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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
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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