NORTHY NEWS
April 2008
1 A few NS14s at MPYC 40th Anniversary
THE 2008
BUMPER EDITION
A Word from the Ed
Welcome to a bumper edition of the Tassie Northy News It’s been a long while since we have had a newsletter and a lot of regattas have sailed under the bridge. We have had boats travel to the Australian Nationals at Black Rock in Victoria. We have had the Blockbuster Weekend at PDYC at Beauty Point, the Crown Series at Bellerive Yacht Club, the Tas State Titles at Lindisfarne, a training/coaching weekend and other events sure to be mentioned somewhere in this newsletter! So sit back and enjoy all the news of the season that was. And it has come to the close of the season time to either your winter woollies on and start preparing your boat or boats for the upcoming winter series, or the less hardy (or perhaps more sensible of us) for next season. I am looking forward to seeing you all at the AGM and trophy afternoon with a bbq tea on the 17th May. Fair sailing The Ed
WHEN – 17 MAY WHERE –12 WOLSTENHOLME DRIVE SORELL TIME – AGM STARTS 4PM WHAT TO BRING – YOURSELF, YOUR CREW, YOUR FAMILY and A PLATE OF SALAD OR DESSERT. To help with catering please let us know what you are going to bring when you RSVP to 62653469 BEFORE WEDS 14 MAY
TH
AGM/TROPHY AFTERNOON
FROM THE PRESIDENTS DESK
The Annual General Meeting is approaching and as we do every year we scratch our heads and try to think of who in our association would make a good committee member. Some get put on the spot at the AGM and usually give in to pressure to say yes. This often results in a committee member not really devoted to the position and they rarely attend meetings and don’t get involved in the organisation of events. This year I would like everyone to think about their involvement in the association and consider if you are willing to get involved in running the show. Being an office bearer can be a rewarding opportunity and the position is what you make it. You will be committing to a meeting every month, but this is usually less depending on what needs doing. There is also the odd job that needs attending to and of course the organisation of events such as the State Titles. The work involved here is minimal and doesn’t take that much time up. If you think you can help as a committee member, fill out one of the nominations forms sent to you in the mail with your invitation to the AGM. Alternatively get a copy from the Web site. Most of all don’t be shy, get in and have a go. We are in need of new ideas and committed people.
I could keep going but I will let our members who have contributed to the Newsletter have a go. Thanks to everyone who has helped to keep the events and association going this year and I will see you all at the AGM. Cheers Scott W
STATE TITLES 2008 CONGRADS TO THE WINNERS NICK AND JAMES RICHARDSON ON THE HEDGEHOG
2Nick & James sailing to victory on the last day
INTERVIEWING THE CURRENT STATE CHAMPION Boat Name & Number: Crew: James Richardson Club: Wynyard Yacht Club Hull: Tequila 99 Rig: Flight Spar All Aluminium with Hood Sails Hedgehog 1938
Combined crew weight: 132 kgms Years sailed together: 6 months To do the best we could and enjoys
What was your goal for this series: ourselves.
Who else impressed you during the series? Peter Vaiciurgis What was your preparation leading up to the series? Not a lot. Preparing 38 ft catamaran for the Three Peaks Race. What was the highlight of the series for you? What things do you feel you have improved upon?. becoming a team. Winning Race 2. Our crew work and
What do you think was the difference between you and the boats behind you? We were in front more often at the end. Plans next season? To be very nice to my wife who is wonderful in the support she give me so I can sail. (She is helping me to write this.) Have you any thoughts on the series or the class? I was really impressed by the welcoming, warm atmosphere created by the sailors in the NS class. What advice would you give to other sailors? Buy Walker sails and keep the boat flat. Who would you like to thank? My son who did a fantastic job crewing in his first state titles, Darren and Helen Eggins for putting us up over the weekend, and Peter Vaiciurgis for his coaching.
Notes From States
Thanks to all who put the hard work into running the regatta, all at the Lindisfarne Sailing Club for another well run event, and big thanks to Tim for doing all the running around at the club and still being able to sail well done Tim.
