Hi All,

Our very own Matt Stone has opted out of our end of winter cold, and into an early Italian Autumn. He has also given up on the Mosquito in favour of a Tornado

He is battling jetlag and crewing in the European Championships due to start on the 15th at Torbole, Lake Garda .

Keep an eye on the action, and drool at the yacht club here:

http://www.circolovelatorbole.com/en/

He is over there at the moment putting the boat together in readiness for Wednesday.

I am sure we all wish him the best of weather.

Trevor

G'day Trevor

Half his luck. The videos certainly highlight the area nicely. Sometimes you just have to make the most of any opportunities passing by, and obviously Matt is doing just that!

Any idea as to which boat he is sailing on? The competitors' list has the skippers listed, but not crew.

Hi all,

Try this link as well as they have often good pics, results and videos. There is also a reference here to the regatta.

http://catsailingnews.blogspot.com/

Good luck Matt !!

There are only 2 Aus entrants to choose from, one from Perth the other from Darwin - It is one of those, but as they are both Australian, I will be looking for both!

Got to support our guys whoever they are

Matt is on the Darwin boat filling in for Ben Carroll. Ben is currently in his Hastings factory preparing our two Mossies for the coming season.

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Mozzie 1791
Mozzie 1812
Somers Yacht Club

Currently 18th Provisional:

http://www.circolovelatorbole.com/clientfiles/regate/299.htm

Nice work

hey peoples
having a blast, first day was 20 to 25 knots, 3 races, its tough, trapping off back corner with spin is like life and death, its scary mate., sooo much power, but is ok im not leaving the mossie guys, im on torni 317 with skipper peter gibb, great bloke. the other guys ryan and david had gear failer as they have a dnf and dns, but really good sailors.
yesterday arvo was no wind but can in for 2 hours at 4pm. we didnt have a great race but still hanging in there against the best in the world.
High lights: 3rd race on first day we were about 10th going upwind when peters trap snapped and i had to sail the tornado around withuou tipping as it was 25 knots and the boats were going pulling out and tipping over like flies, and jerri rigged a trap out of spectra and kept going and payed to stay out as we got 21st i think. so all the back enders out there never give up, it pays to finish.
today is no wind at all.

stay tuned for more

your very own UNKO
Matt unko 1816

ps, i have so many ideas for spin setups

Hey Matt,

Did you try just asking to have a go on the tiller?

Trevor

OK, So I think this may well be Matt out on the wire going to windward with his skipper on board

yep thats me, theres another good photo of me relaxing up wind lol, i gotta say look the the muscles in my arms, i have lots of photos to share, at the moment im in frankfurt in europe somewhere using a german keyboard so bit hard to type, we came 25th overall out of 38, best races were the last 2 which we got 18th and 15th, so we are now pumped for the UK nationals, having a blast, food is great, so power full the tornados, and trev, peter did ask if i wanted to helm but i didnt want to but i had to one day, when i had to fish peter out of water, well i gottago
tune in for the UK nats
Matt UNKO