October 2016

MULTIHULL YACHT CLUB QUEENSLAND: PO BOX 178, WYNNUM. Q. 4178

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At the club house, Northern Arm of GENERAL Manly Harbour (Trafalgar St) MEETING 7:30PM Thursday 6th October Guest Speaker: Craig Margetts

Monthly Events

8-9th October St Helena Cup

15-16th October Spring Series Passage Series

Combined Clubs Races 13 & 14 23rd October Triangles

29th-30th October Mooloolaba Weekend

Commodore’s Comment By Bruce Wieland SPRING SERIES

The new MYCQ Spring Series kicks off this coming weekend. The first leg is the St Helena Cup, followed by two very innovative courses the following weekend featuring optional simultaneous starts at either north or south of the river. The northern and southern courses overlap so both fleets will cross paths several times. The concept of these courses is the brainchild of Past Commodore Richard Jenkins and promises to be a lot of fun. The final weekend of the Spring Series will include the MCC triangles on Sunday the 23rd October. For the cruisers, THERE ARE SHORTENED COURSES, so find a crew and come sailing with the race fleet!

OMR VIDEO

The edited video of the OMR Review Committee information meeting is finally completed and is now available on the MYCQ website. Thanks to Sean for capturing the essence of the meeting, but a big thanks also to the OMR Committee members Alasdair Noble, Mike Hodges and Geoff Cruse for their easily understood presentation detailing the amendments to the OMR Rule. The video is worth watching.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Discussion is continuing on the proposed Multihull Yacht Association of Australia. There is interest from multihull owners in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, New South Wales, and Queensland. In my discussion with MYCQ members so far, the majority surveyed support the move, but there are some who do not. MYCQ Secretary Chris Wren met with Charles Meredith, the Commodore of the Multihull Yacht Club Victoria at Hamilton Island, then Lyn and I met with Charles at Runaway Bay last week for further informal discussions. Charles is the most active driver in establishing the National Association. A motion was passed at the September General Meeting directing the Management Committee to survey the membership on this matter. This has been delayed by the absence of so many of the Management Committee Members recently, but look for it soon.

From the Editor Welcome to another edition of the Multinews. This month we have a story from one of the club’s early members who has rejoined. He has written about his yacht the Ngalawa 7 which has the sail number M37 and so it was the 37th yacht to be registed with the Club. In international news there is the usual GC32s, Extreme Sailing, Americia’s Cup and the World Match Racing Series. I haven’t given an update on Facebook and Twitter for a while, so the latest numbers are; there are 449 people following the MYCQ on Facebook and 138 on Twitter. On our website, the page that had the largest number of views, this year, was the B2G tracker with 4,865 views followed by the B2G entrants list with 3,717 views

Until next month, happy reading.

Inside this issue:

Social Report ···················································································· 10 The Story of NGALAWA 7 ································································· 15 Club Marine Pittwater to Southport Race ········································ 23 Race Weeks in Review ····································································· 24 Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week ················································ 26 Vodafone sets new Groupama New Caledonia Race Record ············· 28 GC32 La Reserva de Sotogrande Cup················································ 29 Multihull Solutions Whitsunday Rendezvous ··································· 33 Extreme Sailing Series in Madeira ···················································· 35 World Match Racing Tour - Cape Crow Cup ······································ 38 America’s Cup ·················································································· 40 Other Videos and NEWS ·································································· 42

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Office Holders for 2016

Management Committee Phone Mobile Email

Commodore Bruce Wieland 07 3395 4727 0438 176 704 [email protected]

Vice Commodore Mike Hodges 07 3278 5154 0411 888 850 [email protected]

Rear Commodore Alasdair Noble 0409 490 595 [email protected]

Club Secretary Chris Wren 0448 999 800 [email protected]

Assistant Secretary Barbara Stubbings 0419 760 369 [email protected]

Treasurer Allan Bolt 0438 866921 [email protected]

MC Member Zebb Peters 0413 291 829 [email protected]

MC Member Chris Dewar 07 3821 4315 0411 403 928 [email protected]

MC Member Jim Fern 07 3396 6667 0418 188 768 [email protected]

MC Member Tony Eppell 07 3207 1900 0427 743 111 [email protected]

Trailerables Rep. Peter Hackett 07 3269 5943 0438 695 943 [email protected]

Cruise Captain TBA

Yachting Qld Lyle Stanaway 07 3396 0926 0414 947 867 [email protected] Representatives TBA Brisbane to Gladstone Race Administration

Arbitrary Ratings Mike Hodges 07 3278 5154 0411 888 850 [email protected] Officer Offshore Multihull Rule (OMR)

OMR Manager Zebb Peters 0413 291 829 [email protected]

OMR Measurer Geoff Cruse 07 3396 8420 0409 986 421 [email protected]

OMR Measurer Peter Hackett 07 3269 5943 0438 695 943 [email protected]

OMR Measurer Mike Hodges 07 3278 5154 0411 888 850 [email protected]

OMR Measurer Alasdair Noble 0409 490 595 [email protected]

OMR Measurer Richard Jenkins 07 3822 1731 0498 228 656 [email protected]

Safety Officer TBA Library, Publications, Website, Trophies etc

Social Secretary Lyn Wieland 07 3395 4727 0484 808 895 [email protected] Librarian/Archives

Multinews Editor Chris Dewar 07 3821 4315 0411 403 928 [email protected]

Sponsorship Officer TBA Trophy Officer Lyn Wieland 07 3395 4727 0484 808 895 [email protected]

Website Manager Chris Dewar 07 3821 4315 0411 403 928 [email protected]

Bar Manager Jim Fern 07 3396 6667 0418 188 768 [email protected] Area Representatives

Airlie Beach Shane Bayer 0415 640 146 [email protected]

Bowen Rick Clarke 07 4786 1812

Hervey Bay Darryl Dorsett 07 4125 2399 0408 198 132 [email protected]

Mackay Rod Cunningham 0419 776 090 [email protected]

Sunshine Coast Jim Stubbings 0419 760 369 [email protected]

Townsville Jim McGeachie 0411 037 986

Cairns Rob Sherwood 0417 081 996 [email protected] 5

Ocean Series 2016 Club Calendar Spring Series Club Championship :- Points from the best 5 races in any 3 of the 4 Cruise Event series listed below: Special Event Summer Series 7 races 5 to count (see website for qualifying races) Important Event Winter Series 9 races 5 to count Spring Series 6 races 5 to count Date Day Race # Event Club

October 6th Oct Thurs General Meeting MYCQ 8-9 Oct Sat/Sun Spring 1-2 St. Helena Cup WMYC 15-16 Oct Sat/Sun Spring 3-4 Spring Series Passage Series MYCQ 23rd Oct Sun Spring 5-6 Combined Clubs Races 13 & 14 Triangles WMYC 29-30 Oct Sat/Sun O4 & O5 Mooloolaba Weekend MYCQ 29-30 Oct Sat/Sun Cruise to Mooloolaba MYCQ November 3rd Nov Thurs Annual General Meeting MYCQ 5th Nov Sat Combined Clubs Presentation MBTBC 5-6th Nov Weekend Cruise Saturday & join Nav Nightmare Sunday MYCQ 6th Nov Sun Navigator’s Nightmare with Raft-up @ King Is MYCQ December 3rd Dec Sat Trophy Presentation/Christmas Party MYCQ 27 Dec ~2 weeks Christmas Extended Cruise MYCQ

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Multihull Yacht Club Queensland Inc MYCQ GENERAL MEETING 1 September 2016 Attendees: As per attendance book.  OMR emails re Airlie Beach and Hamilton Island Race week Visitors: Nil  Email Charles Merideth - Commodore 2. Apologies Multihull Yacht Club of Victoria re National Multihull Association Chris Dewar Chris Wren  2 emails from Chris Wren re meeting Alisdair Noble Sue Perry with Charles Merideth at Hamilton Island Peter Sutherland Col Graham and meeting with Glen Stanaway Richard Jenkins Tim Playne  The Commodore updated members on Commodore Bruce welcomed Neil Poyser, a the discussions that have been going on member we have not seen for a while. re forming a National Multihull Bruce also advised that Paul Herzig has Association. Our club needs a voice in rejoined and Paul will be sending in some decisions being made by Australian articles for the newsletter about the history Sailing and the other states are looking of the club. to us for leadership. Multihull sailing needs a unified voice. Member's 3. Minutes: Confirmation of the previous feedback and opinions are needed on meeting held on 4 August 2016. this issue in the near future. The date on the minutes was incorrect in the Motion: That this meeting directs the first version of the newsletter sent out. Management Committee to generate a Barb Stubbings moved that the date be questionnaire to send out to all members amended to 4th August. canvassing opinions regarding the formation of a National Multihull Association. Moved: Barb Stubbings Seconded: Jim Stubbings Moved: Jim Stubbings Motion: Carried Seconded: Ray Perry Motion: Carried Business arising from the minutes: Motion: That the Correspondence be The video of the OMR presentation is now accepted ready. Commodore Bruce has been working on this. The link will be placed on the MYCQ Moved: Barb Stubbings website soon. Seconded: Jim Fern Motion: Carried Motion: That the minutes of the meeting held on the 4th August be accepted 5. Treasurer’s Report Proposed: Barb Stubbings In summary, the balance is $234,419.38 comprising the following: Seconded: Lyn Wieland  MYCQ Business Saver Account: $ Motion: Carried 207,887.16 4. Correspondence and business arising  MYCQ Business Everyday Cheque from the previous meeting Account: $ 3,504.18  Perpetual Wealth Focus Investment Correspondence in: Fund: $ 23,028.04  Bank statements  A new term deposit is being set up for  Invitation to QCYC Celebration - opening $150,000 for 12 months and 2 flexi rates of the season for $30,000 and $10,000 for 6 months.  Flyer on The Pittwater to Southport Race 2-5 Jan 2017. Payments made: The Manly Hotel - $451.93  Invitation from Commodore of Southport  Yacht club for MYCQ members to be  MBTBC - $500 deposit for Christmas involved in Sail Paradise week. Party  Australian Sailing re Race Officer's  Insurance for Volunteers - $301.84 course 17/9  Liability Cover Insurance - $1365.10  Quote for painting the inside of the Payments in: clubhouse  1 new member  1 advertiser from the Multinews. 7

