july 13 newsletter - First Event of the SEQ Nacra Super Series 2012-13

2014 NATIONAL
TITLES BUNBURY WA
ISSUE NUMBER 3/13
JULY 2013
Sponsored by K& S
Freighters
The 2014 NACRA Nationals will
be from 30th December to Sunday
5th of Jan 2014 in Bunbury W.A.
Draft notice of race and an entry
form can be found here. Quality accommodation close to
the club is available from the
Discovery holiday parks
Koombana bay caravan park
(100m to club), Quest apartments
(100m to club) or the Mantra
Bunbury Apartments (200
metres). Motel, hotel and
backpackers available within
500m, contact the tourist
bureau .
For more information on
accommodation please see the
following link:
http://visitbunbury.com.au/
bunbury-visitor-centre/
Harcourts Bunbury Real estate
team have recently announced a
sponsorship deal to contribute
towards running a "Ladies day"
during the regatta, more
information to follow shortly.
NACRA 17 - Arriving Soon.
NACRA 17.:- The next
being confirmed in Europe
olympic class boat is now
and the demand is
available and there is still exceeding the build time.
one left in the next
shipment to arrive in
Australia in July. When
this shipment arrives
there will be 13 in the
country. Contact for
Brisbane Catamaran
Center for details. The
next chance to get a boat
may not be until early
2014 as orders are already
For sailors traveling from
Queensland K&S Freighters have
also announced that they will
contribute to the cost of freight
boats and equipment to the event.
For more details see the
presidents report for the revised
costings which reflect this
sponsorship.
2013 NATIONAL TITLES HERVEY BAY
FACTORY NEWS
NEW BOATS
Rockhampton Grammer School
have recently taken delivery of a
fleet of new NACRA Sirocco’s for
the student sailing program.
The NACRA 350 is also taking off
as a training boat with another 2
boats due for delivery to Cairns
Yacht Club for their junior training
program.
NACRA 17
The NACRA 17 is chosen as
OLYMPIC equipment for the next
Olympic Games. The NACRA 17 is
a” high performance” one design
boat features Carbon mast, curved
centerboards, epoxy hulls and
wave piercing hulls.
There is a large world wide waiting
list for NACRA 17 and NACRA
Australasia has secured a number
of pre-orders for boats which are
expected to be delivered mid 2013.
If you would like to be a part of this
exciting new one design class the
time to act is now as production
slots are committed will into next
year.
and tang has recently been
updated. If you 5.8 has one of
these installed please contact your
local dealer to receive a free
updated pully and tang.
Contact Brisbane Catamaran
Centre for more details.
NACRA 5.8 - Equipment
Updated Jib Halyard.
For the past several years NACRA
5.8’s have been supplied with an
inline pully systems for the jib
halyard. The design of this pully
Jib Halyard Block
NACRA 17 WORLD
TITLES
The inaugurate NACRA 17 World Championships in The
Hague/Netherlands, has commenced and will finish on
28 July 2013. 66 boats are entered from 24 countries
worldwide including 4 boats from Australia. The
Australian Crews are :
Josh McKnight and Nina Curtis
Euan Mcniol and Lucinda Whitty
Pip Pietromonaco and James
Wierzbowski
Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin
Among them the new F18 World Champion Billy Beson
(FRA) with his crew Marie Riou.
For more information about the NACRA 17 Worlds 2013,
see www.NACRA17worlds.com.
