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25 June 2024 Virtuoso’s at work

While being out done by the Tum fleet under spinnakers, the virtuso performance put
in by Avian with her straight to the finish line sail to bring the remaining fleet home
,would have even put Paganini with his violin in the shade.

The great catch up

For Acrospire III, Mercedes III and Mercedes IV plus Boambillee still at the start
line when 60 % of the fleet had passed the Top Mark and 40 % past the wing mark it
was a let’s see how they go moment. They finished over the line mid fleet. It was
Acrospire III leading them home with 10 second elapsing between them. Except for
CYAA 2024 Winter Series on Port Phillip. Mercedes III, who sufferred badly at the hands of some 102 year old strangler, oops
stranger is a better word here.
Race Four 23rd June 2024.
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Mercedes IV celebrates her 50 with best Race 4 Corrected Time .
Post race notes. As Race 4 was a pursuit race the Top Yacht series points are based on the over the

Hi to all our 2024 Winter Series Skippers, crews and classic line result. An analysis of the corrected times shows Mercedes IV celebrated her 50 th
yachting supporters. birthday with the best Race four corrected elapsed time.

Tight corrected times
The RO speaks. The
fleet listens A look over these corrected
times show placong 2 to 4
With 6 knots of the predicted were with 47 second window’,
Nor’Éasterly centre stage placing 5 to 8 were within a
there was no hesitation in the 38 second window and
RYCV Race Officer decision. placing 9 to 12 were in a
Start the race as scheduled 2minute 8 second window.
and let’s go for course 9.
“We’ll give the classic’s a RYCV Race Committee Vessel A Race four report from
chance to show their stuff Royals 2 Thorsen Designed by Mercedes III
with a decent windward beat Ernie Digby
to the finish lline”: Thus spake the RYCV RO. All five division 1 yachts
started cleanly and within 20
Stay high seconds of their allotted start

times. Backmarker Ack lll
Wise words when
competing in trickey had more than made up her 5
conditions. While Merlin minute deficit to take a clear lead by the first mark, sailing to leeward of the pack.
droipped off the Top Mark The pack at G mark was M lV, 2 boat lengths clear of M lll with half a boat length to
rhumb line, her Top Mark Boambillie. The nimble Boambillie, sans George, took the inside of the gybe and
shoot up was a came out ahead of the sisters. Pastime at this point was well back, under powered
remarkable acheivment by a small headsail. After 5 minutes M lV broke out her Big Red spinnaker, drew
and sight for a multi away from Boambillie and Mercedes lll, and went in search of Ack lll who had
foresail cutter. Well done disappeared over the horizon. At B mark, both M lV and Boambillie tacked
Merlin was is the word. immediately, the shift to the east giving hope of laying the finish line. And that’s what
M lV did, failing to catch Ack lll by 10 seconds, and keeping Boambillie 1 minute
Marama’s day. astern. Meanwhile M lll meandered home in conditions, light reaching, not to her
liking whilst the Pastime crew applied more sunblock.
Marama, with Astrud A great finish from the birthday girl celebrating her 50th!
close by, put her mark on
the race tirst around the Race five is set to go 7 July. Tandanya is with us
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Top Mark and first to the
finish line by 8 minutes. Click on the link to checkout the Race 5 entry list and allocaterd handicaps. Race five will
No doubt it was see Tandanya with us. A Tandanya story is located on the next two pages
Marama’s day Studied
and steady concentration was the Marama scene.Here’s a link to the results that count