ORCV Melbourne to Geelong (M2G)

Off with a bang!

And some smoke too. So with the party now underway, let's take in some more of Steb Fisher's pics from the waterborne component of the 2010 M2G.

Reckon that's Ninety Seven's bow there.

Of course, somebody is always going to be fashionably late for any party and this time it was BBB, over on the right.

Yep. Big Blue Boat is going to be her new Victorian nickname and four minutes, is well, four minutes!

Once underway in the approved direction, she started to carve it up, but there would be no catching Calm on the day, despite seeing $15.40 on the speedo before hitting the windless hole known as the Carrum Bight.

The Apparent Wind machine, known in the TopYacht Entry System as B660, Gusto.

Rolling, rolling, rolling...

RGYC Commodore John Kint's Bundaberg, G16, then Hush and BBB.

Mind if we steal your wind there Hush?

Chutzpah38, Jazzy, Audacious front and centre, Gienah and then front row is Halcyon and Mrs Overnewton snaking the nose in...

Magazan 53.

Escapade from Hobbos and Galaxy from next door neighbour, Royals.

The Bookmaker from Hobbos too and Brighton's Ninety Seven.

Right. It is Halcyon with the sexy new Norths working race sails....

So it was them as part of that magical triad in Let's get this party started.

Perhaps as they had not been out of the pen in a while was the reason that were a smidge late for the start....

The Sav gets to the front of the Cruising Division, with Biddy Hu II and Escapade in the frame.

Team BO and eventual MWS IRC winner, eXtasea to windward.

Gienah, Mrs O and INSX.

More Mrs Overnewton with Horizon Sprint also in frame now.

More Gienah to go with Mrs O.

Oh my. That'll be the Rocketeers heading back...

Matrix with Rogue Trader to windward.

Shall we go kick it through the goal posts, then?

Horizon Sprint has Chutzpah38 and Gienah with her.

Just let me near the wine...

Howdy gang. Slipping along very nicely there, thank you.

Steady team, they're coming...

The full MWS results are HERE.

 

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	The Colts (Sydney 38s) are having their own fight within the battle - many thanks to Ullman Sails for providing the prize.
Many thanks to John Kint, Brian Case, Dianne Rose and the many, many helpers at RGYC for making it such a great place for us to get to.		Thank you to Monica Tonner and Richard Hunter from SYC for ensuring Steb had a ride and we, therefore, have all that imagery, which just seems to go down an absolute treat.
	It is with thanks to our friends at PredictWind that we've been able to supply such detailled information throughout the entire 2010 MWS.