ORCV Melbourne to Geelong (M2G)

Dambusters.

Time for some more pics and we're just going to go wherever we want... Many thanks to Steb Fisher for providing us with them.

Like the Dambusters or a flight of Catalinas/PBYs. It is the hero pic, but was to hard to see as the thumbnail...

Let's start with the start. This is Australian Crawl - Go Deep!!! Big Hit.

The SAV gets away to windward of Biddy Hu II, with Escapade and Red Rocks in behind them.

Others took a more conservative approach to things.

Our friends The Cappers and yes, Phil does have a cigar going, I'm told.

The Pretty Woman.

Possibly Upbeat on the left and then Slice of Heaven and Spirit of Freya.

Some Sav.

Some more Sav.

And yes. I have joined the Savoir Faire bandwagon.

The relatively newly acquired Cadence (formerly of Adelaide).

The ORCV's very own Tanya Stanford and her Nouannie.

Galaxy approach the finish line.

What a lovely shot of John Raff's Western Sun, which is another monty of a boat to do the M2L Cruising Division. BTW, Deja Vu was the first to complete the EOI and now Morning Star has joined her. Both vessels are from the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria. Go HERE to do the same.

Team Gienah. Fourth in on the rail is He of the Loud Jokes - Nathan Edwards - trying to hide, but he'll say he's looking for wind... Such a wall flower, not. First on the rail is Jordan Crowley whom we first got to meet as part of the SSSC pics attached to Van Halen v The Pointer Sisters.

San Miguel and that's Chris Gibbons visible between the forestay and the red sleeve.

Jan, who collected their prize in the pushpit there.

A little bit of Challenge and another row - this time the Channel Markers.

And a little bit of Clockwork in behind them.

Mille Sabords, who've had a huge season learning the boat. Wow. 316 Man (Simon O'Malley) is still out with the shorts. See HERE for the reminder.

Those last three are this piece's artsy fartsy numbers...

One of our earlier Cruising with Spinnakers entrants, Dionysos the Greek God of Wine. Yum O!

What a shame they did not stay for the party and to collect their wine.

Quick Sandra, look! A really nice pic of you guys.

As the hero pic did not work as a thumbnail, I thought this would be an entirely suitable substitute - and it is - Malcolm Mohr's Independent Endeavour.

Magnificent old Swan 65.

Steb tells me that, "she came up, tacked onto Port and then tacked again to get around, with lots of boats on her tail and boy does she take a while to come round. Perfectly judged in the end, with no excitement." Ah, well she'd have to be 25tonne, you know... and we love her!

Team Love Boat.

James Cyclone Bacon adjusts heady trim on Calm.

Probably doing a lazy 8.5+kn.

Now this is just cool. Straight down the prodder to Willow helming. Ritchie Benaud or what!!!

TPs certainly go hard.

Pete Williams in the cap trying to get them inspired for a bit more hiking.

But they're on to him, especially that man Hugh, second in. First in is Cam, but he's already had enough press for one race.

Slotty (Jason Van Der Slot) in the grey cap now visible. What a great owner he is - even gets the first two slabs for the boat when they dock!!!

We're not sure what the pose is for...

However, Marissa McManus definitely likes the idea.

 

Yeah, yeah. They're on the way...

The full MWS results are HERE.

 

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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.
Many thanks to John Kint, Brian Case, Dianne Rose and the many, many helpers at RGYC for making it such a great place for us to get to.		Thank you to Monica Tonner and Richard Hunter from SYC for ensuring Steb had a ride and we, therefore, have all that imagery, which just seems to go down an absolute treat.
	It is with thanks to our friends at PredictWind that we've been able to supply such detailled information throughout the entire 2010 MWS.

 

ORCV Melbourne to Geelong (M2G)

Ecky and Bucky.

Tony Bull from Ullman Sails Geelong thought they had a bit of luck in their recent win, but as history is their judge, Team Ecky (eXtasea), which is Skippered by Paul Buchholz (Bucky) are always in the mix for every event they enter. Here's Tony's M2G report: -

Naturally all the crew of eXtasea were wrapped to win the IRC division of the ORCV's 2010 Melbourne Winter Series. We went into the final race 4.5 points behind Wicked and a lot of things had to fall into place for us to overhaul this lead - and they did. The stars were in alignment!

