14 boats on the water!

The day started overcast and with no wind. The south easterly filtering in at around 11. With  8 to 12 knots blowing, sailing got underway around 1pm. 3 races were sailed before a quick stop for a sausage then back out for 2 more before home time.  Every one had a great day on the water. Ella and Hannah did well to give me a hand on the start boat. Good job girls.

Regards Jake de Rooy

As good as it gets

With a 15-20 NE today, it proved, as always, to be very eventful.

The day of racing managed to start at midday after the minor setback of the pin-end mark not standing up. Will, Oscar and I managed to get three races in before lunch. 

The second race proved to be a bit of problem with Jeremy and Andrew snapping the mast of Jeremy’s new “old” sixteen just after the start, seconds before the accident Andrew said that he was taking no responsibility if anything happened.

After lunch, we went out for two more quick races though just after the first race some unfortunate soul tipped over and his mast filled with water so the whole fleet went to save him. Our chief lifesaver, Kyle, rescued him and took him back to dry land while Andrew and Darryl sailed the WindRush back to shore but not without the help of the amazing start boat crew who put the boat upright once more.

Thankyou to the Quinn’s for their excellent job on BBQ and Oscar who helped us out on Poly. I think Mr Commodore missed out on a fun weekend. 

Pat.

Another day in Paradise

12 x Hobie 16’s , a sole 18 and the return of Egbert and Jess on the Taipan had a great day out

With a strong NE seabreeze forecast the fleet got going in the building wind and we ran 3 races before breaking for lunch

Racing was fast and tight. Close encounters and photo finishers were order of the day.

The Wind got a tad serious during the lunch break and it was decided the watching the V8’s get beat up at Bathurst was a better idea than beating up ourselves  

Great to see new members at the club. We hope that you all enjoyed the experience and we will being seeing lots more of you

We wish Adam a speedy recovery from a nasty leg gash sustained whilst abandoning ship