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Volume 21 Issue 3 Nov—Feb 2016
Radio Waves
Official newsletter of the AUSTRALIAN RADIO YACHTING ASSOCIATION (Inc) www.arya.asn.au
INSIDE Eddie Cowell Perpetual Trophy Vale Doug Collins History of the Bournville Trophy Q & A with Brad Gibson IRSA Updates Assembling a 10 Rater
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Radio Waves Official Newsletter of the Australian Radio Yachting Association (Inc)
PRESIDENT Sean Wallis Southern River, WA, 6110 email: [email protected] Mob: 0467 779 752
VICE-PRESIDENT Garry Bromley Kanahooka, NSW, 2530 email: [email protected] Mob: 0424 828 574
SECRETARY Ross Bennett Maylands, WA, 6051 email: [email protected] Mob: 0490 083 978 TREASURER John Wainwright Concord, NSW, 2137 email: [email protected] Mob: 0449 904 807
TECHNICAL OFFICER Robert Hales Beecroft, NSW, 2119 email: [email protected] Tel: (02) 9875 4615
REGISTRAR Scott Condie 64 Matson Cres, Miranda, NSW, 2228 email: [email protected]
PUBLICITY OFFICER/EDITOR Alan Stuart Thornlie, WA, 6108 email: [email protected] Mob: 0400 816 834
PUBLIC OFFICER Trevor Jeffree (SA) Ingle Farm, SA, 5098 email: [email protected] Tel: (08) 7070 4159
WEBMASTER Eduard Cowell email: [email protected]
CLASS COORDINATORS
International One Metre Tim Brown Bilambil Heights, NSW, 2486 email: [email protected] Tel: (07) 5590 8150
International A Class Brian Dill email: [email protected] Mob:
International Marblehead Lincoln McDowell email: [email protected] Mob:
International 10 Rater Selwyn Holland [email protected] Tel: (02) 4237 7873
RC Laser Rod Popham Duncraig, WA, 6023 email: [email protected] Tel: (08) 9246 2158 Mob: 0416 246 216
If calling, be mindful of the time at location calling. Allow for time zone differences and Daylight Saving, and call at a reasonable hour.
LIFE MEMBERS
Ron Dunster, ACT (dec) Max Griggs, TAS (dec) George Manders, QLD (dec) Bob Shedden, NSW (dec)
Hub Bell, WA Ken Dobbie, TAS David Black, QLD Eddie Cowell, QLD Chris Ryan, VIC Graeme Turk, QLD
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W ell, this is probably the biggest Radio Waves ever produced, even bigger than last
month!! I think everyone should find something of interest. I could have made it bigger, but decided to keep a couple of large articles for next edition. That time of year is here where you need to plan your trip & accommo-dation to SA for the 2016 Nats, so visit the nats site and get organized. It is great to see ARYA President Sean Wallis & ARYA Secretary Rosco Bennett (as well as quite a few oth-ers) travelling around the country
and across the ditch to NZ for vari-ous events. I believe there were more Australians at the New Zealand Nats than kiwis!! This has got to be good for our sport, in both improv-ing our sailing skills and fostering good relations amongst all our sail-ors. We all need to get out of own environment from time to time. It
doesn't have to be to another state, it can be to the next suburb. Have a sail, have a chat, have a drink, and re-member why you sail. E N J O Y M E N T
DEADLINE FOR NEXT ISSUE IS FEBRUARY 21, 2016
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AFFILIATES
Australian Capital Territory Dr Graham Brown Radio Yachting Association Secretary Kingston, ACT, 2604 email: [email protected] Tel: (02) 6241 3070
New South Wales Radio Owen Jarvis Yachting Association Secretary Sandringham, NSW, 2219 www.rcyachts.net/nsw/ email: [email protected] Tel: (02) 9583 1097 Mob: 0418 650 755
Queensland Radio Yachting Ian Forster Association Secretary Chandler, QLD, 4155 www.radiosailing.org.au/ email: [email protected]
state/qld.htm Tel: (07) 3823 3470
South Australian Radio Alan Gold Yacht Association (Inc) Secretary Highbury SA, 5089 www.saradioyachting.org.au/ email: [email protected] Mob: 0419 839 933
Tasmanian Radio Yachting Ken Dobbie Council Secretary West Moonah, TAS, 7009 email: [email protected] Tel: (03) 6272 6916 Fax: (03) 6272 6963
Victoria Radio Yachting Assn Inc David Thomas www.vrya.org.au Secretary Hoppers Crossing, VIC, 3029 email: [email protected] Tel (03) 9748 0641
Radio Sailing Association WA Inc Glenn Dawson Secretary Floreat, WA, 6014 www.rsawa.asn.au email: [email protected] Mob: 0439 924 277
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CONTENTS ARYA Contacts 2 Editorial 3 State Affiliates 4 From the President 6 From the Secretary 9 Capt Blackwire ‘Words of Wisdom’ 12 Boat Transfers 13 2016 10R World Championships 14 Calendar of Major Events 15 Vale Doug Collins 16 Eddie Cowell Perpetual Trophy 17 Assembling a 10 Rater 33 Whitrod Classic 49 Q & A with Brad Gibson 50 Class Corner MarbleHeads 72 RC Laser 73 One Metre 76 Ten Rater 78 RG65 83 A Class 85
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PICTURES Cover:
2015 RCLaser National Championships skippers at Dubroyd Aquatic Club.
On Another Tack…. A guy brings his boat up to a restaurant dock to eat lunch. The dock hand says "I'm sorry, sir, but I can't let you dine here today. This establishment has a neck tie policy, and you are not wearing one.”
The guy says "Of course I don't have a tie on, I'm on a boat!" "Well, go down below and put one on". "I don't HAVE one!"
The dock hand, not wanting to turn away a customer, says "Well, why don't you just find something that approximates a tie. That should be O.K."
After some time, the boater comes out with a pair of jumper cables. "This is all I could find"
Sighing, the deck hand says "OK, I'll let you in with those, but just don't start anything"
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From The President
W ell finally we are
seeing some
improvement in
the weather
with some warmer months now
approaching, but even the colder months haven’t stopped most of us
with a number of Aussie’s jumping across the ditch to NZ for the Bay
of Plenty Championship in Tauranga & the NZ Nationals in Hamil-
ton.
As a prelude to the NZ Nationals the Tauranga RSC hosted the Bay of
Plenty Championship over the weekend of 19 & 20 September with
eight keen Aussie’s keen to get some practice ahead of the NZ Na-
tionals. Conditions were two days of light winds which made it chal-
lenging for the PRO with the setting of courses with just 13 races
sailed. It was a strong battle between Team WA & a sole Kiwi Rob
Nelson in occupying the top 4 positions until one ARYA Executive’s
boat was seen laying on it’s side near the wing mark. I’m guessing he
had a screw lose!
The Aussies filled four out of the top 5 places with the Pres taking the
cup and the Secretary leaving a keel – bring on Hamilton.
The Aussie contingent doubled for the NZ Nationals with sixteen of
us battling with the Kiwis. Wind conditions were once again light for
the three day event and it was Paul Jones that lead the Aussie charge
which came down to a final day battle between Paul & Ian Vickers.
The final day kicked off with Paul winning the first (and what ended
up being the final race of the day) and closing the overall score be-
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tween himself & Vickers to a solitary point but unfortunately the ex-
tremely light breeze was wafting in from all directions and after many
hours the PRO made the decision to abandon sailing, sadly leaving
Paul just a point from possibly claiming victory. Well done Jonesy!
It was fantastic to see so many Aussies travel across for the event and
we filled seven of the top ten positions overall.
In South Australia both the 10R & A Class State Championships have
been sailed. In the A Class, Tim Arland almost made it a clean sweep
winning with a total score of 8pts after sailing twelve races dropping
a 3rd & 1st ahead of David Martin & Alan Gold. In the 10R Ben Morris
took the championship ahead of Tim Arland & Alan Gold while in
Tassie George Fish won the Tasmanian A Class Championship.
Our VP Garry Bromley took a trip up to QLD for the 10R State Cham-
pionship and while having a score card envious by all it was the 21st
and final race of the event that created the blemish with 20 firsts and
a third place to win ahead of John Musgrave and Adrian Banwell.
This years Eddie Cowell Regatta held on the Sunshine Coast also
attracted a record number of IOM sailors from around Australia and
included two Kiwis from across the ditch. The two day event was fan-
tastic and we all got a sailing lesson from Craig Smith who won ahead
of Glenn Dawson & Paul Jones.
Congratulations to all our event winners but more importantly we
should remember those who give up their time to volunteer to assist
with the organisation of these events. Thank you to everyone.
There are still numerous events ahead on the calendar but none
more important than the Australian Championships to be held in Ad-
elaide in February. The SA team are well advanced in the organisa-
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tion so if you haven’t planned anything yet then get crackin!
As I noted in my previous report the ARYA Committee has been work-
ing toward the finalisation of a revised constitution. I’m pleased to
advise that this has been completed and I can thank Secretary Rosco
Bennett who lead the change with the support of our state com-
mittees so a big thank you to all and I’m sure that Rosco will have
some further detail in his report.
Next trip – NSW IOM State Championship and then the nationals.
See you there.
Sean Wallis
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Nov—Feb 2016 Page 9
From The Secretary
S ince the last Radio
Waves, your committee
has been busy finalising
a few issues. The consti-
tution has been completed,
lodged and is available to every-
one on the ARYA web. The process saw plenty of input from many
people, and I thank everyone involved. The committee and states had
a meeting by phone hook-up which bought this process to a conclu-
sion and I thank all of the participants, over three time zones for
making the effort to be involved.
Recently, the ranking regulations have been updated, and these will
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be available on the web very soon, if they aren’t already up there.
Most of the changes are correcting names and references, but there
are also changes that all states and clubs hosting ranking events need
to be aware of to ensure their event qualifies. This year we have had
to deny ranking status to one event for not conforming to the regula-
tions. We don’t want this to happen again.
2016 is shaping up to be a busy year for international events. The Eu-
ropean IOM Championships will be held at Vitoria, Spain on June 18
– 21. Australia gets one position at this event in the first round of
nominations.
The World Marblehead Championship will be held in Lake Garda, Ita-
ly on Sept 23 – 30, and the World Ten Rater Championships will also
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be held at Lake Garda on Oct 1 – 3. The nomination process for both
of these world championships has not been finalised yet, but I’m
hearing that the process may be similar to the IOM Class nominating
procedure.
That also means that we have three live ranking periods open at the
moment. These are up on the web as well. We have also called for
expressions of interest for skippers who would like to attend these
regattas. I have received 11 expressions of interest to date, and the
final Aussie reps might very well be decided on ranking points. If
there is any conflict with our ranking system and any Notice of Race
(when they are published), we may have to amend the selection peri-
ods to fit in with the world events.
IOM owners should have received information on the IOM ICA AGM
and a voting slip. There are three issues to be voted on. The first is
about goosenecks and most skippers will be aware of the changes.
The info is available in the AGM agenda documents. The second is
regarding the scoring system to be used for IOM ICA events. The third
voting issue is about umpires for world class events. Again, all of the
info for all three of these issues is available in the AGM agenda docu-
ments. The deadline for all voting slips to be back in my hands is No-
vember 20. If you are the registered owner of an IOM you are enti-
tled to vote. If you haven’t received the voting information, see your
club or state secretary.
Finally, the deadline for IOM ICA office holder nominations has ex-
pired. Australia’s David Turton was the only nomination for IOM Class
Secretary so he will be elected to continue in this roll at the AGM.
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Congratulations David. It’s great to see we have a voice on the execu-
tive. Keep up the good work.
See you on the water
Rosco
Captain Blackwire’s ‘Words of Wisdom’
Long ago there lived a brave seafarer named Captain
Blackwire. He was a courageous man who showed no
fear in facing his enemies. One day, while sailing the
seven seas, a look-out spotted a pirate ship, and the
crew became frantic. Captain Blackwire bellowed,
"Bring me my red shirt." The First Mate quickly re-
trieved the captain's red shirt, and, after donning the
shirt, the captain led his crew into battle and defeated the pirates.
Later on, the look-out spotted not one, but two pirate ships. The cap-
tain again howled for his red shirt and once again vanquished the pi-
rates. That evening, all the men sat around on the deck recounting
the day's triumphs, and one of them asked the captain: "Sir, why did
you call for your red shirt before each battle?" The captain replied: "If
I am wounded in the attack, my crew won't notice my bleeding and
will continue to fight, unafraid." All of the men sat in silence and mar-
velled at the courage of their captain.
As dawn came the next morning, the look-out spotted not one, not
two, but TEN pirate ships approaching. The rank and file all stared at
the captain and waited for his usual request. Captain Blackwire calmly
shouted: "Bring me my brown pants!"
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Boat Transfers
ARYA now accepts payment by PayPal for boat registrations and
transfers. Credit cards can also be used with PayPal.
It is VERY important that the right procedures are followed in the
transfer of boat ownership, otherwise there may be a significant de-
lay in the issue of a new certificate.
