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INSIDE Forming of the Wallaroo SC R.C. Division RG65s arrive in Australia NSW Regatta Class Corner

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Volume 19 Issue 2 Jul—Oct 2013

Radio Waves Official Newsletter of the Australian Radio Yachting Association (Inc)

PRESIDENT CLASS COORDINATORS Lindsay Walker Lismore, NSW, 2480 International email: [email protected] Tim Brown Tel: (02) 6624 1154 Bilambil Heights, NSW, 2486 email: [email protected] VICE-PRESIDENT Tel: (07) 5590 8150 Bill Clancy Currumbin, QLD, 4223 email: [email protected] Garry Bromley Tel: (07) 5598 1531 Kanahooka, NSW, 2530 email: [email protected] SECRETARY Mob: 0424 828 574 Mark Harris Nerang, QLD, 4211 email: [email protected] Tel: (07) 5527 3736 Mob: 0477 835 829 Vacant—Are you interested?

TREASURER John Wainwright International Concord, NSW, 2137 Selwyn Holland email: [email protected] Mob: 0449 904 807 [email protected] TECHNICAL OFFICER Robert Hales Beecroft, NSW, 2119 EC12 email: [email protected] Colin Durran Tel: (02) 9875 4615 Rivet, ACT, 2611 email: [email protected] REGISTRAR Tel: (02) 6288 1498 Mob: 0410 324 273 Daniel Weizman Maroubra, NSW, 2035 RC email: [email protected] Rod Popham Tel: (02) 9314 0296 Mob: 0414 654 677 Duncraig, WA, 6023 email: [email protected] PUBLICITY OFFICER/EDITOR Tel: (08) 9246 2158 Mob: 0416 246 216 Alan Stuart Thornlie, WA, 6108 If calling, be mindful of the time at location calling. email: [email protected] Allow for time zone differences and Daylight Tel: (08) 9493 3854 Mob: 0400 816 834 Saving, and call at a reasonable hour. PUBLIC OFFICER LIFE MEMBERS Trevor Jeffree (SA) Ron Dunster, ACT (dec) Hub Bell, WA Ingle Farm, SA, 5098 Max Griggs, TAS (dec) Ken Dobbie, TAS email: [email protected] George Manders, QLD David Black, QLD Tel: (08) 7070 4159 (dec) Eddie Cowell, QLD WEBMASTER Bob Shedden, NSW Chris Ryan, VIC Eduard Cowell (dec) Graeme Turk, QLD email: [email protected]

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inter has certainly 2013 version arrived in the West from the ARYA and caught up to website. the rest of Austral- Wia. Down the local club in mid On the subject June, and we stopped racing of the website, about 2 races too late. Torrential Eddie has done downpour while unrigging! But it a fantastic with does show with our sport, that the new, fresh- there are diehards that sail rain, er look. If you haven't been there hail or shine! (tho, personally, I a while, pop on over and check it don't do rain). out. All clubs note that the new ver- sion of HMS (Heat Management Depending on the voting of the System) has been released, so if State councils, the next issue of your club/state is using the 2007 Radio Waves may be the last hard version, you should download the copy. Will let you know!! DEADLINE FOR NEXT ISSUE IS OCTOBER 13, 2013

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AFFILIATES

Australian Capital Territory Dr Graham Brown Radio Yachting Association Secretary Kingston, ACT, 2604 email: [email protected] Tel: (02) 6241 3070

New South Wales Radio Owen Jarvis Yachting Association Secretary Sandringham, NSW, 2219 www.rcyachts.net/nsw/ email: [email protected] Tel: (02) 9583 1097 Mob: 0418 650 755

Queensland Radio Yachting David Black Association Secretary Forest Lake, QLD, 4078 www.radiosailing.org.au/ email: [email protected] state/qld.htm Tel: (07) 3879 6220

South Australian Radio Alan Gold Yacht Association (Inc) Secretary Highbury SA, 5089 www.saradioyachting.org.au/ email: [email protected] Mob: 0419 839 933

Tasmanian Radio Yachting Ken Dobbie Council Secretary West Moonah, TAS, 7009 email: [email protected] Tel: (03) 6272 6916 Fax: (03) 6272 6963

Victoria Radio Yachting Assn Inc David Thomas Secretary Hoppers Crossing, VIC, 3029 email: [email protected] Tel (03) 9748 0641

