darcy1945 Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Toukley sailing clubs long standing "Brass Monkey" June long W/end regatta has apparently been ripped off by Wangi sailing club. They are advertising the Zhick brass monkey regatta for dinghys on the same w/end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TornadoSport260 Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Darcy, I agree it's a bit "off" having a regatta by the same name on the same weekend. But the Brass Monkey used to be the Long Jetty clubs regatta which Toukley picked up after its collapse and its also not a come one come all regatta. The NOR states: 2.0 ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY a All competitors shall comply with ISAF Eligibility Code, RRS Regulation 21, and must be financial members of their respective class associations b Eligible Classes are: OKs, Impulse, A Class Cats, Moths, Flying 11s, Tasars & 29ers. I'd suggest a polite phone call to either of the two people below that are listed as the organising committee: Tony Outteridge 49752585 Sandra O’Donnell 0418488554 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobblyoldjimbo Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 sadly it's a common term, at Draycote Water (UK) in the 70's we used to have a BM - was always Boxing Day and you really did have to scrape the ice off the decks to sail. Some inventive soul actually made a mould and each year there was a brass monkey for the winners. bit rough being so close though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korwich Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Gees what are the A class going to do while waiting for the rest of the fleets to finish, or do they have a 20km course to sail while the rest sail 1km. It is like having a Bathurst with Formula 1s and Vangard Spacemasters and Standards as the only cars elegible to race. Maybe the As just dont want to race anywhere near Maricats though, apparantly when A class hit maris the A class comes off worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darcy1945 Posted May 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Tornado Sport, you are correct, the Brass Monkey was held by long jetty, but immediately on their demise I requested the regatta from the outgoing committee for TSC, which they granted rather than see it leave Tuggerah Lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humungus2 Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Very cheeky Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeye Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Anyone wanna know the origin of brass monkeys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobie Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 would love to know more. feed us some brain food BRUCE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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