South Australian Radio Yacht Association

2013 Racing Reports

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RM Interclub1  RM Interclub2  RM Interclub3 RM Interclub4 A State  Gunwale   Whitrod IOM Classic   KM IOM Challenge   IOM State Championship  10R State Title  RM State Championship  Bournville Cup  Laser Aus Championship
 

IOM State Championship

While the Saturday was a bit of a fizzer with the wind dropping out completely in the afternoon, the 24 yachts in two fleets enjoyed a well run and incident free event.  Sunday was a much better day with just a few fleet races then due to drop outs back to one fleet for most of the sailing.  The winds were top of 'A' rig and those few who tried their 'B' rig found the down wind section their downfall.  The top three Andrew R, Scott C and Rob K were clearly ahead of the fleet especially in the stronger winds on Sunday.  Thanks to Greg, Graham and other helpers for their efforts in running the event.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Whitrod Classic

Well done Scott who sailed consistently over the day with winds varying from 6/8 knots early to 15 knots or so later in the day.  The event was run efficiently by Greg and his team.  The sailors enjoyed the conditions and the racing was conducted in a friendly manner with minimal issues.

 

 

 

 

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KM IOM Challenge

It was tough day on Sunday with winds around 20 Knots and gusting above.  'C' rigs were used almost exclusively.  The conditions took their tole on the fleet with many yacht revealing issues in the stressful conditions.  Brett was by far the most consistent sailor and handled the conditions exceptionally well both up and down wind.  Sean was also very competitive while Graham well deserved his third spot.  Thanks to ARCYRC for the event and Gregg for PRO.

 

 

 

 

 

plc	Name	State	Design	Sail No	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
1	Brett Osborn	SA	V8	79	15	1	2	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	5
2	Sean Wallis	WA	Panko	192	28	2	1	dnf	2	1	4	2	4	dnf	1	5	4	1	2	3	1
3	Graham Ingerson	SA	Goth	186	38	3	4	2	5	4	2	3	3	2	5	2	2	4	4	6	3
4	John Johnson	SA	Goth	85	48	4	8	9	6	5	3	5	2	3	4	4	3	3	dnf	4	2
5	Ben Morris	SA	SKA	96	50	5	7	5	4	2	5	4	6	4	3	3	7	7	3	2	4
6	Ron Parker	SA	V7	168	73	6	5	3	8	8	7	6	7	5	6	dnf	5	5	5	5	dnf
7	Steve Lucas	SA	Widget	77	90	7	10	7	10	10	6	8	8	6	7	dnf	6	6	6	7	6
8	Phil Scapens	SA	Widget	92	139	dnf	6	6	7	9	8	dns	5	dnf	8	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns
9	Scott Mitchell	SA	Ice Breaker	41	151	dns	3	4	3	6	dns	dns	dns	dnf	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns
10	Alan Gold	SA	SKA	36	156	dnf	11	8	9	7	9	7	dns	dnf	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns
11	Norm Wallis	SA	Reggae	91	189	dns	9	dnf	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns
12	Rob Cameron	SA	V8	13	195	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns
13	John Amber	SA	Ice Breaker	31	195	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns
14	Alex Scapens	SA	Ice Breaker	89	195	dnf	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns

 

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RM State Championship

Conditions varied thro the day starting Northerly 15-20 and ending up NE about 5-8 knots

Patrick was clearly the best with a close tussle between Paul and Ben.

The day ran very smoothly with Jonno, Graham and Phillip maintaining the days sailing and scoring. 

The regular breaks of a good 10 mins or so allowed competitors to have the time to relax, have a drink and regroup for the next bout of racing.

 

 

 

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Bournville Cup

Another great day with gentle winds from the NE swinging to the SE for the last hour or so.  Well done to Paul for taking out the Bournville for 2013

 

 

 

 

See more images on the web at https://picasaweb.google.com/SARadioYA/2013RMStateBournville

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RM Interclub Challenge 1 - Patawalonga

A great day at the Pat with gentle winds 6-12k and not too hot.   The event was run well with the handicap system working effectively .  All sailors enjoyed the day and really had no complaints as they were aware of the way the handicaps changed. Thanks to Johno and Graham for their organisation in setting courses adjusting handicaps and scoring.  Rob G also helped out with courses.
The Pat sailors showed their talent with Greg being very consistent throughout the day.  Brian P did very well surviving the whole day and sailing well