Multihull Yacht Club Queensland Inc

Motion: That the Treasurer’s Report be time. The ladies will try to get together for adopted social outings on a regular basis. Proposed: Allan Bolt The Christmas Party will be at MBTBC 3 Seconded: Wolfgang Veit December 2016 Motion: Carried 8. Sailing Committee Report Commodore Bruce advised that a quote had 8.1 Hamilton Island Race Week been obtained to paint the inside of the clubhouse and a discussion followed about Wofgang gave a report on Hamilton Island making a goodwill gesture to DPSS to have Race Week. It was a great success Richard the inside of the clubhouse painted at our Jenkins and the team on Kestrel did very expense. MYCQ have been paying a sum of well. $700 a year for use of the hall In recent Chris Dewar was there as a journalist and times this payment has lapsed due to lack of had a great time. invoices from DPSS. This issue has been resolved and we are now up to date. Commodore Bruce reported that there was some controversy over OMR at Airlie Beach Motion: That the MYCQ offer to pay $6,000 and Hamilton island. An anomaly occurred to have the inside of the clubhouse painted. between our 3 point cell and the 1 point cell Moved: Lyn Wieland used at Airlie beach. Mad Max refused to be Seconded: Bruce Wieland reweighed and their OMR was withdrawn. Motion: Carried They used their old OMR to compete at Hamilton Island. 6. Sponsorship Mike Hodges is doing research into buying a Jim Stubbings reported about investigating 1 point cell. the possibility of an event called the Summer series - run along the lines of a 8.2 Westerly Trophy semi AMOC. Using the Surf to City, Round There were 2 entrants Tony Eppel on Spook the buoys, Fairways Buoy and the Brisbane and Hadyn Rough on Outer Limit. to Gladstone races. This would be our own Club event. At the moment we are piggy 9. Cruising report backing on events organized by other clubs.  The Karragarra Cruise - Shanda is going Discussion followed  Bribie Cup - Cruising division as well  Dudley and Jenny on Tropical Cat are at St Helena Cup are having a cruising division Pancake Creek this year .  Ray and Sue Perry are setting off soon Commodore Bruce would like to see a  Renaissance is almost back in the water. cruising division in our Bribie Cup. 10.Yachting Queensland It has been a very quiet winter for racing Lyle advised that the Discover Sailing day this year as a lot of boats have headed will be held on 23 October and it would be north or are having modifications done. great to have a couple of our boats at DPSS to take out sailors in the afternoon. Should we run races in Winter? 11. General Business We need to develop and run our own events and not just race in other clubs events. There was a general discussion on OMR. 7. Social Report Commodore Bruce mentioned that approval is being sought to dredge the Broadwater Lyn reported that the Christmas Party had for the AC Trials. been booked at the MBTBC. Lyle showed some photos of Hasta la Vista The color is sparkling white and silver. - modifications Mast Head light. 12. The next General Meeting is at 7.30 pm The musician has been booked. on the 6 October 2016. The ladies had an outing to the Botanical The meeting closed at 9.30 pm Gardens at Mt Cootha and they had a great 8

Social Report by Lyn Wieland—Social Secretary

Time to make note in your diary for the next MYCQ Club night on Thursday 6th October. Remember, the first Thursday of every month. We have invited Craig Margetts as guest speaker to share his off shore stories and as always the chance to catch up with friends over a cuppa or perhaps cleansing ale.

Recent racing for the Bribie cup was combined with a cruising fleet and then overnight at the Scarborough Marina. What great fun we all had, the usual good food and lots of laughs. Thanks to Shanda, Spook, Steppin Along , Purr-fik and Aquillo one. It was a treat to see all of the multihulls moored

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right beside the function centre with pride of This month we welcome home safely the place for the night, lined along the main cruising Tropical Cat, Jenny Marouf and walkway. Dudley Young. Heading north is the newly renovated and very smart looking The next major event is the annual St Helena Renaissance 11 with Mike Hodges and Cup, October 8th and 9th. Libby Fern and I mates, currently off Whitsunday Island. Not are currently gathering sailing supporters on far behind, also looking very smart with new land for a movie afternoon Saturday 8th paint is Purr-fik with Ray and Sue Perry. while the Multi’s and crew are out sailing. They are currently at Burnett Heads for a few The plan is for a movie and then back to days before heading further north. The WMYC for the social evening after racing. following email has just arrived: Everyone is invited, please phone my mobile 0484 808 895 if you would like to join us. After upgrading aspects of "Purr~fik" and down grading our work status we are now able to venture Planning is well under way for the MYCQ further afield and for a little longer. Apart from Christmas Party and Trophy Presentation heading north and returning prior to Xmas we have rd night booked for Saturday 3 December at no fixed destination or time commitment. the Moreton Bay Trailer Boat Club, Manly. Remember “ Mast head light – Favourable winds and high tide allowed us to take the Fisherman's Gutter at the Wide Bay Bar. A SPARKLING White”. Start thinking of couple of days R&R at Pelican Bay; an overnight at some ideas and check your wardrobe for a South White Cliffs in the Sandy Strait and Moon glittering + white outfit. Lots of bling would Point; then headed across Hervey Bay & up the be in order. Booking requirements will be Burnett River to shelter from forecast strong winds published shortly. & storm. We had seen a few whales with calves from Brisbane to Wide Bay but none in Hervey Bay. A high-light....a Big Eye Tuna caught by the least argumentative crew member "Alvey” en route to Burnett Heads. Cheers from The Perry’s.

Congratulation to Alasdair, Vanessa and little Larissa Noble. I believe a new little crew member/deck hand for McMoggy is expected in 2017. Very exciting news for them.

As always, your contributions to the club’s social calendar are valuable, so lets keep the ideas flowing and safe sailing to all in 2016…

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The Multihull Yacht Club Queensland October General Meeting (6th Oct)

The Guest speaker at the October General Meeting is Craig Margetts. Craig is a very experienced bluewater sailor having circumnavigated Australia in his Seawind catamaran. Craig is also a very entertaining speaker. Come along and bring a friend, it will be an entertaining night. Supper is provided and drinks are available.

Movie: The Girl on the Train

Day one of the St Helena Cup for 2016 is Saturday 8th October followed by the evening Social function after racing at the Wynnum Manly Yacht Club.

A group of race supporters are getting together for a movie afternoon before the evening function at WMYC.

The movie session commences around 1.15 p.m. and the theatre will be subject to travel convenience of the majority and could be either:

Portside Dendy Hamilton

Bulimba Cineplex Oxford Street Bulimba

Please email [email protected] or telephone my mobile 0484 808 895 if you would like to join us.

