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Commodore Phil Robbins Newsletter 6 Sept 2017 0466668541

Vice Commodore Jonathan Horsley 0412798505 RD

Rear Commodore ZAC HEUCHMER 3 IN Chris Hallett 0414866998 JUNIOR A-CLASS WORLDS!! Secretary Nola Hallett 0414866999 Treasurer Norm Hunt HH 66291366

Class Reps Gennekers – Duncan Dey – David Bowler Trailers – Colin Hinwood Monos – Will Richards

Rowing Officer Mel Nixon Kelli Coleman

HHUU Webmaster Colin Hinwood

Sail Training Graeme Turner

ALL EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE TO: I couldn’t find a pic of Zac, but these are other A-Classes, at the Worlds, in Poland [email protected]

Brilliant, Zac!! (especially as “Junior”, means up to 25 years old, in A-Classes). Ian Michie, from our club, and Andrew L, from Clarence also did respectably well ☺ Full results here - http://2017.sailingnet.pl/aclassworlds2017/results.html

TRY SAILING MORNING - SEPT 10 Many volunteers with boats, urgently needed!! 10.00 am start

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CLUB NEWS

Our fantastic new Rescue Boat was on the water, for the first race of the season. Commodore Phill, Rear Commodore Chris, Col W, Rescue Rick, and others have put in many, many hours over the Winter break, to get the boat ready...and it’s great to see Rescue Rick “back in the saddle” ☺

BATHROOM RENOS NEARLY COMPLETE Thanks to Treasurer Norm, our Working Bee volunteers, and to Todd’s building team, our new Bathrooms, and new verandah floor, are all but complete – pics next week! 2

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RACING – Sunday 3 Sept

Trailables 1st CC 040917 (Thanks Colin H – Ed)

1st day back .. to hear what mates have been doing in our Winter .. too see the Club improvements … check out the new Rescue Boat … see new faces & new boats.. A sunny day with a light gusty Northerly, forecast to build to 20knots late afternoon., & slack tide just turning to run in. The uncertain wind put the course down near the ferry, which always in gusty coming across the streets & buildings. Father’s Day had depleted the fleets, & Trailables were Reg Shades & Rabbit. It is always an impossible task to set a true windward Leeward on that course & wind .. just can’t get the last bit of angle. The work easily laid in one tack, but does keep crews guessing as to whether to just crack off a tad, or keep height all the way, but .. anyway .. a drag race. Rick & Millsey set a good Line, but it the leg is about who has clear air, the boat behind always trying to pinch above, & the boat to Leeward doomed. The wind held pretty true, so by the 4th final lap we all had the work leg pretty well figured out, where to free up & where to harden.

Downwind, apart from the odd surprise, the 20knots never turned up, & no gybes .. made it another drag race. We all had some bursts off good pressure, so some rides thinking is this wind gonna keep sending me .. but most bursts of speed were fairly short, then back to watching for the next gust. Reg [Bill & Zac] did a better job of the day, & got the gun, with us other 2 not far behind. Nice to be back on the water, but let’s hope we don’t have to use that drag race course too often for CCs.

MONOS

Congratulations, Des, on another win! Roy looked great, in his new 125. Graeme T, with daughter at the helm of their NS/MG, made it to the Start-line, and back, without mishap (well done, folks).

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RACING – Sunday 3 Sept Cont’d)

