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I have a bunch of venues/dates in mind for this, some are fixed and some are a bit flexible:
01 Oct 2010 container due back from Denmark, 7 boats.
Mid/Late Oct 2010, regatta in Brisbane/Sandgate/Mooloolaba, 23/24 Oct at RQYS, 30/31 Oct at Sandgate or both??
14/15 Nov 2010, Port Stephens, fixed, Notice of Race and entry form at Link
6-9 Dec 2010, Sail Sydney, fixed, we have special invite to go and show the olympic classes what we have got so lets get as many as we can there. Please enter at online entry link as soon as you can so we can let them know that we will be there in force.
New Year 2011, Lake Macquarie
Late Jan 2011, Coffs Harbour
Feb 2011, Brisbane/Sandgate/Mooloolaba
Off to Hamilton Island!!
We might get the boats to Hamilton a few weeks early and fly in for one or two practice weekends before the Worlds start.

Please let us all know on the forum who will come to which events and I will finalise the dates by mid Sept.
 

Peter Roos received the following message from the ISAF rejecting our request to drop the requirement to have numbers on our spinnakers.  The class rules have been amended by reinstating the previous clause and the latest version is now on the website.  There will be a forum topic on the international 505 site to discuss this.

“Apologies for the slight delay in replying to you; the Class Rules Sub-committee requested the views and opinions of the Race Management Sub-committee on the matter of numbers on spinnakers and how this would likely affect their ability to run races.

Opinion of RMSC

A STRONG recommendation from the RMSC is that the numbers must stay.

We must have numbers on the sails. Bow numbers do help but do have a tendency to wash off. Numbers also help the spectators identify the finishers, if the racing is close enough to the shores.

We should legislate to prevent these submissions in the future

Opinion of CRSC

Reject this proposal.

Without the numbers on the spinnakers it would make it incredibly hard for a race officer, jury member or competitor to identify each other whilst sailing.

The photo accurately highlights this point. http://www.sailing.org/images/news/09_505WC_fleet_360.jpg

It was not felt a convincing enough argument that the second-hand sale of spinnakers between boats warranted the complete removal of numbers from spinnakers.  The photo in the link above demonstrates exactly why numbers are required; it makes identification of boats very, very difficult.  It is for these reasons the proposal was rejected.”

 

NOR for 3 events at Mooloolaba now available:

Anzac Long Weekend

icon Mooloolaba NOR 24-26 April 2010 (1.51 MB)

Sail Mooloolaba, see also webpage: http://www.sailmooloolaba.yachting.org.au/

icon Mooloolaba NOR June 5-6 2010 (1.46 MB)

Ocean Series 15-16 August, 19-20 September, 14-15 November

icon Mooloolaba NOR Ocean Series 2010 (379.59 kB)

 

 

   
15 boats turned out for a weekend of racing in sunny Queensland, so it was cloudy with showers and big wind shifts on Saturday.  Sailed 2 races Saturday on the normal RQYS course with line starts, wind was 8 to 15 knots from the east.  Sunday we had 3 races with gate starts, still cloudy but not so much rain, wind 12 to 15 knots from the east and not so shifty.  Thanks to Bill Cuneo for liason with RQYS, John Warlow for the RIB, Brad Givanan for being starter and Dick Machin for providing the finish boat and helping Brad.  The racing was close as usual with plenty of ups and downs in the results, details here.  Top 5 places were: Nigel Lott / Bob Franks 10 points, Earle Alexander / Ian Gregg 11 points (2 heat wins), Bill Cuneo / John Warlow 11 points (1 heat win), Brett Beyer / Darren Gilbert 12 points, Claus Ejlertsen / Mick Patrick 15 points.  Hope to have some pics from Dick Machin soon.
 

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.

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