Lyn Wieland – Social Secretary Multihull Yacht Club Queensland

The Story of NGALAWA 7 Written by Paul Herzig for MYCQ

Shawn Arber designs and builds classics – 3. Round table that seats 6. often copied but never surpassed. This is the 4. 20 feet beam (TALEI 18’) for more story and once over lightly of one such multi accommodation space, stability and and the reasons for it’s original and present speed. form. 5. Hull’s wider so two people can pass, less When we needed a cat, Shawn was building draft and better load carrying. TALEI, a flat out racing cat for Don Thompson (R.I.P) and putting new centreboards and 6. Chines, not tortured ply (easier to build). rudders on cat CONDAVISTA II. My first 7. Sitting room in bunks (with hard hats). ocean race was on Conda II, an asymmetric hull design like Rudy Choy’s with all home 8. Port stern: Head, shower, washbasin comforts. TALEI had not enough headroom (with door). and lots of sealed tanks for capsizes and 9. Adjustment of weather helm if accidents. She also had a toilet bowl necessary. amidships in the port hull to put weight in the middle. N7 would have a toilet (head with a 10. Rudders lift at mooring (fewer barnacles) door). and also when aground – which I intended to be frequently (yes, another Don sold me the plans and I wrote a list of gunkholer). N.B This is the condensed impossible requirements for Shawn.: version minus references, citations, 1. Windward performance essential – glossary, attributions, maths, tests, Sailboats spend 30% or 40% more time equations, reports and jokes!!). upwind than free. 11. Flat decks on hull bows and lots of 2. Sitting headroom with hardhat in cabin. buoyancy forward. 12. Stronger build than TALEI which needed beefing up. (Shawn’s idea, better than Don’s plans). If nothing bends, breaks or warps, it is not a racer. Obviously, I did not want a Formula 1 racer. 13. Round under bows at keel to avoid TALEI “slap” on wind. 14. Mast full 43 foot (13 m). Not to ocean race rule (40 foot). 15. No skegs, just centre boards. TALEI had skegs, I wanted less draft for gunkholing. (so reinforce bottom). 16. Oversize shrouds and rigging in large numbers for safety. Sail material and construction very heavy. 17. Helmsman stands – stay awake – hold sheets. 18. Many dedicated winches (12 or 14). 19. Big 35 HP outboards, liftable, steerable long shaft extensions for gales (no cavitation). Paul Herzig 15

20. Stessl dinghy on davits (two poles), spent years making bigger access ports into boom crane and 4 H.P. outboard motor. tanks and seals to close the ports. “Koomooloo” was lost in a Sydney to Hobart 21. All halyards, genoa and main duplicated. race because she sprang a leak somewhere in 22. 8000 lb. weight. an inaccessible place behind lining materials. This thing was nothing like TALEI. All they We always felt the need to touch all the skin shared was 35 foot length. It was a different from inside NGALAWA 7. philosophy altogether. Result was a racing – Shawn had a perfect picture of the whole cruiser- gunkholer – family fun boat. Races integrated vehicle in his mind and he could were with the dinghy on the stern davits with spin it over and round at will. So the 4 H.P. outboard of course. It was more like furniture went in while the hulls were upside the balsa model, which has two experimental down and before the skin went on. Then and different bows and a different stern. came the outside skin and heaps of glue and (model 1 ¼ inch to 1 foot.). fibreglass left over. So, to take advantage of REALITY TURNED OUT TO BE MUCH this happy coincidence, we added inches of BETTER.!!!! Oregon and fibreglass to the rather flat bottom to make it more rounded, especially CONSTRUCTION: at the bows. This avoided the TALEI slap Having purchased the plans of TALEI from when the windward bow, flat underneath, Don. I changed everything and gave the list would rejoice with a mighty wallop at every of ridiculous demands to Shawn with the passing wave. plans. He sorted out the new product, smiled With the shell now right way up, it was time as usual, and said “No worries”. He is used for visits from boat builders and designers to impossible demands. with tape measures and copies in mind. Next came 100 sheets of Queensland maple Photos showed hull outlines and a spirit level marine ply. They were the last ones ever indicated all the furniture tops level. The available and were cut to imperial 8 foot x 4 skin then went on top and much sanding foot. And Shawn agreed to build her in feet followed inside and out. Then lots of paint and inches not metric. Hand picked Oregon followed and of course any bend or warp matched the position of that piece of the structure. Glue (Epoxy) and a huge load of fasteners arrived, all 316 stainless steel, copper and bronze. They laugh about Shawn and the number of fasteners he uses. I do not – each is placed logically to do the job. Every piece of wood was sanded, coated with fungicide and sanded again. We started on the inside of the sealed tanks to see if we could sand adequately and graduated to more obvious places. When completed, the maple grain was so spectacular it was varnished and not painted. It is a great pleasure to sit and admire the pictures in the grain – very reminiscent of the pictures on katana blades where the folded metal look like landscapes in a painting. Shawn said he sealed the 12 waterproof tanks on NGALAWA 7 to prevent people from putting stuff in them. They certainly would keep N7 afloat if a big problem arrived. We Ngalawa 7 16

and good gracious, “the waterline” !! So  Winches: 12 or 14 many multis had been launched with  Halyards: 3 back plus 4 forward submerged waterlines, fore, aft or both, so that I marvelled when Shawn’s NGALAWA 7  Spinnaker poles: 2 was dead square, accurate and waiting for  Jack poles: 2 mast and gear.  Dinghy: 10 foot Stessl (aluminium) on 2 SPECIFICATIONS; aluminium pole Davits. Eventually she turned out to be Slutter Rig  4 H.P. outboard for the dinghy. (Sloop or Cutter) with Jib and Yankee for the latter plus 150% bases for J for Genoas 1 and Ngalawa 7 was always a slutter rig. Cruising 2. cutter sails were smaller for easy handling and reefing by just dowsing one or the other  Length: 35 feet depending on the breeze. Racing jibs were  Beam: 20 feet 150% base J genoas. The taller rig was more efficient just as Shawn promised. Modern  Draft: 25 inches (loaded) reefing was so easy that we mostly sailed  Dagger boards down 60 inches with a reef in the foot of the main and shook it out in light weather to expose the shelf.  O/B motor: 25 H.P. Suzuki (very long shaft). Two jibs took care of most racing. The light one pulled well up to 10 knots of breeze and  O/B Motor: 35 H.P. (spare with very long the heavy one took care of the rest. We shaft) didn’t do much heavy weather work. Any  Bunks: 7 foot by 4.5 foot doubles ( 2 of racing was much less for the trophy and separated by sail and anchor lockers). much more for the experiment of turning out  7 foot by 35-inch single bunk (slight in all weathers. taper). There was a peculiarity in light weather to  Navigator sleeps in saloon (head near windward. The roach height in the main kept radio). the slot open between the genoa and the main exactly when necessary. Sail trimmers  Extra visitors sleep on saloon seats and it adjusted the genoa sheets to give an easy is possible to lower the table for another track for the helmsman to follow genoa tell- double bunk. tales. Wind instruments were always less  Sails: 750 (square feet) to windward accurate than the tell-tales but valuable as guides. The 1000 sq ft spinnaker would pull  Spinnaker: 1000 square or 500 square well at 40 degrees up wind in light weather (spinnaker or screecher). as promised by Les Allwood and his equally  Yankee, Jib, Main (7 battens) Genoa (No talented son Clive. Barry Russell (R.I.P.), 1) Genoa (light) Storm Main, Storm Jib, when doing Tasker Sails, was always a mine of information and Christine Bethwaite kept  Low Reacher, Light 20 square Spinnaker. the banner of her distinguished family flying  Weight: 8000 pounds exactly in race high. mode. N7 Rig (1):  Forestays: (3 of 316 Stainless Steel I ran the rig past Shawn in the concept  Shrouds: (4 stainless steel lots plus cross- stages and he approved. Following my trees plus 7 degree Jib track request, he had strengthened the cabin at it’s aft bulkhead to take ten or eleven winches  Backstays: (2 stainless steel for single and short handed sailing. Each  Main reef: 2 ropes winch was an easy reach of the helmsman. This was essential because in heavy weather  Sealed tanks: 12 total or other appropriate circumstances, the

