A family boating club & Home of
Toyota OptiNats Easter 2004
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Where in the world is that? Click to enlarge chart of our sailing spot ...
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8 August: Aaron
Hume-Merry Leaves for the CORK Regatta in Kingston Ontario Canada
Although the CORK = Canadian Olympic
Regatta Kingston it appears to incorporate dinghy,
keelboat, powerboats et al from August 12 to the 29th. so it seems
there might be a lot of fun as well as the serious sailing..Best
of luck Aaron.
New ISAF Rule Book 1 Jan 2005.25 June 2004: We remind you that there will
be a new rule book coming into force on January 1st. Yachting New
Zealand is still waiting for advice from ISAF as to any changes to
the sailing rules but we are not expecting any major changes to the
game. Racing Rules 21 Sept 2003: This is a
good site to brush up on those tricky Right of Way rules.
12 June 2004:
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 | Laser |
| Laser Radial |
| 420 |
| Hobie 16 |
| Mistral |
| P Class |
| Starling |
| Splash |
| 29er |
Coaching Pre-YouthSail 2004
Yachting New Zealand will run coaching and training drills
for sailors competing in YouthSail 2004, on 19th and 20th April at
Kohimarama Yacht Club. It will include drilss on the water and coaches will
be on-hand to provide technical and tuning advice to sailors, providing a
great build-up to the subsequent YouthSail regatta. There is no cost to
sailors for this.
Latest Junior E-News .... here
The Annual WBBC Fundraiser for Junior Sailing
Celebrity Guest: Gavin Brady
Helmsman for Larry Ellison's Oracle BMW for the 2007 America's Cup.
Junior Sailor Ballot for Keelboats
Junior Sailors will have a chance to sail on a keelboat for the
race, including 5 spots on Zana.
"The Zana Ride" Auction.
Bid for a spot on "Zana" at the briefing 10am on the day. Winner
joins Gavin Brady and Zana crew for the race and a chance to steer
her later. "Zana" is Wellington's super yacht. Only just missed line
honours in this summer's Sydney-Hobart.
Also:
Weather permitting. 12ft skiffs showing
off!
Stephen Hogg and Brett Linton , will, as usual, provide entertaining
commentary for the afternoon fun race.
( Those "Wrestlemania" commentators are tame
compared to Steve and Brett!)
A special show for the children.
Not allowed to tell what it is ... but not to be missed.
Program:
09:45hrs Registration at Club
10:00hrs Race briefing.
Zana spot auction
Junior
sailors keelboat draw.
11:00hrs Race begins.
20+
keel boats sail around
the
bouys in Worser Bay.
11:30hrs Childrens' Entertainment
13:00hrs BBQ lunch and
Junior Sailing Demo
14:30hrs Memorabilia Auction
15:00hrs Celebrity Grand Prix Sunburst Racing with commentary.
Our wonderful Hebtro sponsors are:
DB Breweries
Eastern Suburbs Sports Trust
Action Signs
Aluminium Extrusions
Cathrine Lloyd
Cafe l'Affare
Dockside Restaurant
Line 7 Clothing
Meridian Insurance Brokers
Noise Control Services
Novak & Middleton Architects
Protec Solutions
Sea Virgins
St Laurence Ltd
Stagecoach
The Duxton Hotel
Walker Builders
Waterford Security
Williams & Adams
Ron Legge and Monowai
Taipo Shield
Regatta
Muritai Yacht Club, Eastbourne
20 March 2004.
Superb sailing conditions of 12 to 20 knots for this 3 race regatta.
Worser Bay boats featured in almost all classes. There were 26
Sunbursts on the line. Peter Sutton blitzed the field taking
all 3 races. A new contender for Sunburst National Championship
honours has emerged. Look out Brett Linton and Simon Manning!
Cushla Hume Merry took the Starlings. Nigel and Harry
Lloyd were very consistent, 5th in
all three races. Launching and retrieving boats through the surf and
across the soft pebbles was a challenge. Lynette Hume- Merry
saw stars for her efforts helping retrieve. Others featuring
in prize list were Matthew Steven in 420s and Andrew
Paterson, who with Lisa Ralph, won the Taipo Shield in Chinook
Sunburst 939.
Full regatta results and prize list yet to be obtained.