3Tim & Philipa in 1917 Slobber Guzzle Nuzzle (err flat or just posing)
4 Handicap Winner 1914 Just Ice Andrew & Stephen
NS14 STATE TITLES 2008 Results Scratch
NO. BOAT SKIPPER CREW H T1 H T2 H T3 H T4 H T5 H T6 H T7 D 1 D 2 Total After Drops 8
1
1938
THE HEDGEHO G GUM BLOSSOM PUMPKIN EATER JUST ICE SPINIFEX ALASKA
N RICHARDSO N D LEITCH
J
RICHARDSO N K BULTER
2
1
1
3
1
3
5
5
3
2
1896
1
4
3
1
2
4
8
8
4
11
3
1948
D EGGINS
J EGGINS
8
3
2
2
4
2
4
8
4
13
4 5 6
1914 1981 1971
A ROBERTS P DAVIS G ROWSELL
S BARWICK M DAVIS P HEXTALL
3 4 6
14 2 7
7 13 5
7 11 6
3 5 8
1 7 5
2 1
7 3 10
14 11 8
16 19 29
10 7 1934 NORWEGI AN BLUE BUMPS S WILKIE T WILKIE 11 J COOPER M GARLAND 10 9 1862 JIM A CRISP F CRISP 9 10 10 1978 SMASHIN G PUMPKIN BAD ATTITUDE J PIRIE E SNOWBALL 5 11 9 14 4 4 10 9 11 9 14 3 4 11 37 4 10 36 8 6 9 7 6 5 8 5 6 8 12 6 0 9 33 12 11 32
8
1931
11
1962
P TURNER
A WEATHERHEA
D
7
6 12 10 11 13 15
5
13
46
12
1993
FAST ASLEEP GO WITH THE FLOW
P BRIDLEY
T STEARNES 12
9 10
8 12 12
7 12 9
12
46
13
1871
K DAVIS
K DAVIS 13 12 14 13 14 10
14 14
57
14
1917
SLOBBER GUZZLE NUZZLE
T MITCHEL
P SZABO 14 13 11 12 13 14 11 14
14
60
NS14 STATE TITLES 2008 Handicap
NO. BOAT SKIPPER CREW Total After Drops 16 1 191 4 2 198 1 3 194 8 3 197 8 5 187 1 6 193 8 7 193 1 8 191 7 9 197 1 10 193 4 11 189 6 12 199 3 13 186 2 13 196 2 BAD ATTITUDE P TURNER A WEATHERHEAD 39 JIM A CRISP F CRISP 39 FAST ASLEEP P BRIDLEY T STEARNES 35 GUM BLOSSOM D LEITCH K BULTER 33.5 NORWEGIAN BLUE S WILKIE T WILKIE 33 ALASKA G ROWSELL P HEXTALL 32.5 SLOBBER GUZZLE NUZZLE T MITCHEL P SZABO 29 BUMPS THE HEDGEHOG N RICHARDSO N J COOPER J RICHARDSON 27 GO WITH THE FLOW K DAVIS K DAVIS 25 SMASHING PUMPKIN J PIRIE E SNOWBALL 24 PUMPKIN EATER D EGGINS J EGGINS 24 SPINIFEX P DAVIS M DAVIS 17 JUST ICE A ROBERTS S BARWICK
M GARLAND
28
NS14 STATE TITLES 2008 Cruisers Results
NO. BOAT SKIPPER CREW HT1 HT2 HT3 HT4 HT5 HT6 HT7 D 1 D 2 Total After Drops
Scratch 1 1821 YES YES YES OH NO R MATTERS P MATTERS C EGGINS B MATTERS J MATTERS H EGGINS 1 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 1 1 3 3 10 4 9 4 7
2
1768
3
1901
PLEASURE & PAIN Handicap
1
1901
PLEASURE & PAIN OH NO
C EGGINS P MATTERS R MATTERS
H EGGINS J MATTERS B MATTERS
8
2
1768
9
3
1821
YES YES YES
9
The Three Cruisers – 1821 Yes Yes Yes & 1768 Oh No = 1901 Pleasure & Pain
NS14 Association of Tasmania History of State Champions
Year
1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Sail No
7009 7009 7018 7009 7026 7026 7034 7047 7043 1324 7043 1324 1415 1415 1562 1562 1581 1581 1689 1689 1689 1689 1741 1741 1779 1741 1768 1768 1887 1931 1921 1934 1931 1871 1981 1981 1934
Boat
Nomad Nomad Ay-Ita Nomad Hustler Hustler Zloty Rog Camira Hybrid Nereus Hybrid Nereus Reckless Rat Reckless Rat Rat Attack Rat Attack Duel Control Duel Control Jubilee Ridge Jubilee Ridge Jubilee Ridge Jubilee Ridge Splinter Splinter M and M Splinter Oh No Oh No Addiction Bumps Cheque Book Ballistic Norwegian Blue Bumps Go With The Flow Spinifex Spinifex The Hedgehog
Helm
Peter Cerutty Ian Gill Peter Cerutty Peter Gill John Cerutty John Cerutty Sandra Gill Richard Wylie Adam Bridley Richard Wylie Adam Bridley Michael Adams Adam Bridley Adam Bridley Adam Bridley Adam Bridley Jonathon Rees Tony Harman Peter Davis Peter Davis Peter Davis Peter Davis Peter Davis Peter Davis Matthew Long Peter Davis Nick Hutton Nick Hutton Rick Buchanan Darren Eggins Ross Daley Richard and K Fisher Darren Eggins Peter Davis Peter Davis Peter Davis Nick Richardson
Crew
