Pointed Reply Posted November 23, 2010 Report Share Posted November 23, 2010 The National Titles for the Maricat association will be held in conjunction with the Batemans Bay Regatta on the weekend of the 9th and 10th April 2011. This the first weekend of the NSW school holidays. The Batemans Bay website can be found at www.bbsc.org NORs will appear shortly. Normal entry to BBSC will be required plus a special entry to the maricat assoc for those wishing to participate in the National Titles. There is lots of accommodation in and around Batemans Bay with two large caravan parks right on Corrigans Beach with camping and cabins. Boats can be rigged and left on the beach. The Batemans Bay Regatta in an open regatta with mixed fleets of trailer sailors, mono and cats. The 14ft cats will have a separate start. The course is usually a large triangle, windward return course set in Batemans Bay inside the Tollgate Islands. This is an opportunity for Maricaters to do a bit of off shore sailing with big rolling waves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korwich Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Looks like its just you Adrian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korwich Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Actually, as far as I know, Mick is going, I'm going, Mark, Scotty maybe, Rodney of course, not sure who is going from Canberra, nor am I sure who is going from Manno Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korwich Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 I thought rob the chooksaid that you had rented a house Adrian, are you camping camping ie with a tent or are you in a cabin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Peter Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 National Titles Good evening, I have been sailing my old Maricat (#2435) for a while now and race it at my club (Yarrawonga YC) and at Victorian inland regattas. I bought it for a grand with a registered trailer. Its been through the wars a bit and has been repaired at home. I helped run the Taipan National Regatta at YYC and thought I was at least as good as the back third of that fleet so I though I'd give the maricat nationals a go in April. I've got serious enough to buy a new racing sail although it won't be ready for the nationals. I have already booked a motel (too old for camping) in Bateman's Bay for the weekend. I am not a member of a state association - Victoria does not have one as far as I can tell and I will need to join on arrival at the titles. I assume this can be done on registration? I really enjoy my boat, I love its robust simplicity. It is possible to ghost along and they have a pretty wide fudge factor when on the edge. I'm not sure about waves!!!! I am looking forward to the competition and getting an idea of how I am going as a maricat sailer. I have no direct competitiors at YYC so it is difficult to estimate how I am going. If Maricat sailers carry flocks of sheep around at the nationals then I'm not too interested. There was, in my view, a small group of over zealous Taipan sailors at their nationals at YYC who seemed to have forgotten that sailing should be FUN. I look forward to meeting new people at the nationals. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korwich Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 It will be great to see you, when I was first encouraged to start racing my maricat I was told that the guys figured if I was sailing a mari I must have either no money or just be a nice guy. So no I dont think that maricat sailors take themselves too seriously, and at the end of the day, it is all about having a good time. As far as we know the NSW/ACT assoc is the only assoc still running. Having said that we are expecting sailors from WA, NSW, ACT and now VIC, excellent! Oh yeh the guys now know that I am both, got no money, and just a nice guy. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobblyoldjimbo Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 . . and a lovely wife who says "don't you need a new boat dear" !!! bear in mind Peter that in waves you don't want to be sailing too close to the wind, bear off a little, let the traveller down a bit and that should give you more speed and power through the waves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korwich Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Ah Jimbo is giving out the secrets again, thanks for that little snippit of info. I'm not all that versed to sailing in large waves. Are you just narky that you wife did'nt tell you to go buy a new set of hulls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobblyoldjimbo Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 ha! she'd be happy to tell me up which orifice I should shove them!! as to waves, here's what we watched at the Fireball nationals in about 1972 (and also what I've read) - don't know if it is the same on faster boats but as you go up the wave (upwind of course) you slow down and the apparent wind lifts so you bear up a little, down the back of the wave you speed up (just by going downhill) so the apparent goes forward and you bear off. the crack Fireball crews would never stop moving their rudders and effectively crab upwind ending many boatlengths to windward. didn't you do this at Port Stephens though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyquoll Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 Batemans Bay isnt that sort of waves. Sailing into a westerly after a race start, the boat is lifted up, up, and then I'm surfing to windwards as a 2m easterly swell picks me up. They seem to just sometimes find a way past the islands. Great fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointed Reply Posted March 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 Usually nice big rolling waves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darcy1945 Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 Peter, If you are sailing your old Mari with the original coloured sail, you will be at the back of the fleet, but you will still learn a lot, and should enjoy the company.Adrian, to your original question, Brenton and Jason will be representing Mannering Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Peter Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 It will be good to catch up (and maybe pass some of you). After many occasions of nearly capsizing I finally decided I needed to practice my capsize retrieval drill before the weekend. Dam if the thing didn't just turn turtle. I now have a pair of very attractive polystyrene crab pots that fit easily to the mast head with a short length of rope. So if it cuts up a bit rough I'm bringing along my own set of balls. All I can say is it looks slightly better than a 2 litre milk container!!!! See you soon Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointed Reply Posted April 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 At least there is no danger of getting the mast stuck in the mud ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Peter Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 That's my plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humungus2 Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 It is only going to be up to 15knots. Traps will not be needed and if you go over, good luck getting her back up. Just me weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korwich Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Trap will be fitted regardless, 15 knots is fine for a lightweight like me on trap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TornadoSport260 Posted April 7, 2011 Report Share Posted April 7, 2011 15knts! Comeon i'd have been on wire from about 9-10knts on the Windrush... you guys must be lacking some 'power' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korwich Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 I'm with you Micheal, trap where you can, beats sitting on the edge of the boat straining your guts out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pointed Reply Posted April 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2011 Beautiful day here today. A bit light for race one but decent breeze for race 2. Pretty close competition. Two races scheduled for tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobblyoldjimbo Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 and the results ? to whom should we bow down and grovel this year ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Peter Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Good afternoon, I arrived home in the early hours of Monday morning weary and a bit stiff from the drive and being on the water for nine hours. I did no damage to the boat when racing but one of my trailer mudguards fell off somewhere on the way home and carved its initials on one of my hulls (ouch!). I learned such a lot from you all about what these boats are capable of. I'm not quite ready for a foamy but I will be looking to get a very sound Mark II and fitting it with a new-style racing sail. Perhaps then, I'll have to admit the reason Dad 'n' Dave is down the back of the fleet is because of the fool on the tiller. Until then, I have the excuse of an old style boat. It was a fantastic weekend, great racing, great people and not a sheep in sight. I want to thank everyone for their help and advice - you truly are a friendly association and, on that basis, I am going to stick with Maricats. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korwich Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Glad you enjoyed it Dr Pete, we were glad to have you along. Really hope to see you at some more Maricat gatherings. It's not every regatta that we get the Victorian State Cat rigged Maricat champion in attendance. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Peter Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Glad you enjoyed it Dr Pete, we were glad to have you along. Really hope to see you at some more Maricat gatherings. It's not every regatta that we get the Victorian State Cat rigged Maricat champion in attendance. Phil No problems, Phil. And it is GOOD that you ordinary sailors from the other states and territories can be there too. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korwich Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 sir Mik Coalclife of course (again) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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