Radio Association WA Inc Ross Bennett Secretary Maylands, WA, 6051 www.rsawa.asn.au email: [email protected] Tel: (08) 9479 1658

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CONTENTS ADVERTISING ARYA Contacts 2 Paid advertising in Radio Waves is accepted up to the copy deadline as displayed on page 3. Editorial 3 Advertising Rates: (per issue) State Affiliates 4 Full Page $70 From the President 6 Half Page: $40 From the Secretary 7 Quarter Page $25 RG65s arrive in Australia 8 A discount of 15% applies to advertising in 3 con- secutive issues with full payment in advance. Major Events Calendar 10 Forming the Wallaroo SC RC div 12 NSW Soling Regatta 13 SUBSCRIPTIONS Interclub Challenge 2013 14 Radio Waves is supplied to affiliated mem- New ARYA Website 17 bers of the ARYA and distributed through A Class NSW GP 2 18 Member State Councils and Clubs. Handy Web sites 21 Non members may subscribe to the news- Class Corner letter for an annual subscription (3 issues) including postage for: International AUD$18, Ten Rater 22 New Zealand AUD$15, Australia AUD$7.50 A Class 23 Forward all requests to the editor One Metre 25 Micro Magic 26 Cover: Racing at the 2013 NSW Soling State Championship, Koonawarra Bay Sailing Club

On Another tack… "We came to rescue you" yelled the pilot. man fell overboard from his little sailboat, "No, God will save me" was the and was thrashing response again. around in the water A when another boat The man drowned, and as he pulled up. crossed the Pearly Gates, he ran "Jump in, we'll save you" - they straight to Jesus. screamed. "No" cried the drowning man, "I placed my faith in You, and You "God will save me". let me drown?!” The scene was repeated twice more and then a helicopter hov- "Hey!" said Jesus. "I sent three ered over the man. boats and a helicopter".

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From The President risk, simply by undertaking volun- tary positions in the organisation of our sport. It is also seen as timely to get a move on with the revision of our constitution. In a previous Radio Waves I mentioned that this was a matter which would exercise the ARYA’s mind this year and asked for members to provide any thoughts or insights that they may have. Several members did and I thank you for them. These comments will be considered in s all skippers would be the mix. aware, we are entering the period in which your As I reflect on changes in our State bodies ask you to sport there is an obvious growth A renew your member- in some clubs and a diminution of ships. numbers in others. This is a natu- ral phenomenon, but it can be Part of the money that is paid to exacerbated by clubs introducing the ARYA goes to cover the over- new classes into their fleets and arching insurance policy that is thereby reducing the sailing size available for all events sailed by of the existing fleets. I am not Clubs, States and the ARYA. While suggesting, here, that we should the existing cover has served the not embrace new ideas and or organisation well it is seen as classes, but I would suggest that timely to review this policy, par- club officials should ensure they ticularly in the light of the court continue to support the classes actions that were recently con- that are already enthusiastically ducted in NSW between that sailed in their areas. In a similar State and one of its members. vein I note the decreased num- The ARYA is seeking to obtain ap- bers, generally, at regattas. This is propriate protection in its new a trend that must be very disap- policy for the national and state pointing for the organisers of executives to ensure that these these regattas and I would en- people do not wind up having to courage skippers to enter at least put their personal property at their local regattas. Page 6 Jul-Oct 2013

I assure you that my comments on the “Notice Board” section for are not directed at any person or up to date issues affecting RC club in particular and wish you all Yachting both in Australia and good sailing overseas. This section will also allow the ARYA Executive to com- Lindsay Walker municate current matters to all sailors. From The Secretary The decision regarding the future ’day fellow sailors, publication media for Radio Waves will be available before Fortunately for me I am the end of June. Every sailor a fairly large bloke with should have had the chance to G big feet, and let me tell voice their opinion on the “White you I need them. Because I have Paper” circulated, though their found that I have had some pretty State Body. big shoes to fill ! Disappointing that only 3 Australi- When I took on this role I had no an skippers nominated for the idea of the amount of effort in- IOM Worlds in Israel in October. volved in ensuring our sport pro- Even more disappointing that 2 of gresses, nor the amount of effort these have been forced to with- to inform all States and their draw. I only hope Scott Condie members of various issues, which has broad shoulders because he is arrive on my desk from Australia the sole Australian representative and all over the World. at the Championships. Final date for entry is June 15, maybe we Since my election in January, Ken will get some late comers. Dobbie has been invaluable with assistance and guidance, so to our Congratulations to all those that President and the Committee. have had success thus far in 2013. And I cannot thank them From reading Regatta and Race enough. I hope that so far, you reports, indications are that the are not disappointed in my sport is flourishing. Good entries, efforts. good, well run sailing and, for the most part, skippers enjoying We have, with Eddie’s guidance, themselves. created a new look, more up to date web site. Feedback to date is extremely positive. Keep an eye Mark Harris

