It's going to be an awesome weekend with over 70 boats competing!
Click here to head over to Regatta HQ to read and download the SIs.
The Sailing Instructions for the 2024 Schnapper Point Regatta & ILCA U21 Championships have now been released. It's going to be an awesome weekend with over 70 boats competing! Click here to head over to Regatta HQ to read and download the SIs. The Special Sailing Instructions for the Navigators' Trophy Race have now been released. You can find the SSIs on our website under the menu 'Sailing>>Club Racing>>Club Racing Season HQ' or you can click here to download. As you would realise, the team in the tower carefully records the starting and finishing times of each boat in the twilight pursuit races. These are fed into Sailsys to give individual race and series results.
You would also realise that, at times, the starting and finishing lines can get pretty crowded. This can make it hard for us to read sail numbers particularly when you are returning from A buoy to the finish. Reading the numbers will become more difficult as sunset is getting earlier each week. To help us identify every boat in the race could you please:
Richard, Krystine and Steve MYC has had a terrific bunch of 4 young sailors travel to South Australia for the Optimist Nationals at Brighton Seacliff Yacht Club. It was a tricky week of both on and offshore tidal racing with varying conditions providing many opportunities. Thank you to Cathy Harvie for this terrific summary and Jemma Donnellan ! A highlight, Leigh was in the winning team in teams racing on the first day. The last day in particular was super light and shifty and the sailors really struggled. Overall the regatta had mostly shifty, light winds with only one day with some moderate winds (up and down and still shifty). Brighton and Seacliff Yacht Club were wonderful hosts and put on an amazing regatta at a great venue. VIODA organised coaches Jack Lewis, Peter McCann and MYC’s Will McKenzie to support all Victorian sailors on the water. Well done team MYC sailors in Open fleet Leigh Harvie 36th in Gold and Louis Coates 17th in Silver As well as terrific efforts in intermediate fleet by Josephine Lott 17th and Lila Donnellan 32nd !
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Have you entered yet?? For all boats planning to head to Geelong for the FOS 2024, the Passage Race from MYC will get your Crew and Boat to Geelong whilst having a bit of fun! The Passage Race is part of the Festival of Sails Entry - To enter CLICK Here> and select the ‘Mornington Peninsula Series’ For those of you who missed the Christmas Twilight night on the 21st of December, we were very proud to award Greg Martin a Life Membership of the club.
Greg (who joined 30 years ago) is very well-deserving of this recognition. He was Club Captain 2006-2008, Committee Member 2008-2010, Vice Commodore 2010-2012, Commodore 2012-2014 (he then took a little break and remained just a club member!) Rear Commodore 2017-2019, Commodore 2019-2021, and Committee member 2021 to present! Wow! We are truly grateful to him for his passion and commitment to the club. Thank you Greg The 2024 Schnapper Point Regatta (incorporating the ILCA U21 Championship) Notice of Race has been released and Regatta Entry is now open! Head on over to the Regatta HQ page here for the NoR and Online Entry System - or navigate to it from our Sailing Menu on the MYC website. Fantastic effort from our Team MYC ILCA sailors who finished nationals yesterday.
We couldn’t be prouder of what they’ve accomplished in challenging conditions. Lachie Weber had a stand-out achievement in sensational circumstances winning not only one or two days before the end of the regatta but 3 days before the event's conclusion. Lachie had a phenomenal qualifying series against a top-notch fleet seeing him enter Gold Fleet as the only Australian U21 male, his efforts handing him the ILCA U21 National Championship! The MYC team rallied around each other and did us all proud - Go Team MYC! ILCA 4 (Laser 4.7) Jack V - 10th Heath - 43rd Abbey from BYS and training partner of the MYC group 44th Maddy - 47th ILCA 6 (Laser Radial) Digby - 60th ILCA 7 (Laser Standard) Lachie - 51st, 1st AUS Under 21, 1st Victorian Jack E - 72nd Tom - 76th We also congratulate a friend of MYC Pat Cummins on his fantastic 3rd place in the ILCA 6 fleet. The ILCA 7 boys Jack, Tom and Lachie drive home today for a week of rest and off-water training, and then drive back on the 20th to prepare for their World Championships which start on the 26th! Well done to our competitors in the @ronstansailing Cock of the Bay Race, run by @orcv_racing and finished off our own wonderful shores providing a fabulous spectacle. We had some terrific overall corrected time ams results. Shinning Sea Andrew Weber and Chris Jackson 5th with an all MYC crew. Javelin Mark Nicholson 7th an all MYC crew. 9th Fargo Ari Abrahams with 3 MYC youth members onboard. 12th Gold Finger Simon Brown making a stellar return. 14th Ginan Nigel Jones Cam McKenzie. 41st Remedy. 51st Joker x2. Over the line 35th Obsession. Well done all that competed in the 93 boat fleet.
