Robert,
I made the same mistake last year. I thought it was going to be too rough at Torquay and went to Yarrawonga (while Peter C. went to Torquay and had a great weekend).

This time I made the right decision, went to Torquay and had a really good weekend. They didn't run the coaster on Saturday because there wasn't enough wind - we would never have made it. There was also the threat of strong winds later but it didn't get that radical.

We had two races on Saturday, in an offshore wind starting light and flukey and getting more pressure later until there was enough in the gusts to make Peter Nikitin nosedive under spinnaker. Luckily for me I couldn't get my spinnaker from Lindsay in time for the weekend, because the combination of courses and winds never worked out right for the spinnaker.

On Sunday there was an onshore wind and Torquay SC ran a mini-coaster from Torquay to Barwon Heads and back. Once again it worked out perfect for a Mozzie without a spinnaker with a beam reach out and almost but not quite to windward coming back. We were just footing off slightly all the way, flat out on trap and de-powering. What a blast!

After lunch we had two more triangle-windward-leeward races in more gusty and shifty winds. Once again the spinnaker didn't help Peter much, there being only one downwind leg and that was very gusty.

It was a good weekend for Mosquitoes so it's a shame only Peter and myself were there to enjoy it. Torquay SC ran a good series and laid on a really nice meal on Saturday night (so the trailer-park campers didn't have to go anywhere). Gary Maskiell was there on his Blade and looking fast (until he knocked the sail out of the mast track in the second to last race which put him out of the results). Overall results for the Mosquitoes, 1st and 4th. Where was everyone else?

Now I'm looking forward to getting the spinnaker back on for the next regatta at Loch Sport followed by Eden (Twofold Bay). Should be good.