R.M.Y.C.R.M.Y.C.R.M.Y.C.R.M.Y.C. Multihull News

May 2006 Lock Crowther Memorial Regatta Labour Day Weekend

September 30th & October 1st

The tradition continues! Yes, it's on again and to make it a successful event like last year’s we’ll need lots of assistance again. One of

the best aspects of last year’s event was the fantastic prizes sponsored that contributed to the huge presentation.

Sponsors displays and product information at ‘regatta central’ Start- race 1 2005- one of last year’s stars , ‘Raw Nerve’ at left

If you want to get your product or service recognized and associated with the fastest and most advanced boats

in one of the best run events in Sydney then we have an excellent vehicle for your promotion. Last year’s event

was well covered in Australian Multihull magazine, AFloat magazine, Australian Sailing, and the RMYC web

based multihull news letter which has a large Australia wide data base. All sponsors were well rewarded with

lots of publicity and were even included on the regatta shirt. I must say I get a kick when I travel to interstate

sailing events and see these shirts being worn.

What makes the LCMR the continuing success that it is?

There are many reasons - here’s a few;

• great competition, heaps of sailing and racing with lots of multis

• wandering along the marina looking at the amazing display of cats and tris

• nearly always perfect weather

• it’s a good tune up event to Wangi Week

• festive mood, and meeting sailors from other clubs

• great presentation dinner

RMYC Multihull Division Newsletter

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Put that weekend aside, pretty up your boat, get your crew work sorted because the long weekend in October

is the time to show your wares.

Don’t forget that OMR handicap is a significant component in the Lock Crowther Regatta- it is the serious

racers’ handicapping system. You’ll need to get your boat weighed and measured and an OMR certificate

issued to be included in the OMR results. Note, all major multihull regattas in Australia are run with this rule.

Of course performance handicap and line honours will be awarded prizes too.

Last year’s generous prize sponsors were;

Ultimate Media group

Hood sails

Arco winches

Club marine insurance

Village markets –Avalon

Australian Plastic

Fabricators

Multihull World

Yachtserv

Harken

GM sails

Summit Coatings

Hempel Marine Paints

Geddes Optical

Cottage Point Inn

Barracouta Sails

2006 sponsors to be announced.

Jason Geddes & Quickstep, Lock Crowther Regatta Winner 2005 Nina on her way to Twilight Series win

Annual Presentation and dinner- Saturday July Ist

The Annual Presentation of Spring, Summer and Autumn series winners plus the presentation of the Overall

yearly winner’s perpetual trophy will be presented at a combined Sailing and Multihull Division Presentation

Dinner on Saturday the 1st of July. The same successful and well received format as last year. We’ll be requiring

numbers soon, so talk to your crew, family and friends about joining us for a great meal and good company -

don’t forget the women folk-(some of the conversations last year were about things not to do with sailing!)

There are several reasons to do it this way not least that it fosters strong relations between the two divisions. In this

day and age it’s important to demonstrate our mutual acceptance and to show unity with groups of people who have

different interests to ours. Different horses for different courses, live and let live etc.

The RMYC and the Sailing Division are to be congratulated for their acceptance and promotion of multihulls. I’m

sure everyone at the end of the day realizes we all just sail boats and whether they have one hull, 2 or 3 we have a

lot in common. The Sailing Division accepts multihull entries in nearly all its events – the most popular being the 21

races of the Monday Twilight. Multihulls were the only division to have all entries regularly front up to the start. –

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(Below) 1 hour later Raw To The Core was sailing again

(SOMR)

(left) Farrier F-9AX Quickskips at SOMR

That’s 12 boats out of a fleet of 100 with a higher percentage of multi sailors returning to the club for food, drinks

and the presentation.

Multis are also made welcome in their Sunday races and their Offshore series is especially egalitarian with

multihulls starting with the monos and given a handicap with the whole fleet. Big Bird participated in the cat. 4

offshore races this last season with some very close racing against some of the monos. Just last weekend we

participated in a 2 legged, 2-day race to Sydney Harbour and back. Next year we hope to participate in the cat. 3

races. Would love to see some more multis out there. It’s a beautiful coast and it sure is fun setting the sails for

an hour or 2 instead of for a few minutes. When I race offshore I miss racing in Pittwater with the other multis but

the offshore races are only occasional and they make a really nice change of scenery.