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RG65s Arrive in Australia 650mm long, 1100mm mast height, 2250cm sail area. i Lindsay, Just a note to let you and the ARYA know that H the RG65 Class has ar- rived in Australia. The class has emerged with a number of boats launched at PLMYC in Victoria. We held our first official event for RG65 today and had 6 boats rac- Very open rules. No min weight or ing. The RG65 is a 1/2 size Mar- draught. No doubt you would blehead. And sails like one. have seen the class expanding in , South America and USA.

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PLRMY is holding regular RG events this year.

4 of the boats sailing today were Andrew Cooks design, Go Spec- tra. The 5th boat was a Lincoln McDowell design based on his We still have IOM, MM and Laser IOM. sailing as well. Built from scratch by Mario Gulic, Best Regards, it proves that anyone can start with just an idea on a hull design. Bill Hutchison

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Calendar of Major Events 2013

July 6 QLD Micro Magic Tri Series round 2, Kipparing 6-7 QLD Nth QLD Marblehead Championship, Mackay 13-14 QLD EC12 Championship, Carbrook 13-14 NSW 10R GP round 4, Ben Lexen Trophy, Kogarah 14 TAS IOM Mid Winter Challenge, Risdon Brook 21 NSW Marblehead GP round 2, Northern Mariners 27 NSW Soling One Metre Interclub Regatta, Sydney Maritime Modellers 27-28 QLD QLD 10R Championship, Emerald Lakes 28 WA IOM Perth Classic, Jackadder Lake

August 10-11 QLD QLD Micro Magic Championship, Emerald Lakes 10-11 TAS A Class State Championship, Risdon Brook 11 NSW A Class GP round 4, Carrs Park 18 NSW Marblehead GP Round 3,Drummoyne 24-25 QLD Eddie Cowell Perpetual Trophy, Kawana

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24-25 NSW RC Laser State Championship, Koonawarra 25 WA A Class State Championship, Jackadder Lake 25 NSW IOM GP round 3, Sydney Maritime Modellers 31 NSW EC12 State Championship, TBA

September 1 TAS Marblehead State Regatta, Risdon Brook 7-8 QLD QLD Marblehead Championship, Townsville 7-8 NSW 10R A Class Doug Billing Memorial Trophy, Forster 14 QLD Micro Magic Tri Series round 3, Emerald Lakes 14 SA A Class State Championship, Sth Eastern Hills 14-15 QLD QLD A Class Championship, Lakeside 14-15 NSW IOM GP round 4, Woolongong 22 QLD IOM Tri Series round 2, Kipparing 22 TAS RC Laser State Championship, Aquatic Point 28-29 QLD Sth QLD 10R Championship, Coomera

October 5-6 QLD Ctrl QLD IOM Championship, Gladstone 12-13 NSW A Class State Championship 12-13 TAS Marblehead State Championship, Risdon Brook 12-13 WA RC Laser State Championship, TBA 13 SA 10R State Championship, West Lakes 19 SA Bournville Trophy—Marbleheads Patawalonga 20 WA 10R State Championship, Jackadder Lake 20 QLD IOM Tri Series round 3, Emerald Lakes 20 SA Marblehead State Championship, Patawalonga 26-27 QLD Sth QLD EC12 Championship, TBA 26-27 NSW Marblehead State Championship, Drummoyne

November 2-3 NSW Soling One Metre Interclub Regatta Day 5, Tabourie 3 WA IOM Metro Championship, Champion Lakes 9-10 QLD Sth QLD RC Laser Championship, Coomera 9-10 NSW 10R State Championship, Kogarah 16-17 QLD Sth QLD IOM Championship, Emerald Lakes 16-17 TAS IOM State Championship, Risdon Brook 23-24 NSW IOM State Championship, Koonawarra 30-1 QLD Ctrl QLD A Class Championship, Burrum Heads