Full details for payment are available on the ARYA website at http://
www.radiosailing.org.au/2013arya/index.php/2012-05-15-16-08-
35/registering-boats
A stamped, self-addressed envelope MUST be posted to the Registrar
for the return of the new certificate.
Remember, the onus is on YOU to follow the procedures.
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2016 10 Rater World Championship
I RSA and the organising committee for the 2016 10 Rater World Cham-pionship are delighted to announce the venue and dates for this much anticipated event.
Limone sul Garda, Brescia northern Italy
1st -3rd October, 2016
This is being conducted at the same venue, and directly after, the previously announced 2016 World Marblehead Championship. The two organising committees have developed a partnership that shares costs, personnel and infrastructure for all sorts of good logistical reasons.
The attachment contains more detail and you will be notified as the struc-ture of the championship develops. Please pass this on to your racing com-munity, particularly the 10 Rater and Marblehead competitors. It is a golden opportunity to sail both events.
We all have to recognise that we have a golden opportunity to get the amazing 10 Rater back into the “World Stage” and hopefully back into a 2 year cycle alongside the Marblehead World Championship. The time is short but we thankfully have Matteo Longhi (Marblehead International Class Chairman) and his team enthusiastically assisting us as well.
As a matter of history, it has been a while since the last 10 Rater World Championship occurred:
1991 Viry Chatillon, France
1993 Lake Booney, Australia
1999 Changi, Singapore
Please feel free to contact either of us for further details.
Gerd Mentges (Chairman, 10 Rater World Championship Committee:
Selwyn Holland (Chairman, 10 Rater International Class Association,
Acting General Secretary IRSA: [email protected])
Nov—Feb 2016 Page 15
Calendar of Major Events 2015
October
25 QLD IOM Tri Series Round 3, Kipparing
November
1 WA 2015 IOM Metro Championships, Champion Lakes
1 WA 2015 IOM Champion Lakes Cup, Champion Lakes
7-8 QLD South Qld IOM, Carbrook
8 QLD Qld Multi Hull, Lake Kurwongbah
8 WA 2015RC Laser State Championships
14-15 TAS 2015 IOM State Championships, Risdon Brook Dam
14-15 QLD South Qld EC12,
15 SA IOM K. McPherson Memorial,
22 WA 2015 10R Metro Championships, Champion Lakes
28-29 QLD Central Qld A Class, Bundaberg
28-29 WA 2015 Albany Invitational Clipper Regatta, Albany
December
5-6 WA 2015 IOM State Championships, Champion Lakes
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Vale Doug Collins
S ome of you may remember Doug Collins, who served for many years as the National Secretary of the Australian Model Yacht Association, which became the Australian Radio Yachting Association.
It is with sadness that I advise you of Doug’s passing this week. Doug was into his 90’s and is survived by his wife of 72 years, Betty as well as his two sons Peter and John.
Doug was a major architect of our previous Constitution (the one we have just replaced), and helped guide the National Association for many years as Secretary – in the days before email, internet and all that. Doug had a massive capacity to see the big picture as well as attend to the small detail with accuracy and precision. WA awarded Doug the George Middleton trophy on two occasions – in 1997 and in 2003. In his sailing days, Doug was especially fond of the A Class and also sailed a Ten Rater. His son Peter also was a Ten Rater skipper.
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The picture above was taken at the Mini-Americas Cup in Perth in 1987. From L-R: Dan Alba, who was America’s skipper at the event, then Peter Collins (Doug’s son), Doug Collins and then a youthful look-ing Hub Bell. When Dan’s boat arrived from the US, it was damaged in transit. Doug and Peter took the hull and repaired it within a couple of days, allowing the event to continue.
Forever a gentleman.
RIP Doug.
Eddie Cowell Perpetual Trophy
W e just want to thank you all for a great weekend, we really enjoyed ourselves, thank you to everyone who came up and spoke to us and for the Birthday Wishes, thank you all.
As always, all the officials, organizers and team members behind the scenes are also sincerely thanked, we would hate to miss someone out, so all please know that you are genuinely appreciated.
There are some very special people out there and your very kind com-ments were overwhelming at times, we are so honoured and privi-leged to count you all as friends.
Everyone was really great but we would like to make special mention of Betty; this lovely lady is an absolute dynamo and a credit to the club and she absolutely spoiled us rotten, thank you Betty. Thank you also to Kirsten Jenno who saved the day with the winner’s photo when our camera battery died literally at the very last moment!
Full results, photos and video will be online soon, please keep check-ing http://www.rcyachts.net.au/
Again we had a great time and we are looking forward to next year – thank you all for your friendship.
Cheers,
Eddie, Bruce & Vince.
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Twin Towers RYC Pontoon Opening
T win Towns Radio Yacht Club
Inc. were able to open their
long awaited pontoon with a
spectacular opening ceremony
on 28th September.
A huge boost for those with mobility con-
siderations to now be able to participate with safer launching and
retrieval of their craft.
The 50 odd skippers all concentrating on holding formation in the spectacu-
lar sail past of 10 Raters, IOM's, Lasers, RG65's and Micro Magics. Thanks to
the 10 Raters for trying to slow down. This showed off our sport in a sensa-
tional way
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NSW State Member of Parliament Geoff Provest assisted by Tweed Shire Council
representative Warren Polglase and Twin Towns Radio Yacht Club Commodore
Richard Harradine carry out the formalities
It's been a long process and would not of been possible without
the vision, planning and persistence in seeking approvals and funding
by the Commodore, Richard Harradine.
These were achieved with grace and some humour. Thank you to
these Dignitaries.
And a special thanks to all those local supporters and the skippers
that turned up from neighbouring clubs to promote our sport in front
of such a large crowd of spectators.
Alan Young
Secretary , TTRYC
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Handy Links
2016 ARYA Nationals in South Australia
http://www.thepat.saradioyachting.org.au/Content/2016_ARYA_Nationals.html
American Model Yachting Assc Hints Page
http://www.theamya.org/hints/
Sail making for model yachts
http://www.stirling.saradioyachting.org.au/sailmaking.htm
RCSails
http://www.rcsails.com/
Sail RC
https://www.sailrc.com/
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2015 NQ IOM Titles – Mackay 3 & 4 October 2015
S aturday:
15 Competitors found their way to the new sailing site locat-ed at Lake Grande, Mackay QLD, and found that the wind had a bit of kick to it and there were actual waves to deal with,
and a Rain Squall coming through. It was top end B Rig weather and
All the skippers in the Control area up on the hill
the PRO Ian Ashe, immediately determined that we would run two fleets to help with making the sailing as fair as possible. Once the registration and the rain were dealt with, racing commenced at 10:30 am and immediately skippers found that the new venue was an excel-lent place to sail, the wind was from the ESE steady at 18 Knots with gusts coming in regularly peaking at 24 Knots, and standing in the control area overlooking the whole lake, skippers could determine their tactics. Most found that at times the B Rigs were just too big,
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and some who had C Rigs with them changed down to help mainly with the tacking in the waves.
Arron Farrar 69 Gladstone; Geoff Morris 96 Kawana; Gary Russell 0, Kawana; Chris Head 63, Whitsunday; Ross Anderson 17, Mackay
In the 38 years of Sailing RC Yachts in the North, we have never seen nor sailed in conditions like the ones being presented to us. One skip-per however, wasn’t fazed by the conditions and he revelled in it by showing excellent consistent speed and acceleration from tacks, Aa-ron Farrer from Gladstone came to win and he put his stamp on the competition immediately and never looked back. The rest of us tried many ways to keep up with him, but it was just too hard to tack your boat to cover him, only to see him sail off while you combated the waves and being stalled head to wind. As the day progressed, the sun shone and burnt everyone, but the wind did not fade, The PRO said his job was very easy as he set a course and did not have to change it, the wind was that consistent. By the end of racing a couple of yachts had succumbed to the conditions and withdrawn, so we went to sin-gle fleet racing which bought out some excellent sailing by all, with
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some of the better sailors starting to add pressure to Aaron and mov-ing up the ladder.
After racing had stopped on Saturday at 3:pm, the host club held a team’s event with the Cowboys vs Broncos preview of the grand final, with Ian Ashes’ team (NQ Cowboys) winning the event, we had a lot of fun and it gave the chance for everyone to mix and help each oth-er. Well done Mackay.
Sunday:
Racing commenced at 10:30 am, with the wind now more in the SE, still B Rig, but Clear skies, a beautiful day, with the PRO commencing with single fleet racing as a few competitors had pulled out due to rig or body failures.
Geoff Morris's Britpop 96 somewhere under the sails???
With less rolling waves to contend with, all the skippers found that they were sailing better by being able to tack and maintain their boat
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speed. The race was on to see if we could catch the very fast Aaron Farrar, Doug Allen did some tuning and had his Fraktal 2 really pointing, but he could not get close to Aaron, so he reverted to try and stave off the fast finishing Col Cameron, by the end of sailing we had completed 32 Races, David Black had run out of puff walking up the hill, and Aaron was the champion, followed by Doug Allen and Col Cameron. At the trophy presentation, PRO Ian Ashe commented on how well behaved everyone was with only a couple of mediation pro-tests to resolve, considering the conditions everyone had to sail in. Special thanks from Mackay Model Mariners to David Black and Ian Ashe who made the long journey to Mackay to help. Ross Anderson the club Commodore, thanked the visiting skippers for making the effort to visit us at our new site, which was given the thumbs up be everyone as one of the best weed free, fresh water venues in Queensland.
Till the next regatta, Fair Winds and Great Sailing
Colin Cameron
History of the Bournville Trophy
O riginally owned by the Bournville Model Yacht and Pow-
er Boat Club, Birmingham, England.
The trophy is silver marked Birmingham 1936 and was
manufactured AG Co Ltd. It was first presented as a tro-
phy for steam driven hydroplanes. When the Bournville club stopped
racing hydroplanes it fell into disuse.
In 1963 Mr John Smith and his wife Mavis had the trophy refurbished,
retitled and transported to Australia, at their cost, to be presented to
the Model Ship and Power Boat Club of South Australia as a gift from
the Bournville club. (The original nameplates were reversed leaving
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the original trophy title and winners on the new reverse side of the
plates.)
The trophy arrived in Australia 13th February 1964, and at that time
there was no national sailing organisation in existence in Australia,
hence its presentation and inscription to the MS&PBC. It was always
understood that the trophy would be passed on to the Australian
Model Yachting Federation (AMYF) when it was formed and some
correspondence to this effect was carried out prior to its arrival in
Australia.
The first year that it was sailed for as a yacht trophy in Australia was
1965, and then it was sailed for each year with the exception of 1968
until 1975. In 1968 Melbourne was supposed to hold the 'M' champi-
onships that year but they kept holding off because of weed in Albert
Park Lake, till finally it was not held.
In 1975 it was decided that the inscription on the winner’s plate was
untidy so John Stewart of Scotia Engraving removed the original plate
and re-engraved it. (Since the plate was already engraved on both
sides one must assume a new plate was fitted, and information re-
garding the original hydroplane winners lost).
1975 was the last time it was sailed for until 2006 because the trophy
was, to put it kindly mislaid.
In 2006 the trophy was recovered and placed in the safe keeping of
the Royal South Australian Yacht Squadron. The trophy remains the
property of the Australian Radio Yachting Association (Inc) .
Alan Gold
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SA Marblehead Championship
T he South Australian Marblehead Championship for 2105
was sailed over two days 10th and 11th October.
Twelve entries were received with three making the trip
from Melbourne. Thanks guys your participation is appreci-
ated.
Saturday the 10th presented light winds (5 to 8 k) which kept the PRO
Greg Peek and his helpers busy laying true windward courses. Four-
teen races were held with the leaders keen for the next day’s chal-
lenge and the concurrent contest for the Bournville Trophy. An extra
competitor (Queenslander currently residing in Adelaide) increased
the fleet to thirteen.
Sunday the 11th produced cooler conditions with a more consistent
and heavier winds (10 to 12k).
Lincoln McDowell cleaned up with a first in each event, well done,
but was pressed by Andrew Reid and Scott Mitchell. See results for
detail.
The Hart’s Mill venue (as selected for the 2016 National Champion-
ships) again proved to be good for launching and the elevat-
ed control position excellent from a skippers point of view.
Regards
Alan Gold
Secretary,
SARYA Inc.
Nov—Feb 2016 Page 29
SA Ten Rater Championship
T he SA 10R State Title was sailed with light winds to start however these picked up after lunch. While small in numbers the competition was very keen with
Ben Morris winning from Tim Arland after a back and forth battle all day. Mention must be made of Alan Gold who sailed a yacht that he put in the water on this day and finished only 4 points behind Tim. Last but not disgraced was Arthur Thacker who travelled for 3 hours, sailed a borrowed boat was lacking sailing practice , had a DNF and a DNS and was in touch with the fleet all day. Thanks to Brian Walsh for his effort on being PRO for the day and for
Cyril O'Neill and Kevin Bowden for their assistance.
Regards
Alan Gold
Secretary,
SARYA Inc.
