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Passage race to Geelong around laid and/or fixed navigational marks on Port Phillip.

Race Start: 0830hrs on Saturday 7th September 2013 in the vicinity of R2.

Safety Category: 5

As well as being the last race of the Helly Hansen Winter Series, the Melbourne to Geelong race is a race in its own right.

Different courses ensure that the fleet arrives in a timely fashion for the wonderful hospitality offered by Royal Geelong Yacht Club.

Entry is open for racing and cruising divisions.Entry to the Winter Series is inclusive of this race fee. However, you will need to update your entry with your crew list.

ORCV Melbourne Winter Series (MWS)

In all Series-ness.

OK. After Pink Love Boat, which looked at the results on the day, we now have the MWS series-to-date results posted. The highlights are below and before we go to that, here's what Robin Hewitt, the Race Director on the day, had to say about it all. "The forecast was for 11 degrees maximum temperature and a gale warning had been issued, so a few stayed home. Conditions were, in fact, idyllic, with flat seas and 10-12kts. The day was cold, but the start was HOT and required a general recall, as a result. Goldfinger was toey and deservedly so, it was her day and she built a comfortable lead throughout the race."

"Division Two had Nutcracker lead throughout and Lou Abraham's, Challenge, cleaned up the Colts. At about noon the wind shifted from West to SW and the temperature dropped too. The shift brought a stronger breeze, which reached 25kts in the puffs, but mostly just above twenty. The sea began to build. but all yachts had finished before anything got ugly."

Series Results [IRC] for Division 1 up to Race 4 (Drops = 0)
Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		SM4	WICKED	Mark Welsh	SYC	10.0	3.0	1.0	5.0	1.0
2		G4646R	EXTASEA	Paul Buchholz	RGYC	12.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	5.0
3		SM2	CHALLENGE	Lou Abrahams	SYC	16.5	1.0	4.0	3.0	8.5

Still leading AMS and IRC - we'll have a comment from Mark soon... It's now arrived and it goes a little like this.

"Hi JC. Have now thawed out a little after today's race. A cold, tough day on the water for participants, including the Wicked Ones. We are really happy with our result today and want to congratulate Challenge, who we just could not hold onto and also Extasea, for a great race. Like last time, the Wicked crew performed sensationally again today, with no significant incidents and He of the Loud Shorts (Smithy, were they over the wets today?) was spot-on with the shifts, particularly the big left-hand shift mid-race. With the ugly forecast, we went with our ocean main today, which may have cost us a little when the wind was down, but still seemed to work OK for us. Another tight tussle around the track with the Colts and Jazzy, which makes this racing so much fun, despite the weather. Pumped with our current position in the Series, but there is still plenty of racing to go..... cheers, Mark"

And cheers to you and the Wicked Ones, as well!!!

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Wicked, from last time around in the MWS - pic © Steb Fisher

Series Results [IRC] for Division 2 up to Race 4 (Drops = 0)
Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		SM5985	INSX	Robert Sill	SYC	5.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0
2		SM5508	HUSH	P Chalkley M Mcmanus	SYC	10.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	2.0
3	1.0S	SM178	ALIBI	Dennis Hambleton	SYC	19.0	10.0C	2.0	1.0	6.0

Those three and The Love Boat are always at it........

Series Results [AMS] for Division 1 up to Race 4 (Drops = 0)
Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		SM4	WICKED	Mark Welsh	SYC	5.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.0
2		R336	SWORDFISH TROMBONE	Tim Olding	RYCV	10.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	4.0
3		G4646R	EXTASEA	Paul Buchholz	RGYC	15.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.0

Tim Olding's Swordy doing the business, indeed. No old, drunk, gravel-voiced musos there!

Series Results [AMS] for Division 2 up to Race 4 (Drops = 0)
Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		SM3500	NUTCRACKER	Rob Davis	SYC	10.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	4.0
2		SM5508	HUSH	P Chalkley M Mcmanus	SYC	12.0	1.0	4.0	4.0	3.0
3		SM3107	FADE 2 GREY	Jason Close	SM	19.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	10.0

"Soon we'll be making another run..." Forget romance, set a course for the presentation night, I feel.

Series Results [PHS] for Division 1 up to Race 4 (Drops = 0)
Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		8880	GOLDFINGER	Kate Mitchell	SYC	13.0	4.0	7.0	1.0	1.0
2		G4646R	EXTASEA	Paul Buchholz	RGYC	17.0	3.0	5.0	4.0	5.0
3		S390	JAZZ PLAYER	Andrew Lawrence	RMYS	18.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	13.0

The Finger are determined to master rocket science, yet!!!

