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A AnJib Avalon Sailing Club Publication SheetFebruary/March 2009 Flying 11 National Championships IN THIS ISSUE ◆ Flying 11 Nationals ◆ Cruising - January Jaunts ◆ Manly Junior Nationals ◆ Guess Who Don’t Sue ◆ and more! Photo by Kingsley Forbes-Smith www.avalonsailingclub.com.au From the Tiller Hello fellow members The best overall results were: Scratch Well, the spring sailing season has started and the post-Chrissy 3rd “Cotton On” Scott & Max diet has begun, so what’s news? 5th “Tom Tom” Tom & Josh 6th “Eugene” Tim & Will NEW START BOAT 9th “Ace” Penny & Lucy Dave Hyde is still working on the short-list of boats that meet Yours truly went out for a sail with Kingsley on the mighty our criteria. The good news is that now is a great time to be in 49er last weekend – yahoo! I’d forgotten the excitement of the market for a second hand boat! The Big Night Out funds fast dinghy sailing and after our 2nd or 3rd capsize (who’s are tucked away and ready for the right vessel. counting?) I called for the walking frame! All you dinghy sailors – and yachties too - should ask for a ride sometime soon as the NEW BIG RED RIB season winds down, its great fun! You may have noticed a big red RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat) with the letters AUS on the motor cover recently. Yes, our YACHT RACING continued growth in the centreboard division has meant The second annual Avalon Wet-Etchells Regatta was run in that a proper “coach” boat was needed and when the Murray late January with David Adams (an outsider!) taking home family mentioned that they had one of the ex-olympic coach/ the silverware on scratch and Pete Kidner cleaning up on response boats available for sale at a special price for their local handicap. 10 boats entered this year, with more next year we club – we said “Yes please!”. The funds came mostly from the hope. Thanks to Bruce Dey and Dave Hyde for organising a Australian Sports Foundation fund (tax deductible remember!) great series. with general reserve funds used for the rest Sadly, in December, we had an incident with one of our yachts where they got into trouble close to the rocks during the Quartet CENTREBOARD RACING Bowl race and although a couple of ASC boats saw them in MJ Nationals – Held at BYRA in January. ASC had 7 boats trouble, no-one called ASC or offered to help. Luckily no-one entered, best overall results were: was seriously hurt, but we pride ourselves on our reputation MAIN FLEET Scratch as a friendly club with exceptional camaraderie between 13th “Full Throttle” Mike & Harley fellow yacht racers and cruisers. This incident has lead to a few 14th “Bullet” Hannah & Jim mandatory changes to our yacht racing requirements, please Main Fleet Handicap see later in this issue. 1st “Bite Me” Jessica & Annika 5th “Bullet” Jim & Hannah AUSTRALIA DAY NOVICE FLEET Again ASC had a fantastic turn-out for this years Australia Day 6th “Fast & Furious” Sam & Shane Regatta. The Cherubs and 13 foot skiffs blessed us with their 14th “Akuna Matata” Ruby & Ella presence and boosted the centreboard numbers to 73, with 12 ALL GIRL FLEET yachts racing too. 6th “Reflex” Seldon & Margot As always, many thanks to all for the news, suggestions and 7th “Trick or Treat” Clare & Juliet commendations. 8th “Bite Me” Jessica & Annika To all our sailors, sail well, sail fair, sail fast and make your Well done guys and girls!! club proud! Peter Gale Flying 11 Nationals – Held at Eden in January. This was really Commodore close racing with 2nd to 4th separated by only 2 points and 5th Avalon Sailing Club to 8th separated by only 3 points. “The sailing club closest to Paradise!” ASC had 18 boats entered, with 4 boats in the top ten. 2 Yacht Incident – December All ASC yachts must contact ASC, by radio(VHF 73) or mobile phone, if they notice any other yachts -ASC or not - in potential In early December, one of the ASC yachts got into trouble at trouble West Head whilst taking part in the Quartet Bowl Race Series. ASC will contact the proper authorities and, if available, send While the yacht in difficulty was seen by a number of ASC boats, an ASC boat on “standby” – NOT to perform boat recovery or and although there were powerboats nearby – perhaps even in rescue if dangerous. a better position to offer assistance – no ASC boats offered help ASC Race Committee may apply penalties to future yachts that nor radioed or phoned for assistance. After this incident, the do not offer assistance to, or advise ASC of yachts in distress. ASC