2017 Ray Tilbrook Memorial Regatta
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- Created on Saturday, 07 October 2017 10:18
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2017 Ray Tilbrook Memorial Regatta.
Perth Radio Sailing Club hold the Ray Tilbrook Memorial regatta annually, remembering Ray who was one of our long time members. Always a gentleman, always a terrific competitor and someone the club misses greatly.
This year, the event was moved from Jackadder lake as the water level and weed made sailing Ten Raters problematic. We moved over to Maylands Yacht Club, and were rewarded with some terrific sailing conditions.
Saturday 7 October was an overcast cool day, with a few rain showers passing by. The breeze started out fairly light from the south or south-east. It dropped away in the last morning, but built gradually as the afternoon progressed. Everyone had A rigs on until the last 4 races, when a rig change to B rigs was needed.
This year, unfortunately, a number of our regulars were either away on holiday or unavailable for various reasons. A small, but quality fleet of 6 boats met Race Officer Hub Bell, who got racing underway.
There were a few problems with the outboard in the morning, but fortunately, the buoys which had been placed were in the right place for a decent course. At lunchtime, Denton managed to rectify the outboard, which was lucky, as the course needed to be shifted after the break.
Early in the day, Glenn Dawson took off to win the first 5 races and it looked as though the regatta was in the bag. However, Roger Paul soon got going, as did Graeme Howie, so Glenn did not have it all his own way. Jeff Green started to find his speed and was also sailing consistently.
Denton Roberts sailed really well, although the score doesn’t really reflect it. Denton had some terrific speed and his boat was moving really well. Simon Ellis struggled a bit, but persevered throughout the day.
Consistency as always is the key, and whilst Roger was logging up some heat wins, Glenn was never too far behind. So at the end of the day, Glenn took out the regatta, from Roger and Jeff.
We all thanked Hub for officiating and scoring. The skippers were so well behaved, as everyone took their penalties, even if the only person who saw a contact was the skipper himself.
The State champs are programmed for next weekend, and the day at Maylands was a really good hit out in practice for that event.
Results:
| 1 | G. Dawson | 76 | PRSC | Sanga | 17.0 | |
| 2 | R. Paul | 86 | PRSC | Diamond | 26.0 | |
| 3 | J. Green | 95 | PRSC | Diamond | 36.0 | |
| 4 | G. Howie | 30 | PRSC | Aero | 39.0 | |
| 5 | D. Roberts | 65 | PRSC | Diamond | 51.0 | |
| 6 | S. Ellis | 26 | PRSC | Blade | 78.0 |
Western Australian A Class State Championship 2017
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“A” Class Western Australian 2017 “A” Class State Championship
The ‘A’ Class State Championship was held at Jackadder Lake on Sunday the 20th August. There were four different designs in the field of 7 boats. Three Swords, two Venoms , a Privateer and an A 1.
It was sailed in light winds which were variable in direction and strength throughout the day which made for some very close racing and that showed on the scoreboard. There was no safe covering position on the course for any leader in those winds.
From the commencement Past winner Jeff Green in his Sword showed he was a force to be reckoned with posting a number of wins with speed off the line and an ability to pick the shifts which resulted in wins in three of the first four races. It seemed from the race results so far like we may have been looking for a one horse race. As the morning progressed Roger Paul sailing his Venom began to edge into the top two places in the results between the Swords of Jeff and stand in skipper Rosco Bennett who was sailing the borrowed Sword of Glenn Dawson.
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Eric Fisher A Class Memorial Trophy 2017
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- Created on Saturday, 10 June 2017 20:35
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Saturday 10 June 2017 was the day for this year's Eric Fisher Memorial Regatta. It was a brisk morning, but the sun was shining and the wind was blowing gently from the north east.
9 A Class yachts turned up for the day's sailing. We welcomed Simon Ellis who competed his first A Class regatta sailing the ex-Allan Beer / Ray Bassett Venom. It was expected that the light winds would play into the hands of the Venoms and the Wombat.
Race Officer Warren Rock had us on the water soon after 10.00am. Straight out of the blocks, Glenn Dawson showed a clean pair of heels to the fleet and notched up a few race winds. Before long however, the Wombat started rolling along putting up a solid challenge to the Sword.