Cat Chat no 1 season 17/18 (Thanks Dave – Ed) Hi All and welcome to the new season. Huey did his best to get us into the swing (or swim) of things with a good ol’ blustery northerly. The course was set upstream of the RSL due to concerns about the rock wall coming into play. As is the norm for said conditions it was not pretty. While the wind strength wasn’t overly high there were the usual freight train bullets coming down the streets and between the buildings. The top was the usual lottery causing a number of missed roundings and whoops, let’s try that again scenarios. It was thanks to two of these that Sweet As… managed to overcome an abysmal start and pass first Neo and then No Waiting. Good to see Roy back on the water, albeit minus one hull. Roy is now showing his skills in a very pretty, refurbished 125 dinghy which used to belong to the club. After plumbing the depths with his mast for a while at the start line I’m not sure how many more swims he had before eventually retiring. Hopefully friendlier conditions next time Roy! Will we see the ? Welcome back to Geoff on Neo too after an absence towards the end of last season. Others testing the water temp with a swim were Col and Norm. Col later related difficulties righting Shore Thing as neither of his righting ropes were tied on properly. Hmmm! Results have been posted so I won’t dwell on them. Suffice to say if you make a bum start all is not lost. Especially on our river. Not much away action to report on from the winter break. Most of the regulars bar me went to Wivanhoe to get lost in the mist and drift around in mostly light conditions. Yours truly took part in the Humpybong Winter Bash on the Sunday only for the marathon. A pleasant day out on Bramble Bay in 6-8kts of breeze. Definitely one for the calendar in future years if there’s a bit more wind. Will Richards scored a third at the Cootharaba All Boats on his Taipan and was also seen zipping around on a kite board? Most notable traveller story has to go to Zac who voyaged all the way to Poland for the “A” class worlds and scored a respectable 42nd out of 125 entrants. Zac sailed all races and came 11th and 9th in the first two. Well done young man. Ian Mitchie also attended finishing somewhat further back due to a couple of dnf’s. Helen and I are off to Townsville at the end of this month for a bit of a break, Sweet As... in tow, for the QUEENSLAND NACRA TITLES. No H is not taking up sailing with me again, opting to laze the days away in a hammock with a book while I brave the big chop on Cleveland Bay. The plan is to include a round Maggie Island race which will be awesome in the right conditions. Any more starters….?? Tfn, Sweet As…

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CLUB NEWS (cont’d)

GOING……… GOING ……….GONE The water tank is gone…..next to go, is the ugly grey fence between the Club, and the new Pool

PACER REPAIR TEAMWORK

Many have chipped in to get our Club Pacers ready for the season. Graeme T, Simon & son, and I (Ed), got started last Sunday. Baz repaired a gooseneck, free of charge. Kynan is doing some fibreglass repairs, for free (under close female supervision ;-)). Tony, at Ballina Fibreglass was going to squeeze in the job, at an extremely cheap “Club” price, but Kynan beat him to it.

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G'day Mark Earle dropped by the Club today, as he thought he'd find fellow water-people to whom he could promote the film of his 1985 expedition. He is planning a repeat journey (next year I think). This seems reasonable to me, as worth a brief mention in our newsletter if Phill or others agree. Cheers, Duncan

PACER TROPHY SERIES Will YOU, and/or your kids, be the Champions? The inaugural Pacer Series Race dates are: 8/22 Oct, 5 Nov, 3 Dec, 18 Feb, 4/18 March, 29 April The Pacers will sail as part of the Mono fleet, in the normal afternoon races, but will only compete against one another. The Pacer races are not on Championship Race days. You need to book a club Pacer in advance…..First members to email or text me get the boats for Race 1, with the option for your team to keep the boat for the whole series (see Rules, below) - [email protected], 0421 932945.

ALL PACERS ARE ALREADY BOOKED, EXCEPT PUDDLE DUCK!!!! Rules as follows: 1. A one-design series with club pacers or similar 2. 8 races throughout season with two discards; on Handicap days 3. Minimum crew of two. Designed for Father/son/daughter or experienced/inexperienced 4. One crew can be changed each race. That is, one of last race’s crew must be in next race to compete as a boat for the series. No one need sail the whole series though. 5. Club boats booked by text to Mark 0421 932945, before briefing of race. Previous sailors get priority

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IDLE GOSSIP..(please send any gossip to [email protected] – Ed)

Rumours from a number of sources suggest that a rather schmick-looking is joining the club, to race in the Mono fleet! That’s up to 4 , a 125, a , 3 Pacers, a 59er, a Corsair, and a few Impulses in the fleet (not to mention the possibility of a very competitive Opti sailor joining us). If the boats all raced on the one day, that would be a sizeable Mono fleet!!

