ORCV Melbourne Winter Series (MWS)

Three egg omelette? No. Three gun scramble!

So with all the talk of lunch yesterday, a food related headline seemed essential.

He of the Pointy End (aka Chris Furey), was there when the Committee fired the three guns for the abandonment of Sunday's racing. He was also kind enough to get us some images, as everyone scrambled home to their pen. Some even made it there in just the one go - apparently!

"Not much in the way of sailing out there today but it was a great day for pics with lovely reflections and really interesting cloud formations, right around the horizon", was how Chris put it. "Some funny radio chatter kept us amused while we waited for the inevitable three guns - we thought we were in Carlton there for a moment!"

Light above the stick - reminds me of Magic at last year's M2G...

Oily.

Hero shot. QED.

She's always telling me to be nice to them, so here's a couple of 'Nice' pictures of you on the bow, Sandra!

Look Sandra - two in a row and they show you being a busy Adventure land person, as well!!!

That CBD.

Not a lot on offer there!

Ah. A man I can truly relate to.

Combustion engine was the only way you were going to get anywhere on Sunday.

As if to encourage the Committee, XLR8 wanders past. The Committee hung in and prayed for the clouds to do something, but alas, nothing was on offer.

Mistress had a crew meeting.

And what a lovely environment it was to do it in too!

Then there was the 'a' word and the pack up scramble amongst the fleet began.

Mistress had a crew investigation of the main track.

Rogue Trader were in no way confused about the ultimate decision and got underway.

Gently, however...

The ORCV's very own Tanya Stanford, whom you can read about HERE, did the very same with Nouannie...

Nutcracker also had a quick motor back to SYC, "where we all noticed the very low tide at the wave screen - and then saw the unfortunate Goldfinger stuck in the mud, right on the edge of the approach channel", said Chris.

Doh! She draws around 3.25m, so it makes you wonder how XLR8 faired, given she's even deeper! Good thing Scarlet Runner was not trying to get in either, with her 3.6m draught...

Hhmmm. Lots of wake out the back and nothing at the front. Yep. That's stuck. My how the wheel turns. 20knots the week before and well and truly ZERO the week after!!! See HERE for the memories.

Cast Iron Mainsheet going for it.

"We had to chuckle at the sight of Lethal Leith, their very lightest crewmember, out on the end of the boom, while the heavy blokes hung from the shrouds and lifelines attempting to tilt the boat free of the putty. After a few minutes, the diesel did its work, they popped free and headed into their berth. Thanks for the entertainment Goldie!"

Dripping wet and in his full ocean gear he'd be lucky to make 65kg, so one of the 100kg+ crewmembers should have offered...

Leith clearly doesn't believe it's going to move in a hurry... Two hands darling!

"A quick pack-up and Team Nutcracker headed off for a terrific alfresco lunch on the SYC deck, in the reasonably warm sunshine. We're looking forward to M2G to wrap up the MWS in a couple of weeks", Chris finished with.

We're looking forward to some great racing and fun, too! thank you for the images and watch out for the Rocketeers at the club. They'll be after you now!

More on something sailing realted, right here, over the next little while....

Now whilst we're at it, a reminder that whilst R6 was the last of the laid course events, it is only the penultimate of the 2010 MWS. The final event is the M2G on 11/09/10. So far, just 20 of the 40 odd racing boats have completed the additional information that is required if you are going. A few of these are even coming out of their Winter retirement to be in amongst it all.

Now you Racing Division types have almost been surpassed by the new Cruising Division, of which there are now 15 entries. Last year, verging on 60 boats went to Geelong. Time to get a wiggle on, eh. BTW. FREE, yes we said free if you entered the entire MWS. FREE!!!!!!!!!!

The full MWS results to date are HERE.

You can still enter the M2G HERE and remember that Cruising Divisions are offered for this great event.

 

 

© John Curnow, ORCV Media

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Thank you to David Judge and Tony Dawson from Hoobo's for ensuring Steb had a ride and we, therefore, had imagery.
The Colts (Sydney 38s) are having their own fight within the battle - many thanks to Ullman Sails for providing the prize.