Plac
e Names
Sail
No
Stat
e
Point
s
Dis - card
s
Scor
e 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 MORRIS Ben 157 SA 19 6 13 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 1
2 ARLAND Tim 75 SA 25 6 19 1 3 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 3 1 2
3 GOLD Alan 10 SA 30 7 23 3 2 3 3 1 2 2 4 3 2 2 3
4 THACKER Arthur 176 SA 48 10 38 4 4 4 4 4 4 dnf 3 4 4 3 dns Underlined values are discards. Score for dns, dnf etc
~ 5
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South Australian A Class State Titles
H ello All,
The event was held at Paris Creek “Schofields Dam” an a
bright sunny day with light winds all day. All races, with
the exception of two, were raced in continuously light
and variable wind conditions. The other two races had brief patches
where the wind disappeared for a few minutes.
The Championship was taken out by Tim Arland who sailed his Venom
well all day. Second was David Martin and Alan Gold third both sail-
ing Vemon’s.
The event will encourage participation in the Australian Champion-
ships series that will be sailed at West Lakes in February next year.
Thank you to the South Eastern Hills Model Yacht Club for conducting
the racing and providing a great sausage sizzle lunch.
Alan Gold
Secretary , SARYA Inc
Name No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Place
Tim Arland 89 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 8 1
Alan Gold 27 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 19 3
David Martin 36 3 2 2 3 3 1 2 2 4 5 18 2
Bob Tuohy 49 4 4 5 5 4 4 6 4 3 4 32 4
Brian Pennifold 84 5 5 7 6 6 7 4 7 5 2 40 5
Grant Murray 9 6 7 4 4 7 5 5 6 7 6 43 6
Terry Smith 15 7 6 6 7 5 6 7 5 6 7 48 7
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WA’s Jackadder Trophy:
P erth Radio Sailing Club held the Jackadder A Class Trophy
on Saturday 13 June 2015 at Jackadder Lake.
There were 10 A Class yachts on the water on a clear win-
ter’s afternoon. Unfortunately, there wasn’t all that much
wind, and the wind there was came from many different directions. It
made for difficult course settings, with a few fairly one sided courses
ending up being sailed. This was no reflection on the race committee
– more an indication of the difficulty of the afternoon.
Early in the regatta, Hub Bell and Glenn Dawson were at the pointy
end of the fleet, but as the racing continued, both Roger Paul and
Graeme Howie progressed nicely. The wind was perfect for the
Wombat, with its huge sail area. Roger was getting very good starts
and sailing his Venom very well in conditions which didn’t really suit it
all that well.
Jeff Green sailed a very consistent series, but was only able to take
out one race win. At the conclusion of the regatta, Graeme showed
that he had the best speed, and picked the wind the best, taking out
the last two heats to finish 4 points in front of Roger. Jeff was one
point further behind, holding out Glenn by just one more point. All in
all – a very close finish for the podium.
It was good to see Rod Moss and Len White improving rapidly, as well as having Denton snapping at the heels on a regular basis. Hub’s A1 generally needs a bit more wind to be really competitive, but Hub’s light wind skills continue to make him a difficult competitor to beat. Also, thanks to Rob Mews for adding number to the fleet, sailing Rich-ard Fielder’s Venom. Unfortunately, Rob has radio troubles with a transmitter which was not co-operating especially well.
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Thanks to all who assisted run the event – Chris Woods, John Mer-chant and all the helpers. Congratulations to the participants for sailing with great attitude and sportsmanship.
A photographic club came along to the lake on the afternoon, and we hope that there might be a few really good photos sent through in the near future. Hopefully, we get a few great shots of the As.
Cheers
Glenn Dawson
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Assembling a 10 Rater
T his is the way I go assembling an International Ten Rater,
and getting it to rate as close as possible to “10”.
Complete ALL the work on the hull, rudder & fin in-
cluding painting. Add all electric’s and fittings to their final
positions. Check the position of the waterline fore and aft with
the bulb ballast temp attached. Be cautious of your battery; if
you move it around you will change the WL.
Assemble gooseneck, stub mast (if used) and booms. Add all
final fittings. Add to hull.
Assemble A rig mast complete leaving extra length. Add all final
fittings spreaders etc. Weigh the mast assembly accurately.
Make up a lead bundle equivalent to the weight of the A rig
mast assembly + the weight of the A rig sails. Don’t forget to
allow for the weight of the jib boom in the fore sail assembly +
counterweights.
Tape the lead bundle to the deck over the top of the mast tube
recess in the hull. This is to mimic the final weight of the A rig
when in position.
Place the completed/assembled hull into a pool or spa. Mark as
accurately as possible the fore and aft waterline points. Check
they are close to predicted design positions if known.
Remove the hull and measure the straight line distance (with
callipers) between waterline marks. Write down the actual wa-
terline length WL.
Using a laptop; open the current measurement XL spreadsheet
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and enter the WL into the spreadsheet. Calculate the correct
area for the mast and enter. Spread sheet can be downloaded
from ARYA website.
Now you have two paths;
1. Enter your known sail area‘s for Main and Jib (S1 & S2) if
using an existing set of sails, or known design. Lay them
over your 100 x 100mm grid and measure.
2. Alternately enter your proposed design sail area’s (S1 &
S2).
Using the spreadsheet; adjust your sail area’s (mast area and
WL are fixed) until you achieve close to or under “10” on the
final rating. Be cautious if using pocket luff A rig, as you must
correctly calculate spar area.
If you don’t have sails already made; give the final XL spread-
sheet to your sail maker to layout and cut.
Better is to use brown paper; trim and add to the final sail plan
until it measures inside the XL spreadsheet figures. Get these
“paper sails” measured with the boat and double checked by
the club measurer before taking them to the sail maker.
If you’re doing the sails yourself; leave the clew and tack eye-
lets off the sails until your final measure. This will allow you to
trim the bottom edge (along the booms) if they are oversize.
This is the best place to trim; as it doesn’t affect the camber
point s of the sail.
Add the final lower eyelets to the sails, trim the mast and float
the complete boat again to confirm the waterline length WL is
still accurate. Correct your spar area in the spread sheet if it has
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changed from the design value originally entered; and final
check the rating is still under “10”. Set the bulb permanent if
waterline position fore and aft is correct
When satisfied; get the club measurer to measure the boat; confirm
the rating calculation and sign off. Signed forms are sent to the ARYA
registrar. MAKE SURE you read the instructions for registering on the
ARYA website under technical.
Regards.
Garry Bromley
International Radio Sailing Association Update
H ow is the ARYA connected to the IRSA?
Your Australian association is a member of the IRSA and
similarly oversees the four main international classes:
IOM
10 Rater
Marblehead
A-Class
This membership (called a Designated National Member, DNM) to
the IRSA allows associations (and therefore us) to access the IRSA to
get rule changes done, ask questions and gain documents etc. This
also allows us to sail under the ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing in our
club, state and national events because the IRSA is a member of the
much bigger ISAF.
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IRSA is the worldwide radio sailing organization as an affiliated
member of ISAF. IRSA is dedicated to the enhancement of both cur-
rent and emerging world radio sailing classes through the promotion
and development of consistent class rules, measurement methods,
radio yachting racing rules, and advice in running major racing
events.
http://www.radiosailing.info/
So what has been happening in the IRSA?
Rather than bore you with all the internal operations, here as some
of the major actions of the IRSA in the last few months.
Marblehead World Championship organisation is well under
way: Limone sul Garda, Italy, 23 - 30 September 2016. A beauti-
ful part of northern Italy on a great sailing venue.
10 Rater World Championship. This is being run directly after
the Marblehead WC also at Lake Garda. This is a very efficient
use of resources for both international classes and allows com-
petitors to sail in both without extra travel costs.
International Class Committees for Marblehead and 10Raters
are currently being developed from within the IRSA with the
aim of evolving them into fully fledged International Class Asso-
ciations in the future. IOM ICA and its success is a very good
example to follow. More on this later.
10 Rater Rules Revision. This is well under way with some sol-
id changes and drafts produced. It is not too late to get some of
your thoughts and ideas examined, so please let me know at
([email protected]). Australian suggestions have had
a solid input so far.
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Marblehead Rules Revision. This is also well under way with
similar solid input from Australians. Again let us know if there is
anything you wish to be considered.
A- Class Rules Revision. This is in the early stages but is also on
the table.
Appendix E Update. After a hotly debated period in the com-
mittees and IRSA executive, a set of sensible revisions and up-
dates to Appendix E have been agreed to and send on to ISAF
for them to consider for the next edition of the rule book. If you
don’t know what Appendix E is... grab a rule book and have a
read, it specifically applies to Radio Sailing.
IOM Gooseneck and Kicking Strap. For some time a few gadg-
ets have been sneaking into the market that break the current
rules. Mainly to do with the surface area. This was revised tem-
porarily for the IOM Worlds earlier in the year, but now has
been “officially” updated. Basically, the surface area and type of
gadget that can be used here is now more realistic.
There are lots of other bits and pieces and ongoing discussions within
committees, but these were the highlights.
Just keep in mind that the IRSA is very keen to be transparent and
open in what it does for its members. So don’t be afraid to ask ques-
tions through you club, State Association and the ARYA, or just have a
browse around the new IRSA site: http://www.radiosailing.info/
Also, it is often a long and arduous process to make sure the changes
are correct and appropriate. This is all done by volunteers from
around the world. We have a solid presence on the current IRSA ad-
ministration and committees.
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Aussies involved in the IRSA.
Lincoln McDowell: Technical Committee and MH World Cham-
pionship committee 2016
Glenn Dawson: Racing Committee and 10R World Champion-
ship committee 2016
Robert Hales: Technical Committee, class rules update, class
measurement update
Lindsay Walker: IRSA Administration
Colin Thorne: RG65 rules and Technical Committee
Selwyn Holland: Acting General Secretary, Chairman 10R ICC
Any of these can be contacted concerning matters of any internation-
al nature or questions on the IRSA.
Hope this helps.
Selwyn Holland
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IRSA Racing Committee
T he Racing Rules of Sailing are reviewed every 4 years. The
International Radio Sailing Association (IRSA) has a Racing
Committee which reviews Appendix E of the Rules. The
Committee has been working on the changes which will be
incorporated into the 2017-2020 rules. The Racing Committee sub-
mits the changes to the Executive Committee of IRSA. The changes
have been accepted by the IRSA Executive Committee and will be sub-
mitted to the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) for inclusion in
the next Rules book.
At time of writing, there has been no information about whether the
changes have been accepted by ISAF.
Update on the following Rules article:
At present, there are 7 rules changes which IRSA have submitted
to ISAF. They are included in the agenda for the ISAF General
Meeting in November.
The only alteration to the information in the article, is that a
new Rule is proposed in Appendix E. The proposal for new Rule
E3.9 is to ensure that Race Committees are allowed to make ar-
rangements to enable competitors with a disability to compete
on as equal a playing field as possible. This is to ensure that our
sport is as inclusive as practical.
This might include things like providing a visual aid to assist a
deaf competitor to know where the starting countdown is up to,
or be able to assign a specific position in a control area to assist
a competitor who is not mobile.
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1. Appendix E1.2(b):
‘Competitor’ means the person designated to control a boat
using radio signals.
Reason:
The proposal seeks to clearly define the competitor by link-
ing the term to rule E4.4 which states that the member or
organisation that entered the boat shall designate the
competitor. The identity of the competitor is established
when a boat is entered into a race or series, and that per-
son remains the competitor in charge of that boat
throughout the event.
2. Appendix E3.5 Individual Recall
Rule 29.1 is changed by adding the sentence “If rule 30.3 ap-
plies, this rule does not”.
Rule 29.1 will now read: “When at a boat’s starting signal any
part of the boat is on the course side of the starting line, or
when she must comply with rule 30.1, the race committee
shall promptly hail ‘Recall (sail numbers)’ and repeat the hail
as appropriate. If rule 30.3 applies, this rule does not.”
Reason:
The final sentence was inadvertently left off the last revi-
sion of the rules. When rule 29.1 was re-drafted the words
‘If rule 30.3 applies, this rule does not’ was omitted from
rule E3.5. If the logic of rule E3.5 as written is followed,
when rule 30.3 Black Flag Rule applies the race committee
must recall boats that were on the course side of the line
although they have been disqualified (BFD). The last sen-
tence is added to ensure that there cannot be an individu-
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al recall on a black flag start.
3. Appendix E3.6 General Recall
Rule 29.2 is changed to:
When at the starting signal the race committee is unable to
identify boats that are on the course side of the starting line
or to which rule 30 applies, or there has been an error in the
starting procedure, the race committee may hail and repeat as
appropriate ‘General recall’ and make two loud sounds. The
preparatory warning signal for a new start will normally be
made shortly thereafter.
Reason:
For the past 4 years, when using a 2 minute tape, follow-
ing a general recall, the tape should have been restarted
at the prepatory signal (1 minute). In actual practice, al-
most all clubs and regattas returned the tape to the two
minute count. This is important when a black flag has
been called, to allow skippers to remove themselves from
the triangle between the start buoys and the first mark.
