Christmas drinks-7:30pm Bells Hotel Monday 30th November.

Well it’s that time of year again! And hasn’t the it gone fast? This year the last MYCV meeting for the year,  will be a casual affair to catch up with sailing friends.  There will be a  brief chat about

 The Nationals held at Hervey Bay in October and a  report on SOMR and AVW progress. Kicks off at 7.30pm at Bells Hotel in the upstairs room. Finger food will be provided with drinks at bar prices.

 

Guest speaker is David Williamson, who sailed on Kookaburra in the America’s Cup 150th Jubilee Celebration in August 2001, held on the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England.

All the old Americas Cups yachts competed including Australia 2… Just hearing about the logistics of getting all these great boats back together is interesting, plus the meeting with

Dennis Conner and John Bertrand.

 

Hope to see you all there, for those that can’t make it, have a Merry Christmas and a safe New Year and see you at Hasting Yacht Club for the Summer series or Audi Victoria Week.

 

Cheers

 

Tim Pepperell

Commodore. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Copy report from Livesaildie,Sailworld and Ian Farrier web sites.

e-marineworld skips wins SOMR

 

‘e-marineworld Skips’ (formally Quickskips), a Farrier F9AX tri wins the ‘e-marineworld 2009, Southern Ocean Multihull Regatta’ (SOMR) held on Western Port in Victoria.

 

The crew of e-marineworld Skips, Tim Pepperell, Robin Reiger, Tony Holt and Gale Perry had a great time at SOMR, taking out line honours in all four races winning the prestigious Greyhound trophy. The regatta was held in light and fluky frustrating conditions except for the first reach in the first race. Tim Pepperell said “the first race was the most exciting of the series when sailing across to Joes Island, on a tight reach, holding our mast head kite was exciting when sticking it in several times going from 18 to 0 knots four times before we ran out of water and needed to drop the kite in a hurry”.

 

The four race series was hosted by the Hastings Yacht Club in-conjunction with the Multihull Yacht Club of Victoria. All races were tightly contested with the final handicap in both PHC & OMR results finishing the top 4 boats within 3 minutes of each other. After the wind dropped out again in the last race SOMR race control had no choice but to shorten course which had all of the fleet  motoring back to the club for a pack up and get ready for the SOMR presentation dinner. On PHC all 3 place getters were Farrier tri’s and on OMR 2 Farriers and 1 corsair 31 filled the top spots.

 

 

SOMR Report

This years SOMR was once again hosted by Hastings Yacht Club. Whilst the fleet was smaller than hoped, some of the flamboyant personalities made it feel much larger..... and non more so than Mark Stafford, respectfully known as "Shreik", whose huge presence on the dance floor made the lead singer swoon....but more of that later...

This year we were sponsored by e-marineworld (does their logo remind you of pacman?)... Tim and Rob provided some nice new trophies and then went on to win most of them! I put it down to their new ace crew of "big" Tony Holt ably assisted (possibly controlled) by Gale Perry. They took Line honours in all four Races thus winning the inaugural Greyhound Trophy.

The regatta was held in light and fluky winds with the exception of the first race which was champagne sailing in near perfect reaching conditions along the top of Westernport. For the rest of the regatta your anchor was a strategic weapon to stop the tide taking one backwards in the frequent windless zones and those who used it wisely made good gains....sadly, the crew of Shuttle did not catch on and they were noted overtaking many boats going backwards on several occasions.... In spite of the conditions, all races were hotly contested with the top boats separated by no more than a minute or 2.

Shaun Fishley on Frassld continues to improve and we expect him to knock Skips off their top spot soon. He was 2nd overall on OMR. George Bulka had some exciting moments on Redshift and took out the PHC trophy. Probably not his best regatta and I put it down to him being distracted by his new baby Catamaran. You can never write off Leon and Rainbow Connection with a handicap to die for.... he should have won it all in the light conditions but found a few too many holes and ended up 3rd in both PHC and OMR. Jeff on Chilli had a ripper last race and was leading the pack until we realised he had missed out a mark.. this was easy to do in the windless conditions..Al on Mustang Sally was in cruising mode and training up a new crew.. fortunately for the rest of us they had not learnt to use the screacher so Al was down the field this time. That leaves Shreik on With Teeth....somehow, in the last race, he managed to not see a huge Channel Mark which was the first turning mark, and managed to wedge his tri onto it... made a lovely bell like sound and took him 5 minutes to free himself... for his efforts he won the Pigs Might Fly Trophy and the Zinta Trophy for the best boat breakage..Finally, the start boat... they did a great job as usual, but turned up with a start mark 18inches high that one could barely see. Fortunately, in the 3rd race it sunk, never to be retrieved... the gods were on our side that day....

The presentation Dinner on the Monday night was well catered and well supported by sailors and members of HYC. We had the same live band as in previous years and the lead singer certainly remembered Shreik for his on floor activities.

