ORCV Melbourne Winter Series (MWS)

It's a beautiful day!

"A lovely sail, flatter than anticipated with the breeze staying mostly out of the North at the 20knots mark, but by 1300hrs it had actually slid back down to 10. They sailed Course Two, so it was a short beat to R2, then a kite run down to SPG and a long beat back up to P3. Mostly windward/leewards for the day", was how Rear Commodore, Simon Dryden, put it.

"A bit cloudy and a bit rainy, from time to time, with the odd squirt about", was Steb's input. "We collected a black jacket that stepped off for a swim from Extasea and it will be at Hobbos for collection", he added.

Little wonder then that the gold boat led them around the track then. Peter Blake and Kate Mitchell's Goldfinger crossed the line at 1209hrs, then it was XLR8, Extasea, Jazz Player and Ninety Seven. The last boat of Division One was Mille Sabord who got over the line at around 1252hrs, just as the leader of Div2 approached, which was the RP36, Gienah. Young Ones and Nutcracker followed her.

In fact, you could say the day was completely Auric - The Gun, 1st IRC and 3rd PHS!!!!

This © Steb Fisher image is from R4 of the 2010 MWS.

Division 1 IRC results Start : 09:40:00

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T
1	8880	GOLDFINGER	P.Blake K.Mitchell	12:09:44	02:29:44	1.291	03:13:18
2	SM4	WICKED	Mark Welsh	12:38:32	02:58:32	1.090	03:14:36
3	SM2	CHALLENGE	Lou Abrahams	12:35:33	02:55:33	1.109	03:14:41

Division 1 PHS results Start : 09:40:00

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T	BCH	CHC
1	S390	JAZZ PLAYER	Andrew Lawrence	12:28:57	02:48:57	0.981	02:45:44	1.020	0.994
2	SM460	XLR8	Ray Shaw	12:15:52	02:35:52	1.073	02:47:15	1.105	1.084
3	8880	GOLDFINGER	P.Blake K.Mitchell	12:09:44	02:29:44	1.120	02:47:42	1.150	1.130

More soon, naturally..

The full MWS results to date are HERE. The next race of the MWS is Race Six, on August 29.

So. If you would like to go for a run with the Colts or any of the other sections represented by the Bay's best, you can. Individual entry for MWS races is HERE and the M2G is HERE - remember that Cruising Divisions will be offered for the latter event.

 

 

© John Curnow, ORCV Media

Please contact me for re-issue rights.

Thank you to David Judge and Peter Brucker from Hobbo's for ensuring Steb had a ride and we, therefore, had imagery. Many thanks to Tony Dawson on the day of his 60th Birthday for preparing the boat to go out before his gala lunch.
The Colts (Sydney 38s) are having their own fight within the battle - many thanks to Ullman Sails for providing the prize.

 

 

ORCV Melbourne Winter Series (MWS)

Roger. Roger. (GO for R5 Passage Race).

We have clearance, Clarence. The Brass have said 'GO' for Sunday!!!

"The Bureau has forecast a gale warning for tomorrow, Sunday, which is when we intend to run a race. If you look at the MSL (Mean Sea Level) prognosis, you will see that the front will be past Melbourne by start time tomorrow and the next front will cross over Melbourne late on Sunday night, so I am quite satisfied that we will have suitable conditions in which to run a race. I will see you on the water", said Simon.

"Looking at the wind model from the Bureau of Meteorology for Sunday @1300hrs, you will see that all the high winds will be at the bottom end of the Bay, so should not effect our race area."

"The next model I have for you, is from our friends at PredictWind and it looks to me that its timing is out, but the winds are well within the allowable wind range for racing. The map below is from 1000hrs."

"This one, below, is from 1300hrs."

"Lastly, the forecast table from PredictWind has the front passing through the race course in the afternoon, which still could happen, but my money is on an early AM change."

Expect a bit of this, seems to be the general idea.... Add some rain while you're at it.

This © Steb Fisher image is of Chutzpah38.

Have a blast.... BTW, if it's wrong, the queue will begin behind Peter Blake, Pete Chalkley, Mitch Batson and Chris Furey. Take a number. Argh. Argh. Argh.

The full MWS results to date are HERE.

You can still enter individual MWS races HERE and the M2G is HERE - remember that Cruising Divisions will be offered for the latter event.

 

 

By John Curnow and Simon Dryden

Saturday 14/08/10@1730hrs

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.

 

 

ORCV Melbourne Winter Series (MWS)

Examining Brass for R5 (Passage Race).

"Still a go", is how the The Brass put it.

Certainly there will be a review later in the day and then the usual postings here and SMSs to Skippers, if there are any aspects that need to be clarified.

BoM Forecast for Sunday for Port Phillip, as at 0518hrs on 14/08/10

Winds: North to northwesterly 25 to 35 knots tending west to southwesterly at 25 to 35 knots during the late morning before easing to 20 to 30 knots during the afternoon. Wind tending westerly during the evening at 15 to 20 knots. Seas: Up to 2.5 metres decreasing to 1 to 2 metres during the afternoon and to around 1 metre at night.