relevant tail from the winch is always hand- was divided into four sections with shrouds at held. We don’t trust a cam cleat, well, that is each of the four. Main shrouds were from the an N7 cat. rule anyway, with no exceptions. masthead to deck. Intermediates were at the There have been too many cam cleat ¾ mark and hit the deck further back to capsizes. allow the genoa to pass the mast. The cross tree took care of the next stays down. This Shawn has put the mast step in the most was necessary because the inner genoa track logical, the only place possible, on the was way towards the centre line at about 7 forward cabin bulkhead, but how did he know degrees. With 7 battens, we found that the CF, CG, CE, CLR and CR would all arrive sailing with one reef did not much affect in precisely the right positions? I never saw speed in normal weather. In light weather, him do the mathematics and all the maths, we shook out the reef and used the shelf at drawings and modelling I did stayed in my the foot of the main to enormous advantage. “design” drawer, not in his!! I just thanked So easy was the main to reef, we considered him and his eidetic head full of past designs putting small winches on the boom to speed for an integrated vehicle. up the process, never needed to! Our top Closest I ever came to asking about sails was batten and roach gave more sail area high to ask if a genoa with a fool of 150% base J up. When everything was set up, the genoa would be as efficient on the wind as one of quite noticeably tried to blow the main inside 180%. Shawn said a tall skinny rig was more out – more air at higher pressure for more efficient and so it proved to be. Previously effort and speed. Battens kept the main the N trimaran had 180% genoa and went curved. upwind well. It also boasted a 36 foot Halyards must have been made of superior aluminium light pole for a mast because that materials. They coped with heavy sail hoists was what was available those early days. It and bosun’s chair weights as well as with weighed 5 pounds per foot and was about 8 topping lift and dinghy crane duties. No inches by 6 inches with our sail track up the breakages and they were triple strand pre- back. stretched Dacron which was easy to splice. N7 Rig (2): All blocks and pulleys were made for them. All Ngalawa 7 sails were made in a heavier At the foot of the mast, they all went through appropriate weight of sail cloth and stitching a right angle turn to get back to the winches. necessary. This meant the performance in 20 The main halyards of course had 180 degrees to 30 knots true wind over the deck saw best angle to negotiate, 90 degrees and 90 performance. Eventually a light genoa was degrees. The genoas and spinnakers added to the armamentarium with the halyards did about 90 degrees plus 45 caution from the expert sail maker (R.I.P) it degrees. was never to be used in breezes over 10 The setup seemed to be more reliable than knots. It was truly a race winner in light wire and fitted the resilient, elasticity and like weather. effects of the whole vehicle very well. With Tell tales flew on all the sails for the masts and sails on a multihull, a gust causes helmsman’s contemplation and the sail less heeling than on a mono and gives more trimmers guidance. Shawn’s advice is very force straight ahead, so the rigging must be apposite “ Change only one thing at a time”. calculated differently from a mono rigging, So we did that and studied speed, drift and stronger. None of the sails tore on N7 and tacking angles between changes (no G.P.S. gear-busting weather just caused N7 to slide then). away faster, no gear broke. MAST BEND: Another version of the slide happened at north of Moreton Island. Returning in an Graeme was our mast man. After some ocean race, the course right into the rising tuition he could report unwelcome bends and sun. Our Navigator, Hughie (R.I.P) was correct them. Basically, the 43 foot mast having difficulty spotting marks, we all were,

and N7 strayed too close to the Venus Banks. why handicaps were invented. She usually A large wave caught N7 beam on and added raced at about 0,84 and collected a bag of to the force of wind and heel. This was a trophies, some so massive, they were surprise but all that happened was that N7 obviously designed to slow her down!!. slid side ways down the wave and turned into There was one tide and time chronometer the next one. that weighed more than 1.5 kilos. This gives segue into centreboards. In some Results are chiselled in stone in the archives multi’s a big rock hit on a centreboard will if anyone is interested, we were not. After cause at least a leak of some larger damage each race there was a long list of things to do to the boat. Shawn’s western red cedar plus and indeed, over the many seasons N7 was fibreglass boards break long before the boat faster. Notable was an Ian Farrier Cup in does. Safety first, we are carrying the most which N7 took a trophy as the most improved precious load in the world. yacht of the two races. This happened because the semicircular track behind the CENTREBOARDS AND RUDDERS: cockpit had a row of tempting holes. The Every sailing yacht progresses sideways logic was that moving the boom a little to through the water to windward. The trick is windward would reshape the jib-main slot to to convert as much total on board energy as force more and faster air through. N7 possible to forward motion and as little as reacted well to small logical changes. possible to sideways motion. So the keen No one ever found out what happened in skippers are blessed with a plethora of strong winds. This as due to a chicken graphs and progressions lighting up the skipper who would never bust gear and who neurons in what we jokingly call brains in studied weather, barometer and media back these worried folk. then which told precisely wind strength and Watch skaters and skateboarders – they too changes. Instruments were wind velocity and convert more energy into forward motion and direction, depth sounder, compass and less into the side motion they use to start off radios. We worked out VMG as mental and keep going. The mini people with pink arithmetic and considered new fangled GPS sandshoes and wheels under them start their as sissie. There was one other secret gadget careers pushing off forwards with the rubber – a line over the stern with a lure and a bit and graduate to a very efficient skaters protractor. This was to confirm drift; the waltz. protractor (when the system settled down) Shawn Arber’s magic dagger boards do an gave a very rough indication of how much N7 excellent job. He even gave N7 shaped “crabbed” through the water to windward. All board slits. This prevented experiments with other points of sail were very predictable. board shapes, but why experiment with These days there is in every serious sailor’s perfection? pocket, a GPS which yields an animated cartoon of how much drift occurs every Same with Ngalawa 7 rudders, some recoil second. This value can be incorporated into and shout “Erk!, Erk!, those rudders are too the big one – VMG – velocity towards the shallow to control N7”. Many years of racing, next target, but where is the fun and mental some in close quarters (start line and turning arithmetic in that? marks) show perfect control in scary situations combine with exactly the minimum With new and better instruments, infernal amount of wetted surface to slow N7 down. twists of the mind can be propagated by The kicker is, that when surfing to Gladstone having two or more computers aboard, and in open ocean, we can lower rudder blades comparing results. Back in pre historic times, another foot or so, wind surfers unite!!. when Denis Connor raced to win the Americas Cup in West Oz, we groaned as he RACING 1: watched the New Zealand boat cause him joy Obviously Alawa 7 was never going to be the as it overtook a mark. Denis had a computer boat to beat long skinny trimarans. This is and the Kiwis didn’t. He was also able to

time the “Fremantle Doctor” in it’s very with a typical green colour in the southwest. regular changes of direction and velocity. This is why N7 has 2 anchor lockers, both These days, when America’s Cup cats (and Denizens go out and there is always and soon tri’s) dance at the warp speeds on foils, island or Oz itself, southwest and soft sand or they are still worrying more about keeping an mud to the northeast behind us. N7 is hail aerodynamic structure from falling apart and proof of course and with hatches secured, burying it’s pointy bows into the briny. stream lined, waterproof and windproof thanks to Shawn who refuses to build CRUISING 1. “wedding cakes”. We have friends who built Ngalawa 7 was designed for single and short cats similar to Talei and found sudden handed sailing. The dozen winches are inspirations to erect sheds on top. Pure racing dedicated, each winch does the job it was speed requirements were antithetic to designed to do with plenty of margin. Shawn cruising and houseboats were the order of made the cabin roof adequately strong which the day. was quite different from Hedley Nicol’s design Moral is – be very certain of your needs and of the 32 foot Islander Tri. musts – know thyself. We needed a fast With two aboard N7, it was easy to fly a strong bulletproof ocean traveller that could spinnaker and importantly, to dowse it. entertain 8 sitting in comfort in the saloon in Possibly, the most danger N7 ever wet weather. experienced was from lightning on Fraser Most all sailboats spend 40% more time Island. Thunderstorms received the extreme going to windward. Tacking is fun and gives respect they deserved, we hung lightening thought to improvement, but between any conductor rods into the water from the 6 two marks, your yacht is moving on the shrouds and from the seagull striker. So diagonal of the square in your mind not along skipper and helm were on deck with togs and one side. This is 40% more time expended. soap waiting for a freshwater shower. A bolt Good fun to outpace and out sail 90% of the of lightning headed out of the cloud dead yachts in the Saint Helena/Ian Farrier but can straight for Skip’s astonished eyes. The lose good tide for the next Harbour up the middle was blue-white boiling plasma coast, or a masterly calculation in the surrounded by plain white spark shading navigator’s race. Tacking can be a drag in through rainbow colours and stopped dead as shallow water to beat the tide and is it reached Professor Darveniza’s literal “cone guaranteed to cause Navigator and of protection”. Another branch of the bolt hit Helmsman to time every tack. N7 tacks so a mangrove on the island and set fire to it. I well with Shawn’s magic boards, that it saves did ring the good Professor later to get his time and amazes guest helmsmen. We opinion of the metal brush-head like things welcomed opportunities to research tacking in you can put on your masthead and he said races. Skegs on other yachts did not seem to they were useless. The Helmsman beat the do so well and even big boards designed to Skipper into the cabin by a short head, but be used one at a time were not as good. the cabin dwellers said they could not Beating a storm to a safe anchorage on a comprehend how two large people could both Saturday afternoon is a good reason to claw fit in one hatch simultaneously. to windward well. Professor Darveniza’s best trick is to erect Even while cruising, we are educating many three 18-foot aluminium tubes in a pyramid multis not to anchor between N7 and the and throw a lightning bolt at them while he shore, too shallow!! We make a point of sits underneath (we carry a three anchor having only a few inches under the keel at design on N7). Sudden storms can aflict the low tide. Our depth sounder, though Moreton Bay. When the bureau say there is primitive, was accurate to inches. an inversion layer of cold air over a hot day where you are, watch for thunderheads – big N7……? Motors: anvils of cloud at anything up to 50,000 feet. A diesel driven swing leg like a Robbie leg is a In the bay they usually announce themselves