FIRST DAY NACRA 17 WORLDS - HAGUE
NSW NACRA SAILORS:
by Dale Mitchell
• President
• Vice President
• Secretary
• Treasurer
As you may be aware, Marty and • State Measurer
Dee Horder have recently
• Event Co-Coordinator
stepped down from their roles
• Newsletters/Media Editor
as NSW president and secretary. You will find attached a copy of
Marty and Dee have both put a
the NACRA Association of
lot of years into NSW NACRA
Australia Inc. constitution.
sailing and we thank them for
We are requesting that anyone
the huge amount of time and
with a commitment to the
effort they have put in over the
NACRA class and is interested in
years.
a
With their resignations, it has
committee position, complete the
left us in need of a new
attached ‘EOI’ form & return to
committee to move NACRA NSW us by Sunday 14th July. If
forward. We believe that NACRA you are unable to access a
sailing in Australia can only
computer, please feel free to
grow over the next few years
phone through your nomination.
with the inclusion of the N17 into On Tuesday 16th July, an email
the Olympics and the factory’s
will be sent to all NSW NACRA
development of the 350,
sailors asking you to vote on a
which is the first catamaran
new committee. Voting will
designed specifically as a juniors close on Sunday 21st July and
learn to sail boat.
the successful nominees will be
A new NSW committee is
announced on Monday 22nd
required and this letter is to be
July.
circulated to all NACRA owners
NACRA Association of Australia
in
inc.
NSW. However, we have only
Dale Mitchell – President
been able to email this to the
dale@airliesails.com.au 0408 152
NACRA sailors that we know of
550
in
We see the main tasks for the
NSW, so if you know of anyone
new NSW committee for the next
that we have missed, please
six (6) months to be:forward this email on to them
• Develop a members list. The
(and please CC us in so we can
importance of this is to protect
add their details to our records). committee members and sailors.
The committee positions that are Every person that pays a state
available are:
membership fee is
President NACRA Assoication of Australia Inc
•••
included in the capitation fee
paid to NACRA Association of
Australia Inc and
therefore, is a member of that
association. The NACRA
Association of Australia Inc.
holds the insurance policy for
NACRA sailing in Australia so
the member is then
covered by this policy.
• Promote our next Nationals
(2013/2014) at Bunbury, WA and
organise as many
people as possible to attend. Gary
Gornall (Goose) has a
sponsorship deal for three
(3) containers which has
reduced freight costs. Our
calculations are that you can fit a
minimum of ten (10) boats per
container, which makes the
freight cost approx.
$1000 per boat.
• Start planning the next
Nationals, due to be held in NSW
at Christmas time
2014/2015.
• Start detailed financial
records. This is required to be
submitted to the National
Association and is then
forwarded to the Office of Fair
Trading.
The National Association is a
great resource and is keen to
assist in any way possible over
this transition period and into
the future.
If you have any questions or
queries, please feel free to call me
on 0408 152 550 or email
NSW NACRA SAILORS CONTINUED:
New NSW Dealer
Amps Marine has been appointed the new NSW NACRA dealer.
They are based at
2/38a Enterprise Drive
Beresfield NSW 2323
Ph: 02 4028 6950
Mb: 0411 511 467
Fax: 02 4028 6955
Allan Herbert
The premises has highway frontage on the Pacific Hwy just pass the Newcastle turn off and thousands of car
pass by us each day.
They will be stocking a new NACRA 17 Olympic boat, plus the new NACRA 350 sports. This will be taken to
most of the sailing clubs around the area for children to sail the new and exciting boat.
Allan Herbert is the director of the company, he has sailed NACRA since 1986 and a very successful NACRA
5.8 sailor over the years.
Allan comments,
We at Amps Marine are very excited about the opportunity to sell NACRA again in NSW,I have a new lease on
life and sailing is something that gets me away from the stresses of day to day work, we will stocking beach
rollers, sailbox , sailing gear and all the parts for the boats to keep people on the water. NACRA has a large
range of catamarans and a boat to suit everybody. With our premises getting great exposure each we look
forward to displaying the new range of NACRA,s to a wider audience.
NSW NACR A STAT
E
TITLES AND WILD
CAT
REGATTA
5-7 OCTOBER 2013
This season the NSW
NACR A State Titles wi
ll be held in conjunctio
NSW. The Great Lake
n with the Wild Cat Re
s Sailing Club has a gr
gatta at Foster
owing fleet of NACR As
State Titles. Camping
including 6 5.8 and is
is available at the clu
keen to host the
b and the event is fu
lly catered.
