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TY Delegates Report 27 September 2014 Championship Race 1

27/9/2014

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TY Delegates Report 27 September 2014 Championship Race 1
We had more TYs in the parking lot than crew to sail them for today’s race. Frou Frou and Serenity were crewless and looked like they would not get their keels wet. 

I had resigned myself to spending a leisurely afternoon on shore, with no rigging, unrigging or clean-ups. Then wouldn’t you know it, Barry Grant suggested that Wayne McKinnon and I sail together. Wayne agreed on sailing aboard Frou Frou, as long as Jim Curry didn’t mind giving up Wayne’s recently agreed to crew position on Rosstered Off. Since it was most likely going to be a light easterly and, let’s face it, Rosstered Off usually has far too many crew, the deal was set. My first reaction was, dam, there goes my relaxing afternoon watching the world go by while sipping a freshly brewed flat white. However once Wayne and I kicked into gear and got the boat rigged, on the water and sailing to the start, that thought had been replaced with another, about how we were going to have a great afternoon afloat (and secretly win the race). I should recognise that there were 4 other TYs lining up for the start. Rosstered Off with Jim Shaun and Richard aboard, Momentum with Barry, Ray, John, Kim and Phil aboard, Offshore Account with Dave, Frank and Richard aboard and Grey Fox with Digger and Rodger aboard. Welcome back Digger from your travels.

I really enjoy race starts, and today was no exception. The duty crew, thanks Paul Leaudais and Peter Ellms, set a good course with a relatively short start line to make things close and more interesting when the hooter went. “Old Saults” told me that usually with an easterly it was best to head left as close as you could to the northern shore on upwind legs in the hope of getting a lift off the shore. And certainly today that’s how things panned out. The boats that took this line benefited and by the end of the work were out in front. Grey Fox was in this group and nearly embarrassed the bigger, faster boats by rounding very closely behind Rosstered Off and Frou Frou, and just ahead of Momentum. Makes me think we should review her handicap? 

With the wind varying between about 5 to10 knots and swinging from east to north and back to east, the boats that happened to be in the right positions at the time were able to take advantage of the shifts. At this point Jim must have realised how lucky he was to get rid of the extra crew weight. Frou Frou was very happy to have someone as experienced as Wayne McKinnon aboard to help with tactics and sail changes. He made life easy for me in the steering end.

I could crap on more about changing boat positions the lightening breeze and boats good and bad luck but have got other things to do, apart from saying it was a great afternoon on the water. So let’s go to the final results. 

Championship 1
Place, Boat Name, Corrected time minutes CBH (PBH)
First Frou Frou 76.53 (76.53)
Second Rosstered Off 77.79 (73.36)
Third Momentum 84.73 (82.24)
Forty Offshore Account 91.85 (88.15)
Fifth Grey Fox 93.69 (85.14)

Happy Birthday wishes to all those October 6 birthday boys, and see you all in a couple of weeks.

The end - Trev
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TY Delegates Report 20 September 2014

20/9/2014

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TY Delegates Report 20 September 2014
Gee, I found it cold on Saturday. That brisk 15 knot Southerly cut through your clothes and chilled any exposed skin. And we were all expected to brave the elements and get amongst it. For the crew of Frou Frou it would be as duty crew pounding through the waves and sometimes getting wet aboard the Wal Curry. We did warm up lending assistance to a few up-turned boats. Even so, I would not have traded places on shore as I believe you can get the best views of the race and the participating boats when you are on duty.

Two brave TYs, Off Shore Account, with Dave Oscar and Brad aboard and, Rosstered Off, with Jim, Dave and a couple of newcomers aboard. Even though there were only two the TYs gave us the best thrills on the starting line, with both passing within centimetres of the duty boat stern as the hooter sounded.

This was the first race since last season ended for the crew of Rosstered Off. I think they were having the occasional difficulty selecting the right rope to pull and also coming to terms with the spinnaker related stuff. As a contrast, Offshore Account was having a blinder of a race picking right wind shifts up the works and keeping well in touch with Rosstered Off the entire race. 

Although it was good fun watching the sailing action on the water, we were glad to see the last boat finish so we could collect all the buoys and return to the warmth of the club house for a chat and a hot cup of cocoa or the like. 

This is probably a good time to mention that I cannot find where I put the finishing sheet with the finishing times for this race. However, I don’t think I would be going out on a limb to predict the placings. I would suggest that, given the finishing margin between the two boats, Offshore Account will pick up first place on handicap, and Rosstered Off second on handicap for Pointscore 2. And a well-deserved win it was given the cold and blustery conditions. 

Apologies for not having official results but will make up for it by reporting today’s race results in next week’s newsletter. I will venture to say that sailing was also the victor on the day.

Update
My darling wife Margaret found the results sheet hidden in the shorts I wore on race day. I can now present you with the race results.

