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Trailer Yacht Results Saturday 10-04-2021 - Round 23
This round cancelled due to strong westerlies.
Hi All,
The cancellation of Saturdays race 8 of our championship series means we could re schedule for this coming Saturday or drop this race from the series. See below results sheet. Could you let me know your opinions on the matter please
Trev
Hi All,
The cancellation of Saturdays race 8 of our championship series means we could re schedule for this coming Saturday or drop this race from the series. See below results sheet. Could you let me know your opinions on the matter please
Trev
Subject: TY Delegates report for 13 March 2021
Apologies for the delay in sending through the results.
I was not there of course but it looks like Saturday was a busy race with winds between 17 and 20 knots from the North East.
Three boats starting in today’s race were Derelict with Dan, Cody and Dylan aboard, Momentum with Barry, Paul, Greg and Jim aboard and Magella with Richard, Piere and Jesse aboard.
No reports on the race. I hope that those that were able to sail enjoyed themselves.
Results for Pointscore 21
Apologies for the delay in sending through the results.
I was not there of course but it looks like Saturday was a busy race with winds between 17 and 20 knots from the North East.
Three boats starting in today’s race were Derelict with Dan, Cody and Dylan aboard, Momentum with Barry, Paul, Greg and Jim aboard and Magella with Richard, Piere and Jesse aboard.
No reports on the race. I hope that those that were able to sail enjoyed themselves.
Results for Pointscore 21
This coming weekend is the Lord Mayors cup run by the Illawarra Yacht Club. I hope that you can make yourselves available to represent PKSC and sail in this event.
See you there.
Trev
See you there.
Trev
Trailer Yacht Results Saturday 06-02-2021 - Round 17
Hi all you TY Sailors,
Sounds like those that attended the Sussex Inlet and Basin Regatta over the weekend had a great time.
I am a bit short of time myself but have attached the results for PKSC boats Saturday 6 February race.
Hope to catch up with you soon.
Trev.
Sounds like those that attended the Sussex Inlet and Basin Regatta over the weekend had a great time.
I am a bit short of time myself but have attached the results for PKSC boats Saturday 6 February race.
Hope to catch up with you soon.
Trev.
Trailer Yacht Results Saturday 30-01-2021 - Round 16
TY Delegates Report for 30 January 2021
Overcast with scattered showers, and no wind. Then the clouds parted, the sun came out and the wind did blow. It was a fitting unofficial memorial Saturday Club race day in honor of Ray Stanley. Our President Tony Sanderson delivered a fitting tribute to Ray at the briefing which we all appreciated.
Three TYs turned up to celebrate the day Momentum with Barry, Greg and Paul aboard, Rosstered Off with Jim, Brad, Brayson Andrew and Todd aboard (full Curry crew) and Black Sheep with Derek, Keith, Dave and Me aboard.
Thanks to our wonderful Duty Crew, Ian Richardson and Tony Sanderson. Another day for swinging winds. Ian and Tony had the course in the perfect position for the first triangle then it swung east to a true north easterly at 10 knots where it settled for the rest of the race. We have had quite a lot of this swing winds lately, making it very difficult for the duty crew to set a true course.
As mentioned, even though the mood was somber at the club, it was a beautiful sailing day to honor the memory of our friend Ray Stanley, and support each other through our grief of his loss.
Overcast with scattered showers, and no wind. Then the clouds parted, the sun came out and the wind did blow. It was a fitting unofficial memorial Saturday Club race day in honor of Ray Stanley. Our President Tony Sanderson delivered a fitting tribute to Ray at the briefing which we all appreciated.
Three TYs turned up to celebrate the day Momentum with Barry, Greg and Paul aboard, Rosstered Off with Jim, Brad, Brayson Andrew and Todd aboard (full Curry crew) and Black Sheep with Derek, Keith, Dave and Me aboard.
Thanks to our wonderful Duty Crew, Ian Richardson and Tony Sanderson. Another day for swinging winds. Ian and Tony had the course in the perfect position for the first triangle then it swung east to a true north easterly at 10 knots where it settled for the rest of the race. We have had quite a lot of this swing winds lately, making it very difficult for the duty crew to set a true course.
As mentioned, even though the mood was somber at the club, it was a beautiful sailing day to honor the memory of our friend Ray Stanley, and support each other through our grief of his loss.
I will miss out in sharing next weekend’s St Georges Basin regatta with you as pressing family matters will keep me from attending. I would appreciate it if one of you could tender my apologies to St Georges Basin and Sussex inlet Sailing Club and ask Lynne Arnold to send the results of the weekend races through to me or, to let me know if they have been posted on line.
Till next time we meet
Your friend Trev
Till next time we meet
Your friend Trev
Trailer Yacht Results Saturday 23-01-2021 - Round 15
Dear TY Sailors,
Like me you may be having problems processing the news that Ray Stanley died suddenly on the afternoon of 26 January. At this point in time I cannot communicate any happy anecdotes about Ray, I just have a deep sense of sadness for his loss that prevents any thoughts of fun. Ray was an integral part of the Port Kembla Sailing Club and a great and loyal crew and friend to Barry Grant and John Bubb. Barry and John in particular must be feeling Ray’s loss deeply. Our support goes out to you both.
For more than 3 decades, Ray contributed in no small part to the long term and smooth running of our club, including the ongoing maintenance of our rigging area. He did not seek the lime light but quietly worked away supporting our club. We have all benefit from Ray’s quiet presence, something we are not doubt grateful for.
I hope that in time once we are over our collective grief we will be able to share many happy memories of our friend and sailing buddy Ray Stanley.
In memory of Ray Stanley.
Trev
Like me you may be having problems processing the news that Ray Stanley died suddenly on the afternoon of 26 January. At this point in time I cannot communicate any happy anecdotes about Ray, I just have a deep sense of sadness for his loss that prevents any thoughts of fun. Ray was an integral part of the Port Kembla Sailing Club and a great and loyal crew and friend to Barry Grant and John Bubb. Barry and John in particular must be feeling Ray’s loss deeply. Our support goes out to you both.
