Sailing Report

I trust everyone had a safe and enjoyable festive season and a warm welcome back for what is shaping up to be an interesting time ahead for us all. Club racing has taken a bit of break over the school holidays but we are now back into the swing of things or at least we are, at the time of me writing this report. The fun has not stopped though, as we had a good representation of ORSSC sailors participating in the Sun City Yacht Club Triathlon was held at Two Rocks in December. It was a great fun day out and this will no doubt continue as an annual event. Since my last report, ORSSC sailors have challenged the sailors from Hillarys Yacht Club in the North Coast Series Regatta on two occasions but with only limited success, in saying that, HYC does have an advantage over ORSSC as they have more boats entered into the competition. Nevertheless, ORSSC can stand proud in mixing it up with the much larger boats from Hillarys and the new format has offered up some very exciting racing action for all. A welcome addition to the ORSSC fleet is Ian Conboy and his partners on Oceans 11, an Austral Clubman 8 trailer sailer. Ian reports that they had a good first race in the regatta but they came unstuck during the second race due to losing a halyard and the front hatch. On a side note, if ORSSC keep attracting the Clubman’s, we may even have enough of them to start their own class! Paul Phipps has worked his magic with the Race Starting System such that it has now become somewhat of an automated process, therefore, relieving some of the pressure off the race management team at the race start. This is also very beneficial for the skippers who can now get their pre-start plans rolling with some certainty in the knowledge that the race will actually start on time. I would now like to take this opportunity, and indeed from all the sailors at ORSSC past and present, to thank Dee Treen for her valued contribution to the Race Management team over many, many years. Dee has decided to step down from her role and we wish her all the very best for her future. I imagine there might be some serious caravanning trips on Dee and Ken’s agenda going forward. If any members wish to try sailing, please don’t hesitate to either contact me or Scott Forrest our Sailing Captain and we will do our best to find you a boat to crew on. Details are on the website, as is the events calendar, so that’s me for now. Happy Sailing everyone.

The “Quicksilver” Crew L-R: Erin, Terry, Adele, Niall and Jenni

Setting up at Two Rocks (Erin)

Jez and Ros from “Bullbar” Sun City Yacht Club Fun Day (Erin)

North Coast Series Regatta (Erin) The Sailing Leg of Triathlon (Erin)