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UP THE Concord and Ryde Sailing Club NewsletterMARCH / APRIL 2020 No. 204

RIVER

Top: The finished Groyne in December 2019 at the Official Opening. Photo by Jason Liu. Bottom: Thanks to those who volunteer in the rescue boats. Some days the job is harder than others. Bob Hindley pictured here, taking the afternoon off from his Heron. Photo by Nick Brown.

Bi-monthly magazine of the Concord and Ryde Sailing Club Inc.

EDITOR:Nicole Williams (m) 0438 418 405

[email protected]

CLUB POSTAL ADDRESS:P.O. Box 3061, Putney, NSW, 2112

0431 077 293 (Sat Only Sept to April)

CLUB LOCATION:Kissing Point Park, corner of Waterview St

and Yaralla Rd, Putney

WEBSITE: concordrydesailing.org.au

FACEBOOK: @CRSCPutney

INSTAGRAM: concordrydesailingclub

PRESIDENT: Craig Burwood 9604 6858

COMMODORE: Duncan McRae 0421 068 199

SECRETARY: Sandra Donovan 9816 5468

TREASURER: Keith Leslie 9868 5527

TRAINING OFFICER: David McClean 0417 254 330

PUBLICITY OFFICER: Kathy Gough 9743 2456

CLASS CAPTAINS:Cadet: Sophie Bredhauer 0438 384 651 Catamaran: Paul Scotland 0419 502 286

Firebug: Ross Venner 0418 457 020

Heron: Sonia Burwood 0409 995 168

Int. Spirals: Jacquie Lindstrom 0414 473 648

Junior Heron: Katherine Spencer 9874 6977

Spiral: Andrew Hoy 0488 037 124

Tasar / NS14: Nick Brown 0488 450 918 9869 7002

Training: David McClean 0417 254 330

No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means without the written permission of the Editor.

The views expressed within this publication are not necessarily those of the Editor or CRSC Management Committee.

Unless otherwise credited or implied, all photos are taken by

Nicole Williams.

Contributions welcome.

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RIVERContentsPresident’s Report ______________________________________________ 2Commodore’s Report ______________________________________ 6Sail for Cancer __________________________________________________________ 8Double Take #1 _______________________________________________________ 9Did You Know __________________________________________________________ 9Australia Day Sail Past ____________________________________ 10Power Boat Training __________________________________________ 12Presentation Day Notice _______________________________ 13Trivia Night __________________________________________________________________ 14Sydney to Hobart _________________________________________________ 16From the Archives #42 ____________________________________ 28Working with Children _____________________________________ 33South Coast Sails ________________________________________________ 33Attention Trainees _______________________________________________ 34Training ___________________________________________________________________________ 35Class Reports __________________________________________________________ 36

Cadets ________________________________________________________________ 36Junior Heron ________________________________________________ 37Intermediate Spirals _____________________________ 38Catamaran ______________________________________________________ 42Tasar / NS14 _________________________________________________ 46Spiral ____________________________________________________________________ 52Heron ___________________________________________________________________ 56Firebug _______________________________________________________________ 59Start and Rescue Boat ______________________ 61

Membership Report ____________________________________________ 65MS Gong Ride _________________________________________________________ 66Blast from the Past ____________________________________________ 67Double Take #2 ______________________________________________________ 72Did You Know __________________________________________________________ 72

Cover: Beautiful sunset taken by Daisy Szenczy.Inset: My resolution this season was to get out sailing more. I did end up doing that to some extent, however COVID-19 did put an early stop to the season and that resolution. Hopefully this hiatus will enable us all to fully appreciate the freedom of being able to do what we want, when we want to. Now to wait until this is over so we can get back into doing the things that we love! Photo below by Nick Brown.Nicole Williams, Editor

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PRESIDENT’S REPORT‘There are good ships and

wood ships, and ships that sail the seas.

But the best ships are friendships, and may

they always be.’

At the time of writing this report, the Covid-19 virus has been well and truly embedded into our way of life. It has been of great concern to all the Senior Executive Committee members who have been monitoring the situation and all advice reports that have been issued by the World Health Organisation, Federal and State Authorities, and also advice being received from Sailing Australia.

To this effect, the Executive decided to hold a meeting in the Park at 1.30pm on Saturday 21 March to review and provide information to the Club members on how we are monitoring the situation, and to also gain an understanding on where/how the members wish to proceed in these uncertain times.

One of the issues that we all are facing is that the information and guidelines for many standard activities that we all go about doing without giving a second thought about changes daily.

To this end, we would like to say that we hope that we can keep the Club going as per normal, however we will

have to continue to monitor the advice put out by the Authorities, and advise members accordingly.

However, on a lighter and more positive note, we are still maintaining a high standard of social activity, interesting sailing conditions (both good and bad) and we are proving that us “river rats” can mix it up with the best of them at various State and National Titles and walk away with the silverware.

I look forward to reading the reports from various classes in the latter pages of this issue.

In relation to some of the other standing items that we need to report on, they are as follows.

HALVORSEN’S SITE REDEVELOPMENTThere has been no further update on the proposed development.

BEACH ACCESS FOR BOATS/ GROYNE CONSTRUCTIONAs you all can see, the sand has moved, and the Council is apparently closely monitoring this to review (as are we) and provide a response back to us on where or what they will do to replenish the beach.

We did know that there was going to be settlement and wash out issues, however, it is very interesting to see

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how far the sand now extends into the tidal water area.

AUSTRALIA DAY SAIL PASTWhat a great idea by the Social Committee, was a little bit rushed for this year, but a great thought. Who knew how inspired and creative some of our sailors can get and how they can dress up their boat. The very “Australian” themed awards presented were well received by the winners of each Class.

This event was well received by all members and it may be an item that becomes a regular event within our programme. So, start thinking ahead for next year.

TRIVIA NIGHTTrivia Night has been held and believe

that all who attended had a fantastic

time, however I would have to say

that the numbers were down slightly.

The winning team was the boisterous

Heron Table, under the captaincy of

Captain Black Bob and his Scurvy

dogs, that won the night.

Hopefully next year, there will be

more participants to come along and

prove to themselves, just how much

“useful” information they have in

their heads.

Thank you to the Social Committee for

organising such as wonderful fun night.

The groyne in full splendour at the Opening. Photo by Jason Liu.

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THEMED CLASS BBQ NIGHTSSo far, we have had an excellent “Greek Night – once again put on by the Cat Class. Unfortunately, due to the weather, the numbers were down, however, that meant that there was more wonderful food for those of us that did attend.

Also, at the time of writing this article, the Heron Class, is gearing up for a “New Orleans” inspired theme night. Bring on the Gumbo and New Orleans jazz!!

Good food, great music and good friends and a great way to relax and spend a Saturday evening!! I hope that you all can attend.

Thank you to all members of all classes, who have contributed their time and cooking expertise (some are proving that they are quite handy in this department) to make these evenings such a great event.

In conclusion to this report, one of the

comments that was made by the Prime

Minister, amongst the many that he has

made over the recent weeks, is that as

Australians, we all need to support each

other and our community through this

current situation.

On behalf of the Senior Executive and

other committee members, we truly do

thank you for your continued support,

especially through the times that we are

all going through.

Thank you, all the members and

volunteers who come down and

tirelessly offer their time, effort and

support to make the Club what it is

today.

See you either on or off the water

(hopefully)

Craig Burwood

CRSC President

Our last dinner and race for the season – with everyone 1.5m apart (excluding family members). Thank you Herons for a great night.


Look at that beach! Jim Simpson and Steve Levi easily launching their boats.

Above: Clr Penny Pedersen, Clr Jordan Lane, Mayor Jerome Laxale, CRSC President Craig Burwood and Anthony Roberts MP. Below: CRSC Trainer Cathy Clapham, Mayor Jerome Laxale, Clr Penny Pedersen, CRSC President Craig Burwood, Clr Jordan Lane and CRSC Beach Champion Jim Simpson. Photos this page by Jason Liu.


COMMODORE’S REPORTWEATHER AND DECISION TO RACEWow, what a rollercoaster summer it has been. Sweltering heat and choking smoke from widespread bushfires, extinguished with a week of drenching rain and flooding.

On the racecourse, we experienced it all (except for the fires, thankfully), with a 25+ knot squally day thrown in for good measure.

In addition to the safety of our sailors, we have had to consider the welfare of our volunteers in the Clubhouse – 38 degree days with thick smoke are no good for anyone’s health.

The sometimes hazardous conditions have made the decision to hold races tricky for our PRO Craig and the race committee. They have lead to some vigorous discussions regarding the appropriate go/no-go process for our scheduled races.

Sailors should take note of the RRS when considering these issues. In particular:

RRS 4DECISION TO RACEThe responsibility for a boat’s decision to participate in a race or to continue racing is hers alone.

and Part 3 – CONDUCT OF A RACE27 OTHER RACE COMMITTEE

ACTIONS BEFORE THE STARTING SIGNAL

27.3 Before the starting signal, the race committee may for any reason postpone ... or abandon the race ...

32 SHORTENING OR ABANDONING AFTER THE START

32.1 After the starting signal, the race committee may shorten the course ... or abandon the race ...

(d) for any other reason directly affecting the safety or fairness of the competition.