For more than 3 decades, Ray contributed in no small part to the long term and smooth running of our club, including the ongoing maintenance of our rigging area. He did not seek the lime light but quietly worked away supporting our club. We have all benefit from Ray’s quiet presence, something we are not doubt grateful for.
I hope that in time once we are over our collective grief we will be able to share many happy memories of our friend and sailing buddy Ray Stanley.
In memory of Ray Stanley.
Trev
TY Pointscore and Championship results for the first half of the 2020-2021 season
Dear TY Colleagues,
As promised please find below the results to date of our Pointscore and Championship Race Series. Thanks to Barry Grant for assisting with reviewing the spreadsheet results and keeping me on track with data entry. Doesn’t mean that I have got it all right though so let me know if you find any errors.
May I take this opportunity to wish all of you and your respective families a very happy new year. Stay safe, and, hopefully see you at our next scheduled race day.
Trev
As promised please find below the results to date of our Pointscore and Championship Race Series. Thanks to Barry Grant for assisting with reviewing the spreadsheet results and keeping me on track with data entry. Doesn’t mean that I have got it all right though so let me know if you find any errors.
May I take this opportunity to wish all of you and your respective families a very happy new year. Stay safe, and, hopefully see you at our next scheduled race day.
Trev
Trailer Yacht Results Saturday 19-12-2020 - Round 13
TY Delegates Report for 19 December 2020
The around the lake race is, in my opinion, always very enjoyable. Not only because we get to see other parts of Lake Illawarra and that usually the legs are longer, but mostly because it’s an opportunity to take a few young and old new to sailing people with us. Today’s event was no exception with quite a few of our junior sailors and their parents taking up the offer to sail with us. Conditions were excellent with an overcast sky and light winds, a little shifty at times, from the South East. Still there was enough breeze, just, to keep everyone moving and get home before the sun (or in this instance the ran) went down.
Thanks to Ian Richardson and Stephen Watts for being the duty crew today. Always a big ask to set up the around the lake course and keep an eye out to make sure we all get home safely. Thanks guys.
Thanks also to all the TYs that sailed today, our last day before the Christmas New Year break. The next event will be Pointscore 14 on Saturday 16 January.
I will send you all out the Championship and Pointscore results for the first half of the season before we start sailing again in the second half of the season.
Results for Pointscore 13
The around the lake race is, in my opinion, always very enjoyable. Not only because we get to see other parts of Lake Illawarra and that usually the legs are longer, but mostly because it’s an opportunity to take a few young and old new to sailing people with us. Today’s event was no exception with quite a few of our junior sailors and their parents taking up the offer to sail with us. Conditions were excellent with an overcast sky and light winds, a little shifty at times, from the South East. Still there was enough breeze, just, to keep everyone moving and get home before the sun (or in this instance the ran) went down.
Thanks to Ian Richardson and Stephen Watts for being the duty crew today. Always a big ask to set up the around the lake course and keep an eye out to make sure we all get home safely. Thanks guys.
Thanks also to all the TYs that sailed today, our last day before the Christmas New Year break. The next event will be Pointscore 14 on Saturday 16 January.
I will send you all out the Championship and Pointscore results for the first half of the season before we start sailing again in the second half of the season.
Results for Pointscore 13
Have a very happy Christmas and new year’s holiday break and I look forward to catching up with you in the second half of the season. Who knows what’s install for us in 2021
Trev
Trev
Trailer Yacht Results Saturday 12-12-2020 - Round 12
TY Delegates Report for 12 December 2020
It was a very good rollup for the sailing club challenge with 5 TYs from PKSC and 7 TYs from IYC. With a consistent 10-15 knots from the east, it made for an exciting beginning to the race I recon.
Today I was sailing on Black Sheep, one of the bigger and potentially faster boats and getting quite a different perspective on the race. Usually Froufrou is somewhere in the middle of a fleet, and strangely enough to me, the boats that look enormous when you’re on a 6.5 meter boat look smaller when you’re on a 7.8 meter boat out the front. Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon or am I talking a load of crap?
Another thing I observed was that whatever boat I have been on, fast or slow, you can still manage to get tangles in ropes, stuff up a tack and speed seems relevant to whatever is around you. Aboard Black Sheep when we were in full flight under spinnaker, it all felt calm and smooth, the sense of speed seemed flattened out. We must have been motoring because we managed to stay out in front for most of the race. Anyway, what I am trying to say is that it doesn’t seem to matter what size of boat you are on, you still get the same thrills, either speed or close racing, from whatever boat you are on.
From all accounts todays club challenge was a great success. All credit to Hugh for liaising with the IYC to make it happen. I hope we can do it again in the not too distant future.
It was a very good rollup for the sailing club challenge with 5 TYs from PKSC and 7 TYs from IYC. With a consistent 10-15 knots from the east, it made for an exciting beginning to the race I recon.
Today I was sailing on Black Sheep, one of the bigger and potentially faster boats and getting quite a different perspective on the race. Usually Froufrou is somewhere in the middle of a fleet, and strangely enough to me, the boats that look enormous when you’re on a 6.5 meter boat look smaller when you’re on a 7.8 meter boat out the front. Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon or am I talking a load of crap?
Another thing I observed was that whatever boat I have been on, fast or slow, you can still manage to get tangles in ropes, stuff up a tack and speed seems relevant to whatever is around you. Aboard Black Sheep when we were in full flight under spinnaker, it all felt calm and smooth, the sense of speed seemed flattened out. We must have been motoring because we managed to stay out in front for most of the race. Anyway, what I am trying to say is that it doesn’t seem to matter what size of boat you are on, you still get the same thrills, either speed or close racing, from whatever boat you are on.
