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A good 25 members arrived to help and the Club was spruced up in no time. The shed has never been cleaner, the landscaping neater, and the boats all tidied up. The starters box was given a fresh coat of paint as well as the stairs going up to the "Lookout Room". Sausages were sizzled and the camaraderie was delightful.
Photos:(left) The workers enjoying a well earned cuppa, and (right) Ben Maskiell applying the water jet to a rescue boat
Report and photos: Christie Arras
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The 2007/8 Annual Awards Presentation night was a great success. The club dining room was so beautifully decorated that it looked like a setting for a wedding, and everyone enjoyed the foot-tapping music played by the Tambo Ramblers. The evening was a rounded out by a delicious main meal followed by desert. Most importantly trophies were awarded to those sailors who triumphed during the 2007/8 sailing season, and recognition was also given to the race management team.
Going home with his arm full of trophies was Bill Shand on Relience Ffenty Foo (Flying 15) who with David Parish as crew won three perpetual trophies in Division 1. Gary Maskiell on his super fast Formula Catamarans Australia in Division 4 won two perpetual trophies, the Commodore's trophy, and the JC Dahlson trophy for the fastest GLYC yacht. John and Heather Nettlebeck won the JK Lloyd long distance race and the Joy Croft perpetual trophy on Taking Care Of Business, a Farrier 25 trimaran. Brian Collins, with Frank Adams as crew on the Sonata 8 Tantrum won two Division 2 trophies, along with the Australia Day cup.
This year a new trophy for the most improved sailor in the Tuesday Twilight Series,was donated by Adam Hawken and John Forsyth in memory of Chris Hawken. This series was chosen as it best represented Chris's love for the fun, enjoyment and passion of sailing. It was fittingly won by Colin Allchin sailing Just For Fun.
Photos:(left) Dave Parish and Bill Shand accepting the Division 1 trophy from Colin Lamble and Daryl Brooks, and (right), Adam Hawken and John Forsyth presenting Colin Allchin with the inaugral Chris Hawken Memorial Trophy
Report and photos: Christie Arras
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Three boats sailed by Tim Heaney, James Fresheville and Dave Bacon from the GLYC Sabre fleet made the long trek to Adelaide for the recent 30th Australian National Championships. The location was brilliant. We stayed in the Brighton Caravan Park, and raced at the adjacent Brighton and Seacliff yacht club a 3 min walk away.
There were 71 entries: 29 locals, 27 Victorians, 10 from Tasmania, 3 from Queensland, and a loner from NSW, with an age spread of 16 to 72. Gate starts were used for all races and generally worked well with nobody OCS in any race. We were promised strong winds and big rolling seas and we wus robbed! Winds were generally light, although the sea breeze did sometimes arrive in time for the sail home, and then blew half the night. And it was hot!
On the one windy day two races were scheduled to make up for an abandonment through lack of wind. With a dead offshore wind of about 25 knots we got to the start line very quickly, but a few capsized or broke gear in the process. Had a huge windshift at the start, lots of violent windshifts on the beats, and screamers downwind - my GPS registered 11 knots on several occasions great fun. And it was still hot! Only 60 finished and most headed ashore in the expectation that racing would be abandoned. Not so. A few of us headed out to the next start but were almost blasted out of the water. I chickened out when the two boats ahead of me bottled. But 19 started and 13 finished. Made a bit of a mess of the final results for some - bad luck!
On the last day we battled the tide and the course was changed twice during the race with a beat on the first reach of the last lap. The winner took nearly 2 hrs, and 9 boats were outside the extra hour time limit. And it was hot again!
Every day after racing there was a draw for items donated by sponsors. James scored a plastic rudder blade but, as a wooden boat builder, immediately auctioned it and put the $200 raised on the bar, and on the last day I collected a rather nice Ronstan polar fleece. All helped to relieve the pain of the huge expense of competing (Light Beer was $4.70!).
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So after Top Yacht had worked its magic, Tim Heaney was 3rd overall on a count back and won the Seniors division (18 to 39), I was 39th and James ended up 43rd. In addition to the overall winners, prizes were awarded for Handicap places, Seniors, Masters, Grand Masters, Veterans, Grand Veterans, Ladies, Juniors, 30th overall, and the winners of the 4 divisions. For the record, GLYC results were:
Photo L-R, James Frecheville, Dave Bacon, Tim Heaney Report contributed by Dave Bacon |
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Last updated 28/09/08