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Anyway, there will be trophies presented for the last 3 seasons plus the major prize for the overall winner for the

year, overall line honours prize and the Homer Simpson “d’oh” prize for the funniest, silliest or most dopey on

water display (plenty of nominations for that one!). The plan is for a delicious sit down dinner and drinks in the

upstairs dining room and it’s a great opportunity for us to get together and chew the fat with your fellow

multihullers, their wives, partners, family members and friends and an opportunity to meet the sailors from the

Sailing Division. The multihullers turned up in good numbers last year and I hope that will happen this year too.

Latest Happenings (aka news). Our annual AGM is set for Wednesday, 7

th June. It would be appreciated if all members came. Please make sure

you are paid up by the meeting. There are some important issues to address and of course a quiet little drink

afterwards.

Congratulations to Alan Brand whom has bought a Farrier 24. (Oddly enough he must have felt that he had spent

enough time on Big Bird!). Some of you may have seen this boat sailing around Pittwater but it had never raced.

Its previous owners have stepped up to a Corsair produced modified F-24 called a “Sprint 750” but they are still

not going to race. Odd –you might say, but what a great commendation on the sailing qualities of these trimarans.

A mature father and son wanting to go for pleasure sails on a high performance yet very simple and easily

handled trimaran – why not! Anyway, Al and “Flat Out Trying” are currently racing with us as a casual entry and

will soon be joining the club. Welcome to Pittwater! It normally takes a year or two to get on the pace but after

just a few races ‘Flat Out Trying’ is already giving the other boats a run for their money! Alan has been

discovering where all the windless holes are on Pittwater although I told him he doesn’t need to find out first hand

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since the rest of us could tell him where they are. We’ve spent enough time in them and rediscover them week in

week out year in year out! Welcome to Pittwater!!

Talking about F-24’s I recently received an email from Graham Rivett, from ‘Off The Rails’. He’s hooked his F-

24 trimaran on to the back of his car and is spending a couple of months sailing around the Queensland coast with

his wife. Yep, they really are brilliant boats.

When ‘Off the Rails’ gets back from Queensland there will be 3 f-24’s racing and rumour has it that a Central

Coast f-28 may rejoin the fray which would make 3 of them as well and the new F-31, parked just north of the

club (which looks like it weighs about 5 kg!!!), which should be racing soon. I spoke to the owner recently and he

is currently building a Brendan Egan designed carbon mast for it. Why are there so many Farriers? I have a soft

spot for nearly all multis but they tick nearly all the boxes when one is choosing a boat. They really are brilliant

On a bigger scale of cruising (and here’s a situation where an F-24 may fall a little short) is the recent escape on

the Crowther 42’ fast cruising cat ‘Tactical Directions’. Owner Tony Roberts and big “I can’t get enough of

sailing” Tony Holt plan to do a circumnavigation with big Tony planning to get off at the half way point in

Europe. (Maybe). We wish them all the best for a safe and happy journey. It’s a big adventure but they are very

capable sailors on a very capable boat. Probably the ideal boat for the job.

This year I’ve had the opportunity to crew on several multis in interstate regattas including the Southern Ocean

Multihull Regatta out of Westernport, Victoria, the Skandia Geelong race week in Port Phillip Bay, and the

Brisbane to Gladstone which was preceded by the Queensland state titles and followed by the Australian

Multihull Offshore Championship (AMOC). Not one RMYC boat in any of these races. There were boats from

Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, Canberra and NSW at these events. Pittwater multihulls and especially

those from the RMYC must be represented at these events. The racing is hot and they are brilliant events. Taking

part is lots of fun and very exciting. We should make more effort to get out there and enjoy these events- time

won’t wait for us. It may be a good idea to pool resources. To get at least a few boats there.

Anyway, on a good note congratulation to Jim Rannard on Nina, (on his boat that is -not his wife, Nina) for his

overall win in the twilight series.

By the way, racing continues through out winter nearly every

Saturday. Racing will recommence for the winter the week after the

lay day which is the week after the handicap race. Winter normally

supplies beautiful balmy sailing days with the occasional woolly

southerly. Don’t forget there is a series of 4 races on Sundays starting

May 24th.

It is run by the Sailing Division and multihulls are

welcome.

Good Sailing- Stephen Barton (Big Bird)

PARTING SHOT -

Fusion 40 ‘Shelac’

Lock Crowther Memorial Regatta 2005