The winners are...     Trophy presentation

by Ian Grant    24/3/08 9:55

Ross Perrins has made a successful transition from a Brisbane-Gladstone race monohull champion to dominating the Multihull Yacht Club of Queensland Brisbane Gladstone race honour board...

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The next radio sked is due at 23:35 if necessary

Victorian catamaran skipper Martyn Riley wrote another chapter in the 44 year history of Brisbane to Gladstone multihull races when he steered Raw to the Core to an impressive line honours win earlier today...

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Raw flew it for 1 and a half hours from the masthead before happily handing it over the next fastest boat – Ichi Ban. Ichi Ban is reported to have offered “no comment”!

This puts them 2nd to Raw to the Core at present on both OMR and PF

The next radio sked is due at 17:35

Raw to the Core was the first boat home with Ichi Ban the Volvo 70 in sight but very much behind.

The next radio sked is due at 11:35

The next radio sked is due at 05:35

APC Max capsized around 11.30 just north of Waddy Point, almost exactly where Emu did last year. All crew are safe and communicated via handheld radio with Wilparina, Cut Snake and Earthling who were in the vicinity. They used the loom of lights and a trawler sighting nearby to locate the stricken vessel. All crew are now on board Wilparina and heading for Gladstone.

Raider One Design has just rung to say the boat is now safely tied up at Mooloolaba. The only problem being that as it is Good Friday no amber ointment can be purchased to assuage the pain! 

Victor Harbour multihull ocean racing skipper Rob Remilton steered his power sailing trimaran Wilparina ll to a provisional lead in the Brisbane to Gladstone race earlier tonight.

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The next radio sked is due at 23:35

Raider One Design, Jamie Morris and Roger Overell, has retired with a broken rudder. They are returning to Mooloolaba under their own power with no injuries.

Jamie Morris has spoken to our Race Control at Gladstone.

As at 19.00 they are approximately 10 miles NNE of Mooloolaba motor sailing back. They have broken one rudder and are taking it easy.

Initially there was a concern that there would not be enough wind to start the race and as the start time drew closer it became obvious that it would be a slow start.

By the time we had made a small modification to the start line by removing a crab pot it was time for the 5 minute gun. By now the wind was blowing 5-6 knots from the east so unfortunately there was no chance of a spinnaker start which would have been very nice for the large number of spectator boats that turned up for the occasion and followed the fleet for quite a while.

The first boat over the line was Cut Snake followed very closely by AYS Raider and Wilparina 2 was third. 

A big thanks goes out to the Police, who after last years mishap with a boat obstructing the start, made sure all the spectator boats were well clear of the start line. 

Also, thanks to Mayor Don Secombe for coming aboard and enjoying Geoff and Margret Finnagens delicious lunch. Not to forget Vic and Judy for their valuable race start experience. From the start boat point of view the crew of Kestrel had a wonderful morning.

The super fast Brisbane to Gladstone multihull fleet racing for the Allyacht Spars trophy will face light winds when the start signal is fired off Manly at 11o’clock this morning.

This is not a forecast that will place smiles on the faces of the fast lane sailors in the competitively strong fleet of 20 yachts representing South Australia, Victoria and Queensland...

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Melbourne skipper Martyn Riley is expected to endure a wet and windy ride on the small catamaran Raw to the Core when he defends his line honours trophy in the Multihull Yacht Club of Queensland Brisbane to Gladstone Race over the Easter weekend.
Normally Martyn Riley and his talented crew including Stuart Bloomfield would sail in protected comfort under the spray dodger of the race record holder Raw Nerve.

But the power sailing Raw Nerve which set the amazing record of 18 hours 55 minutes and 9 seconds with an anti-foul blistering 16.28 knot average in 2004 remains in a Melbourne boat yard with a shattered mast...

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Jamie Morris and Joel Berg will create Australian Multihull Ocean racing history during the 308 nautical mile Allyacht Spars Brisbane to Gladstone race over the Easter weekend.

The catamaran sailing champions representing the Multihull Yacht Club of Queensland will leave their friendly mateship ashore when they become engaged in a clone class match race for line and handicap honours in Australia’s only major coastal passage race for Multihull yachts...

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It is now compulsory for all boats entering Gladstone Harbour during the Brisbane to Gladstone race to install a radar reflector .

MYCQ volunteers have been testing base stations for the race relays - Bruce Weiland at Caloundra and Jeff Hawley at Bundaberg. Jeff has the comforts of a caravan but some how Bruce has managed to go one better - a penthouse with magnificent views and a spa.

Brisbane Hardware businessman Ross Perrins is the only skipper in history to win the major trophies in the separate Queensland Cruising Yacht Club and Multihull Yacht Club of Queensland Brisbane to Gladstone races is personally convinced that catamaran racing is more comfortable.

Skipper Ross Perrins first entered the demanding 308 n/ml offshore racing classic as co skipper with part owner Colin Loel sharing the helming watch on the baby monohull ocean racer Scampi A 27 years ago...

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Catamaran Champ back on Track    by Ian Grant    published 11-Mar-2008

Melbourne Orthodontist Martyn Riley suffered a painful expense when his record breaking catamaran Raw Nerve was dismasted during a wild 40 knot gust in the Port Lincoln race last month. 

Her expensive carbon-fibre mast which had previously powered the super fast maxi-catamaran to smash the 308 nautical mile Brisbane to Gladstone Race record with the average speed of 16.28 knots was shattered in several pieces when a turnbuckle snapped.

However despite the expensive set back the Raw Nerve racing team will defend their Brisbane – Gladstone Multihull Race trophy with the smaller 9.24m ocean sailing sprint machine catamaran Raw to The Core...

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Publicity    published 17-Feb-2008

Well know freelance journalist Ian Grant has been engaged for Publicity for Gladstone and AMOC.