After long and careful deliberation race 6 was abandoned – the same fate befell race 6 of the previous summer series. This was the second successive abandoned race of this summer. A strong wind warning had been issued by the Bureau with a forecast of westerly winds of 20 to 30 knots in the early afternoon before easing […]

The strong winds which blew across the bay on both Friday and Saturday had eased for the start of Sunday Sailors but the seas remained choppy. Over the weekend the wind averaged 22 knots with a maximum gust of 43 knots at Fawkner Beacon. It had eased by the start of the race and continued […]

Another ORCV Stanley race done and dusted, with many of the boats using this race as their qualifier for the 2019 Rolex Sydney to Hobart. The race with a bit of everything starting with 30+kn on the nose outside the Heads, then settled into mostly a reach/run in around 12-18kn along with a fair bit […]

Following a gale warning issued by BOM late Wednesday morning race 5 was abandoned. Observations taken at Fawkner Beacon saw the wind average about 26 knots for the afternoon with a gust of 42 knots recorded at about 1630. The wind strength for what would have been this race was in stark contrast to that […]

The warm and sunny weather encouraged a fleet of 43 yachts to compete in the 4th race of the series. This is the largest fleet since race 21 of the previous summer series. At 10.7 nautical miles it was the longest race so far with MIDNIGHT MAGIC (Bernadette Moore) receiving good value for money with […]

Just a reminder that the first Century Class Race for the WW Summer series (Race 4) is on the 30th October 2019. Read more…

With race 1 abandoned the summer series finally got underway with a successful race 2. Twenty four yachts went out on the bay in a westerly breeze that averaged about 14 knots for the morning. All 24 yachts completed the race around the 7 leg 10.2 nautical mile course which provided a good result for […]

MIDNIGHT MAGIC (Bernadette Moore) led a 32 yacht fleet across the start line to begin race 1 of the WW 2019-20 summer series. Along with the “WW regulars” was the Beneteau 45 First DEBONNAIRE (Phil Gomez) who has had success in Sunday races and is the same model Beneteau as CONQUEST (Paul Jacka). Also in the 32 yacht […]