Rod Clark Ross Cubit Sue Gatehouse Claire Gill Sue Cerutty Sue Cerutty Claire Gill Roger Sculthorpe Peter Holmes Roger Sculthorpe Peter Holmes Ron Adams Peter Holmes Peter Holmes Rowan Bridley Rowan Bridley Natalie Rees Jonathon Rees Karen Davis Karen Davis Karen Davis Karen Davis Karen Davis Debbie Black Meisha Long Ros Parsell Louise Hutton Louise Hutton Jo Chau J. Walker B. Druery Nick Darlow Caitlyn Eggins Katherine Davis Katherine Davis Matthew Davis James Richardson
Design
Cerutty Ply Cerutty Ply Cerutty Ply Cerutty Ply Cerutty Ply Cerutty Ply Ply Jumping Jack Flash Ply Aero 2 Ply Aero 2 Aero 3 Aero 3 Aero 6 Aero 6 Aero 6 Aero 6 Aero 7 Aero 7 Aero 7 Aero 7 Aero 8 Aero 8 Take 5 Aero 8 Aero 8 Aero 8 Force 5 Mk 2 Tequila 99 Tequila 99 Tequila 99 Tequila 99 Aero 9 Tiger Tiger Tequila 99
From the Desk of the Register and Measurer Peter Bridley
As I did my morning walk this morning, I was thinking of items to include in my writing, and wondered why it is that the Tassie Association has no secretary this last twelve months, and why it is every recent year, that so few owners are interested in joining the committee to help break down the work load duties. I started sailing with my sister Helen, in my very own first family built Tamar Class dinghy in 1951. From that time I became involved. In those days there were very few fleets in the State Class Associations available. On through later years these increased, with the Heavy weight sharpie, the Derwent Class, and then the Diamond Class. Then latter, married with our four sons, it was back into dinghies with the Sabot and Heron Association including taking teams to the mainland, as well as the Ns14 Class. I was in the North, on the committee at the Tamar Yacht Club, plus membership at Port Dalrymple, and in the islands south, have been now a veteran member at the RYCT, was once a member of DSS and BYC, and with back to dinghies assisting with membership activities at Montrose Bay, Midway Point and Lindisfarne. In that 57 years the state at first had no shopping open hours on Saturday in Hobart, and only on Saturday morning in Launceston in the north. Neither could you open a shop to sell newspapers on Anzac Day, only street sales. So Saturday was the day we sailed races which occasionally stretched into Sunday. Now for a Sunday racing activity, we seem to have attracted quite a few sinners with:- “lead us not into yachting, or assisting with the tasks”. While just one or three of us can say:- “I have put the temptation from me; But it comes back again and again” Registration: This season over the past twelve months I have written “Class Association” welcome letters to seven new owners that purchased Tassie boats. Thank you to one or two owners that did the right thing, and returned their registration card after selling the boat. It does make the task easier to find the new owners, and see they get a proper introduction, and every assistance with their purchase. Registered financial boat owners were issued with 28 cards this season. Not counting “jockeys” that hired unregistered boats last season; we were down on that previous figure of 31 boats. For a change at the end of this season there are a few boats currently “For Sale”. My crew for this season is in the process of buying one. My last boat “Yes Yes ” owner has also just purchased another Ns into their family fleet. Measurements: In the past twelve months twelve boats in the state fleet have had sails measured, with copies of the forms forwarded to the National Measurer. One boat added in February to the state fleet Ns1896, was purchased by Dennis Leitch, and as it did not have
