Genevieve Warlow
Genevieve Warlow and father John return to Australia after competing in the World Tasar Championships in Japan. In a fleet of some 90 boats Genevieve came a resounding 14 overall and 1 st Female Youth.
Adrian Finglass HP coach to the QST said this campain was an important step in Genevieve’s gaining big fleet experience in preparation to compete in the Sail Downunder Series which commences with “SAIL BRISBANE” on the 26th November. Genevieve will skipper a 420 with Georgie Toner in the Down Under Series.
Queensland Youth Championships, Keppel Bay
Lightweight 10 year old Whitsunday Sailing Club dinghy sailor Eva Lorenz expressed a unique form of personal determination during the Queensland Youth championships on a windy Keppel Bay last weekend. The tenacious little sailor produced a determination well beyond her tender age and personal body weight to complete the course despite being blown into a spectacular capsize by the gusty 25 knot sea breeze and white crested waves.
Yachting Australia High Performance Coach Adrian Finglas said “He was blown away by this tough little girl’s performance; she has the determination and the mental strength which promises to make her a star of the future”.
Eva who has only been sailing in the International Optimist dinghy for a little over six months surprised senior Queensland Youth Squad members including her older brother and International Opti medallist Klaus with her will and skill to master the brute sailing conditions. Big brother Klaus has been her idol however Klaus who witnessed Eva – go down the mine- in her energy absorbing capsize said “I’m very proud of my little sister”.
Blown Away
Winds peaked at 25 Knots for the last race of the day .
Big story for the Afternoon was to see 10 Year Old Eva Lorenz from the Whitsunday Sailing Club sailing her Optimist in Huge waves and wind .
Eva has been sailing the Opti for 6 Months Brother Klaus said and is very proud of His little sister .
Eva Capsized on the last downwind Run and kept fighting on to finally finish after a huge day of sailing
Yachting Australia High Performance Coach Adrian Finglas said he was blown away by this tough little girls performance. I just can’t believe her mental strength Finglas said she is going to be a Star of the Future .
The Queensland Laser Youth Sailors gave Eva the Ultimate Honour and Carried Her up the Beach in Her Opti .
Youths at KBSC
Adrian Finglas Yachting Australia’s Queensland Academy of Sport Head Coach is very pleased with the Young Talent Queensland is currently producing .
Much of our talent is coming from our regional areas and we need to support the areas outside of Brisbane as much as possible
Coaches Ben Callard ,Tracks Gordon (NSW),Ken Hurling ,Paul Effeney ,Sarah Lawrence have all been working under the Coach Mentor Program to assist with the development of Coaches in Queensland .
By Ian Grant
Rod Jones the 2009 Audi Australian IRC Ocean racing champion has not rested on his laurels since winning the prestigious title during last month’s t Audi Hamilton Island Race Week.
The talented Sunshine Coast skipper who proudly races under the Mooloolaba Yacht Club burgee has continued to promote an important one-design fleet racing competition with the OceanBuro SB3 sports boat class.
He and his high performance Oxygen Ocean racing combination valued the opportunity of competing in major regattas against the Nations best blue water sailors in a varied range of classes including the Etchells and the exciting SB3 Dart. Racing in these classes refined their individual skills to ultimately play a major role on the deck of the Achambault A40 Alegria when she outpaced Australia’s best.
John Sails Trophy
Craig Piccinelli has firmed his intention on winning the Johns Sails Trophy with Wobbly Boot after a surprisingly wayward start in race one of the series. Piccinelli possesses an excellent tactical knowledge of racing over the Whitsunday Sailing Club Pioneer Bay courses but that was amiss with a disappointing seventh behind race winner Riff Raff (John Hudson).
Predictably the Wobbly Boot crew exercised their experience to fight back winning heat 2 and were in a strong position to win heat three when skipper Piccinelli and crew dominated the battle for line honours to eventually win the first to finish prize by a comfortable 2 minutes 21 seconds over John Galloway’s Queensland Marine Services.
However while the Wobbly Boot crew cleverly sailed every available wind variation their effort fell just 20 seconds short of winning the line and handicap double when Terry Archer steered the Bavaria 42 cruiser AFRICA to win the major points ahead of Wobbly Boot and Rising Farrst (Tim Osborne).
The impressive results have continued for the Australian’s at the Sail for Gold regatta in Weymouth, England, with race wins in the 49er, RS:X, Laser and Women’s Match Racing classes on an entertaining day.
In the 49er fleet current World Champions Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen extended their lead to 17 points after a sixth, eleventh, second and first in the four races.
“After four races we finished off with a win,” said Outteridge. “We were actually leading the first race and on the finish line went back to sixth with people sailing around us in different pressures, so that was a bit disappointing but anything in the top ten is good in this kind of fleet.
Heavy winds have once again dictated play on day three of the Skandia Sail for Gold regatta in Weymouth, England, with just the 49er and RS:X fleets completing any races.
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For the last eight weeks Noosa Yacht & Rowing Club has hosted a group of 20 Noosaville State School primary students. The students have been undergoing a sailing program funded by the Australian Sports Commission as part of the Active After-school Communities (AASC) program.
Earlier this year Noosa Yacht & Rowing Club’s Youthsail Program was the first and still the only Learn to Sail program on the Sunshine Coast to become a recognised organisation delivering to the Australian Sports Commission’s AASC program.
The students followed the ‘Get Into Small Boat Sailing’ scheme designed by Yachting Australia and spent each Thursday afternoon sailing the Vagabond II 3.7m Sailing dinghy with an instructor onboard and all were awarded the YA Basic Skills 1 accreditation upon completion.
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By Ian Grant.
Sunshine Coast’s Mooloolah, Maroochy and Noosa estuaries have made a significant contribution to establishing a strong growth in the sport of sailing. These sheltered waters have proved to be the ideal locations for first time sailors to ‘learn the ropes’ in an environment that is safe and secure adding the opportunity for the young students to absorb the education of sailing free with the wind without the fear factor.
The geographical nature of all three rivers are different but they all present the test of sailing with and against current combined with selecting the best advantage line from the variable changes in wind direction and velocity. It’s a well known fact that Queensland’s best results have been achieved by sailors who have learnt to deal with sailing in confined space within the deeper waters of the river channels.