Friday Race Report 7 February
The night race has been a feature of the MYC sailing program for a long time. The race was often held on Good Friday and was always well supported. There were some great boats sailing at Mornington in the ‘70s and I can remember being amazed that big boats like Mark Twain and Nike sailed the race one year in appalling conditions. I stayed home that year, however I seem to remember most Easter Night Races were sailed in fairly calm conditions. Night races in those days took you all over the bay often to a number of marks around the northern parts of the bay before heading south to the West Channel Pile and then further south before heading home. I remember one year we were convinced we had located a mark only to be surprised when the mark proceeded to move, and we discovered we were looking at a train pulling out of Middle Brighton station. Many night races finished around dawn, and on at least one occasion I can remember finishing in the early afternoon. It’s amazing what a different world we lived in during the 1970s. One Good Friday I headed down to the Club with a mate called Pat Mulquinney. Without telling our parents we proceeded to join the crew of a boat sailing the night race. Morning came and the race was completed and then after some breakfast at Pat’s place I rang Mum to come and pick me up. Of course, being the 1970s no questions were asked. What were my parents thinking! Times have sure changed, and maybe I was lucky to have experienced a much more innocent world.
Last Friday, the night race started with a smokey backdrop and light conditions. This made for a beautiful sunset and the eerie spectacle of boats quickly disappearing from sight into the mist. The 9 boat fleet, including 5 trailables and a visitor from SBSC headed under spinnaker to the East Cardinal marker. The stern chaser start made for a fun drag race to the first mark with all boats rounding within 20 minutes of each other. A few navigational errors caused pain for some Division 3 boats before they headed for home in a freshening easterly with Zip in the lead. The big boats headed onto Indented Head and racing proved to be incredibly tight with less than a minute separating the leading Division1 boats across the finishing line. Well done to the crew of Endless Advice for taking CBH honours against the amazing crew of Zip. It takes a great sail to pip those guys! Well done also Shining Sea for wining the match race with Javelin across the Bay.
Thanks again to the Tower Team Steve Bardsley, Dave Beeson, Brodie Goozee and Rob Comb for staying up late and keeping all the boats safe.
The night race has been a feature of the MYC sailing program for a long time. The race was often held on Good Friday and was always well supported. There were some great boats sailing at Mornington in the ‘70s and I can remember being amazed that big boats like Mark Twain and Nike sailed the race one year in appalling conditions. I stayed home that year, however I seem to remember most Easter Night Races were sailed in fairly calm conditions. Night races in those days took you all over the bay often to a number of marks around the northern parts of the bay before heading south to the West Channel Pile and then further south before heading home. I remember one year we were convinced we had located a mark only to be surprised when the mark proceeded to move, and we discovered we were looking at a train pulling out of Middle Brighton station. Many night races finished around dawn, and on at least one occasion I can remember finishing in the early afternoon. It’s amazing what a different world we lived in during the 1970s. One Good Friday I headed down to the Club with a mate called Pat Mulquinney. Without telling our parents we proceeded to join the crew of a boat sailing the night race. Morning came and the race was completed and then after some breakfast at Pat’s place I rang Mum to come and pick me up. Of course, being the 1970s no questions were asked. What were my parents thinking! Times have sure changed, and maybe I was lucky to have experienced a much more innocent world.
Last Friday, the night race started with a smokey backdrop and light conditions. This made for a beautiful sunset and the eerie spectacle of boats quickly disappearing from sight into the mist. The 9 boat fleet, including 5 trailables and a visitor from SBSC headed under spinnaker to the East Cardinal marker. The stern chaser start made for a fun drag race to the first mark with all boats rounding within 20 minutes of each other. A few navigational errors caused pain for some Division 3 boats before they headed for home in a freshening easterly with Zip in the lead. The big boats headed onto Indented Head and racing proved to be incredibly tight with less than a minute separating the leading Division1 boats across the finishing line. Well done to the crew of Endless Advice for taking CBH honours against the amazing crew of Zip. It takes a great sail to pip those guys! Well done also Shining Sea for wining the match race with Javelin across the Bay.
Thanks again to the Tower Team Steve Bardsley, Dave Beeson, Brodie Goozee and Rob Comb for staying up late and keeping all the boats safe.
Final Results
Line Honours
Division 1
Shining Sea – Chris Jackson
Division 3
Zip – S.Shafer & C.Ferris
AMS Results
CBH Results
Handicap Results
Division 1
Division 3
Line Honours
Division 1
Shining Sea – Chris Jackson
Division 3
Zip – S.Shafer & C.Ferris
AMS Results
- Shining Sea – Chris Jackson
- Javelin – Mark Nicholson
CBH Results
- Endless Advice – Rob Harrison
- Zip – S.Shafer & C.Ferris
- Tub Thumper – G.Heard & A.Creed
Handicap Results
Division 1
- Javelin – Mark Nicholson
- Anna – Roly & Andrew de Lange
- Shining Sea – Chris Jackson
Division 3
- Endless Advice – Rob Harrison
- Tub Thumper – G.Heard & A.Creed
- Time R Tuff – John Underwood
Regards, Tim O'Grady
Div 3- Class Captain
Div 3- Class Captain
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