B1

04/11/2024

Melbourne to Devonport, what a race and one that suited blue water tracks, finishing 2nd on PHS. Thanks Ocean Racing Club of Victoria Inc. (ORCV), Mersey Yacht Club, the ORCV Volunteers. Super fun!

Well done to BLUE WATER TRACKS B1 skippered by Grant Dunoon with crew of Lucio Pezzimenti, Brian Mills, and Neville Rose, who have just completed the 2024 Melbourne to Devonport race on 2/11/2024 at the time of 20:36:53

Photo credit: Al Dillon

B1
Royal Brighton Yacht Club

25/05/2024

What a better way to spent your birthday and a milestone one at that, than being on the water with this great bunch and eating cake. Happy Birthday Neville as you continue the week long celebration.

10/03/2024

The spoils of a King Island race having won the special draw where those boats with all members onboard went into a draw to win 2 crayfish. Everyone can be a winner it seems.

Grant, it looks like you may need to visit the market to spend up at home now!

Thank you and for a glorious weekend

09/03/2024

Grant, Neville, Lucio and Brian are on the King Island Race. What do you do with a 28-ton yacht in a light following breeze? Unauthodox sail plans… to try and pick up as much wind as you can. BWT doesn't perform well with the wind directly behind so creative is being tried to see if they can keep with the fleet. Follow their progress on the race tracker here https://race.bluewatertracks.com/2024-melbourne-to-king-island-race

26/12/2023

Great action on Blue water tracks today in the Ronstan C**k of the Bay race. Great start Neville and Grant.

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26/12/2023

Grant Dunoon and Neville Rose placed 2nd in the Double-Handed division of the 2023 C**k of the Bay race.

Congratulations to all the incredible sailors in today's Ronstan Sailing C**k of the Bay race, and a heartfelt thank you to everyone who volunteered their time to make today possible.

It is your participation and dedication that keep our sailing community thriving and vibrant. 💙🙏⛵

Please click here for full provisional results: https://www.orcv.org.au/results/2023-24/

Provisional Results Below 👇

AMS:
Div 1:
1st Esprit
2nd BKT JAMHU
3rd Niche
Div 2:
1st Alibi
2nd Watermarkii
3rd Aileron
Div 3:
1st Mercedes II

ORC AP
Div 1
1st Niche
2nd Wicked
3rd BKT JAMHU
Div 2
1st Alibi
2nd Vixen I
3rd Maverick

PHS
Div 1
1st Alex Team MacAdie
2nd BKT Jamhu
3rd Niche
Div 2
1st Winsome
2nd Alibi
3rd Maverick
Div 3
1st Mercedes III
2nd Young Bears

Double-Handed
1st Foggy Dew
2nd Blue Water Tracks

Cruising:
1st Razzle Dazzle
2nd Joan Ellen

Photo: Michael Currie

05/11/2023

Some awesome Aurora Australis photos this morning from some yachts returning to home from the Melbourne to Devonport race

05/11/2023

04/11/2023

Further to a previous post, this is the broken fitting from the top furling gear that broke, sending the genoa down.

04/11/2023

Devonport dolphin es**rt

04/11/2023

A mixed bag of conditions in the 2023 ORCV Melbourne to Devonport Race and some misfortune with broken gear.

From the start on Friday night, mostly 10-20knot winds from South, then very light variable winds during a transition period late Friday night and early Saturday, before Easterly winds of 10-20knots, followed by another period of very light winds under 5knots Saturday afternoon.

On Friday night the fitting on top furling gear, which holds the genoa (head sail) up, broke with a bang. Quick crew work got the genoa on the deck without any damage to the sail. The top furling gear and genoa halyard were still at the top of the mast.

We hoisted the genoa back up on a spinnaker halyard but had restricted sail options as we could no longer furl the genoa to reduce sail or tack. Fortunately we only needed to do one tack which was accomplished via a 270 degree gybe and whenever full genoa was too much sail in stronger wind, we nursed it by not sailing as hard on and sacrificing VMG.

Lucio went up the mast in the second light wind patch, just before dark on Saturday night, to bring the broken furling gear down so we could replace the the broken fitting and re-hoist the genoa on the furling gear.

We now have 10-15 knot North Easterly winds. Glorious conditions and are less than an hour from the Devonport finish


Ocean Racing Club of Victoria Inc. (ORCV)

04/11/2023

Cape Schanck Friday night