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Richmond River Sailing and Rowing Club Website: P.O Richmond River Sailing and Rowing Club website: www.rrsrc.com.au P.O. Box 963 Ballina 2478 Commodore Phill Robbins 0466668541 Club Newsletter Vice Commodore 14/10/20 Jonathan Horsley 0412798505 Rear Commodore Duty Roster 2020-21 Chris Hallett 0414866998 Club racing depends on each boat's crew volunteering a race day, to run the Secretary show for the rest of us. Participation over the last few years has been Nola Hallett fantastic and roster "round 5" is about to end. 0414866999 The next round 6 of the roster commences with our regatta on Saturday 7 Treasurer Col Woodbry November and runs through to the end of this season. The roster is stored under the "Documents" menu on the club's website. Class Reps Gennakers – Michael Wiley For the rest of this calendar year (not season), all roster duties are filled Catamarans – Michael Cocks except for the Saturday of the regatta (November 7th). Please contact Trailers – Paul Morris Monos – Graham Hams Duncan asap if you are able to do this. Rowing Officer Roster dates still need to be filled up in the new year as well. Graham Hams <[email protected]>. Website Admin - - - For those who don't choose a date, the club will allocate one. If that date Publicity Officer/Newsletter doesn't suit, it'll be up to the date holder to arrange a swap. Trent Morgan Training team Club Committee ANZAC Weekend 2021 ALL EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE TO: Due to ANZAC day falling on a Sunday next year there will be no race held. [email protected] A proposal has been put forward to have a race on the Saturday (24th April), even to have the result count towards the personal handicap series. The CONTENTS club is seeking some feedback on possible numbers on the day to decide 1. Duty Roster 1. ANZAC Weekend 2021 the best course to take, whether to have a race, and if so, whether it could 1. Revision to Calendar count towards the personal handicap series. Please email possible sailing 2. Try an RS100 Day availability for Saturday April 24th by contacting Trent at 2. Trailer Sailor Report 9. Gennaker Report [email protected] 19. Monohull Report 25. Catamaran Report Here is the link to the updated calendar 29. Further Announcements 30. Covid-Safe Sailing Reminder 31. New Briefings Process 31. Get to Know a Club Member – Sailors try rowing, rowers try sailing Duncan Dey 41. Reminder – Fees and AGM Although the calendar is showing that the ‘Sailors try rowing and rowers try 41. Idle Gossip th 42. Trapeze Fun – photos by Phill sailing day’ is this Sunday the 18 regretfully Phill reports that this will not be 44. Club Shirts happening. 45. Crew Available/Crew Wanted 46. Upcoming Events/Regattas 46. For Sale/Wanted/Free 1 Richmond River Sailing and Rowing Club website: www.rrsrc.com.au P.O. Box 963 Ballina 2478 Try RS 100 Day Duncan reports that coming soon will be a day (possibly a Saturday) for people to try out an RS 100. More to be related later…. Newsletter editor trying out Duncan’s RS 100 after last Sunday’s race – it was fun! Race Reports for October 11th (Many thanks to Phill and Jane for the wonderful photos this week) Trailer Sailor Report (Matt Cartwright) It was low tide at about 10:00 which made the launch difficult for some but with a little bit of patience we got Spudgun in the water with its legal bulb keel around 12:00. With the high tide at approx. 16:00 we were in for a strong flooding current during the race. The wind was a very light easterly and the committee chose the Easterly course 2 which was clearly displayed on the verandah at 12:30 as per racing instructions with windward returns from Mobbs Bay to the North wall 5 times around the top mark and then through the gate. 2 Richmond River Sailing and Rowing Club website: www.rrsrc.com.au P.O. Box 963 Ballina 2478 There was decent turnout with eX, Treasure Island, Serenity, Heartbeat, Shades of Grey, Spudgun and Incy Wincy on the beach ready to battle it out for the 3rd club championship of the 20/21 season. It was great to see Heartbeat wet again. Heart Beat is back eX left the beach prior to 12:30 and it was assumed that they had been told of the course selection, they launched the huge asymmetric kite and looked superb while they stormed upriver towards the RSL, away from the starting area at Mobbs Bay. For some reason Treasure Island, Heartbeat and Serenity followed eX while Shades of Grey, Incy Wincy and Spudgun remained close to the starting area. At the warning signal for the