A huge thank-you to the Portarlington Club from me personly, I was made to feel right at home from the instant I walked through the gate, both the shore members and rescue guys were more then willing to go that extra bit
A job well done

Unfortunately life doesn't always go as planned so sadly I didn't get to sail in the states as I'd hoped, with kids in tow I did sail @ Warrnambool in the afternoon in 15-17knot winds gusting up to 20knots frequently, this was fun but the 2.5metre swell sapped most of my strength on the day leaveing me asleep in the comfy chair when I got home.... Saturday morning I was well n truly battered n bruised, so with my aches n pains I made the trip armed with the camera..... 495 photos later I'll shut up and start uploading.....


here's what all the fuss is about....





edit:
the pre racing thread is here....
http://www.catsailor.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=270066&#Post270066

heading out for the first race after lunch....



and about 2 mins later I got the "ok" to ride the rubber ducky !!!

So the rest of the pics are from one of the rescue boats


Forming up for the first race after Saturday's lunch....

even in the light wind there was a bit of this.....



and the male side followed shortly there after....



more on them later

and to go with the not so good was the oh yeah moments

this is one of my favourite photos of the day....
Melbourne skyline in the background, clear skies and one very relaxed and smooth sailing mosquito.....

it just doesn't get this good all the time



flyin a hull

So photobucket is being flogged and its taking me ~10mins to upload a single pic....

I'll do some more uploads in the morning after America gets offline


till then.....

here we go.....



Pre race crusin around.....

Pics from Race 1 for Saturday arvo onwards....

NB:
there was an infringement at the start, so I haven't posted the photos at the gun so there's no fuss made about who did what.... and the committee's decision of an infringement occourance and penality stands as is decided by them....




please take into accord the fact that I was NOT in the dead line for the photo as to who may or may not have jumped the line....
the start, taken milli-seconds after the gun.....


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This 2nd or 4th attempt to right the boat failed simply because of the mast being full of water !!!
The camera was put aside and I went over the side to assist, even 2 of us hanging off the ropes it seemed to take ages to bring her up, what was worse is that she'd gone over right on a mark so other boats that were still racing were trying to get past as best as they could.

Credit where credit is due..... our skipper didn't head back to the beach battered n bruised.... she went onto the next race and ran well

at the finish line for the end of the 1st Saturday arvo's race

relaxing between races











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race 2
starting sequence as it went down.....












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although not visible in this pic, the port trap wire had broken away from the shock-cord. The trap wire had also hooked over the 3rd batten down from the top leaving our skipper with no choice but to DNF for this race.

At the finishing line, end of Saturday's 2nd race...

I think there's a picture of every competitor in that lot, I'm really sorry if I missed anyone and if the pics aren't as you'd want, but I was largely at the mercy of the boat driver and that unforgiving costal chop.....

I also apologise for the number of pages of pics ....

Be thankfull I was only there for 2 races

Good Job,

See you at Stawell.

No Turbulence
1774

Only one photo of my boat..... just had to be this one didn't it!

And the winner is?!
Congrats Matt, results indicate a close series. Light also?

which one is the only one ????

Perhaps I couldn't get past the ingnomy of the first one LOL!

Fantastic photos of the fleet. Great job!


Cheers

Final placings :



1 1826 The Joker Mosquito Matt Stone
2 1766 9Lives Mosquito Gary Maskiell
3 1781 Voodoo Mosquito Shannon Wilson
4 1792 Swiper Mosquito Ewan Watson
5 1790 Bee Alert Mosquito Peter Nikitin
6 1775 Karma Cat Mosquito Tim Shepperd
7 1752 Nautical Nuts Mosquito Stuart Ridge
8 1789 Immunity Mosquito Neil Joiner
9 1774 No Turbulence Mosquito Ross Bennett
10 1825 Kryptonite Mosquito Daniel Stone
11 1754 Easy Screw Mosquito Philip Mann
12 1785 Bear Talk Mosquito Garry Johnstone
13 1520 Air Apparent Mosquito Gordon Hyde
14 1808 Grey Matter Mosquito Robert Lott
15 1822 The Unsent Letter Mosquito Peter Lyons
16 1723 Yellow Fever Mosquito Michael Anthony
16 1794 More Than A Splash Mosquito Philip Warren-Smith
16 1819 Chat Blanc Mosquito Simon Clavin
19 1720 2 B Advised Mosquito Harrison Mann
20 1759 Toughen Up Princess Mosquito Natasha Van Rennes
21 1805 Just A Toy Mosquito Ian McAlister


for more info try SailRes-Victorian Mosquito Championships

congrats to all.....

Congratulations to all who competed, and thanks to Kingy for the great photos.