It must be said that Wicked were desperately unlucky to lose, the format of having the final race as a standalone event meant they could not drop their worst result. If they could have done so, they would have won, as they had a remarkably consistent series up to that point. Another thing that favoured us was the race panned out as one that where the leading boats kept sailing into the fresher winds and extending their lead over the smaller vessels. Lastly the DK46 is a great boat, but if it does have a weakness, it is sailing with the wind on the beam or ¾ reaching. It is a rare thing to have a passage race with predominantly square running, beating or just slightly cracked for most of the legs. So everything fell into place and the guys and gals on Team Ecky sailed very well to take advantage.

Team Ecky, as seen out on the water.

As for the race itself, we had a good start, but after a small altercation with Goldfinger, we ended a little further down the line than we would have liked, which meant we had to wait to get onto the right and favoured side of the course. We got to the first gate behind Calm and XLR8 and after a pretty messy spinnaker set, settled down for the long run in to the Carrum Bight. By the time we got to the mark, we were still not far ahead of Jazz Player and the other assorted 40somethings. Following this, we had a long beat out to P2 and this is where Calm really took off. We watched her distinctly coloured mainsail get smaller and smaller, until it was blip on the horizon. A quick whiz around on the Internet showed Point Wilson and the western shore had the breeze backing into the west, so we dug that way, which stood us in good stead. On this leg we were able to shake off the Colts a bit, but the persistent Jazz Player was hanging on. Rounding P2 it was off to Geelong and after a brief and unsuccessful try of the Code 0, we settled down. This was the leg where we did well, as we sailed into a freshening head breeze and we could see the masts behind us as near as vertical, as the Colts struggled through lighter patches. Rounding the Point Richards Channel Mark and sailing up outer Corio Bay, the flat water and quickly shifting breeze had a familiar feel as we closed on our home port.

Upon finishing it was great to get to RGYC and see the earlier arrivals from the other fleets already enjoying the convivial atmosphere on the front lawn. A few frothies went down well and then the news came through we had taken out the series, hurray!

With thanks to Teri Dodds for the use of this image.

Congratulations to Paul Buchholz and his crew. Bucky is one of the really nice guys and a keen supporter of all ORCV racing. His success lies in his meticulously prepared and maintained boats. Over the journey of his several eXtaseas, he has mentored probably 40-50 young sailors and this latest crew is no exception. It has a large contingent of young sailors, not only onboard, but in important positions. They are good bunch, apart from a few dubious social traits? But then that’s all well after my bedtime.

Well done guys! It was a pleasure to sail with you and a real joy to give Bucky a bit more congestion in his bulging trophy cabinet.

Congratulations to ORCV and in particular the website updates by John and Steb etc. I even get emails from overseas complimenting the all-inclusive nature of the coverage.

Here's Tony Bull - our author with ORCV Vice Commodore, Don Fraser.

Aw schucks Dool - but thanks!

Yep! You guessed it... There's more in it somewhere...

 

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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.
We'll be seeing the team at Geelong, pretty soon indeed.		Thank you to Monica Tonner and Richard Hunter from SYC for ensuring Steb had a ride and we, therefore, have all that imagery, which just seems to go down an absolute treat.
	It is with thanks to our friends at PredictWind that we've been able to supply such detailled information throughout the entire 2010 MWS.

 

ORCV Melbourne Winter Series (MWS)

Results and thanks.

As a result of the fun that was the 2010 M2G, we now have final results in the 2010 MWS. A big thank you to everyone for making the 2010 MWS such a hoot. Woohoooooooooo! So. Make sure you're ready for the AGM at RMYS on 23/09/10. Just be there. No booking required. 7pm for the AGM, followed by a short break for the usual, convivial drink and nibbles and then the all important presentation of trophies.

Series Results [IRC] for Division 1 up to Race 6 (Drops = 1)

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 6	Race 5	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		G4646R	EXTASEA	Paul Buchholz	RGYC	13.5	2.0	4.5	2.0	3.0	2.0	[5.0]
2		SM4	WICKED	Mark Welsh	SYC	15.0	8.0	2.0	3.0	1.0	[5.0]	1.0
3		SM2	CHALLENGE	Lou Abrahams	SYC	21.0	10.0	3.0	1.0	4.0	3.0	[8.5]

Team Ecky from Geelong are going to love that, seeing as it is on top of their MOC win from last Summer.

Series Results [AMS] for Division 1 up to Race 6 (Drops = 1)

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 6	Race 5	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		SM4	WICKED	Mark Welsh	SYC	11.0	6.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	[2.0]	1.0
2		R336	SWORDFISH TROMBONE	Tim Olding	RYCV	15.0	5.0	4.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	[4.0]
3	2.0S	S390	JAZZ PLAYER	Andrew Lawrence	RMYS	16.0	2.0	1.0	5.0	3.0	5.0	[11.0]

Wicked get a guernsey here, so all is not too bad...

