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TY delegates report March 29 2014

29/3/2014

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TY delegates report March 29
One of the important things that we can do to ensure the sailing club has a future is to introduce new people to the sailing experience. Admittedly some of the people we provide this opportunity for may not find sailing their cup of tea and never come back for a second go, but at least we introduced them to a new experience they can eliminate from their bucket list. That’s just what happened on this Saturday’s race. Barry Grant had two new crew, Phil and Kim, and John Bubb took out Jarrod Lewis one of our junior sailors. Although I cannot claim a first timer on Frou Frou, we did have aboard Ian Woods. Like most of these retirees Ian is always busy with other activities so can only fit in a couple of sailing days per year. So you could say that each time he turns up to sail it seems like the first time. 
Of course all our encouraging may come to nothing. Some of the folks we take aboard may not like it and never come back, but at least we gave them an opportunity to cross another activity off their bucked list.

Needless to say my usual crew have other plans for this coming Saturday (including Ian who is away again) and I have room for at least one extra new crew member for this the final race of the season. Come and see me early if you have someone who is interested. 

I should write something about the race I suppose. It was very enjoyable. Even though there were only 4 starters we had some close racing. The brisk 15 to 20 knots southerly made for exciting down wind and reaching legs and we all finished within about seven minutes of each other. 

Results for Poinscore 23 
Place Boat Name Corrected time PBH (minutes)
Long Course
First Frou Frou 88.20
Second Momentum 90.70

Short Course
First The Blonde 73.22
Second Bluhart 78.62

The end Trev
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TY Delegates Report 22 March 2014, Championship 7

22/3/2014

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TY Delegates Report 22 March 2014, Championship 7

Why am I always surprised when the weather turns out different to what is forecast? Perhaps it’s because I am basically a trusting person and want to believe what I am told. Saturday’s weather continued this trend with “Weatherzone” and “Windfinder” predicting 5 to 9 knots from the North East and a chance of rain, but, 15 plus knots From the North with rain and lightning was what we got. The morning felt a lot quieter without the junior sailor numbers energy. Even so there was a very good roll up for today’s TY Championship 7 and Pointscore 22 event.

Thanks to Wayne and Rob for setting a great course and for watching out for us during our time on the water. 

We had 5 TY starters for today’s event, Bluhart with Arthur and Frank aboard, Grey Fox with Digger and Andrew aboard, Momentum with Barry, Ray and Phil aboard, Rosstered Off with Jim, Richard, Shaun and Dave aboard and Frou Frou with Rebecca, Alan and me aboard. 

The actual verses predicted wind strength did prompt a flurry of pre start sail changes. Grey Fox elected to put in a reef, Rosstered Off and Momentum selected smaller headsails and Frou Frou sticking with her No. 2 headsail. 

In a mixed fleet like we have, the start is one of the best and most exciting parts of the race. It’s when we are all manoeuvring in relatively close quarters for at least the first 5 to 10 minutes and where tactics and positioning are often of importance to the race outcome. If you are on one of the smaller boats it’s important to position yourself clear of the bigger boats as they will usually sail over the top of you, and, if you are one of the bigger boats you want to stay clear of the smaller boats that can slow you up and dictate your course.

Rosstered Off rounded the top mark first ahead of Momentum, Frou Frou, Grey Fox and Bluhart and that’s how it stayed for the remainder of the race. Apart from the fluctuating wind and dumping rain triggering more sail changes for crew during the race positions did not change. In the latter part of the race Rosstered Off increased her lead due in part by slick sail changes and good crew work, while Frou Frou lost ground changing to a smaller headsail and Grey Fox lost ground shaking out her reefed main and Bluhart lost her headsail leading to a late retirement.

Final placing’s for Championship 7

Place Boat Name Corrected time (minutes)
First Rosstered Off 71.50
Second Momentum 74.20
Third Frou Frou 74.70
Forth Grey Fox 86.84
Fifth Bluhart DNF

Coming events
There are only 2 more official PKSC races before the end of the season. I am hoping that you are able to turn up and make them good ones.
The St Georges Basin Classic 12 April. From previous reports this will be an enjoyable event.