Adelaide Radio Control Yacht Racing Club  13-Mar-2013 (Race 1 in RM Interclub M Challenge)
Place	Names	Sail No	Points	Club	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	PURVIS  Brian	97	70	SARYC	70	11	1	5	12	2	7	1	8	4	4	9	6
2	PEAKE  Greg	97	70	ARCYRC	70	5	6	2	6	5	12	3	4	6	7	12	2
3	INVERARITY  John	151	71	ARCYRC	71	4	8	1	2	8	8	11	12	5	4	5	3
4	GOLD  Alan	26	75	SARYC	75	12	4	6	5	4	6	8	5	3	12	3	7
5	COCKSHELL  Mal	72	81	SMYC	81	6	5	10	10	1	3	9	2	9	8	6	12
6	MORRIS  Ben	85	81	SMYC	81	2	2	3	4	10	9	7	3	11	10	11	9
7	MITCHELL  Scott	79	83	ARCYRC	83	1	7	7	dns	7	10	2	6	8	2	8	10
8	GERRARD  Jeff	47	86	SMYC	86	9	12	8	7	12	2	10	1	7	11	2	5
9	KNIGHTS  David	63	86	SMYC	86	3	9	9	9	11	5	12	13	1	3	7	4
10	THACKER  Arthur	32	92	SARYC	92	7	10	12	11	9	1	13	11	10	6	1	1
11	AMBER  John	83	95	ARCYRC	95	dns	dns	4	1	3	11	4	10	13	1	10	8
12	DOWSETT  Ian	42	95	SARYC	95	8	3	11	8	6	4	6	9	12	13	4	11
13	van den BOK  Adrian	64	112	SMYC	112	10	11	13	3	13	13	5	7	2	9	13	13
14	HANCOCK  R	1	175	ARCYRC	175	13	13	14	dns	dns	dnc	dnc	dnc	dnc	dnc	dnc	dnc
Score for dns, dnf etc ~ 15
			Pos	Clubs	Tot		NB Totals are of best 4 yachts from each club
			1	ARCYRC	319
			2	SARYC	332
			3	SMYRC	334

 

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RM Interclub Challenge 2 - Stirling

Congratulations to Stirling for taking out the 2nd RM Interclub.  Conditions were trying, exacerbated by a lack of wind and a complex scoring system that delayed starts while new handicaps were produced and related to skippers.  A big thanks tho to Jeff and Terry for coming to grips with the handicap system. Thanks to all who made the trip to Woorabinda.

        

Well done scorers!

Stirling Marblehead Yacht Racing Club  7-Sep-2013 (Race 1 in M Interclub M Challenge)
Place	Names	Sail No	Club	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	MORRIS  Ben	68	SMYRC	16	1	2	1	4	5	3
2	COCKSHELL  Malcom	73	SMYRC	28	7	4	7	2	6	2
3	DOWSETT  Ian	42	SARYC	32	11	3	9	1	7	1
4	CASTON  Steve	95	SMYRC	33	12	1	2	10	1	7
5	WATSON  Jeff	66	SARYC	33	2	7	3	8	4	9
6	PURVIS  Brian	97	SARYC	33	6	6	4	5	8	4
7	GOLD  Alan	26	SARYC	37	5	10	5	9	2	6
8	van den BOK  Adrian	64	SMYRC	39	3	8	6	11	3	8
9	WATSON  Bob	50	SARYC	45	9	5	8	3	9	11
10	NEUBAUER  Bill	93	SARYC	56	8	12	10	6	10	10
11	LUCAS  Steve	173	SARYC	57	10	11	dns	7	11	5
12	LEVI  Phillip	191	SMYRC	65	4	9	dns	dns	dns	dns
Score for dns, dnf etc ~ 13
		Pos	Club	Score
	Overall Results for	1	SMYRC	116
	best 4 yachts	2	SARYC	135

 

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RM Interclub Challenge 3 Paris Creek

Not held in 2013

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RM Interclub Challenge 4 West Lakes

Congrats to Stirling for taking out the last Interclub championship for 2013!  This gives Stirling the series win for 2013 and reflects the intensity of racing at Stirling (despite the winds) and the improvement shown across the club.  Well done Stirling Club.
Thanks also need to go to Trevor and Brian for running the program during the day.  While the handicapping system needs more work on the mechanics of the operation, it looks promising as the way to go in future for this event.

 

 

South Australian Radio Yacht Club  24-Nov-2013 (Race 3 in RM Interclub M Challenge)
Place	Names	Sail No	Points	Dis - cards	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	MORRIS  Ben	68	47	0	47	5	2	dsq	1	10	1	6	3	5	1
2	LEVI  Philip	191	49	0	49	6	1	6	2	7	2	4	dnf	3	5
3	GOLD  Alan	26	51	0	51	8	6	7	8	1	9	1	5	4	2
4	WATSON  Jeff	66	51	0	51	3	3	9	6	5	3	5	7	2	8
5	COCKSHELL  Malcom	73	56	0	56	7	11	1	3	6	6	10	1	8	3
6	DOWSETT  Ian	42	56	0	56	1	8	3	4	3	5	dns	6	6	7
7	CASTON  Steve	95	62	0	62	4	9	4	7	8	7	3	dnf	1	6
8	INVERARITY  John	151	68	0	68	10	5	5	12	2	8	8	4	10	4
9	BOWDEN  Kevin	21	87	0	87	2	12	8	5	12	11	7	8	dnf	9
10	NEUBAUER  Bill	93	88	0	88	11	7	11	10	4	10	2	dnf	7	dnf
11	THACKER  Arthur	97	91	0	91	9	10	dnf	11	9	4	9	2	11	dnf
12	LUCAS  Steve	36	106	0	106	12	4	10	9	11	12	dns	dns	9	dnf
Score for dns, dnf etc ~ 13
	SARYC						STIRLING
	Alan  Gold	3	51		Ben Morris				1		47
	Jeff Watson	4	51		Philip Levi				2		49
	Ian Dowsett	6	56		Malcom Cockshell				5		56
	John Inverarity	8	68		Steve Caston				7		62
		21	226						15		214

