ORCV Melbourne to Port Fairy

(M2PF as part of the MMOC)

Moment in the Spotlight.

OK. Moment in the Sun then. So as part of the whole celebrity theme for M2PF this year, it would seem Mother Nature decided to join in and shine a little sun on the Port Fairy act. Here's the proof.

Port Fairy's millionairre's row.

Great time and place to have lunch.

Otis Redding!

The view from the supposed "cheap seats" for lunch.

Turning things to a nautical flavour, George and Robyn tie their boat back up after letting the inner boat leave, to which that they were rafted up to previously.

It was an array of masts, rigging, sails - and a McConaghy sticker. Bonus points!!!

Tony Warren and the Beyond Outrageous guys and girls were surveying the view.

Group shot. They were on their boat, just chillaxing and tidying up etc. Nothing stressful....

This is the kind of thing that Beyond Outrageous were taking in.

More boats n stuff

French or low country estuary type feel - if you did not know where you were...

Colours, colours - everywhere colours. Lovely Autumn sun...

Double bonus points - Ingenue displays their Entire Group sticker and Pretty Woman their McConaghy one. WooHoo.

Port Fairy has a strong maritime heritage born out of it's early days in whaling and sealing, then later for the goldrush and western districts pastoral development.

Here the historical society brings out the rescue boat their ancestors once used.

And surfboat rowers think they have it tough. Actually it is usually an eight oared vessel, but is still heavy. She has a small sail, as well, hence the rudder and sweep combination.

That very famous boardwalk. I hadn't seen it for around 15 years or so and even then, Tim Crespin and I had been in the cockpit of Bacardi soaking it all in and I was pretty soaked myself, so not sure how much I really saw anyway...

The harbour looks marvellous with our fleet adding to the colour of it all.

One of Chikara's crew heads back to the boat. They'd had a great tussle with Ninety Seven and Bill said "It was just great fun, the boat was doing 12 to 13 knots easily and all we had to do was steer and trim - a lot!"

So that concludes Port Fairy's 15 minutes for this year and the next event on the calendar is the last (but then Winter Series pops up). The Melbourne to Apollo Bay is on 15/5/10 and for the first time it is Cat 3 only - no +. Tell your club mates and let's get those who want to go and stick their nose in it out there in the blue!

By John Curnow