Notice of Race now available
Dear Etchells Sailors,
The Notice of Race for the 2010 Etchells Queensland Championship are now available.
Please assist the organisers by entering early!
We look forward to seeing you all at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron for this years regatta.
Etchells Brisbane – www.etchellsbrisbane.com
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Suellen Hurling
Marine Sports Manager
07 3396 8666 | 0488 995 591
sailing@rqys.com.au | sailing.rqys.com.au
Organised By Queensland 29er Association
Hosted By Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron Ltd
The Notice of Race are attached. Notice of Race Read more…
The F11s march back in to Qld is on, and we’ve decided to celebrate our conquest by shouting the first eight Flying 11 entries to the OAMPS Australian Midwinter Youth Championships (by way of reimbursement) from NSW or Tasmania, as well as covering two crews from Queensland in the event – enter here or go to http://www.qldyouthweek.com/ Read more…
First up a quick congrats to NSW Sailor Annelise Gilbert for her efforts at winning the recent QLD Youth Champs, well done Annelise.
QLD Youth Week: July 2010:
Now on to future events. The QLD Youth Week is taking place at the RQYS in Brisbane during July. I have had lots of interest from Techno sailors looking to take part in this event and would encourage sailors to schedule it into the calendars for July. Read more…
Attached are some photos of last weekends 2010 RSX QLD. Championships with Techno class also competing.
It was a great weekend of racing with good winds in shifty conditions.This tested most sailors to the fullest.
The weekend was sponsored by Gootime Surf and Sail Brisbane and racing was run very efficiently by Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron.
The 2010 29er Queensland Championships are being held on 1st and 2nd May 2010
at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron.
Please look on the Australian 29er web site http://www.29er.com.au/
and or RQYS web www.rqys.com.au/ for Notice of Race and entry forms.
Entry to be received no later than 23/ April 2010 please.
Regards
Lisa Brake
Po Box 5009
MANLY QLD
4179
Last weekend the Tasar state titles were held at Airlie Beach Sailing Club in the Whitsunday’s. This was a combined regatta with many classes sailing and a strong Tinaroo contingent present.
Four Tasars and four BIC’s made the trip south to represent our club and the hard work of the sailors in refining their skills over recent months reaped rewards.
A total of six races were held over the three day regatta in extremely varied conditions. At times the fleet was almost becalmed with the wind shifting around the southern half of the compass and at others the squalls produced some exhilarating fast planing reaches and tough beats to windward. It was a great opportunity for the Tasars to familiarise themselves with the area where the upcoming National Titles are to be held and for the BIC kids to experience different courses and conditions from those at home. Read more…
The 2010 New Zealand Optimist Nationals were held at Mercury Bay, Whitianga. The competition was held between the Thursday 1st and Tuesday 6th of April, with the middle day scheduled for Teams Racing. It was a 15 race series and up to 4 races could be held each day. There were 196 sailors taking part in the open championship, and 88 in the (junior) green fleet.
The Australian team arrived 2 full days before the actual competition so we could acclimatise and train. James McLennan, Brodie Crossman and I were staying in a beach house across the bay from where we were sailing, along with my dad, Brodie’s dad and our coach Ivor MacNamara.
The regatta was open to all New Zealanders and up to 8 sailors from any international Optimist association. In addition to the Australians, there were sailors from Singapore, New Caledonia, Tahiti, Cook Islands and Great Britain.
By Ian Grant.
The tropical sailing paradise of the Whitsunday Islands supported by the friendly fellowship of the Whitsunday Sailing Club has continued to become a destination of choice for major dinghy and yacht racing championships.
Later this year the Whitsunday Sailing Club will host the Australian Tasar dinghy championship followed by the popular Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race Week and the Australian Corsair national series.