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About
Us
The
Multihull Yacht Club of Victoria (MYCV) commenced as the Trimaran
Association of Australia (Victorian Branch) in 1964 with 17 founding
members.
The MYCV has been the southern spawning ground for multihulls designed
by visionaries such as Lock Crowther, Tony Grainger and Brett Crowther.
Together, with a few members who have had the means to invest in
their new, and at times, radical designs, they have enabled today's
multihulls to include many innovative design features.
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| Raw
Nerve |
SOMR
Hungry! |
The
longest serving members of the club are Lindsay and Val Cuming who
have provided inspiration to other club members for the past twenty
years whilst cruising and racing their yacht Bagatelle.
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| Bagatelle |
Cascade |
Considering
the number of yacht clubs in Australia, we can boast that current
or former members have held the Singlehanded TransPacific and TransTasman
records, the Darwin to Ambon record, the Queenscliff to Devonport
record, and locally, the Around French Island and Williamstown to
Geelong records. In addition, we provided one third of the bicentenary
Two Handed Around Australia Race. Notable members on the ocean racing
scene over past years have been: Phil Smith - Power Brewing/YumiMaru
- Kraken 55 tri. John Cadwallader- St Terese - Buccaneer
36 tri. Ian Johnston/Cathy Hawkins - Verbatim - Crowther
36 tri. Peter Claringbold - Ocean Emu - Grainger tri. John
Darby - Fran - Spindrift 37 cat. Lindsay Cuming - Bagatelle
- Spindrift 42 cat. Alex Macnaughtan - Cascade - Spindrift
46 cat, Martyn Rileys - Raw Nerve - Crowther 50 racing
cat
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Rapid
Ride |
Shazam |
Craft size varies from 45' to 22'. Catamarans of cruising/racing
style dominate the larger sizes with our only racing tri being Peter
Claringbold's 'Spirit of Emu'. The trailerable Farrier designs are
the mainstay of the under 30' craft. New boats to join the fleet
this year include Pacifica (a 40' wing masted racing cat),
Desperado (a 41 Grainger racing cat) and Phoenix
(a Buccaneer 33' trimaran).
The
following is a list of the type of multihulls that are currently
on our Sail Register:-
- Trailerable
catamarans (Seawind 24, International 23, Windrush 600 (20),
Kelsall 22,25)
- Trailerable
trimarans (Trailertris 18,20,24, F24, F9A, F9AX, F82, F31, F25,
Grainger 075Mk.2, Grainger MTB920, Grainger 32 (custom))
- Catamarans
(GBE 28, custom 29,Simpson 33 & 40, Spindrift 40 & 45,
Grainger 41, Crowther Design#42 (45),Grainger 43, Grainger 37,
Crowther SuperShockwave 40, Crowther Windspeed 32, Southern Ocean
50, Schionning 35, Arber 38)
- Trimarans
(Nichol 25, Grainger Spoon Bay 36, Buccaneer 33 & 36, Grainger
43, Crowther 60, Brown 34).
Members
have come and gone over the years, many heading north to go cruising,
but the number of active members in recent years has averaged around
50. The club meets bi-monthly and publishs a newsletter on alternate
months. Meetings are usually held at Black Yacht Club.
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