From all accounts todays club challenge was a great success. All credit to Hugh for liaising with the IYC to make it happen. I hope we can do it again in the not too distant future.
This coming Saturday is an around the lake race, the last for this half of the season. It should be fun as we usually have an opportunity to take some of our juniors and their parents out for a ride. Hope you can make it.
Trev.
Trev.
Trailer Yacht Results Saturday 05-12-2020 - Round 11
TY Delegates Report for 5 December 2020
Another great day with nearly perfect conditions for sailing, partly cloudy with 10 to 15 knots of North Easterly. Three TYs turned up to have a go, Momentum with Barry Ray John and Greg aboard, Rosstered Off with Jim, Brad, Cormac Braysen and Andrew aboard and Breakaway with Hayden, Brad Todd and Tim aboard.
Thanks to our duty crew today who, against great odds set a fantastic course and watch over the fleets safety. Oh that’s right it was me and Alan doing duty today.
They say it only takes 2 boats for a race so having 3 Ross 780’s lining up for a start was an exciting prospect. Those club members lucky enough to be on the duty boat have the best seat on the lake when it comes to viewing a race. Being on duty provides an opportunity to observe fellow sailors handled their boats around the course (some people may think this is spying and gathering inelegance). You can pick up some very good sailing tips of what and what not to do from watching a fleet in action, and todays TY fleet did not let Alan and me down.
The start with3 Ross 780’s one metre behind the line at the start signal was very exciting to watch. Rosstered Off managed the cleanest start and headed to the left hand side of the course just ahead of Breakaway while. Momentum tacked to the right side of the course shortly after the start for clear air onto, what we armchair experts aboard the Wall Curry believed, was a losing heading. To our surprise all three TYs were within metres of each other at the top mark with Rosstered Off rounding ahead of Breakaway and Momentum.
From our duty boat armchair sailing position we noticed some differences in boat handling but not a whole lot of difference in speed between boats. The cleaner the spinnaker sets, jibes, drops and mark rounding’s, the more distance made ahead against the other boats. It really impressed on me how important crew work is, especially where boats have closely matched speed. That’s not to say going the right way around the race track to the finish line is not important as well.
All in all it was a pleasure to be out on the water watching good close sailing.
And to the results:
Another great day with nearly perfect conditions for sailing, partly cloudy with 10 to 15 knots of North Easterly. Three TYs turned up to have a go, Momentum with Barry Ray John and Greg aboard, Rosstered Off with Jim, Brad, Cormac Braysen and Andrew aboard and Breakaway with Hayden, Brad Todd and Tim aboard.
Thanks to our duty crew today who, against great odds set a fantastic course and watch over the fleets safety. Oh that’s right it was me and Alan doing duty today.
They say it only takes 2 boats for a race so having 3 Ross 780’s lining up for a start was an exciting prospect. Those club members lucky enough to be on the duty boat have the best seat on the lake when it comes to viewing a race. Being on duty provides an opportunity to observe fellow sailors handled their boats around the course (some people may think this is spying and gathering inelegance). You can pick up some very good sailing tips of what and what not to do from watching a fleet in action, and todays TY fleet did not let Alan and me down.
The start with3 Ross 780’s one metre behind the line at the start signal was very exciting to watch. Rosstered Off managed the cleanest start and headed to the left hand side of the course just ahead of Breakaway while. Momentum tacked to the right side of the course shortly after the start for clear air onto, what we armchair experts aboard the Wall Curry believed, was a losing heading. To our surprise all three TYs were within metres of each other at the top mark with Rosstered Off rounding ahead of Breakaway and Momentum.
From our duty boat armchair sailing position we noticed some differences in boat handling but not a whole lot of difference in speed between boats. The cleaner the spinnaker sets, jibes, drops and mark rounding’s, the more distance made ahead against the other boats. It really impressed on me how important crew work is, especially where boats have closely matched speed. That’s not to say going the right way around the race track to the finish line is not important as well.
All in all it was a pleasure to be out on the water watching good close sailing.
And to the results:
Next Saturday is our interclub race with IYC. I do hope you can make the time to come down to sail and represent your club.
Trev
Trev
Trailer Yacht Results Saturday 28-11-2020 - Round 10
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Results for Championship 5, Point score 10
Championship Race 5, Point score 10, 28 November 2020
One of the golden rules of sailing, “Never sail in a Westerly, because nothing good comes out of it”, was broken again. We went out anyway in the very hot and dry conditions with a westerly wind that varied from 5 to 20 knots. I guess if you make the effort to come down with your boat on a Saturday you may as well go sailing.
Thanks again to Bec and Dave Glover for being duty crew for todays race. The windy westerly conditions certainly tested there course setting and on water safety observation skills.
It felt very strange indeed not having Froufrou to bring down for a Saturday sail.
I think its fair to say that Saturdays race was not the most pleasant of sailing days. Temperatures of around 40 C and a puffy westerly seemed to make every manouver difficult and no matter how much water you drank it wasn’t enough to offset the heat stress effects.
The testing conditions did not effect Rosstered Off and her crew as much as I think it did the rest of the fleet as she finish first once again.
I am hoping you all can make the effort to join us for next Saturdays Point score 11 race.
Trev.
Results for Championship 5, Point score 10
Results for Championship 5, Point score 10
Championship Race 5, Point score 10, 28 November 2020
One of the golden rules of sailing, “Never sail in a Westerly, because nothing good comes out of it”, was broken again. We went out anyway in the very hot and dry conditions with a westerly wind that varied from 5 to 20 knots. I guess if you make the effort to come down with your boat on a Saturday you may as well go sailing.
Thanks again to Bec and Dave Glover for being duty crew for todays race. The windy westerly conditions certainly tested there course setting and on water safety observation skills.
It felt very strange indeed not having Froufrou to bring down for a Saturday sail.