Series Results [PHS] for Division 2 up to Race 4 (Drops = 0)
Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		SM5985	INSX	Robert Sill	SYC	11.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	3.0
2		SM3500	NUTCRACKER	Rob Davis	SYC	19.0	4.0	5.0	4.0	6.0
3		B347	ROGUE TRADER	Greg Rayner	RBYC	22.0	6.0	6.0	9.0	1.0

Bit of a lead there!

Series Results [Sydney 38 AMS] for Division 1 up to Race 4 (Drops = 0)

Place Ties Sail No Boat Name Skipper From Sers Score Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1

1 SM2 CHALLENGE Lou Abrahams SYC 6.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 3.0

2 B331 AUDACIOUS Greg Clinnick RBYC 9.0 2.0 3.0 2.0 2.0

3 SM3838 CLOCKWORK G.Mather F.Mcdermott SYC 13.0 4.0 2.0 3.0 4.0

4 R6418 CHUTZPAH38 Bruce Taylor RYCV 16.0 3.0 6.0C 6.0C 1.0

5 SM381 MILLE SABORDS Stephane Howarth SYC 19.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 6.0F

Challenge and Audacious opening a gap?

Steb Fisher's pics will follow...

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


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)

Pink Love Boat.

Rob Davis, the driver of our Love Boat, Nutcracker, was "Tickled Pink!" with their Division Two gun earlier on this afternoon. "Not sure what all the brouhaha was about the weather", he said with a smile as they headed back into the quay, just moments after they had crossed the line. No doubt he was looking at some of the squalls appearing ominously a little further down the Bay, as he said it. It has certainly kicked in some now, as the Fawkner Beacon chart shows.

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Chris Furey, from onboard Nutcracker as well, said of their continuing tussle with INSX, "We're loving the battles with INSX. It was our turn to get up today, but wow, just a couple of feet in it after all that racing is just great!" He went on to add "Also absolutely loved the Olympic Course. We went around the top with the fractional Bag and soon discovered we were way underdone - have not had to do a peel for about three years, so that was interesting, but thankfully, all OK."

Getting the Div1 gun today was Goldfinger. In speaking with her driver, Peter Blake, I got the impression that it was certainly cold out there. "That went really well. The wind favoured the boats behind on one of the runs, when it started to clock around. They got to do the whole leg on the one gybe and go straight into the mark. Still, we're happy to be in the pen and the bar now. Best of all, we did not break anything!" Peter is always up for a laugh, as well and also added that, "You were right and I was wrong! You even gave us some sunshine."

The only retirement I am aware of presently, is Spirit of Freya, who retired at the bottom mark and headed for home at RBYC.

Moving on then, we have the tables to review. Firstly from today and then subsequently, form the overall standings.

Division 1 IRC results Start : 10:40:00
Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T
1	SM2	CHALLENGE	Lou Abrahams	12:58:59	02:18:59	1.109	02:34:08
2	G4646R	EXTASEA	Paul Buchholz	12:48:41	02:08:41	1.201	02:34:33
3	SM4	WICKED	Mark Welsh	13:02:17	02:22:17	1.090	02:35:0

They'll be the kind of names you get used to seeing on the IRC Board.

Division 2 IRC results Start : 10:45:00
Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T
1	SM5985	INSX	Robert Sill	12:40:01	01:55:01	1.047	02:00:25
2	SM5508	HUSH	P Chalkley M Mcmanus	12:46:32	02:01:32	0.991	02:00:26
3	SM3107	FADE 2 GREY	Jason Close	12:58:45	02:13:45	0.945	02:06:24

INSX looking to add super glue to the Lord Warden Trophy

Division 1 AMS results Start : 10:40:00
Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T	Vis
1	SM4	WICKED	Mark Welsh	13:02:17	02:22:17	0.963	02:17:01
2	SM2	CHALLENGE	Lou Abrahams	12:58:59	02:18:59	0.997	02:18:34
3	R336	SWORDFISH TROMBONE	Tim Olding	13:07:14	02:27:14	0.943	02:18:50

Fair enough. Mark will be keen to see Wicked keep its winning ways.