Upcoming Away EVENTS

St Helena Cup 30th Sept-1st October

Humpybash 22nd October

Clarence River Classic Cruise & Classic Race 9th - 14th October, 2017 Details here http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-9959-0-0-0

Harwood Regatta 11-12th November 7

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FOR SALE, WANTED, FREE TO A GOOD HOME

(Please note that new ads go first, to keep things fresh – Ed)

From Andrew Hurford –

I have two Boats for sale which I was wondering if you could include for me in the Newsletter. I have a Laser 4.7 sail no 202560, comes with rigging trolley, top & bottom covers & padded bag for storage of foils, sail & accessories. asking price $5,500- ONO Also a Bic Open dinghy, sail no 6468, comes with rigging trolley, heavy duty boat cover & padded bag for stage of all the bits, price $3,000- ONO.

Both boats are in excellent condition, the kids have now outgrown them & we need to clear out the garage to fit the next boat in, whatever that may be. Thank you for any help you can provide. Regards Andrew (Hurford) Contact: [email protected]

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For Sale Spider 550 “Incy Wincy”

Competitive boat, gal trailer with new hubs, wheels and tyres. Main and 2 jibs, one jib brand new and only used once. Assistance available to purchaser if required Priced to sell at $15,500 Call Graeme 0414281699

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CASTLE 550 “Gypsy” Castle 550 Number 15, “Gypsy”, is for sale, for $12,500. She’s in very good condition throughout. She’s set up for cruising, and racing. She comes with a 5hp Mercury outboard. I’ve recently done quite a bit of upgrading to the boat, including replacing all safety wires; installing a new dyneema centreplate cable; refurbishing the rudder blade; improving the trailer, and registering it in NSW; etc etc Castle 550s have a v-berth that can accommodate two large adults, comfortably. Also, 2 generous quarter-berths, and heaps of storage. The trailer doesn’t have brakes, costs $64 annually for rego, and doesn’t need rego inspections. PROVEN RACE WINNERS Castle 550s have a proven racing record, in our club. They’re known around the trailer- sailer circles as the “Giant-killers”. Castle 550 “Bella” won 4 of the 9 Trailerable Division Championship Races, and was, overall, in second place, last season. Ring Mark 0421 932945 (boat in water is a Castle 550, but not Gypsy)

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For Sale

International 420 Class This great learning/family yacht, can be sailed up to national one design competition level. Complete boat in good working order – sailed most weekends. Sails – 3 Main Sails, 4 Jibs and 4 Spinnakers. Some sails as new. All measured and signed. Spinnaker pole and racing rudder. AlumYachting Australia Measurement Certificate 2006. $2500.00, call Richard on 0490112455 or 66287978.

For Sale Spider 550 - Contact Bill Heuchmer

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For Sale - RS 100 sail No. 244 "Shachi”

RS 100's are an international high performance single-handed skiff with gennecker for exhilarating off-wind speed. One design rules ensure all boats are highly competitive. Carbon fibre mast and excellent sail controls allow for adaptation for a wide range of crew weights and conditions. You can join a highly competitive fleet with very close battles featuring lead changes and finishes a few seconds apart. This boat will develop your skills and provide a challenging platform to enhance your individual sailing mastery. .

Growing Australian fleet with National championships every year. 2011 – Sailing World magazine’s overall Boat of the Year 2010 – Yachts & Yachting magazine’s Dinghy of the Year ISAF Class, stunning looks, exhilarating performance – New boats sell for $19,895. Special price for club members - Shachi Only $6,880 ono. Terms available for club members! This is the lowest price ever for a RS100! Comes with 8.4 main and gennicker, mast cover, rudder cover, trolley, boat cover. In good condition, raced regularly in Ballina Nth NSW. Call Vincent on 6688 4480. I have bought another RS 100. This is a spare boat which can be raced by experienced club members at request until sold. Give it a try

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