I think its fair to say that Saturdays race was not the most pleasant of sailing days. Temperatures of around 40 C and a puffy westerly seemed to make every manouver difficult and no matter how much water you drank it wasn’t enough to offset the heat stress effects.
The testing conditions did not effect Rosstered Off and her crew as much as I think it did the rest of the fleet as she finish first once again.
I am hoping you all can make the effort to join us for next Saturdays Point score 11 race.
Trev.
Results for Championship 5, Point score 10
Trailer Yacht Results Saturday 21-11-2020 - Round 9
TY Delegates Report for 21st November 2020 Championship Race 3 catch up, Point score 9
Trailer Yacht Results Saturday 14-11-2020 - Round 8
TY Delegates Report for 14 November 2020 Championship Race 4, Point score 8
Perfect weather for sailing or doing anything out in the open air you may agree. The beautiful conditions, no rain and 10 knots from the south west, must have excited people because it was very busy in the rigging area. Great to see such an expanded fleet of TYs.
What was even more exciting was to see a few new, and may I say, younger faces crewing on TYs. Cormac sailing on Rosstered Off, Tom sailing on Breakaway, Oscar sailing on Nervana 7 and Kody sailing on Derelict. Someone commented to me that the younger additions to our TY ranks decreased the average age of crew to under 60 and increased the intelegence by 50 IQ points. I will not be fact checking the comment, but regardless, I hope you agree that it was great to see so many good sailors and a respectable sized Saturday race TY fleet.
Thanks to Tony and Criss Zara for giving up there Saturday sailing to be our duty crew. The set us a great course for what was a shifty breaze just before the starting gun.
Aboard Froufrou we discussed and solved many of the worlds problems during the race. Among the topics of conversation was the “FACT” about how when sailing you can find so many new ways to stuff things up. That’s not ment to sound negative, just that sailing can be complicated and each time you go out on the water conditions can be slightly different, permitting you many slightly different ways of twisting sails or catching and jaming sheets and hallyards, in ways that have never happened on board before. In my slightly masacistic way of thinking, its one reason why we come back to sail every week in order to solve these problems, iron out the bugs in order to become progressively better at avoiding errors.
As the saying goes, the boat that makes the least mistakes usually wins. And the honor today went to Rosstered Off sailing a superbe race crossing the line well ahead of the rest of the fleet.
Results for Championship Race 4, Pointscore 8
What was even more exciting was to see a few new, and may I say, younger faces crewing on TYs. Cormac sailing on Rosstered Off, Tom sailing on Breakaway, Oscar sailing on Nervana 7 and Kody sailing on Derelict. Someone commented to me that the younger additions to our TY ranks decreased the average age of crew to under 60 and increased the intelegence by 50 IQ points. I will not be fact checking the comment, but regardless, I hope you agree that it was great to see so many good sailors and a respectable sized Saturday race TY fleet.
Thanks to Tony and Criss Zara for giving up there Saturday sailing to be our duty crew. The set us a great course for what was a shifty breaze just before the starting gun.
Aboard Froufrou we discussed and solved many of the worlds problems during the race. Among the topics of conversation was the “FACT” about how when sailing you can find so many new ways to stuff things up. That’s not ment to sound negative, just that sailing can be complicated and each time you go out on the water conditions can be slightly different, permitting you many slightly different ways of twisting sails or catching and jaming sheets and hallyards, in ways that have never happened on board before. In my slightly masacistic way of thinking, its one reason why we come back to sail every week in order to solve these problems, iron out the bugs in order to become progressively better at avoiding errors.
As the saying goes, the boat that makes the least mistakes usually wins. And the honor today went to Rosstered Off sailing a superbe race crossing the line well ahead of the rest of the fleet.
Results for Championship Race 4, Pointscore 8
Notice of Change to Sailing Calendar
For those of you that were not at Saturdays briefing, we have rescheduled championship race 3 to next Saturday 21 November. Hope you can make it.
Trev
For those of you that were not at Saturdays briefing, we have rescheduled championship race 3 to next Saturday 21 November. Hope you can make it.
Trev
Trailer Yacht Results Saturday 24-10-2020 - Round 5
Race was cancelled due to storm/ lightning concerns.
TY Delegates Report for 24-10-2020
The clouds rolled in, the rain came down and lightning flashed, then the wind vanished.
After delaying the start with the weather looking just as ominous, the very wise decision to cancel the race was made.
Now, with boats unrigged and stowed away we were able to get stuck in to some serious pie and sausage roll eating and beer drinking (within sensible consumption guidelines of course).
Not much more to be said about todays sailing except to welcome Dan Cody and Dillan Beatie and their new boat to the TY fleet. I hope they enjoy their sailing with us as much as we will enjoy having them participate.
Thanks to Michael Vesey for the TY rigging area Photos.
Next Saturdays weather looks promising so I hope as many of you as possible can make the effort to sail Pointscore 8, Championship 3 race.
Trev
TY Delegates Report for 24-10-2020
The clouds rolled in, the rain came down and lightning flashed, then the wind vanished.
After delaying the start with the weather looking just as ominous, the very wise decision to cancel the race was made.
Now, with boats unrigged and stowed away we were able to get stuck in to some serious pie and sausage roll eating and beer drinking (within sensible consumption guidelines of course).
Not much more to be said about todays sailing except to welcome Dan Cody and Dillan Beatie and their new boat to the TY fleet. I hope they enjoy their sailing with us as much as we will enjoy having them participate.
Thanks to Michael Vesey for the TY rigging area Photos.
Next Saturdays weather looks promising so I hope as many of you as possible can make the effort to sail Pointscore 8, Championship 3 race.
Trev
Trailer Yacht Results Saturday 17-10-2020 - Round 4
TY delegates Report for 17-10-2020
What a great roll up for Championship Race 2. It was exciting to see 8 TYs in the rigging area and good to catch up with skippers and crew. Lining up in the rigging area were Ruby with Tony and Alan aboard, Nirvana with Rebeca, Keith, Tod, Riley and Oscar aboard, Magella with Richard, Wayne, Piere, and Ross aboard, Momentum with Barry, Ray and John aboard, Rosstered Off with Jim, Brad, Andrew and Hayden aboard and, Froufrou with Stephen, Mick and me aboard.