Very proud to have had Patriot, a MYC team competing in the @officialrolexsydneyhobart finish provisional 1st in IRC Division 3 and 9th in overall IRC.
They not only have championed a fantastic race, but also a great cause resharing their post below “As the crew start to thaw out, swap stories, good and bad, and debrief we would like to acknowledge our partnership with Speak & Share. Pease consider donating to this worthy cause, your generosity is greatly appreciated. Speak & Share Is a local Not For Profit Mental Health Organisation who encourages the tough conversations and challenges the stigma associated with mental health. They take a prevent, proactive approach with schools, corporate, sporting clubs and local communities to raise awareness and are having a positive impact on raising awareness to positively impact about mental health awareness To donate follow this link: https://www.gofundme.com/.../patriot-sydney-to-hobart-x...” Patriot J133 Sailing A summary and pics from the Melbourne to Hobart and the team on board Ginan. “We had a good race 2nd overall AMS, but got the win under ORC. Upwind from heads to down Tas coast then progressively freeing up [allowing them for a period of time to get to quicker speeds as wind moved further to the side or behind the boat enabling bigger sails, ideal for the J111]. We unfortunately broke off our bow sprit down the bottom of west coast carrying A5 in a wipe out in 35 kts wind speed, so couldnt carry chute or zero from there on . Seas across the bottom were large 6 to 8m and we were regularly hitting 20kts boat speed and topped out at a boat speed record of 23.1 kts in 25 to 50 kts of wind, some great surfing conditions. A pretty difficult race but fun.”
Thanks Cam for a great summary. Well done team Ginan, MYC’s tremendously proud! Have a safe sail home we look forward to having you back on the race course at MYC soon ! In the December rush of last year we had 6 of our Olympic class sailors head to NSW for Sail Sydney.
For many classes this event was the @paris2024 Olympic National quota spot qualifier for Oceania countries. Whilst our sailors weren’t aiming for these spots this quad we still had some fabulous results. Lily Richardson in the 49er fx finished 3rd with crew India. The team have been training hard with Lily moving states to sail with India weekly out of the National training centre in Middle Harbour Sydney. Jack Eickmeyer finished up 4th in the IlCa 7 after a frustrating medal race personally not quite making the podium though was grateful to have competed in his first medal race and take many learnings whilst consolidating his position. Tom also competing in the ILCA 7 sailed a stellar event though narrowly missed the medal race. Sophie sailed her last regatta with crew Angus as apart of their @aus12_sailing 470 campaign. They also raced their first medal race taking some steep learning curves around risk management, they enjoyed their event and were happy to finish up in Sydney harbour. Lachie and James joined the squad with the @vicinstsport service providers and did not hit the water rather watching from the coach boat and performing on land physical preparations for their nationals. Well done all MYC’s proud of your efforts ! Come down and watch the finish of the "Cock of the Bay" and the start of the Sydney-Hobart!!