BoM Forecast for Sunday for Melbourne, as at 0556hrs on 14/08/10

Cloudy. Scattered showers. Winds northwesterly averaging up to 45 km/h tending west to southwesterly up to 35 km/h.

Expect a bit of this, seems to be the general idea.... Add some rain while you're at it.

This © Steb Fisher image is of Halcyon.

More on it all, right here, over the next little while....

The full MWS results to date are HERE.

You can still enter individual MWS races HERE and the M2G is HERE - remember that Cruising Divisions will be offered for the latter event.

 

 

By John Curnow

Saturday 14/08/10@1030hrs

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.

 

 

ORCV Melbourne Winter Series (MWS)

White out!

Not the correction fluid variety either. The wind and spray version! Herewith is Steb Fisher's final batch from Race Four of the 2010 MWS.

In the previous piece, More than a few, Stampede was on her way to the line just behind Chutzpah38. Now we have a few shots of her a little closer in...

That's 52 feet of Elliott Cruiser/Racer flying about...

Great stuff, indeed.

I reckon Greg (Elliott) would be pretty chuffed with this one!

Me - I like this one!

Plenty of steam up in this image.

Christopher Gendala and the three other souls who took Stampede around the course on the day.

Next to come in was Bombora. Almost one of which is whipping out of her tail - yeah, so maybe overstating it, but then...

Schüss appearing on the scene with her, too.

XX = criss cross

Hey there team.

Hi gang. Having fun? Michael Pisani - are you in this lot?

As you know by now, Steb had been getting a lot of well, 'Steb's on the day and this is just one more of his trademarks. Even the keel is visible in this one!

Swordfish Trombone, another member of the 40-somethings, is making her charge for the line, as well.

"We're going to come to you in a second..."

"...and give you one of your new favourites as a bonus!"

"YeeHa. We're done."

Here's Swordy!

We're with Schüss now and it is Clockwork also in frame...

Now that's one cool image...

Strings. Maybe they're trying to floss that last little bit...

Over we go to the other board...

... take a wave for your trouble...

... and then you're done. "Phew. Glad that's over."

Power up as you barrel off towards home.

A joy ride. Probably deserve one after being out in that...

My new favourite - the stern wave!

Clockwork just finished, in behind Schüss here.

Clockwork gets some more water on the foredeck.

And then wouldn't you know it. More, again.

Where did I put the hull?

Here. We'll put some water all over it so you can find it.

Mitchey. I know you wanted a series of your wipeout, but alas, you'll just have to do with this lot...

Go on! Get into it.

Spray. Spray. Spray.

Have some more.

WooHoo.

Now that looks a little more civilised...

Feather that main...

Second to None then arrives at the scene.

It too wants to show you some spray.

Hello. Look who we have here.

He's the one looking at straight at us...

Strings, team.

It's John Spencer, the Commodore of RBYC.

Halcyon goes the spray thing for us, too.

Dig in. No. It's not dinner time.

Have some sun for your trouble, though...

You're gonna get that!

Ah huh!

Hhhmmm. Salty? Just go and make a chip commercial and you'll be fine.

Is it up?

... that precedes down, or down that precedes up? That is the question...

... maybe it is wet with a bit of wet thrown in?

No. It is up...

So that must make this an upper! Perhaps that is sailing, in general.

Chris (Tucker) will love this image!

Try explaining this to a non-sailor. 'Well, you see. You get unbelievably cold, super-wet and then you put yourself into these amazing positions, all the while the boat's moving and you don't want to put your hand near something that could bite back really hard or fall in...."

Add a touch of white.

And then some more and you have a white-out. Here is the hero pic. There were plenty in this batch, but we wanted to applaud our new friends, who've been really getting into it and enjoying themselves in the process, despite (or is that because of) things like this!

All is calm again...

Have a surf on the way home for your trouble.

Mille Sabords is our final finisher.

Stephane will be a little unhappy to see the string issues here.

Hi team.

Great shot with sun and contrast.

WooHoo. My stern wave.

Good to see smiles.

Bet we won't see the strings out again.

Simon O'Malley just wanted to show us why he is our 316 Man!!!

Oh, well, that is just sensational!

Pretty cool too.

And then it is time for Stephane and the gang of Mille Sabords to head home...

To Robin Hewitt in red and the officials of the day, thank you.

The full MWS results to date are HERE. The next race of the MWS is Race Five - the Passage Race on August 15.

So. If you would like to go for a run with the Colts or any of the other sections represented by the Bay's best, you can. Individual entry for MWS races is HERE and the M2G is HERE - remember that Cruising Divisions will be offered for the latter event.

 

 

© John Curnow, ORCV Media

Please contact me for re-issue rights.

Thank you to David Judge and Tony Dawson from Hobbo'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.