Froufrou and crew, had planned for a nice gentle 10 knot North Easterly, slightly overcast and about 24 degrees C as reflected in the weather forecasts reviewed. But as you know, things don’t always go to plan. Holfouy was reading gusts over 25 knots from the North at race start time. Needless to say there were some last minute headsail changes and lots of flapping.
The conditions made it more difficult than usual for our heard working duty crew of Alex, Iryna and Hugh. Of course they did a great job of getting us off to a good start and looking out for us during the race.
That first reach was very interesting. Most of us opted for a no spinnaker run. Then Rosstered Off defied the general consensus and put one up. All we could see was spray flying and Rosstered Off disappearing rapidly in the distance. We held our breath in anticipation as Rosstered Off hurtled toward the jibe mark, but, caution must have intervened and the spinnaker came down before rounding the mark. Momentum was the only other brave boat to hoist a spinnaker on the downwind legs, the rest of us chose a more conservative approach.
As usual Nirvana 7 showed us all how to sail in these conditions and we were unable to narrow the time gap she had on us from start to finish.
All in all it was a challenging but exciting day on the water with the best heavy weather sailors prevailing
Championship 2, Point score 4 race results
What a great roll up for Championship Race 2. It was exciting to see 8 TYs in the rigging area and good to catch up with skippers and crew. Lining up in the rigging area were Ruby with Tony and Alan aboard, Nirvana with Rebeca, Keith, Tod, Riley and Oscar aboard, Magella with Richard, Wayne, Piere, and Ross aboard, Momentum with Barry, Ray and John aboard, Rosstered Off with Jim, Brad, Andrew and Hayden aboard and, Froufrou with Stephen, Mick and me aboard.
Froufrou and crew, had planned for a nice gentle 10 knot North Easterly, slightly overcast and about 24 degrees C as reflected in the weather forecasts reviewed. But as you know, things don’t always go to plan. Holfouy was reading gusts over 25 knots from the North at race start time. Needless to say there were some last minute headsail changes and lots of flapping.
The conditions made it more difficult than usual for our heard working duty crew of Alex, Iryna and Hugh. Of course they did a great job of getting us off to a good start and looking out for us during the race.
That first reach was very interesting. Most of us opted for a no spinnaker run. Then Rosstered Off defied the general consensus and put one up. All we could see was spray flying and Rosstered Off disappearing rapidly in the distance. We held our breath in anticipation as Rosstered Off hurtled toward the jibe mark, but, caution must have intervened and the spinnaker came down before rounding the mark. Momentum was the only other brave boat to hoist a spinnaker on the downwind legs, the rest of us chose a more conservative approach.
As usual Nirvana 7 showed us all how to sail in these conditions and we were unable to narrow the time gap she had on us from start to finish.
All in all it was a challenging but exciting day on the water with the best heavy weather sailors prevailing
Championship 2, Point score 4 race results
I hope you can all make next Saturdays Pointscore 5 race. Heavens knows we could all do with the practice.
Trev.
P.S. please forgive any typos and grammatical errors.
Trev.
P.S. please forgive any typos and grammatical errors.
Trailer Yacht Results Saturday 10-10-2020 - Round 3
TY delegates Report for 10-10-2020
Three TYs with their talented crews made themselves available for today’s race. They were Nirvana 7 with Rebecca, Keith, Riley Oscar and Tod aboard, Rosstered Off with Jim, Brad, Andrew and Hayden aboard, and Froufrou with Michael, Stephen and Trev aboard. A big welcome back to Mick who will be joining the club and Froufrou for at least the rest of the season or as long as his body holds out, whichever comes first.
The strong shifty puffy westerly wind through up a number of challenges for the fleet, and, as one of our old salts reported to me after the race, “Nothing good comes from westerly winds”. This sentiment was certainly generally reflected in the TY fleet race results.
Rudder box failure on Froufrou half way through the race put her out as a DNF. I guess you have to test equipment limits sometimes, and this time we tested the limits of carbon fibre. I will be having a serious word with Froufrou’s shipwright to making sure the next rudder box iteration is beefed up so this doesn’t happen again.
Three TYs with their talented crews made themselves available for today’s race. They were Nirvana 7 with Rebecca, Keith, Riley Oscar and Tod aboard, Rosstered Off with Jim, Brad, Andrew and Hayden aboard, and Froufrou with Michael, Stephen and Trev aboard. A big welcome back to Mick who will be joining the club and Froufrou for at least the rest of the season or as long as his body holds out, whichever comes first.
The strong shifty puffy westerly wind through up a number of challenges for the fleet, and, as one of our old salts reported to me after the race, “Nothing good comes from westerly winds”. This sentiment was certainly generally reflected in the TY fleet race results.
Rudder box failure on Froufrou half way through the race put her out as a DNF. I guess you have to test equipment limits sometimes, and this time we tested the limits of carbon fibre. I will be having a serious word with Froufrou’s shipwright to making sure the next rudder box iteration is beefed up so this doesn’t happen again.
A new team including a non-Curry member aboard Rosstered Off may have potentially increased communication difficulties which looked to result in a few not so good headsail choices that slowed her usually flawless performance. Very unusual occurrence for this high performance team. No doubt they will be back stronger than ever next race day.
On the other hand, Nirvana 7 performed impressively in the very tricky puffy westerly conditions. She steered the best lines up and down wind to come out on top, crossing the finish line first by a good margin.
On the other hand, Nirvana 7 performed impressively in the very tricky puffy westerly conditions. She steered the best lines up and down wind to come out on top, crossing the finish line first by a good margin.
