ORCV Melbourne to Geelong (M2G)

It pays to advertise.

The first of Steb Fisher's pics are in for us to look at - so no preamble - let's just do the Warner Wolf.

Now she said she wanted a lot of really nice pics, so she went about making sure of it. Now, the She is our current FDU poster girl, Patricia Laverty who was driving Graf Spee on the day. It was always going to be the hero pic, it's just that I don't think Wendy (Steb's partner) wears that colour lipstick. Still. Love the thought and yes, it pays to advertise, for you were guaranteed coverage. Oh yes, and AustWide is Particia's signage company... (plug, plug, plug.)

Steb considered this image for a while and then commented that "Heisenberg and Einstein noted that with regard the act of watching, the observer affects the observed reality - this is proof." As for me, I just wonder whether Steb will show this shot to Wendy or not? Hmmmmm.

PS. No wonder it's a wry smile. Clever girl.

The Birthday Boy, John Williams, behind the wheel, whilst son Bruce seeks inspiration elsewhere. GA just visible behind the hand on the rail. James 'Cyclone' Bacon trims with Brett 'AWOL after 9pm' Avery in the dark glasses - and the night has not even begun for there to be a morning after - yet! Good lad.

Malcolm Mitchell and the gang have a had a wee spell away from it all, so here's proof that they still know the yachting thing.

RaRooooowwwwwwwwww! Roger and Michele Wale's Pretty Woman.

You know I always put a shot of Neville 'Nifty' Rose in when I get one. Not only is he on deck, he's even smiling!

You've always got to have a fleet shot and here's one for now. It's also a wonderful artsy fartsy number, too! Love your work, son!

The Sav (Savoir Faire) with the Scotchman's Hill precinct as a backdrop - Nice.

Boy did they get a rousing reception for their win at presentations and I'm starting to work out why...

Here's Cadence.

As The Love Boat goes by, He of the Pointy End tries to tell us something. Me thinkey that this could end up being a troublesome image....

Now what a magnificent shot, huh. Apparently the Committee Boat politely advised Horizon Sprint that they should cut back to the channel at this point, given that their current course would put them on the sand bank - they changed course instantly. You know, they may just have been looking for that bucket of chicken that Simone Hoey bought for them that went over the side when Robbie got the wanders on with the tiller. That's what it was, wasn't it Mitchey???!!!

 

So that means there is more to come - promise!

The full MWS results to date 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.
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)

Results and Pics.

What could be better? Not a lot, so we'll leave it to the evidence, below. Many thanks to Teri Dodds for her great images.

Division 1 IRC results Start : 08:30:00

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T	Vis
1	SM5252	CALM	Jason Van Der Slot	14:47:12	06:17:12	1.352	08:29:58
2	G4646R	EXTASEA	Paul Buchholz	15:36:44	07:06:44	1.201	08:32:30
3	R6418	CHUTZPAH38	Bruce Taylor	16:22:17	07:52:17	1.107	08:42:49

Calm had a great day.

Division 1 AMS results Start : 08:30:00

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T	Vis
1	G4646R	EXTASEA	Paul Buchholz	15:36:44	07:06:44	1.084	07:42:35
2	S390	JAZZ PLAYER	Andrew Lawrence	16:05:36	07:35:36	1.016	07:42:53
3	R6418	CHUTZPAH38	Bruce Taylor	16:22:17	07:52:17	0.987	07:46:09

Team Extasea from Geelong always do well. Our friend Tony Bull was onboard, as usual.

Division 1 PHS results Start : 08:30:00

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T	BCH	CHC	Vis
1	SM460	XLR8	Ray Shaw	15:21:45	06:51:45	1.084	07:26:20	1.164	1.111
2	B331	AUDACIOUS	Greg Clinnick	16:23:32	07:53:32	0.955	07:32:14	1.012	0.974
3	S390	JAZZ PLAYER	Andrew Lawrence	16:05:36	07:35:36	0.994	07:32:52	1.052	1.013

Ray Shaw and crew had a great day and showed good pace in certain parts of the race.

Division 1 Sydney 38 AMS results Start : 08:30:00

Place

Sail No

Boat Name

Elapsd

Cor'd T

BCH

Skipper

Class

Score

Fin Tim

ETOrd

DidNot

AHC

1

R6418

CHUTZPAH38

07:52:17

07:46:09

1.000

Bruce Taylor

D1

1.0

16:22:17

1

0.987

2

B331

AUDACIOUS

07:53:32

07:52:07

0.997

Greg Clinnick

D1

2.0

16:23:32

2

0.997

3

SM3838

CLOCKWORK

08:32:51

08:26:11

0.921

G.Mather F.Mcdermott

D1

3.0

17:02:51

4

0.987

4

SM2

CHALLENGE

08:29:15

08:27:43

0.927

Lou Abrahams

D1

4.0

16:59:15

3

0.997

5

SM381

MILLE SABORDS

08:46:06

08:39:16

0.897

Stephane Howarth

D1

5.0

17:16:06

5

0.987

Well done Chutzpah.

Division 2 IRC results Start : 09:45:00

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T	Vis
1	SM178	ALIBI	Dennis Hambleton	14:30:47	04:45:47	1.048	04:59:30
2	G154	PEREGRINE	Barry Walker	14:29:32	04:44:32	1.064	05:02:45
3	SM5985	INSX	Robert Sill	14:36:44	04:51:44	1.047	05:05:27

Alibi are always in the mix - no different today.

