Win two grands worth of electonics - and have fun at the same time!

Another race for multihulls - and this one with some really good prizes from B&G electronics!

Hi Everyone,

The B&G Big Bay Challenge is on again from the 21^st – 22^nd March 2014.

The Big Bay Challenge is a 20hr overnight race that starts from the RMYS tower at 2000hrs on Friday 21^st and boats sail laps of the course until 1600hrs on Saturday 22^nd. The boat that sails the furthest according to their handicap wins.

This year we have added a Multihull Division to the mix and boats will be scored on OMR, as they were at the Festival of Sails this year.

B&G always give fabulous prizes away including wind, depth and speed packages valued at $1,999ea for first place.

Entry this year is $65pp and includes a crew present as well as a “Pot and Parma” presentation dinner on the Saturday night.

Please follow the below link to read the NOR, fill in your category 4 safety declaration and enter online.

http://www.rmys.com.au/assoc_page.cgi?c=0-9937-0-0-0&sID=322901

Entry closes on Friday 14^th March.

We hope to see you on the entry list.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards,

Allicia Rae

Sailing Administrator

Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron

Office: 9534 0227

M: 0415 111 261

E: racing@rmys.com.au

Sailing Instructions out for Geelong ... dinner invitation ... and late entry fee dropped!

The SIs for the Festival of Sails (Geelong Week) are out: http://festivalofsails.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/FoS-SI-2014_FINAL.pdf

The multis have our first race on Tues 21st (Geelong-Melbourne passage race), then 2 races at Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron on Wed, layday Thursday, the big Melb-Geelong passage race on Fri, one longer race at Geelong on Saturday and two races on Sunday.

We are putting on a dinner for all multihullers at Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron on Tuesday night - $35 for a two course buffet. All skippers who have entered should have received an email invitation to this already - please make your bookings soon as this really assists the caterers. And if you are not sailing in the regatta, come along anyway - all MYCV members are welcome (contact me for more info on 0419 280 322)!

As an added bonus, if you are still considering entering, the late fees have been dropped ...

Festival of Sails - late fees apply for entries after this Friday

Just a reminder - if you're planning to do the Festival of Sails regatta at Geelong and haven't entered yet, get your entry in before midnight this Friday to avoid late fees.

Peccadillo @ BYS after Boxing Day Dash (but no cash for this team)

Milang Goolwa Freshwater Classic

The Goolwa Regatta Yacht Club is running The Marina Hindmarsh Island Milang Goolwa Freshwater Classic and Regatta, open to off-the-beach and trailerable multis. For details go to www.goolwaregattaweek.com.au

ORCV BOXING DAY DASH (STATION PIER TO BLAIRGOWRIE) OPEN TO MULTIS

The ORCV's annual Boxing Day Dash race from Station Pier to Blairgowrie is open to multihulls for the first time. Start is 10:30 am on Boxing Day. Its a fun race, so would be great to get a few multis in! Go to http://orcv.org.au/index.php/sailing/races/boxingday-dash-cock-of-the-bay for more details.

Entries close 18 December but they will probably take late entries for a few days after that!

Festival of Sails entry list 2014 - 12 so far

Early bird (that is ... DISCOUNT!) registration for Festival of Sails closes on 30th November

Hi all. Early bird registration for the Festival of Sails finishes on 30th November - this Saturday. So enter before then and save $50! Your Committee has put a lot of effort into getting a great seven race program for multis this year, so we are looking for plenty of multis to support the event in January. Race entry has been kept the same as last year and this is for seven races - there were only four races last year, so the value is pretty fair.

Looking forward to seeing as many of our members there as possible, plus any other multis we can attract (please encourage any multi owners you know who are not members to come along too).

Cheers, Charles Meredith (Commodore)

Round Phillip Island Race 7th December - from Tom Boschma

On Saturday 7th December 2013 the Newhaven Yacht Squadron is running the annual round Phillip Island race. While the race has been for club members in keel boats (and some larger TS boats) last year's interest by some multihull skippers has propted the NYS to open up this event to any westernport club members and to mulithulls.

 

The requirements are- Declaration of Cat 4, GPS position reports over VHF every 2 hours, e-perb, min 2 crew.

 

The race starts in the morning just after low tide (to get under bridge) in Cleeland Bight, and finishes at the starboard mark in the Newhaven channel. If the weather is strong, skippers can elect to do instead the "half Island" race which stays inside Westernport , down to McHaffies reef and back. Multis from Hastings can get an overnight berth in the marina (must apply first- and fold floats in)

 

The NOR, Sailing instructions and application form are all on the NYS web site. Entry is $18. We need three multis to form a division. One is already in. NYS has not organised any prizes as it does not know if there will be any interest. This race is the most prestigious event of the season.

 

Could interested skippers let me know so I can keep NYS worded up? Thanks Tom Boschma Member NYS and MYCV tomboschma@yahoo.com.au

Multihull Yacht Club of Victoria on Facebook

MYCV also has a presence on Facebook.  You can find the MYCV facebook page here:

https://www.facebook.com/MultihullYachtClubOfVictoria

and the MYCV facebook group is here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/308185472657285/