GLSC is now taking on
line entries for the ab
ove. Come and enjoy
of the Great Lakes Sa
this great sailing venu
iling Club. The club is
e and hospitality
looking forward to a
NACR A fleet.
good roll up from the
strong Queensland
The event will also inc
lude the F16 NATION
AL Titles and the F1
8 STATE Titles
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WRAP UP 2012-13 SEQ SUPER SERIES
After 59 races over 10 regatta’s
the last event of the 2012-13 SEQ
Super Series was held at Southport
Sailing Club 6 and 7 April 2013.
44 NACRAs completed in the
series and included 22x 5.8’s 10x
16 sqs and 7x 4.5s.
As part of the presentation event a
raffle draw was held to give away
the donated prizes. To be in the
draw you had to compete in 30% of
the nominated events (3 regattas),
be a member of the NACRA
association and sail a class legal
NACRA.
Thanks once again to our sponsors,
Brisbane Catamaran, Ronstan,
Magic Marine, Harken and Jalex
Hardware.
Prizes given away during the
Series were:
Official Sponsors::
3 x $100 fuel cards
4 x $50 fuel cards
$400 in shop vouchers at Brisbane
Catamaran Center
2 x Ronstan Dry Sailing Bags
4 x Ronstan Back Packs
2 x Ronstan Gear Bags (Duffle type
bags)
20 x Ronstan Wet Gear Bags
10 x Pairs of Ronstan Sticky race
gloves
6 x Ronstan Rash Tops
4 x Ronstan Caps
2 x Magic Marine Sports Bags
2 x Magic Marine Tool bags
1x Magic Marine Private Key Bag
2 x Magic Marine Cube Rash Vests
2 x Magic Marine Cube Quick Dry
shirts
6 x Pairs of Harken Reflex
Performance Gloves
6 x Harken Stubby Coolers
1 x Ipad mini
2012-13 SEQ NACR
A
SUPER SERIES - CL
ASS
RESULTS
NACR A 5.8
• 1st Bruce Potter
• 2nd Brad Kroning
• 3rd Craig Fraser
NACR A 16sq’s
• 1st Jarrod Potter
• 2nd Brian Bedford
• 3rd Geoff Horsley
NACR A 4.5’s
• 1st Jacqueline Heap
• 2nd Dave Bowler
• 3rd Phillip Robbins
NEXT SEASON
NOMINATED REGATTAS FOR
2013-14 SEQ SUPER SERIES
We are currently finalising a calendar of
events for next season. If your club has
a regatta which you would like included
in the series please contact me at
treasurer@NACRAqld.com.au
2014 STATE TITLES
The Association is currently looking at a
number of venues for the 2014 State
Titles. If you would like to nominate
your club for this event please contact
me at treasurer@NACRAqld.com.au
NACRA JUNIOR SAILORS
To ensure the future of our sport it is
critical that we try to encourage junior
sailors (NACRA sailors up to 18 years as
of 1August 2013) . The new NACRA
350 is a great step to achieve this goal,
but we would like to do more.
Next season we will nominate a number
of special junior events as part of the
NQ and SEQ Super Series where the
Qld NACRA Association will pay the
race fees for NACRA junior sailors
(who are members of the Qld
Association) and provide prizes for each
nominated event. We will also provide
trophies for overall season
performances.
If you have access to a NACRA and
want to get your kids into sailing them
the nominated events will be a great
opportunity to do so.
2013 NQ SUPERSE
RIES KICKS OFF!
SEQ and NQ
The latest event of th
e 2013 NQ NACR A su
per series was the "N
A total of 97 boats wi
ot the May Day Rega
th 16 NACR As in tot
tta" at Tinaroo.
al, 12 F18s, 1 x Inter
17
, 1 x 5.8, 1 x 5.0 and
1st Mick & Viv
1 x 350.