By changing this rule the starting procedure reverts to the
default position general throughout sailing. If an event is
under such major time pressure that gaining an extra mi-
nute is essential, it is possible to change the rule in the
Sailing Instructions.
A secondary benefit of removing the necessity to repro-
gram the starting procedure is that it eliminates a possible
source of race management procedural error.
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4. Appendix E4.2:
Rule 41 is changed to:
A boat or the competitor controlling her shall not receive help
from any outside source, except
a) help needed as a direct result of a competitor becoming ill,
injured or in danger while racing;
b) when her hull rig or appendages are entangled with anoth-
er boat, help from the other competitor;
c) when a boat's hull rig or appendages are entangled, or she
is aground or in danger help from a race committee vessel;
d) help in the form of information freely available to all com-
petitors
e) unsolicited information from a disinterested source
When appropriate, in order that a disabled competitor may be
able to compete on equal terms, the Race Committee shall
make as fair an arrangement as possible.
However, a boat that gains a significant advantage in the heat
or race from help received under rule 41 may be protested
and penalised; any penalty may be less than disqualification.
Reason:
There was lots of discussion on these changes. The
changes align Appendix E more closely with Rule 41. This
proposal:
1. Makes clear that outside help can be given to competi-
tors who become ill, injured or in danger, but only help
that is related to their immediate difficulties;
2. Provides for outside help from any vessel under the
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direction of the race committee;
3. Allows for outside help in the form of unsolicited infor-
mation from a disinterested source (but not from a com-
petitor);
4. Provides for a penalty if a boat gains a significant ad-
vantage as a result of outside help;
5. Obliges the race committee to make specific provision
for disabled competitors thus affirming the inclusive na-
ture of radio sailing.
5. E6.6 Redress
Change E6.6 by removing the words “and as a result retiring”
as follows:
E6.6 Redress: Add to rule 62.1:
(e) external radio interference acknowledged by the race com-
mittee, or
(f) becoming disabled and as a result retiring because of the
action of a boat that was breaking a rule of Part 2 or of a ves-
sel not racing that was required to keep clear.
Reason:
Removing the requirement for a disabled boat to retire in
order to obtain redress removes a great deal of uncer-
tainty.
The proposed rule change:
- retains the definition of disabled that has a wider
meaning than entanglement or grounding as it includes
all instances in which a person controlling a boat is una-
ble to manoeuvre his boat using seamanlike actions
within the control area
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- allows the protest committee to apply the standard
conditions for redress (score made significantly worse
through 'no fault of her own') without having to engage
in a complicated debate on whether a boat retires as a
result of being disabled or merely because they were last
in the heat.
- the rule reflects the wishes of the majority of radio sail-
ors who believe that if they are not at fault and are tak-
en out of a heat by another competitor they should be
able to seek redress
Glenn Dawson
IRSA Racing Committee
International Championship for RC Laser
At the recent 2015 Championship of Nations for the RC Laser in The
Netherlands it was confirmed that Australia would be the host nation
in 2017. Following that, at this year’s Australian Titles held in Sydney,
it was decided that the Paradise Radio Yacht Club on the Gold Coast
should be the venue for this important event.
We plan to hold the Championship in mid November 2017 when the
average temperature varies from an overnight 19 degree to about 27
during the day. The mean wind speed at 9.00am is 10 knots and at
3.00pm is 13 knots – ideal racing weather.
As well as the Championship of Nations we are planning to have the
Australian Nationals as a warm up series. Depending on numbers,
this will be open to all-comers and will be used to select the Australi-
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an team if numbers are restricted for the big event. If there are more
than 50 total entries we are considering a parallel series so that eve-
ryone will have a full week of racing.
The RC Laser has fleets in some 12 countries with the largest being
USA where more than 10,000 boats have been sold so we are looking
forward to welcoming many overseas visitors. If you are a radio con-
trolled yacht sailor, now is the time to get into a Laser – the only truly
one design RC sailing boat.
To help with our planning we are asking all fleets to canvass their
members to get expressions of interest. These numbers will help us
to decide if there is to be a quota system and, if so, how it should op-
erate so that it is fair for everyone.
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The Gold Coast is Australia’s favourite holiday destination due to the
climate, the beaches and the many tourist attractions. If you and your
family have ever considered travelling to Queensland for a holiday,
this is the excuse you need. Apart from the sailing, which promises to
be a huge event with not one but two regattas, there are 5 theme
parks including native flora and fauna, whale watching, dozens
[hundreds?] of eating establishments, shopping centres and of course
the weather.
Because it is such a popular area there are many websites promoting
the whole experience of the Gold Coast. These are just 2: http://
www.australia.com/en/places/gold-coast.html and http://
www.visitgoldcoast.com/
We know that it is impossible to know what you will all be doing in
two year’s time but we would appreciate hearing how much interest
there is in coming to the Gold Coast for a wonderful holiday, good
friendships and, of course, some excellent sailing.
If you require any further information you can contact us at cof-
Peter O’Grady
“Cock o’ The Bay” Regatta
D rummoyne Sailing Club, Radio Yacht Division announces the
date for the Annual, Prestigious Radio Marblehead “Cock o’ The
Bay” regatta to be held at “Paradise Cove (Scumbag Bay)”
within sight, sound and smell of the Sydney Fish Markets and
underneath the mighty Anzac Suspension Bridge. A day of fun and relaxed
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competition with Handicap Races deciding the winner of the Prestigious
Perpetual Trophy, currently held by Ron Cant.
Make a note in your diaries for 22nd November, 2015 and watch the
NSWRYA web site for the NoR.
What you won’t see in the NoR is the list of sponsors, the menu for the after
race activities and the requirement to leave your AGGRO ATTITUDE where it
belongs, elsewhere. If you intend screaming and shouting you will pick up
the drinks tab. This is a day of fun sailing amongst friends getting ready for
the Festive Season.
Bring your “Plan B”, Sunscreen and chair.
Kind Regards
John Wainwright
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Whitrod Classic 2105
W ith a good fleet of 15 to greet the PRO (Greg Peek
assisted by Phillip Levi) sailing was conducted in a
good breeze, Number One rigs were carried
throughout. The race was conducted by the Ade-
laide Radio Controlled Yacht Racing Club Inc.
Competition was tight with several groups forming throughout each
race. Those at the front were consistent and as the fleet spread out
those with similar performance grouped together.
Racing was conducted in a generally good nature with few inter-
changes of opinions re rules and overlap at marks.
A great day, good breeze with mild sunshine, what more could one
wish for? Thank you to the PRO’s
Alan Gold
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Q AND A with Brad Gibson
A fter winning the recent IOM World Championships and the UK 10 Rater Championships, I was fortunate enough to secure some of Brad’s time to conduct an informal Q & A with him. With no questions off-limits, we hit on some seri-
ous sailing questions and also some more personal - things that make Brad Gibson tick. Brad was open with his responses and honest with his appraisals, giving us a genuine insight into Brad and our sport.
BG explaining to HRH Prince Philip, Duke Of Edinburgh the finer points of sailing
[SB] Brad, thank you for taking the time to answer the following questions. Given your achievements in the Radio Yachting community it is a privilege to have you spend some time to answer some ques-tions from us back here in Australia.
1.Firstly, I would like start with your latest achievement. You have just completed the 10Rater UK Nationals in which you have won from
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Graham Bantock, finishing with a commanding 20 plus point victory. You sailed your own design called a Trance. Could you fill in us in a little on the reason for getting involved in the 10 Rater class.
[BG] My experience with 10s goes back to 2002/03 back home where I was very fortunate for the influences of both Bill Wright and Greg Willis in Qld who were very passionate about the class and encour-aged me to get involved. This led to later sailing Bill’s own NRWb de-sign to win a couple of Nationals and work with them both, along with Chris Stokes, Alan Bicknell, Maurice Fletcher, Owen Jarvis, Glenn Dawson and Scott Condie amongst others in building, setting out and optimizing their new boats, all still being sailed today I be-lieve at events.
[SB] 2. In Australia we have seen the prototype Trance sailed by Scott Condie and seen its performance, he has been able to both win the 2014 National Championships and finish runner up to Graham Ban-tock at the 2015 Nationals held in Perth. Now that you have sailed the boat, a hull I believe which was made here in Australia by Scott and shipped to you for finishing and rigging, what is the design con-cept and plans for Trance for the future? Will you be looking at mak-ing changes to the design, going into production either here or over-seas or making line plans available to those who which to purchase? I am sure it has attracted a lot of interest in the UK like it has here al-ready in Australia.
[BG] Trance was basically driven by Scott Condie back in Sydney who over a number of years asked for a design to build. After working with Scott with his Steve Sedgman Aero design previous and with him in the IOM class, the timing was right to progress and have a go at a 10. In essence, the design is a continuation in theme of what is work-ing well with our other class designs being a balanced hull shape in-tended to do well through the full range of conditions.
Scott and I have been mindful with the design not to get ahead of ourselves in any way. Being my first 10R design, the first hull Scott made was essentially a prototype to test and gain feedback for any
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future changes if needed. That the first hull went on to win the Na-tionals within a month of launch was a pleasing result but a lot more racing was required to make an accurate assessment of how well it would perform over a wider range of conditions. Since that first win, the boat has performed well in NSW at a number of events, though after Scott was beaten into second by Graham Bantock in Perth we looked to further analyze what more could be done at the top end of the rigs. Scott felt the best way to move forward was to send a hull across for me to finish and look at first hand. In building up the second hull I think we have identified a number of small im-provements in the rig to ballast ratio and layout that seemed to work out well here at the UK Nationals. There are still a small number of details to look at before any decision on production could be made, but should the interest warrant production, plans or otherwise we will certainly be open for discussion from interested parties.
Scott Condie sailing the Trance Prototype at the 2015 ARYA Nationals in WA
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[SB] 3. Given your commitment to IOM and Marblehead racing, where do you see the 10 Rater fitting into your future plans? It must be a handful scheduling your time amongst all the different class re-gattas.
[BG] As many skippers back home and here would understand, taking on and enjoying more than one or two classes can be a strain on any-one’s time. The MYA season calendar of racing here is mostly very well structured to work in with the ‘overlapped’ classes through for-ward thinking and the more recent introduction of class captains. Thankfully there are very few clashes but there will always be occa-sions where events are just not logistically possible due to a need for down time. The 10R class in the UK does not currently share the strength in numbers or events like we have at home or in places like France, but I see no reason why with good promotion and events driven by dedicated skippers it will not come back to strength. Where I will find the time to race them is another matter…..
[SB] 4. You have just won your second IOM World Championship held in Foster City San Francisco in May. Which victory out of the two was more rewarding and why.
[BG] Tough question….
My first win in Marsaille 07 was memorable but an event that I start-ed well and lead for 3 days, only to let nerves take hold on days 4 and 5. Fortunately on the final day I came back to be a point adrift of the leaders, going into the final race. I lead from start to finish while the others match raced each other and fell apart. I was more relieved to win the event in the end after losing control of it from a good start.
Foster City on the other hand was unfinished business for me. I felt I had let the 2009 and 2011 Worlds pass me by after leading both events. I had watched my own designs win in both 2011 and 2013 and after winning both the 2012 & 2014 Euros felt it was mine to win. In the lead up I made a solid commitment of 3 International events (M Worlds, IOM Euros, IOM Worlds) over 15 months and to focus on these. This meant putting dinghy sailing on hold amongst other
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things along with taking on some fitness training to be sharper later in events which had previously been my downfall. In the end, I felt I was in control for the full week in S.F of my own performance.
I am incredibly proud of both wins and beating fields of the highest order with so many champions in them. I would say winning with my own design and finally fulfilling a promise made to my father makes 2015 Foster City the most rewarding of the two.
Brad Gibson sailing his Widget to victory in the 2007 Worlds in Marsaille, France
[SB] 5. It appears the Aussies have struggled to be competitive at re-cent IOM World Championships apart from previous champion Craig Smith. What ingredient or technique do you think the Australians are missing compared to the top Europeans? Is it the fact the Europe-ans have so many chances to sail against one another leading to fast-er and better boat handling or are the Aussies just approaching with the wrong attitude?
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[BG] I think any perceived drop down in Australian performance could fairly equally attributed to the rise in standard of other coun-tries through competitive racing and the better availability of quality equipment. The Croatians and French are the immediate county’s that come to mind that have worked hard within their group to im-prove their standard.
By comparison, Australia have not always sent their best ranking skippers to an event since 2005 or 2007 (Craig Smith, Paul Jones, Mi-chael Grieve, Mark Patterson, Ross Bennett and others). Without the top skippers gauging themselves and taking experience back, the hill just gets that little bit higher to climb. If we take Ian Vickers by comparison, he has managed to check in with International events over a long period since 2007 to keep himself in the game both from a design and racing viewpoint.
