ORCV Melbourne to King Island

Hard work this ocean racing thing...

He of the Countdown Timer managed to get his snapamatic out during the King Island race and we have a couple of shots to share from Jeremy Walton, who is also an ORCV Committee Member. "I wanted to share these to show just how hard this ocean racing stuff can be....", he said.

 "First one is Andrew 'Burger' Burggraaff making a good attempt at winning the 'Z' flag on the way to KI; he didn't win and I am not going to say who did!!!" Ed. Spoil sport.... Reckon I can guess, however and even I am not keen to go there...

"Next couple show Jason Boyle, of Adventureland, doing a great job at the other end of the boat. At this stage we have the big bag up and are going along at around 12-14 knots. As you can see, he has the full support of the rest of the crew, who are ready to jump to it at a moment's notice." Ed. Oh yeah, I am convinced. (Not).

Now clearly Bugs Bunny cartoons on TV are way more interesting than seeing what Jeremy was up to. A magical source sent me this image of Jeremy's shore crew of Karen, Henry and Grace, "just so obviously and tremendously concerned about us all!!!", was Jeremy's response when I showed him. I told him it is because of the tremendous efforts that Race Management go to with sending SMS's to your designated loved ones during the race that there are no frowns... Who knows Jeremy, when you jump ship to go on OR1 to Port Fairy, maybe they'll have to get up and make a cup of tea or get a milk and reflect upon your location at the time. Perhaps...

You know what. He of the Countdown Timer did not put the critical timelines down at the bottom of his email. Tut. Tut...

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	Councillor Island on the left, as seen from the plane... Remember the currents!!!!

ORCV Melbourne to King Island

Awesome.

We love it when people have the camera out whilst racing. Craig Shepherd joins the very AWOL Mystery Man, The Secretary and our Audacious pals as one of our offshore shooters. Awesome and many thanks, too.

Craig sailed to King Island on Biddy Hu II out of Royals."I always take pics of others while we're on the water and would be happy to pass them on to the boat owners. Once again a great weekend , especially the very quick trip home - only 15hrs I think it was, compared to 32 to get there!!!"

The wonders of electronics...

Apparently, this IS Bass Strait.... Go figure, eh?

Hhhhhhmmmm. Lovely colours, however!

Eastern coast of King Island and look who you bump into. Well I'll be.

Nice.

Nicer!

Jazz Player came along.

Pity about the kite set team!!! I mean, it IS a symmetrical one, after all... (Red is for the left hand and green is for the right, OK.)

And then Jazz Player went by...

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	Councillor Island on the left, as seen from the plane... Remember the currents!!!!

ORCV Melbourne to King Island

Cheers on that.

Kathleen Hunter from the King Island Courier was very keen to see the boats from our race to KI, as our event has twice the the number of competitors and been running nearly twice as long as the other race that is on over the long weekend - The KI Imperial 20, which is a running race of 20miles, held on the Sunday.

Kathellne also arranged for a marvellous spread, in colour no less, to adorn their weekly paper before we got there and is running yet more this week, now that we have left. They cannot wait to have us back again, although KIBC Commodore, John Hiscock, is not sure he needs the personal publicity a large shot of him on the back page of the paper generated during our visit. Sorry, John. (Well not really tooooooo sorry - all the KIBC Volunteers deserve a large amount of thanks from John Brewster to Michael, Helen, Carol, Ian, Craig and the list really does go on, including new local Copper, Paul.

So thanks Kathleen for the images seen here that she shot from the Police Cat, just before darkness descended upon us.

Despite getting the Silver Medal, Gusto showed up in a blaze of gold. We wish more had arrived in the light, as the shooting really was sensational, with great light and only a small swell running....

Big main to flake...

Yep. Really big main...

Our man of million parties - Brian Pattinson - gives us a wave as they prepare to enter harbour.

That seriously happy crew from Rob Date's, Reichel-Pugh penned, Scarlet Runner. (Yes. Rack up yet another plug for me with Jim Pugh!!!!)

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	Councillor Island on the left, as seen from the plane... Remember the currents!!!!

ORCV Melbourne to King Island

Big Red.

It would seem Geoff 'not-for-much-longer SMB 3.5' Boettcher is right - "The Big Red %$&^?! does go well in the ocean!"

Six vessels partook of the very first of the Dash Backs - King Island to Melbourne - and Scarlet Runner took out Line Honours, in a little under nine hours. Great to see people take on the concept and for some, it will be virtually mandatory with Port Fairy and Apollo Bay. (Rack up another two plugs for with Jim Pugh as both SMB 3.5 and The Runner were penned by the Reichel-Pugh team.)

1. Arch Rival - 17:25:30
2. Escapade - Retired
3. FullyNpushing - 15:47:12
4. Gusto - 11:29:30
5. Nutcracker - 15:51:00
6. Scarlet Runner - 8:53:56

And yes - The Runner did get the best IRC and AMS times, as well. Well done crew and smily Rob. Happy chappy, or what!!!!

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	Councillor Island on the left, as seen from the plane... Remember the currents!!!!