MYC will be running a can bar!! Interest and variety the flavour of the 2023 Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race
Following the widely successful 50th anniversary race, Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race skippers and crews are finalising preparations for this year’s event which will once again see several boats in contention for line honours, and the return of the first multihull in 30 years. While the 15-boat fleet is somewhat smaller than last year's 50th anniversary race, the competition will be no less intense with a diverse fleet and both new and experienced skippers testing their sailing prowess in this tactical, exhilarating and challenging race. The race is organised by the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria (ORCV) which has the enviable reputation as the pioneer of short-handed racing in Australia, and this year’s fleet will see some stiff competition across these and the fully crewed divisions. Early predictions for line honours have focused on Nigel Jones and Cam McKenzie’s J111, Ginan, from the Mornington Yacht Club, who will co-skipper the boat on the journey south to Hobart. Purchased in 2022 for the 50th-anniversary race, this boat has unfinished business after finishing second on AMS last year. The boat has been campaigned successfully over the last 12 months, winning several ORCV races and took out the ORCV Coastal Championship last season. Ginan boasts a very experienced crew and with favourable conditions, could see the team take line honours and a handicap win. Ginan's quest for AMS victory after last year's near miss. Photo by Michael Currie But pressing Ginan all the way to Hobart will be Alex Toomey’s Sayer 12, Ryujin, from the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron. Ryujin will also be fully crewed in the 2023 race and will be seeking another podium finish after winning the double-handed division with co-skipper Andrew Hibbert, in the 50th anniversary race. Toomey and his team are also in sharp sailing form, winning the ORCV Offshore Championship for 2022/23. Toomey will be hoping for moderate to stronger breezes to give Ryujin the opportunity to spread her wings in conditions that she relishes and fly to Hobart for a line honours win. “The 50th was a flagship event. It’s nice to be part of something that only happens once. This year, with a full crew of experienced sailors, I have got my eye on line honours and think we can do it,” said Toomey. And if things go the way of Ginan, a handicap win is also on the cards. Ryujin sets sights on Melbourne to Hobart victory. Photo by Steb Fisher Other monohulls in contention for line honours include ORCV Sail Captain Paul Roberts’ Sydney 41, Cadibarra, from Sandringham Yacht Club. Roberts is an experienced ‘Westcoaster’ skipper with eight races under his belt including two races in the double-handed division. Cadibarra will certainly be a threat with Roberts hoping to repeat his 2016 success in the previous Cadibarra 8 which won line honours and all handicap divisions. Joker x2, a J133 design and the bigger brother of Ginan, is highly fancied to take out line honours in the double-handed division. Co-skippers Grant Chipperfield and Peter Dowdney from the Martha Cove Yacht Squadron purchased the boat this year to prepare and campaign it for the 2025 Melbourne to Osaka and are getting to know her more and more each race. Dowdney, Australasian Sales Manager for Ronstan, and Chipperfield are great advocates for double-handed sailing, always looking for innovative ways to get the boat moving quicker, and are passionate ambassadors for the Melbourne to Hobart Yacht Race. “We’ve done the Melbourne to Devonport and Sydney Hobart races two up. Grant and I have done enough miles to work our systems out and throw the boat around in any conditions.” “We enjoy each other’s company and sail well together, and there’s plenty of Ronstan on the boat for whacky ideas during the race.” “The other reason we’re doing it is the magnificent and dramatic scenery. It feels like there is no more isolated place in the world,” said Dowdney. The 2023 race will see only the first multihull to contest the event in the last 30 years. Peccadillo, a Chris White 46 Mk Ii multihull will be skippered by Charles Meredith, past commodore of the Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron. Meredith, sailing his first Westcoaster, is a very experienced multihull sailor who has been racing with the ORCV for about ten years, completing four Melbourne to Devonport and several Apollo Bay races. Meredith is highly regarded in sailing circles for his work in improving the standards and suitability of catamarans for offshore races. Meredith’s ocean racing pedigree is well-established with the skipper competing in five Australian Three Peaks Races, winning it once and holding race records for several legs. Meredith and his seasoned crew will be on the hunt to break Lindsay Cumming’s race record set on Bagatelle in 1988 in a time of 3d 03h 35m 32sec. Peccadillo, the 1st multihull in 30 years, aims for Westcoaster record. Photo by Steph McDonald This year’s race welcomes back father and daughter co-skippers, Tim and Clare Olding sailing Vertigo, their Summit 35, while newcomer Tobias Swanson, will be skippering Dark & Stormy, a Murray- Burns-Dovell 37 on the trip to Hobart. Vertigo will again be in contention for handicap honours with this race missing from the family’s extensive trophy cabinet, while Andrew Neeson’s Runnalls 39, Jaffa, has been refitted with the crew quietly confident for this year’s race. Justin Brenan and his Lidgard 36, Alien, will also be one to watch with the skipper having notched 14 Westcoaster races on his belt, winning the Heemskirk Trophy for overall winner [on AMS] of the Westcoaster three times and featuring on the race podium in several more races. The race leaves Portsea on the outgoing tide on Wednesday at 12 noon with the fleet making the dash to Port Philip Heads before taking on the 125 nautical mile Bass Strait crossing. There are lots of gains to be made from the right call around King Island with the tidal flows between the top of King Island and Northwest Tasmania always a challenge for new and top-notch navigators alike. The fleet will carry trackers enabling race followers to track the action from start to finish. To follow the fleet, go to https://race.bluewatertracks.com/2023-melbourne-to-hobart-westcoaster The race record of 1 day 17 hours 28 minutes 59 seconds was set by Shortwave in 2008, winning the race with an average speed over the course of 10.49 knots. The race is run with the cooperation of the Derwent Sailing Squadron. For Entry, Notice of Race and List of Entries, please visit: https://www.orcv.org.au/hobart |
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