Paradise Radio Yacht Club.....IOM TRAVELLERʼS MUG
PRYC is introducing a Trophy for competition by Visiting IOM sailors. The competition will be raced monthly in conjunction with PRYC Saturday non-championship scratch sailing days. Participants will be awarded their respective points in the PRYC scratch event which will be cumulative over each calendar year. The Trophy will be a traditional sailorʼs pewter mug, suitably engraved and apart from generating a bit of fun, it is hoped that over time “braggerʼs rights” might attach.
This first abbreviated year will commence on 7th July 2018, followed by: 18/8, 15/9, 6/10, 3/11 and 22/12. We look forward to hosting entrants on those days when PRYC normal sailing fees $3 will apply and no prior entry necessary, just turn up and sail.
A Class South QLD Championships
A fleet of eight A Class yachts competed in the South Queensland Titles at Newport on Saturday 26th May. With the breeze remaining relatively steady from the south to south-east, the Control Area was established on the western bank of Jabiru Canal. A windward-leeward course was set with a gate on the bottom and the start line in easy view of the control area. A line of four buoys at the top of the course allowed PRO Ian Ashe to adjust the windward legs during the day.
Peter Morris appeared pretty dominant early in the day and after 22 races, two of his 'drops' were a 2nd and a 3rd. John Heard did challenge the leader on several occasions by taking out 4 wins but could not match Peter for consistency in being first to the top mark.
Jason Nasmith was on the rise early on when he took a win in Race 5 but the was simply out paced by the first two place getters to take a well deserved third place on the podium.
The A Class yachts appeared to enjoy the conditions on the day although some light squalls came through ahead of bands of light drizzle in the afternoon to add to the challenge. In all it was a very successful day.
Thanks go to David Black for the scoring, Ian Ashe for his PRO work. Thanks also go to Commodore Peter Griffin, Treasurer John Eite and the other volunteers from MRYS. It was a great effort from the Moreton club to support a class that does not normally sail at Newport.
Thanks also to the A Class sailors in supporting the event and congratulations to the winners.
2019 Nationals Confirmed by GCCC
It's all systems go. The required Gold Coast City Council (GCCC) Event Approval has been given to the QRYA to host the 2019 Nationals at Regatta Lake Oxenford.
The dates remain the same as those proposed for the previous venue.
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Class |
Dates |
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Practice Day |
3 February |
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A Class |
4 - 5 February |
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10 Rater |
6 - 8February |
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Marblehead |
9 - 11 February |
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Lay Day |
12 February |
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IOM |
13 -16 February |
Further details will be provided for all those considering competing at this event in the near future. Interest in this venue indicates that this is a Nationals not to be missed. The lake will be available for test sailing on the 3rd and 12th.
Included below are images taken recently during a test sail at the venue. Conditions on 16th May were 7 - 10 knot SE breeze.
The image below is taken from immediately in front of the Club House looking East towards the public car-park and the highway. As can be seen by the IOMs on starboard, that is the windward end of the lake in that breeze. The PRO's will have the ability to site the Control area on any part of the lake foreshore.
The image below is looking SSW from about the same spot. The bank continues to the right for 1.3 km. That's Mt Tamborine in the distance.
Below image is the looking back the to Club House from where the above images were taken. The main building with ancillary office and storage building to the left. Toilets at the bottom front and cafe bottom right as we are looking at it. Three of the crash-test sailors can be seen on the retaining wall, working hard on the evaluation of the water!
So mark your calendars, this is going to be a great event.
DF65 National Invitational Challenge
What a fantastic weekend to have the first Queensland National invitational challenge for the Dragon Force 65 class. The event was hosted by the Paradise Radio Yacht Club at Emerald Lakes on the 5/6 of May 2018. We had 31 registered competitors for the event which necessitated running AB fleets.
The weather was predicted to be freshening south easterlies of up to 35 km/h and the prediction didn't disappoint with the breeze gusting up to 40 km per hour making for some difficult tacking and downwind nose dives.
We had four interstate visitors including the current Victorian and New South Wales champions, namely Chris Dance and Phil Burgess respectively. Thanks also to David Heath and Paul Martin who made the effort to box up their boats and travel interstate for the competition...Link to Full PRYC story
ARYA Approves 2019 Nationals Venue
The ARYA has advised the QRYA that their request to change the venue for the 2019 Nationals, has been approved by a majority vote of members.
The new location is Regatta Waters Lake at Oxenford, also known as Coomera Lake. The QRYA has formed an Event Management Committee to run the Nationals as there is no member club sailing at the selected location. Equipment. including buoys, launching platforms and a boat have been generously offered by PRYC and individual sailors. This means that the event is already fully equipped to operate at the new location. The twin Towns club have offered to staff the 10 Rater event and we are receiving offers from other clubs for similar assistance, all to be formalised in the near future. The QRYA will be seeking volunteers to fill remaining positions from member clubs.
The site is managed by the Southport Yacht Club (SYC) and leased from the Gold Coast City Council (GCCC) for the next 10 years. As soon as we have formal event approval from the GCCC for the dates we require we will confirm the schedule in our original plan.