Regardless of the outcome it was great to be back out on the water, even in a strong westerly. I hope more of you can make next Saturdays Championship 2, Pointscore 4 race.
Trev.
Trev.
Trailer Yacht Results Saturday 26-09-2020 - Round 2
This round called off due to forecast high winds.
Trailer Yacht Results Saturday 19-09-2020 - Round 1
Apologies for the lateness in getting the results out. Being retired means you don’t have much free time to do stuff like TY Delegate and race reports.
Great weather for Saturdays first race of the season. The 15 knot Northerly shook out all the cobwebs. And from my perspective, wonderful to see all who participated again after the winter layoff and COVID-19 restrictions. Big thanks to Barry for preparing our results spread sheet for the coming season.
Kind Regards Trev
Great weather for Saturdays first race of the season. The 15 knot Northerly shook out all the cobwebs. And from my perspective, wonderful to see all who participated again after the winter layoff and COVID-19 restrictions. Big thanks to Barry for preparing our results spread sheet for the coming season.
Kind Regards Trev
Trailer Yatch Results for 2019/2020 Season - FINAL
Dear TY sailing colleagues,
I hope you are all well and able to entertain yourselves in this time of physical distancing and staying at home requirements.
Being someone with a degree of social phobia its no problem for me. I have plenty to do and Froufrou is getting lots of attention. I do miss the sailing with you though.
Anyway I thought it appropriate given that yesterday would have been the last race of the season to send you through the sailing results. A big thanks to Barry Grant for sorting out the results for us. Thanks also to all of you for supporting PKSC and me as your TY delegate and making the sailing season enjoyable.
Hope to see you all at the other end of the COVID-19 event.
Trev
Click here for the FINAL TY Point Score Results.
Click here for the FINAL TY club championship.
I hope you are all well and able to entertain yourselves in this time of physical distancing and staying at home requirements.
Being someone with a degree of social phobia its no problem for me. I have plenty to do and Froufrou is getting lots of attention. I do miss the sailing with you though.
Anyway I thought it appropriate given that yesterday would have been the last race of the season to send you through the sailing results. A big thanks to Barry Grant for sorting out the results for us. Thanks also to all of you for supporting PKSC and me as your TY delegate and making the sailing season enjoyable.
Hope to see you all at the other end of the COVID-19 event.
Trev
Click here for the FINAL TY Point Score Results.
Click here for the FINAL TY club championship.
Trailer Yacht Results Saturday 7th March 2020 - Round 20
Dear TY Sailors,
I have a couple of weeks of sailing to catch you up on. Firstly the results for our windy Point score Race 20.
I have a couple of weeks of sailing to catch you up on. Firstly the results for our windy Point score Race 20.
Speaking of wind, our planned PKSC participation in the Sussex and St Georges Basin, “Basin Chase Race” came to an abrupt holt due to its cancellation last Friday because of the predicted inclement weather. Three PKSC TY boats turned up early for the event, Froufrou, Magellan and Black Sheep. The race organizers were apologetic about announcing the events cancelation, but we who showed up believe they were justified given the weather predictions. We can report that on Saturday from early morning it did blow from the south into the 30 knots and rained a lot. Not the most comfortable conditions for a pleasant sail around St Georges Basin. However, those of us who went early were able to enjoy the Sussex Inlet hospitality and scenery and fill in our long weekend, floating, eating, drinking, swimming, paddling, without any trouble. It makes you think that sometimes a sailing race can spoil an otherwise good weekend away.
Lastly, this coming Saturdays Pointscore 22 handicap races is scheduled to coincide with the Juniors camp. TYs are urged to help out by turning up and taking junior sailors out with them for this event. I do hope you have the time and inclination to turn up and help give the kids a TY experience.
Finally I found the piece below in my archives. Don’t quite know where the original sentiments come from but though you might like to read them.
What I have learnt about the practice of sailing:
Good sailors have the ability to navigate their environment successfully by using their perceptions of reality and, by cooperating with others who may have a different perception of that reality. We all see the world slightly differently as a result of past experiences and learned views of how the world should work. Although they can and need to be decisive they are not trapped into believing that there perception of reality is the most accurate one for basing decision making on, and, that there are other just as valid ways of interpreting reality for decision making purposes.
Successful sailing (on and off the water) is about having a good rounded understanding of the environment, respecting individual differences, knowing how to respond to them in a positive way to foster their cooperation and coordination, and when things don’t go to plan as they often do, having the individual and team resilience to find a fix that works and get on with it. Success should be measured by finishing (as a team) not winning.
Sailing can teaches us how to be independent, self-reliant, plan, anticipate change and be problem solvers. This can only happen if we are willing to take a few risks with our egos, accept that every time we go sailing we can make mistakes. Good sailors learn from those mistakes and celebrate the little wins when things go better next time.
Sailing provides a practitioner with lessons for living a successful and fulfilling life.
See you Saturday.
The end Trev.
Lastly, this coming Saturdays Pointscore 22 handicap races is scheduled to coincide with the Juniors camp. TYs are urged to help out by turning up and taking junior sailors out with them for this event. I do hope you have the time and inclination to turn up and help give the kids a TY experience.
Finally I found the piece below in my archives. Don’t quite know where the original sentiments come from but though you might like to read them.
What I have learnt about the practice of sailing:
Good sailors have the ability to navigate their environment successfully by using their perceptions of reality and, by cooperating with others who may have a different perception of that reality. We all see the world slightly differently as a result of past experiences and learned views of how the world should work. Although they can and need to be decisive they are not trapped into believing that there perception of reality is the most accurate one for basing decision making on, and, that there are other just as valid ways of interpreting reality for decision making purposes.
Successful sailing (on and off the water) is about having a good rounded understanding of the environment, respecting individual differences, knowing how to respond to them in a positive way to foster their cooperation and coordination, and when things don’t go to plan as they often do, having the individual and team resilience to find a fix that works and get on with it. Success should be measured by finishing (as a team) not winning.