I believe also that skippers travelling need to be better at adapting to umpired sailing at big events. The best way to prepare for that is through a better understanding of rules process in how they are be-ing applied by umpires. I feel that racing here in the UK with a long used observer system and in an environment where protests are not taboo and used as a way of education makes me better prepared to know how to sail cleanly at big events and focus on the big picture. If you’re doing turns or too focused on the small fight, no amount of boat speed will save you.
Craig Smith AUS 747 (12th Overall) and Kirwan Robb AUS 91 2015 IOM Worlds
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[SB] 6. BritPOP vs POP. I constantly hear at regattas Brads sailing a POP, its bigger here, skinnier there, chines are harder etc etc. Every-one seems to have an opinion. Without giving too much away can you tell us the minor differences between the 2 designs.
[BG] It is essentially a BP hull taken from our original plug and made a little narrower. Bow sections were changed a little with a higher stem height and foredeck. It has been a useful experiment to learn more about the BP and where we go next….
[SB] 7. When you designed and built the BritPOP did you ever imag-ine the success the design was going to have and the longevity at the top the design would achieve?
[BG] No… It would be lying to say yes! Every person that designs a boat dreams or hopes to be better than the next, but few are lucky enough to achieve it. People much smarter than me with better train-ing have tried and failed so I see myself as one of the lucky ones with the success of the design. I would hate to count through the hours of designing, trialing, testing, failing, modifying, competing and travel-ling that went in to becoming lucky.
[SB] 8. There are 3 licensed builders of the BritPOP, do you regularly keep in contact with the builders to check on orders and volume of boats being produced. How many boats would have been distributed worldwide?
[BG] We do check in with them all from time to time, but essentially they all have their own businesses. I believe they are now collectively close to 300 BPs manufactured since late 2011. Maybe not mass pro-duction in some eyes; but built to a specification that we are confi-dent gives a replicated performance to our originals if rigged to our guidelines. We were quite strict in ensuring the boats remained true to our design specifications and feel satisfied results from all 3 build-ers boats have shown this was the way to go.
On the local side here we are in regular contact with Tony and James Edwards at Robot Yachts as we have a few other projects that we
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are working on with them.
[SB] 9. They say copying someone is the best form of flattery - does it annoy you when you see designs nearly identical to your product or do you pass this off as a fact of life and just get on with producing your next design.
[BG] Since cars were first driven and boats were first floated, inspira-tion has been used to always move to the next step. Is every feature on our designs new? Of course not. Have we looked at features and characteristics of other designs, understood how they work and looked to improve on them? Yes.
There are a number of new very good designs that have appeared since the BritPOP went into production that have looked to take things further which is great. Some look similar, some differ widely, some are fast, some maybe not quite there yet, but this is evolution.
There is a very big difference though between being inspired by someone’s work and looking to evolve it, to just straight copying an-other’s work and passing it off as your own with one or two minor alterations attempting to trick the eye. It is this form of copying that annoys Victoria and myself no end but the nature of our small busi-ness in the world marketplace leaves us and other leading manufac-turers regularly open to such practice.
We have regrettably resigned to the reality that the best we can do is trust that smart purchasers will know the difference between these often cheaper copies of lesser quality, and genuine products. We trust they will also know that the level of support and backup from manufacturers or retailers stocking such copies will be minimal due to a lack of knowledge, understanding and racing experience in what they are selling.
The issue is one far wider in life than radio yachting but in our de-fense we do always reserve the right to not deal with or recommend anyone knowingly involved in such practices or using such equipment
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Brad’s POP at the 2015 IOM Worlds in San Francisco, USA
[SB] 10. I’ve touched on 2 classes the 10 Rater and the IOM but you are also a dual Marblehead world champion, obviously all 3 designs have their good and bad points. Could you tell us your favourite class to sail and why?
[BG] All 3 are fantastic boats to sail for differing reasons but most im-portantly as IRSA classes, they have class rules that are administered and offer close racing from Club to National and International levels with the support of member nations. These classes (along with the A class) through time, innovation and design have evolved into true racing yachts that will long remain the pinnacle racing classes within our sport worldwide that the best radio sailing skippers aspire to.
The IOM has the toughest competition through a well written rule that promotes close tight racing.
The Marblehead has a mix of tough competition with a class rule that allows further experimentation within a sail area plan framework. The racing is fast and often cleaner than IOMs.
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The 10Rater is just a blank sheet of paper. Pick your waterline length for the amount of sail you are allowed and design a hull shape to match factoring in how much displacement you will need to make it all work. A designers dream and a real weapon to sail fast.
All of the above offer good older boats with performance to sail well on their day and can be often modified to remain competitive with the newest of designs.
If I had to pick one, then the Marblehead would win out. Enough in it for the designers, great quality of racing and an element of speed that appeals to an ex-skiff sailor. A good mix of the 3 if you like!
BG’s Marblehead Grunge after launch in 2012
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[SB] 11. What’s next for Brad Gibson? New design, holiday, break from sailing?
[BG] Victoria and I had planned some time off after the IOM Worlds but it has been one event rolling into the next here, along with build-ing up the 10R. Now that there are only a couple of ranking events left for the year, we are hopeful of a short break away and some free weekends to get back to a degree of normality.
Brad getting down and dirty doing the hard work, fairing the Trance for painting
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[SB] 12. A different tack now, most of your designs have been named after song genres - we’ve had the Disco, Reggae, SKA, Jive, Punk, Kar-aoke, BritPOP, Alternative, Indie and just recently the Grunge and Trance. Would you tell where this comes from? Are you a distant relative of Molly Meldrum or is there something you’re keeping from us.
[BG] I love music, always have. Not a commercial radio fan, more of an independent kind of listener. Straight out of school and into a signwriting apprenticeship had me listening to Double J (now Triple J) in Sydney and a group of tradesmen that often loaned me LPs to lis-ten to. Ironic now that many of those bands I listened to back then are local to Liverpool and the NW UK, making it easy to go and see them 30 odd years later. A large group of us here (Rob Walsh, Martin Roberts, Peter Stollery, Chris Harris, Josh and Greg King) managed to see Madness last December in Manchester for a Christmas night out. Off to see Echo and the Bunnymen later this year. Music is good! The important thing is to name your boat with a song from its design genre that relates to you or your experiences…..
i.e. the BP following my loss in 2011 at West Kirby was called ‘Don’t look back in anger’
[SB] 13.The sail number 42. Is this a personal number or something you have just stuck with? Does it hold any significance in your life?
Four and two have always been my favorite numbers. It has since been pointed out that it is the answer to everything. Sounds good to me! I’m fortunate my friend Graham Elliott let me buy his personal number off him here :)
[SB] 14. 20 to 25 years ago we used to race against one another in Dinghys, Flying Ants and Cherubs on the waters of Botany Bay be-fore you moved on to your 18ft Skiff days. Do you miss the thrill of hanging on the wire flying down Sydney Harbour doing 20 plus knots?
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Seeing double IOM 42 and Marblehead 42, keen eye for set up
[BG] Definitely!! But there comes a time when you go from all out ‘send it’ mode to ‘mr conservative’ and a little fire dies. They are pure racing boats and the minute you start second guessing or hesitating is when you and your team get hurt in a crash. 18’s are awesome boats and very few get the opportunity to race them, let alone sail them to their potential. I was incredibly fortunate to work and sail with some legends of the class and learn from them not only how to race hard but how to prepare and maintain over a campaign. Lessons that transfer in so many ways to what I do now.
I do tune in weekly with the online race feed and in recent years kept in contact with low key consultancy on rigs with a couple of teams and also to admire the standard in which the top teams have raised the bar to.
To me skiff racing is the way sailing should be, being fast, exciting and with a hint of fear and danger instead of overweight slow tubs! If you can’t lift it, it’s too heavy!!
I managed to race a Musto Skiff here for a weekend a couple of years back and if I ever get the opportunity would do that again as it was a blast
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Brad sailing a Musto skiff
[SB] 15. England can be a pretty cold place in winter and not much better in summer, how have you gone acclimatizing to the British winters?
[BG] More clothing! Layers they call it here… I have found the Pubs usually keep a nice temperature inside so as long as you can brave the chill to get there you will be fine. A little more sun would be wel-come though…
[SB] 16. Australia recently lost The Ashes to the Poms, do you still barrack for the Aussies or have we lost you to Poms.
[BG] Wash your mouth out! Not easy supporting AUS here at times but always good banter with the locals. World Cup for Rugby coming up should be interesting.
[SB] 17. They say behind every good man is a good woman. Victoria has been a big part of your life and your business for quite some time now, can you tell us what influence she has not only your sailing ca-reer but also the business side of things.
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Getting our own back at 2015 Rugby World Cup
[BG] Victoria and I met at the 2006 Marblehead Worlds at Fleetwood. She comes from a Vane and Radio Yachting background which makes things easy for both of us. She knows what’s going through my mind leading into and at an event and pretty much leaves me to it. She is a very talented skipper in her own right, enjoys the racing and social side of what we do making having a joint interest a good one. On the business side her Mechanical Engineering background guides this fel-low daily with the type of questions and things I thought I would nev-er use while daydreaming about boats in school. Victoria is very hands-on in the business -cutting and patching sails, taking care of shipping and emails amongst other things.
Brad and Victoria at the Kogarah Bay ARYA Nationals
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[SB] 18. Dog person or a Cat person? Plus any pets to speak off.
[BG] A 2 year old Golden Retriever named Buster who tests us every day but has a look you could never get mad at.
Buster hard at work with quality control
[SB] 19. Most people have superstitions or perform a pre-race ritual, some people think green ropes on a boat bring back luck, others say bananas bring bad luck, me personally I won’t wear yellow under wear whenever I’m competing. What spooks Brad Gibson or what rit-uals do you follow.
[BG] Green is bad! Imagine how easily Australia 2 would have won had they have not had green on the boat. I do have some clothing items that I prefer and the odd ones that have found the bin after a particularly poor day. If you are comfortable then all is good.
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[SB] 20. In Australia 99% of the time we sail port courses, I have no-ticed in the UK several events sail starboard courses. This obviously brings in another level of thought when approaching marks. How do you find this type of course and how do you prepare yourself when approaching mark, especially the windward mark.
[BG] You have to race the course, not the boat next to you. If ap-proaching on the stb lay you need to get round the mark as quick as you can. That doesn’t mean you stand on 2 lengths past the mark to call a port tack boat. It means tacking in the gap he left you and beating the course. If approaching on port lay, I like to leave a gener-ous gap for any stb tacker to come in and take, instead of calling me to tack. Let him/her know you have left him a gap and encourage him/her to take that gap. Its about clean fast racing, not seeing who you can hit every time you race. Take a transom and be fast with your options open.
Starboard hand courses have their place and time and when to use it is important as a PRO.
To decide when, you simply have to apply the Martin Roberts rule.
e.g. at Kogarah Bay in a southerly course sailing left to right you can judge the starboard layline, hence a port course is fine. Now if we sail a North East course at the same venue the lay-line that is sighted is a port tack one meaning a Starboard hand course becomes a viable op-tion as the starboard lay-line is a matter of guesswork causing large raft-ups through people under laying it. Using a starboard course in this instance allows anyone coming in on port to overlay which allows the starboard hand boat to tack beneath them and still easily lay the mark, or dip under them and harden up to the mark. This only ever falls down when you get poor sailing by starboard hand boats hell bent on going further than the port hand lay-line just to hit someone instead of trying to sail the fastest possible course.
It is about the lay-line you can sight. If you are constantly having a raft up at the windward mark in your racing, consider why that is?
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[SB] 21. I’m sure you’ve been following the current phenomenon with just about everyone wanting to foil, from Moths to AC45s and AC72s to Trimarans and even Lasers. Have you had any thoughts about pro-ducing a cat or trimarans which would be able to foil. It is certainly exciting times in the sailing world.
[BG] I have some blue foam in the shed and have put some thought into a foiling moth type rc dinghy. I have no doubt it could work but fear the difficulty in sailing it well could hold something like that back. Never say never, but finding the time is the largest hurdle.
USA / AUS Team Oracle Two boat tuning AC 72,s
[SB] 22. In Australia we have recently seen a number of new sailors getting into our sport purchasing the Dragon Force 65 for under $200 - a product mass-produced overseas. Given it costs somewhere be-tween $3k to $5k to put a competitive One Metre on the water, do you think we will ever see the day when all designs are mass pro-duced in factories in China or Taiwan. If not, how do you see we can
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keep a lid on the raising costs of the sport.
[BG] I don’t see that any rise in the costs of radio sailing are outside of what would be seen as those of general inflation, wage or exchange rates in my time racing or building them. Top end IOM’s or other clas-ses for that matter have always commanded a high end price range whether it be a TS2, Italiko, Topico, Pikanto or similar back in the ear-ly 2000’s through to what we have now such as the Fraktal, Chase, Cheinz, V8/9 or BP. Quality products command a good price though if anyone can point out to me a radio yachting manufacturer living the highlife and flashing the cash at an event be sure to do so. Chanc-es are his car is not the flashiest in the car park.
What I have noticed is that less people are prepared to do an amount of work on their own boats; whether it be building your own rigs to installing radio gear, stenciling on sail numbers or even tying on a sail, preferring to pay someone to do this for them. Where have the home builders gone? A kitchen-built IOM won the 2011 Worlds and was runner up in 2015.
