Richmond River Sailing and Rowing Club website: P.O. Box 963 Ballina 2478

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1 Commodore Ian Bowles Vice Commodore Rear Commodore Graeme Fleming gfleming Secretary Jacqueline Heap Treasurer Norm Hunt Race Committee Paul Morris Rowing Officer Leslie Sanderson Webmaster Chris Larsen Training Officer Mike Wiley Sailing Report Double Trouble Racing Amazing what a bit of sunshine does. A great rollup on Sunday. Transitional sailing was on again with a good number of club boats out. We are looking forward to having transitional sailors move up to crew members and boat owners. The decision was made to have 2 races. A one lapper and a 1.5 hour as many laps as you can. Just as well Phil Robbins and wife were in the tower to keep the times as it was very busy up there!! 8Three 29ers showed off their spinnaker tricks. Mike had a bit of competition at last and, whats more... the Bradfords beat him over the line by.05 second in race one and 0.8 sec in race 2. Well done!! Great conditions for the 29ers too! Graham and Merideth Hams gave the old wooden NS14 a run and christened the welsh dragon. They managed to get over the line first in the second race but Rob and Danielle were too good for them (just) in the first. Todd tried sailing one up for the first race and slipped back to shore to pick up a crew for the second. Jane endured another Sunday in an NS14. Chris is training his son to be his lightweight crew so look out Janet your spot might be taken when you get back from Hobart!! David Gale and Bernard decided they were not ready to retire to a Hartley and pulled out the old NS14 again! Six trailerables started but Matt only lasted a moment when his mast fell down and he had to be towed back to shore. Our one legged Rear Commodore managed to rig his boat using crutches and beat the pants off all the others in race one but Ian Stiff and crew were over the line first in race two, by a whisker. Paul Morris and Glen Frost had some very close racing as that giant genoa ( sorry spelt in wrong last week) was in action again. Matu did not have his performing crew member this week to keep him entertained. 1

2 Sailing Report Continued Nine catamarans graced our shores last week. The Homan clan decided to give Ian and Callum Bowles a run and an exciting dual took place. Fractions of a second made the difference. Unfortunately Chris Homan and crew had a problem with their spinnaker and did not compete in the second race. Thanks for keeping Ian and Callum occupied! They left the rest of us alone. Australia Day celebrations!! Four Nacra 4.5 s were racing as Geoff Horsley came back to join us after recovering from his various trips away. A good start always makes the difference but holding the lead is not that easy when the race is more than one lap!! The wind shift that hit in the second race gave Geoff the advantage and he could not be caught. Chris Hallett, Norm and Andrew Green had their own private race a few minutes behind Dave Bowler. Please tell me of any exciting events during sailing so I can embellish the story for you. Last week I did not notice too many events as I was busy keeping out of the way of David Gale and Bernard in their NS14, trying to catch Geoff and trying to remember the course!!. Just flick an or catch me after the race, when I finally get up there... Way to go!! Especially after a hard day...sailing.. Hey, Duncan, that s a Hartley!! 2

3 Regatta Arrangements Our regatta to be held on Saturday 14 th and Sunday 15 th. The plan is for a long race to towards Wardell on Saturday afternoon and 2 or more races on Sunday. Ask all your family members to help as the more help the less work. We will need people in the rescue boat, the tower and the canteen. Lunch on both days will be the usual pies and if anyone can help make some healthy salad rolls that would be great. BBQ dinner on Saturday night. Please give us an indication of numbers when you pay your regatta fees. Can all members bring a salad and or a dessert please. The cost of the meal will be $12 for adults and $6 for children under 12. Sponsors for Regatta. Thank you to those who have offered some prizes for our Regatta We will still accept any more offers.!! Please contact. All contributions gratefully accepted. His is on the front page. Regatta Helpers Needed Car Park managers. We will need people to man the carpark on Saturday and Sunday. Council will drop off the barricades for us and we will need a bit of a roster to keep the carpark for sailors only. Rescue Boat helpers Tower operators Canteen helpers Cleaning toilets End of Day clean up 3

4 Upcoming Regattas and Events February 7 th -14 th Cat Week Southport Yacht Club and Great Race Southport to Brisbane 14 th Feb February 14 th & 15 th Richmond River Sailing and Rowing Club Regatta 28 th Feb, 1 st & 3 rd March Learn to Sail RRSRC 8 th and 9 th March Darren Lowder Memorial Regatta Trial Bay 21 st and 22 nd March Big River Sailing Club Harwood Regatta Let them know you are coming. Hariet nds@westnet.com.au Announcements Rowers Boat Maintenance Day Saturday 7 th February Calling on all rowers to help out on Saturday. Restoration of a donated 4 s is on the agenda. Looking for Boat Bits Chris Hallet is looking for a furler for his jib. If anyone has one they are not using please contact Chris as he is interested in buying one. Contact Chris on nhallett@westnet.com.au Boats for Sale NS14 Graeme Fleming (04) NS14 Stuart Bell Flying 11 Barry Bradford Home: Mobile: Sail number 1330 Very well looked after. Modern Concept hull. Very competitive boat(currently North Coast Academy of Sport)Gold spar mast with metal track. Good cond Rob Brewer main and jib. Training North main and jib. Very good cond North jib. Training kite and near new doyle kite. Cocoon cover, carbon cedar foils. Light hull. Always garaged. Exc cond stainless trolley. Good kids boat or parent/child boat. Great fun! Price $5500 Big River Sailing Club at Harwood is holding a 6 day Cycling Event th May 2009 See details on 4 Easy to Build Yacht Kits see Blue Wave Series

5 Commodore Ian Bowles Vice Commodore Rear Commodore Graeme Fleming U Secretary Jacqueline Heap Treasurer Norm Hunt Publicity officer Charlotte Wild (02) (04) Race Committee Paul Morris Rowing Officer Leslie Sanderson New rules start Jan 1,2009 Summary of What's New Three rules in section C instead of two: 18 for marks 19 for room to pass obstructions 20 for room to tack at obstructions Rule 18 applies when either boat reaches the zone, not when boats are about to round 3-length zone instead of 2 for most racing New definition mark-room defines room approaching the mark as well as room at the mark No zones at obstructions that are not marks No change in right of way (well, almost none) Exoneration for breaking right-of-way rules while taking room or mark-room to which one is entitled Re-organised room to tack at an obstruction rule Check out the detail and full explanation at: n%20c%20presentation%20nov08.pdf Weekend Weather This looks like a drifter.. Sunday Outlook: Wind: SE/NE 5/15 knots. From BOM - take your pick!! HUsandypegs@bigpond.comU Webmaster Chris Larsen HUcplarsen@bigpond.comU Training Officer Mike Wiley HUrm_wiley@internode.on.netU