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RQYS regatta report, 6/7 Mar 2010
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Written by Ian Gregg
Coffs East Coast Regatta Report
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Written by Ian Gregg
Another great regatta with 12 boats sailing 6 races in varied conditions at Coffs Harbour on the weekend of 13/14 Feb. Saturday started with 6-10 knots and increased to about 15 knots by the third race. Sunday started with 10-15 knots and finished with 15-20. There was a great dinner at the club on Saturday night and a couple of guys found the bikini girl competition in town after. The wind and waves were a contrast to the conditions on Lake Macquarie but the racing was still close.
Bill Cuneo and John Warlow showed that they had not forgotten how to sail a 505 and champion laser sailor Brett Beyer showed that he could learn bloody fast by jumping on the back of 8644 which Darren Gilbert had just bought and coming second overall, detailed results click here.
Thanks again to Tom Begbie for helping with the organising on the water. Darren and Andrew from Coffs Harbour Yacht Club were great hosts. Andrew from Sandgate brought his plastic fantastic boat down and did a great job setting marks and being guard boat for the gate starts. He also took lots of photos and video some of which will be up here as soon as we can get a hold of it. Click on the photos for a larger version in a new window.
Toronto East Coast Regatta Report
Written by Ian Gregg
The regatta at Toronto 23-26 Jan was a great success. 13 boats sailed including young guns and old salts with boats from Lake Macquarie, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. 10 short races over 4 days in typical lake sailing conditions but the light winds and short courses combined to keep the fleet quite close together and made for great racing. There was plenty of interest in the boat park and up to 5 spectator boats following the racing. We had some pretty good sailors like Chris Nicholson and Tom Slingsby buzzing around in their foiling moths and checking up on the 505s. Big thanks to Robbo for organising the regatta and hassling people to get their boats wet. Thanks to Tom from Brisbane for helping on the start boat.
Young guns Ryan Menzies/Joel Castle won from old salts Earle Alexander/Ian Gregg and Scott Ovenden/Morgs, detailed results click here.
Mark (Jacko) Jackson was out watching and took some great photos. Click on the photos for a larger version in a new window.
McCrae Nationals Photos
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Written by Ian Gregg
Great photos from the nationals at Steb Fishers website: click here
Sorted by sail number so it is easy to find your boat.
2011 Worlds Dates Confirmed
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The dates for the upcoming 505 2011 World Championships at Hamilton Island have been set for March 20th – April 1st. This is for Pre Worlds and Worlds. A varying amount of accommodation has already been put aside, so don’t panic. Everyone stays together at the resort anyhow, the accommodation will be about 50 m from your boats.
Keep an eye out on the Worlds site for more information in the coming months..