THE BEACHThe new groyne and beach nourishment are complete and access to the whole park has been restored. I’d like to thank all of you for working together and making the task of rigging and launching fairly painless during the construction period.

As predicted by many, the shingle and sand have already moved quite a bit. The sand is piling against (and leaking through) the groyne. It is good to see our plumbing vanish beneath the sand and there is also evidence that the erosion of the mangroves to the North of the Club has ceased, or even reversed.


On the downside, the rocks are

again being exposed on the South

end of the beach, and it is clear that

further deposits of shingle and sand

will need to be performed. In its

current state, we can expect this too

to move, which would likely result

in a beach curving out along the

groyne. The Club has agreement

from the Council to review the

beach state in April.

Despite the ongoing movement, I’m

sure you all agree launching and

retrieval have become much more

manageable with the wider usable

length of beach.

FLEETSI would like to take this opportunity

to thank a couple of enthusiastic

members who have expanded interest

and numbers in parts of our racing fleet.

Allan Takacs has been busily improving

the Club Herons, making them usable

for afternoon racing, and encouraging

new young and old sailors into the

Heron fleet. Ross Venner continues

his practical-skills based boatbuilding

crusade, and has nurtured both a

fleet of Club Firebugs, and a group of

enthusiastic young sailors to man them.

Duncan McRae CRSC Commodore

The Hon. Anthony Roberts MP addressing the crowd at the Opening of the Groyne. Photo by Jason Liu.

SAIL FOR CANCERSaturday 1 February 2020

Our Annual Sail for Cancer Race was sailed on 1st February, 2020 – 5th Heat of our Club Championship series. This was the 26th year that we have held this fund-raising event to assist in the cancer research being carried out by the Cure Cancer Australia Foundation.

The day was extremely hot with temperatures above 40 degrees – only 37 boats made it out on the water. Collections were then accepted the following Saturday, but again, the weather was against us with heavy rain forecast with only 19 boats starting the race. After one lap very heavy rain and strong winds came in and our PRO abandoned the race – everyone packed up and left very quickly. So it was decided to try again the following Saturday.

Over the course of the 3 weeks we raised a total of $2,110.00. For all who participated, the Club and Cure Cancer Australia Foundation thanks you for your support. Once again, we have to give special thanks to our Cat Sailor, Garry Ormes, who used his persuasive talents on four companies with whom he has had relationships over the years. This year his efforts managed to swell our donations by $1,300.00 and again Gary our sincere thanks for this great effort. It just shows how we can increase our total donations by reaching out to business contacts so please keep this in mind for next year.

We did not quite meet the total last year’s donations but a great effort. For our 26 years this has raised our total donations to $19,246.00 with an average of $740.00 per each season.

Cure Cancer Australia uses these donations to attract the brightest innovators in cancer research in areas where it matters most. The funds raised are channelled towards early career researchers whom Cure Cancer Australia states have the most potential to make a real difference.

The donations we make each year do really make a difference and I thank those who helped this season with these funds. If you wish to still make a tax deductible donation or add to what you have given then please give it to me and I will arrange for your receipt. It would be great to be able to add to our effort for this season so please consider this.

Again, next season we will have our Sail for Cancer Day in the Club Championship heat in February and I ask in advance that we make a big effort to try and raise more on our Sail for Cancer Day Race to help these very important research projects.

Thanks again to all who contributed this season!

Good Sailing!!!! Ron Burwood

DOUBLE TAKE #1

DID YOU KNOW...?

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DOUBLE TAKE #1

DID YOU KNOW...?Three Sheets to the Wind – (an intoxicated state) On a sailing ship, a ‘sheet’ is the line (rope) attached to the lower corners of a sail, used to trim the sail in wind. When the sheets are allowed to fun free, the sails lose their wind and flap and flutter. The ship stops moving forward and becomes hard to control. On a square-rigged sailing ship, there are multiple sheets to trim the sails. A person is said to be ‘three sheets to the wind’ when they are drunk and lurching about out of control. Originally known as Three Sheets in the Wind.

Quarantine – (fixed period of enforced isolation to avoid or contain contagious disease) During the Middle Ages, the Black Death (bubonic plague) contagion was spread widely, particularly by rats from ships. Quarantine laws originated in Venice to deal with this problem. The word ‘quarantine’ derived from the Italian ‘quaranta’ (40) – the number of days that an infected ship was originally held offshore. This time period may reflect the traditional period of cleansing as set forth in the Scriptures, as 40 days had great symbolic and religious significance to medieval Christians. But it did prove to be an effective amount of time to control disease.Source: Seafaring Words in Everyday Speech (thanks to Ross Venner) and www.history.com/news/quarantine-black-death-medieval

Chris and Kerri-Anne Loring, first ever time sailing together in a Heron. Last ever time sailing together in a Heron... Photo by Margaret Brown.

AUSTRALIA DAY SAIL PAST

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Photos this page from Helen Loring.

11Photos this page from Craig Burwood.


POWER BOAT TRAINING

Peng Chen, Wren English, Sachi Clapham, Ella Donovan (driving) and Paul Scotland.

Sachi Clapham, Wren English, Paul Scotland, Nicole Williams, Ella Donovan and Peng Chen.

First group out of four for CRSC Power Boat Training, conducted by Wren English from Australian Sailing. This was an all day course, covering many important topics that are needed for power boat handling. Thanks for a terrif ic course Wren. www.sailing.org.au/course-finder/54

CRSC

Presentation Day

POSTPONED until further notice Club members will be notified

when further details are known.


TRIVIA NIGHT Friday 28th February 2020

The Trivia Room.

The Mixed Nuts in the front, with Half Pint in the background.

Above: CO2OL. Below: The Goats. I mean the kids...

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The Winners – Captain Black Bob’s Scurvy Dogs. With enough crew for a Man O War.

Above: The final score... Below: Our lovely hosts Cathy Clapham, Craig Burwood and Sonia Burwood. Thank you for a great night. I will never look at a box of Shapes the same way again...

Craig Burwood sorting out the rankings.


As with most sailing events, preparation is important. The owner spares no expense making sure gear is fit for the purpose and in top shape. In addition, the boat (and crew) has had a pretty serious regime of races (about 8000nm of racing in the five years since the boat was launched, including five Hobarts, the 2018 1060nm Sydney to Noumea, and the 650nm Groupama race which is a circumnavigation of New Caledonia – bouncing off coral reefs in a tropical paradise).

Over this time, gear has been broken and upgraded as required (blowing both spinnaker halyards in a memorable Gold Coast midnight run off Byron Bay prompted a bit of up-speccing in the replacements). Systems have been modified to work

better or weigh less, such as the carbon coffee-mug rack and carbon rudder, sail configurations evolve (spinnaker staysail, blooper) and various parts of the boat are always being upgraded to get that extra tweak in performance.

Our immediate race prep. included the Cabbage Tree Island race (180nm) two months prior to the big event. This is used as the Hobart qualifier (you must do an overnight passage of at least 180nm), however we’d qualified previously in the year with the Sydney to Gold Coast race. The race was a good cobweb clearing exercise, as we had some very heavy running in up to 40kn overnight (the new boat speed record of 19.3kn while on the helm under a single-reefed main and poled out jib top was somewhat pant-staining given that

SYDNEY TO HOBART RACE An amateur Navigator’s view

by Duncan McRae

Entering Storm Bay in the 2018 race – possibly the wrong headsail up!


Komatsu Azzurro is a displacement boat designed in the 60’s), then a solid bash into 25-30kn and a messy seaway off Newcastle coming back. All the gear and crew held up well, so it gave us all plenty of confidence that we were ready to hit the ground running on Boxing Day.

The crew this year consisted of the owner Shane, Jim and Michael (both whom I’ve sailed with for about 25 years on various boats), Adrian from Tassie (an indestructible individual

with a raucous laugh), and Clint from Argentina (who had sailed with us previously in a Gold Coast victory, and who constantly fails to teach me Spanish). We sail 6-up, 3 on each watch, 3hrs on, 3hrs off. Sleep is interrupted for anything that requires more bodies on deck or if body weight needs to be relocated.

As official naviguesser, my pre-race work focussed on making sure we had easy (and low bandwidth) access to

Raceday – crew all ready to go! Duncan McRae top middle.


all the useful publicly available weather and current data, reviewing the weather forecasts and models every run (12 hourly) up to the day, running and interpreting the optimal routes, putting it useful waypoints, and ensuring the navigation laptop was configured. The boat has a mobile data modem on board which provides decent data rates when within about 50nm of the coast, plus a satellite phone which provides very low bandwidth (at high costs) which can be used when out of mobile range.

The ‘nav station’ consists of sitting on the engine box wedged against the mast. The laptop computer is velcroed onto the fridge lid, located under the chart plotter and near all the other gizmos like sat phone, HF and VHF radios.

My interpretation of the forecasts and our evolving race strategy were emailed to everyone daily as the weather forecasts moved about. This was important to make sure that the crew were ‘on-board’ with the race strategy, and could provide input to our strategy. For example, Jim had some mates down in Tassie reporting adverse set on the coast South of Freycinet, and Adrian had experienced the same when in some recent local races. There’s also a wealth of experience of past Hobart races amongst the crew (a total of 80, with a crew of six!), remembering where things went pear-shaped in past races can be very useful, as can heeding the golden rules such as ‘your first sight of Tasmania should be Tasman Island”.