Series Results [PHS] for Division 1 up to Race 6 (Drops = 1)

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 6	Race 5	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		S390	JAZZ PLAYER	Andrew Lawrence	RMYS	9.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	[13.0]
2		G4646R	EXTASEA	Paul Buchholz	RGYC	21.0	4.0	[8.0]	3.0	5.0	4.0	5.0
3		B331	AUDACIOUS	Greg Clinnick	RBYC	27.0	2.0	[13.0]	5.0	8.0	6.0	6.0
4	1.0S	8880	GOLDFINGER	Kate Mitchell	SYC	29.0	20.0F	3.0	4.0	[7.0]	1.0	1.0

Well done Jazzy. The Finger compete in just about everything and had this in the bag, but a DNF in the M2G has them slipping to fourth.

Series Results [Sydney 38 AMS] for Division 1 up to Race 6 (Drops = 1)

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 6	Race 5	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		SM2	CHALLENGE	Lou Abrahams	SYC	8.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	[3.0]
2		B331	AUDACIOUS	Greg Clinnick	RBYC	11.0	2.0	[4.0]	2.0	3.0	2.0	2.0
3		R6418	CHUTZPAH38	Bruce Taylor	RYCV	13.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	6.0C	[6.0C]	1.0
4		SM3838	CLOCKWORK	G.Mather F.Mcdermott	SYC	15.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	2.0	3.0	[4.0]
5		SM381	MILLE SABORDS	Stephane Howarth	SYC	23.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.0	4.0	[6.0F]

Between the Colts and the 40somethings, it was red hot all season. Nice work crews. Well done to Challenge who really sailed well. It was also really good to see Mille Sabords out there, who had gone from crew to owners and drivers.

Series Results [IRC] for Division 2 up to Race 6 (Drops = 1)

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 6	Race 5	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		SM5985	INSX	Robert Sill	SYC	8.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	[2.0]	1.0
2		SM178	ALIBI	Dennis Hambleton	SYC	11.0	1.0	1.0	[10.0C]	2.0	1.0	6.0
3		SM5508	HUSH	P Chalkley M Mcmanus	SYC	16.0	6.0	[4.0]	2.0	3.0	3.0	2.0

Me thinkey INSX have done enough to get the Lord Warden Trophy again...

Series Results [AMS] for Division 2 up to Race 6 (Drops = 1)

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 6	Race 5	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		SM3500	NUTCRACKER	Rob Davis	SYC	9.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	[4.0]
2		SM178	ALIBI	Dennis Hambleton	SYC	12.0	2.0	1.0	[14.0C]	1.0	1.0	7.0
3		SM5508	HUSH	P Chalkley M Mcmanus	SYC	15.0	4.0	3.0	1.0	4.0	[4.0]	3.0

Are The Love Boat going to get into that or what??!! Alibi and Hush must be mentioned for making the 30somethings such an interesting category to watch. Cheers.

Series Results [PHS] for Division 2 up to Race 6 (Drops = 1)

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 6	Race 5	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		SM5985	INSX	Robert Sill	SYC	19.0	8.0	[6.0]	5.0	1.0	2.0	3.0
2	1.0S	SM178	ALIBI	Dennis Hambleton	SYC	20.0	4.0	4.0	[17.0C]	2.0	1.0	9.0
3		SM3500	NUTCRACKER	Rob Davis	SYC	20.0	2.0	5.0	4.0	5.0	4.0	[6.0]
4		B5903	SPIRIT OF FREYA	Joanne Harpur	RBYC	24.0	3.0	10.0	[17.0F]	4.0	5.0	2.0

A bit of a disaster in R4 has cost Spirit of Freya a podium here. Still. First full season for new Skipper Joanne and I know they're fired up about Xmas, even if it is just to get something over me!

OK. Many thanks to the Race Management team, headed by ORCV Rear Commodore, Simon Dryden. Particular mention goes to Robin Hewitt along with David Leroy and his team. Naturally, it would all not go so smoothly without the efforts of Sally Williams and Tanya Stanford in the office.

Personally, I would like to make a big thank you to the one who is always heard, but not often seen - Peter Clancy. He is the voice of ORCV Melbourne and runs all the skeds for the offshore work, along with the radios during the M2G. Cheers for all your lack of sleep and thank you.

Thanks to David Judge and Tony Dawson (seen here on the left) from HBYC, who made sure Privateer was out there for the MWS and hence for Steb to get us the images. HBYC Club Captain, Kevin LeNepveu is on the right and he too made it out for most of the races. Cheers.