 

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A State Titles

Well done SEHMYC for resurrecting the 'A' class state event and congratulations to Phillip

The South Eastern Hills Model Yacht Club  14-Sep-2013 (Race 1 in A State Title)
Place	Names	Sail No	State	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	SCAPENS  Philip	15	SA	13	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1
2	MARTIN  David	09	SA	31	4	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	2
3	SMITH  Terry	71	SA	33	2	3	2	4	1	1	2	dnf	dns	dns
4	TUOHY  Bob	49	SA	37	3	4	4	2	5	5	4	4	3	3
5	PENNIFOLD  Brian	84	SA	39	5	5	5	5	3	4	5	1	2	4
Underlined values are discards.  Score for dns, dnf etc ~ 6

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Gunwale Interclub all boats

see report on ARCYRC web site

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10R State Title

Well done Alan he certainly picked the rig for the afternoon and sailed consistently well all day.  The breeze (wind) kept well up in the 15-20 knots with gusts well over 20.  The conditions took their toll on the competitors and tested all fittings to their limits.  Brian sailed well as always and may well have taken out another trophy if his yacht and his strength could have lasted the day.  He is always the one to beat in the ten raters!

 

Left to right Brian P, Alan G, Ben M

 

 

 

South Australian Radio Yacht Club  13-Oct-2013 (Race 1 in 10R State Title)
Place	Names	Sail No	State	Points	Dis - cards	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
1	GOLD  Alan	51	SA	27	7	20	3	2	4	3	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	MORRIS  Ben	157	SA	36.4	10	26.4	2	3	2	1	3	2	1	2	2	dnf	3	rdg	2	2	2
3	PURVIS  Brian	87	SA	49	14	35	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	dns	3	2	2	ret	dnf	dns	dns
4	THACKER  Arthur	176	SA	95	14	81	4	4	3	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns
5	INVERARITY  John	151	SA	99	14	85	5	5	5	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns
6	BACKLER  Ian	41	SA	105	14	91	dnf	dnf	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns	dns
Underlined values are discards.  Score for dns, dnf etc ~ 7

 

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RC Laser Australian Championship

Congratulations Scott - what a champion sailor!  In fact the SA sailors did very well considering the small fleet and minimum training by most of them.  Congratulations to ARCYRC for again hosting an important event at the Pat venue and a big thanks to the helpers who made it happen.

 

See a detailed report of the event beneath the result grid below

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2013 Australian RC Laser Championships.
Hosted by the Adelaide Radio Control Yacht Racing Club Inc.
Held at the Patawalonga. Glenelg North, South Australia.
A Race Officer's point of view. 

Twenty four competitors started the series with a light north to northwest breeze. 

Over the two days of sailing the competitors used 'A' and 'B' rigs at various times with 'B' rigs being used for about three-quarters of the racing. Due to the number of entries the Heat Management System 2013 was used with two fleets being sailed both days and only one boat dropping out. 

I was very pleased with the spirit in which the series was sailed. During the 14 races (28 heats) there were only a few occasions that frustrations were evident but all disputes were settled on the water negating the need for any protests to be brought before the protest committee. 

At the briefing a few eyebrows were raised when it was announced that Rule 31, touching a mark, was deleted for this event. This change came about at the suggestion of a radio sailor of some years who has always said it was a victimless crime. The race committee considered the merits of this change and following a resent trial at our Club we decided that we should 'give it a go'. Of the 24 skippers at this series, I did not hear a word against it. In fact a couple of skippers commented that they felt it was beneficial even though it did slow the boat down if you touched a mark. By deleting rule 31 we did not need as many volunteers and the judges we did have could concentrate on boat contacts and other infringements. I would urge all Clubs to conduct a trial of dropping rule 31. One day someone may move to delete it altogether! 

On the Saturday night a barbecue was held at the sailing venue which was attended by some 40 people, including all competitors as well as those wives who travelled from interstate to support their sailing husbands. A lot of talking took place during the evening as it was a good opportunity to catch up with old friends and competitors from interstate. 

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the winners of the competition, specifically, Scott Mitchell (SA), Scott Fleming (Vic) and George Fish (TAS).  I was particularly impressed with the performance of the South Australian contingent of the fleet, particularly as there is not a large racing RC Laser sailing group in this State. This may be a good sign for the future.

 John Johnson.

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