any form records held with the National body, it required additional activity, which is not usually needed with most transfer in ownership. The new Tiger Hull launched at PDYC block buster race in January in the north, has still not been presented for measurement or joined the association yet. “Good Fun Awards” At the end of each day during the March 8th 9th 10th State Championships at Lindisfarne (1)“The Rooster today -feather duster tomorrow”:-Dennis Leitch,(twice) Nick Richardson, (three) Andrew Roberts, Peter Davis. (2) “Tequila today –Cactus tomorrow”:-Peter Davis, Darren Eggins (five), James Pirie. (3) “Fully Funded Flight of Fancy”:- Darren Eggins (twice), Scott Wilkie (twice), Greg Rowsell (twice), Andrew Roberts. (4) “Aero the Winners Taste”:- Andrew Roberts (twice), Dennis Leitch (three), Andrew Crisp, Karen Davis. (5) Cruising “The Crews in Comfort Award”:-Ruth Matters (four), Paul Matters, Caitlyn Eggins (twice). (6) Wooden Spoon “Who has the last laugh”:- Tim Mitchell, Andrew Roberts Karen Davis (twice), James Pirie, Dennis Leitch, Scott Wilkie. (1) The Last Day after Racing Presentations:(2) “Turtle Turd Award” on the Sunday:- Helen and Caitlyn Eggins. It’s called ramping up. (3) “Mug of the Day Saturday:- Ruth Matters dented her head while at the mark rounding. (4) “Mug of the Day “ Sunday Karen Davis got tangled with the mainsheet and tiller. (5) Mug for Monday: Scott Wilkie broken halyard at the start, needed a swim to fix. (6) “Spit the Dummy Certificates” went to both Dennis and Darren. (7) “Bag of Money for the Needy” Paul Matters who wants a new mainsail. (8) “Bag of Money Needy Award” to Kyle Butler who couldn’t crew with Dennis on Monday. (9) 100mpk duct tape “Damage Control” Karen Davis lost their whisker pole. (10) 100mph duct tape Also to Scott Wilkie for Halyard damage control in last race. (11) “Expanding Sponge” to Nick Richardson for moping up the opposition. (12) “Can of Special Wind Beans” to make more wind to Tim Mitchell. (13) Can of Panthers Piss “Pissed Orf Award”: James Pirie (14) “The Two Special Pumpkin Awards” During the BBQ to Peter V and Darren E. (15) Seamanship Awards:- Chocolate delights to all the competing front end Ns crews, and crews in rescue boats, and result board recorders.
5 1993 Fast Asleep err Back To Sleep & Tom
Black Rock Nationals 2007-8
Great breezes, great fun
by Peter Davis (Spinifex 1981)
The Tassie contingent at the 2007-8 Nationals held in Melbourne at Black Rock consisted of 3 boats – Alaska (Greg Rowsell and Caitlyn Eggins), Go With the Flow (Karen and Katherine Davis) and Spinifex (Peter and Matthew Davis).
We helped each other out and enjoyed each others company – Greg towed the double boat trailer, and Caitlyn stayed with us at a friend’s house we borrowed at Brighton. To further help keep the costs down Karen and the three children flew to Melbourne, while Greg, Barb and I travelled on the Spirit.
Greg at Black Rock: “I wonder if this is going to work?”
We have tended to use the NS14 Nationals as a good excuse for a family holiday – and this one was one of the best. Not too far to drive, fantastic hot weather, excellent breezes, great
facilities at the club, and good friendly racing. We enjoyed a whole lot of things as well as the sailing, including going to the New Years Eve fireworks in the city, buying lots of cheap stuff at a giant shopping centre we went into to escape yet another 40 degree day, and taking Caitlyn to see Monty Python’s “Spamalot”.
All dressed up for Monty Python – and that’s not our car!