Sailing can teaches us how to be independent, self-reliant, plan, anticipate change and be problem solvers. This can only happen if we are willing to take a few risks with our egos, accept that every time we go sailing we can make mistakes. Good sailors learn from those mistakes and celebrate the little wins when things go better next time.
Sailing provides a practitioner with lessons for living a successful and fulfilling life.
See you Saturday.
The end Trev.
Trailer Yacht Results Saturday 29th February 2020 - Round 19
TY Delegates Report for 29 February 2020, Pointscore 19
The last day of summer means it’s the pointy end of the season with only 5 scheduled race days to go
It ended up being very windy. Windy enough that we lost our wind indicator and were laid flat by a big gust (just didn’t react quickly enough). It was the first time Froufrou’s new crew Emma and Tom have seen the keel out of the water. Very exciting for a few seconds. We also had a try at prawning. The other TYs had a few good stories of things not going quite to plan for them in today’s race with knock downs and near crew overboard moments. We witnessed Rosstered Off on the first spinnaker reach planing off into the distance, just making the jibe mark by a stroke of wind change luck and Hasbeencounter avoiding a multiple crew overboard moment in one of her tacks, although she did have a few extra kids on board that may not have been missed for a while. Momentum was the only boat that looked under control. As far as I know everyone got back to shore safely with all fingers and toes in-tact, which I think is a good thing.
Days like this remind me of more benefits sailing offers for personal and team development. It helps cultivate resilience, the ability to bounce back after something does not quite to plan. You have to find a way to fix it and get on with it. I like that. It feels especially satisfying to finish a race that as a team you have managed to overcome a difficult situation, solve a problem, recover, regroup and keep on going. Good preparation for life wouldn’t you say?
Anyway to the results for Pointscore 19
The last day of summer means it’s the pointy end of the season with only 5 scheduled race days to go
It ended up being very windy. Windy enough that we lost our wind indicator and were laid flat by a big gust (just didn’t react quickly enough). It was the first time Froufrou’s new crew Emma and Tom have seen the keel out of the water. Very exciting for a few seconds. We also had a try at prawning. The other TYs had a few good stories of things not going quite to plan for them in today’s race with knock downs and near crew overboard moments. We witnessed Rosstered Off on the first spinnaker reach planing off into the distance, just making the jibe mark by a stroke of wind change luck and Hasbeencounter avoiding a multiple crew overboard moment in one of her tacks, although she did have a few extra kids on board that may not have been missed for a while. Momentum was the only boat that looked under control. As far as I know everyone got back to shore safely with all fingers and toes in-tact, which I think is a good thing.
Days like this remind me of more benefits sailing offers for personal and team development. It helps cultivate resilience, the ability to bounce back after something does not quite to plan. You have to find a way to fix it and get on with it. I like that. It feels especially satisfying to finish a race that as a team you have managed to overcome a difficult situation, solve a problem, recover, regroup and keep on going. Good preparation for life wouldn’t you say?
Anyway to the results for Pointscore 19
I hope those that sailed today enjoyed the experience as much as me. It does make the time and effort of maintaining a boat race ready and safe all worth it. Maybe I won’t sell Froufrou this week. Depends on the offer I guess.
See you next Saturday I hope.
The end Trev.
See you next Saturday I hope.
The end Trev.
Trailer Yacht Results Saturday 22nd February 2020 - Round 18
TY Delegates Report 22 February 2020
Two nice things I find about Trailer Yacht sailing is that you have opportunities to introduce new people to sailing, and, to renew old sailing acquaintances aboard. Something that you don’t get in single handed sailing. It looked to be a combination of these two nice things for starters in today’s TY event. Froufrou welcomed back Jess and Alen. They had to put their sailing aside this season and devote their time to building a new home. Rosstered Off had a few new faces aboard with Connor Daniel and Cody crewing for Jim today. And at the very last minute Barry had to pull out of sailing today, aggravating an old injury. That left John steering and Ray, Greg and Richard Lech crewing on Momentum. No changes aboard Ruby today with Tony and Paul aboard.
It all looked promising for good wind and weather for today’s race with an overcast sky and predicted 5 to 10 knots swing from south to east during the afternoon. Although the swing wind made for difficult course setting for our duty crew Jack and Jodi. They did a great job of starting us off and heading in a good direction around the first triangle. I don’t thing any of us suspected it would swing all the way to a north easterly by race end though. I suppose having to adapt to changing conditions is what makes sailing endlessly interesting.
The light and swing wind made it perfect conditions for Froufrou and Ruby, the smaller boats in the fleet as the bigger boats just couldn’t hit there extra hull speed straps and get away from us today.
Results for Championship 7, Pointscore 18
Two nice things I find about Trailer Yacht sailing is that you have opportunities to introduce new people to sailing, and, to renew old sailing acquaintances aboard. Something that you don’t get in single handed sailing. It looked to be a combination of these two nice things for starters in today’s TY event. Froufrou welcomed back Jess and Alen. They had to put their sailing aside this season and devote their time to building a new home. Rosstered Off had a few new faces aboard with Connor Daniel and Cody crewing for Jim today. And at the very last minute Barry had to pull out of sailing today, aggravating an old injury. That left John steering and Ray, Greg and Richard Lech crewing on Momentum. No changes aboard Ruby today with Tony and Paul aboard.
It all looked promising for good wind and weather for today’s race with an overcast sky and predicted 5 to 10 knots swing from south to east during the afternoon. Although the swing wind made for difficult course setting for our duty crew Jack and Jodi. They did a great job of starting us off and heading in a good direction around the first triangle. I don’t thing any of us suspected it would swing all the way to a north easterly by race end though. I suppose having to adapt to changing conditions is what makes sailing endlessly interesting.
The light and swing wind made it perfect conditions for Froufrou and Ruby, the smaller boats in the fleet as the bigger boats just couldn’t hit there extra hull speed straps and get away from us today.