There are a few weather models around, and they all differ slightly in their scope, outlook time, spatial and temporal resolution. Global models like GFS (US) and ECMWF (Euro) concentrate on the big picture, but aren’t so great for coastal effects like sea and land breezes.

They provide a good large-scale overview. The BOM has its own

Stove left, toilet mid bow, nav station to the right.

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modelling (http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/meteye/), which has a shorter outlook (6 days) but is tuned to the past Australian weather, so tends to be much more trustworthy along the coastal features. There are also some commercial models from companies such as predictwind, which promise higher resolution and better forecasting at a price.

Not all the models are available as GRIBS – eg: the ECMWF and BOM models – so there’s a lot of back and forth comparison between the available visual presentation of their data and the models for which we have GRIBs. GRIBs are essential for the routing software – they encode two dimensional snapshots of wind speed, pressure, etc at fixed time intervals in the future. These are then fed into the routing package (we use Expedition, though similar free packages such as qtVlm are also available), which calculates your boat’s optimal route along the racecourse based on the boat’s polars. Polars capture how fast the boat can sail in various conditions, based on TWA, TWS, wave conditions etc. Your aim is always to sail at least as fast as your polars. This is another aspect that needs some human input – you have to have confidence in your polars – can the crew sail the boat at that speed all the time?

Routing looks as simple as point and click then follow the track, however like all sailing (including around our small part of the river), you need to

consider risk and reward. Are you always going to sail 100% of your polars? Does a particular route rely on a high risk strategy – such as meeting a shift at just the right time according to the models? Is that projected favourable current actually there? How accurate are your weather models in direction, speed, and time?

Fortunately, the routing packages provide mechanisms to assess many of these risks, such as scaling your polars up or down and ignoring the current models to see how much that changes the optimal route, calculating a ‘time sensitivity’ around the optimal route showing how far from the ideal route you can deviate and still finish within a time window of the ‘optimal’ time, for example. These are all available, but you need to know what they do, and how to drive them. As with all software and modelling, you get out what you put in. Garbage in Garbage out. You need to be aware of the limitations of current and weather models and your boat (and crew’s) actual performance.

We also tag a couple of boats we want to keep an eye on; those of similar performance, friendly rivals, or boats we really want to beat.

With the benefit of internet, we can keep an eye on them while within mobile data range of the coast.

The Weather:One week out, the weather models will start to show the general picture, but


the timing and strength of changes is only a guide. At this point, the models were all pointing to a 20kn SE on race day due to a trough working its way up the NSW South coast. A low pressure over the northern part of Australia, and a high ridge extending across the bight through to NZ could be generally relied on. ie: apart from the start, mostly light winds, sea breezes. This was atypical weather for this time of the year, with no low pressure systems coming sweeping up the coast to clobber the fleet in typical Hobart fashion.

Not to be trusted this far out from raceday, I’ll quote the email I sent on the 19th December: “nothing on weather yet – other than both models say we’re going to start in a 25-30kn SE’ster, so that probably won’t happen.”

Three days out, the models were aligning on a trough off the NSW South Coast, but disagreeing on how far North it would get. Some said a SE start, others were saying it would wash out on the South Coast and we’d have a NE start.

The EAC was also a bit tepid – only a moderate anticlockwise eddy 50nm or so off Gabo Island would be likely to give us any advantage.

Something to keep an eye on. In a smaller boat (slower speeds), a knot or two of favourable current can make a significant difference if you can find it; but again – you need to evaluate the risk/reward. How far off track do we need to go to take advantage? How accurate is the model? The current models in particular are an evolving science. They are calculated from satellite altimetry, which captures the high and low spots on the ocean. From this, an estimate of water velocity is made, much like low and high pressure systems and the wind. The complications arise due to factors such as local depth (seafloor topography), upwelling, local gravity – which provides a static offset to local sea level and must be subtracted, and other such magic beyond my knowledge. It pays to keep an eye on a couple of weeks’ worth of current projections, plus any real-time data available (Ocean Buoy data in the form of Argo drifters), and local knowledge (eg: having a Tassie onboard who’d recently done the Maria Island race, we knew

The all important EAC chart, always taken with a grain of salt.


there was a bit of Northerly running set along the Southern Tassie coast, Jim had some other mates in Tassie confirming).

By the 24th, the models were all agreeing that the trough would park on the South Coast. A brisk NE start. The MSLP prognosis was suggesting more gradient Northerlies a day or two into the race.

Christmas Day, and all the weather models now align on what’s going to happen for at least the first couple of days, which is nice. Race day was Thursday.

The magician’s box routing software was saying one of two things (depending on the weather model used):

1) duck in to the coast through the trough line and work the Southerly, before the NE built again Friday afternoon off the South Coast of NSW.

OR

2) stay wide of the trough through

Thursday night, in the easing NE.

Breeze may veer East, but remains

North of E all night before building

again Friday.

A closer inspection of option 1) showed

that it relied on a little kink in the

isobars to get through the trough

with any breeze at all, and there was

enormous time sensitivity on that

route. ie: high risk!

Option 2) was much more robust to

variations in the forecast, and also

set us up for the large eddy in current

circling anticlockwise about 75nm off

Gabo Island. Option 2) it was for the

NSW coast.

The routing on the evening of the 25th, showing three quite disparate routes, some markups (eg: the red diamond off Gabo indicated the Southerly going stream of set we wanted to be in), and the predicted weather (flags along routes). Green goes through the expected trough.


Bass Straight forecast for the time we’d be crossing (Friday night / Saturday morning) was strong (20-30kn) Northerlies all the way, with a backing to the NW and easing then W 10-15 by evening Saturday. At this point, the models were aligned on a shift to the SW, 10kn and then quickly SE somewhere off St Helens around midnight on the 28th (Sat).

There was no set to speak of in Bass Strait. Forecasts after the SE shift were backing E and NE during the day, with good East Coast Tassie sea breezes all the way to Tasman.

This drove the strategy for the latter half of the race. The course across Bass Strait wasn’t too critical as we had tail winds, but more importantly, we should avoid the lee of Flinders Island and Northern Tassie in the W/

The BOM Meteye view of the trough off the NSW south coast predicted for two days after the start (when we’d be there). Staying well offshore meant we remained in the NE breeze. The Meteye view is useful for eyeball Mark-I calibration of the other weather models, but the data is not available (affordably) for routing.

NW breeze, and we wanted to position ourselves wide of St Helens so that we could capitalise on the SE breeze, and be eased-sheets into the Tassie coast on port tack. We did not want to be pinned on the shore!

It all pointed to plotting a course significantly (50nm or more) East of the Tasman Island rhumb line.

The forecast after Tasman light (overnight / early hours of Monday) said gradient Northerlies over Storm Bay.. so we were hopeful that meant breeze, without the typical Derwent River ‘shut-down’.

During the race:With a crew of only 6, there are no specialists other than bow. Adrian and I handled the bow on each watch, but we all rotate on the helm every 30min. This helps keep everyone moving in a cold race (where you may otherwise be spending 3 solid hours sitting on a cold and wet rail), and it ensures the helmsman is fresh and alert, which can be very handy if conditions are dicey.

My other role during the race is to keep an eye on the evolving weather, by downloading the models every 12 hours, re-running the routing from our current position, and keeping the crew up to date on the impending weather and strategy to ensure they go in the right direction (not always to the next mark (Tasman)). We tend to handle the direction issue by setting waypoints


on the nav system for the helm to aim, making sure the watch understands how critical (or not) that particular direction is – sometimes it can be 20 or 30 degrees window, and the aim is to sail as fast as possible at any angle in that window. Shane (the owner) handles the regular radio scheds, and doesn’t appear to need much sleep.

What eventuated?We nailed the NSW South Coast. Went wide of Jervis Bay (about 50nm), plus some unforecast Easterly flowing current pushed us out. We kept the boat heated up under spinnaker as the breeze eased Thursday night.

By midday Friday, we were 100nm off Bermagui in a 10kn NE and had gained 20nm latitude on the boats inshore who had sailing through the trough and into a light S breeze. Then we hit the top of the Eddy spot on, and by evening in Bass Strait running in 20kn, we’d pulled out 40nm on one of our closest competitors, Katwinchar. By the time we fell out of the Eddy the next morning, we had run five or six hours of 3kn favourable current, and had pulled off a 200nm day (which is pretty good for a displacement 34 footer).

The other memorable part of the large eddy was the number of sunfish we spotted. In my 25 years of sailing offshore, I think I’ve seen three sunfish. In this one eddy, I saw another three, and we hit one Friday evening.

Fortunately, Azzurro’s keel is old-school (fat, tapered, bulb-less and sloped), and it slipped aside with a sore head.

Somewhere around this point, our only significant breakage occurred. We were running in a building 20-25kn NE with our S2 (0.75oz symmetric spinnaker), and decided to change to the heavier S3 (1.2oz) at last light on the watch change (9pm) – prudent and conservative, as the nights were pitch black with no moon, stars obscured by cloud or smoke, so it was going to be tricky to steer. I was up on the foredeck hooking up the heavier spinnaker for the hoist when the helm yelled out that the kite had gone. It blew at the luff tape about 2m above the clew, and then quickly zippered across to the foot of the sail.