Many thanks to the HYC team lead by Josie, Ian Anderson as Race Officer and all competitors. I think running it on Cup weekend was probably not the wisest decision in hindsight, but a good time was had by all...

6 Days to go!

 

SOMR starts next Saturday. There are some boats still looking for crew, if we can’t find crew some boats won’t get to the start line.

If you know anyone that might be interested please let me know on 0418 318 019.

See you there. 

 

Tim Pepperell

Commodore.

MYCV.

19 Days to go!

Just a reminder SOMR 09 is only 19 days away. If any boats are looking for crew, or  any crew are looking for a ride, please let me know so we can match you up.

Remember, we want as many boats  as possible on the water. Call me on 0418 318 019 or email: tpepperell@bigpond.com.

See you there.

Tim Pepperell

Commodore.

MYCV.

person wanting to crew for HYC final winter series race. Saturday 12th.

 

Any boats needing crew for this week please call Mark madler-edwards on 0416 239 673.

 

AGM - New Committee

Can't say the AGM was well attended but we did vote in a new committee. Tim Pepperell is our new Commodore so we can expect lots of activity, change and delegation! I am hopeful that his new responsibilities will detract from his performance on the water, but I am not holding my breath.... The rest of the team remain pretty much unchanged... Many thanks to Stuart as past commodore, he is staying on the committee as Rear to help keep us in shape...when the twins allow...

Plans for Audi Victoria week are well under way so SOMR is our immediate focus. The NOR will be published on the web site next week...thanks Ian...

Cheers

Audi Victoria Week (ex Skandia Geelong Week)

The AVW committee have approved the following Multihull Program. They had safety concerns about the passage race to Mount Martha so we have swapped it for a passage race directly to Melbourne and 2 races around the top end of Port Phillip. We expect the celebrations in Docklands to be huge this year with a new main sponsor and a rebranding of the event, so it will good to be a more active part of it. We are expecting a fleet of 18 to 20 with new boats joining in from both SA and Vic... some support from up north would be the cherry on the top!!

• Mon 18th Jan...........Launch RGYC, measuring, registration, informal dinner in evening
• Tue 19th Jan..........2 races around fixed marks in Corio Bay. Formal dinner at RGYC
• Wed 20th Jan.........Passage race to Melbourne.
• Thu 21st Jan...........2 races around fixed marks top end of Port Phillip.
• Fri 22nd Jan...........Lay day
• Sat 23rd Jan...........Passage race to Geelong
• Sun 24th Jan..........2 races around fixed marks inner and outer harbour. Presentation Dinner
• Mon 25th Jan.........Pack up and go home
• Tue 26th Jan..........Australia day

We have made bookings with Marina YE for the 3 nights in Melbourne for all Multihulls at a preferential rate.... Last year was great... lets make this year greater..

HYC Race Report

Races 4 and 5 of the Hastings Yacht Club winter series have been well supported by the local Multihull fraternity. Race 4 started with a record 8 Tri's on the start line which bodes well for the future and speaks volumes for the support our division gets from HYC. At the front we had the glory boys on Quickskips and Redshift. In the middle Chilli, Frassld, Daylight Robbery and Mustang Sally, and bringing up the rear Shuttle and With teeth....so we all had someone to play with... Conditions were good with the wind slowly increasing to 20 knots as the race wore on. Sadly, Redshifts rudder failed for the umteenth time leaving Tim on Skips with just himself to play with. The course was a repeating Triangle in the main channel. The tide was ebbing strongly and with 27 mono's also racing on the same course, if you didnt judge it correctly the B35 top mark was challenging. In the end, Skips pipped Mustang Sally by 30 seconds on corrected time and Shuttle beat With Teeth for 3rd by 10 seconds.

Race 5 had 6 Tri's at the start with a forecast 25 knots. The Race Committee sent the fleet to Joes Island and back. Everyone had a single reef in at the start which proved to be a prudent decision as the beat back from Joes Island saw the wind getting towards 30 knots. George had fixed his Rudder and got off to a flying start in Redshift on the 1st leg which was a beat to B35. Al on Mustang Sally, complete with his all girl crew of 4, (how does he do it?) screamed after George using his screacher to good effect. Once past crawfish rock all the spinnakers were hoisted... well almost all as Quickskips seemed to be struggling with theirs and gave up after a while..I believe they had equipment failure.... The race back after the rounding was fun when the rain storm came through, but winds dropped a bit towards the end. The final result was a well deserved win for Redshift followed by Mustang Sally, Frassld, Daylight Robbery and Shuttle, all within 2 minutes of each other. Slowskips got the wooden spoon for a change..no doubt the crew will be flogged..

2009 Annual General Meeting

The 2009 AGM will be held on Wednesday 19th August at 8pm at the Bells Hotel and Brewery, 157 Moray Street, South Melbourne. As usual, plan to arrive an hour early for good food, refreshments and a natter....