2nd Dale & Marty
3rd Aaron & Jamie
Congrats to Christy
and Lucas, who on th
e 350 finished every
for both of them.
race in the regatta wh
ich was a first
The 350 was the mo
st popular boat at th
e
ev
en
t
boat before and after
with kids from all cla
sses constantly sailin
races.
g the
NACRA WINS F18 WORLD TITLE -ITALY
Infusion since Eurocat (which they
also won). After a consistent series
in challenging and continuous
changing conditions the two sailors
in keeping their score sheet the
lowest. Big congratulations from the
NACRA Sailing and the Performance
Sails team!!
NACRA 17 the organization of
NACRA will keep on pushing as
always to empower sailors around
the world.
The NACRA Infusion stills proves to
be the one to beat!!!
Family Booth in third place
BY: NACRA AUSTRALIA
•••
F18 WORLD TITLES - ITALY
NACRA Infusion 1st and 3rd at F-18
worlds in Itlay in 161 boat fleet
Grossetto Italy, Last week at the F18
Worlds held in Italy Billy Besson &
Jeremy Laggarigue are crowned to
be the new F18 World Champions in
the Formula 18 class. The best thing
about this is that they have been
sailing with an out of the box NACRA
2014 MEMBERSHIPS
Membership fees are now due for the
2013-14 financial year. Membership renewal
forms are now available on the Qld NACRA
website NACRAqld.com.au 2013 members
who have not paid their memberships will
soon receive renewal forms in the mail.
Mitch Booth and his son Jordi Booth
pulled off an incredible result by
finishing third overall at these same
worlds. They are too competing with
their NACRA Infusion and are
supported by TEAM BOSKALIS. We
also congratulate them with this
great result and promising future of
the young Jordi who has many
World championships ahead NACRA
Sailing proudly announces that 48
boats out of the 161 ones in total
were NACRA’s making the NACRA
Infusion the biggest fleet of one
specific type. Besides the Olympic
MERCHANDISE
FOR SALE
NACRA MAST FLAGS
We still have a number of the large
black NACRA mast flags for sale. Cost
is $20 each plus $10 postage.
2013 NATIONAL TITLE TSHIRTS
There are still a few of the Magic
Marine Quick Dry T shirts left. Sizes
Medium, Large, X Large and XX
Large. Cost is $25 each plus $10
postage.
Contact me at treasurer@NACRAqld.com.au if
you would like to order any of these Craig
2014 NATIONAL TITLES - BUNBURY WA:
QLD
CONTAINERS
SEQ and NQ
2-Containers have be
en organized
for this event.
The containers
have been purchase
d by the Qld
NA CR A As so cia tio
n an d ar e
available for the use
of Qld NACR A
Association Members
.
On
•
e leaving Brisb e ag
ain from
the NACR A factoran
y the second
one from Townsville
.
• Cost is $795 Brisbane
return
Brisbane.
• Cost is $1100 Townsville
return
to Townsville
• We will require a $200
deposit to secure a sp holding
ot in the
container payable
by end of
August 2013.
• As the Association has
purchased the con
ners which
will be available fortai
loading after
September.
• Please e-mail myself at
briscat@briscatamara
n.c
om.au
Th
•
ese containers
out to ensure saf will be fitted
ssage of
your boat. Spotseinpathe
containers are filling
quickly so
please book early.
• The NQ container is alm
and the SEQ one ov ost full
er half
full. If you are thiisnk
going to this event yoing about
book your spot now. u need to
350 NACR AS
GO FREE!!!
• If you have a 350 NACR
A and
would like to attend
the first
national title even
t for the class
you can get your bo
at there for
Free!!!
• This is a great opportu
our junior sailor to nity for
experience
the fun of racingsin
a national
title event.