Thank you to Monic Tonner and Richard Hunter who got Steb water borne for the M2G. (Thanks to Chris Furey for this image of Steb and Richard, driving). Thank you to Steb for getting out there each time, despite the conditions and remember to buy Steb's pics!

Yep. More soon (and you know it!).

The full MWS results to date are HERE.

 

© John Curnow, ORCV Media

Please contact me for re-issue rights.

	The Colts (Sydney 38s) are having their own fight within the battle - many thanks to Ullman Sails for providing the prize.
We'll be seeing the team at Geelong, pretty soon indeed.		Thank you to Monica Tonner and Richard Hunter from SYC for ensuring Steb had a ride and we, therefore, have all that imagery, which just seems to go down an absolute treat.
	It is with thanks to our friends at PredictWind that we've been able to supply such detailled information throughout the entire 2010 MWS.

 

ORCV Melbourne to Geelong (M2G)

Yep. Winners are indeed grinners.

A lot of boats did really well and everyone else had a blast out on the track. So here then, are the pics of those with the wine and flags.

The Sav (Savoir Faire) took out Cruising Line Honours and her Skipper, Mal Eaton of Vicsail Geelong, gave us the biggest smile, hence hero pic status. ORCV Vice Commodore, Don Fraser also enjoyed the whole experience.

Brett Averay from Calm took off his sunnies to collect the LH flag and by about 9pm, he'd taken off to parts unknown, as many searched for him...

"He with the flag is our tactician, strategist and all round good bloke, Roger Blasse. Roger is currently the Commodore of the Black Rock Yacht Club and is a fairly handy OK Dinghy and 14ft skiff sailor in his spare time. He has also been known to enjoy a beer or two, which is an important pre-requisite for consideration about inclusion in that fine body of elite sportspersons that make up the crew of Nutcracker." Thank you Chris.

Cam collected the loot for the IRC Div1 win on Calm. Cam was looking like he might also get the Prowl prize, but I have no evidence... Yet!

Rhys Short from Extasea collecting the 2nd in IRC prize - I'm told that 'he's one of the young Turks mentioned, God knows where they ended up Saturday night?' Ah, that would be a yeah. Hhhmmmm. Fantastic to have a bunch of younger souls in the game.

Here's Tony Bull himself, collecting the AMS Div1 winner's loot from ORCV Vice Commodore, Don Fraser. Extasea's owner Paul Buchholz wasn't onboard as he's overseas, but was "really delighted" with their efforts.

Jazz Player was Second in AMS and Third in PHS. Andrew Lawrence happy with the day's work.

Greg Clinnick from Audacious was Second in Div 1 PHS.

Peregrine got Second in IRC Div 2. Ryan Walker here collecting the wine on behalf of his Father, Barry, who'd had a late night on the Friday watching the Cats.

Rob Sill from INSX collects Third in IRC Div2.

Captain Stubbing, I mean Rob Davis, collects the Div2 AMS loot and they also got Second in PHS. Good day's work for a the OTB M&Ds. That'll show the kids how to do it - Line Honours, First AMS and Second PHS!

Matrix's Keith O'Donnell collects the Div2 PHS flag and wine.

Peter Dunne from Upbeat, who got Third in Div2 AMS.

Roger Wale here - Pretty Woman got First in AMS and Second in PHS in the Cruising with Kites Division.

Earlier on, we saw Robert, I mean Vladimir, from Escapade - HERE.

Red Rocks' Skipper is Shaun Harris and they were Second in AMS in the kite fliers.

ORCV Stalwart, Phil Spry-Bailey - Magic was Third in PHS in the kite fliers.

This is Jan Fielding from San Miguel. Jan works at Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron and is a regular sailor, often aboard San Miguel. Jan has been aboard Tigris for the MWS, but 'jumped ship' when Tigris decided not to go to Geelong. SM took out PHS in the non-kites brigade, so it was certainly worth her while.

 

Yep! You guessed it...

The full MWS results to date are HERE.

 

© John Curnow, ORCV Media

Please contact me for re-issue rights.

	The Colts (Sydney 38s) are having their own fight within the battle - many thanks to Ullman Sails for providing the prize.
We'll be seeing the team at Geelong, pretty soon indeed.		Thank you to Monica Tonner and Richard Hunter from SYC for ensuring Steb had a ride and we, therefore, have all that imagery, which just seems to go down an absolute treat.
	It is with thanks to our friends at PredictWind that we've been able to supply such detailled information throughout the entire 2010 MWS.