Another area I see that things have increased is in the ‘add-ons’ mar-ket where there is a trend further into the bling side of what we do by padding out online ranges offered.
For example our own boats get by year after year with a basic 4 chan-nel radio using a standard Futaba 3003 rudder servo costing less than $15AUD. Yet ‘experts’ tell us we should use nothing less than a full waterproof $100+AUD rudder servo? We use an original style stand-ard ball raced gooseneck on our A-rig and the standard style non-ball raced on the lower suits. But skippers think nothing of falling into the trap of a carbon adjustable gooseneck for all 3 rigs? Now this is not to denigrate the more expensive products on the market as in many ex-amples these are fine examples of workmanship; but it highlights where our sport has gone from a “buy the product that gets the job done” attitude to a “buy what’s on the latest flashy website” attitude regardless of cost or whether the product is any better. Fancy folding boat stands, radio systems with telemetry, gloves for Radio
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Yachting……….all nice things but are they required to compete when looking at all up costs?
As for any mass produced design or hull to fit within a price point, compromises have to be made in both quality and performance. If a competitive skipper totals up the amount of time campaigning (race entry, travel, time commitment) a class for over a season or two in every aspect he finds that the price point for buying quality usually balances quite well and often rewards with a generous re-sale value when the time comes to update or move on.
The low price point entry level classes can play a big part in gener-ating interest in the sport to flow on to the competitively raced clas-ses. Unfortunately where they often fall down despite the best laid intentions, is when over competitive skippers take a backward step down into them that usually ends in turning many newcomers away as it does in generating new members through an overly competitive spirit. We have seen this with the Solings in NSW in past years and also here in the UK and Europe with the Micro Magic and RC Laser and regrettably it is already happening with the DF. Until these prob-lems are addressed, such classes only ever offer a honeymoon of in-terest only to fall back to core levels as we have seen before. Real op-portunities again missed with boats sitting on shelves and interested skippers lost to the sport, despite impressive sales figures.
Now if the experienced skippers stepping downwards to these classes were to act as mentors to organize and foster newcomer racing in a friendly manner by using these types of boat as true introductory classes, we may see some real growth in the sport that filters across to all levels.
[SB] 23. One last sailing question before my final question. Obviously when you are at the top or near the top of the leaderboard it is cru-cial to keep a lazy eye on the score sheet. When does Brad Gibson check the point score? Do you sail your own regatta up to the last race or when do you try and match race your opposition?
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BG Sails and Design RG 65 Electronica
[BG] The golden rule here is to never look before the lay day as until then, you know if you are in the hunt or not. I like to keep a lazy eye from around race 8 (second drop) when the event starts to take shape. I go into an event doing homework on who I think will be the players and what their strengths are. What I won’t do is go looking for someone on the course early in the week as you often miss the big picture. There may be a time and a place to sail an opponent but in-variably these are few and far between in a congested fleet and the chances for it going wrong are greater. Beat the course and you will be near the sharp end, but be prepared to go for the jugular just once so long as it is fair play as the wheel always turns!
[SB] 24. My final question Brad. When do we see Brad Gibson back down under to give us another sailing lesson?
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In race mode, concentration!
[BG] Would love to say this year but looking more unlikely. A good possibility for the next NSW Nationals and may bring a few mates with me to show them what a small beer looks like.
Cheers
BG
Thanks Brad for your time and good luck in the future, see you on the water and hopefully back here in OZ soon.
Scott Backhouse
NSWRYA Publicity Officer
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Marbleheads
Major Events;
Marblehead Worlds 2016 will be held in Italy, Lake Gardia, during
September 2016, expression of interest are to be forwarded to the
ARYA Secretary Ross Bennett.
State Events;
South Australia State Championship and Bourneville Trophy 10 ~
11th October 2015
Tasmania State Championships , 10 ~ 11th October 2015
What’s Happening around the traps;
The resurgence of the RM class in the European zone is quite dra-
matic, with 60 plus fleets at the UK Nationals, 40 plus at the German
and Italian Nationals, it would appear that we need to take a leaf out
of their book and get those boats gathering dust back on the water.
We rerceived a note from Stuart Dawes fro Tassie, he has attached a
camera to his RM and filmed the event, if you are interested you can
find it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PRaejvInRc.
There are a number of new boats being built, rumours have it that
Scott Mitchell and Paul Littledyke are hard at it building one of Brad
Gibsons “Indie” design, will be on the water for the Nationals in Feb-
ruary.
The Oz designed F-3 are performing well in the UK, Germany and Ita-
ly, two boats will be appearing in the NZ Ranking regattas with Julian
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Edler and Nigel Clements on the controls, NZ will be competing at the
2016 RM Worlds..
We would like to welcome all new members to our group, from
South Africa and from NZ and look forward to including their domes-
tic activities in MN in the near future, come on you guys, send us
some info.
Rankings;
We are awaiting results from States who have completed ranking
events over the past few months so that the RM Ranking list can be
updated, come on State Seretaries or get the event scoring coordina-
tor to send us the results directly, thank you.
Marblehead Coordinator; Lincoln McDowall
RC Lasers
2015 Australian RC Laser Championship
Dobroyd Aquatic Club - Sydney
T he 2015 Australian RC Laser Championships were sailed at
the Dobroyd Aquatic Club on Sydney harbour. The two sto-
rey Club is located on a point of land with excellent views
of Iron Cove and the area where the sailing championship
was being held over the two days.
The Club hosted the first Australian RC Laser Championship in 2009
and the boats entered included all previous National Champions and
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nearly all current and previous State Champions – the competition
was going to be really tough !
The organisers were overwhelmed with nearly 40 boats entered with
representatives from every State in Australia. A record fleet of 34
boats finally started in the event and it was decided to run the com-
petition in two fleets of about eighteen boats with the 2014 HMS ap-
plied to move boats between the A and B fleets. Skippers were ad-
vised that Rule 31 would be applied in the regatta so penalties would
have to be taken for boats that touch any marks of the course.
Saturday saw the wind coming out of the west, but very light with all
boats using A sails; and only the seeding races and the heats for the
first race were completed at lunchtime. After lunch it was a day of
difficult starts and boat contacts in the fluky conditions. At the end of
the first day only seven races were completed and the leaders were
Kirwan Robb and Scott Fleming from Victoria with Graham Brown
and Paul Derwent from NSW very close behind.
The Club hosted an excellent dinner for the skippers and their part-
ners on the Saturday evening and it was a great way to finish the first
day socially. The Dobroyd Aquatic Club was the perfect venue with
great facilities and terrific views from the upper decks over the
course above the race control area. Heat results were quickly entered
into a computer and progressive results quickly available after races.
Sunday started with a more promising south west breeze that re-
quired a critical choice between A and B sails. Most of the morning
sailing was on A sails and, as the breeze strengthened, the day was
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finished with the whole fleet on B sails. The PRO Garry Bromley and
the boat crew were kept busy during the regatta with resetting the
courses very quickly for the big changes in wind direction as the
event progressed.
Perhaps the unluckiest sailor of the day was Jurgen Luther from
South Australia– in his final race he was one of the few sailing on a C
sail and built up a very considerable lead and as he turned for the
finish line he sailed into a hole and had enough competitors sail past
him to stop his progress back into the A fleet. Competition was very
tough with all the top skippers spending time down in the B fleet -
but the whole event was characterized by great sportsmanship and
all skippers taking penalties and cheerfully taking decisions from the
PRO.
At the presentation after the last race the new Australian Champion
was Kirwan Robb from Victoria and in second place, by only one
point, was Scott Fleming also from Victoria. In third place was the
previous National Champion Graham Brown from the host club. The
State Teams Trophy for the 2015 Championship was won by New
South Wales – this trophy awarded after application of a highly se-
cret and complicated formula which calculated the result based on
the number of competitors from each State, the distance they had
travelled to the event, and their results !
There was a special award for Jayne and Narelle as the lady skippers
in the fleet and the Sportsmanship Award was justly awarded to Carl
Sparre from the host club. It was resolved that Victoria would host
the next 2016 Australian RC Laser Championships in Melbourne.
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Class Corner After a briefing from Rod Popham from Western Australia about the
recent 2015 Championship of Nations in the Netherlands, all the
State representatives agreed that the 2017 Championship should be
hosted by Australia, as offered by the IRCLA, and held at the Paradise
Radio Yacht Club on the Gold Coast in Queensland.
The PYRC accepted that they had a very busy two years of work to
package and promote this major international sailing event to RC La-
ser sailors worldwide. The Queensland Gold Coast is a great Australi-
an location for sailors and their families to visit from overseas and
the sailing venue and facilities are outstanding for such an event.
Rod Popham
One Metre
W ell it’s getting towards the pointy end of the sea-
son. The S.A. Nationals will soon be upon us.
The best way to ensure success is to compete not
only at Club level but also the upcoming State titles
in NSW & WA.
I’m sure the South Australians will put on a great event. The venue is
a new one for many and hopefully will provide fair sailing and good
breezes.
On the International Scene, 17 intrepid Aussies crossed the Ditch to
compete in the NZ Bay of Plenty Championships at Taranga, followed
by the Hamilton IOM Nationals.
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Class Corner President Sean Wallis took out the BOP Event sailed in light to mod-
erate shifty conditions.
The Nationals was won by Ian Vickers by one point to Paul Jones sail-
ing his new Maxim from Mirage. Allan Walker led on day one, even-
tually finishing 4th with Sean Wallis 5th.
We had 7 Aussies in the top 10, a great effort.
Conditions during the event would best be described as a lottery.
Very light and variable winds with only one A heat held on the last
day.
All who went had a fun time away from the water, except for 5 cars
being broken into whilst at Taranga resulting in an expensive repair
bill for all, replacing smashed windows and stolen GPS’s etc.
The next International event on the horizon is the King’s Cup Regatta,
Thailand in December when 18 International IOM sailors will take on
the locals over 2 weekends of competition in Bangkok and Pattaya.
Following the US IOM Worlds, 12 of the top sailors were invited to
attend plus 6 others who had declared an expression of interest. Aus
will be represented by Craig Smith and Tim Brown.
The event will be televised live on Thai TV and also beamed around
the world. It will be a major event in Thailand, as the King is an avid
sailor and hopefully will be in attendance depending on his health.
On the Political Scene, I would encourage all IOM owners to partici-
pate in Voting on the Agenda items of the upcoming IOMICA Annual
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Class Corner General Meeting. A new system of scoring at Events has been pro-
posed, which I believe to be quite controversial. The ARYA Secretary
will keep you all informed.
Tim Brown
Ten Rater
Announcing the 10R World Championship: October 2016!
How do you qualify?... read on
10R Rules are under review... have your say
National Titles ... February 2016
2015 10Rs, state of the art at the National s 1914 10R. Have we come very far?
10Rs in Australia continue as a healthy and vibrant development
class. Particularly good fleets on opposite sides of the continent with
new designs and innovations continuing.
It is exciting times to be involved or to be coming into the class.
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Class Corner International Scene
1. Rewrite of the 10R Class Rules.
There is a major rewrite and modernization of the measurement/
class rules going on in the IRSA Technical Committee with Graham
Bantock Chairing the Committee and Gerd Mentges from Germany
leading the update.
A number of significant changes to the rules have been included in
the draft due to input from Australians making the time to give me
their ideas. Robert Hale’s (ARYA Technical Officer and member of
the IRSA Technical Committee) contributions to the debate and draft
have been very useful and I’ve passed on most of the ideas sent to
me from elsewhere and most have been included in some shape or
form. While modernising the rules is important, it is also important
to maintain the innovations and development flavour of this great
class. This was a strong theme in the update.
It is still not too late to send me your “mad ideas” or what you think
would correct an issue in measurement, class rules, dark area of
doubt.... whatever. Just let me know: [email protected]
A great example (amongst many) was the idea from Queensland to
include a weight at the initial measurement. This has no effect on the
rating but is added to the certification to help with checking at major
events in the future. This looks like it will be included.
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Class Corner It is one of those beautiful “tipping point’ times where ideas can be
included. The last revision was a long time ago and is overdue so
don’t complain to me if you miss this grand opportunity.
The draft has more work to be done to it, then it will be presented in
the coming months to the Executive of the IRSA for further debate
and maybe approval. Like all good changes, these things should not
be rushed in. We all want to get it right with future minor updates
and fine tuning scheduled every two years from here.
2. The 10R Worlds: Lake Garda, northern Italy (1-3rd October 2016)
This is exciting times.
Planning for a world championship for 10Rs in 2016 is now under
way.
The newly formed International Class Committees for Marblehead
and 10Rs have combined their efforts and resources to run a co-
hosted World Championship event for both at Lake Garda in beauti-
ful northern Italy.
The Australian model of running joint national titles has been a major
influence in developing this concept. Glenn Dawson from WA is part
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Class Corner of the international committee organising the events. Glenn was very
instrumental in the recent, highly successful National Titles held dur-
ing January in WA.