So down came the remains of that kite, and up went the S3. This was an odd failure, as the S2 was almost brand new, and we had never flogged or abused it. We normally run the S2 up to about 25kn true (about 18 max apparent breeze) ... words will be had with the sailmaker, though a post-race (possibly lubricated) discussion with a fellow sailor suggested that brand-new kite cloth was prone to failing if stressed.

The breeze built all night to about 30kn or so and the sea became quite confused with a conflicting NW and NE swell, so around midnight we changed down to a poled-out jibtop


headsail, which is much easier to steer by and more forgiving / indestructible, and a single reef in the main by early morning. Still on port tack about 100nm East of the rhumb line.

Through Saturday morning we shook out the reef and the breeze backed enough to the N that we gybed and starting heading straight at Tasman Island. In hindsight (isn’t it a wonderful thing), we should have gybed to the West earlier in the night, as the confused sea was partly due to us pushing about a knot of adverse current. The breeze continued to back further to the NW (bringing bushfire smoke with it) and ease during the day, such that by mid afternoon we were tight reaching with the jibtop and a staysail up.

That evening’s weather model (I’d downloaded what I thought was the most accurate over the sat phone) was still pointing to the SW/SE shift off the north coast of Tassie around 11pm, I briefed the crew on the expected 11pm wind shift to the SE and the plan of attack – ‘tack as soon as its favoured, around 180 TWD’. We continued to tight reach towards Tasmania as dusk approached, and the other watch changed to a #1 headsail as the breeze further headed us. Up on watch at 9pm, and we cruised into a pitch black night on a flat sea – 7ish knots in 13kn of breeze with a cracked headsail. One of those

memorable evenings as a dense sea fog flowed out of Banks Strait, while phosphorescent dolphins kept us entertained on the rail.

It was a pleasant surprise to have the fog lift and breeze shift rapidly SW then SE within the space of 20 minutes or so. We tacked over around 11:15pm just as predicted as the breeze went past 180 and the other tack became favoured. I became a navigational god for a brief time and went off watch at 12pm.

The run into Tasman Island went as expected, the breeze backing further E, building and clocking NE with the sea breeze. We were keeping an eye on the boats around the corner, and there had obviously been a big split in the fleet, as there were 20 odd boats parked at Cape Raoul all morning, with nothing between them and the finish. We arrived at Tasman some time around midnight Sunday, but eerily couldn’t see the light, we assumed due to low cloud.

The next part of the race is always dicey. You either get hammered by a big SW (we weren’t going to get that, which was nice), or if a NE is blowing (as it was – a gradient somewhat lighter than the sea breeze during the afternoon) there can be very tricky dead patches under the cliffs at Cape Pillar (behind Tasman) and Cape Raoul. For this reason, we had turned the corner at Tasman keeping about 3-5 nm offshore.


Fortunately, we had the AIS, race tracker with mobile data and yachts ahead of us to observe. There was a big park-up at Raoul with boats going in random directions trying to find breeze, but they were all moving well between Tasman and Raoul.

Going off watch at 12pm – we had a somewhat vigorous debate regarding how far off Raoul we should stay. Tensions often rise this close to the finish, and every extra mile off was a mile further to sail, but more likely to stay in the breeze. A tricky call either way. The other watch motored to Raoul (10nm) in quick time reaching with kite.

... and then the wheels fell off. I woke at 3am with us becalmed about 2nm off Raoul in the vicinity of about 9 other boats. We sat through our whole watch (3 hours), moving about 2nm, while boats ahead in Storm Bay powered towards the Iron Pot, and others (but not all) took a more circumspect route further offshore. It wasn’t that much faster offshore, but they were at least moving.

Sometime after dawn, we drifted into a visible line of NW land breeze that was draining out of Nubeena to the East, and subsequently Tiger Head bay to the NW. We powered across Storm Bay with a Jib Top while trying to work out how to enter the Derwent river. At the Iron Pot, a gaggle of larger boats sat becalmed.

So – we worked the breeze we had, staying in it as long as possible. Up near Betsey Island where the breeze dropped out, and we drifted towards the pot. One of the greatest strengths of Azzurro is her slippery hull shape. She drifts in flat water and light breeze better than just about any other boat. As it was now late morning, a zephyr of S sea breeze started to build outwards the shore of South Arm, and we crept along it, passing three of the 40 footers

Then golden rule #3 kicked in. In the Derwent, “the East shore may be bad, and the Western shore no better, but the middle is always the worst!”. So we picked the Eastern shore, drifted in and out of bays in anything from zero to 10kn from the E, NE or SE. The sailing master (Jim) kept me busy on the bow with the drifter, code zero, #1 headsail and S1 kite all stacked and ready to deploy as the wind changed.

Nicole Douglass (a sometime Spiral sailor known to drop in on CRSC) has two great drone videos of us sailing up the Derwent river on her facebook page, including a drive-by interview – see https://www.facebook.com/pg/sailorgirlHQ/videos “Live from the middle of the Derwent” dated Dec 30. They give a very good view of how frustrating it can be in the river after sailing for four days.


A final attempt to hold the kite plus blooper from Garrow light to the finish for a bit of a laugh – but the wind shifted and we ended up crossing the line under kite at 45 minutes or so under 4 days.

133 over the line, 52nd on IRC, 1st of IRC div 7, 3 in ORCi div 5 and 2nd in Veterans Corinthian.

Postscript:After re-reading the above, I realise haven’t covered much (if any) of the actual sailing. Unfortunately, after 25 plus years of offshore sailing, only the memorable moments (wonderful, frightening or both) tend to stick in the mind. I understand that most of you kind readers know the mechanics of sailing anyway.

If you want an overview of the boat, search “Boat Tour – Komatsu Azzuro” on youtube.

Our actual race track, showing the wide arc off the NSW south coast to avoid the weak trough, and our slightly too-wide path East of the rhumb line in the latter part of Bass Strait.

Duncan McRae

Azzurro all snug outside Constitution Dock, another race complete.


TLAs:TLA Three Letter AcronymGRIB GRIdded Binary. File format used to

capture weather and other 2d information such as ocean currents.

EAC East Australian CurrentPWE, PWG, ECMWF, GFS various weather modelsMSLP Mean Sea Level Pressure (ie: your typical

weather map)Polar yacht performance for various wind

directions and speedTWA True Wind AngleTWS True Wind Speed

VMG Velocity Made GoodSOG Speed Over GroundCOG Course Over GroundCPA Closest Point of ApproachExpedition commercial yacht racing package.

Routing, performance data, course mapping, navigational charts, etc.

AIS Automatic Identification System. A system widely used by shipping and recreational craft which uses VHF (line of sight) to transmit and receive vessel information. Provides vessel details, COG, SOG, and estimate of CPA. Very handy for keeping track of your competitors within 15-20nm.

Small but sweet.


FROM THE ARCHIVES #42The Presentation Day issue of UTR in May, 1989 had another great summary of the 1988/89 season by our Secretary, Sandra Donovan in which she firstly wrote that during the first half of the season our sailors were almost blow away and the second half saw them almost washed away. She said that for 16 wet weekends in a row even had the most ardent of sailors wondering what they were doing out sailing. The rigging area had become a quagmire and for the last few races the park had to be closed to vehicular traffic.

Our season had started with little money in our accounts and the numbers were down seemingly due to the relocation of the Club. However during the course of the season numbers grew and our bank balance improved. At the end of the season we noted that we had 50 new members and 100 boats registered with us. The top class was the Cat Class with 31 boats with 18 Spirals, 14 NS14s, 11 Herons, 9 Moths. 9 Tasars, 5 Cadets and 3 “A” Division members. Our funds increase came from additional membership fees from the new members and of course their spending at the Club Canteen which had a profit of over $2,000. A raffle of a pair of binoculars donated by a Sponsor of our Club, R. Gunz (Photographic) Pty. Ltd raised $446. As well we had sausage sizzles after each Club Championship race.

During the course of that season a telephone was installed in the Club House and a number of working bees organised early in the season to upgrade club equipment and to finish off some things around our new Club House. As well several clean ups were arranged for the beach and the parking area during the season.

The annual report for the Cadet Class advised that the year saw a break away from the tradition of all Cadets sailing MJs and that the Cadets had sailed in a variety boats – 1 Micron, 2 Dolphin 8’, 1 Sunrise Cat, 2 MJs and 2 Concord Junior Cats so it was a very mixed group. Then by Christmas the MJs dropped out, the Micron started sailing with the Spirals and the Dolphin 8s were sold. This of course caused some problems with results as there were no yardsticks for the Cadet boats. So at the end of the season the Class Captain solved the trophy problem by giving each of the 4 regular Cadets encouragements prizes and hoped to solve the yardstick problem the following season. One of the recipients of this award was current Heron sailor, Chris Loring.

In my final Heron report for that season I wrote about what a season it had been with the weather which expanded a little on what Sandra had written as mentioned above and I quote it as follows:-


“the first half of the season was dominated by westerlies and after that a bit of a mixture. Most of us have forgotten what it is like to sail our favourite course – the N.E. Course. The conditions were such that the second heat of the Club Championship was postponed until mid-February and on other days we were flat out trying to complete shortened course within the time limit. The first heat of the Spring Point Score was a disaster and eventually no one (in the Herons) finished in the time. (see my Archives article in March, 2019 UTR for a full report on this race) In two other races, the 5th (shortened course) and the 7th Heats of the Autumn Point score we finished with less than 3 minutes of the allowable time to go. The 6th Heat of the APS was different in that we had to contend with a fast out-going tide, no wind and sailed a shortened course of less than one lap taking 100 minutes to do so.”