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Forming of the Wallaroo Sailing Club R.C. Division

he second regatta at Port the suggestion of the Wallaroo Broughton was once Marina. The big problem was again supported by the how to obtain access to the Mari- Remote Controlled Yacht na, but first we needed to estab- TAssociation and Ray Levi lent me lish ourselves as a group and it on of his boats so I was no longer was that, which prompted us to the Officer of the day spectating, approach the Wallaroo Yacht but a participator which really fed Club with a scheme to form a sub my enthusiasm. It became clear group for Model Yachts. The the Port Broughton venue had Yacht Club agreed and got behind many problems, tide waves and us to get started. Next was to the danger of unenclosed waters. plough our way through the bu- It was suggested by John John- reaucratic tangle to get access to ston from Adelaide that we look the Marina and the pontoon to for another venue, somewhere in launch from. the Moonta or Wallaroo area. After the first regatta, Ray and I kept in touch and he and his friend Larry made a mould for a 1940’s Marblehead Hull and I bought a hull from then and com- menced building my own model. This model is still a work in pro- gress!

In between the two regattas, we Our permanent home at Wallaroo Marina would meet weekly to sail remote controlled model yachts on the Ray Levi took up this task and dis- pond at the Archery Club at Kadi- covered that the water in the Ma- na. This venue was fine if there rina is controlled by the Ports and was enough water in the pond or Harbours and the land under the it contained no excess weed. water is controlled by the local Council. What a bureaucratic After many discussions Ray, Larry nightmare! Ray persisted and fi- Youngberry and I came up with nally Michael Nance received per-

Page 12 Jul-Oct 2013 mission for us, and a key to a pon- yacht association both in attend- toon was supplied. ing the regattas and the sharing of knowledge, the unhesitating sup- Permission was gained just in port of the Wallaroo Sailing Club time to arrange a third regatta for and the determined attitude of the long weekend in October Ray Levi, Larry Youngberry and 2012. Once again the Remote Ray Aisbett has led to the for- Model Yacht Association support- mation of a group that is full of ed us and added to the spectacle drive, keen to grow and has a very of our fleet. This regatta gained bright future. considerable attention and our membership began to grow. Ray Aisbett & Ray Levi At present we have a mixed fleet of boats with at least six more be- NSW Soling Regatta ing built. We race every Tuesday morning and each week there round of the New South seems to be a few more specta- Wales Radio Yacht Asso- tors and people expressing inter- ciation Interclub Re- est in our group. The nearby hotel gattas was successfully Aconducted by Basin Radio Yacht has sponsored us with a free meal for a monthly trophy. Club on the 3rd March, 2013 sail- ing on St. Georges Basin off Island Point Wharf controlled, as usual, by NSWRYA Regatta Officer Allan Bicknall. Basin Radio Yacht Clubs express- es its appreciation to Allan, who travelled from the Central Coast and to the fourteen skippers rep- resenting Clubs from the Central Coast, the Metropolitan Area Part of the gang from the Wallaroo Remote down to Tabourie Lakes as well as Controlled Yacht Club: local BRYC members. Founding members: Ray Levi (centre Front) Ray Aisbett (Front Left) Faced by very difficult sailing con- ditions with strong South East to The enthusiasm and support of Southerly wind and heavy swells the remote controlled model complete with white caps, more

Jul-Oct 2013 Page 13 correctly described as gigantic tition by all skippers who are con- waves comparable to severe Bass gratulated on their skill and per- Strait conditions for these Soling severance and it was obvious that 1 metre Yachts. all skippers enjoyed a successful regatta. Whilst unfortunately a couple of skippers had gear failure during the day, it was impressive to see Kevin Wingate them hurriedly make repairs to enable them to continue racing. Interclub Challenge 2013 Ten scratch races were concluded group of Hardy, Dedi- in the morning cated, some might say Foolish but definitely The close grouping shows just not “Fair Weather Sail- how competitive the racing was Aors” gathered at the NSW Mid and it was noted that Leigh Grove North Coast Town of Tuncurry/ despite his many problems man- Forster, some 300 km north of aged to complete the series. Sydney for the running of the In- augural Interclub Challenge After a break for a sausage sizzle lunch provided by BRYC, racing The Venue; Tuncurry Race Club resumed in the afternoon. Lake, Mid North Coast, NSW Although the last three skippers The Weather; East Coast Low were unable to complete all races (Cyclonic), Tropical Rain, Local in the series due to gear failure flooding but the other results show how excellently the handicaps were The Teams; Forster Tuncurry Ra- calculated by Allan Bicknall. Trophies for the first three places in each series were presented by BRYC President, Fred Elphinstone to the successful skippers and the trophy for the over-all winner of the day went to Ken Smith. Despite the difficult conditions there was excellent, close compe-

