August 2020 MULTIHULL YACHT CLUB QUEENSLAND: PO BOX 178, WYNNUM. Q. 4178 ORMA 60, Winner of the at Airlie Beach Race Week. Photo from ABRW Facebook Page Meetings Cancelled until Further Notice 2 Monthly Events (Sept) 6 Sept Westerly Trophy 19th-20th Sept Bribie Cup & Coolaroo Trophy 19th-20th Sept Cruise to the Brisbane River 27th Sept SAGS Commodore’s Comment By Bruce Wieland Dear multihull sailors, I do hope that you have remained healthy during the lockdown no matter where in the world you are. I empathize with anyone who has caught the Covid-19 virus and wish you a full recovery. It has been a difficult time for many, both socially and financially. Lyn and I have been fortunate to make it through the lockdown (so far) without any adverse effects despite closing our business for two months. As for MYCQ, it was a difficult decision at the time to cancel the 2020 Brisbane to Gladstone Race, but in hindsight we would never have been allowed to run the race. One positive is that there are several new big multihulls on the scene in Australia, so the 2021 B2G may just be spectacular! Other than the B2G, the lockdown has had little effect on our program as we deliberately kept our calendar sparce during the winter. RQYS cancelled the Brisbane to Hamilton Island Race, but the Brisbane to Keppel Race did happen, although there were no multihulls entered. While Airlie Beach Race week has been run and won, Hammo and Magnetic Island Race weeks were also cancelled. Congratulations to Dale Mitchell and crew who won on OMR with the ORMA 60 (great to see it going well!), and Elizabeth Williams who won the Passage Series on Tyee 111. Our "Official" Moreton Bay race program resumes with the Westerly Trophy Race on the 6th September. PLEASE CHECK THE CALENDAR! FLEET NUMBERS FYI, several Moreton Bay Based Clubs have been in discussion with a view to increasing fleet numbers for existing events, and perhaps even designing new events. I attended a meeting at AS (Qld) Headquarters on the 6th July at which 8 Moreton Bay based clubs were present. The discussion included establishing a formal structure similar to "Manly Combined Clubs" to promote greater participation from both mono and multi yachts. Lengthy discussion was held on reducing the "bureaucracy" for skippers when entering races. Further meetings are planned. BRIBIE CUP Further to the above, Chris Wren and I attended a joint meeting between QCYC, MYCQ, and MBBC on the 3rd August at the QCYC Clubhouse to explore the creation of an event based on the Bribie Cup. This meeting arose from my earlier discussions with Jeff Croucher from Moreton Bay Boat Club Scarborough (Jeff owns the trimaran Prophecy) regarding the MYCQ Bribie Cup and Coolaroo Trophy Races scheduled for the 19/20th September. This has been a longstanding event for MYCQ and has proven very popular in the past. The proposal is to build an event similar to the St Helena Cup, based on the QCYC Bribie Cup, AND, the MYCQ Coolaroo Trophy. The goal is to involve ALL Moreton Bay Yacht Clubs. More on this soon! SPRING IS ALMOST HERE, SEE YOU ON THE WATER! 3 From the Editor By Chris Dewar Welcome to another edition of the Multinews. As you might have noticed the July edition was cancelled due to a lack of local news and events. We will make up an extra addition either over the Christmas period or for the Brisbane to Gladstone Race. This month the big news is the Airlie Beach Race Week. With both Hamilton Island Race Week and Magnetic Island Race Week being cancelled this is the only Winter event to be held in 2020. Read about it in this edition. There is also a bit of News coming from overseas with restrictions being lifted. Note that we also have a new sponsor, North Sails that have an advert in this edition and on our website. Jump on and have a look. Stay well and hope you Enjoy this edition! Inside this issue: Airlie Beach Race Week ··································································· 8 High Performance Trimaran sailing in St.Maarten ···························· 15 Powerplay triumph in PRPC Race the Wight····································· 16 Drheam Cup ···················································································· 17 Fountaine Parjot Announces new 40ft Sailing Catamaran ················ 20 QLD Couple missing off East coast of Africa ····································· 21 Videos ···························································································· 23 The New Look XL2 ··········································································· 24 Website: www.mycq.org.au Would you like to receive a regular copy of the Multinews? 