Posted on November 6, 2009 by CYC of HI
The Rear Vice Commodore of the Cruising Yacht of Hamilton Island, Dennis Winstanly, intends to do more than just “cruise” around the whitsundays with the arrival of the his new SB3.
The SB3 is an easily handled one design design keelboat requiring a minimum of 3 sailors, and has received rave reviews both locally and around the world.
According to Hamilton Island CEO Mr Glenn Bourke, 2 time Australian Yachtsman of the Year “the SB3 is simply the best small keelboat money can buy. They are good in light airs or a howling blow, they are tactical upwind and down which makes for good racing and, once you launch the masthead spinny then get ready for some blasting downwind action. But what really help set this one design apart from all the others is how easy they are – Easy to find crew, with only three necessary, easy to rig, easy to tow and best of all, easy on the pocket”
So if you see a bloke on Hamilton island holding a hammer with a really big grin, say hi to Dennis, as you wont get a chance on the water!
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Posted on November 5, 2009 by CYC of HI
Good morning sailors
A spectacular full moon race with a stunning sunset, you’ve gotta love
Hamilton island.
The first race of the coveted Bruce Finlay Sails series saw eleven highly
trained crews of extreme athletes pitting their skills against each other in
testing conditions, testing the depth at certain marks and leaving ‘marks’
during some close encounters. I believe those ‘marks’ should polish off
quite easily…
Race 1 Bruce Finlay Sails series and week 9 of the Fantasea Club
Championship
1st Xtsea
2nd Bahia +2.49mins
3rd Run a Muk +3.54
4th Adrenalin +4.19
4th Hedonism +4.19
6th Sunmaid +4.38
7th T-Bird +6.30
8th JAR +9.15
9th Cool Runnings +10.37
10th Sunsail 1 +17.49
11th Sunsail 2 +18.51
(Nb Sunmaid’s handicap had not been updated from last week and with the one
minute she moves back to 6th)
The Bill ‘W’ Rogers series concluded last week with an eventful last race
that saw the places change significantly from the previous weeks standings.
The finish had 3 boats all calling starboard on each other within 50m of the
line and 6 seconds separating the first 3 boats over the line. Cool Runnings
kept her cool to finish 5 seconds ahead of Xtsea with Adrenalin 1 second
behind her.
The results were
Race 4 Overall
1 X2sea 1st Cool Runnings15.5 points
2 Swankey 2nd Sunmaid 19
3 Sunmaid 2nd Swankey 19
4 The Lemon 4th Run a Muk 20
5 Cool Runnings 5th X2Sea 20.75
6 Run A Muk 6th Hedonism 21
7 Hedonism 6th Bahia 21
8 Bahia 8th The Lemon 22
9 Sunsail 9th Adrenalin 25
10 Adrenalin 10th Sunsail 27
We were pleased to have so many of the extended family of Bill ‘W’ fly up to
Hamilton Island to present their beautiful trophy to Cool Runnings. It is
wonderful that the family and the club keep the memory of ‘W’ alive on the
island. We look forward to having you back again and again.
Have a great week, see you on the water next Wednesday.
Keith Logan
Commodore
CYCHI
Thought for the week
You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your
grandmother. — Albert Einstein
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Posted on October 23, 2009 by CYC of HI
Dear skippers and crews
Following some anomalies found in the recorded times from this weeks race
the corrected results are as follows
1st Sunmaid
2nd Bahai +0.17
3rd Xtsea +1.1
4th Swankey +1.50
5th Adrenalin +2.18
6th The Lemon +4.26
7th Hedonism +5.54
8th Run A Muk +6.24
9th Cool Runnings +7.04
10th Sunsail +Broken halyard
Overall for the Bill ‘W’ Rogers Series after 3 races
1st Cool Runnings 10.5
2nd Bahai 13
3rd Hedonism 14
3rd Run A Muk 14
5th Adrenalin 15
6th Sunmaid 16
7th Swankey 17
8th The Lemon 18
9th Xtsea 20
10th Sunsail 26
Apologies to all, and Bahai and Xtsea can collect their prizes next week.
Regards
Keith Logan
Commodore
CYCHI
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Posted on October 23, 2009 by CYC of HI
Dear fellow sailors,
Greeted with a 20-22 kts of ESE the 10 boat fleet got away to a fast down
wind run to Henning with the tide, and turned into wind and tide on the way
home.
