ORCV Melbourne to Apollo Bay (M2AB (not))
Red Sails.
It must have happened during their Saturday evening candlelight dinner, which you can see HERE. Someone had to have dared the other...
Great friend of the ORCV and bluewater legend, David James, reports that Spirit of Freya (Joanne Harpur) and Ingénue (Leanne Doherty) raced from Brighton to Williamstown in the inaugural Red Sail Race on Saturday afternoon. "This new event was organised for yachts entered in the ORCV Apollo Bay Race whose crews' advanced weather forecasting skills enabled them to decide not to go the Queenscliff on Friday. The first yacht over the line was Ingénue and Spirit of Freya was declared DNF, due to a poor description of the Finish in the Sailing Instructions. These results are provisional, as a protest was lodged by Spirit. A hearing held on Saturday night before George Shaw, Robyn Brooke and Peter Clancy at Picasso's Restaurant in Hampton ruled against Ingénue on a technicality (that being Ingénue using her motor). Ingénue appealed this ruling on the grounds that Spirit of Freya's storm sails were over size. This allegation was proven to be correct today, Sunday, when the relevant sails were measured. It is proposed that this excellent race should become an annual event."
Right. I think I get the oversize ruling, although I always wondered why Helsal II's Trisail had a reef in it, myself... (and no, we never used it, as it was bigger than the third slab of the Main).
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Spirit of Freya's 'controversial' storm sails. |
Winner? - Ingénue. Nice Fluoro... Actually, I think Ingenue is for sale, |
Go HERE for the overall M2AB (not) results.
Two boats - same direction... Yep. It's a race.
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Below is Tony Bull's shot from |
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Not a place to go into Supertramp above looks bad, Don't even attempt to go in |
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