35TH NACRA NATIONALS
BUNBURY WA
The 2014 NACRA Nationals will
be from 30th December to Sunday 5th
of Jan 2014 in Bunbury W.A.
Draft notice of race and an entry form
can be found here. The Bunbury club will also be hosting
the cherubs at the same time so get
your accommodation booking
Schedule
A total of 12 races are targeted for the event,
a maximum of 5 races per day may be
scheduled.
35
NATIONALS
EXPECTED FLEET
30+
NUMBER OF RACES
12
NUMBER OF SOCIAL
EVENTS
4
COMING
EVENTS
3 August Southport Sailing
Club - Crab Island Classic
Sail Townsville Regatta 23
August - 3 September
17 - 18 August Lake
Cootharabah Sailing Club All Boats Regatta
THE TOWNSVILLE SAILING CLUB IN
CONJUNCTION WITH YACHTING QUEENSLAND
INVITES YOU TO ATTEND THE INAUGURAL SAIL
TOWNSVILLE 2013 REGATTA’S AND PARTICIPATE IN
THE FOLLOWING EVENTS:
23 Aug - 3 Sept
Townsville Sailing Club Sail
Townsville (including F18
State Titles)
Queensland F18 State Championships
Friday 23rd – Sunday 25th August
Queensland Tasar State Championships
Saturday 24th – Sunday 25th August
Kite Townsville Championships
Friday 30th August – Tuesday 3rd September
Sail Townsville Open Dinghy Regatta
Friday 30th August – Sunday 1st September
North Queensland Youth Championships
Friday 30th August – Sunday 1st September
FASTWAY F18 INFUSION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
.
Fastway Couriers Gold Coast are major
supporters of catamaran racing, with both
SYC and the NACRA class. General Manager,
Steve Curtis explained, “We are very proud to
be associated with the NACRA class and SYC.
It is fantastic for the club and the class to host
such a major event in south east Queensland
and we jumped at the opportunity to be
involved.”
With the introduction of the NACRA 17 as
the new Olympic catamaran and the
America’s Cup being raced on multihulls,
catamaran racing is experiencing new levels
of popularity.
Competitors launched from SYC’s facilities
at Hollywell and racing was held outside the
breakwater directly in front of Main Beach.
SYC has a proud reputation for hosting major=
events and as added spectacle for competitors
the Australian Sailing Team 470 crews were
on hand completing some final training before
heading to Europe for the season.
DAY ONE
Sailors were greeted with near perfect
conditions for the opening day of racing with
south easterly breezes between 12-17kts.
Principal Race Officer Ross Wilson would aim
for three races and race one started bang on
time. Current Australian Champion Adam
Beattie had a horrendous start to the event,
being involved in a pre-race collision with his
port bow being split and meant he rushed to
shore for urgent repairs. Adam and crew
Jamie Leitner managed to return to shore
and replace the hull, but not before missing
the first two races.
This opened to the door for previous
Australian Champion, Mick Guinea and crew
Viv Haydon to open the event with a win in
race one. Fellow North Queensland sailors
Luke McMullen, second and Dale Mitchell,
third completed the podium for race one.
Race two saw Luke McMullen go one better
and take the bullet from Warren Guinea with
Musab Alhadi representing Oman take third
place.
The third race saw Adam Beattie return to
the race course and take the bullet from Mick
Guinea with John Wright from South
Australia take an impressive third place.
SYC and Fastway had organised a beach
party every afternoon with a sailors ‘happy
hour’ to help wash some of the salt away!
After receiving ISAF status in 2010
the NACRA Infusion class has held
two World Championships in Holland
as part of the Texel Week. 2013 saw
the event head to the southern
hemisphere for the first time with the
event held at Southport Yacht Club,
with Fastway Couriers Gold Coast
signing up as major sponsors.
OFFICIAL SPONSO
RS:
DAY THREE
After the relaxing day prior,
competitors were again greeted
by a strong south east breeze in
the low 20kt range. The race
committee sent competitors to
the race area and again with
great precision got the race
underway.