Main Committee resolved the following: Any yacht can apply to the race committee for redress in Yacht Racing Rule Changes the event of rendering assistance to, or standing by a vessel in distress (This means that the time that is spent offering Effective from Jan 01 2009 or rendering assistance is taken off your elapsed race time All ASC yachts MUST carry VHF (permanent or handheld) in ALL …– THIS IS ALWAYS TREATED MORE THAN FAIRLY BY ALL RACE races, and should monitor channel 73 COMMITTEES, especially ASC !) Yacht Racing Rule Reminders Any yacht that retires from a race should contact ASC as soon as is practicable. All ASC yachts MUST stop to offer assistance to any ASC (or other) yacht in difficulties, if they are in a position to do so. THIS IS RACING RULE No 1 ! 2009 Flying 11 National CHAMPIONSHIPS at Twofold Bay – EDEN On Saturday 10 January, 18 Avalon Sailing Club Flying Eleven Over the course of the week the all Avalon sailors did us very boats, their skippers, crews and families headed to the town of proud, congratulations to our two new all-girl crews Eliza Murray/ Eden on the far South Coast of NSW. Zoe Brown and Alina & Jasmin Mueller they sailed well and didn’t once give-up in sometimes very trying conditions. We arrived in Eden to be greeted by a 30+ NorEaster – some had ventured out earlier in the day to test the water – “this is going to During one race Louis Halford & Imogen Murray made friends be so cool”. As we settled into the various houses we had rented with a local Seal and Sam Treharne & Adam Bradley got a little for the week-long regatta some of the kids hopped on their bikes too friendly with a floating log that had found its way into the to find out who their closest ‘Avalon’ neighbours were – however bay from the woodchip mill! – luckily there wasn’t too much by the end of the day – disaster! The boys where out exploring damage! and Zac Duryea had come to grief with a stick impaling itself into Our more experienced sailors all put it up to the opposition and the lower half of his leg! showed Avalon is a force to be reckoned with. Congratulations After a trip, in an ambulance, to Pambula hospital, Zac ended up to Scott Cotton/Max Vos for a place on the podium in 3rd, also with 7 stiches and a decent trophy (the stick) to show the other to Tom Koerner/Josh Ponton, Tim Forbes-Smith/Will Dargaville & kids the next day – unfortunately no sailing for Zac until later in Penny Kendall/Lucy Murray finishing in the Top 10 with 5th, 6th the week. & 9th places respectively. Tom & Josh were the only boat the in fleet of 73 to finish in the Top 10 in all 7 races. On Sunday morning we arrived at Twofold Bay Yacht Club to the sound of Bellbirds in the trees, for measurement and the For photos and full results go to www.flying11.yachting.org.au afternoon’s Invitation Race. Final results for Avalon were: Over the course of the week the fleet of 73 boats dealt with 73 Boats weather conditions ranging from 5knots of shifty breeze through # Boat Name Skipper, Crew Scratch H/cap to abandonment of Race 5 with 40+ knot southerly gusts. 1368 Cotton One Scott Cotton, Max Vos 3 49 As Wednesday was scheduled as a lay day, the James family kindly 1369 TomTom Tom Koerner, Josh Ponton 5 53 offered their house for the Avalon BYO everything BBQ including 1355 Eugene Tim Forbes-Smith, Will Dargaville 6 63 chairs! The house was a quaint 1970’s cottage with orange 1334 Ace Penny Kendall, Lucy Murray 9 41 wallpaper in psychodelic patterns, positioned on the edge of the 1370 Checkmate Anna Kendall, Monica Hyde 15 24 headland with panoramic views across the ocean and out to sea. 1348 SS Squill Wil Coxon, Oliver Bell 27 3 The kids played (not too close to the cliff!) and the adults sat back 1349 Outrageous Gemma Rasdall, Jess Angus 28 65 with their favourite beverage and a pile of prawns and watched 1288 Onya Mark Matt Mayall, Matt Bell 29 5 the full moon rise over the ocean – a really special place. continued next page 3 1295 Sparta NicolaForbes-Smith, Alicia Watt 40 63 1343 Vendetta Louis Halford, Imogen Murray 64 33 1372 Rolled Oats XI Damien James, Oliver Parker 43 8 1270 Naff Eliza Murray, Zoe Brown 67 30 1333 Hot Potato Sam Treharne, Adam Bradley 52 4 Thank you also to the wonderful parents Kingsley Forbes-Smith, 1281 Madness Zac Duryea, Hugo Vos 53 70 Peter Cotton & Chuck Bradley who took hundreds of amazing 1325 Damin8tor Brendan James, Aaron Bradley 56 5 photos of all our sailors and put them onto disc for all families to 1316 Jynz Malcolm Parker, Sarah Parker 57 14 treasure – thanks.