ORCV Melbourne Winter Series (MWS)

Halcyon Days.

It was around 12 months ago that a then brand-new Wicked came out to play in the 2009 MWS.

Now we have Halcyon, also a brand new Beneteau First 40, coming out to play for the 2010 MWS - cool huh.

Chris Tucker is her Skipper and he had this to say, "Yes, Halcyon is a new First 40, launched in late May, so very new. We are also a very new crew, so we don't have any short term expectations of being close to Wicked, who have been sailing very well. Mike Welsh from Wicked has been very helpful with advice. We sail out of RYCV and the crew is made up of friends and people I've met through RYCV. Thanks for your welcome and your interest." Our pleasure, Chris. It will be good to see you out there. May you have some very memorable times in the Melbourne Winter Series.

Want to enter the MWS and see how you match up to the Bay's battle hardened crews? There are 33 of them, thus far. You can still be a part of it, just by getting the NOR and completing the online entry for the 2010 MWS, right HERE. Come on. What else are you going to do? Stay warm, sit in front of the fire and drink red? BTW, the M2G is HERE and remember that Cruising Divisions will be offered for this particular event.

By John Curnow