And what about the sailing? Well we got everything as the Melbourne weather progressed through a full Summer cycle – light Northerlies, strong Northerlies, flat water, big Southerlies and big waves and finally a gusty Easterly to confuse us on the last day. The race committee were very professional, and so all the races had good start lines, and were about the duration specified in the sailing instructions. There was also a nice mix of shorter (1 hour) races, and longer marathons. The photos on the website reveal some lovely blue sky days and light winds, but it tends to be the big breezes and BIG waves that I remember most. One afternoon we were out on the water for hours as the Northerly would not settle to allow the race committee to get us away. One attempted start resulted in a general recall, the next had to be abandoned right on the gun as the wind swung East right at the start, and then the wind dropped right out. The race committee, however, knew that a Southerly buster was on its way – and it sure was! It came in big end first at around 30 knots, and it was amazing to see how quickly the sea built up. I saw Karen zooming along on a reach and headed across to join her, but quickly realised how wild it actually was as I planed through to leeward of her.
The photo of the overtaking manoeuvre shows both of us sitting on the transom trying to keep the bow out (not easy for Karen to do in her Aero 9!)
Go With the Flow and Spinifex blast reaching while waiting for a start in a big Southerly
Finally at about 4.30 pm the race committee gave it away, as although the breeze had dropped a little (to around 27 knots) it was a bit late to be setting us off in such challenging conditions. We all retreated to the Club, only to see the champion foiler moth sailors heading out for a blast. There were also a lot of international finn sailors practicing for the Finn World Cup to be held in a couple of weeks – these guys were very big and athletic (not ones to pick a fight with!) The big Southerly and large waves tended to be a feature of much of the series – and we had some fantastic reaches. The Tiger design really comes into its own in these conditions, and with a relatively light crew of around only 40 kg we found we were hurtling downhill, bouncing from wave to wave and getting airborne. This was probably as fast as I have been in the NS14 – with the big waves adding interest from a steering perspective. Rounding the leeward mark at high speed also tended to remind you of the forces involved – a couple of great photos of the ultimate National champion Hugh Tait in Tigger Too illustrates how challenging it was. (Hugh made it look really easy – always balanced, and always in control). In one of these big wind/ big wave heats I also had one of the scarier moments I have had in NS14 sailing. We were in 3rd place and really pushing hard down the reach on the second triangle when we came down a steep wave and the boat nose dived and decelerated suddenly. Matthew, who was sitting right at the back of the boat next to me slid the full length of the side tanks and went over the side. We were going so fast he was with me one moment, gone the next. I went from feeling really good, to suddenly realizing “this is not good at all”. I did not want to capsize, and I guess it took me 50-100 metres to slow the boat down, turn it around and tack it single handedly - and as I completed the tack and started heading back along the reach in the wrong direction with the jib flogging I COULDN’T SEE MATTHEW. The vision of a small boy lost in the middle of Port Philip Bay was flashing
through my mind but I forced myself to concentrate and look, look ,look.. Then – there he was – a small blue figure bobbing up and down in amongst the big waves. “Don’t miss him” I said to myself. I rounded the boat to windward, scooped him in and a great sense of relief flooded through me. He was fine – he’d been able to see my sail the whole time of course. It was one of those wild days where the fleet was quite spread out, and so we’d only lost one place – and the boat that had passed us broke his rudder on the gybe at the end of the reach. So we kept our 3rd place – but much more importantly I kept my cool and my crew!
Tigger Too rounding the leeward mark- from above!
And getting ready to head up the beat...
I think all the Tasmanians had good results – Karen was the first lady skipper (16th), I managed another 5th, and Greg had a number of top 10 finishes and finished up 15th overall. We all gained a great deal of experience in starting, tactics, and boat handling, but at the end of the day it was all about enjoying yourself, and, in our case, doing something that is quite special and unique about NS14s – competing at National level with your own children as the team.
Mother- daughter combo on “Go With The Flow”
Father-son combo on “Spinifex”
After the series we took a few days holiday, and went down the Bay to watch the 29er and 49er World Championships – huge international events with sailors, wet-suits, boats, flags and support crew everywhere. Then it was reluctantly back to reality – until the next time. So will we do it again at Adelaide? – you bet! We’re already booked!
