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Tales 2nd February
2008
Saturday saw the end of the calm that has wallowed
around the Sailing Club on Saturday’s all season.
Whilst it was not a howler it was sunny steady and
blissful. Ten boats presented at the started line.
The fleet’s brilliant enthusiasm was rewarded
by duty officers Burnang and Peter Geekie who set
a clean course, with help from Stu Matthews, in the
relative steady conditions.
With just one race there was plenty of time after
the briefing to sure up the course so that good reaches
were possible on each lap. Being the first boat out
Lids and Leo from the The Bay Leaf were well on the
way to winning the joy divison prize of having the
most fun sailing. They were reaching about under spinnaker
bashing through waves checking the course. Race duty
officer Burang was holding himself well in the co
pilot seat as the rescue boat followed The Bay Leaf
around the course but all this was set to change.
The punters were quite keen on the 2pm race which
was started on time and without incident excepting
Lids and Leo casually crossing the line 10 seconds
early. They were recalled and the rest of the fleet
had a clean start.
Given the stable conditions the race ran as a clock;
smooth and predictable. The small boats went quick
and the big boats went slow. Burnang (the 12 week
old puppy and Rescue Duty co pilot) was sick with
excitement, or was it motion? In any case he checked
out for the rest of the race for a post sickness sleep.
The kind of sleep you can only get once you’ve
given everything you’re got!
Shayne and John Lindsey on Town Bike gave it all
they had to sail a smokin’ race. The Bay Leaf
boat, Windswept, looked the fastest with its hiked
out and cuddled up crew. Tumbleweed sailed a long
race. Their yardstick is a ‘wishful visionless
estimate’ based on social good will rather than
true sailing performance. Cole Coleman and Doug Williams
on Miss Molly are achieving a much better measure
of their boat finishing much closer toward the front
than the back.
There are over 100 photos (and some video) of the
race to view on line at: http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/geeksnieks/ApolloBaySailingClubRacing2ndFeb2008
Have a look at the trim of each boat (sails, hull
and crew position) and see if it explains the following
results:
Results: 2nd of Feb. 5th Heat Post-Xmas Series
Boat H/cap pt. diff. Y/stk pt. diff.
Tumbleweed* 1 -. 3 5.20
Zappa 2 2.53 8 11.50
Miss Molly 3 3.45 4 3.45
Windswept** 4 3.55 2 4.34
Townbike 5 5.63 1 -
More Hyp. 6 6.09 6 8.17
Interlude 7 6.30 7 8.56
Sweptshop 8 7.75 5 6.66
Yngling II 9 11.27 9 19.08
Sister Mermaid 10 15.34 10 45.82
The Winners: Sista Mermaid - The Jolliest Sailors.
Tool of the Week: Garry “hopeless” Millar
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Thanks to Russell Smith for delivery and maintenance
of the Rescue Boat.
Thanks to Bob Hansen for cleaning the club house each
week.
Thanks to Jeffery Richardson for the web space that
gives us a place in the world wide web www.greatoceanroad.com.au/sailing
Note:
The dinghies used in the learn to sail program a couple
of years ago were sold to families in the community.
If you have one, why not bring it down to have fun
with your kids on Saturday mornings. The weather has
been perfect for learning to sail.
Life is good. Come Sailing! ?
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