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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
Serria Chainsaw wins Ullman Sails Sprint Series
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 The final day of the Sydney 38 Ullman Sails Sprint series was hosted by Royal Brighton Yacht Club last Saturday, 20th March. With three races completed, the series constituted 17 races with three drops allowed. With so many races sailed in a variety of conditions, the series winner, 'Sierra Chainsaw' entered by father and son, Mel and Andrew Mollison, were worthy winners.
The conditions off Brighton on Saturday were testing with a light south easterly reaching no more than 10 knots. After a delayed start due to lack of wind 'Challenge' skippered by Lou Abrahams engaged in a match race strategy with the series leader, 'Sierra Chainsaw' in an effort to gain an advantage and to sail them back down the fleet.
However, 'Sierra' was able to defend the favoured left side of the course and stay within a boat length of 'Challenge' at the windward mark. In spite of covering tactics to the finish 'Sierra Chainsaw' was good enough to hold onto second place and remain in contention.
Much the same pattern applied to the second race with ' Challenge' and 'Sierra Chainsaw' engaged in their own duel to finish first and second again with 'Audacious' entered by Greg Cliinick and Paul Holden, a consistent third.
With 'Challenge' now threatening 'Sierra Chainsaw', the series result was now down to whoever won the final race! With 'Sierra Chaisaw' starting at the Committee boat in clear air and 'Challenge' the meat in the sandwich with 'Orange' helmed by Sam Haines to leeward, 'Sierra Chainsaw' was able to skip away to lead at every mark to win comfortably. 'Challenge' had a fight on its hands to fend off both 'Audacious' and 'Orange'. At the finish, 'Audacious', sailing well, finished second with 'Orange', enjoying her best race of the day, finishing a close fourth behind 'Challenge' which suffered from 'pay back' covering tactics following the two previous races!
A barbeque was held immediately after the racing where the series sponsor, Sam Haines from Ullman Sails presented the trophies. Sam has been a great supporter of the class and has helped many of the new owners and their crews improve their skills. We look forward to his continued support in the future.
The Southern Chapter would also like to acknowledge the efforts of host clubs, the Sandringham Yacht Club and the Royal Brighton Yacht Club for running a very successful series.
Congratulations to the crew of 'Sierra Chainsaw' for a very consistent and well sailed series.
Final Results 1st Sierra Chainsaw Mel and Andrew Mollison 22 points 2nd Challenge Lou Abrahams 23 points 3rd Audacious Greg Clinnick & Paul Holden 32 points
2011 Nationals Geelong