The road home
Travellers Trophy
This year’s TT scores were taken over 2 major regattas the blockbuster weekend in the north at PDYC and the crown series in the south at BYC. All Tassie’s NS14 members are automatically entered into the series so if you sailed any races it counted in the results – this means that we had 26 entries. There were 11 races sailed all up. Those who sailed both regattas were the only boats that were going to be in the running to win. The first 7 races were held at the blockbuster, it was short course racing with a downwind running finish and the finishes were so close there were ties. With only seconds between the boats and big moves right up to the finish it was good racing all weekend and enjoyed by all. In the end there was a three way tie for first with Spinifex, Pumpkin Eater & The Hedgehog and the Hedgehog got the nod on a count back. All in all a good way to warm up for the states that was only 3 weeks away.
1938 Nick & James at the Blockbuster
NS14 Fleet - Sailed: 7 Discards: 1
1
Hedgehog
NS14 1938 Nick Richardson 108 1.0
7.0
2.0
6.0
3.0
1.0
1.0
14.0
2
Spinifex
NS14 1981 Peter Davis
108 12.0 1.0
4.0
2.0
1.0
4.0
2.0
14.0
3
Pumpkin Eater
NS14 1948 Darren Eggins
108 2.0
2.0
3.0
1.0
4.0
3.0
3.0
14.0
4
Norwegian Blue
NS14 1934 Scott Wilkie
108 4.0
5.0
5.0
3.0
2.0
2.0
5.0
21.0
5
Alaska
NS14 1971 Greg Rowsell
108 7.0
3.0
1.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
6.0
25.0
6
Cicada VI
NS14 1626 Steve McElwee
108 3.0
3.0
8.0
7.0
7.0
8.0
3.0
31.0
7
Go With The Flow NS14 1871 Karen Davis
108 5.0
8.0
9.0
4.0
6.0
6.0
7.0
36.0
8
In The Red
NS14 1922 Penelope Hextall 108 9.0
9.0
7.0
10.0 8.0
7.0
8.0
48.0
9
Blitzkrieg
NS14 1662 Rhys Griffiths
108 6.0
11.0 10.0
8.0
9.0
9.0
9.0
51.0
10 Under the Radar
NS14 2004 Mitch Ranson
108 8.0
6.0
6.0
9.0
DNF DNC DNC 55.0
11 Tamarg
NS14 1779 Clare Jackson
108 10.0 10.0 11.0
11.0 11.0 9.0
10.0 61.0
12 Pleasure & Pain
NS14 1901 Caitlyn Eggins
108 11.0 12.0 12.0
12.0 10.0 11.0 DNF 68.0
The Second weekend was supposed to be another 7 race series but the weather turned it on the wrong way for us. There were very windy conditions. With 9 starters and only 3 finishers most of the fleet gave up prior to or during the first race. This was the only race on the Saturday and the wind speeds continued to pick up. Peter & Kylie V later told us that that they read 60 knot gusts on their wind gauge. A few hardy souls (4 boats) came back for more the next day and proof of the extremity of the conditions was seen for some time to come as Karen achieved a spectacular black eye and bruises and Tim was still creeping quietly about the following weekend. All in all it was very full on. Spinifex took out the crown series followed by James in Smashing Pumpkin.
1 1981 Spinifex Peter Davis 3.00 1.00 1.00 [12.00C] 1.00 2 1978 Smashing Pumpkin James Pirie 5.00 2.00 [3.00] 1.00 2.00 3 4R 1871 Go with the flow Karen Davis 17.00 3.00 2.00 12.00C [12.00F] 4 1917 SGN Tim Mitchell 17.00 12.00C [12.00S] 2.00 3.00 5 1901 Pleasure + Pain Caitlyn Eggins 36.00 12.00C 12.00C 12.00C [12.00F] 5 1798 Smashing Pumpkin James Pirie 36.00 12.00C 12.00C 12.00C [12.00F] 5 1896 Gum blossom Dennis Leitch 36.00 12.00C 12.00C 12.00C [12.00F] 5 1993 Fast Asleep Peter Bridley 36.00 12.00C 12.00C 12.00C [12.00F] 5 1914 Just Ice Andrew Roberts 36.00 12.00C 12.00C 12.00C [12.00C] 5 1948 Pumpkin Eater Darren Eggins 36.00 12.00C 12.00C 12.00C [12.00F] 5 1931 Bumps John Cooper 36.00 12.00C 12.00C 12.00C [12.00F]
The final TT Winner will be awarded and named at the trophy presentation well done to all.