Sunbursts are here
15 Feb 2004: Saturday club racing yesterday was affected by Simon Manning's "Need for Speed" After the first ladder race he was heard to comment that his green Sunburst did not seem to "go". Not surprising for a sailor just returned from his "A" Class Catamaran World Championship campaign in New Plymouth. ( see below ).
For the second race , Race 3 of Series 4, the northerly wind was definitely building. The club weather station recording more that 20knots and the barometer was falling. The PROs ( there were several! ) in the start box announced that a race was on. All but seven intrepid Sunbursters called it quits and set up with hot coffee in the club to watch the fun.
Of the seven, Vagrant ( SB1434 ) saw what was coming and considerately lowered everything into the water before the start, mast and all! Nigel and Harry could watch from the club house and the green boat was going to sit it out!
Now there were "The Six"
Wally got the "The Six" away after calling them
all back for another go. The inner distance mark seemed to be
attached to a fish .... it wandered two or three boat lengths
windward and leeward during the starting sequence. A reminder not to
use the Inner Mark a an indicator of the Line.
In the melee Nimrod (SB1209 Phil & Mike ) tried to climb into Sultry Sister
(Dean and Kate ) over her port gunnel. The start-box gallery howled with delight as Nimrod backed
away to do her 720 penalty turn before the gun went.
And a away they went. Simon Manning going upwind into the building
northerly like a train, with Nimrod on the inside track getting
there second.
No guts - No glory. "The Six" all hoisted spinnakers for the ride to wing mark. Most managed the gybe but Simon was smoking. There was a man with a Need-for -Speed! Nearly a whole leg ahead! But the gusts were getting more aggressive. The gallery shouted with disapproval as some of "The Six" doused their spinnakers.
The gallery wanted blood!
The windward leg was a real struggle the gusts were sweeping stinging pellets of white water off the crests. The start-box gallery whooped and yelled as imminent capsizes were saved by scrambling crews hanging over the chine. And then let out a satisfying "aaaah" as they finally succumbed and went for a swim.
Down wind they went again, then up to the top mark ... with even stronger gusts causing even the best to stagger. The gallery, safe and warm with the delicious brewed Cafe L'affare coffee, hooped and hola'd as the fun unfolded. Simon Novak and Tony Walker tried to do it standing up in Just Magic! (SB 1738)
Back "The Six" came for a flying down- wind finish right in front of the gallery, stage managed to perfection by the ring-in PROs!
Marguerita SB1611 was literally buried in spray. Nimrod SB1209 and Sultry Sister SB1628 tried a down wind luffing duel at 30 knots right on the line. Sultry Sister was left sprawling in Nimrod's wake!
Rob Woodward pushed hard in Marguerita ( SB1611) and she responded by bending ...whooooooh! .... that mast! ....... And Horace with the two Mikes SB1600 came in with a sickening kink in her mast.
Simon and Jane's Need for Speed in Envy (SB1781) was at least partially satisfied. The seaman ship of all "The Six" was superb. The gallery got their money's worth.
If you don't believe it ..... look at these photos. and there are lots more in the Need 4 Speed Gallery
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Nimrod gets the
better finish over Sultry Sister after she tried to board her from port
at the start.
11 Feb 2004:
Simon Manning is 7th in the A Class Cat NZ Nationals and 9th
in the 50 boat fleet at the 2004 World A Class Cat Championships at
New Plymouth, in events dominated by the Australians.. Full Results
at
http://www.aclassworlds2004.org.nz/
11 Feb 2004. Look out for the much improved and extended grooves on the boat ramp. Thanks guys to those of you who did that hard work! How about extending down to mean low tide?
11 Feb 2004. The Wellington City Council Health Inspector visited our club house today. The club house looked fantastic. The kitchen was spotless. The toilets were spotless. All systems reached the correct temperatures. Thanks to the unsung heros on the House Committee and others who make it happen so well.
P Class & Starling 2004 National Champs .... changes afoot?
2 Feb 2004. Go to your class page to look at proposals to change the way P Class and Starling National Champs are sailed next season at Tauranga. P Class Starling
New Web Counter:
1 Feb 2004: Hitbox stopped offering
a free service in January 2004 so we now use SiteMeter. Go to the
very bottom of this page and click on the Visitors Box to see
how many visitors we are getting per week , per months etc.
Worser Weather Station
12 Feb 2004: The weather station is uploading every 2 hours
reasonably reliably. If you see it has stopped please email
webmaster. And remember not to switch off the PC or the Modem at the
club. If you find it off please put it on again. According to the
station we experience some extra-ordinary gusts sometimes ... > 60
Knots.