good choice for a 35 foot (10.7 m) Cat but is opposite Urangan. The following morning, the very heavy and smelly and would sit under net yields half a bucket of bait so it is off in my saloon table in the add-on trough Shawn the dingy from the davits up the creek for a constructed specially for this option. Next day of fishing for Bass, Jack, Salmon, choice of a motor, which could be tilted so Flathead, Bream and always a surprise of the prop cleared the water, was an outboard. two. Back on the tide and a BBQ on the beach. All this with a minimum crew and On TALEI, Don lifted a light outboard watch keeping. N7 is forgiving and easy to completely out of the water on tracks with a handle. Further up the creek is a freshwater block and tackle, even though he had the add spring in the middle of the creek in about five on trough/boat shape under the bridge deck. feet of water. One of the surprises was a On TALEI, one sat on the saloon floor to eat Black Duck-Mallard Hybrid. Another was a with ones feet in the trough. He did not have pool at low tide with all the above species of confidence that the head of the outboard fish swimming happily in the red setting would stay clear of the water. On Ngalawa 7, sunshine, putting on an incredible colour the hulls and bridge deck gave more show. How fantastic!! clearance and the outboard head behind an orthodox boat shape and on a normal height WHY the NGALAWA 7 Name and Studies: transom, gives good reliability and 1. Years of reading books for basics and performance. It could also steer and be magazines for recent developments. This connected to the rudders. leads to a head full of decisions. With 80 litres of fuel in the locker box beside 2. Closer studies of rigs in case one might the motor compartment and battery for be easier for a basically lazy fellow. starting in the locker on the other side of the motor, there was excellent separation of fuel a. SAILBOARDS – can now cut main sails and battery and all conveniently in a row in so that when wind increases, sail gets the cockpit. Always, one motor was on board flatter. and working and one was being maintained. b. Tiny Cat- why does it self correct in Electric starts of course. Both outboard gusty winds (length 1 foot). motors are equally powerful and can dawdle at 6 knots all day. Props for both are easily c. Two carbon masts, 2 main sails, no changed from the dingy. One is measured shrouds. differently from the other because one is a d. Cat rig – one main. Suzuki and one a Johnson. Top speeds exceed 8 knots. Each has a selection of props e. Ketch rig – Conda Vista II for different purposes. Both drives upwind f. Lateen rigs – Felucca, Xebec, Dhow. well in 60-knot gales. It is a one-man job to g. PROA - one sail, swaps leech. lift each motor out of its compartment and place in dinghy or on hard and they give less h. Big Jib - small main (Shogun) (Shotover trouble than a diesel. anti capsize) (Lochie) OCEAN CRUISING AND FISHING: i. Wing Mast – unwieldy in a gale and at anchor. A good place to talk of ocean racing and cruising – faster. One big advantage of j. Rotating Mast – advantage? Ngalawa 7 over NgTRI is one starts at Manly k. Gaff rig – or small Gaff with Lateen. 9a.m. with a southeaster predicted and arrives at In-Skip Point 8 p.m. same day in l. Junk rig shelter waiting for morning light to navigate m. Square –Duyfken the marks on the Wide Bay Bar. Next day, on the incoming tide of course, the entrance to All had advantages and disadvantages. Not Sandy Straits is easy – the marks stand out many went to windward better than the well and by afternoon, N7 is at two anchors orthodox rig. This also won on safety aspects in “The Creek” on the western side of Fraser, and ability to double and treble reef for gales.

In 1919 Manfred Currey started exploring fishing the load of fish can fill a canoe. various rigs, wind flows with a fishing rod, Tilapia used to abound – not an eating fish string and a ball of fluff. He also used smoky here. So how to stabilise a round bottom fires, he then wrote “The Book”. Fifty years dugout full of fish and a navigator full of later we were still trying to convince yachties possible….?. Strapping 2 saplings across with they could squeeze more and faster air a float or two solved the problem. The between a jib and a full battened main fishermen relied on an onshore breeze every without blowing the main inside out. afternoon, a kind of Lace Victoria Doctor and did not hesitate to strip off their outer OPTIONS AND EXPERIMENTS: garments – a large sheet like red thing and Ngalawa 7 opens many options that we never hold the lower two corners down under two used. For serious racing, we could do without big toes. The top corners fitted out stretched heavy water tanks (80 litres to port and 70 arms and off home they sailed singing litres to starboard). We had plenty of room antique Tanganyika shanties. Tourist for plastic water bottles, just enough for the treasured the photos and I enjoyed the race. Even lighter option would be to leave generic name of NGALAWA. Don’t ask what the beautiful saloon tab le behind and carry happens aboard N7 when the wind drops on a less gear and spares. spinnaker run to the finishing line!!!!! That table gives another option for cruising. SUMMARY: Making an extra double bunk is quite So there she sits, impatiently awaiting that possible, but how many families do you want eager curtsey to the first of the big ocean aboard and can you find a good chief to cater waves outside, or the first night near the for them? The N7 is so flexible for crew mangroves in the Blue Hole on Moreton. numbers. It is easily sailed single-handed or is comfortable for a week with six on board. She is what we call a real multihull. Strong Most of her life was spent being handled by enough to go round the world ocean racing, one man and a little old lady. On a boat light enough to win for a skipper who does which is entirely predictable, with no vices, not make too many errors. She is forgiving one in continually reminded that life surely for learners and has been the first school for can’t be as lazy as this. Look astern – several skippers who left to build their own modern container ships are quiet. Watch all multis. around and be rewarded. There are dolphins She has no vices and no weak spots. There and whales under you and screaming hordes were twenty differences between Ng7 and a of birds above. There are flying fish and an flat out formula one racing cat, which needed Albatross with a wingspan of an A380 plane. beefing up where the structure was weak. If When Ngalawa 7 gets going over 10 knots, nothing bends, breaks you have built a there is a little fountain at the corner where cruiser. Nothing bent or broke or warped but the bridge deck meets the hull. No one on we had the advantage of a similar ancestor board ever needed alcohol or cigarettes. and Shawn Arber’s expertise. Drifting through a resting herd of 100 She is not a wedding cake, which goes up Dugong with Mothers and babies swimming and up and up to the shed on top. She is not under the boat is a marvellous sight. The big a houseboat with accommodation for more old black bulls patrol the edge of the herd. people than the chef wants t to cook for. Depth was 2 or 3 fathoms of crystal clear Enough deck space for the bikini girls to loaf water. on, enough response to sail trim to keep NGALAWA name: skippers happy. A fun boat, what more could you ask. We noticed lots of boat builders and In Africa, the big rupture, which will designers with tape measures during and eventually tear off the east coast, has caused after construction. Shawn had given them 20 some large lakes. This means fish and of new boats. course fishermen. Available fishing boats used to be dugout canoes. After a days

Multis invited to a summer sailing bonanza … Club Marine Pittwater to Southport Race + Bartercard Sail Paradise Series

Australia’s east coast offshore sailing scene finish of the Club Marine Pittwater to will take on an exciting new dimension in Southport Race, and Bartercard Sail Paradise early January with the staging of the memorable events for all concerned. inaugural Club Marine Pittwater to Southport “It’s an honour for our club to be hosting the ocean race, followed by a new-look Bartercard finish of this great race from Pittwater,” Sail Paradise series out of Southport Yacht Commodore Noyes said. “Accordingly, we are Club – and multihulls are invited to be part of working hard to ensure that all competitors, both events. along with their family and friends who travel The race to Southport, which will start on to the Gold Coast for the finish, have the best January 2, is the rescheduled 2017 Pittwater possible time in Australia’s premier holiday to Coffs Race. This change was made after destination. race organisers at Sydney’s Royal Prince “By having Bartercard Sail Paradise staged off Alfred Yacht Club realised that Coffs Harbour the back of the Pittwater to Southport race would probably not be able to accommodate our club – recognised as the friendliest yacht the finish of the annual event due to storm club on the east coast – will be able to further damage the port suffered earlier this year. extend our legendary hospitality to everyone.” With the coastal passage then extended to Details for the Club Marine Pittwater to 370 nautical miles, to a finish line set off Southport Race can be found at http:// Southport Surf Club, the organisers of Sail pittwatertosouthport.com.au/ Paradise seized on the opportunity to have that event become an added incentive for Details for Bartercard Sail Paradise 2017 can sailors to race north from Pittwater. be found on the club’s website: www.southportyachtclub.com.au Consequently, Bartercard Sail Paradise is now scheduled from 8 to 12 January, with January For further information contact Bronwen 10 being a lay-day. Hemmings at Southport Yacht Club on (07) 5591 3500 or via Southport Yacht Club’s newly elected [email protected]. Commodore, Kerry Noyes – the club’s first au female commodore in its 70-year history – said everything was being done to make the www.facebook.com.au/sailparadise