Presentation Night 10 May 2014.
We will need your help to set up on Friday evening and to serve behind the bar on Saturday night. Please let me know of your availability.
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TY Delegates Report 15 March 2014, Junior Sailors Around the Lake Race

15/3/2014

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TY Delegates Report 15 March 2014, Junior Sailors Around the Lake Race
I look forward to this race every year. It’s a great opportunity for us old farts to share the joy of a different type of sailing with the juniors, give them a taste of sailboat teamwork racing plus give them a view of the Lake beyond the sailing club. The weather forecast, storms and up to 25 knots, made me very nervous about taking less experienced young people out. I don’t know if anyone else shared my anxiety. 

Thanks to Nicholas and Frank for looking out for setting the course and looking out for us in the duty boat and Deno and his crew aboard Puffer looking out for the MJ’s. 

To the race, and a very exciting one it was. Just before the start the wind veered more to the west just before the start and Frou Frou took the port tack option at the pin end of the line to cross ahead of the rest of the fleet. Now, you would imagine that the person who organises the course and who explained the course at the sailors briefing would know which way to take the first mark. So the good advantage gained at the start was squandered by Frou Frou’s skipper heading in the wrong direction around the reef mark. It did make for some fun speedy change of direction manoeuvres and a position swap.

To see Rosstered Off and Momentum ahead under spinnaker after rounding the reef mark made for a wonderful site. In fact spinnakers were flying all around us to the pleasure of our guest junior crew of Rebecca, Rachael and Aron. Rachael and Aron showed Alan, Rebecca and me how much they had learned from their year of junior sailing training. Their contribution added to Frou Frou’s successful race. I am sure there were similar stories of the juniors aboard the other TYs, monos and cats. 

Thanks to all the TYs that turned up to race today including, Digger and Andrew aboard Grey Fox, Arthur and Frank aboard Bluhart and Lachlan, Tim and Maddy aboard Day 7, for making the afternoon a memorable one for our junior sailors.

Luckily the nasty weather stuff stayed away until the whole fleet was safe ashore. Hayden Sellers took some shots of a water spout that came close to the finish line that made me glad we were all off the water, unrigged and mostly under cover for the worst of it. 

Results for Championship Race 6

Long Course
Place Boat Name Corrected Time
First Rosstered Off 69.35
Second Frou Frou 69.42
Third Momentum 72.99
Forth Grey Fox 77.32

Short Course
First Day 7 68.52
Second Bluhart 73.45

See you all next Saturday.

The end Trev.
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TY Delegates Report 8 March 2014, Marlay Point Overnight Yacht Race

8/3/2014

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TY Delegates Report 8 March 2014, Marlay Point Overnight Yacht Race
Frou Frou travelled south to represent PKSC in the Marlay Point Overnight Yacht Race last weekend. For those of you who have sailed many a Marlay Point Race, you will understand when I say that the wind and weather we received during the race was not exactly as forecasted. Instead of the 10 to 15 knots north easterly forecast for the race we received a mixed bag of conditions. 

The race started off in 20 to 25 knots of easterly, dead on the nose to the Plover Point mark. It made for a very bumpy and wet ride back and forth across Lake Wellington. McLennans Strait translated into a very puffy 5 to 20 knots from the mostly east that could take a boats off guard and occasionally round them up into the banks. 

Once out of the straights the wind then veered more to the North East then north and dropped to 5 knots. It stayed like that all the way down Lake Victoria till we were in site of Painesville. 
Then the mist rolled in so thick we could only see the reflective glow of our navigation lights. All landmarks disappeared and the wind dropped with only the occasional waft coming in from the north to propel us forward. For me and my crew the mist was the most peculiar disorientating sensation. Frou Frou had the benefit of a good compass, a GPS and Google Earth, and someone aboard, not me, who could work the technology to guide us through the gap between Raymond Island and the mainland without hitting anything. We heard lots of stories of boats running into the shore and not knowing which bit of the shore they had run into and which way was off. 

The mist stayed thick on the shore causing a navigational hazard in these parts till well after 8 in the morning. Frou Frou was lucky to carry what was left of the breeze around Raymond Island to the finish running aground only once the remainder of the fleet ended up floating around with nothing till the sea breeze kicked in around 11am. 

The Marlay Point Overnight Race is always a challenge for me, and this year was no exception. Frou Frou did very well.

This Saturday, Junior Camp and Championship 6 
This coming Saturday is not only a championship race but a very important one where we take as many of the junior sailors out with us to give them a taste of the big course and an experience aboard a TY. It’s a fun event. 

Please make the effort to turn up this Saturday so we can give as many kids as possible the opportunity to sail with us. 

The end Trev
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