Rescue crew Michael
Barnett and Stan Dell and an
over crewed Laser
Maurice and Greg Scott in SB
1739 "Good times" 18th October 2003.
Close Sunburst racing.
Sat 18th October 2003.
The Worser Bay fleet arrives at Ward Island.
& Phil Williams
Stop Press: Regatta Cancelled due to Slips blocking access to Eastbourne and water quality issues as a result of recent Storm.
Highly recommended regatta for Juniors at all levels. Worser Bay especially supports this 2 day 5 race regatta. Open & Green Fleet Optimists, P Class and Starlings. Look out for Notice Race here soon. or Email John Coltman
11/2/2004. Regatta was cancelled due to strong winds. We will have to wait for next season. ... too bad ..... we all had to go to school or work instead!
"A" Class Catamaran Worlds
New Plymouth 29 Jan 2004
28 Jan 04: Simon Manning
is off to compete in the Worlds. Follow the action here:
http://www.aclassworlds2004.org.nz/
http://www.westgate.co.nz/port/weather.htm
http://www.metservice.co.nz/forecasts/coastal_raglan.asp
The weather page has a link to a webcam along from the New Plymouth Club house.
26th Jan 04: Simon Manning reports on his
preparations for the Worlds:
I spent last weekend training in New Plymouth and will be up there
again this Saturday and Sunday. Sure is a boring drive. I'm
then heading up on Tuesday night (27th) for the two weeks of the NZ
Nationals and Worlds. My preparation has been sporadic - no need to
describe what the weather has been like in Wellington over the past
few weeks. I did go to Napier for part of the New Year regatta in an
effort to get some time on the water. I have a new boat which I used
twice in Australia prior to Christmas. I had to use an old
mast over there in two very windy events. My pace was not good so it
will be interesting to see what happens when I get to use my new
mast (finally arrived from Austria). Certainly I am not where I'd
like to be in terms of preparation! In terms of favourites, Glenn
Ashby the current worlds and Australian champion is the
overwhelming favourite. Murray Philpott is the top NZer and
was 10th at the last Worlds. Terry Valder is a past NZ champ
and Mike Drummond is new into the class but has the latest gear and
has competed in Europe and the US in the past few months. I'd expect
Australians to dominate the top 10. Here's a photo of Murray Phillpt
and me (NZL230) in Taranaki last weekend:
12ft Skiff InterDominions in Auckland
9 Jan 04: New Zealand skiffs do it
again.
Shaun Sheldrake ( 9th ) reports:
Full Report and great photos at http://www.skiff.org.nz/
Worser Bay Boating Club
30 Jan 04: Our club is
in good heart .... ~ 260 members .... BUT please pay your
membership subscriptions if you have not done so yet.
WorserWeather Station
30 Jan 04: Is now
working ..here ... up loads every
2 hours at the moment ... but the WorserCam still has not been
sorted ... PC & USB card problems.... BUT as a consolation
here is another Seatoun / Worser Bay / H2O SportsCam that looks at
our bay ....
here Webmaster.
Ministry of Environment: Freshwater Recreation Survey.
The Ministry for the Environment needs your input!
We are interested
in understanding more about the importance of
freshwater
for recreational use in New Zealand. We want to know which lakes,
rivers and wetlands you consider important for your recreation, and
why they are important to you. Please click on the link below and
fill in our survey
before the 13th of February,
your input will assist the Ministry for the Environment in better
understanding how and why our rivers, lakes and wetlands
are important for recreation. This survey should take about 5-10
minutes.
Survey
here
Please have a look at the MFE web-page - http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/water/water-programme-nov03/water-programme-action-nov03.html if you would like to know more about this project.
48 Optimists at "Win the Start - Start to Win"
Clinic at Worser Bay.
23 Jan 04: Highly successful, and
popular clinic attracted 48 Optimist sailors from all over NZ. The
Easter Opti Nationals at Worser Bay are going to be a great event.
Club Picnic
31st January 2004.
0900 Hrs
Sail to a deserted
island!
Whole family fun.
NOR and more
info here
Also find the
Picnic Risk
Management Plan here.
Phil Williams welcomes new sailors to our Club ... and explains the drill.
12 Jan 2004: Hi there and welcome to the Worser Bay
Boating Club follow up....... Come sailing with us, we look
forward to your being at the club and having fun.