Poinscore 1
Place, Boat Name, Corrected Time PBH (minutes)
First, Offshore Account, 62.94 
Second, Rosstered Off, 72.49

The end - Trev
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TY Delegates Report 13 September 2014

15/9/2014

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The start of the sailing season can trigger a range of reactions from excitement to anxiety.
Dusting off the boat to make sure everything is still attached and locating your lucky sailing gear at the last minute can be stressful. Of course we are told that it’s always better to plan ahead and do all the preparation prior to this point, but who has the time? In the end it really doesn’t matter if everything is perfect. That’s the whole point of the first sailing day of the season, to find out what’s been lost or forgotten and to make a list of stuff that needs to be done so things run more smoothly on the next race day. The catch is of course that you make time to cross all those to do things of the list before next race day.

What would be sad is, for what every reason you decide that it’s not worth the effort to turn up on a sailing day, especially the first race day of the season. There are certainly times when I feel this way. Those Saturday mornings when having a lie in, reading the Saturday paper or having a nice coffee somewhere with your beloved seems far more appealing. But from my experience it’s always worth the effort, if not just to sample the famous PKSC hamburgers. 

We were certainly lucky with the weather for this first race of the 2014 – 2015 sailing season, slightly overcast with 10 knots of North Easterly, near perfect conditions to easy everyone in after a few months break from competition. 
Thanks to the duty crew of Bob and Jonny Porter for setting a good course and looking out for us on the water. 

And didn’t the weather it bring out the punters, with a great roll up of cats, dinghies and 3 TYs. Jim Curry would have made it 4 TYs if it was not for a faulty tow vehicle. Frou Frou benefited from Jims misfortune by picking up one of his regular crew, Richard Hipsley, for today’s race.

The three starters were Momentum with Barry, Ray, Phil and Kim aboard, Offshore Account with Dave Robbie and Oscar aboard and Frou Frou with me and Richard aboard. 

From Frou Frou’s position in the middle of the TY fleet, things appeared to go remarkably smoothly for race 1 of the season. We didn’t see many sail changing mishaps or crew overboard/mutinies and the like. To cut a long story short it was close racing all the way. The crew of Offshore Account sailed impressively, not letting the faster boats out of their site for the entire race. Final places were:

Poinscore 1
Place Boat Name Corrected time PBH (minutes)
First Offshore Account 60.5525
Second Frou Frou 66.0956
Third Momentum 66.1218

Hopefully we will get a few more starters as the season progresses so we can share more of the goodness that a day on the water can give.

The end Trev
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TY Delegates Report 13 September 2014

13/9/2014

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TY Delegates Report 13 September 2014

The start of the sailing season can trigger a range of reactions from excitement to anxiety.
Dusting off the boat to make sure everything is still attached and locating your lucky sailing gear at the last minute can be stressful. Of course we are told that it’s always better to plan ahead and do all the preparation prior to this point, but who has the time? In the end it really doesn’t matter if everything is perfect. That’s the whole point of the first sailing day of the season, to find out what’s been lost or forgotten and to make a list of stuff that needs to be done so things run more smoothly on the next race day. The catch is of course that you make time to cross all those to do things of the list before next race day.

What would be sad is, for what every reason you decide that it’s not worth the effort to turn up on a sailing day, especially the first race day of the season. There are certainly times when I feel this way. Those Saturday mornings when having a lie in, reading the Saturday paper or having a nice coffee somewhere with your beloved seems far more appealing. But from my experience it’s always worth the effort, if not just to sample the famous PKSC hamburgers. 

We were certainly lucky with the weather for this first race of the 2014 – 2015 sailing season, slightly overcast with 10 knots of North Easterly, near perfect conditions to easy everyone in after a few months break from competition. 
Thanks to the duty crew of Bob and Jonny Porter for setting a good course and looking out for us on the water. 

And didn’t the weather it bring out the punters, with a great roll up of cats, dinghies and 3 TYs. Jim Curry would have made it 4 TYs if it was not for a faulty tow vehicle. Frou Frou benefited from Jims misfortune by picking up one of his regular crew, Richard Hipsley, for today’s race.

The three starters were Momentum with Barry, Ray, Phil and Kim aboard, Offshore Account with Dave Robbie and Oscar aboard and Frou Frou with me and Richard aboard. 

From Frou Frou’s position in the middle of the TY fleet, things appeared to go remarkably smoothly for race 1 of the season. We didn’t see many sail changing mishaps or crew overboard/mutinies and the like. To cut a long story short it was close racing all the way. The crew of Offshore Account sailed impressively, not letting the faster boats out of their site for the entire race. Final places were:

Poinscore 1
Place Boat Name Corrected time PBH (minutes)
First Offshore Account 60.5525
Second Frou Frou 66.0956
Third Momentum 66.1218

Hopefully we will get a few more starters as the season progresses so we can share more of the goodness that a day on the water can give.

The end Trev
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