Stevo’s Blog, June 4

Hi again !!

Tomorrow Wednesday the 5th looks a bit blowey and a possible strong wind warning to be issued. We’ll keep a watch.

Last Sunday was an Interclub Bay Challenge that saw 6 MYC yachts on the water with Ocean Warrior 1st, New Tricks 2nd, Tanu 3rd, Spartan 4th=, Sea Bass 4th= and DNS, Blue Eagle after the completion of two races. Blue Eagle withdrew before the start with headsail damage and Spartan had some spinnaker problems and retired after the first race. Well done everybody.

This weekend sees the 23rd Australasian Etchells Championship with 29 boats entered. This regatta will be interesting with entries from all over Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. Tom Slingsby has entered having been an American Cup representative and recently to date, the Sail GP representing Australia winning the first two rounds in Sydney and San Francisco. Our local hero, James Hodgson has teamed up with Trevor Martin  and Taylor Rodgers to represent the MYC. James recently had a win in the Arafura Cup in Darwin and 3rd in the Nations Cup in San Francisco placing him 20th overall in the world match racing circuit.

Also thanks for your feed back to my question last week. I will report the answers to the Executive at the next meeting. Interesting ??

Cheers Stevo