Results for Championship 7, Pointscore 18
It was a good day to be out on the water. And even better we avoided the rain and had time to mingle and renew our friendships with a drink in in our hand at the club. Great end to a day.
Next Saturday is Pointscore 19. That means only one championship and a handful of races to go before the end of the season.
Remember that we also have an away race, The Basin Chase, scheduled for 14 March. The Basin Chase is always a good day out on St Georges Basin, one of the best sailing and scenic pieces of water around. I hope you can make the effort to get down to PKSC for our remaining races.
The end, Trev
Next Saturday is Pointscore 19. That means only one championship and a handful of races to go before the end of the season.
Remember that we also have an away race, The Basin Chase, scheduled for 14 March. The Basin Chase is always a good day out on St Georges Basin, one of the best sailing and scenic pieces of water around. I hope you can make the effort to get down to PKSC for our remaining races.
The end, Trev
Trailer Yacht Results Saturday 15th February 2020 - Round 17
TY Delegates Report 15 February 2020, Around the Lake Race
Today’s race coincided with the NSW Moth State titles hosted by PKSC. It was very exciting for all those old moth sailors (me included) to see a bunch of foiling Moths in the PKSC rigging area. For many of us oldies a Moth was our introduction to sailing and most likely contributed to us catching the sailing bug. Hasn’t there development come a long way in design since the old scow versions, and what intricate and complex machines they are now.
Anyway enough of the reminiscing and on to todays club sailing story. Of note is some changes to crew positions in the four TY’s competing in today’s race. Magella with Jim Curry at the helm and Richard Lech and Pierre as crew and Froufrou with Stephen Sullivan at the helm and Jess, Alan, and Micah as crew. In reference to the other two TYs , Serenity was skippered by Wayne and crewed by Cody and Daniel aboard and Ruby was skippered by Tony Sanderson and crewed by Hugh.
A skin cancer removal from my arm meant I was not sailing today but, as a satisfying concession, I was able to enjoy watching the action from the comfort of the clubhouse.
The very light breeze of not much more than 5 knots meant no sailing for the foiling moths. But it was enough to run the PKSC Around the Lake race, all be it with a delayed start.
Thanks to Rod Nairn and Ray Stanley for being our volunteer duty crew today. They had a lot to contend with to ensure that all boats competing had enough wind to start and finish the race in the very light conditions that persisted till late afternoon. It did make it a long race.
As mentioned, it was great having the opportunity to observe the race from shore, especially in the company of our resident brain surgeons Norm, Bill and Barry. And, given it was a slow light wind race, you could take time out for a comfort stop, make another cupper or have a wander round and you wouldn’t miss much of the on water action. Most of the boats would be in relatively the same on water positions when you got back to the observation table. The exception to this is when Serenity came from behind in what the other boats called a lucky break. I think she just picked the correct side of the course on the work from Oak Flats to the Windang/Primbee mark making up a lot of ground and rounding just behind Magella for the run back to the x mark and the finish.
Results for Pointscore 17
Today’s race coincided with the NSW Moth State titles hosted by PKSC. It was very exciting for all those old moth sailors (me included) to see a bunch of foiling Moths in the PKSC rigging area. For many of us oldies a Moth was our introduction to sailing and most likely contributed to us catching the sailing bug. Hasn’t there development come a long way in design since the old scow versions, and what intricate and complex machines they are now.
Anyway enough of the reminiscing and on to todays club sailing story. Of note is some changes to crew positions in the four TY’s competing in today’s race. Magella with Jim Curry at the helm and Richard Lech and Pierre as crew and Froufrou with Stephen Sullivan at the helm and Jess, Alan, and Micah as crew. In reference to the other two TYs , Serenity was skippered by Wayne and crewed by Cody and Daniel aboard and Ruby was skippered by Tony Sanderson and crewed by Hugh.
A skin cancer removal from my arm meant I was not sailing today but, as a satisfying concession, I was able to enjoy watching the action from the comfort of the clubhouse.
The very light breeze of not much more than 5 knots meant no sailing for the foiling moths. But it was enough to run the PKSC Around the Lake race, all be it with a delayed start.
Thanks to Rod Nairn and Ray Stanley for being our volunteer duty crew today. They had a lot to contend with to ensure that all boats competing had enough wind to start and finish the race in the very light conditions that persisted till late afternoon. It did make it a long race.
As mentioned, it was great having the opportunity to observe the race from shore, especially in the company of our resident brain surgeons Norm, Bill and Barry. And, given it was a slow light wind race, you could take time out for a comfort stop, make another cupper or have a wander round and you wouldn’t miss much of the on water action. Most of the boats would be in relatively the same on water positions when you got back to the observation table. The exception to this is when Serenity came from behind in what the other boats called a lucky break. I think she just picked the correct side of the course on the work from Oak Flats to the Windang/Primbee mark making up a lot of ground and rounding just behind Magella for the run back to the x mark and the finish.
Results for Pointscore 17
Regardless of the finish results it sounded like most of the sailors had another wonderful day on and off the water. How very lucky we are to be in a position to take advantage of this wonderful resource.
Next Saturdays is scheduled for Championship race so I hope as many of you as possible can sail to make it a well-attended event.
Till then, Trev
Next Saturdays is scheduled for Championship race so I hope as many of you as possible can sail to make it a well-attended event.
Till then, Trev
Trailer Yacht results for 2016/2017 Season - FINAL
Results are interim as of the date appearing in the following results tables:
| pointscore-2017-2018_.pdf |
| championship_2017-2018_final.pdf |
Trailer Yacht results for Past Seasons
Results are final as of the date appearing in the following results tables:
2015-2016 Trailer Yacht Point Score
2016-2016 Trailer Yacht Club Championship
2015-2016 Trailer Yacht Point Score
2016-2016 Trailer Yacht Club Championship
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