So, how do you get there?
A good starting point would be to plan early and get yourself into the
ranking events to qualify.
This first combined event will have restricted numbers spread fairly
over the 10R competing nations and we are already chatting about
the next event in 2018.
Keep an eye on the IRSA site for updates
http://www.radiosailing.info/
A dedicated site for the combined event will soon be promoted to the
world.
Around the nation
I am in Europe at the moment, so will spread the gossip from around
the nation next time. But would remind you that the Nationals are
coming up in February in SA so don’t leave it too late to organise the
trip from wherever you are coming.
10R Class. Venue: Hart’s Mill, Mundy Street, Port Adelaide 10th, 11th
and 12th February 2016. 12th to be a lay day if insufficient boats.
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I’m waiting until the November to update the 10R ratings because
that should finish the major titles around the country. For the first
time for a long time they will be used to select the entries for a
Worlds. I have heard through the grapevine that interest is solid from
Australia.
It would be an obvious thing to note that if you intend going that you
should make sure your ranking is high enough.
Remember that National titles and state titles gain more points than
regional ranking events.
Also, from the ARYA ranking instructions, only the time period from
16 months to 4 months before the Worlds counts to the ranking for
that event. In other words, it is a floating 12 month time zone that
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Class Corner lags 4 months behind the event. It is only in this zone that your rank-
ing will count.
For the 10R Worlds this time zone is from June 2015 to May 2016.
Email me or the ARYA (Secretary, Ross Bennet) if you want more clar-
ification and find this is as clear as mud. Or go to the ranking instruc-
tions on the ARYA site.
Cheers
Selwyn Holland
RG65
H ave you seen an Rg-66, have you sailed one?
This half scale Marblehead development class has been
around for over 30years and chances are you have or
will know of them!
Initially conceived in South America as a low cost , easy to carry and
modern craft the Rg-65 has sprungboard into the rest of the world
and is growing fast!
As an open development class the Rg-65 is limited to monohull con-
struction, 65cm loa plus bow bumper and limited sail area and mast
height, apart from that it's essentially open!
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Several years ago the USA set up an owners group and at a similar
time an identical yahoo group (the rg65 Aus group ) was set up to co-
ordinate sailing and sail numbers.
Currently the Australian fleets or registered boats number close to
300 boats with lots sailing just in dams and in local areas.
And it is a varied fleet from old time double ended designs to the
popular 'Goth' by frank Russell, 'Missile' by Jeff Bryerly , 'Argon' by
Graham Bantock and other designs such as the Aussie Gospectre
650 and Chinese made dragon force by well known Brit Mark Dicks.
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Nov—Feb 2016 Page 85
Racing is prolific at several clubs amongst which are Patterson Lakes
Radio Model Yacht Club in Melbourne where 19-20 skippers typically
race on a Sunday and Tuesday afternoon (as pictured). Racing in Tas-
mania is also very popular with a traveler series ranging from down
south to right up north. In Sydney, Dobroyd Yacht Club and venues
such as Norwest Business Park host events , while in Perth there are
also active fleets.
So far fleets have been also racing in mixed companies with other de-
signs , mainly Micro Magics and playing very well together, however
the Rg fleets are growing to the stage that they are becoming the pre
eminent small boat class and not just a feeder class to IOMs and larg-
er boats.
So if you see a fast , modern looking little boat sailing near you, ask
the sailor if it's an Rg and ask for a sail, never know you might be sur-
prised by the little boats!
More details can be found by joining the yahoo 6RG65aus Forum
Andrew Cook
A Class
N ational Rankings
I have held off publishing the current rankings until I can
update with all State Title results and most of the rank-
ing events, so this will be done after the NSW State title
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is held. The result of this title will not change the top position, and I
congratulate Jeff Green from WA on being the current No. 1 ranked
'A' Class sailor in Australia, carrying on the great success of WA sailors
in recent years.
The International 'A' Class is alive and gaining in popularity if the en-
tries for 2015 State titles are any indication.
The results for the states that held a 2015 State Title are as follows:
South Australia
Tim Arland #89 8pts
David Martin #36 18pts
Alan Gold #27 19pts
Bob Touhy #49 32pts
Brian Pennifold #84 40pts
Grant Murray #9 43pts
Terry Smith #15 48pts
TAS
George Fish #52 49pts
Chris Thomas #132 95pts
Ian Dickerson #96 106pts
Colin Tunn #25 109pts
Tony Brewer #75 109pts
Darcy Woodward #65 120pts
Geoff Martin #65 136.6pts
Andy Hamilton #79 161pts
Kyle Stewart #38 207pts
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Maurice Jones #06 243pts
Lindsay McColl #74 263pts
QLD
Peter Morris #31 19pts Sweet 9
Garry Taylor #19 26pts UFO
John Heard #23 49pts Gunboat
Jason Naysmith #14 56pts Robertson
Ray Naysmith #39 57pts Extra
Bob Worton #77 90pts Scorpion
Yeoman Sands #61 104pts Scorpion 2
John Fulton #32 111pts Sidewinder 2
WA
Robert Mews #89 28pts Venom
Ross Bennett #76 29pts Sword
Denton Roberts #91 38pts Sword
Ian Sherriff #28 48pts Venom
Mark Shepard #72 50pts Sidewinder
Hub Bell #71 55pts A 1
Roger Paul #86 66pts Venom
Richard Fielder #81 85pts A 1
Len White #30 107pts Hi Ho
NSW (14 competitors, 29 races)
Brian Dill #39 64pts Sword
Warren Norrie #5 79pts Sword
Laurie Hinchcliffe #37 81pts Gunboat
Ralph Hyman #105 99pts Venom
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Jon Pinkerton #94 91pts Gunboat
Ron Moon #91 143pts Gunboat
Barry Grant #18 150pts Gunboat
Bruce Williamson #14 189pts Gunboat
Frank Maarseveen #28 230pts Sidewinder
Allan Thompson #3 238pts Gunboat
Gary Declauzel #20 287pts Sweet 9
Robert Fielding #82 291pts Sweet 6
Paul Clark #403 311pts Sidewinder
Darren Jones #35 318 Stiletto
Full results on NSW website shortly
NSW State Title Race Report by Brian Dill
Day 1. This event was held at Kogarah Bay RYC on 10/11 October in
sunny, warm conditions. Morning winds were very light and the wind
shifted and strengthened (?) to 5-8 km/h from the East as the morn-
ing progressed. By lunch 6 races had been completed with Laurie H
winning 3, Jon P 2, and Ralph H 1. Warren N, Gary D and Brian D were
not too far behind. After lunch Brian had a win but it was Warren who
cleared out from the pack winning 7 races (nett total 27pts) to lead
Laurie by 13 pts, Ralph by 21 pts and Brian by 27 pts at the end of the
day.
Day 2. The wind was all over the place during the morning with a
number of course changes being needed and very capably handled by
the Race Officer and his assistants. Brian started the day with 4 firsts
and a second, and began to peg back the leaders who seemed to be
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Nov—Feb 2016 Page 89
having mixed fortunes. After lunch Brian won another 5 races, War-
ren experienced winch problems with some stripped gears but con-
tinued racing, and Laurie, Ralph and Jon all had some great top 3 fin-
ishes. The end result was Brian 1st, Warren 2nd, and Laurie 3rd (after
an excellent effort in which he sailed very fast all weekend for his first
podium finish at a State Title. Congratulations Laurie).
Others to win races were Jon (4), Ron (3), and Ralph (2). These skip-
pers also had many top 3 finishes and cleared out from the fleet in a
number of races.
Race Officer Scott Condie did an excellent job and his efforts and
those of his support crew were very much appreciated by the com-
petitors. Thanks guys.
NSW NEWS
* Carss Park Radio Sailing Club in Sydney participated in a Sailing/
Model Expo at the Georges River 16 ft Skiff Club on 29/30th of August
and Barry Clarke reports that it was very successful and they were
able to promote both their club and the International “A” Class
yacht. There was plenty of interest and a number of new members
with boats were signed up. Barry sent me a copy of the promotional
material used and copies of this can be obtained from him (contact
number at end).
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CPRSC has been able to continue club racing with a small number of
stalwarts even though its shared clubhouse was demolished a while
back, and it's great to see them sign up some new members. A new
turfed area has replaced the old building, a tap has been installed,
and access to closer toilet facilities has been provided. The club con-
ducts racing for 'A' Class yachts on Sundays so if you are interested in
racing with them contact Barry Clarke 0408 118 912.
John Heard from the KoBRYC in Wollongong recently placed
3rd at the QLD State title sailing a Gunboat which was part of a
group build and one of a number of identical carbon fiber
yachts now racing. This is a great result as John has not been
involved in radio yacht for very long. A number of these com-
petitive, light weight boats entered the NSW State title and per-
formed very well. All three GP events completed so far this
year (GP 1 was not held) have been in very light, unpredictable
conditions with most of us hoping for a little more breeze for
the upcoming State Title. The results for the GP events indicat-
ed a large number of very competitive yachts/sailors and this
proved to be the case at the NSW Title (see results above).
SOME THOUGHTS ON SETTING UP THE BOAT (Brian Dill - WMYC)
The following information is specifically for ‘A’ Class yachts but relates
also to other classes.
(PS. I would be pleased to publish your thoughts on how to make my boat faster.)
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Nov—Feb 2016 Page 91
Racing an ‘A’ Class Yacht With No. 1 Rig
( ‘A’ class yachts have a short keel and heel readily as the wind increases ).
Generally before racing begins you know which rig to use, but as the
day goes on the wind will usually become stronger or lighter and so
you need to reassess your sail settings from time to time, as well as
deciding whether you need to change rigs.
What seems to work for Me?
Drifting Conditions
Main boom sheeted in to centre of yacht and jib boom closer to mast
than you might expect. Main foot flat with sail becoming fuller as you
go up the sail with a lot of fullness at the top seam. The backstay is
loosened off to allow the jib luff to sag slightly (no pre-bend on a car-
bon fibre mast!). With the boat lying on the ground, set the leech
with a large amount of twist (more than what you would set for a
light breeze) as the boat won’t be heeling on the water and there is
no gravitational effect and little wind to twist the sail. The luff tension
is loose (even to the point of many wrinkles).
The jib foot is flat and the jib becoming fuller with max. fullness to-
ward the top of the sail (helped by the jibstay sag). The luff tension is
loose. The sail should be noticeably twisted with a lot of twist toward
the top.
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A reason to not have the bottom half of the sails too full is that they
are more reluctant to tack over, and you also need to check that the
main luff does not catch on the mast when tacking.
Enough Wind Pressure to heel the Yacht and up to Designed Opti-
mum Wind Speed (usually around 12 knots) *Less for a Gunboat!
Main boom sheeted about 5 deg. off centre, foot eased, vang on to
straighten the leech but not enough to stall the boat, luff tensioned
to remove wrinkles.
Jib boom eased out, foot eased slightly, luff tensioned slightly, leech
twist reduced, backstay on slightly to reduce jib sag. The slot is more
closed in the top half of the jib than for drifting conditions.
Above the Optimum Wind Speed
As the wind increases, the sails have to be adjusted to reduce heeling.
This is done by
reducing the draft of the airfoil (jib + main acting together). Flatten
each sail – reduce draft by sheeting out both booms and twisting off
both sails, flatten top half of main by increasing backstay tension,
ease ram to allow mast to bend forward at deck level to flatten entry
on main (which reduces backwinding and hence weather helm), ten-
sion foot on both sails. Change to No. 2 sails (or just the main) sooner
rather than later.
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With No. 2 and No. 3 Rigs
At the bottom of the wind range for each of these rigs, you are trying
to develop the most drive for the least heel to windward as all boats
sail fastest to windward at a designed angle of heel. This usually
means that the main boom is set to 5-8 deg. increasing to about 10-
12 deg. at the top of the wind range, but remember if you sheet the
main boom further out (without easing the jib boom) you begin to
backwind the main and increase weather helm. [END]
I am always after submissions for this section of the publication, so
don't be shy. Boats being built or refurbished, 'A' Class profile in your
club, a club member profile, why you don't agree with my thoughts
on topics (such as the one above), etc. Some race reports include
boat design, and as we are always interested in what designs are do-
ing well it would be helpful if this information was included with race
results.
In the last issue I suggested it would be helpful if each State had an 'A'
Class Coordinator and I would like each state to consider this as it
would give me a contact person to disseminate information as it aris-
es, including the proposed changes to the 'A' Class Rules which are
progressing well and are undergoing revisions as Technical Com-
mittee members respond to the draft document.
