The Longbeach Buoy Saga
March 05, 2010
| Well it seems to be the season for Buoy stories of late. Jenny recently put together a tale about the Longbeach Challenge and the missing Spoil Ground Buoy. | |
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Buoy Back in Place
March 04, 2010
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An Important notice from Vice Commodore Des - "On the Tuesday at approximately 9-15am - at a location S 38 01 991 E 145 02 779 - JayJay with a little help from her crew gave birth to a buoy. It was left soon after bobbing around for all intrepid sailors to see ! " |
Tall Ship
March 04, 2010
| On Feb 26th the Tall Ship Stad Amsterdam made her back way down the bay to continue her historic voyage and a number of members such as Mic aboard Moonlighting were lucky enough to catch sight of her. Read more about her visit to Melbourne here. |
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Buoy Talk
February 27, 2010
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Following its escape an retrieval last weekend, our No1 Buoy is all cleaned up and has been fitted out with new shackles, ropes and chain. All that remains now is to get out to the spot and put it back in position. A group of interested crew gathered on Thursday evening to make sure everything looked OK. |
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GREAT . . . backdrop
February 26, 2010
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There was a bit of a distraction for the crews setting up for the Twilight Race on Thursday evening when an attractive young lady started posing for the camera. Apparently her photographer had decided that the sights around the Island would make a great backdrop for a new Folio he was putting together for her. |
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Look Familiar?
February 24, 2010
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As we reported a few days back, the Wooden Boat show was held at Docklands last weekend. Bob spotted a familiar vessel during his visit. David and Dennis' old boat Leda (new name unknown) - now all shone up and looking fantastic. |  |
The Rescue
February 23, 2010
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Scarcely back from her SYC Log Trial, Jay JayII was presented with a mission - to rescue Mordi's No1 buoy. Skipper Des fills us in. |
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Latest on the Longbeach
February 22, 2010
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Looking a little weary - crews tuck into breaky before the Sunday event in the Longbeach Challenge. Mike fills us in details of the Big competition weekend. Read about Revised Results as well. |
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Nav Rally Tracker
February 22, 2010
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Jay Jay II ran the SYC Cup Nav Rally on Sunday and tried out the new GPS Tacktracker |
Longbeach Challenge Weekend
February 20, 2010
| After it's postponment a few weeks back, the Longbeach Challenge is being run this weekend. There'll be more details and results in due course but the Saturday night Twilight Event went well with boats back on the mooring by around 8:30 We caught sight of Quicksilver on the webcam as she came home. |  |
Wooden Boat Show
February 19, 2010
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It's the Melbourne Wooden Boat Show this weekend and three boats from the club have made the journey up to Docklands. Moonbird & Samantha are entered in the exhibits while Hans aboard Binda is moored nearby. David and Derik can be seen relaxing after their run up the bay on Friday with Gary aboard Moonbird. You can check details of the Boat Show here. |
A Few Strong Words
February 12, 2010
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Jenny took this photo of Peter after the race on Sunday. He ordered the wind conditions just perfect for himself and was doing really well until he needed to put the spinaker up. |