Shortly after the start, a squall
made its way down the course
clocking the breeze to the left.
Mal Richardson and Warren
Guinea took advantage of this
and tacked early to the top mark.
Guinea and crew Aaron Linton
were first to round with
Richardson and crew Dan
Haydon in second. However in a
sight that is rarely seen, Warren
Guinea cartwheeled handing the
lead to Richardson/Haydon who
immediately looked to follow
with there own nosedive but
managed to salvage the ‘oops’
without capsizing.
The drama allowed Beattie/
Leitner and Guinea/Haydon to
pass and the two were now
battling for the lead. Beattie/
Leitner sailed a smart second
windward and lead at the top
mark and down the last run.
Without wanting to be left out of
the highlight reel Beattie/Leitner
capsized through the last gybe to
the finish allowing Guinea/
Haydon to sneak past and take
the win. Richardson had
recovered from his earlier
capsize and also snuck past
Beattie to claim second. In a
frantic effort Beattie had righted
the boat but broke his spinnaker
pole trying to salvage a
place,backwards through the line
and still claim a handy third
place.
Conditions had now deteriorated,
and PRO Ross Wilson called off
any remaining races for the day.
The single race played into the
hands of Beattie, who moved into
first place with a third, first and
two seconds (as average points).
It is unlikely they would have
been ready for a second race for
the day which would have
drastically impacted on their
average points.
DAY FOUR
‘Postcard Sailing’ for day four,
this term is often used in sailing
articles, but with the sun
shining, a nice 15-18 south east
breeze and the skyscrapers of
the Gold Coast as a background
this was certainly the case.
Four races were held and
competitors enjoyed beautiful
conditions and close racing.
Adam Beattie took the first
race of the day ahead of Warren
Guinea with brother Mick Guinea
in third. The second race of the
day again saw Beattie take the
gun ahead of Mick Guinea with
Dale Mitchell in third.
The third race of the day saw
Warren Guinea take his first win
for the event ahead of Beattie
with Mick Guinea in third. Mick
Guinea took the final race of the
day ahead of Dale Mitchell with
John Wright claiming his second
third place for the event. Beattie
scored his worst race to date
with a ninth placing, which
would no doubt not help his
average points.
With one day of racing
remaining, it was now clear that
the event was shaping up as a
race between two, with Mick
Guinea and Viv Haydon now
leading by 0.6 points over Adam
Beattie and Jamie Leitner.
Warren Guinea and Aaron Linton
were sitting in third a further
11.4 points behind.
Beattie/Letiner who as a team
have spent the last three
European summers racing the
F18 circuit, were keen to
improve on their third place at
the 2011 NACRA World
Championships, while Guinea
was also keen to improve on his
best place of fifth at a NACRA
Worlds.
DAY FIVE
The incident and average points
awarded to Beattie/Leitner on
day one, meant that deciding the
overall winner was going to be a
task left for the support teams
and their calculators.
PRO Ross Wilson would again
aim for four races and conditions
were vastly different from
previous days racing. A much
lighter and swinging south east
breeze greeted competitors for
the final races.
Race one of the day saw Oman
sailor, Musab Alhadi take his
first bullet, ahead of Brett Sellers
and Vicky Francis from New
Zealand, who were using the
event as vital training for their
NACRA 17 Olympic Campaign.
Beattie/Leitner completed the
top three.
The second race of the day saw
Mal Richardson take the gun
ahead of Miranda Powrie from
New Zealand who was also using
this event and the proceeding
F18 Nationals as vital training
before the arrival of her NACRA
17. Musab Alhadi was having a
fine day taking third.
The overall lead was now very
confusing with Beattie and Mick
Guinea both having poor results,
11th and 13th respectively.