Page 14 Jul-Oct 2013 dio Yacht Club & Drummoyne ”Start Line” and competed for the Sailing Club Radio Yacht Division first triangle. As each leader passed through the “Finish Line” The Event; Conducted jointly by that team #2 started through the Forster Tuncurry Radio Yacht “Start Line” to compete through a Club and Drummoyne Sailing sausage. As the #2 of each team Club Radio Yacht Division the passed through the “Finish Line” event was to consist of a series of that team leader passed through relay races with teams repre- the “Start Line” and competed senting each of the above clubs. through a triangle to the finish. Points were allocated to each team for each race completed in the same way that points are allo- cated to individual competitors in other events. In other words the first finishing team gained 20 points second place team 17 points, third team 15 points and so on. Owing to the greater number of competitors coming from DSC the Any boat passing through the format was adjusted to form 3 “Start Line” before their fellow teams. Each team was made up of team member had crossed the 1 x 10R and 1 x Marblehead. In “Finish Line” was recalled. this case the teams were labelled Teams A, B & C. For race 2 the starting order was reversed and the #2 of each team Each race consisted of a triangle covered the first triangle whilst followed by a windward return the #1 of each team completed a followed by a triangle to the fin- sausage followed by the #2 com- ish. pleting the second triangle. The “Start Line” and “Finish Line” Four races were conducted, each were one and the same with 1 minute intervals before the Each team chose their own leader first 10 minute break, thus both and that leader started the first the leader & #2 of each team race. At the countdown to zero, competed over the same distance the 3 Leaders passed through the in each set of 4 races.

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Whilst the day’s events were and got right into the spirit of the threatened by the local weather, day. The general call at the see above, we struck a lucky presentation was that the event patch and were able to conduct 2 should be contested annually and x sets of 4 races before calling a planning has already begun for halt to the day’s proceedings. next year. With eight races completed each team dropped 2 races for the Those present said they would points calculations. A perpetual like to see a format of; trophy befitting the style of this Each team made up of 1 x each of event was presented to the win- 3 different classes. ning team Each set of 3 races would have the 3 different classes rotating their starting and team order All Sailing Rules would apply. However the day would have a heavy leaning on having FUN & TEAM SPIRIT. All in all, the experiment proved trophy “Relay Baton” being passed from DSC successful. RYD secretary John Wainwright, after presen- tation, to the winning team of Pat O’Brien (Left) & Paul Ziems (Centre) John (Waldo) Wainwright

Summary; New ARYA Website This event was an experiment to s at the 5th April 2013 see if a “Different” style of racing the new look ARYA web- could be conducted that would site went online —if an- encourage team spirit and cama- yone discovers any miss- raderie between both competi- Aing or incorrect information or tors and clubs. Those who took broken links etcetera, can you part took a little while to grasp please let the ARYA webmaster the format of the event but hav- know ASAP. ing done so were soon encourag- ing their fellow team members Eddie Cowell Jul-Oct 2013 Page 17

A Class NSW GP Round 2 day night at the Tuncurry Bowling Club with a very social meal with ere is a quick run- almost all wives attending. It was down of the FTRYC A great to see so many of the ladies Class Interclub round 2 in support. This set the tone for event held at Tuncurry the rest of the weekend. Hrace course on the weekend of the 26/27th May 2013. Here’s some notes on the racing from Qld’s Yeoman Sands; Foster Tuncurry Radio Sailing Sat, 25th, woke to an over cast Club has again showed that they day. Got to gate way to find it still are more than capable of hosting locked, had to wait for key , there a great regatta on a state level. were eleven entry's that fronted This years A class GP2 event was the start line for the first race of attended by 9 boats competing in round two of GP series held on the two day combined scratch & the pond in the Tuncurry race- handicap event. Numbers were course, once the gate opened down due to several skippers hav- drove around to the inside track ing to work across the weekend. to the east side of pond to where Sunday saw the addition of two they have a pontoon setup, a extra skippers sailing local boats great site, no trees close by good making a total of 11. We had skip- clean air. The first day will be pers attend mainly from Wollon- gong, Foster and two exceptional people from QLD. Results from the Sat scratch rac- ing contribute to the national AR- YA rankings for the class. The Sun- day Handicap series is run to en- courage those skippers new to the class; and provide valuable fleet racing to gain confidence to enter A class title regatta’s. scratch racing and the Second The weekend started well on Fri- day handicap, the weather has come right, looks like we are in Page 18 Jul-Oct 2013

