Mount Gay Rum Y88 3 Handed Champs - Sunday Nov 10th. RAYC

[Y88 Association 8]

 

Call it Y88 cubed, trifecta, threesome, menage a trois, triple or whatever.....

 

..... This is a new event with up to 6 x Windward Leewards, three up on an 88 with extras, sponsored by the world's best rum.. what could be cooler than that?

 

FYI: For the sake of fun, safety and economics we will be setting wind limits for genoas and spinnakers.

 

We had 15 boats for the two handed and are expecting more for this event.

 

Racing will be run by RAYC with a low key rum tasting, BBQ and prize giving back at the club afterwards.

 

Get it in the calendar, grab an owner or borrow a boat and get signed up.

 

For more info and entries check the RAYC event page here .... http://rayc.co.nz/young88/ and the Y88 facebook event page here https://www.facebook.com/events/1405868436311311/

 

[Y88 Association 8]

AWESOME FORECAST ..... HELP...VOLUNTEERS WE NEED YOU ....

Looks like we have at least ten entries for this new event.

 

Still need a couple more bods to help the RAYC with race management on the mark boat and committee boat.

 

Includes all the sunshine, intelligent conversation and great spectating you can handle, plus after match Rum and a free lunch.

 

Please contact Suellen at http://www.RAYC.co.nz if you are available for a few hours ph 09-524 9945

 

[Y88 Association 8]

MOUNT GAY Y88x3 HANDED CHAMPS TOMORROW

... and the http://www.PredictWind.com forecast doesn't get much better than this.

 

 

 

 

6-15kts from the SW with bugger all cloud.

 

Still some boats procrastinating (JFDI ) ... enter here http://rayc.co.nz/young88/

 

.... and some crew needed if you are experienced and want to sail .... put your details here http://www.young88.org.nz/Crewfinder.html

 

Could still do with a couple more helpers on committee boats, see above for contact details.

[Y88 Association 8]

Sailor Moon Wins Inaugural Mount Gay Rum Y88 x 3 Handed Champs

 

 

Typical of the Young 88, the racing was very close with the whole fleet experiencing moments of glory at the front.

 

Congratulations to Jacko van Deventer, and crew Greg Forsyth, and Michael Naulls for the first on line in this new event. Mark Trevurna and crew were second, only missing out on first after count back. Edward Massey was third on Undercover also on count back.

 

 

First on handicap went to a fast improving Ben Tilley on Dilemma.

 

 

Getting round a windward leeward track, short-handed with kites was a real challenge with a premium on preparation and communication. There were plenty of examples of things not going quite to plan (a SNAFU?) and many weary bodies by the time the warning signal went for the 6th race.

 

The Young 88 is an ideal boat for short-handed racing and is always well represented in the SSANZ two handed series and Y88 Association organised single handed and two handed champs. Based on feedback from the two handed champs it was decided to try windward leewards, three up with spinnakers.

Sailing instructions included signal flags to mandate the change from overlapping genoas to jibs at 12 knots and then restricting the use of spinnakers at 16 knots and over. The PredictWind forecast was accurate and the weather played the game with 10-15 kts from the Southwest. This added a few headsail changes to the already busy workload on board but kept boats in the spinnaker range just.

 

The team from Royal Akarana Yacht Club (RAYC) did an excellent job organising and running the event, even managing to get in 6 races with plenty of mark movements in a shifty breeze. This left enough time, just for a hardy few to make it back to the club for prize giving.

 

The Y88 Association wishes to acknowledge and thank the RAYC and team of volunteers and sponsor Mount Gay Rum for putting on an excellent day of racing. We will be back in 2014.

 

For results and more information on the regatta click here http://rayc.co.nz/young88/ and for Young 88 information click here http://www.young88.org.nz/