6 1934 Norwegian Blue, 1938 The Hedgehog, 1779 Tarmarg &1901 Pleasure & Pain in action at the blockbuster
NORTHERN TASMANIAN NS14 REPORT
This season has seen a couple of new boats up North with Nick Richardson purchasing the Tequila 99 “Hedgehog” after leasing “Enter the Dragon” for last year’s State championships and Mitch Ranson launching a new Tiger named “Under the Radar”. At club level the existing boats from last season have continued to sail, some more regularly than others, so the class is still reasonably well represented. “Alaska” competed at the Black Rock Nationals with Caitlyn Eggins crewing for Greg in what was a fantastic series with good weather; good atmosphere and good water (see Peter D’s report elsewhere). The traditional Block Buster weekend in February attracted the best NS14 fleet for a few years with extremely close racing. After 8 races “Hedgehog” Nick & James Richardson came out on top from “Spinifex” Peter and Matthew Davis and “Pumpkin Eater” Darren & Josh Eggins. The States were held at Lindisfarne over the March long weekend and attracted a good fleet. Greg and Penelope Hextall teamed up together for the first time in “Alaska” to represent PDYC. Five of the seven races were held in predominately light winds before a southerly buster hit part way through race 6 on the Monday morning. As usual the notorious Lindisfarne current made things a bit tricky as well as the fact that the locals had the National champion coach down for a training weekend on their home waters the week before! Despite this, the non-Hobart crews held their own with Nick & James in “Hedgehog” continuing their Blockbuster form to win overall and the new “Alaska” combination finishing sixth overall. The PDYC pennant series was won by “Alsaka” from “Cicada VI”, “Tamarag” and “In the Red”. Next season the States are likely to be back in the North and this should see a greater participation from local boats including those who didn’t travel south this year. As a plan, we will be working on some coaching and further promotion in the North of the State to try and build the class further. NS 1971
The NS14 2007-08 Season at Lindisfarne Sailing Club By Karen Davis “Go with the flow”
The Season started in typical Tasmanian fashion with very windy races most Sundays. For me in my second season this was a bit frustrating as everyone wants to learn in the lighter winds. But good fleets turned up each Sunday and close racing was had in all parts of the fleet. In fact the NS14 fleet has been very strong for the last few years and this season we had the added bonus of the Matters family joining the fleet with Ruth & Ben sailing “Yes Yes Yes” and Paul and Jemima in “Oh No!”. It was great to have these enthusiastic new comers participating in the Intermediate Fleet joining a very keen Caitlyn & Helen Eggins sailing “Pleasure & Pain”. At the end of the season we were also heartened to see the new owners of “Swordfish Trombone” back out on the water and also sailing in the intermediate fleet. The National Championships were sailed at Blackrock Yacht Club in Melbourne this year and the Tasmanian fleet were to be represented by Peter Davis in “Spinifex” sailing with Matthew, Karen and Katherine Davis in “Go with the Flow” and Greg Rowsell sailing with Caitlyn Eggins in “Alaska”. The Eggins family decided not make the journey and so Caitlyn became part of the Davis family for the duration of the Championships. The weather was very hot and very windy for the whole of the championships. If you would like to read more on the Blackrock NS14 National Championships you can go to the Tasmanian NS14 Web where an article by Peter Davis appears. After Christmas there were a number of big regattas including the Blockbuster at Port Dalrymple, and the Crown Series Bellerive Regatta. All saw great representation by the class again with wind proving to be a major feature, so much so that the Crown Series Regatta was affectively blown out with those that managed to sail only 2 or 3 races getting places. Peter Davis won the NS14 division series with James Pirie coming second. The state titles were sailed at Lindisfarne this year with light winds being a large feature. All races were sailed even though some were extremely light. Nick Richardson with son his James won the series in “The Hedgehog”. As the season progressed the wind continuously lessened and Denis Leitch has continued to show his style in the light winds winning convincingly on most occasions. Ruth and Paul Matters have continued to improve so much so that by the end of the season they had both moved out of the Intermediate division and into the main fleet and Ruth into “Just Ice”.
