showed it about 200 metres off the beach with the start line ready to go and the orange flag up. The toughest sail of the day was trying to get back there in time!

 

Race one was one for the heavy weather experts. Enter Katrina M again. After her good effort last week, she showed her form and was first around the top mark only to be rounded up by The Maestro, Rick P, Jumpin' James T and Fleet Fiona M ( OK I'll stop now ) as she couldn't catch a wave on the reaches. The wind eased a bit and by the end of the race the sun was out and the waves had flattened a lot, bring on race two. A slight course adjustment as the breeze swung a bit more Northerly and we were off. The lighter wind made it a lot more comfortable for Bill and Ross in the Impulses and Zack and Finn in their Lasers, a bit different from last week. At this stage I reckon those Cat boys wished they had strayed off the beach as it would have been right up their alley (no pun intended) and Di J would have been more than happy in her Sabre. She did look pretty comfy holding the tiller in the Quest though. Greg L and James E were in their element buzzing the fleet Tasar style and Matt W, freshly back from Tassie was happy just cruising around with Nick M in a 420.

 

As we all crossed the line, RO Glenno Lazzar asked if we were up for a third race. Too right! was the unanimous cry. So with the wind backed right off , the RHIBs brought the wing and top marks in really short and off we went again. Rounding the top mark with the Quest at one point, a mighty BOOM of thunder had us look seaward at a huge storm approaching, only to have it slide happily away over MMYC, sorry neighbours. The breeze held in nicely, no chocolates for Katrina this time though, and it was back to the beach. The same camaraderie had us all off the sand, packed up and upstairs just in time for the heavens to open up and give the grass a nice watering.

 

Talking to Mono Martin later in the week, He said at Sandringham they had multiple 38 knot squalls coming through with thunder and lightning all day with not a thought of starting a race. I guess those weather Gods must have heard our pleas, finally!

 

A Huge thanks to RO Glenno L and Super D on Start, Jess L and Simon H in Woodsy and Grace L and Doc T (yes him again) in Sutherland. A great job to set up the course in tough conditions. And did you notice that the results were up on Sailor App before we were up at the bar? Well, that was Geoff E waiting in the wings for his communique from Super D while she was still on the water so he could bang out those results ASAP.

 

Speaking of results, over the Ditch in NZ, Stu Scott and Ewan Campbell did us proud coming in 11th in the Foilers and 15th in the Classics respectively at the A Class worlds. Ewan didn't get the silverware he wanted so I hope you all stocked up on that Marlborough sav Blanc!

 

That's all for now team, next Sunday is an on water start for the KBs so as well as Stu Scott, fresh from NZ as RO you will have Super D, Dave B, Bruce M, Ben G and a special helper from Fransiska running the show- enjoy!

 

Cheers, Pete Chippy 

What a great regatta! We only lost one day out of the six and the classic fleet completed 12 races and the foilers got in 11.
There was one day when there were gusts of 30 knots but it seems the RO’s must have borrowed the anemometer off the SBSC start boat and we slammed our way through 3 races.
The A Cat only weighs 75 kg fully rigged so tends to get blown sideways coming off the waves in those conditions, exciting times!
Amazingly the foilers also stayed out but there wasn’t much foiling going on, there is a limit to their lunacy it seems?
The Polish guys stole the show and won both categories with Kuba Surowiec taking out his third title in the foilers and Jacek Noetzel winning the classics.
Interestingly, Jacek was sailing a foiling hull with very thin rudders and centerboards which is a departure from the theory that non-foiling A Cats should be more buoyant hulls and have a thicker chord on their boards.
The balance between lift and drag is a tricky thing to get right in sailing but he was untouchable and won every race.
Us SBSC sailors were happy with our results with Stu finishing a very respectable 11^th in the foilers  and only two spots behind a 20 year old!
I struggled in the light days and was 15^th overall, more practice required!

 

Ewan

I sailed in the previous Friday Twilight, but that was it. A fun race, but the rest of the week was a blur, as I was in Brisbane on business for the week, and I missed three races in a row. Pathetic.

Camo has written us a report on their Lipton Cup experience:

The Rawhide team attended the 3-day Lipton cup regatta over the weekend.

3 very different days of racing. 

 

Friday invitational very windy and wet with a short Windward leeward around fixed marks.

Saturday was a light 5-7 knot breeze with 3 back-to-back Windward leewards, our fractional spinnaker just didn’t have the punch of those rated with Mastheads, but we still had very good results with a 4,3,2. Even beating another Adams with Masthead over the line.

Sunday was a 12-18 knot breeze 15Nm Passage race, Div 1 & 2 started together for this race, we elected to hang back wanted to go right and it paid a treat, we rounded the top mark first and next looked back, a shy reach with the kite up while others elected not to gave us a very good lead and much faster boats took over and hour to overtake us. We eventually wrestled back the lead on the reach and with a very good and early kite set. Everyone followed us in from there. We got Line Honours in a fleet of faster boats and 1st on PHS, AMS & ORCc

Always great to attend other club's regattas and race other boats. Next up for us is the Cock of the Bay on Boxing Day & Festival of sails over the Aus day weekend. Looking forward to getting back for Fridays and Club Champ races at SBSC

 

This Sunday is a Club Championship race, so the Duty Boat, Fransiska, must supply at least one crew member on the water doing RHIB duty. That person must be at the Martha Cove boat ramp at 1100 hours.

Note that Rawhide and Unprecedented were the only finishers in the Club Championship Race 1. They need to be chased after such a head start to the series. All entries need to get out there!

Race Start Time (AEDT)	12.55H Water Start
Race Officer	Till Brauckmann
Duty Boat	Fransiska
Set Up/Results	Till

Please note that there is a Change to the Keelboat SI’s which pertains to a change to Course #32 – SBSC Navigational Challenge.

Links to both the Change to SI’s and the Updated SI’s are below:

Celebrate the end of the year with four unforgettable days of sailing, sunshine and summer fun at the 2025 Petersville Regatta. Hosted by Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron, the event brings together competitive sportsboats, cruising yachts and plenty of good times both on and off the water. With scenic passage races, lively twilight sails, and nightly entertainment, it’s the perfect way to wrap up the sailing year.

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Join us for this popular trio of short sprints out Port Phillip Heads and home in time for dinner. Designed as short-distance ocean sprints to provide a crew development pathway for longer ocean races, and as a stand-alone coastal racing program, each Coastal Sprint race is 15-35 NM. 

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The Dromana Branch will be temporarily closed for refurbishment on Thursday, November 20, 2025, at 1 PM and will reopen on Monday, December 8, 2025, at 9:30 AM. We invite you to join us for a street party on Monday, the 8th, starting at 8:15 AM, featuring a sausage sizzle, cake, balloons, a ribbon-cutting ceremony, and the chance to explore the beautiful new Dromana Branch. Karen and her team apologise for any inconvenience caused during this time but look forward to welcoming you back to the new branch.

During the closure, for all your banking needs, you can visit Renae and her team at the Rosebud Branch, located at 1087 Point Nepean Road, Rosebud, or Vannessa and her team at the Rye Branch, located at 2271 Point Nepean Road, Dromana.

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Me, (Fiona Lowe) in "Suzie" heading out to assist with the juniors.