In all we had some 18 wet weekends and we intrepid CRSC sailors sailed on most of them and possibly some of our current members who sailed that season will have some memories about that time. So, it can be seen that the mixed bag for our sailing weather is not only confined to the one which we think is bad but continues throughout the years.

Our 1988/89 season finished as usual with our Presentation Day on Sunday 28th May, 1989 with a cruise on our usual ferry. The pickup point changed to Gladesville wharf from the previous start off wharf at Valencia Street, Woolwich

and this rendezvous point would remain for all of our future Presentation Day ferry cruises. As in most years we stopped off at Clifton Gardens for our barbecue lunch and presentation of trophies.

Our AGM was held in the Club House on 12th July, 1989 when Ian McMaster was re-elected as Commodore, Ron Burwood as President, John Quinlan as Treasurer and of course Sandra Donovan as Secretary. In the first issue for the season of Up the River for August, 1989 Sandra gave notice of some things that were planned for the coming season these included amongst other things:-

a) A training class in September led by our Training Officer, Nick Brown who dubbed this an “Ice-Breakers Session” to be conducted in our new Training Fleet of three JH8 sailing dinghies.

b) An Open Day on 22nd October for the general public to have a look at what our Club had to offer as well as having a sail. This was our forerunner of Discover Sailing Days.

c) A Rescue Boat Training Course to be held after October School Holidays in the Club House with midweek evening sessions and then some practical courses in the boat. This to be an official YA course run by the Volunteer Coastal Patrol leading to qualification for an MSB Small Boat Licence.

d) Sausage Sizzles to be held after each Club Championship race.

There was also advice that the Sailing


Instructions had been completely revamped and members were directed to thoroughly read the Year Book. So big year ahead!!!

In this issue of Up the River as the newly elected President I commenced writing a report for each issue of our magazine to try and alleviate some of the work on Sandra’s shoulders. Not sure if I was successful in easing her load but Presidents elected after this can lay the blame on me for starting this part of UTR! In my report I was writing about the Management Committee which included a bit which is still very relevant today and I have often mentioned it in my articles. As it is still so important I will include this section and it reads as follows;-

“The Club does not only consist of the Committee, which is really only to set the direction of the Club and to look after expenses etc., but the general membership is the backbone of the Club.

With this in mind, I would like to see you all take an active part in promoting our Club in an effort to increase membership of all classes. In this regard, we will be organising and open day again, to be held later this year, and your cooperation will be requested in making your boats available to give prospective newcomers a taste of sailing. (Currently, this part is too late for this season, 2019-20 as we have had our Open Day for the season, but there is always next season).

Another way you can help your Club is to write an article for our magazine. This could be on any aspect of sailing, incidents happening to you during events or anything else which you may feel is of interest to other Cub members. Remember this magazine is in fact a history of our Club and copies are retained for posterity so that Club members of future years can get a picture of our Club’s activities in 1989-90 etc.”.

Whilst this report goes back 30 years there is another part which I would like to include here as it is also still very relevant:-

“With a training fleet comes young and inexperienced sailors, some of whom may move into other classes. Even though they may be racing and should know some of the rules it is advisable to assume that they may not. Some rules are difficult to interpret, particularly for new sailors and they may not react in the way you think they should, so do everything possible not to frighten them off and give them some leeway in tight situations.”

This issue also reported on the death of Bob “Monty” Montgomery a month or so earlier. He was a former member as well as a lifetime friend of our Club and during his membership from the early 1950s to the late 1960s he served on the Management Committee holding a number of positions. During his time with the Club he sailed VJs and Skates and he remained a good friend of our Club and helped out during our relocation. Bob was a Commercial Artist


and Sign-writer who painted and donated the CONCORD & RYDE SAILING CLUB sign on the side of our Club House.

Sandra also made a note of the fact that in the first half of 1989 there were only two fine Saturdays and two of our young lady members chose one of each of them to have their weddings. One being Allison Lloyd-Owen daughter of one of the families who were the founders of our Club and the other being Wendy McDonald, Sandra’s sister. Both of these ladies grew up around the Club and sailed from a young age and of course Wendy is still with us sailing as crew in Sandra’s NS14.

This also was the season when there was a rule change in regard to the misdemeanour of hitting a mark during the race. Nick Brown wrote a very detailed article on the changes which I will not fully repeat but until then if you hit a mark then to correct your error you only had to re-round the mark. However, this was changed to the more strenuous task of doing a 720 after getting well clear of it and any other competitors.

David Loring as Spiral Class Captain wrote in his report about a Spiral Class rule change to help if one was having trouble in adjusting the vang whilst racing. The new rule allowed an update of the fittings in that one could now put on place a swivel shackle making it far easier to adjust. Also at this time if one was entering Spiral Association events the sail number had to be engraved on the boom and mast pieces.

He also went on to comment that the Spiral Class was the largest fleet of monohulls in our Club with 18 boats registered at the start of the season. It is interesting to note that this current season we have double that number with 36 skippers in the fleet. This of course has been boosted with a couple of our long time Heron sailors moving across the park a little to the east to join in with the Spirals.

As this issue was for the start of the season there was also a plea for helpers to arrive early on the first day of sailing to help clean the foreshore which we now do at a more favourable time on the Saturday prior to our start. To stress the request Sandra included a cartoon which probably has as much bearing now as it did back then so I will reproduce it here:-

You know, sometimes it’s less like messing about in boats – more like boating about in a mess!

Now on to our next Up the River of October, 1989 where our Secretary, Sandra, wrote that “the 1989-90 season has kicked off with quite a variety of conditions week by week. There’s been everything from survival sou’westerlies to fitful nor’easters – something for everyone! The first race, heat 1 of the Melrose Trophy, was cancelled due to “Hughie” discharging his wrath”.


If we move on 30 years to the first half of our current season this seems to resonate somewhat as we have had 5 out of 17 races cancelled although one of these was because with the work on the groyne the beach was closed for that day. There was a big similarity with the first race, heat 1 of the Melrose Trophy being cancelled due to very strong winds.

The publicity we had in the local newspapers and also by word of mouth saw the 1989-90 season commenced with many people interested in our learning to sail course. In fact this resulted in so many wanting to learn to sail our Training Officer, Nick Brown, with Stephen Donovan and other helpers running courses on both Saturday and Sunday mornings. There was good feedback to the Committee and from the information received indicated that our training classes ere of high standard – something which has been maintained over the years since. That October issue of Up the River indicated that we had already gained some new members. Also to help with our training fleet one of our then members, Ian MacLeod, loaned to the Club his own JH8 for that season and the following one.

Back in that season, current Cat sailor, Gary Ormes was Class Captain and in his report he was making comments about the October long weekend regatta for Cats held at Forster. As usual, or maybe I should say as often happened, one of our CRSC sailors had some difficulties in getting to the venue. The definition of ‘some difficulties’ does not appear to be

adequate but I quote verbatim from Gary’s

report which told the story so you will

need to talk to him to confirm it was all

true!!!!!

“To prove life was not meant to be easy,

Maurice Byrnes decided to go to Forster, his

new 5m Maricat was not finished so he had

to borrow the factory boat. On the way up his

new car broke down, the wheel came off the

trailer, the axle etc lodged itself inside the hull,

the wheel heading bush and demolishing a

house, and finally after repairs made, the

boat reached the water and alas the mast

broke in two during a pre-race sail. As I said,

life was not meant to be easy!”

In this issue it was also reported that Peter

Eslick, currently of our Spiral fleet, had

launched a new NS14 which he called

“LIGHTEN UP” with the accompanying

comment “What does this signify – is Peter

going on a diet? All we know is that plenty

of midnight oil was burnt getting his boat on

the water so early”.

The NS14 Class Captain went on with the

interesting point that “A safety inspection

was conducted prior to the first Club

Championship heat and everyone passed

although FLYING CIRCUS has a dodgy

paddle that could be a bit suspect.” I am not

sure what brought on this inspection but it

may have been from the Class Association.

More next issue.

Good Sailing!!!! Ron Burwood Archivist

WORKING WITH CHILDRENOur Club policy requires volunteers to have a “Working with Children” check if they are assisting with any children who are not their own.

Please visit the Kids Guardian website: www.kidsguardian.nsw.gov.au/check or call 02 9286 7219.

This check for Volunteers is free, and lasts for 5 years!For all queries, and on completion, please contact:

Chris Gildersleeve – [email protected]

South Coast Sails Tel: 4234 1583 or

[email protected]


Attention TraineesCongratulations, you have completed your “Learn to Sail” course

at Concord and Ryde Sailing Club (CRSC).

Want to continue sailing?Here’s how...

• Join the Intermediate sailors at 11am and learn social racing skills every Saturday in the same type of boat you have been learning on (Club Spiral, Opti or Firebug).*

• Join the Afternoon race at 2pm in a Club Firebug, Optimist or Spiral single handed dinghy.*

• Become a crew member in a two person dinghy (eg. Heron, NS14, Tasar).**Subject to availability.