Brian Dill
Class Corner
AUSTRALIAN RADIO YACHTING ASSOCIATION (Inc) NOTICE OF RACE
2016 Australian National Championship for 10R, Marblehead and International One Metre classes
1. EVENT SCHEDULE
International Ten Rater February 10, 11 & 12 International Marblehead February 13, 14 & 15 International One Metre February 16, 17, 18 & 19 Day 1 Registration 9:00 – 10:30 IOM Registration & Measurement also available Feb 15 9:00 – 10:30
Briefing 10:45 Racing Commences 11:00 Racing Concludes No heat will commence after 18:00 Subsequent Days Racing Commences 11:00 Racing Concludes No heat will commence after 18:00 Final Day Racing Commences 11:00 Racing Concludes No heat will commence after 17:00 Presentation Dinner 18:30 Racing will conclude at the discretion of the PRO. The finish of each days racing may be earlier than the times stated above. 2. VENUE
Harts Mill Wharf precinct, Port Adelaide (Mundy Street, Port Adelaide) https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Hart's+Mill/@-34.8448272,138.4982144,728m 3. ORGANISING AUTHORITY
The Championships are organised under the overall authority of the Australian Radio Yachting Association Incorporated (ARYA) and conducted by the South Australian Radio Yachting Association (SAYRA) and Adelaide Radio Control Yacht Racing Club (ARCYRC) and it’s duly appointed Race Committee. 4. RULES
The regatta will be governed by The ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing for 2013-2016 (RRS) as changed by Appendix E of the RRS - Radio Controlled Boat Racing Rules, this Notice of Race (NoR), the Sailing Instructions (SI), International Class Administration Rules, the Equipment Rules of Sailing (ERS) and the respective International Class Rules. The Sailing Instructions shall prevail in the event of conflict with this Notice of Race. 5. ELIGIBILITY
The competition is open to financial members of ARYA (Inc) affiliated clubs and to members of a recognized Division Member of the International Radio Sailing Association. Entry will be denied to anyone who has been expelled or is currently serving a suspension from the ARYA (inc) or any state or territory RC sailing associations affiliated with the ARYA (inc). All boats must have a current registration certificate and the skipper confirms that the boat conforms to the current class rules for the class entered.
6. REGISTRATION
Boats, together with their current registration certificate, must be presented for registration and check-measurement by 10:30am on the first day of competition. No boat will be eligible to race until it has completed this process. Authorised personal numbers shall take preference over other conflicting sail numbers provided the member seeking to use said Personal Number has entered the event prior to the nominated “close of entries” date as set out in the events Notice of Race. 7. EVENT CATEGORY AND ADVERTISING
The Championships are classified under the ISAF Advertising Code Regulation 20.3.1 (b) as Category C. The Organisers reserve the right to advertising according to Regulation 20.3 8. SCORING AND RACING SYSTEM
a) For single heat racing the RRS A4 will apply. b) For multi fleet racing RRS A4 as amended by HMS and the Event Sailing Instruction shall
apply. c) Where there are less than 21 competitors, the event may be sailed in one fleet.
9. MEASUREMENT
The Race Committee may direct that all boats entered in the event be check-measured or alternatively randomly select a number of boats for check measurement. Random spot checks may be conducted throughout the duration of the event. 10. FREQUENCIES
For frequency bands other than 2.4 GHz, each competitor shall nominate a minimum of three (3) frequencies with their entry. The listing of additional frequencies if available would be helpful. Permitted frequency bands are 27, 29, 36, 40 MHz and 2.4 GHz. 11. PROTESTS
A Committee will be appointed to hear any protests arising from the event and may comprise competitors not involved in the incident. RRS 61.2 and 62.2 may be replaced by a verbal notification and hearing if all parties affected by the incident agree. The Organising Committee may specify that protests be subject to mediation, in which event this will be notified in the Event Sailing Instructions. Protest mediation may apply to the event. 12. ENTRIES
Entries must be made on the official entry form and forwarded to: ARCYRC Nominations 92 Halsey Rd Henley South SA 5022 Email (preferred): [email protected] Entries will not be accepted from members who are un-financial at the close of entries. The entry fee of 10R - $90 RM - $90 IOM - $120 must accompany the entry form.
Payment options: (Please do not send cash)
Direct Deposit (preferred): BSB 015-220 Acc # 486863438 Acc Name Adelaide Radio Control Yacht Racing Club Lodgement Ref “Your surname and sail number” eg Osborn79
Cheques made payable to ARCYRC and marked “Not Negotiable”. Lunch will be provided every day Entry fee includes Presentation night dinner on the final day at 1830hrs. Additional persons can be
confirmed by end of day 1 racing. A $30 per head cost will apply to non-competitors ENTRIES CLOSE on 15
th January 2016
Late entries may be accepted until 29th January 2016 on payment of an additional fee of $30.00
NOTE: Entries are not valid until payment has been received. Payment must be received before the above closing time or late fee will apply. 13. PRIZES AND TROPHIES
A perpetual trophy will be awarded to the Australian Champion in each class. In the event that the winner is an overseas resident, the perpetual trophy will remain in the possession of the ARYA Inc. A minimum of three prizes or trophies will be awarded for each event. 14. LIABILITY
All those entering or taking part in these Championships do so at their own risk and responsibility. The Australian Radio Yachting Association (Incorporated), South Australian Radio Yachting Association Incorporated (SAYRA) and Adelaide Radio Control Yacht Racing Club Incorporated (ARCYRC) and any other parties involved in the organisation of this event disclaim: Any and every responsibility whatsoever for loss, damage, injury or inconvenience that might occur to persons and goods, both ashore and on the water as a consequence of entering or participating in the Championship covered by this Notice of Race. At all times the responsibility for the safety of their boat and themselves plus the decision to participate or continue must rest with the competitors. By entering the event it is deemed that you accept these conditions.
15. ENQUIRIES
Enquiries should be directed to: Brett Osborn 2016 ARYA National Championships Coordinator [email protected] 0424 169 277
ARYA STDNOR Issue 7 (Jul 13)
AUSTRALIAN RADIO YACHTING ASSOCIATION (Inc) NOTICE OF RACE
2016 A Class Australian National Championship
1. EVENT SCHEDULE
Day 1 (8/2/2016) Registration 9:00 – 10:00 Briefing 10:15 Racing Commences 10:30 Racing Concludes No heat will commence after 17:00 Day 2 (9/2/2016) Racing Commences 10:30 Racing Concludes No heat will commence after 16:00 Presentation Dinner 18:30 Racing will conclude at the discretion of the PRO. The finish of each days racing may be earlier than the times stated above. 2. VENUE
Tiranna Way, West Lakes, South Australia. https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Tiranna+Way,+West+Lakes+SA+5021/@-34.8769301,138.4998432 3. ORGANISING AUTHORITY
The Championships are organised under the overall authority of the Australian Radio Yachting Association Incorporated (ARYA) and conducted by the South Australian Radio Yachting Association Incorporated(SAYRA) and South Australian Radio Yacht Club Incorporated (SARYC) and it’s duly appointed Race Committee. 4. RULES
The regatta will be governed by The ISAF Racing Rules of Sailing for 2013-2016 (RRS) as changed by Appendix E of the RRS - Radio Controlled Boat Racing Rules, this Notice of Race (NoR), the Sailing Instructions (SI), International Class Administration Rules, the Equipment Rules of Sailing (ERS) and the respective International Class Rules. The Sailing Instructions shall prevail in the event of conflict with this Notice of Race. 5. ELIGIBILITY
The competition is open to financial members of ARYA (Inc) affiliated clubs and to members of a recognized Division Member of the International Radio Sailing Association. Entry will be denied to anyone who has been expelled or is currently serving a suspension from the ARYA (inc) or any state or territory RC sailing associations affiliated with the ARYA (inc). All boats must have a current registration certificate and the skipper confirms that the boat conforms to the current class rules for the class entered. 6. REGISTRATION Boats, together with their current registration certificate, must be presented for registration and check-measurement between 09:00 and 10:00hrs on the first day of competition. No boat will be eligible to race until it has completed this process. Authorised personal numbers shall take preference over other conflicting sail numbers provided the member seeking to use said Personal Number has entered the event prior to the nominated “close of entries” date as set out in the events Notice of Race.
7. EVENT CATEGORY AND ADVERTISING
The Championships are classified under the ISAF Advertising Code Regulation 20.3.1 (b) as Category C. The Organisers reserve the right to advertising according to Regulation 20.3 8. SCORING AND RACING SYSTEM
a) For single heat racing the RRS A4 will apply. b) For multi fleet racing RRS A4 as amended by HMS and the Event Sailing Instruction shall
apply. c) Where there are less than 21 competitors, the event may be sailed in one fleet.
9. MEASUREMENT
The Race Committee may direct that all boats entered in the event be check-measured or alternatively randomly select a number of boats for check measurement. Random spot checks may be conducted throughout the duration of the event. 10. FREQUENCIES
For frequency bands other than 2.4 GHz, each competitor shall nominate a minimum of three (3) frequencies with their entry. The listing of additional frequencies if available would be helpful. Permitted frequency bands are 27, 29, 36, 40 MHz and 2.4 GHz. 11. PROTESTS
A Committee will be appointed to hear any protests arising from the event and may comprise competitors not involved in the incident. RRS 61.2 and 62.2 may be replaced by a verbal notification and hearing if all parties affected by the incident agree. The Organising Committee may specify that protests be subject to mediation, in which event this will be notified in the Event Sailing Instructions. Protest mediation may apply to the event. 12. ENTRIES
Entries must be made on the official entry form and forwarded to: ARCYRC Nominations 92 Halsey Rd Henley South SA 5022 Email (preferred): [email protected] Entries will not be accepted from members who are un-financial at the close of entries. The entry fee of $60 must accompany the entry form.
Payment options: (Please do not send cash)
Direct Deposit (preferred): BSB 015-220 Acc # 486863438 Acc Name Adelaide Radio Control Yacht Racing Club Lodgement Ref “Your surname and sail number” eg Osborn79
Cheques made payable to ARCYRC and marked “Not Negotiable”. Lunch will be provided every day Entry fee includes Presentation night dinner on the final day at 18:30hrs. Additional persons can be
confirmed by end of day 1 racing. A $30 per head cost will apply to non-competitors. ENTRIES CLOSE on 15
th January 2016
Late entries may be accepted until 29th January 2016 on payment of an additional fee of $30.00
NOTE: Entries are not valid until payment has been received. Payment must be received before the above closing time or late fee will apply. 13. PRIZES AND TROPHIES
A perpetual trophy will be awarded to the Australian Champion in each class. In the event that the winner is an overseas resident, the perpetual trophy will remain in the possession of the ARYA Inc. A minimum of three prizes or trophies will be awarded for each event.
14. LIABILITY
All those entering or taking part in these Championships do so at their own risk and responsibility. The Australian Radio Yachting Association (Incorporated), South Australian Radio Yachting Association Incorporated (SAYRA) and Adelaide Radio Control Yacht Racing Club Incorporated (ARCYRC) and any other parties involved in the organisation of this event disclaim: Any and every responsibility whatsoever for loss, damage, injury or inconvenience that might occur to persons and goods, both ashore and on the water as a consequence of entering or participating in the Championship covered by this Notice of Race. At all times the responsibility for the safety of their boat and themselves plus the decision to participate or continue must rest with the competitors. By entering the event it is deemed that you accept these conditions.
15. ENQUIRIES
Enquiries should be directed to: Brett Osborn 2016 ARYA National Championships Coordinator [email protected] 0424 169 277
ARYA STDNOR Issue 7 (Jul 13)
ARYA Standard Entry Form – Issue 2 May 2007
Australian Radio Yachting Association Inc ENTRY FORM
2016 Australian National Championships A Class, 10R, Marblehead, International One Metre
ENTRANT
Name .....................................................
Address .....................................................
.....................................................
State ........... Postcode ...........
Telephone .................................
E-mail .....................................................
Name of Club ......................................................................................
PAYMENT DETAILS
Entry fee includes presentation dinner & lunches
Class Event
Entry
A Class $ 60 10R $ 90 Marblehead $ 90 IOM $ 120 Additional Presentation Dinner (non competitor)
$ 30
Total
BOAT DETAILS
Class Sail Number Boat
Registration Number
Design Frequencies
(min 3 or 2.4GHz)
Please email a scanned copy of the completed Entry Form to [email protected] & pay fees directly to the bank account of the ARCYRC Inc Bank Account details are – ANZ Bank, BSB 015-220, Acc No 4868-63438.
Please ensure that your Surname and sail number is quoted when making payments to the ARCYRC bank account.
Or post with cheque (made out to ARCYRC and crossed not negotiable) payment to: Brett Osborn 48 Lakeview Ave West Lakes SA 5021
INDEMNITY
I agree to abide by the conditions of the event as contained in the Notice of Race, Sailing Instructions, the Racing Rules of Sailing and
any Notices published by the Sailing Committee.
All entrants taking part in this event do so entirely at their own risk:
The Australian Radio Yachting Association (Incorporated) the State Radio Sailing Association, organizing club(s) and any other parties involved in the organization of this event disclaim:
Any and every responsibility whatsoever for loss, damage, injury or inconvenience that might occur to persons and goods, both ashore and on the water as a consequence of entering or participating in this event. At all times the responsibility for the safety and themselves
plus the decision to participate or continue must rest with the competitor. By entering the event it is deemed that you acce pt these
conditions.
COMPETITOR’S SIGNATURE. DATE
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