Hi there,

It appears we are going to have 3 on the water and another soon.

Damo, Brett and David please check mossie website, I will update calendar to list where I was planning to sail.

And let me know what suggestions you have as to trying to sail together where possible.

I am giving the RQYS Green Island Marathon a run this Saturday and then want to get down to Southport and sail with Brett.

Is David the mossie that made it out to Samsonvale for the New Years Regatta?, saw it in the results.

Unfortunately could not make it this year.

Very possible. I carnt remember the name of Davids boat I just remember its red and putchased from NSW.

hi drew
where is it posible to view the calendar and how do we and events to this
i am in the prosess of getting insurance and club membership at southport but i would like to sail at other clubs

Hi Drew.
Yes that was me rtat sailed at lake Samsonvale.I sail at lake Wyvenhoe,We sail on the first and second saturday of each month.Getting together too sail with other mossie sailors would be good.
I have ear marked the Peel island marathon and the Wyvenhoe winter marathon for this year ,both worth attending.
David.1724

hi dave
my name is brett
i will be trying to get together with drew , damien , and your self to sail to some events
if your local club has any good events or you know of any please let all of us know
i would be good to get all 4 mosquitos sailing together
at the monent i getting the insurance and southport membership paper work done
i know that the southport club is very busy at the monent due to the world F18 NARCA titles

Hi Drew and Brett.
I see that you both sailed at SYC on Saturday.How were the conditions,It looked like a reasonably good turn out.
I was sailing at Wyvenhoe on the same day.Our second race was abandoed due to extreme weather.We will all get together soon.along with Damo "hoping the build is progressing well."
Dave 1724.

hi dave
it was my first race on the mosquito on saturday at southport
we had two races
race one
we were late to the start by about 10 minutes due to some rigging issues we ended up beating one cat and only about two minutes behind another two cats

race two
had a good start
by the top mark in third place and with some bad tacking we finished in 5 th
drew 1635 helped with some rigging advice which was very helpful
damien 1820 was there helping us rig you boat which was a realy big help becaues with out his help we would have been 20 minutes behind the start
damien is very keen to get his mosquito running now because us three are now sailing and he was talking to other people at the club and it seems to be more people seriously considering mosquitos
drew is trying to set up a calendar for us QLD mosquitos to race together
if we can get 5 or 6 mosquitos at a club day we may have you own division
there is no cat sailing at southport for 3 weeks do know if there is any sailing at your club soon
thanks

Hey guys,

great to hear you are getting some Mossies together. If Drew's enthusiasm is anything to go by, you will keep building.

How about for something to keep you going over this winter, you all plan to do do the Wildcat Regatta at Forster (NRL Grand Final weekend) and a few Vics could make the big road trip up to join you.

Wildcat regatta here we come!!!

i am unsure about this regatta could you tell me any info about this and how many mosquitos you expect to turn up
i think i would like to attend
thanks

Hi Brett.
Good to see you have all gotten together.
One thing that I would like to get this year is a spinnaker set-up.Ineed to buy the spinnaker and the sheets,than cut the pole to length(an old sailboard mast) ,this way we can have four mossies with spinnakers kicking butt.
Dave.1724

Hi Gary.
It would be very good for us up here to get together with the southern crew.I'm sure that I would benefit from the greater experience that has developed down south.
Dave.1724

I'ts the biggest mixed cat regatta in OZ, has been going a long time, run by Great Lakes Sailing Club, do some Googling and you should find past info (may not have this years yet, but is much the same most years), is a long weekend for NSW and QLD.

I have been there a few times in the past with some other Mossies, sailing is ok, main attraction is the number of cats and variety, just amazing. Probably get 3 or so Vic Mossies the rest is up to you.

sounds like something to aim for
hay dave the spinnaker is worth all the effort
i have only been sailing the mosquito with a spinnaker for 4 weeks and two races and it is a lot of fun and i think sail racing is all about fun

Hi Brett, glad you wern't to late for the start but at least you had fun. Always a pleasure catching up with drew "buzzing around 100 mph" Hopefully weather permitting we will be gel-coating the mould and tie layer in ready for the skins and foam core, The foam bulk heads are laminated ready for cutting out so long story short well under way. Some of the guys I race sportboats with are looking for a one man cat to race in between regattas and want to use the mould to build some boats after seeing you guys on Saturday. There is talk of builds after the Aussie titles at Easter so id better hurry up. As for boat numbers things are looking good for a fleet of Mozzies in SEQ. The Wild Cat regatta, I herd over 90 boats on the water last year, I for one would love to go if the boat is ready and would love to meet some of the Vic Mozzies. See you guys soon on the water.
Cheers
Damo