ORCV Melbourne to Vanuatu (M2V)

Get a wiggle on.

The closing date for donations is June 10 as the container is packed just after that. We have done so well, a big thank you to all who have made it so. Robyn tells me that we still need the following items off the Wish List; writing utensils - pens, pencils, crayons etc. and sports ball pumps.

Now, if you would like to show us the colour of your money {wow, that is an old film (Paul Newman was still alive and acting at the time) - you can investigate that one HERE}, rather than goods, then thank you. We'll take it. Here's how to go about it.

Interestingly, Carole Dunphy (from Sydney no less), kicked off the cash donations with a $100 slam dunk. Thank you Carole. That's very kind of you indeed. Cheers.

Thank you, very much, to all who have made or answered the call, dug deep and in the case of our human Trevi Fountain, Sue Clinnick, (see HERE and HERE) continue to inspire and deliver. So if you would like to assist, you'll need to get a wiggle on.

The Rotary team still have a moment or two to pack the remaining items - please help if you can.

By John Curnow

ORCV Vanuatu to Mackay (V2M)

First Up! Now with extra pics...

Yep. It's retail, retail, retail, here at the ORCV. Seems like we're the Kings of FMCG marketing - new, improved, better, stronger, faster, etc. All we need now is the starbusrt strewn all over the packaging and we're set! Anyway, the main point to achieve here is that the first cab off the rank for the Vanuatu to Mackay return leg from July 26th, is the B47.7, Samskara.

Well done David Stoopman and Hobbos. Leading the way again. Nice work there and thank you for being first.

We're also lucky enough to have got these extra pics, courtesy and © Steb Fisher, from the 2007 M2H.

All very relaxed. That's nice.

Definitely going to be the new hero pic for the piece.

Hopefully, they will enjoy the same kind of delightful sailing, when they get to the tropics.

Anyway, if you want to join them, just click HERE.

By John Curnow

APC Logistics and the Entire Group have already backed the race with their kind assistance. Please contact George Shaw or John Curnow, if you would like to also provide a donation to this race.

ORCV Melbourne to Vanuatu (M2V)

Legs Eleven.

Bingo! It's official. The new Gusto (the old Xena), which is an MBD designed Open 66 (there we go with 'pick up sticks'), is the 11th entrant in the 2010 M2V. Now she certainly does have the legs to skip along and go chase the record, should the weather patterns allow it.

Jeremy “How Many Days to Go to the Start” Walton, who's entrenched with the campaign, said 'I tried to just slip the entry in while you were busy with M2AB, but obviously, not quite sneaky enough.' Thanks Jeremy, I resemble that remark. By the way, Jeremy’s wedding is just 26 days away, M2V is 48 days and V2M is 70 days. "PS Forgot to mention that the lovely Karen (Bride to be) was very pleased that in the middle of all this planning that the wedding got a mention !!!!" Editor - excellent stuff!

So it was back in The Treasure Trove Pt2 that I mentioned Brian Pattinson had bought another former Open 60 and there was a rumour that it would be on the start line for the 2010 M2V. Brian has put together an experienced crew for the race, which includes Gordon Bucan, Caroline (Caro) and Jeremy from RBYC, along with Tony Fowler and three of his crew from Ocean Skins, Anthony, Al and Ando, will also be on board for the trip.

Now after having had a few conversations with Jeremy via email, we know that the boat is currently lying in Brisbane (she was previously owned by the guy who has Blackjack) and is waiting for the new PBO rigging to arrive from overseas. Then the stick will be put back in. She also has a bunch of newish rags to play with too. “It is going to be touch and go to make it to the start line, as the rigging should be completed by the end of May and then Gusto will then be delivered down to Melbourne, where she should be here by mid-June”, Jeremy tells me.

“There is a lot of preparation for an entry for this sort of race and so Brian, who is currently in the US, has really put the crew under the pump to get the boat sorted and ready to go racing”, Jeremy added. He has already managed to get the boat registered, obtain a new sail number from RBYC (B660) and is madly completing the rest of the paper work for the ORCV.

Click HERE to go and enter the 2010 M2V online now and confirm that you'll be heading out of Port Phillip on July 4.

Extra pics with thanks to Sail-World.com

Anyway, if you wanted to see just what the tenth entry was all about, just click HERE.

By John Curnow

APC Logistics and the Entire Group have already backed the race with their kind assistance. Please contact George Shaw or John Curnow, if you would like to also provide a donation to this race.

ORCV Melbourne to Vanuatu (M2V)

Show Me The MONEY!!!

When Cuba Gooding Jnr spoke those immortal words, he definitely moved the phrase into common parlance. You can have some fun with it all again, right HERE.

Now, Robyn Brooke tells me that there are a few of you who would like to show us the money, so if cash is what you want to provide for the assistance of the Vanuatu Humanitarian Aid project, then thank you. We'll take it. Here's how.

Cash donations can be made online to the Rotary Account:
Bank:  NAB Niddrie
BSB 083 346
Account 495948273
Account Name:  "Rotary Computers for Community Projects"
Please make sure you identify it as a donation for the Vanuatu project

Any questions, contact Dawn Watson (Rotary) on 9337 4710 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Please also go back and look at the donation thread by revisiting Wishing Well, Wish Upon A Star and Wish List.

By John Curnow