Race Weeks in review By Charmaine Webb

For The Boat Works Extreme 40, the exhilaration and fast paced sailing”, Queensland Season of Sail was a ripe with according to Julian. hot competition, repeated line honours and “Racing, you’re on the edge the whole new recruits to multihull racing. time. Things happen so quickly, you rely on Against stiff competition from Frank the team working together. It takes time to Racing, Mad Max and Morticia, The Boat find your rhythm and once you do, and Works with its striking orange and silver you’re up on one hull, there’s nothing like hulls managed to pull off line honours in it.” every race at Airlie Beach Race Week, with At Airlie Beach, The Boat Works managed a mixed bag of trials and triumphs at Audi line honours in every race except one, Hamilton Island Race Week. pipped by main rival, Frank Racing, by just Skipper Julian Griffiths attributes their 15 seconds. “Our ratings were quite high at success to “synergy between the crew and Airlie, so we were surprised with third a bloody good boat”, while the hiccups at overall,” reports Julian. Hamo “were all part of learning about the Hamo was a different and disappointing new boat, which we’ve only had for six story. “We had a gear failure in one race, months”. then missed a change of course. Lesson Owned by Tony Longhurst, The Boat Works learnt from that experience. We took out Extreme 40 is the rebadged and modified line honours against Frank Racing, then SAP boat from the Extreme Sailing Series – came second in the other races. In all, it which took out overall second in 2015. was a great learning curve. We hadn’t sailed the boat over 18 knots and we got Its characteristics include “thrilling speed,

up to 24.5 knots at top speed. It was quite Julian and the guys did a fantastic job all bumpy too, which is not ideal conditions for regatta. the boat.” “As a major sponsor of Audi Hamilton During Airlie Beach and Hamilton Island Island Race Week for the past 11 years, Race Weeks, guests, sponsors and some Club Marine is fortunate to have seen the celebrities were given the chance to run event evolve into what is unquestionably a “hot laps” on the Extreme 40. world class regatta that is simply unrivalled in Australia. Outside of the obvious “It was the opportunity to show people how branding benefits, the event provides us much fun sailing on the Extreme 40 can be with a great opportunity to get out on the – it’s a blast! They see that it’s all about water with our members and our business wind and strategy – they’re the tools you’re partners.” competing with.” Tony Longhurst who co-helmed The Boat Guests included Ocean Magazine, Club Works over the events was effusive in his Marine top dealers and CEO, Simon praise for the crew and for the organisers McLean, as well as legendary former of Airlie Beach and Hamilton Island Race Wallaby’s player, George Gregan, in a Weeks. promotional team-up with Landrover Sports at Airlie, while at Hamilton Island, VIP crew “They are great events, with so many included 7-time World Champion surfer, different categories and boats, all with a Layne Beachley and Kirk Pengilly of INXS chance of winning on handicap. For us with fame. the Extreme 40, it was the first time we had raced in solid winds and we were Layne was characteristically confident on amazed how fast and responsive the boat the water, and in the fading breeze, was. It was brilliant to be able to share a regretted that the Extreme 40 didn’t live up little bit of that that with our partners and to its name on this occasion. “Considering guests. it is called an Extreme 40, I was expecting it to be a lot more extreme. It was loads of “For me personally, it was a real eye fun and certainly not as scary as the opener to see how hard the team had to Sydney to Hobart. Kirk and I absolutely work to keep it at max speed all the time. loved the experience and look forward to We will definitely be back in 2017!” spending a day on the boat racing with They are already looking ahead to several them next year.” upcoming corporate sail days, followed by Layne was graphic in her recounting of her the 2016 St Helena’s Cup Race in early 2015 Sydney-Hobart experience aboard October, which involves around 100 Perpetual Loyal, when it came second to multihulls, including the old Boat Works Wild Oats XI. boat. “I was sick the whole way. After the Hobart “We will be campaigning both, so it will be experience, I realised that I am much interesting to see how it goes on handicap, better IN the water than ON the water!" especially against other boats such as Frequent Flyer.” Simon McLean, Club Marine CEO raced with the team during the Hamilton Island Then there’s a surprise promotional regatta and enjoyed the Extreme 40 in full appearance at the GC600 Super Cars in flight, an experience he relished. October, and dependant on the weather an opportunity in January for the Surf to City “What an experience! Whilst my job was (Gold Coast to Brisbane) Race. predominantly to hang on and stay out of the way, I had an absolute ball and Tony,

Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week A unique week of fun comes to a close By Di Pearson

Unique is the only way to describe Sealink night with a big fire on the beach. The seafood was Magnetic Island Race Week which wrapped up fresh and it was really beautiful gesture enjoyed by today after the record 71 entries concluded their all,” said Fair Winds owner, Mark Chew. courses - some halfway around Magnetic Island to The location and setting is unique too. Conducted pretty Horseshoe Bay return, the rest on a shorter from Peppers Resort where the majority stay, a one course to White Rock return. minute walk from the Nelly Bay Ferry, Peppers has Magnetic Island Race Week is the last of the it all. Everything is within a one minute walk – the northern regattas, which traditionally starts with the marina, restaurant, rooms, pools, a local IGA store Land Rover Sydney - Gold Coast Yacht Race, then and cafes. There is no need to wander far – only on moves to the Brisbane - Great Keppel Race, Airlie lay day to experience the rest of the compact Beach Race Week and Audi Hamilton Island Race picturesque island. Week. Mike Steel, owner of the yacht Boadicca, along with Townsville Yacht Club has come up with the right Rear-Commodore, Tony Muller (owner of Brava), recipe for those who make it this far north and are also support the event by racing at it, as they did tired out from serious grand prix racing. It should be again in 2016. TYC board members and general proud of the event which celebrated its 10th year in members are behind the event 100 percent, 2016. supported this year by entries from other parts of Queensland and as far flung as Victoria, NSW, Event Chairman and Club Director Mike Steel and South Australia and Tasmania. his co-organisers have done a wonderful job from the ground up, this year taking over running the “I am very happy with how it’s gone. It’s rewarding event from sponsor, Sealink. when skippers come up to you and shake your hand and thank us for what the Club has put The Club invited competitors heading here from together. Hamilton Island to a barbecue on the beach at Cape Upstart. Inaccessible by land, and totally “When you walk around, everyone has a smile and unique to this event, around 100 people attended is having fun. The whole mood we have tried to put and dined on seafood donated by the Club. into place – it’s a party, it’s fun – has caught on. I thank the 20 people on our team who help put “Competitors supplied the drinks. It was a wonderful Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week together and

Mistress in Flight Photo Andrea Francolini

26 to our many volunteers who have worked so hard Supremes. Librian has attended every Sealink this week. We’re all looking forward to doing it Magnetic Island Race Week since its inception and again next year.” will be here again next year. Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week started with 21 Because it is such a unique event, the prize giving entries 10 years ago; that’s equates to a 30 percent is a buffet dinner in Peppers Restaurant for all increase over a short period of time. competitors. Remember when we used to do that at regattas years ago? And the conditions and courses could not be complained about. It’s warm and mainly breezy. For the first time there is a Perpetual Trophy – the The opening day eased competitors in with 6 to 13 winner of each division will have their yacht’s name knots of breeze, enough to keep everyone engraved on this inaugural trophy. In another first, interested and active. Day 2 was very light, but each crew of a division winner will receive a gold sunny and warm, and the final two days, after a lay medallion. day delivered the quality in easterly winds of up to In racing, Mal Richardson’s Nacra 36c, Malice was 20 knots. the boat to beat. Richardson, who has his nine “Denis and his team did their usual great job – we year-old son Giles and 12 year-old daughter had great racing and great conditions.” Grace sailing with him explained: “Apparent wind Denis Thompson and his race management team took us away from the mark – it’s not always set daily courses to suit the conditions, allowing directional sailing on multihulls. We enjoyed the yachts to return to the dock in time for the afternoon day. Beautiful conditions and Malice lights up fast festivities, where it became one big party. On the in any increase of pressure. penultimate evening, guests were ferried to TYC for “It’s a family affair this week with my son and a cocktail party. daughter and we’re all having a great time,” After a day on the water, it’s back to Peppers for ended Richardson who last raced here around the daily prize giving over drinks and barbecue five years ago when his carbon Nacra 36c was food, or dinner at the restaurant, right in front of the new. action, where you can view the daily racing and On the final day Malice did not have it all her own dockside antics on the big screen. way. Graeme Etherton’s Crowther Windspeed 32, It’s a fun regatta, and a few crews dressed up each The Boat (from Townsville) won the multihull day. Stanley Barnes’ Librian crew kept us guessing division overall from Ian Johnson’s Lightwave with different dress. Goddesses one day, Disney designed Salacia. Dennis Coleman’s Corsair Sprint characters the next and on the final day it was the MK1, Mistress, was third.

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Vodafone Frank Racing sets new Groupama New Caledonia Race Record The New Zealand ORMA60 trimaran Vodafone The race started on Sunday 25th September Frank Racing (formally TeamVodafoneSailing) at 10.00am with a fleet of 19 yachts starting has taken line honours in the 650nm in the Baie des Citrons, Noumea. Groupama New Caledonia Race and set a new As Frank Racing finished the majority of the race record. fleet were still on the west coast, racing Vodafone Frank Racing crossed the line at upwind. Leading the pack, is the trimaran 10:33:12 in a time of 2 days 33 minutes and Jessica Rabbit and the Elliott 50 Ran Tan. 12 seconds to sail around the biggest lagoon Frank Racing (Simon Hull) stretched her legs in the world! to hit 29 knots peak in the Canal Woodin on It has beaten the previous record of 3 days the first night, running up more than 16 sail 18 hours 54 minutes 6 seconds set by a changes. monohull called Crusader in 2014.