Cats it was apparent that the four ‘upriver boats’ were not going to make the start 15 mins later. The breeze was light around 5-7 knots at the start but ended up blowing a steady 8-10 by the end of the race. Incy Wincy hit the line well in a perfect location closer to the start boat in less current than Shades of Grey and Spudgun. The Trailer Sailors start 3 Richmond River Sailing and Rowing Club website: www.rrsrc.com.au P.O. Box 963 Ballina 2478 Halfway up the first leg Incy Wincy had established a sizable lead and were not to be challenged again. Graeme and Fiona calm and collected [Dm1] Plenty of Trailer Sailors 4 Richmond River Sailing and Rowing Club website: www.rrsrc.com.au P.O. Box 963 Ballina 2478 The ‘upriver boats’ made appearances in dribs and drabs, but all ended up with dnf or dns as their result[Dm2]. There was a small tussle between Shades and Spudgun on the first work, but it became a soldier’s course with close racing tactics not required. Although with the ‘upriver boats’ going around a lap behind there were some opportunities for practicing close racing manoeuvres. The race was unfortunately shortened to four laps as the best sailing was after the finish. Right: Shades with Todd steering and a guest crew with Andrew having a break Spudgun looking good 5 Richmond River Sailing and Rowing Club website: www.rrsrc.com.au P.O. Box 963 Ballina 2478 Final corrected times had Incy Wincy well ahead and revelling in the conditions followed by Spudgun with the lead of around four minutes elapsed not being enough for Shades to take second. Graeme and Fiona into the wind I have found that one of the most successful strategies in sailing is to first know where the start is and less importantly to know the course. 6 Richmond River Sailing and Rowing Club website: www.rrsrc.com.au P.O. Box 963 Ballina 2478 Happy faces on eX A friendly wave to the photographer from Treasure Isle 7 Richmond River Sailing and Rowing Club website: www.rrsrc.com.au P.O. Box 963 Ballina 2478 Serenity and one of her pretty kites 8 Richmond River Sailing and Rowing Club website: www.rrsrc.com.au P.O. Box 963 Ballina 2478 Gennaker Report (Michael Wiley and Duncan Dey) Bill and Duncan battling it out Five Fifteens and five RS100’s fronted the starter in light winds and a forceful incoming tide. The 15s at the start 9 Richmond River Sailing and Rowing Club website: www.rrsrc.com.au P.O. Box 963 Ballina 2478 Learning the lessons from a few weeks ago, all the boat were careful not to fall too much behind the starting line and miss the start because they were unable to make sufficient progress against the tide. As a result, the start was pretty level, Daniel and Francine in ( ) probably doing the best in hitting the line just on time at full speed and quickly overtaking those boats that had loitered closer to the line. On the whole, the Fifteens started on the right of the line, and the RS100’s on the left; the latter looking to get into the shallows on the Northern shore as quickly as possible. Seconds to start And they’re off! 10 Richmond River Sailing and Rowing Club website: www.rrsrc.com.au P.O. Box 963 Ballina 2478 The battle up the first windward leg was tight for the whole fleet. The RS100’s played the Northern shore shallows to the fullest, short tacking meters from the beach, giving the swimmers there something of a close up show. The Fifteens, with their deeper boards and slower tacks played the shore a little more conservatively. But that wasn’t the only successful approach up the first work. Clare and Matt in tacked out to the South half way up the work to find a lift and a more consistent breeze there, gaining ground in the process. The battle continued around the first mark; Barry and Anna in and Gary in , the latter sailing extremely well, leading the respective classes around it. Garry loving it In the Fifteen fleet, opened up a lead on the next run that it continued to improve on for the rest of the race to the extent it became unassailable, to score an overall win on the day. The next three Fifteens, , Michael and Tara in and Daniel and Francine in settled down to a long continuous battle which was physically and mentally exhausting given the two hour duration of the race. 11 Richmond River Sailing and Rowing Club website: www.rrsrc.com.au P.O. Box 963 Ballina 2478 Barry and Anna on the way to a big win of six minutes to the next placing An exhausting yet exhilarating race 12 Richmond River Sailing and Rowing Club website: www.rrsrc.com.au P.O.
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