for a great weekend sailing. After lunch we had a couple of course changes. Stayed mostly The OD Phil (funky) Lawson set a light, (the PRO had to disqualify course to suit the s/e wind, 5/15 two skippers for bad behaviour kn, the first race got under way by and back chatting him??) Garry 10am, with the Warrens Sword had a couple of wins, Yeoman 05, Garry's Privateer 76, Jon 94, after sorting out his battery prob- and Brian 91, Gunboats close be- lems started moving up the, fleet , hind setting the pace. Laurie’s 36, giving Warren & Garry a hard Sweet, Johns 14, A1 Robinson, time, Brian was also up there, Ray Allan 03 Gunboat, Yeoman 61, was still having problems but Scorpion , Rays Sidewinder, in manage to stay in mid fleet, hav- mid fleet having their own ing competed 16 races by battle , and at the back end of the 4.00pm. Warren in first place, fleet the boys were having their Garry in second, Brian in third own competition. place. We headed back Taree to

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Funky's place to get ready to head 03/60sec, 61/50sec, 36/30sec, into the Tuncurry Bowling club for dinner and drinks having had a great day sailing thanks to Funky and his team.

Sun 26th, woke to a fine clear day, got to the pond by 8.30am no gate problems this morning, Gar- ry is helping Phil run the handicap today loaning his Privateer 76, to one of the local boys to sail, the 05&91, 0sec. Sailing got under handicaps were, 76/70sec, 98 & way by 10am , lunch time saw the

Radio Waves is published three times a year by the Australian Radio Yachting Association (Inc) (ARYA). The opinions expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily those of the ARYA or the Editor. Technical tips, and the methods sug- gested, are the views of the person submitting them, and ARYA can accept no responsibility for their accuracy whatso- ever. Radio Waves welcomes contributions on any subject associated with the sport of radio yachting. High quality photos would be particularly appreciated. Articles and photos can be emailed or posted direct to the editor. Submissions may be subject to Editorial revision due to space or other considerations. Page 20 Jul-Oct 2013 local boy Craig Sargent sailing Handy Web sites Garry's boat in first place , Yeo- man in second and Brian in third Stirling Marblehead Club place. The wind swung into the Lots of articles on making sails, etc. SSW dropping to 5 kn and bring- www.stirling.saradioyachting.org.au ing a heap of weed across the Tippecanoe Boats pond making it hard to stay up in www.modelsailboat.com/ the top of the score sheet. The IOM, RG65 & Footy wind drop away to nothing for iomdesign.wordpress.com/ the last race to become a drifting SailRC race with half the fleet being fin- We are here to make your experience ished on the water, finishing a with SailRC the best it can be because great weekend sailing, Craig Sar- we value your business. gent won, Brian second, and Lau- www.sailrc.com/ rie third, after packing up it was Jelačić Sailing back to Funky's place for BBQ and www.jelacicsailing.com/ prawns… son, John Heard, Warren Norrie Warren’s win was well deserved & Bob (FTRYC) competing, and considering the new boat. He we look forward to seeing you all sailed with plenty of respect for again at the next GP which will be the other competitors + PRO; and at Carr’s Park in Sydney. we hope he can back it up at the A huge thank you to all the guys next GP. from FTRYC who put in to make As you can see the handicap rac- the weekend such a great event. ing was hotly contested with a Also thank you to all the sailors, great win for Craig Sargent com- especially those who drove long ing down to the final heat and distances for your commitment & last few metres to the finish line; good sportsmanship. A good time where he secured first place. Well was had by all & we also look for- done Craig. ward to the Doug Billing Trophy later in the year. It was very encouraging to see Yeoman Sands four new skippers (Allan Thomp- and Garry Bromley