Norauto foils to victory at the GC32 La Reserva de Sotogrande Cup Norauto dominated the final day of “We had 15 to 25 knots on the first day and competition in Spain to win the GC32 La our practice in the boat really paid off,” said Reserva de Sotogrande Cup. Racing in a Minoprio. “We could sail the boat flatter, light westerly Levante wind, Adam more stable with less touchdowns, which all Minoprio’s desire to win the leeward adds up to more speed. But the other position on the start line put Norauto in teams are getting faster with every event, front in all three races, and he went on to every race in fact, and the owner-drivers win two of them. are improving quickly too. The level has really gone up since the start of the Minoprio was pleased to have pushed the season.” starts hard and made it work: Team Tilt took a while to come good in this “If you win the starts you put yourself in a regatta, but it was his 21st birthday good place to win the race. Today we yesterday that seemed to push Sébastien wanted the pin end of the line which is Schneiter up a gear, as he won two races pretty high risk. It either works if you get it on Saturday and won another today, right or it can go badly wrong if you’re late steering the Swiss boat comfortably to because the other boats will roll you. But second overall. Team Tilt had their we defended that position pretty hard, moments in the stronger breeze at the especially in the last race against Armin beginning of the regatta but looked very Storm.” good in the lighter winds of the last two Where Norauto really dominated was in the days. strong breeze at the start of the regatta, Schneiter said: taking the first seven races and going on to score a total of ten bullets from 15 races. “I’m happy with how we are doing

Norauto on the charge in Sotogrande

manoeuvres, the speed is improving, but “The results demonstrate that our strategy starting is my weak point at the moment.” up until now has been good – we started the season with very experienced sailors “It was very different for me on the helm, such as Glenn Ashby and Arnaud there was a lot of adrenalin at the start of Psarofaghis on board, before integrating the week with perfect foiling conditions. By the youth sailors. We still have some work the end of the first day we could see that to do, but the transition is going well – we we were in the hunt and aimed for are heading in the right direction!” achieving a second place. We progressed throughout the event, eating away at Only recently returned from the Olympics Norauto’s lead and putting more points where he represented Switzerland in the between us and third place. The final three 49er with team mate Lucien Cujean, the 21 days of the event were less windy and the -year-old is bound to get better quickly. game was more open – it was very “I only had two days on the helm before interesting for us; a very rewarding and this event, and the same for Lucien on the positive week for the team!” mainsheet, so we were not feeling as sharp Bryan Mettraux from Team Tilt: as we could be. But we’re happy with this result.” “We are happy with this result. The communication and boat handling on board Flavio Marazzi, skipper of Armin Storm was different with the new crew, but that Team said: settled down during the week. The “It was disappointing to not complete those conditions were perfect during the opening races, especially given the exceptional days of the regatta with 15-20 knots – sailing conditions on day one. There was perfect foiling weather, but lighter some incredible racing with 15-20 knots of conditions during the rest of the event wind combined with flat water, making for complicated things a bit more for us.” exciting racing with top speeds of 35 Tanguy Cariou from Team Tilt: knots,”

Team Tilt

Armin Strom’s second day score of 3,3,4,3 starts. I come from the offshore scene was only beaten by runaway event winners where you race for many days, so it doesn’t Norauto, and put the team back in really matter if you start 20 minutes late. contention for a podium finish. A Here you can’t afford to be a second late, challenging third day in marginal foiling and we were better at our time and conditions saw a mixed bag of results for distance in Sotogrande.” the team who knew they had to give it Pierre Casiraghi was disappointed to have everything on the final day. finished sixth in Sotogrande after being “All the teams were pushing hard, which within striking distance of the podium this also made our comeback harder. But our morning, but he leads overall in the Owner/ team never gave up, despite the hurdles Driver standings. His victory in Race 9 throughout the event. We were able to shows that Casiraghi can mix it with the fight back to fourth place which retains our best when he can get his timing accurate overall position,” Marazzi added with some on the all-important start. But he was pride. tougher on himself, kicking himself for some avoidable mistakes. The battle for third was wide open going into the final day’s racing, and any of four boats “If we sail like we did today, we don’t were well within range of the podium. In the deserve much success,” said Casiraghi. “I first race, Team Engie put down a strong need to improve my starting, and cut out claim, finishing second behind Norauto but the silly errors like the black flag with Realteam just behind in third. In the disqualification. It will be a battle to get next race Norauto took an early lead but was fourth overall in the season but that’s what overtaken on the first downwind by Team we’re aiming for. I need to listen to Seb Col Tilt, and then Armin Storm moved past and the guys more, focus more, and maybe Minoprio too, Flavio Marazzi claiming a useful it’s possible.” second place in his bid for the podium. Interest continues to grow in the GC32 In the final race, with Norauto and Team Racing Tour, and Iker Martinez was in Tilt fast off the line and into their Sotogrande earlier this week, checking out customary positions at the front of the the scene. fleet, it was Realteam’s turn to shine, taking third place ahead of the Japanese “The GC32 is a great boat and I have good team Mamma Aiuto!. Engie could only hopes of being on the Tour next year,” said manage sixth place in this heat, but as it the Olympic gold medallist and Volvo Ocean turned out it was still sufficient to claim Race skipper. third overall. It’s just a few weeks to go before the Engie skipper Sébastien Rogues said: climax of the 2016 season, when nine GC32s will be competing at Marseille One “It’s great to get on the podium for the first Design from 13 to 16 October. There are time. Bertrand Dumortier has been many battles yet to be decided, with Argo coaching us here and helping us in a returning to the competition to fight with number of areas, including working on our Malizia for the owner-driver trophy. Meteorological Information http://www.marine.csiro.au for Sea Surface temperatures, eddies and ocean surface winds http://www.bom.gov.au for Warnings, Weather observations & Forecasts

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Multihull Solutions Whitsunday Rendezvous an overwhelming success The 2016 Multihull Solutions Whitsunday entries. Witches, Wiggles, warriors, wizards, Rendezvous has wrapped up with Whoopi Goldberg, whoopie cushions and participants giving the event a five-star even Wonder Woman were wined, dined and rating for fun. awarded some amazing prizes including Cape Gloucester accommodation and a The social regatta was held in September Musto jacket for the best-dressed efforts. with a fleet of sail and power catamarans enjoying a week of spectacular cruising Light drizzle prevented the beach games through the Whitsunday islands and a jam- from being staged at next port of call, the packed itinerary filled with entertainment, beautiful Woodwark Bay, but everyone dining, games and prizes. embraced the chance to indulge in pre- dinner drinks and the day’s presentations on The Rendezvous launched with an the Multihull Solutions mothership then exhilarating sail from Airlie Beach to Cape recharge their batteries with a quiet Gloucester where the contingent assembled evening. on the beach for idyllic sunset drinks and nibbles followed by a delicious dinner and A glorious rainbow woke the fleet the next entertainment that lasted well into the night. morning and the fleet enjoyed a beam reach to the next day’s anchorage of Nara Inlet. Cape Gloucester Beach Resort played host After meeting on the beach, the group to the group on the second day of the climbed to Ngaro Cultural Site to marvel at regatta, with the ‘W-themed’ costume the cave paintings made by the local competition producing some outstanding

The success of the 2016 Multihull Solutions Whitsunday Rendezvous confirms its status as Australia’s most popular social sailing regatta.

