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News from Geoff Bonus July 2010
Hi All NSW Sydney 38 Owners
First of all best of luck and fair sailing to Swish,
Eleni, The Goat, J Steel and Zen for the Sydney Gold Coast yacht race starting
tomorrow. The forecast and routing shows that this could be a small boat yacht
race so do not be suprised if you see a 38 on the podium, as per the 2009
Hobart race. Staying ahead of the Archie 31 with the Tow Truck boys on board
may be the big challenge.
Some important dates...
AGM Septemeber 15 at RSYS. An agenda and resolutions for
voting will be out early next month. Get there if you can and if you cannot
please be sure and provide your proxy as we will be voting on sails, crew
weight, mastheads etc.
NSW STATE TITLES 2010
Will be hald at RSYS Fri 29/Sat 30/Sun 31 October.
Separate emails will begin late August regardinmg this event but we would like
to get an idea of entries asap to assist with planning for the regatta. Let's
make this another fabulous event. There will be free berthing in the pond from
RSYS, beers and a BBQ on the dock on after racing Friday and lots more. PLease
get organised and put this in youir sailing calendar.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011
Will be held at Geelong Race Week. Think 18-22 knots of
SW and dead flat water every afternoon and you will get the picture. The Vics
are arranging this event, the 38 Nationals are the main attraction and they
have boats coming from SA and TAS to attend. Early indications are 13 entries
PLUS any NSW boats attending.
IF YOU ARE A POSSIBLE/PROBABLE FOR THIS EVENT PLEASE LET
ME KNOW BY RETURN EMAIL ASAP SO I CAN LET THE ORGANISERS PLAN FOR THE EVENT.
This season the focus will be on a smaller number of
bigger and better attended One Design events. and a draft calendar will be
available early August.
Please forward these dates to your key crew and start
training now!
Cheers all
Geoff Bonus
Audi Victoria Week - Young guns leading Sydney 38 Series
Sun, 24 Jan 2010
On a sparkling Corio Bay off Geelong’s buzzing waterfront and surrounds, Audi Victoria Week continued today with all divisions taking to the waters of both the inner and outer harbour.
The Sydney 38 division of 10 boats completed their first windward/leeward race on the outer harbour once the southerly breeze settled in and the postponement flag was lowered for the first start, an hour and a half after the scheduled 1230hrs start.
Chris Lewin’s Sydney 38 Another Challenge (Vic) found an early lead on the first downhill run to the bottom mark to win the first race. 'We went right and picked the right side of the shifts and by the bottom mark we were well ahead, a position we were able to defend for another lap,' said the 26 year old Lewin, who is calling tactics for this series, in between races.
They went back to back with another bullet in the second race to be leading the progressive pointscore from Ian Murray’s Cinquante (Vic) and John Chatham’s 38 Degrees South (Vic) after three races.
Lewin put his win down to 'the amount of Bundy Rum the crew drank last night,' but admitted having the 2010 Contender world champion Jono Neate on the helm, was also helpful to the cause.
The young crew was able to pick the shifts today and that’s what gave them the edge suggested Lewin. 'On boat speed, Cinquante is very fast and Challenge also has solid boat speed. We didn’t win because of our boat speed.'
And the plan for tomorrow? 'Everything will stay the same, Bundy (rum) tonight then we’ll get up in the morning and look at the forecast.'
In the second race, Lou Abrahams’ Challenge, with the 82 year old owner perched pride of place behind the helmsman, used the pre-start to time their run to the start. When it came time for the real thing, they and Mel Mollison’s Sierra Chainsaw were right on the money, starting bang on the gun in the 10-12 knot southerly breeze.
Sierra Chainsaw held its early break, finishing second in race three of the series, while Challenge dropped back to mid fleet by the finish.
The Sydney 38s will complete another two windward/leeward races tomorrow, weather permitting, and a final deciding race on Tuesday 25th January, Australia Day, the Audi Victoria Week curtain closer.
Morris Finance Sydney 38 One Design
PROVISIONAL RESULTS
Series Results [Elapsed Time] up to Race 3 (Drops = 0)
2011 Nationals Geelong