Tasmanian Schools Regatta
For the first time since the age rule was changed we have had one of our junior members compete in the Tasmanian schools yardstick regatta, which was held at Lindisfarne. She was the only NS14 in a fleet of around 50, which included boats such as 29ers, 420s, cherubs, lasers etc, there were 6 races overall and Caitlyn and new import crew Gabby (mum kicked out of the boat) sailed well and finished inside the top 8 in every race. There was a lot of interest in the boat the girls were sailing and how it preformed. Well done girls! Caitlyn has written this report for us and also a warning for those looking to sail in the winter races.
A fine line on Pleasure & Pain
On the 5 & 6 of April Gaby Brown and I sailed in the schools yardstick regatta. We were competing against 420’s, 29er’s sabots, pacers, OPI’s, mirrors and a Cherub. We were the only NS14. There were fifty two boats competing and we placed 15th on yardstick. We were really happy about this placing as many of the other sailors were older and more experienced than us – Gabby is 14 and I am 13. The conditions were incredibly light – much like the first two days of the State Titles. We each had a turn at helming – Gaby did the last race – which ended up being cancelled as only one or two boats would have finished within the time limit. I helmed the others. The courses were perfect and Gaby soon mastered the whisker pole and barber-haul systems which were new to her – she usually sails in mirrors. We enjoyed the weekend so much that Gabby and I are planning to sail the winter series at Lindisfarne together. We sang and talked our way around the courses so a word of warning to all planning to do the winter races – we hope you like the sound of our voices! Caitlyn Eggins
Training Weekend
In the middle of February the association put on a training weekend which was run out of Lindisfarne. We had Peter & Kylie V Cruising around the state so with the both of them here it was a good opportunity to have some coaching done. We had around 13 boats arrive for the weekend, we split into two groups and for once at a training week it was not blowing or pouring with rain. We all had our crew work tested out, looked at and told we had to get rid of all our bad habits, we had drills, mini one on one races around Peter before we could come in with even some skippers challenging others after they already had won and did not want to go in. On the Sunday morning we had more coaching and the Sunday afternoon we had back to back races on at club level, the ns class got together and made sure all was happy to have Peter & Kylie in amongst the fleet in the racing. So we all headed out for a perfect afternoon of racing trying to get that extra speed out of the ns we had been working all. We had 2 back to back races with close racing had by all with Pumpkin Eater just taking line honours in both races but the fleet had improved. Big thanks to Peter & Kylie from us all, and from everyone I spoke to we all was still feeling a bit sore in the middle of the following week. Some things to remember Flat Flat Flat, Crew work, slow down, boat trim and crew weight positioning and main thing if you want to improve practise don’t just go out and race.
1948 Pumpkin Eater Darren & Joshua
Other News From Around The Fleet
The Lindisfarne Sailing Club and NS14 sailors have all welcomed us. We have had loads of encouragement and handy hints from the sailors around us. But the greatest improvement in our practical application of knowledge and information was during the training weekend with Kylie and Peter (even though Jemima spent nearly the whole time in the runabout!). Some basic aspects of sailing small boats became much clearer to us. Still hard to stay flat though! The Intermediate class has been great for semi-unkeen beginners (daughters). This is mainly because the race is shortened, therefore giving a rest to the crew between races (compared with no rest if you finish last in the main fleet) and this also allows the ability to return to the marina early. No other advantages are really achieved, since the intermediate boats could just sail with the main fleet, and still compete against each other down the back of the fleet. But as we improved, we wanted to take our chances in the main fleet quite quickly. There is nothing like a taste of victory to increase the desire to go faster (Ruth and Ben in Yes, Yes, Yes finished in front of Darren!) . When Just Ice came up for sail, we jumped at the chance to upgrade the boats. So goodbye to the combination of the Aero 9 (Yes, Yes, Yes - Ruth and Ben) and 8 (Oh No - Paul and Jemima) to the Aero 10 (Just Ice - Ruth and Ben) (thanks to the Davis's for not beating us to the purchase) and 9 (Yes, Yes, Yes handed down do Paul and Jemima). We had great fun in the new boats in the last trophy race when we were able to stay up the front end of the fleet. We hope that this will be a sign of things to come, and not just a lucky day. See you on the water. Ruth, Paul, Ben and Jemima
1962 Bad Attitude Peter & Andrew
1862 Jim Andrew & Finlay
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