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2010 Victorian Contender Championships |
 Last weekend the titles were held at Mornington Yacht Club, 10 Contenders fought it out in light winds under clear skys. Jono was the clear winner with 4 bullets followed by Dan Kohlman in 2nd and David Leask (NSW) took 3rd place while Jon Newman took out 4th place.
Special thanks to Wichard who donated Wichard Multitools for trophies and Mornington YC who were able to fit us in at late notice. The race officer did a fantastic job of running the event, and managed to hold 4 races, 1 on Saturday and 3 on the Sunday morning.
Matt Kee rocked up with Hosie's old boat. Andrew Butler came over from Geelong sailing Dubbo's old boat and Pat Moore a young fella from Somers SC attended his first states in Chris Chambers old boat. The NSW guys, Brett, David and Peter Murphy made the trip down from NSW although on the water Brett and David were rarely separated by more than a boat length, makes you wonder why they travelled a thousand km to sail against one another?
The 2012 Nationals will be held in Victoria, at this stage Mc Crae Yacht Club, Somers Yacht Club and Geelong have been put forward as a possible venues.
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Most of the class members live in places where Contender fleets are strong and also close by. Within North America, we have neither. The class here is very small, but due to the efforts of Gil Woolley, Neil Smith, and a few other committed members, it is growing and gaining traction and exposure. But wow, some of these guys drove for days to get here. Let’s see, Gil probably drove 60 hours each way, Mike 21 hours, and the Canadians drove 24 hours. Either they are desperate to get out of the cold Canadian winter, or as I prefer to think in my blind optimism, they are committed to the growth of the class in this continent. And it is finally happening. This is our second Florida midwinters, and for most of you eight boats is a very small fleet. And it is.
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2008/09 Australian Championships |
Jono Neate is the only name that you need to know from the 2009 Australian Nationals, sailed from Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club in Perth. The short story for 2009 is that there was a sea breeze every day, and Jono won 9 out of 10 races.
The longer version is the regatta started 2nd January. RFBYC is a fantastic facility, plenty of grass for rigging, nice beach, and we raced on Melville water which is the wide river that flows through Perth - very flat water, minimal land influence, but a left hand track. Each day the afternoon races had a good sea breeze building. It ranged from 12 knots with holes on day 1 to 22 plus on the last day. We were always flat out and low on trapeze and the reaches were tight enough to mean that we were on the wire down the reaches also mostly flat out.
Jono Neate, the eventual winner
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