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Peter Hackett 0438 695 943 [email protected] Cruise Captain Ray Perry 0427 576 781 [email protected] Yachting Queensland Bruce Wieland 07 3395 4727 0438 176 704 [email protected] Representatives Sailing and Safety Committee Chair Vacant Measurement Co-ord/OMR Geoff Cruise 07 3396 8420 0409 986 421 [email protected] Schedule Co-ordinator Vacant Ratings Officer Vacant OMR Committee Chair Alasdair Noble 0409 490 595 [email protected] Handicap/Results/ Mike Hodges 07 3269 5943 0411 888 850 [email protected] Entrants Officer Christopher Wren 0448 999 800 [email protected] Australian Sailing National Geoff Berg 0419 672 565 [email protected] Equipment Auditors Bruce Wieland 07 3395 4727 0438 176 704 [email protected] Jim Fern 07 3396 6667 0418 188 768 [email protected] 55th Brisbane to Gladstone Committee Chair Bruce Wieland 07 3395 4727 0438 176 704 [email protected] Christopher Wren 0448 999 800 [email protected] Mike Hodges [email protected] B2G Committee [email protected] Sonya Dewar 0432 949 094 [email protected] Lyn Wieland 07 3395 4727 0484 808 895 [email protected] Library, Publications, Website, Trophies etc Social Secretary Vacant Librarian/Archives Lyn Wieland 07 3395 4727 0484 808 895 [email protected] Multinews Editor Chris Dewar 0411 403 928 [email protected] Sponsorship/Publicity Vacant Trophy Officer Vacant Website Manager Chris Dewar 0411 403 928 [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] Townsville Jim McGeachie 0411 037 986 Cairns Rob Sherwood 0417 081 996 [email protected] 5 Ocean Series Non-Scoring Event Bay Series 2020 Club Calendar Cruise Event SAGS General Meeting Special Event Date Day Race # Event Club September 3 Sep Thu General Meeting (TBC) MYCQ 6 Sep Sun Bay 9 Westerly Trophy MYCQ 19 Sep Sat Bay 10 Bribie Cup MYCQ 20 Sep Sun Bay 11 Short Race with MBBC MYCQ/MBBC 20 Sep Sun Bay 12 Coolaroo Trophy MYCQ 19-20 Sep Sat/Sun Cruise 9 Cruise to the Brisbane River MYCQ 27 Sep Sun SAGS 9 SAGS WMYC/MYCQ October 1 Oct Thu General Meeting MYCQ 3-4 Oct Sat/Sun SAGS 10 St Helena Cup (Cruise Division) WMYC/MYCQ 3-4 Oct Sat/Sun Bay 13 & 14 St Helena Cup (Race Division) WMYC/MYCQ 25 Oct Sun SAGS 11 SAGS WMYC/MYCQ November 5 Nov Thu General Meeting MYCQ 7-8 Nov Sat/Sun Ocean 5 and 6 Mooloolaba Race Weekend MYCQ/MYC 7-8 Nov Sat/Sun Cruise 10 Mooloolaba Cruise MYCQ/MYC 21 Nov Sat Bay 15 Great Bay Race (2x points) MYCQ 22 Nov Sun SAGS 12 SAGS WMYC/MYCQ 29 Nov Sun No Points Navigator's Nightmare followed by Raft-up @ King Is. MYCQ December NO GENERAL MEETING 5th Dec Sat Christmas Party and Presentation Night MYCQ 27 Dec Points for 2021 Christmas Cruise MYCQ 6 7 Airlie Beach Race Week By Di Pearson & Chris Dewar Sixty four boats (including 12 Multihulls) In Race 4, the first race of the day, Back in took part in the 2020 Airlie Beach Race Week Black, scored a win over the Whitsunday’s Festival of Sailing, hosted by omnipresent G’Nome (Terry Archer) by little Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC). WSC had a more than two minutes, with George Owen difficult job on their hands between the light doing the ‘Charleston’ with his F28 to finish and fluky conditions and imposing third. restrictions caused by the Coronavirus, but In Race 5, Van Der Zwaard again made the the club handled it with aplomb. top of the heap, this time by three minutes Looking light on for breeze again today, Race to Charleston, with ORMA 60 third. Director, Ross Chisholm posted an AP ashore Overall, Back in Black toped the scoreboard waiting for breeze to appear: “I’d like to get by four points to ORMA 60 in this sea-sawing the race in, but I won’t compromise the series. The much smaller G’Nome is defiantly quality of racing to do so,” he said. The AP holding on to her podium third place, a was lowered at 11.15am and all divisions further three points behind. raced on windward/leeward courses. “Due to the light air again today, we had to send the fleet on shortened courses on the Bay again,” Chisholm explained.