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Sailing News January /March 2007 Canberra Yacht Club Sailing News January /March 2007 NSW & ACT Laser State Championships The State Championships were recently hosted by the Canberra Yacht Club on Lake Burley Griffin. All categories of Laser sailing (Standard, Radial & 4.7) were hotly contested by the 101 boat fleet, ACT Sailing Inc including entries from interstate (Vic & Qld) and overseas (Singapore, Sweden, Finland). The tight LBG trapezoid track and gusty 15-20 kts Mariner Place Yarralumla ACT 2600 conditions kept the high quality fleet close together for exciting racing. PO Box 7169 Yarralumla ACT 2600 Brett Beyer, the multiple (and current) Standard rig Apprentice world champion and strong supporter of Laser sailing in Australia and Office Manager overseas, gave his trademark display of consistent sailing to win the Carolin Dasey Standard rig. Jye Murray, Australian rep at last years youth worlds in P 02 6273 7177 the UK, was second and Maximillian Soh from Singapore took third. [email protected]. au caberrayachtclub.com.au Contents NSW & ACT Laser State Championships 1 Commodore’s Column 2 Marlay Point Overnight Race 4 45th Australian Flying 15 Championships 5 Spiral NSW States, Youth Race Squad, ACT Youth Championships 6 Sydney Hobart 1956:2006 7 Sail Away Sail Away Sail Away 8 The Canberra Yacht Club acknowledges the generous International Flying Fifteens at Two-fold Bay 10 assistance of the International Flying Fifteen - 2007 Victoria State Championships 11 Canberra Southern Cross Club From the Manager 11 2 CYC Sailing News CYC Sailing News 3 Jan/Mar 2007 Jan/Mar 2007 Commodore’s Column At the end of the summer season it now seems a very and we now propose to do this, also in short time since it got under way last September, but time for next season. the period certainly has not been short on activity or success in any regard. By almost every measure I The Southern Cross Club is continuing the think we have had a very successful season. development of options for redevelopment of the site, and has kept us informed of progress. As these Sailing participation has been the highest for years, are finalised we will be working with the Southern in both weekend and Wednesday twilight events, Cross Club to incorporate enhanced facilities for and there have been very few dramas with the the CYC. conduct of these series. At the management level our committees have The Sailing School has had an excellent year, with worked well, and the Club, Sailing School and bumper courses and growing success in migrating Office management have been exceptional. students into the Club’s fleets. I am particularly pleased with the success of the re- The Youth Sailing Academy and Youth Racing introduced Sailing Committee, and the additional Squads have each continued to perform strongly, level of communication with, input from and with the growth in dinghy classes benefiting from participation by the fleets in the management of these as in the past. Very pleasingly some of our sailing that this has allowed. young sailors have had excellent success at the national level. This is a great advertisement for The Member Services Group is somewhat invisible the growing enthusiasm and quality in these fleets. to members except when we have major Club functions, but as well as organising these at Four very successful state championship level the high standard we have come to expect, regattas have been conducted, with local sailors it has provided excellent support to normal Club and visitors enthusiastic about their experience in activities week in, week out over the year, and these, which augers well for these types of events in provided our major sailing events with food, the future, and has brought much credit to the Club. drink, and social functions. I am sure we can look forward to another outstanding Presentation Night While all of this has contributed to make up a great on 26 May. season, the Club has continued to trade well while providing great value for money for members and Although we have several channels of visitors. This success has allowed the committee communication with our members, including the to make decisions on investment in several Member Services Group, Sailing Committee, and improvements to facilities related to sailing, what I see as the very effective weekly e-mails which should benefit every member of the Club. from our Office Manager, we would like to get more feedback from members. To assist in this we Before you read this, construction of the enlarged are preparing a survey which will give members Western boat park should be completed by the an opportunity to comment on all aspects of Southern Cross Club, and we then propose to the