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Alinghi pull off incredible comeback to take Act 6 of the Extreme Sailing Series in Madeira Swiss team Alinghi came back from a completing the podium. dismasting to win Act 6 of the Extreme The result sees Alinghi narrow the gap in the Sailing Series™ in extraordinary overall rankings to Oman Air to just three circumstances on the waters of Portugal’s points with just two more Acts left of the Madeira Islands. 2016 season – Lisbon in less than two weeks A high-speed collision with Red Bull Sailing and Sydney in December. Team yesterday resulted in the 16.5-metre Alinghi helmsman Arnaud Psarofaghis mast of Alinghi’s GC32 catamaran falling dedicated the victory, the crew’s second in down. The damage, in the third race of the succession after triumph in Act 5 in St day, forced the veteran crew to retire from Petersburg, to their shore team who worked the remaining four races and threatened to tirelessly through the night to repair their keep them off the water for the final day of stricken boat and keep them in contention. Act 6. “We’re really happy to win here in Madeira,” But thanks to the heroics of their shore team Psarofaghis said. “After the breakdown Alinghi were back in action when racing yesterday the shore crew did a fantastic job resumed today. The sailors then repaid their putting the boat back together and getting us land-based teammates by sealing the Act 6 back on the water. This win is for them. victory with wins in both races, which were Overall we’re not far behind Oman Air now so held in light winds. it will be a fight right until the end.” Red Bull Sailing Team claimed the runners up Red Bull Sailing Team faced their own race spot for the third time in six Acts as Madeira against time overnight to repair damage to made its debut in the Extreme Sailing Series, the hulls of their GC32, but they too were with overall Series leaders Oman Air able to resume racing and rounded off the

Alinghi wins Act 6 of the Extreme Sailing Series in Madeira

Act in style with two podium finishes – looking forward to the next event in Lisbon.” including second in the final double points- Despite Oman Air’s grip on the overall lead scoring race. Roman Hagara’s Austrian- loosening, skipper Morgan Larson said the flagged team will go into the penultimate Act team would regroup for Lisbon and come just two points behind Alinghi overall, and back stronger. “The team sailed really well well within shot of their first ever Series win. but our results didn’t show it,” he said. “I “The goal has been to beat Oman Air for a gave up quite a few points in the starts and long time now and we have managed to do that’s something I need to tighten up. Going that here,” Hagara said. “This second is great forward we’re going to have some more light for the team and a great effort from everyone air and we need to take the lessons that we after yesterday’s crash with Alinghi. To get have learned here and apply them.” the boat on the water and then fight back to Thousands of people, both locals and tourists, beat Oman Air is brilliant. We know now we turned out to watch the four days of action can beat Alinghi and Oman Air so we’re really which took place just metres from the shore

Swiss Alinghi team lost their mast in the third race of the second last day in Madeira, Portugal

There is little time to rest as the Extreme Sailing Series heads to Portugal’s capital city Lisbon for the first time in its 10-year history for the penultimate Act of the year from October 6 to 9.

Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 6, Madeira Islands standings after Day 4, 14 races (25.09.16) Position / Team / Points 1st Alinghi (SUI) 166 points. 2nd Red Bull Sailing Team (AUT) 153 points. 3rd Oman Air (OMA) 150 points. on Funchal’s turquoise waters with the city’s 4th SAP Extreme Sailing (DEN) 141 points. mountainous landscape providing a stunning 5th Sail Portugal (POR) 127 points. backdrop. It was the first time that Madeira, 6th Land Rover BAR (GBR) 122 points. which lies around 250 miles to the north of 7th Vega Racing (USA) 111 points. the Canary Islands in the north Atlantic, has ever hosted the Extreme Sailing Series. Extreme Sailing Series™ 2016 overall standings After 14 races Danish Team SAP Extreme Position / Team / Points Sailing Team just missed out on a podium 1st Oman Air (OMA) 68 points. finish despite four race wins, one second and 2nd Alinghi (SUI) 65 points. three thirds, ending in fourth ahead of home 3rd Red Bull Sailing Team (AUT) 63 points. team Sail Portugal – Visit Madeira in fifth and 4th SAP Extreme Sailing (DEN) 52 points. Land Rover BAR Academy in sixth. Wildcard 5th Land Rover BAR (GBR) 46 points. team Vega Racing from the USA finished in 6th Sail Portugal (POR) 42 points. seventh but a second-place result in race 13 7th CHINA One (CHN) 29 points. was enough to prove what skipper Brad Funk 8th Team Turx (TUR) 11 points. and his rookie crew are capable of.

Morgan Larson and his crew onboard Oman Air had to settle for third position on the Act leaderboard in Madeira.

Australian Gilmour Keeps Cool Head to Win the World Match Racing Tour - Cape Crow Cup With a strong breeze of 15-20 knots pushing The Semi Finals saw some fantastic matches from the south and a strong current in the but carrying their great form from the south east of the island of Öckerö the scene morning were Gilmour and Dackhammar, was set for the final day of the Cape Crow winning their respective matches with 2-0 Cup. and ensuring their invitations to the second World Championship stage of the WMRT Nicklas Dackhammar (SWE) and his Essiq 2016/2017 season. Racing Team came out strong right from the start and continued their momentum to the The first match in the Final was won by end of the round robin. Dackhammar fell Essiq Racing, with Dackhammar sailing a short of enough points to topple David flawless match, helped by some boat Gilmour (AUS) but the two of them handling errors by David Gilmour. Team appeared in a league of their own. Gilmour managed to pull themselves together nailing the following two starts and Torvar Mirsky (AUS) who all but secured his managing to stay away from the hunting semifinal spot yesterday sealed his place in Dackhammar to take victory with a 2-1 the deciding matches with four wins in the score line. second round robin. Hans Wallén (SWE) was pushed hard in round robin two and was In the petit final Mirsky won in two swift beaten by Joachim Aschenbrenner (DEN), races against Wallén securing the last Måns Holmberg (SWE) and Philip Bendon podium place. (IRL) but thanks to Wallén Racings strong Commenting on his win Gilmour said, “We’re performance in the first round, the fierce obviously very happy with the win. I think Swede managed to claw his way in to the these intense events are the absolute best Semi’s. way to get the necessary experience to

Essiq Racing Team

challenge at the bigger events. Our aim is to happy with the result. The conditions were qualify for the WMRT Finals and it’s a great absolutely perfect today and our teamwork start that we managed to win here and is starting to come together. Its been a long secure a spot at the WC event.” day with many matches. We haven’t match raced much lately and half of the team is The race committee managed to pull off 68 more or less new to it. We set a goal to matches over the three day event under qualify, which we did and now we have PRO Robert Ohlsson’s watchful eye. With the secured entry to the first two WC events of strong breeze all the teams were tired after the season. With that in mind we are very the efforts of today. happy.” Nicklas Dackhammar said, “We’re really

Mirsky Racing Team

America's Cup - Emirates Team NZ gaining speed on the water There has been one predominant focus at speeds and capabilities of the new breed of Emirates Team New Zealand this past couple foiling America’s Cup boats. of months - gaining speed on the water. “Boat speed wise, the AC50’s will be faster The team has been lying low, quietly chipping than what we were sailing in San Francisco away and making gains on the water on their on the AC72’s.” first in house designed and built AC45 test Much has been made of how the boats will boat. eventually get around the race course and Skipper Glenn Ashby has been relishing the Ashby agrees with a lot of the talk and what opportunity to be out sailing despite the wet, we will be seeing in Bermuda next year, “the cold and windy winter conditions. ultimate goal is to keep the hull dry around the track, so the testing phase we are in the “It has been so nice to be out on the water moment is trying to come up with systems and yachting on the Hauraki Gulf, it has been and techniques of how we actually get the cold and windy a lot of the time, and we have boats around the track.” had our fair share of ups and downs over the last few weeks, but we are making some “The training here is relentless, but the quest fantastic gains.” to win the America’s Cup is what it is all about and for us it’s about developing a fast One of the biggest challenges facing the boat and the next few months is absolutely testing program has been the weather, which key to the program.” in winter time in Auckland can throw the full spectrum of conditions at you, so the team As always with America’s Cup boats, the has been maximising all available time on the lessons and developments learnt on the water. water account for so many incremental gains in boat speed, which ultimately will go into “For us as a team, the on water program has the final design of the America’s Cup Class been about flexibility and being prepared to boat to be raced in Bermuda in 2017 sail on any day of the week, or in fact even any window of hours to get the conditions we Ashby concludes, “I think we are going OK.” need to effectively test in.” Watch the video at youtu.be/XjJ6ZfdwkoU One thing that is quickly obvious, is the

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The World Sailing Show — August 2016 https://youtu.be/nCF-3aKo8CI Extreme Sailing Series The World Sailing Show — September 2016 Videos https://youtu.be/wMo4ICEZJgQ Day 3: https://youtu.be/Rll1JM8j7t4 World on Water — 1th September Day 4: https://youtu.be/8ISpVoA6Zs0 https://youtu.be/1cuwYL20MT0 Highlights: https://youtu.be/jtxFhoPv5mM World on Water — 9th September https://youtu.be/6PFNNDgGkLU More HIRW Videos World on Water — 16th September https://youtu.be/j-zeEwj9VNo Day 1: https://youtu.be/3M-kFxpjGjI World on Water — 23th September Day 2: https://youtu.be/LxFgCgW6qHc https://youtu.be/0O_3-HBv2Lg Day 3: https://youtu.be/LxFgCgW6qHc

World on Water — 30th September Day 4: https://youtu.be/KTzai-IysAY https://youtu.be/nJCOuovPHgM Day 5: https://youtu.be/jn35FF7LVCU

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Mike Annear is doing a drive/sail around the top and is currently at Darwin where pic 1 is of his F9 trimaran, pic 2 is a comparison of hull types that even stupid people should understand. Mike is also a 3D modeller /3D Scanner technician who developed a 3d scan of his boat for fun! Great tool to twist around and zoom in space. http://www.mikeannear.com/3D_html/ F_9AX_3D/F_9AX.html

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