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Class Corner

10 Rater New South Wales There has been a surge in new boats irst I apologize if I leave any- and new members in this body or any club off this re- port. Please feel free to con- tact me with any news and Fviews for the next issue. All gossip happily accepted. Secondly I would like to thank Dave Thomas (Vic) for continuing to upgrade the rankings without any recognition. A quick spin around of the States (by no means a complete story): Western Australia GP3 Mt Penang Gardens May 2013 The Perth Radio Sailing Club has an state. The recent Mazda Trophy at active calendar of events from week- Northern Mariners pulled in 20 odd ly club heats to club championships. entries resulting in 2 fleets being run The results seem to be shared throughout the day. New or evolving around amongst a dozen or so regu- designs are helping drive this in- lars from what can be seen from the crease in numbers along with a very results. Graham Howie (A Class Na- friendly and encouraging atmos- tional Champion) and Glenn Dawson phere. And the sailors appear to be are stand outs with lots of good re- happy to travel. At the Mazda Tro- sults from Ian Sheriff, Jeff Green, phy representatives competed from Rob Mews, Ian Holt and John Goor. 8 different clubs from Foster/ Active 10R competitions also occur at Tuncurry to the north to the Canber- Champion Lakes Radio Sailing Club. ra boys from the south. There is a full calendar planned for the rest of the Looking back at the 2012 State Titles, year. it appears there is some very lively interclub rivalry going on there be- Some outstanding results have been tween these two outstanding clubs. achieved this year by Scott Condie Jeff Green (Perth) won and the top 4 (National Champion), Phil Page placing's all came within 5 points of (National top ranking) and Steve each other. Sedgman (builder of the Aero which

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Class Corner has been the standout design so far Wishing you lots of lifts and plenty of this year and he also won the last “luck”. two GPs) closely followed by rising stars Ian Hayden and Craig Sargeant. Selwyn Holland There are too many stories to tell here in this active class. Lots more A Class information can be found on the NSW site. here’s still plenty of evi- dence of continuing re- newed interest in the class; particularly in NSW and QLD. TSeveral new boats being completed in NSW on the South Coast are boosting fleet numbers. Newly pur- chased boats are coming onto the water in several states. Thank you to all who reported on A GP3 Mt Penang Gardens May 2013 class events this year. Also would appreciate any photos of new and As a side note: Ian Holt produced an refurbished boats for publishing & excellent round up and summary of discussion…. the 10Rs in Australia including all the As always there’s an open invitation new and emerging designs. This is for correspondence on your state definitely worth a read and can be events and boat movements. found in the News section on the Home Page of the NSW Radio NSW Yachting site here: http:// Warren Norrie WMYC recently took www.rcyachts.net/nsw/ delivery of a new Sword ordered I’m having trouble sourcing recent from SAILSetc. We look forward to information on the other states, so if this addition to the local NSW fleet. I have missed you... sorry, but I John Heard KOBSC has recently pur- would appreciate any news you have chased an A1 Robinson boat com- for the next article or even better plete from Brian Dill/Ralph Hymen. send me a link for any on line news/ The boat has been beautifully refur- results from you area. bished by John and we look forward

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Class Corner to racing with him at the upcoming ing from SARYI. See NSWRYA website GP events also. for full report. Barry Grant KOBSC has recently pur- NSW GP2 chased my Gunboat AUS 492 and has Congratulations to Warren Norrie, her on the water. I’m planning to Garry Bromley and Brian Dill for build another Privateer, and have their respective scratch placing in the started collecting parts. Colin Vau- NSW GP2 held at Foster Tuncurry. vert KOBSC has purchased Ralph Hy- Warren’s win notable for his first A men’s Sweet 6 and also has been on class regatta. Well done Warren. the water recently. Hopefully we can get Col up to some of the upcoming Congratulations to Craig Sargent, GP and interclub meets…. Brian Dill and Laurie Hinchcliff for their placing in the Handicap series John Hall at CPRYC (Carr’s Park Syd) raced on the Sunday. Craig’s win no- has complete A class for sale as well table for the fact he borrowed a boat as several boats in various stages. and had not sailed it before… Great Anyone interested can contact me win Craig; snatching the lead back by for his details, or through the one point in the last heat! NSWRYA website. Great regatta with awesome social Garry Bromley has available a series and close racing handicap results. of detailed construction photo’s for Thanks Funky and the gang at FTRYC. the Gunboat design. They reflect the See NSWRYA website for the full re- current thinking in the construction port. of this lighter Graham Bantock de- sign. Copies of the disk are free. We Next GP regatta will be at Carr’s Park can also supply a basic sail plan tem- Syd with CPRYC hosting. Check web- plate if required. Just drop an email sites for details. to [email protected]. Unfortunately SARYI located at Pen- NSW GP1 rith won’t be able to host a GP event this year. Congratulations to Garry Bromley, Ralph Hyman and Laurie Hinchcliff QLD for their respective places in NSW “Word on the Street” is that another GP1 held under difficult conditions at UK Sweet 9 is being relocated over Mt Penang gardens. Thanks to here and will be in transit shortly. Northern Mariners for hosting; and Peter Morris has been contem- welcome to the Jones family attend- Page 24 Jul-Oct 2013

