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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.

Melbourne to Geelong (M2G) - 11/09/10

He of the Countdown Timer.

We have not heard from him for a little while, but He of the Count Down Timer is back and he has informed me, that as of Thursday 19/08/10, the following events have this many days to go until their starts:

M2G 23 days
M2S 72 days
COB 129 days
M2H 130 days

He's as much of an icon on the site as He of the Loud Shorts, Mystery Man and the Bay's oldest Bowman. Speaking of pointy ends (segue, segue, segue), if you look at the days to go, well, there are not a huge amount left, either. Anyway, He of the Countdown Timer, is of course Jeremy Walton, who is genuinely prepared to be upstaged by the wonderful Karen and we saw some info about them in More Four - Thanks Karen.

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Jeremy was one of the four souls onboard Rogue Trader when this great © Steb Fisher image was taken at the end of R4 of the 2010 MWS. I reckon he's the one with his back to us...

12 vessels have thus far made the most of their MWS entry in a Racing Division and completed the required extra information for the M2G Racing Divisions, which is HERE.

Whereas others, like say Peregrine from RGYC, have chosen to enter the M2G Racing Division, simply as a solo event. You can certainly do that too, right HERE.

Last year, around 58 vessels made the approximately 40nm journey and there were only the Racing Divisions then! Now with the Cruising Divisions a big part of the M2G... well, you get the picture. The main thing is that as an existing MWS entrant, you must please complete the extra information for the M2G. Remember, as mentioned, if you did a block entry for the 2010 MWS, then entry for the M2G is FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. Cool huh! Me likey, likey that.

The M2G Notice of Race is ready for your perusal and the M2G Sailing Instructions are now live, too.

If you' ve got the boat tied up to the quay and think you should give it a run, then do. The M2G is a passgae race and if you do not want to be in with all the racers, even if you normally are, then go in one of the Cruising Divisions (kite and no kite). While you're at it, get your clubmates to come along as well. Why? Party. That's why...

By John Curnow

Melbourne to Geelong (M2G) - 11/09/10

Know how.

Savoir-Faire, aka, The Sav, is a Beneteau 47.7 from the Royal Geelong Yacht Club.

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Her owners are Malcolm and Yasmin Eaton from Vicsail Geelong. They, "along with The Sav's awesome crew, look forward to being part of this great event and having a marvellous day of it in the M2G Cruising with Spinnakers Division. Keep an eye out for The Sav and make yourself known to us. Please enjoy the regatta and the great facilities that RGYC has to offer." Very hospitable, indeed. You might say that they would seem to know how to do things with a certain style or flair..... Argh. Argh. Argh.

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The Sav goes around the turning mark of Shortland Bluff in the 2007 M2H.

In 2007, The Sav did the ORCV's Le Coq de la Baie and then 480nm Centennary M2H via Launceston. The have also competed in the AVW Cruising with Spinnaker Division. I believe she may be for sale now and I am also pretty sure she's in Survey, as well...

Seems a bit of close, competitive racing is in the blood with The Sav's owners, as there is a fully renovated Adams 10 that will hit the water in time for the Summer season. We'll have to check that out too!

Right then. You may wish to join all the other vessels and yet not want to have to organise a massive crew or get too busy to have a whole lot of fun. Solution - join the Cruising with Spinnakers Division, even if you have been in the Racing Divisions previously. Pretty Woman was the first to cross over for this particular event, then 2009 Melbourne to Hobart Eastcoaster racer, Biddy Hu II, has shown up on the cruising roster and now Magic, as well. Boats such as Ocean Safari, Vantage, Caledonia and Dream, could well do the same...

If you entered the entire MWS, then you're already automatically entered into this race too, but you do need to complete some more information for this particular race. You can also just enter the M2G race only, if you like, but I guess that means you're giving the game away about your favourite pastime after sailing - partying!!!

There are separate Cruising Divisions (kite and no kite). The M2G Notice of Race is ready for your perusal and the M2G Sailing Instructions are now live too.

Click HERE to go and complete your online entry if you're already doing the MWS.

Click HERE to go and complete your online entry for just the M2G race only and it looks like this, below:

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If you' ve got the boat tied up to the quay and think you should give it a run, then do. The M2G is a passgae race and if you do not want to be in with all the racers, even if you normally are, then go in one of the Cruising Divisions. While you're at it, get your clubmates to come along as well. Why? Party. That's why...

By John Curnow

ORCV Melbourne Winter Series (MWS)

Hemingway - Vol.III.

Nathan Edwards (Nate) sent me a note after reading The Love In. Shortly thereafter, these two © Steb Fisher images arrived of Robin Hewitt rewarding Gienah for their Div2 win on Sunday, with the gun.

I looked closely and saw that Nate was very seriously eyeing off the gun. Perhaps he knew he would be written about and wanted to get the first salvo in? At any rate, the timing of the two occurrences was perfect. Nate is up there with Andy McKinna and Matt Burton as the funniest guys I have gone yachting with. (We're not sexist here, Dee Colledge and Lisa Batson get the funniest girl prizes...)

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Gienah goes across for the gun, as fired by Robin. Not sure who is in the yellow, but Tanya Stanford may well know????

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Now in the blue jacket, just below the vang, is Nathan Edwards and just in front of him, is that gun... "Don't shoot the messenger, Nate!"

BTW, you can also read Hemingway, Vol I and for that matter, Vol. II

Big Arnie (Stick Around.)

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 are offered for the latter event.

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)

The things you learn.

If you can cast your mind back to Race Four of the 2010 MWS, you may remember this © Steb Fisher pic of the crew aboard our Love Boat, Nutcracker.

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Well, we cannot see a lot of his face, it was cold as you all know far better than I, but the guy most for'ard and in red is David Sasson.

"He was particularly pleased to have scored a line honours win with us, as he had just heard the night before that his two younger sons, Anton (15) and Julian (11) had finished in second place overall in the 80-boat fleet of the International Cadet Worlds in Puck, Poland. The MWS line honours victory gave him at least some sort of bragging rights against their sensational achievement on the world sailing stage", said our pal, Chris Furey.

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Anton and Julian Sasson in their Cadet. Pic by Marija Sasson. Anyway, it looks to me like they're pretty well kitted up for the MWS there...

"As a bit of background, Nutcracker is heavily populated with SYC and Black Rock YC off the beach (OTB) sailors and parents. We get to do the ORCV MWS simply because it's the off-season for the kids, so we can go out have a play ourselves. For much of the rest of the year we are heavily involved with running races, coaching, training, rescuing, mentoring, delivering, repairing and so forth, for the kids and their dinghies."

Hey Chris, I just worked out that Anton is only one year away from applying for age-dispensation to be your replacement on the bow in an ORCV event!!! Cool, eh?

Now anyway, it really is good to see the things you learn about with a gig like this. More importantly, it's great to see some younger sailors going for it overseas and doing brilliantly!!! Three Cheers for Anton and Julian. Well done to them and also, all the people it would have taken to get them over there and racing!

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

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)

Hemingway - Vol.II.

The whole Committee very much thanks everyone for their positive feedback from recent racing. Robin Hewitt has put words to that, specifically in relation to Dan and Trish from PYT, "Please pass on that it is a matter of professionalism to get each boat home. We really admire persistence and determination, because we know such people are seriously trying to better their skills."

Right. QED, then.

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May not have been so much as a volume from of our learned colleague, more like a couple of sentences really, but they truly count! Our man is in red...

BTW, you can also read Hemingway, Vol I.

Big Arnie (Stick Around.)

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

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.

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