All of these above options are FREE to you for the rest of the current season.

OR If you want to be even more independent, why not consider buying a boat of your own.

Any one of the Class Captains / Representatives would be happy to discuss your options and advise what is available.

Firebug (single handed): Ross Venner 0418 457 020 [email protected]

Cadet / Optimist (single handed): Sophie Bredhauer 0438 384 651 [email protected]

Catamaran (single handed): Paul Scotland 0419 502 286 [email protected]

Heron (two person): Sonia Burwood 0409 995 168 [email protected]

Intermediate Spiral (single handed): Jacquie Lindstrom 0414 473 648 [email protected]

Junior Heron (two person): Katherine Spencer 9874 6977 [email protected]

NS14 (two person): Barry Roy 9888 1883 [email protected]

Spiral (single handed): Andrew Hoy 0424 878 150 [email protected]

Tasar (two person): Nick Brown 9869 7002 [email protected]

CRSC is a family friendly club, which welcomes new members.We have many social gatherings such as dinners on the balcony each month, Presentation Day and Christmas parties.

The Club is open every Saturday during the Sailing Season from September to April. Bring a friend, buy lunch and a cold drink, and enjoy the afternoon watching the sailing from the balcony.

www.concordrydesailing.org.au

Firebug Optimist Cat Heron Spiral NS14 Tasar


We have had a fantastic result for the November/February Course and the January School Holiday camp.

It totals 11 x Adults and 33 x Students. They all seem to enjoy the experience and some have entered the Intermediates either crewing or solo sailing.

A big thank you to all Sailors/Parents and Club Members for your early morning help on the Training mornings, without your help it would not be successful.

Kay Williams Training Principal

TRAINING

Photo by Jason Liu.


CLASS REPORTSCadetsThe 2020 part of the season has come and gone! We’ve had a great start to the year as a Club with some decent wind condition. The Cadet fleet is small but somewhat regular and we are looking for growth!

Congratulations are in order for Oli Sturwohld who is currently leading Club Championship on Scratch. Also, Quinn Stephens, Andrew Whorlow and Ella Donovan tied for 1st on the

Spring Pointscore. Unfortunately, we were only able to get 3 races in though, hence the close scores. Cooper Bucciol was on the prowl for Autumn Pointscore however, so watch out guys!

Looking forward to seeing the kids on the water next season, hopefully with some good winds and less rain for some friendly races. Happy sailing!

Sophie Bredhauer Cadet Class Captain

Oli Sturwohld helping out on the rescue boats. Photo by Nick Brown.

37

Junior HeronIt has been a beautiful past

few months of sailing for

the Junior Heron fleet, but

with the colder weather just

starting to arrive, we are reaching the end of the

2019/20 season.

Recently we have had the NSW Junior Heron

State Championships held at Narrabeen Lakes

Sailing Club, which several of our members

competed in. In the youth/senior division

Choppsy’s Seahorse with Caitlin Takacs

skippering came in third scratch overall and first

on overall handicap and Maximum Mischief

skippered by Scarlett Sturwohld placed fourth

scratch overall and third on overall handicap. In

the youth/youth division Hocus Pocus skippered

by Caroline Takacs and crewed by Xenobia

Elali placed fifth on scratch overall and fifth

on overall handicap. A big congratulations to

everyone from Concord Ryde who competed, it

sounds like it was a wonderful weekend!

At home there has been a lot of competitive

sailing and some new people trying Junior

Heron with Andrew Whorlow, Scarlett

Sturwohld and Olivia Loring all recently

competing. Hocus Pocus sailed by Caroline

Takacs won the Ryde games and Australia Day

races. The Festive Series was won by myself in

Cirrus. The results of the Autumn Point Score

and Club Championship are still being decided.

As we reach the final weeks of sailing I’d like

to congratulate everyone who has participated

in the Junior Heron class this season. Enjoy the

break and I’ll see you all next season.

Katherine Spencer

Junior Heron Class Captain

Choppsy’s Seahorse with Caitlin and Allan Takacs. Photo from www.facebook.com/narrabeenlakessailingclub

Above: Caroline Takacs and crewed by Xenobia Elali. Below: Scarlett and Kate Sturwohld in Maximum Mischief. Photos from www.facebook.com/narrabeenlakessailingclub


Intermediate SpiralsWell it is hard to believe we are at the tail end of the season already. The Autumn Series Point Score is well underway with a clear top two emerging with James Crisp and Jordan Fazio-Nagy consistently sailing.

Lately we have had very large fleets sailing in the lunchtime Intermediate race with 10 or more boats regularly sailing. Along with our regulars we have also welcomed Alex James, Justin Lloyd, Tony Tsui and Craig Blair whose sons just completed the latest training. It is so good to see all these newest sailors participating and achieving good results.

Even better is to see the participation in the B Class afternoon race. These

sailors regularly include James and Jordan, along with Steven Deare, Joshua Clement Chum, Dylan Dooner and James Chan.

The last Learn to Sail course has just finished with around 12 juniors and 5 adults completing the training. It is so good to see the progression from week 1 to week 5 with growth in confidence and skill level very evident. Kamahl Narayan and Kim Cowell made a great team in Billy Blue, I hope we see them again. It was also good to see the younger adults Heath McSeveney, Daniel Whorlow and James Blair develop their sailing skills.

Thanks must go out to trainers Cathy Clapham, Andrew Hoy, Sophie Bredhauer and Dave McClean for their dedication and time to ensure these sessions are a success. Also thank you to the volunteers from

Jacquie Lindstrom, Daniel and Nick Train. Very close racing with the Intermediate Spirals. Photos by Jacquie Lindstrom.


Very close racing with the Intermediate Spirals. Photos by Jacquie Lindstrom.

the intermediate spirals Josh, Jordan

and Dylan and probably other who I

did not see. These people come every

week to do the heavy lifting- literally

moving boats and helping trainees in,

out and on the water. To Frank and

Kay Williams your organisational

skills in managing the training is

outstanding.

Those who attended the Trivia Night

organized by the Social Club had a

wonderful night. Our small table

consisting of some Spiral, NS and

Tasar sailors did very well to come

in second place, considering we were

outnumbered against the alcohol

assisted Heron table! We will come up

with a strategy for next year to level

the playing field and even the score –

look out!

Jacquie Lindstrom

Intermediate Spiral Class Captain

Deepak Biswal. Photo by Jacquie Lindstrom.


James Crisp. Mohammed Elali.

All photos this page by Jacquie Lindstrom.

Sol Crisp, James Crisp, James Chan, Jordan Fazio-Nagy, Josh Clement and Daniel Train.


Above: Steve Deare, battling the elements. Photo by Nick Brown. Below: Intermediate Spirals is the best next step from the Training Class. Photo by Margaret Brown.

42 UP THE RIVER – March / April 2020Straycat enjoying the magnificent new beach! Photo by Jason Liu.


CatamaranRecent Club EventsI have been hanging out at the Club a lot more lately, with a string of great events.

The Cats were well represented at the Trivia night with Jim Simpson showing off his new flame (Dagmar). He was so well behaved! The Ladies sparkled to help the CO2OL Cats to land a creditable 3rd place. Thanks to Silvana Levi, John Taylor, Garry Ormes, Jan Scotland, Dagmar & Jim, myself and Steve Levi (in order of questions answered) for a fun night. Thanks to Sonia & Craig and team for organising.

The Power boat handling course was a great success. We all jumped into a brand-new big rib under the Guidance of Wren from Australian Sailing. Ella Donovan took first lead, with Nicole

Williams, Sachi Clapham, Peng Chen and myself (Paul Scotland) up the river. We were going all the way… to the heads. We learnt so much and the weather was magnificent. Ella got the best pontoon docking award and Sachi the best rescue award. I think I got the hardest landing off a big wave award. Wren was very patient. I left pondering Wrens’ strong assertion that “Neutral is a Gear” and to be very wary of the “flesh eating machine”. Thanks to David Loring for organising.

The Greek Night was held in weather to rival the midday sun in Crete. We had all the usual fare as well as a new authentic Greek dessert. In true Greek style the attendees managed to “adZorba” the food and atmosphere with gusto. After some creative accounting the Greek debt became a creditable break even. Beaudiful!

Having a break at the Power Boat Training Course. (L to R)Sachi Clapham, Nicole Williams, Ella Donovan, Wren English, with Peng Chen (left photo) and Paul Scotland (right photo). Photos by Paul Scotland.


From Matthew Willis at the NSW Paper Tiger State Championships in January


Strange Cat Behavior On the 4th January the Festive series races were being held and the silly season was not quite over. Two or three Cats went out in a quickly rising breeze and promptly returned to shore before the start of the race. The rest stayed on shore. Forty minutes into the race and one could see the Cats on shore and all the mono-hulls happily enjoying the breeze. Arrh but the wise Cats had the last laugh as an almighty storm ripped through the fleet. All credit to the photographer on the day, as the photos tell the story. No Cat masts were sacrificed to the wind gods that day!

The GrapevineWord has it that Jonathon Talbot has bought a Paper Tiger. Looking forward to seeing you on the water soon with your see-through sail.

My faithful old Bonny Jane (Paper Tiger) has been sold to a new owner in Tweed Heads.