Well we had another brilliant day at the club, all be it a bit windy
near the end, it was one of those days where you rise to the
challenge. Got wet but full of smiles and stories...
Two of the club boats were out there on Saturday pm having a sail
about with LTS graduates sailing them. There was Liz and Ian from
last years course and from the youth course last year Kate and Jo.
Had a few capsizes and all but had a ball out there.
This coming week is anniversary weekend but sailing is still ON...
yes there is the ladder race on at about 1300 (1pm) and scratch race
after a very civilised cup a tea ( OH YES and or Coffee - sponsored
by Laffare) then off we go for another rip around/flounder around
the course.
So anyway we are full on looking forward to seeing some of you new
people at the club... come on down at about 11-30 Saturday and well
see what we can organise in the way of a ride (crewing) for you..
Hell.. don't worry about never having put up a spinnaker before its
learn by numbers and its not more than 3. ( well that's what I can
count up to anyway) If you want, you can sail a club boat ( no
spinnaker) with one of your LTS classmates When you arrive, go to
the clubhouse upstairs and put your name on the crew list on the
white board and see me (Phil Williams) or Maurice Scott (Vice
Commodore) or maybe Wal (Starter in the start box area)
Just for a bit of an idea - the Ladder race is when the race is designed to have every one finishing at the same time, so they start in a particular order. First home is the winner as they have sailed above their usual performance. The scratch race is when all start at the same time and the winner is first home.
Well any way WELCOME to the club.. We need you to come sail .. we need crews for the boats.
Have an enjoyable anniversary weekend wherever you are.... 31 January is the CLUB PICNIC.. bring the family.. we are off to Ward Island out there in the harbour.
Regards
Phil Williams
(A bit of the sailing committee)
Look for special new pages dedicated to these amazing club activities. The Optimist Nationals 2004 is one of the biggest ... the biggest? ...regattas in New Zealand. It will be at Worser Bay at Easter 2004!
And our
own Junior Race Squad coaching
program ... World Famous on Wellington Harbour! for junior and
intermediate sailors who want to improve WAY beyond our
basic learn-to-sail programs.
Junior Race Squad
OptiNats2004
4 January 2004. Reported by Dean Stanley
Josh Junior (representing Wellington) and Rowan Swanson
(representing Manawatu Horowhenua) sailed in the Tanner cup from 28
– 30 December on Lyttelton Harbour. The Tanner cup is an
inter-provincial championship with thirteen sailors competing over
six races for the prized trophy, which has been won in the past by
sailors such as Russell Coutts and Chris Dickson. This year’s
competition was very tight and was eventually won by Thomas Olds
from South Canterbury over Riley Dean of Canterbury, followed our
very own Josh Junior.
Rowan sailed a strong regatta to finish in seventh place overall.
Both Rowan and Josh have another year in this class which augurs
well for the future.
The Tauranga Cup is the national championship for P class yachts.
This year the Tauranga Cup was competed for by 91 sailors from
throughout the country.
Worser Bay had 9 sailors in this competition (the only club with
more sailors was Kohimarama who had 12 in the regatta). The whole
team had very good first and second days with some notable
performances being Jono placing second in the invitation race and
Matthew finishing 9th in Race 3. Rowan was the most consistent of
our sailors and finished a credible 9th overall in a very strong
fleet. Cushla saved the best for last with a fourteenth in the final
race. All sailors who were attending the regatta for a second time
improved their places a great deal from last year.
Worser Bay placings in the Tauranga cup were (out of 91 sailors)...
Rowan 9
Josh 14
Arran 29
Chris 33
Benn 38
Cushla 39
Jonathon 40
Matthew 41
Jono 53
Complete Results
here
Stuff articles ...
here and
here
1 Jan 2004: While the young guns were at Naval Point other young sailors were up north. Deborah Paterson sailed her first race in her Starling at the RNZYS New Years Day Kawau Island Regatta in Bon Accord Harbour. She won in the very light airs and was presented a very very large tee shirt by Bill Endean, the Commodore of the Squadron on the lawn of Lidgard House in Smelter House Bay! It was a more appropriate prize than the big beer mugs almost everyone else got!
Some holiday snaps ...
... on a luminous painted ocean.
... toys for big and little boys and girls
..... sea dog!
Bill Endean, Commodore RNZYS presents Deborah her prize at Kawau.
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Trophies
and Awards for 2003-2004
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