The third race of the day saw
Mick Guinea nail the start at the
pin end and lead from start to
finish to take the bullet from
Beattie/Leitner who fought their
way back to second from deep in
the pack. Gordon Beath and crew
Harry Bethwaite sailed their best
race to date with a third place.
With one race left, the sums had
been done and it was quite
simple. Whilst Guinea/Haydon
had a narrow lead whoever won
the final race would take the
event and be crowned the ‘World
Champions’.
This time it was Beattie/Leitner
who won the pin end and opened
up a handy lead. Guinea/Haydon
had a shocking start and decided
to hit the right hand side, this
proved costly as they rounded
the top mark outside the top 10.
Beattie had stretched his lead
and controlled the race. Guinea/
Haydon fought back and
managed to finish in second place
for the race ahead of Leigh
McNally and crew Luke Duncan.
Returning to the beach, both
crews remained uncertain of the
final result, but it was confirmed
upon returning to shore that
Beattie/Leitner had claimed the
Championships by 0.2 of a point.
FASTWAY F18 INFUSION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
by Wes Bailey
DAY ONE
Sailors were greeted with near
\FASTWAY COURIERS GOLD
perfect conditions for the
opening day of racing with south
COAST ARE MAJOR
easterly breezes between
SUPPORTERS OF CATAMARAN
12-17kts. Principal Race Officer
RACING, WITH BOTH SYC AND
Ross Wilson would aim for three
THE NACRA CLASS. GENERAL
races and race one started bang
MANAGER, STEVE CURTIS
on time. Current Australian
Champion Adam Beattie had a
EXPLAINED, “WE ARE VERY
horrendous start to the event,
PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED
being involved in a pre-race
WITH THE NACRA CLASS AND
collision with his port bow being
SYC. IT IS FANTASTIC FOR THE
split and meant he rushed to
CLUB AND THE CLASS TO HOST shore for urgent repairs. Adam
and crew Jamie Leitner managed
SUCH A MAJOR EVENT IN
to return to shore and replace
SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND
the hull, but not before missing
AND WE JUMPED AT THE
the first two races.
OPPORTUNITY TO BE
This opened to the door for
INVOLVED.”
previous Australian Champion,
With the introduction of the
Mick Guinea and crew Viv
NACRA 17 as the new Olympic
Haydon to open the event with a
catamaran and the America’s
win in race one. Fellow North
Cup being raced on multihulls,
Queensland sailors Luke
catamaran racing is
McMullen, second and Dale
experiencing new levels of
Mitchell, third completed the
popularity.
podium for race one.
Competitors launched from
Race two saw Luke McMullen go
SYC’s facilities at Hollywell and
one better and take the bullet
racing was held outside the
from Warren Guinea with Musab
breakwater directly in front of
Alhadi representing Oman take
Main Beach. SYC has a proud
third place.
reputation for hosting major
The third race saw Adam Beattie
events and as added spectacle for return to the race course and
competitors the Australian
take the bullet from Mick Guinea
Sailing Team 470 crews were on with John Wright from South
hand completing some final
Australia take an impressive
training before heading to
third place.
Europe for the season.
Boats had to travel each day through the
Gold Coast Seaway which made for some
great rides over the waves
Miranda Powrie has come from the Laser
class and is going to campaign for the
mixed multihulls on a NACRA 17 as well
for New Zealand
SYC and Fastway had organised
a beach party every afternoon
with a sailors ‘happy hour’ to
help wash some of the salt away!
DAY TWO
Competitors arrived for day two
with a building south east breeze
caused by a building ridge of
pressure. PRO Ross Wilson held
competitors ashore whilst
assessing the conditions offshore
and shortly cancelled the days
racing with conditions
worstening.
Many competitors took the
opportunity to carry out repairs
from a hectic first day of racing,
whilst others enjoyed some of the
local sights of the beautiful Gold
Coast.
Adam Beattie carried out further
repairs and was later granted
average points for race one and
two by the race committee.
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