Are any mozzies going to the Cat Championships at McCrae YC on 1st & 2nd November,I am going at this stage as I will be in Melb area with my boat
Garry J
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Hi Garry,

I will be there and Rob Lott said he was coming so there's at least 3 of us!

I think there were 9 mozzies last year so I imagine there's a few more coming.

See you there.

Cheers

Hi Garry J
I think I will be there it will be good to see you.
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i thought you didnt like sailing at Mcrae Peter, but it will be good to sail with you again. Will you be sailing with the kite?

Hi Rob
Yes McCrae is not my fadourite sail place, but there is always some good mossies there
The kite will be left at home this time.

Hey who does like sailing at McCrae? Unless you are a local of course, no offence intended .

But it is the Vic Cat Champs. Also McCrae has so many other things going for it, good beach, sensational scenery and lots of other stuff I can't think of right now.
Oh I know the entry fee is reasonable this year, that must be why I am going.

Hope it doesn't end like every other year for me.

140+ boats on the register, over 100 regular racers across the season, of which about 50% are Cats. I guess you're right. Must be a sh*t place to sail.

No offence taken

That's a bit harsh Simon (only kidding - I know what you mean).

I'm sure a member at McRae that sails there every week would experience some really good weekends for sailing. The problem is that the cat regatta has never yet coincided with one of these weekends. Hence I'm afraid it's become a bit of a standing joke that "you don't go to race at McRae for the pleasure of it". I know one year the weather is going to do the right thing and and it will be a sensational regatta - it has to one day.

McRae's reputation isn't enough to put me off the regatta, but sadly I can't come this year for other reasons. So that will help the weather to turn out good - just to spite me

All in good fun Tim.

The Bethwaite boys at our club are giving up their weekends sailing to run it for we catamaran types so one has to defend ones home base.

Sadly for me, the quid pro quo is that I'll be returning the favour for the Bethwaite regatta on the weekend of the Mozzie Spi Titles so I won't be able to defend my Mk1 title so bravely won against all comers down at Loch Sport last year.

I'm hoping to get over to Somers at some stage. Always good to see Mozzies with kites at the head of the fleet


Cheers

Yes you did score a complete walkover last year! I guess the competition can relax a little now.

Simon,

You are always welcome at Somers.

Sadly I don't think there will be any Mozzies from Somers at the Cat Championships with Jeremy Pearse being RC @ Somers and others too interested in club racing/socializing/long weekend holiday with Monday off.

We had 6 Mozzies fill the 1st 8 places for the opening day regatta last Saturday although none with spinnakers due to the wind forecast. 1st was a Tornado.

2 Mozzies don't have masts up yet, 1 is yet to arrive and 3 are waiting for warmer weather. 2 went to Balnarring Beach from Somers so I believe they have a fleet of 3 (zero to 3 during the winter is pretty damm good).

Hows the other Mozzie coming along at McCrae ?

Regards,

Peter

Hi Peter

Sadly he has done nothing with it and has decided to spend his money on his PT. Go figure!

His father is bringing it back to me in bits next week so I guess I will go back to plan A and grab any useful fittings and the mast and then dump it That is unless anyone knows anybody that wants a project.

Looks like it's just me waving the Mozzie flag for another season.

I had a bloke aproach me on the beach last Sat. who said he sailed a Mozzie at Safety beach and that there were 2 of them sailing regularly down there. I'll go for a race there one Sunday soon and find out what boats and who etc.

I believe there is a Viper F16 coming to live at McCrae. (one of the "A" boys is jumping ship) so I guess I'll have to master my beast this year and perhaps add a kite


Cheers

I overheard Brett Goodall saying that "Dad" (Greg) was sailing the Viper this weekend... the way he said it sounded like he wasn't going to be the crew!

Forecast for Saturday

Winds: Southerly 15 to 20 knots decreasing to 10 to 15 knots during the morning then tending south to southeasterly 15 to 20 knots during the evening. Seas: to 1 metre.

Forecast for Sunday

Winds: Northeast to southeasterly about 20 knots tending north to northeasterly up to 15 knots during the morning then tending southeast to southwesterly up to 10 knots during the afternoon then tending south to southeasterly during the evening. Seas: to 1 metre decreasing to half a metre.

Sunny for Sat but showers becoming rain for Sunday.

...mmmmm

Thanks Simon sounds good to me, like to see it decreasing to 10-15 knots would be good. See you there Saturday morning.

Hi All,

I did my best to get our Yardstick pushed out to 85 but happily I was thwarted by some excellent sailing from the rest of the Mozzie fleet.

Results here: Results

Cheers

What the hell was going on at McRae this weekend?
Just look at these scores!

Overall series scores

Peter Nikitin managed an awesome 2nd place overall. Well done Peter!!!!

But look at the scores. Peter is on 54.5 points !!!
The 3rd place boat is on 62 points. Even the winner has a total of 29.5.

The fleet must have been all over the place.

Simon,

Any reports from the Cat Championships ?

I see from the results that Peter Nikitin scored 2nd overall and 1st in division 2. Mozzies also had 1st to 7th in division 2.

It's a pity that Mick Floyd couldn't repeat last years victory result.

Regards,

Peter

Hi Peter,

I recall that Mick did a thorough report of last years event for our web site so I didn't want to pre-empt it on here. I wouldn't want to accidently mention Mr Neeson's "special" award. Oh bugger, I have

It would be good to get some of you Somers Mozzies over for next year. It's a great chance for you guys to enjoy a bit of a Mozzie fest without the travel.

Cheers

They have finally got around to fixing up the results with the dropped race so now it's Peter in 3rd and Mick in 4th overall.