FFI-V November 2019 Bulletin

• Ossie McCutcheon Trophy regatta Wrap Up.
• Calendar dates 2019-2020 FFI-V Season and Next Worlds.
• 58^th Australian Championships Notice of Race issued.
• Ian Rainey appointed as next State Measurer for Victoria.
• FFI-V Membership Renewal is now due for 2019-2020 season.
• 2021 Worlds & 59^th Australian Championships, Freemantle, WA.

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This year the Ossie McCutcheon Trophy regatta was sailed at Davey’s Bay Yacht Club on Port Phillip on the weekend of 26th & 27th October 2019. The Ossie Mac regatta is organised by Flying Fifteen International - Victoria as a coaching regatta before the State and National championships. We would like to thank Gavin Dagley
once again for coaching this year, the feedback on Gavin every year is
overwhelmingly positive.

Although Gavin coaches both days of the regatta, competitors have five scheduled races over two sessions on one of the days. This allows us flexibility to get the races in on the day with the best conditions. Due to a heavy Northerly wind and swell on Saturday we stayed ashore and Gavin tailored a coaching session with group discussion and video examples. It was great to see some familiar faces from neighbouring clubs come and learn on Saturday, hopefully we can convert that to more entries next year.

On Sunday the seven boats raced in abating North-westerly winds, challenging competitors with shifts and pressure variances across the course. The key was being able to make the most while the pressure was on but change gears for the afternoon lack of pressure and difficult swell.

Lewis Davies and John Radnell in The Flying Flamingo 3890 took home the silverware for a third year in a row with three bullets and two seconds. Stephen Fries and Richard Machin in Surprise by GIVERAUS 3651 travelled from Sandringham for the regatta and performed strongly all day, finishing second overall with a bullet in race two. Stephen and Richard will be even more dangerous in Queensland and the Worlds in Fremantle with the arrival of their new boat. The morning conditions favoured the larger crews who were powered up while others depowered, but that didn’t stop Handicap Trophy winners Shane Davies and James Owen-Smith securing a fourth place in race 4 in their Silver boat Ffidelity 3238 (with a nice new Irwin jib too).

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The Flamingo boys did well to maintain pace in the lighter afternoon conditions but were stunned by Dale Collings and Wayne Fallows in Aussie Falcon 3930 who sped away in the final work and had ten boat-lengths in the bank at the end of race five.

Tim Cobb and Anton Tibbits in the Classic Affrodite 962 travelled from Apollo Bay for the regatta, a huge effort from them and always a pleasure hosting our visiting yachties.

For the full results Click here to open from the FFI-V website Results 2019-2020 page.

Finally, the committee would like to thank Gavin Dagley again for coaching, and Davey’s Bay Yacht Club with their volunteers and Commodore Sue Thompson for hosting the event and warm hospitality. We look forward to holding more FFIV events at Davey’s Bay in future seasons.

See you next at Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron in January!

John Radnell - FFIV Committee

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Calendar dates for the 2019-2020 FFI-V season. 

Cairn Curran Regatta, Cairn Curran SC, 23 & 24^th November 2019

AUS Championships, Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, 12 to 18 Jan 2020

FFI-V State Championships, Mornington Yacht Club, 28 & 29^th Mar 2020

2020-2021 Season               59^th AUS Championships, Perth, 5^th to 11^th, Feb 2021

2021 World Championships, Australia, Perth, 12^th to 19^th, Feb 2021

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The 58th Australian Championships will be 12^th to 18^th January 2020 from the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron. The Notice Of Race has issued and a link to this can be found on the RQYS events online Registration page. You will need to “REGISTER” online to enter. (Click on the underlined titles above to go direct to that web page)

We are looking forward to:

• Welcome Social on Saturday 12^th
• 6 Days of Racing including an Invitational Race
• AGM on the Wednesday
• Lay Day on Thursday
• 2-Course Sit-Down Presentation Function on Saturday 18^th
• On-Site Camp Grounds
• World-Class Facilities
• Entries received BEFORE 19 December 2019 will include 2x Presentation Tickets and 2x Regatta T-Shirts
• Crane and Launching Ramp options for daily launching

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After what must seem like a lifetime as the Victorian State Measurer Bob Beard has handed over the reigns (excuse the pun) to Ian Rainey.

If you are in the Melbourne area and need sails measured you can still contact Cam Taylor on 0408 998 190 (email: cam@taylorclan.com.au).

We are still looking for additional measurers so if you are interested in learning what is involved phone Cam Taylor for details.

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The 2019-2020 season FFI-V Membership Fees are now due.

Go to our FFI-V website (click on underlined title) then go to the Membership page.

At the bottom of this page you will find a link to REGISTER or RENEW

        To pay by Credit Card use these links to renew your membership online.

        To pay by direct transfer or cheque download a membership form

                 from the bottom of the Membership page.

For Online renewal you will need to use your Australian Sailing number
as previously advised to FFI-V.

You need to be a registered Owner or Primary Owner before 13^th November 2019 (allows 2 days for FFI-V to pass on to FFI-A) to have a vote at the FFI-Australia AGM at the Australian Championships.
If you have any issues with this please contact Dale Collings on 0415 595754.

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No time to do those repairs or maintenance to your Flying Fifteen. Call John Manning for professional quality repairs to hulls, keels and rigging.  John has been doing this part time for many years but is now retired so happy to take on more of this work.  John has worked on many Mornington and Davey’s Bay boats in the past with many satisfied customers.  Call John Manning on 0412 480 866 or email to ja-manning@bigpond.com

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The 2021 World Championships regatta including the 59^th Australian Championships will be sailed on the protected open waters off Freemantle, Perth, Western Australia from 5^th to 19^th February 2021.

Click here to go to the Event Website.    Click here to view the Preliminary Advise with all the dates and Useful Links.

Click here to see promotional videos on the event and locations.

Click here to link to the event Facebook and to Subscribe to their Newsletters.

From Dale Collings

On Behalf of FFI-V