Should I mention the day Steve Levi was beaten over the line? Maybe, I would be gloating – It felt so good though!

Paul Scotland Catamaran Class Captain

Steve Levi in Wet Dreams. Photo by Margaret Brown.


Tasar & NS14It was a dark and stormy night;

...hang that;

It was a cold winter’s day in early March, the 14th to be precise. It was cold, wet, windy and rainy, and during the race it got colder, windier and rainier. Then the wind appeared to eased a bit, but the cold stayed.

The race was a reflection of the season for the NSs and Tasars; Just two starters, Twisted Sister with Sandra and her grandson Tim up front, and Unplugged with Duncan and daughter Alice as crew.

Nick Brown has looked at the results for the year and figuratively speaking, with some assumptions, the results depend on who sailed. Sandra often has to compete with Steve (her son) for either Tim or Ella. Wendy MacDonald, her long time crew, has been unavailable to sail. Duncan McRae has been known to purloined Ella or Tim, and so has Paul Gurr on Sling Shot when he races (regularly missing in action doing useful courses). Barry has missed quite a few races due to being OS at the start of the season, or by attending faraway non sailing events. His normal crew, Emma Richard, has been tied up with Guide activities, representative hockey and school

commitments. Barry has been lucky to have Oli Sturwold sail up front. He also missed a race or two due to trimming a fingernail with a machete instead of the branch of a fallen tree (note this is not a recommended practice, and should not be tried unless you have good eye sight and perfect coordination).

Similar situations have occurred with the Tasars. Nick Brown and Keith Leslie in Shoki have suffered from one or other being absent or making the more sensible choice of not sailing in the more extreme conditions. Graham Carrick and son Brendon sail occasionally, and often dust me off (strange term for sailors) but work keeps interfering with the sailing. John Bombell drops in occasionally with a family member as crew or Gary Patterson slaving up front. There has been a bit of creative management among some Tasar crews, swapping their roomy cockpits for the less spacious NS front position. Even a Spiral sailor (won’t mention your name Andrew Hoy) has been seen crewing an NS. No wonder Wayne Spencer, our handicapper, has a headache!


This season has had some quite windy to savage sailing conditions reminding me of my youth. Of screaming Skate days, hanging out on twin planks and rather exciting shy kite runs. I am not blaming Climate Change (yet) for these current conditions.

So I have successfully avoided talking about results in this report. I am sure Nick will compensate for this in his next report.

Good sailing to all –

Barry Roy

Oli Sturwohld crewing for Barry Roy. Photo by Nick Brown.


Above: Sandra Donovan with grandson Tim. Photo by Margaret Brown. Below: Another day, another skipper... Tim Donovan crewing for Duncan McRae. Photo by Nick Brown.


Above: Graham Carrick with son Brendon. Photo by Margaret Brown. Below: Duncan McRae with daughter Alice. Photo by Margaret Brown.


Above: John Bombell cracking along. Photo by Margaret Brown. Below: Nick Brown with Keith Leslie. Photo by Margaret Brown.


Above: Duncan McRae’s ‘Unplugged’. Photo by Jason Liu. Below: At the Official Opening of the Groyne. Photo by Jason Liu.


SpiralSpiral NSW State ChampionshipsVenue: Jervis Bay Sailing Club, Callala Bay

The weekend 7-8 March 2020 saw 15 Concord Ryde Spirals make their way down to Callala Bay where the hosts had promised an open water venue with steady breezes.

After the bushfires in the surrounding National Park, I was expecting many kilometres of blackened trees but to my surprise, I found that the bush was regenerating brilliantly, and the town of Callala Bay was untouched.

Willy Weather forecast fresh southerly winds for the Saturday afternoon races and much the same on Sunday morning. What the forecast didn’t tell us was how big the swell and chop was going to be! Unfortunately for some, this combination proved too much of a challenge and two boats were packed up early and returned to Sydney.

Saturday afternoon comprised three races of about 50 minutes each in winds which averaged 16-18 kts with gusts up to 25 kts and a steep chop that rose over 1.5 metres down at the bottom mark where the depth was shallower than the 8 metres over the balance of the course area. Most CRSC competitors who completed the three races returned to

the club absolutely exhausted and in a state of shock. Every race was full on, with a long upwind work through the huge chop followed by adrenalin fuelled reaches and square runs down and across the huge waves. If you stopped for a breather or lost concentration for one second – you were in for a swim – usually to windward. Needless to say – the top three results for Day One did not include any “gentle river sailors”.

Sunday morning from the Clubhouse looked considerably calmer than the day before but Willy Weather forecast the same again. The first race kicked off around 10.30 am in winds that averaged 14-16 kts with gusts up to 22 kts. Racing conditions, despite the slightly smaller chop, felt the same if not worse than the previous day as most competitors were nursing aching muscles and bruises from Races 1-3. Still can’t remember how we completed another three races in those conditions but will never forget the pure exhilaration of the fabulous rides downwind in the big seas.

Overall winner of the Open series and State Champion for the third year in a row was Shane Conly from Avalon Sailing Club. It was an emphatic win as he had to drop a 2nd as his worst race. The other podium places were filled by two of our own CRSC sailors being Chris Loring in second position and Peter Eslick in third. Other notable results from the fleet of 26 boats were as follows:


Renee Rawson – 1st Ladies Trophy

Luke Franklin – 1st Junior Trophy

Thom Hardman – 2nd Senior Trophy

Peter Eslick – 1st Great Grand Masters

David Bennett – 3rd Great Grand Masters

David McLean – 1st Handicap

David Bennett

The Winners. Photo by Helen Loring.


Above: Peter Bates in Day Tripper, with Jason Milburn in Riff. Below: Peter Bates. Photos by Margaret Brown.


Above: Spiral start earlier in February. Photo by Nick Brown. Below: A tight pack racing in January. Photo by Margaret Brown.

56 UP THE RIVER – March / April 2020Windy start earlier in the season. Photo by Nick Brown.

HeronWelcome to the 2nd half of the season and what an interesting season it’s been – bring on 2020-21! Unfortunately due to the Corona Virus Covid-19 the season has been cut short ending on the 21st March.

The festive trophy was won by Wayne and Kathryn Spencer in Cirrus 10157, The Australia Day trophy was won by Caroline Takacs in Hocus Pocus 10141 and the Ryde Games won by Chris Gildersleeve in Flying Circus 10246.

The Club Championship has been won by Allan and Luke Takacs in Choppsy’s Seahorse 10100, 2nd Steve Ella and Tim Donovan in Bluey 9422 and 3rd Wayne and Kathryn Spencer in Cirrus 10157.

The Club Championship H’cap won by Allan and Luke Takacs in Choppsy’s Seahorse 10100, 2nd Caroline Takacs in Hocus Pocus 10141 and 3rd Steve, Ella and Tim Donovan in Bluey 9422.

The Autumn Pointscore was won by Bob Hindley in Gotcha Covered 9628 2nd Wayne and Kathryn Spencer in Cirrus 10157 and 3rd Sonia Burwood in Sonal 9256. The Club Championship and Autumn point score have been decided as per our sailing instructions.

At Association level the National Tiles were sailed at Lake Cootharabra, Queensland in January with Chris and Olivia Loring in Icy Pole 10279 coming 6th, Steve and Ella Donovan

in Bluey 9422 coming 12th, and Kate and Scarlett Sturwohld in Maximum Mischief 9799 coming 23rd. Also the Junior State titles have been sailed at Narrabeen in February, I’ll leave these results for the Junior Herons. Well done to all who competed.

On a social note John, Riley and Brodie Burwood Windstalker 10249 won the best dressed Heron in the Australia Day Sail Past; Bob Hindley with special mention; the Heron table won at Trivia night (they were also the noisiest); and the Heron Class has had their themed dinner this year. We tried out New Orleans style although numbers were down it seemed to be enjoyed by all and was a great way to finish off the season (I would definitely suggest we do it again).

On behalf of all the skippers I would like to extend a big thank you to our crews for their hard work throughout the season, sometimes in difficult conditions and thankyou to the extras who have stepped in when a regular crew has been unavailable.

Thank you to the Heron class for the support that you have given me throughout the season. This has been my third season as Class Captain and the second time around and I feel it would be really good if someone else was to have a go. If you are interested and would like more information come and see me.

Stay well. Sonia Burwood Heron Class Captain

57Bob Hindley with flags a flying. Photo by Craig Burwood.


John Burwood with Riley and Brodie. Photo by Craig Burwood.

Scarlet and Kate Sturwohld. Photo by Margaret Brown.

Sail Past Organiser Sonia Burwood. Photo by Craig Burwood.


Firebug ClassWhile we have enjoyed some close racing, the season now abruptly terminated has been relatively quiet for the Firebug Class. Gum Leaf (Phil Sullivan), a regular participant for many years has not put in an appearance while after 14 years hard sailing White Dwarf is undergoing a well-deserved rebuild. Her skipper, Ross Venner used one of the Club boats, #1304 for much of the season. This boat, and her sister #1305, were the product of the building programme during the winter of 2018 and completed, (fiberglassed, painted and fitted out) at his home. The value of the class within the framework of the club is that they provide an excellent stepping stone for trainees to move into the racing fleet. In that light, we note that Luke Franklin has now joined his father, John in the Spiral class and his place in Gum Leaf has been taken with remarkable aplomb by his sister Tegan. With Thom Hardman and Luke, now sailing Spirals, we look the them to set a high standard that other graduates of the class can emulate in the future.

