ORCV Melbourne Winter Series (MWS)

Woof. Woof.

Barking mad, I tell you. He's barking mad... No. Not Steb Fisher. Some other person with a keyboard and access codes. Here are Steb's images from the abandoned and now cancelled, Race Six of the 2010 MWS.

Woof. Woof. Indeed. Cat lovers, you could argue with me that it is a Jaguar or other large feline, too.

Tony Bull from the Ullman Sails Loft in Geelong, says Go Gats!! Me thinky that's all AFL, so Go Hawks!! (to the nightclub in their case...)

In case it is the Race Committee mantra, 'No resail - see you in Catland', we'll let it slide.

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Someone else who would have enjoyed the sunny skies.

They may have parked in it in the mud when they got back to the marina....

... but they did OK with the sailing department on the day.

Matrix, Horizon Sprint, Swordfish Trombone and Jazz Player congregate around the course boat.

Everyone was there and keen to get a race in. Even had sails up...

Escapade are off to Geelong. Thank you.

So, have you put your entry in???

Hmmmm?

What's that?

You're going to?

Excellent. Well done!

Chutzpah38 having a team confab to decide how many cases they'll need at the other end.

Good place for a team meeting. Nice and private.

Pretty as a picture - and you thought I would not resort to such predictable platitudes....

It's always jazzy, aboard well, Jazzy!

Horizon Sprint with Allegresse in the background.

"Hhhmmm. Yes. Yes. Serious stuff, that."

We're aboard Mille Sabords, BTW.

"What you talking about, Willis?"

Fade to blue with Fade 2 Grey.

There's a ripple there!

Reasonably early on, there's headsails still up...

Nutcracker goes in to check how Chutzpah38's confab went. For our information, their own revealed that it would definitely be Beer o'Clock when they got to Geelong on Saturday 11/09/10.

So like, was that five off the D1's? (Extasea).

Schüss, Allegresse, Extasea and Gienah all wait. Patiently.

More nice shots for team XLR8 to thank us for. They are booked in for the M2G.

That looks like a He of the Countdown Timer pose on the cabin top...

to the needbut without the spaces.Yep. it is. We often catch him like that. Meanwhile the explanation goes something like, "I was just going down the road and then this idiot came in from the left and T-boned me!" Good story - everyone's paying attention.

One of the the three guns that signalled she was all over for the day. Only shouting was going to be at the bar. Yippeeeeeeeeee!

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

Now whilst we're at it, yet another 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 25 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.

You do not even have to have been doing the whole MWS to come out for this great passage race. Just look at Peregrine, Remedy and Yoko!

Now you Racing Division types have almost been surpassed by the new Cruising Division, of which there are now 16 entries. Last year, verging on 60 boats went to Geelong. Time to get a wiggle on, eh. BTW. FREE, yes we said free, so long as 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. Enter, enter, enter - please. Let's make it a HUGE event.

 

 

© John Curnow, ORCV Media

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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.
Thank you to David Judge and Tony Dawson from Hoobo's for ensuring Steb had a ride and we, therefore, had imagery.		We'll be seeing the team at Geelong, pretty soon indeed.