Club’s operations. This will allow members provide improved security by the addition of a to tell us what we are doing well, and what we fence with lockable gates. should improve on. We will conduct the survey in the coming months, with a view to the input The long awaited hardstand and crane for providing timely guidance for the year ahead. I launching boats at a finger wharf to be built by encourage all members to complete the survey the National Capital Authority adjacent to the when it is available, and to provide constructive existing powerboat wharf will be completed to input to assist the Club to improve on its already a higher standard than was perhaps thought to encouraging performance. be affordable previously. The timing of this is still subject to approvals, but we hope that it can be Hoping to see you all at Presentation Night. completed in time for next season. Graham Giles For some time we have planned the construction Commodore of an additional concrete dinghy launching ramp, 2 CYC Sailing News CYC Sailing News 3 Jan/Mar 2007 Jan/Mar 2007 In the Radial fleet Zac Skulander from Manly 4.7’s (12th). Brett Morris, a recent and welcome 16ft Skiff Club won from Lyndall Patterson of arrival in Canberra from Georges River Sailing Club, Queensland with Gabrielle King third. Lyndall is came 13th in the Standard rig fleet. Full results and a past women’s world Masters champion and photos are at : www.laser.asn.au/nsw.htm Gabrielle was an Australian rep at the youth worlds. This fleet included 14 women and 15 youth sailors, The Laser is the world’s most prolific sailing dinghy (including ‘youth’ women). and is sailed on 6 continents in 122 countries and is the biggest adult and youth racing class in the world. The 4.7 rig, so-called because of its sail area, has That diversity was reflected in the State Titles with the smallest rig of the Laser family and is ideal ages of competitors ranging from 12 to 70 years and for lighter sailors making the step up from smaller by the number of women sailing competitively. dinghies and training boats. The youngest sailor in the fleet was aged 12. This 4.7 fleet was the This regatta will give Laser sailing in the ACT a largest at a district regatta for a couple of years boost but its significant presence on LBG can only The racing was won by Phillip Kurts from Vaucluse be positive for sailing as a whole in Canberra. The 12ft Skiff Club, Thomas Dillon from Belmont 16ft Skiff Canberra Yacht Club is proud to be associated Club was second, and Josie Roper from Woollarah with the Laser class and to have been selected by Sailing Club took third. the NSW & ACT Laser Association to provide race management services and other facilities for the 16 local Laser sailors, including 7 juniors, competed. 2007 State Titles. This adds to the growing list of Best performances by Canberra sailors were significant regattas managed by the club which by John Tracey (former Flying Fifteen national is only made possible by the commitment and champion) in the Standard rig (19th), Martin Brady energy of CYC members who volunteer their time in the Radials (20th), and Hugh Gallagher in the and expertise to support their chosen sport. 4 CYC Sailing News CYC Sailing News 5 Jan/Mar 2007 Jan/Mar 2007 Marlay Point Overnight Race Photo courtesy of Tim & Judy Jensen The 2007 Marlay Point Overnight the night. No wind Wednesday race was going to be Redback’s morning meant a brief motor second but first as a Canberra back to Paynesville to replenish based yacht. In preparation the stocks and finalise a couple of skipper needed a couple of extra small jobs on the boat before days R+R cruising before Steve, the race. Arrived at Paynesville Tanya and Julian. to see Pathfinder in the water in preparation to motoring to The Gippsland Lakes system is Metung for the night. made up of three lakes, covering a distance of 60km. Starting with Thursday arrived with a bang Lake Wellington at the western mid-morning as a 15–20 kt south end connecting via McLennans westerly kept most boats off the The morning saw Redback Strait to Lake Victoria, onto Lake lakes. Thursday afternoon was converging on Paynesville with King and finally, through a man spent catching up with other 6 other boats – 3 of which were made entrance at the popular Canberra visitors to the lakes and Castles. The race through the tourist resort of Lakes Entrance, reviewing the weather for the strait passed Paynesville became to join the Southern sea waters race. Friday provided a light a separate race as boats of Bass Strait. The race is from northerly and then a south easterly swapped positions in the very Lake Wellington Yacht Club at for a cruise down Lake Victoria, light northerly.
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