Both new boats were active during the school holiday sailing programme as was the older Red Bug #883. As a result of this programme, two young men, Riley and Jasper Coulter have continued sailing with the club and they have received follow-up training from Ross and Shane Greaves and are

showing considerable promise. If any skipper would be able to offer the boys an opportunity to crew, that would be much appreciated. Shane is a new member of the club, but a long time Firebug builder and sailor having built one of the earliest boats of the class at Gisborne in New Zealand. He is also an enthusiastic sailor of International Moths (non-foiling.)

At this point, the Club has four ‘Bugs in commission. One more, Shadow which was donated to the club late in 2019 and is awaiting fibreglass and painting while funds remain available for the construction of a sixth boat which would have been completed in the 2020 winter programme. The intention remains to complete the fleet with three boats painted blue and three painted red. It is hoped that this will encourage team racing and possibly interclub events using these highly manoeuvrable craft.

#1305 was delivered to the Club with a vertical stand of a new design. A video of this stand in use was posted on YouTube and interim plans have already been requested by Titahi Bay Sailing Club in New Zealand – Coals to Newcastle, to borrow an expression.

Another encouraging development is the arrival of #1198 Coccinella (Iain Duggan).

Building programme 2020 is now cancelledThanks to Covid 19, there can be no

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enthusiastic announcement of plans for the winter building programme. It had been intended that Jasper and Riley Coulter (See Firebug Class report) would build another Firebug using the funds raised through the Australian Sports Commission. Other members had also expressed interest in building either an International Moth or a Rainbow Scow. All these designs lend themselves to being constructed using CNC prepared kits saving a significant amount of time. A third project was the refurbishment of one of the Club’s

Herons, probably Billy Blue and Allan

Takacs had promised input to this task.

Greg Fryer was also interested in

continuing the successful sailmaking

programme run in 2019 and members

were discussing with Greg the sails they

would have liked to make. Pictures of

the Firebug sail made last winter for

Red Bug show the excellent quality that

was achieved under Greg’s leadership.

Ross Venner

Firebug Class Captain


STARTER AND RESCUE BOATSThank you to all members who have assisted us in the rescue boats, when one or two of our regulars have not been there.

Whilst we do have a core group of people for these roles, I will be asking those that have now just got their boat licences, whether they want to come out and put their new found skills to use.

Since the last report, there have been generally some consistent winds for good sailing, and some not so consistent, where the wind just could not make up its mind.

In addition, there was an extreme weather event, where the race was cancelled ahead of time based on weather and Authority’s predictions. This was the first time that I can remember in the 40 odd years that I have been a member of the Club, where we made a decision in advance of getting to the Club. This did raise some concerns about how to manage the process of notification in advance of a regular sailing day, under these extreme weather conditions. The Management Committee has decided that this is an issue that is to be addressed by the Race Committee, in preparation for next season.

In contradiction to that weather

event, there was one almighty blow

up one afternoon on February 8,

where we started in a relatively calm

wind, however shortly after the race

started, this squall basically came in

from nowhere and blew through the

fleet at approx. 37 knots and virtually

total rain whiteout. While a wind

increase was predicted for later in

the afternoon, it was not predicted

to come in like it did. Thank you

to all those sailors that made the

sensible decision to pull out, without

direction. The rescue boat crews,

could not really see anything well

that afternoon during the squall.

Thank you for those that assisted in

the rescue boats that afternoon.

Whilst there are only a few races

left to the season (and maybe even

less if the Covid-19 virus situation

worsens), we are looking forward to

the start of the next season already, so

if you know anyone who has a family

member that wants to participate

and become one of our team, please

get them to come and talk to either

myself, or any of the other team

members.

Keep the wind at your back.

Craig Burwood

CRSC PRO

UP THE RIVER – March / April 202062 Ron Bolton and PRO Craig Burwood. Photo by Margaret Brown.

UP THE RIVER – March / April 2020 63Ron Bolton and PRO Craig Burwood. Photo by Margaret Brown.

Craig Burwood and Ron Bolton battling the high seas for our safety. Perhaps an umbrella wasn’t the best choice? Photos by Nick Brown.

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Above: Bob Hindley taking a break from his Heron for the afternoon to help on the rescue boat. Below Left: Rob Burwood waiting for a break in the rain. Below Right: Craig Burwood being very careful on the ramp. Photos by Nick Brown.

MEMBERSHIP REPORT FOR THE 2019-20 SEASON

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At the start of this season we

introduced a RevSPORT automatic

invoice generation system for

members. Invoices were emailed to

members based on their personal

and participation details at the end of

the 2018-19 season.

It worked well, with members finding

it simpler to use because they had

to key in less information and will

certainly be used in 2020-21.

MEMBERSHIP STATS• At the time of writing this report

we had 232 members, a growth in

membership of 18x this season.

69% of members are male and 31%

are females. The average member

age is 38 which includes trainees.

• 73 new members joined CRSC

this season

• 4 of these members are temporary

(Sail Pass), members who are

authorised to sail a club boat for

1 to 4 weeks while considering a

return to regular sailing

Membership by category – Adult members 148

– Under18 / Full time students 84

Total 232

Included in the above numbers are: – Life members 13 – Non sailing &

Associate members 14 – Intermediates 14 – Trainees 68 – Temporary (Sail Pass) members 4

Membership by residential address – Putney 20– Ryde & West Ryde 19– Concord & Concord West 16– Castle Hill 14 – Greystanes 10– Carlingford 9– Seven Hills 9– Baulkham Hills 7– Other suburbs 136

• 26 members have boats stored in the club

• 5 members leased Club owned boats: one Tasar, one Heron and 3 Spirals.

It was a very good year for both membership and training, with an encouraging increase in the number of trainees who have continued to sail at the Club after their course ended and convinced other members of their family to join.

David Loring Registrar

MEMBERSHIP REPORT FOR THE 2019-20 SEASON


MS GONG RIDE

First I would like to thank Nicole for placing a small report on my Gong Ride in the last UTR Magazine.

The actual day of the Gong Ride was beautiful, not too hot, nor too cold, and the second year I had used my new 30 gear cross city bike. The added gears did make the ride seem easier, even coming out through the Royal National Park to the panoramic view down the Wollongong coast. The extra gears sort of help compensate for the added year older.

The hardest, soul breaking hill for me is the one after the Sea Bridge, but I managed with the granny gear at the front and the biggest gear at the back... phew. One disturbing situation is when one is struggling up an incline and some much younger rider peddling madly flies past as if he (mostly he’s) is flying down hill.

Refreshing at my last stop near Scarborough on a somewhat over ripe soft banana, I headed off down past the beaches, using the provided gears so I didn’t need to walk up the post-beaches hills, along the beach tracks and roads to the finish, at the last stubborn bit near the finish. It took me a bit less than five hours end to end, including an ice cream stop, and a few panorama stops.

I enjoyed the ride immensely, and plan to enlist for the 2020 event in November.

For those at CRSC who just may be interested in putting their cardiovasculars to the challenge , we have until May to register. It would be great if Club members were interested and we could form a CRSC team. Please let me know.

Thank you, Barry Roy


BLAST FROM THE PAST Photos from Greg Fryer from Concord Ryde VJs 1969-74www.vauclusejunior.wordpress.com/concord-ryde-sailing-club-vj-photos-1969-74/

Above: CRSC VJ 1970 CRSC October 1963 Uhrs Point Regatta. Below: Rob Lowndes CRSC October 1963 Uhrs Point Regatta.


‘Astron’ launching at CRSC Jan 1973 with Scott Ramsey’s VJ ‘Regal’ on the right.

1970 Greg Fryer, Robert Wood and Craig Fryer rigging Manly Junior ‘Mystic II’.

CRSC 1972-73: Craig Fryer and David France launching Manly Junior ‘Kylie Tri’.


Above: CRSC March 1970: Craig Fryer holds the boat while Robert Lowndes and Greg Fryer fit the rudder. Below: CRSC March 1970: Underway for the first time in ‘Mystic II’ with Greg Fryer steering and Craig Fryer crewing.

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Above: ‘Time’ skippered by Col Kendrick under spinnaker in the building noreaster heads towards Majors buoy.

CRSC VJs drift with the tide on a hot summer’s day in a light westerly waiting for the nor-easter to arrive.

Above: Advance II Glen Crichton and Robert Wood on a tight reach. Below: Advance II crosses the finishing line close to the CRSC clubhouse.

DOUBLE TAKE #2

DID YOU KNOW...?Doldrums – (boredom) There is a belt of calm close to the equator known as the doldrums. Sailing ships that cross the doldrums roll in the ocean swells with little wind, making sailors frustrated and bored as they become stuck and unable to make progress. In real life... a period or mood of inactivity, listlessness, or mild depression.Source: www.wordsmyth.net/?rid=12176 and Seafaring Words in Everyday Speech (thanks to Ross Venner)

Tim Moors taking a dip. Photo by Margaret Brown.

Oh David Loring! From fun sailing weekends of Australia Day Festivities to partying alone with your special friends! Corona has a lot to answer for...!

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