Grace Hindmarsh and Sailor Harvey from the Island’s school sailing program
joined the race aboard Hedonism and Adrenalin, with 10 year old Grace
steering Adrenalin down to Henning Island.
Hedonism had a good dice with Xtsea and Swanky all the way around the
course, but David Stielow’s local knowledge and around 17 tacks on the work
home, gave Hedonism first place on corrected time.
The post race bbq just gets bigger and bigger with crews and friends joining
in a very relaxed evening. Our chef’s of the night from Sunmaid did a great
job serving over 70 steaks.
Music this week was supplied by Cool Runnings Georgina on the new sound
system kindly donated by HI Weddings. Each week a different crew is asked to
bring their iPods and supplied some ‘appropriate’ music. Next week Adrenalin
(you’ll love Mario Lanza…) followed by Bahai.
Our thanks to Laurelle for giving Georgina a night off from behind the bar,
Pete for organising a gas bottle at short notice and the Sunmaid crew for
volunteering to cook.
Fantasea Cruises Club Championships and Bill ‘W’ Rogers Series.
Race 2 14/10 Race 3 21/10
1st Cool Runnings 1st Hedonism
2nd Hedonism +2.42 2nd Adrenalin +1.24
3rd Run A Muk +5.25 3rd Sunmaid +4.06
4th Adrenalin +5.55 4th Bahai +4.23
5th Sunmaid +8.55 5th Run A Muk 4.30
6th Swanky +10.12 6th Xtsea +5.16
7th Bahai +lots 7th Swankey +5.56
8th The Lemon+8.32
9th Cool Runnings+11.10
Bill ‘W’ Rogers After 3 races
1st Hedonism 7.75
2nd Cool Runnings 10.5
3rd Run A Muk 11
4th Adrenalin 12
5th Bahai 15
6th Sunmaid 18
7th Swankey 20
7th The Lemon 20
9th Xtsea 23
10th Sunsail 26
Next week is the final week of the Bill ‘W’ Rogers series and the Rogers
family will be flying up to Hammo to present the trophy, so a big turnout of
boats and friends would be good.
I look forward to seeing you on the water.
Keith Logan
Commodore
CYCHI
Thought for the week
‘Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without
forgetting.’
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Posted on October 8, 2009 by CYC of HI
Good morning fellow sailors,
The Fantasea Cruises club championship race 5 and Bill ‘W’ Rogers series
race 1 got underway with a light Nor’easter testing the fleet as they fought
their way towards Henning island. Some great duels occurred with Cool
Runnings and The Lemon crossing tacks whilst Hedonism and Adrenalin put the
squeeze on each other.
The Lasers where out on the track for the first time and the four boats
enjoyed some close racing on their own course around Plum Pudding and a Dent
Island mark. Two races, two winners.
The combined start with the smaller boats starting at 5.15 and the larger
boats at 5.25 was voted as the preferred starting method so will continue
for October. The Lasers will start their first race at 5.20.
Bill ‘W’ Rogers Race 1
1st Cool Runnings
2nd The Lemon
3rd Run A Muk
4th Bahai
5th Hedonism
6th Adrenalin
7th Swanky
8th Protocol
9th Sunsail 1
10th Sunsail 2
The Lasers saw Chris Wallington win race 1 and Stuart Green win race 2 with
Johanna and Andie Saville winning both races in the 2 up division.
Post race saw another great turnout with around 50 sailors and friends
enjoying a steak, a beer and a laugh. Trevor Hewitt not only performed on
the water in The Lemon but performed brilliantly on the BBQ, rumour has it
he has been asked to expand his business to ‘Buggy and Bistro’…
It was great to see so many staff out enjoying the Wednesday evening
twilight sailing.
A reminder that on Monday night the CYCHI is hosting crews from Whitsunday,
Abel Point and Mackay sailing clubs prior to their start in Dent Passage on
Tuesday morning for the WORC series. We will run a BBQ and the bar from
around 6.30, it would be great to have our members join with them over a
quiet little drink.
I will be away sailing in Sydney next week, so have a good race next week
and I will update you in two weeks time.
Yours in sailing
Keith Logan
Commodore
CYCHI
Thought for the week
‘In order to be smart you have to allow for the possibility that you don’t
know everything.’
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