ORCV Hutchwilco Melbourne to Stanley (M2S)

Kotter.

You know! Welcome back....

Ken Simpson is best known presently for sailing the boat with the hull graphic that always gets a snap. The Radford Sprint 35 - Silk - from the Squady.

Tha boat also gets to do a fair bit with the annual Women's Keel Boat Regatta, as well. Now there's a new member. The DK46 that was so well campaigned by her original owner, Phil Coombs. Yep - Dekadence is back!

They left Hobart on Friday, September 30 with the boat, bound for the Heads. "Yes. We got back from Hobart on the Sunday. It was a great trip, taking around 54 hours. We had 45 to 48 knts at Tasman Island then reached through Banks Strait and on to the Heads, with boat easily getting on to towards 20 knots. Thankfully, we caught slack water at 1700hrs and thence it was back to Melbounre, where she belongs", said Ken.

Overall they seem to be very pleased with it all as they spruce her up and get all the safety audit arranged, so as to be ready for Stanley. Ken is no stranger to the blue, having gone and stuck the nose of Ocean Road, a previous boat, into Bass Strait and beyond many times. There'd be 40 odd ORCV events and the fateful 1998 Sydney Hobart in that lot. "We're going to keep Silk as the Bay Racer and use Dekadence to go offshore. I like the idea of the Eastcoaster this Christmas and next year we may join the Northern Migration for a bit", Ken said of their plans.

So Ken and co, great to see her back and look forward to seeing you all in Stanley and then Hobart.

Now then, we have 26 vessels thus far in the M2S - Addiction, Alibi, Alien, Arch Rival, Cadibarra 8, Calm, Chikara Outlaw, Dekadence, Dry White, eXtasea, Gusto, Halcyon, Independent Endeavour, Jazz Player, Kiss Goodbye to MS, Magazan 53, Magic, Matrix, Mille Sabords, Nutcracker, Pretty Woman, Scarlet Runner, Slinky Malinky, Spirit of Downunder, Trybooking.com and White Noise, which is good, but we know there are a few mor eto go, yet... Who's next? It's a lot easier to do this race than get your crew orgainsed to do your own qualifying passage, plus the seafood and hospitality of our friends in Stanley really are awesome. And cop this for a steak sandwich!

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ORCV Hutchwilco Melbourne to Stanley (M2S)

Here's the ticket!

Yep. If you're looking for a ride in the 2011 Hutchwilco Melbourne to Stanley Yacht Race, then in Biddy Hu II has your ticket.

The Beneteau 50 needs an SSSC ticketed person to go with them, so don't call if you have not done the course. BTW the next one is on Nov 26 and 27, which is not in time for the race, alas. You can book yourself in now and get sorted for Xmas, by going HERE. Anyway, Paul Lindemann tells us the jacuzzi is back on board and the disco ball never left, so it sounds like good times aboard the good ship, Biddy Hu II from Royals.

Biddy Hu II (R187) during the 2011 Winter Series. Pic © to and courtesy of Alex McKinnon.

So to be a part of it all, call Paul on 0418 336 025.

Now then, we have 25 vessels thus far in the M2S - Addiction, Alibi, Alien, Arch Rival, Cadibarra 8, Calm, Chikara Outlaw, Dekadence, Dry White, eXtasea, Gusto, Halcyon, Independent Endeavour, Jazz Player, Kiss Goodbye to MS, Magazan 53, Magic, Matrix, Mille Sabords, Nutcracker, Scarlet Runner, Slinky Malinky, Spirit of Downunder, Trybooking.com and White Noise, which is good, but we know there are a few mor eto go, yet... Who's next? It's a lot easier to do this race than get your crew orgainsed to do your own qualifying passage, plus the seafood and hospitality of our friends in Stanley really are awesome.

ORCV Land also extends on to the ORCV Facebook page, so make sure you go and "Like" the page, now. 187 Souls already have and thank you to all of them.

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ORCV Hutchwilco Melbourne to Stanley (M2S)

Dorothy.

As in, follow the Yellow Brick Road.

Yes, we could have also gone with the Knight's seminal alblum as the theme, but we didn't. Alas, we do have something really awesome to talk about, and that is Trackers. Yep. For the 2011 Hutchwilco Melbourne to Stanley race, the fleet will carry these über-cool devices that not only add to the overall safety aspects of the race (a very ORCV'eee thing to do), but mean the shore crew can see your every move, as well. Yes!

As used by other great events, like the Rolex Fastnet Race and as you can see from the pic, the Velux Five Oceans, these small and reliable devices require no external wiring, as they are completely and utterly self contained. They are also fully automatic, and naturally, water and weatherproof. All you need to do is mount the small, lightweight unit (Only weighs 400g!!!!!! - height 10cm, width 14.5cm, depth 3.5cm) to the pushpit and you're away. From that very moment on, we'll all be able to watch the full situation unfold via this website.

As an added bonus, you can even send us a short message from your media device via its Bluetooth connection. Happy about that, or what?!

Rocking. Simply rocking.... (NB. The cord you see here is not a wire, but a a safety lanyard...)

Now then, we have 18 vessels thus far in the M2S - Addiction, Alien, Arch Rival, Calm, Dekadence, Dry White, Gusto, Jazz Player, Kiss Goodbye to MS, Magazan 53, Magic, Matrix, Mille Sabords, Scarlet Runner, Slinky Malinky, Spirit of Downunder, Trybooking.com and White Noise, which is about two thirds of what you might expect as a fleet for this race... Who's next? It's a lot easier to do this race than get your crew orgainsed to do your own qualifying passage, plus the seafood and hospitality of our friends in Stanley really are awesome.

ORCV Land also extends on to the ORCV Facebook page, so make sure you go and "Like" the page, now. 185 Souls already have and thank you to all of them.

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ORCV Hutchwilco Melbourne to Stanley (M2S)

So who's this, then?

Trybooking.com is an Elan 434 from the Royal Brighton Yacht Club. They've done things like the Boxing Day Dash before, so when they popped on to the entries list for Stanley, we thought it was a good time to ask the question.

Grant Dunoon is the proud skipper of this 2006 build vessel and we got to not only ask who they are, but what might be next on the cards....

"Thank you for your interest in us. We are all very much looking forward to the race. It feels like two years in the making for us, as our crew of seven souls is made up of RBYC Sabotparents. All of us have/had children in the RYBC program for the last five years and its only in the last two years that we all got together as a crew to do the Wednesday twilight racing. This is what has led us to now", said Grant.

Kim Walker, the Tactician, has the helm for bit...

Left to right it is Kate Parker, Mike Hodgson and Ross Fisher.

"I will be overseas this Christmas, but hope to be back for Geelong Week and then with the view of doing both the Port Fairy and Apollo Bay races, followed by the Melbourne to Hobart in 2012. Unfortunately, King Island clashes with a work commitment", he said. Ed. Never fear. We'll eat your steak sandwiches for you...

More Boxing Day Dash action, just after SYC #4.

Plenty of this where you're going!

Excellent stuff and we hope you get a lot from it all, team.

Just what we like to see - people taking it on and going and sticking their noses in it (Bass Strait, that is...). Right. 15 vessels thus far for M2S - Addiction, Alien, Arch Rival, Calm, Dry White, Gusto, Jazz Player, Kiss Goodbye to MS, Magazan 53, Magic, Mille Sabords, Slinky Malinky, Spirit of Downunder, Trybooking.com and White Noise.

ORCV Land also extends on to the ORCV Facebook page, so make sure you go and "Like" the page, now. 184 Souls already have and thank you to all of them.

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