Class Corner plating joining A class for some time entirely on day 2 over windward/ and has purchased a great buy in the leeward courses. UK. We look forward to Peter getting PRO Ian Ash kept the racing flowing the new boat on the water and join- with 19 races completed with the 2 ing the QLD fleet. fleets. All protests being sorted out WA, TAS, SA, VIC, WA on the water and skippers being well behaved considering the keen com- No reports in. petition between the 31 competi- Garry Bromley. tors. Many thanks to the Club Kawana One Metre members for hosting an enjoyable if wet at times Regatta and apprecia- he 2013 Qld. IOM Champi- tion to Ross Allan Truck & Trailers onship was a battle of Na- for sponsoring the event with excel- tional Champions. lent prizes. T It came down to the last Paul Jones also took out Round 2 of race between former Champion Paul the NSW GP at Lake Macquarie from Jones taking the title from current Scott Condie and Andrew Reid, both National Champion Michael sailing Britpops. The Lake Macquarie “Knuckles” Grieve by 4 points with weed once again came into play with Rob Nelson, current NZ National varying conditions proving challeng- Champion third. ing for the 15 competitors. Paul & Rob sailing a Cheinz with Andrew & Scott also competed in Knuckles sailing his Pikanto. the SA State Titles, with Andrew tak- While these three dominated most ing the Title from Scott & Kirwan of the racing, the Fraktals of Doug Rob third. Scott Mitchell was the Allen & Tim Brown also scored heat highest placed local in 4th. It was wins. good to see representation from all States at the titles. Geoff Morris sailing his new Blitz come home with a wet sail taking In the West, Harrington Waters host- fourth on a count back from Allan ed the South Metro Championship. Walker. Sean Wallis sailing his new Psyco took the title in a close finish for sec- Day one saw sailing in solid A Rig ond between Graeme Howie with his conditions with B Rig used almost Jul-Oct 2013 Page 25

Class Corner Cheinz and Glen Dawson’s Obses- that at times were very trying to say sion. the least. At the time of compiling this report, Day one produced 8 A sail races with Scott Condie will be our sole repre- very fluky winds, some weed and sentative at the forthcoming IOM persistent rain just to keep us on our World Titles hosted by Israel. No toes. Michael Grieve took a slight doubt the location may have some- lead on 13 points at the end of the thing to do with this outcome. day, 2 points ahead of the local Bob Tonge on 15 points and Mario Gu- Tim Brown & Lindsay Walker will be lic 3rd on 27 points. representing Australia in the upcom- ing 2013 UK IOM Nationals to be Day two saw beautiful blue skies and held at Fleetwood. With 84 entries A sail winds to produce another 17 over only 3 days of Racing, days will races until the wind died off at about be long. 1:30. Michael Grieve was always go- ing to be hard to catch but noted Tim will be sailing his Fraktal while that the competition was a lot closer Lindsay is taking Craig Smiths latest than it looked on the score sheet. Fusion design. Great racing in a typical Micro Magic Tim Brown spirit by all skippers. A big thank you must go to all the competitors who travelled from in- terstate to this regatta, it was great Micro Magic to see 4 states represented 2 from Australian Micro Magic Cup 2013 WA, 2 from Qld, 3 from Vic and 2 from NSW. he 2013 Australian Micro Magic Cup has been run and A Special Thank You to Mal Davidson won for the second year in a for his efforts at this regatta. Well row by Michael Grieve from organized and appreciated by all T Queensland. Skippers. Beautiful surroundings from the Wal- Float a Boat Trophy for best Nov- ka Water Works venue in Maitland ice. Jack Howe from WA NSW, home of the Southern Cross The State Teams Trophy. Victoria Model yacht club, saw a competitive field of 9 entrant’s race in conditions Graeme Turk

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