Division 2 AMS results Start : 09:45:00

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T	Vis
1	SM3500	NUTCRACKER	Robert Davis	14:25:49	04:40:49	0.923	04:19:12
2	SM178	ALIBI	Dennis Hambleton	14:30:47	04:45:47	0.915	04:21:30
3	SM88	UPBEAT	Peter Dunne	14:53:30	05:08:30	0.861	04:25:37

The Love Boat are well, loving it!

Division 2 PHS results Start : 09:45:00

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T	BCH	CHC	Vis
1	S54	MATRIX	Keith O\'Donnell	14:29:10	04:44:10	0.856	04:03:15	0.914	0.875
2	SM3500	NUTCRACKER	Robert Davis	14:25:49	04:40:49	0.892	04:10:29	0.925	0.903
3	B5903	SPIRIT OF FREYA	Joanne Harpur	15:24:10	05:39:10	0.741	04:11:19	0.766	0.749

Well done Matrix.

Division 1 AMS results Start : 08:30:00

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T
1	H538	ESCAPADE	Robert Bradley	13:41:05	05:11:05	0.870	04:30:38
2	B5262	PRETTY WOMAN	Roger Wale	13:57:28	05:27:28	0.854	04:39:39
3	B430	RED ROCKS	Shaun Harris	13:56:07	05:26:07	0.859	04:40:08
4	B818	CALEDONIA	Malcolm Mitchell	13:52:42	05:22:42	0.879	04:43:39

Escapade had an unmeasured mainsail, so relinquished the trophy to Pretty Woman.

The Sav, Savoir Faire got the Line Honours win in the cruising with kites.

Division 1 PHS results Start : 08:30:00

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T	BCH	CHC
1	H538	ESCAPADE	Robert Bradley	13:41:05	05:11:05	0.823	04:16:01	0.877	0.841
2	B5262	PRETTY WOMAN	Roger Wale	13:57:28	05:27:28	0.785	04:17:04	0.833	0.801
3	SM616	MAGIC	Phil Spry-Bailey	14:12:04	05:42:04	0.758	04:19:17	0.797	0.771

Really good to see some ORCV stalwarts like Pretty Woman and Magic in the table.

Escapade performed really well and got a win in PHS, which is not a measured class and therefor their sail did not influence anything. Must be all their efforts as participants in the MWS that paid off.

Division 2 PHS results Start : 08:30:00

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T	BCH	CHC
1	S216	SAN MIGUEL	Russell Walton	14:19:38	05:49:38	0.785	04:34:28	0.785	0.785
2	B8188	REPUBLICA	Ignazio Parolini	14:10:53	05:40:53	0.850	04:49:45	0.805	0.835
3	B375	GRAF SPEE	Deanne Koelmeyer	15:04:09	06:34:09	0.825	05:25:10	0.696	0.800

Republica got Line Honours for the non-kites, but San Miguel got the wine for the handicap win.

 

Yep. More soon (and you know it!). Maybe even winners are grinners, but I need a drink.

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 on 11/09/10)

Quando. Quando. Quando.

Could be something the band plays, but then, maybe not too.

Now the answer posed by the question is going to be that the Brass are still in a quandary. What to do? Hhhmmmm.

"Well the 1640 forecast has not helped that much, other than going home on Sunday will be very comfortable. Race day has only changed in that the wind is going to be lighter, earlier. The PredictWind models do not agree, so whichever is right will determine what time you get to the bar."

"If you look at the attached PredictWind model, the race straight there will have you finishing too early, which will not allow the Race Management team time for coffee and we just can’t have that, so we will see what the morning brings, but my feel for the moment is Course #2 for Div1 and Course #5 for Div2 Racing. The Cruising fleet will do Course #1."

"Happy Racing"

OK. Thanks for that. Here are some pics and stuff for everyone to work it out in their mind.

BoM @ 1000hrs

BoM @ 1600hrs

Course One map.

Course One summary.

PredictWind's thoughts on the matter.

 

So in the end, I think that means the final 'when', is going to be in the morning! At which time, the 'where' will become evident too.

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 on 11/09/10)

Forget the weather - tell me about the party!

All right. We will.

Band starts at 7pm. Drinks start when you get there!!! There will be wine bottles and flags (i.e. awards) before everyone cannot see that far to the podium. (And yes. The Brass did approve that comment.)

If eating is not cheating, then there will be Bar Snacks available approximately half an hour after the fleet arrives and these will be available in the outside bar. They will consist of Party Pies, Party Sausage Rolls, Dim Sims $1, Hot Dogs $5 etc. From 6pm onwards, again at the outside bar, there will be Cheese and Beef Burgers @ $10 and Vegetable Curry on Rice for $12.

From 6.00pm in the Café, there will be Porterhouse Steak @ $15, Chicken Parma for $15 and the two dishes above, as well, all with a salad and condiment buffet included.

Breakfast will be available from 7.30am and consists of a buffet with Scrambled Eggs, Bacon, Tomato, Baked Beans, Mushrooms, Toast, Condiments and a Tea/Coffee station for $15.00pp.

Some boats have been allocated pens and these people have already been emailed with the information. Other boats will be met by two escort boats and shown where to raft up or moor. If there is congestion, just be patient. Click HERE for the marina map.

And this is what it looks like from the water.

 

New weather information later in the day and remember to have your ears on for sign-on and crew updates. See you on the track.

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.