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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
Sydney 38 Nationals - X3 leads on countback after day one
Sat, 13 Feb 2010
'’Stoneybroke’ and ’X3’ on top of each other with both tied on seven points at the end of the day. X3 leads on countback - 2010 Sydney 38 Australian Championship'
Tom Spithill
X3 takes Boat of the Day and leads on countback after Day One of Sydney 38 Nationals.
Day One of the Sydney 38 Nationals hosted by the RPAYC was a testing day for all teams with a unique weather pattern that saw teams constantly battling to stay 'in phase' with the wind.
The first race started out in a light Nor' Wester, with wind strength spanding from 3 to 6 knots. 'Argie Bargie' managed to come off the start line well with 'Risk' to take an early advantage. They held this advantage until the final downwind leg of the race, where the fleet behind them slowly engulfed them.'Outlaw' sailed a great downwind leg to gain a lead on the final run to the finish where they managed to hold onto this lead to take the win in the first race.
A familiar face at the front of the fleet was SYC's Lou Abrahams who was next in 'The Zen Challenge' with RPAYC's 'Old School', skippered by Mark Griffiths, sailing a better second half of the race, with a comeback from mid fleet, taking out third place.
Racing was then postponed for quite a while as PRO Steve Merrington was faced with two weather patterns fighting one another.
Eventually the second race got under way with a 10-knot nor Easter filling in. The CYCA's Michael McMahon's 'X 3' led the fleet around the course for the entire race to take a convincing win with Ian Guanaria, the current NSW State Champion aboard 'The Tavern' coming in second & Robyn Tedder's 'Stonybroke' from the RPAYC coming in third place expressing consistency with their second top five placing.
The race committee tried in vain to start the third race but struggled to get a steady wind direction to start the fleet. The wind started to build from the north to 20 knots but the wind direction was still unsteady. After a few blown up starts and a general recall the fleet managed to finally get away and complete their first leg. As the boats reached the top mark the wind shifted to the left considerably, causing the boats to not be able to hoist a spinnaker on the downwind leg.
The Race Committee made the decision to abandon the race due to the large wind change. Immediately following the abandonment the entire fleet was flattened by a large rainsquall. The fleet was battered by 45 knot gusts with one gust measuring a peak of 52 knots on the wind instruments. All boats managed to get everything under control and eventually got all the sails down to motor back into Pittwater.
Once all boats arrived at the dock, soaking wet!, they were cheered up with a dock party where Boatmate putt on drinks for all the teams.
Tomorrow's forecast predicts moderate south winds early on in the day with a North East breeze building in the afternoon.
With three boats tied on 7 points after Day One, the CYCA's 'X3' is ahead on countback on top of the dual RPAYC competitors 'Stonybroke and ' Old School'. It promises to be a big day tomorrow as they fight for a podium spot in this tough field of 17 boats.
2011 Nationals Geelong