Division 2 AMS results Start : 10:45:00
Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T	Vis
1	SM5508	HUSH	P Chalkley M Mcmanus	12:46:32	02:01:32	0.861	01:44:38
2	SM3500	NUTCRACKER	Rob Davis	12:39:46	01:54:46	0.923	01:45:56
3	SM3107	FADE 2 GREY	Jason Close	12:58:45	02:13:45	0.807	01:47:56

That will please Peter Chalkley and I must see how many they had onboard today.

Division 1 PHS results Start : 10:40:00
Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T	BCH	CHC
1	B9797	NINETY SEVEN	Alan Saunders	12:55:38	02:15:38	0.977	02:12:31	1.029	0.990
2	S390	JAZZ PLAYER	Andrew Lawrence	13:00:26	02:20:26	0.975	02:16:55	0.993	0.980
3	G4646R	EXTASEA	Paul Buchholz	12:48:41	02:08:41	1.066	02:17:11	1.084	1.071

Team Ecky on the board and Ninety Seven gets the win.

Division 2 PHS results Start : 10:45:00
Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T	BCH	CHC
1	S37	BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS	Tony Warren	12:44:05	01:59:05	0.852	01:41:28	0.857	0.853
2	SM3107	FADE 2 GREY	Jason Close	12:58:45	02:13:45	0.760	01:41:39	0.763	0.761
3	S54	MATRIX	Keith O'Donnell	12:42:07	01:57:07	0.871	01:42:00	0.871	0.871

Great to see Team BO get up and also Matrix jump onto the board.

Division 1 Sydney 38 AMS results Start : 10:40:00
Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Elapsd	Cor'd T	BCH	Skipper	Class	Score	Fin Tim	ETOrd	DidNot	AHC
1	SM2	CHALLENGE	02:18:59	02:18:34	1.027	Lou Abrahams	D1	1.0	12:58:59	1		0.997
2	B331	AUDACIOUS	02:23:13	02:22:47	0.997	Greg Clinnick	D1	2.0	13:03:13	2		0.997
3	R6418	CHUTZPAH38	02:24:54	02:23:01	0.985	Bruce Taylor	D1	3.0	13:04:54	3		0.987
4	SM3838	CLOCKWORK	02:27:48	02:25:53	0.966	G.Mather F.Mcdermott	D1	4.0	13:07:48	4		0.987
5	SM381	MILLE SABORDS	02:39:54	02:37:49	0.893	Stephane Howarth	D1	5.0	13:19:54	5		0.987

Top three pretty much doing as expected here and sharing it out amongst themselves...

Series Scores will follow, as soon as they are updated. Well done to all and hope the brandy is getting you all nice and warm.

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


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)

F.A.B.

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Thunderbirds are go!

This is what the Brass have just SMSd the Skippers. "Looking at tomorrow’s weather, we will be sailing, as the front will be later in the day, so rug up and come out for a great day sailing. There will only be one race."

Sunday's latest BOM forecast. Winds: West to northwesterly 20 to 30 knots shifting west to southwesterly 25 to 30 knots during the afternoon, then strengthening to 25 to 35 knots during the evening. Seas: 1 to 1.5 metres increasing to 2 metres around dawn. Isolated thunderstorms with hail during the day.

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Thank you for all your calls and emails and have a great day's sailing!

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 31/07/10@1800hrs


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)

Oh Yes!

At this time, you are racing on Sunday. Please keep a weather eye on this site and there will be more posts tomorrow, Saturday, but dig the full thermals out. It'll be one race and then back into the showers.

These are the Friday evening models and charts, with thanks to our friends at PredictWind.

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Still some significant variance between models, which is why there is such close attention being paid to the developments...

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Not that dissimilar to the original posting in Watching. Waiting. Thinking.

Thank you for all your calls and emails and we'll continue to bring you the best and most current information we have access to.

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

Friday 30/07/10@1830hrs


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)

CVD!

Tony Bull from Ullman Sails Geelong sent me a note after reading Batter Up!, saying that Race Four of the MWS this Sunday is "Shaping up to be what us Sailmakers call a CVD!" (as in Commercially Viable Day.) I got to meet Tony in person recently at a CYAV meeting. As for this comment, I did ask and he said with the same sort of joviality as when he talked with me last month, "It's a phrase I use quite regularly when walking past race committees and/or clients on the pier."

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Tony with a Shogun shirt on...

He'll be out on Extasea with Paul Buchholz and the crew, so we'll all have to keep an eye out, as this is what Team Eckky achieved at the end of the 2009 M2G - Have a great time out there.

ArtsyFartsyExtasea

All Paul had to say of this one was "Two headies for the day - expensive!" - Ah, like yeah...

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


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.

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