ERIENCE - Sandringham Yacht Club

OFF THE BEACH REPORTTo make it even more of a challenge, Julian decided tofracture his left wrist three days before the first day ofracing! There was no way this was going to stop him andthanks to Dr Robin Endersbee (the Team doctor and alsoaccompanying parent!), a specially designed waterproofand removable cast was designed and made to allow himto race. Those who know the cadet will realise that differentmanoeuvres and positioning are required when gybingdownwind. A broken wrist made it even more challengingfor them. The first race day was very windy and in the firstrace their rudder rope snapped and they tipped. Brokenwrist and all, Julian hauled himself back in the boat and theyonly lost two places. What an absolute champion!Apart from one day when nothing went their way (and thisapplied to the entire Australian team), they sailed smartlyand fairly and all SYC members would have been proud ofthese two young sailors who have learnt all of their sailing atthe OTB.Of the eleven races, they had seven top 10 results. Itwas a shame that Race Twelve did not eventuate as theyhad protested the Russian crew (who finished secondoverall) on the water and were confident of winning in theprotest room. This would have left Race Twelve as thereal decider. Alas, it was not to be. Anton has now beenfortunate enough to compete in four International CadetWorld Championships – two as crew and two as a skipper.In three of those World Championships, he has finishedsecond, third and seventh. Good luck to him in his futuresailing endeavours.At the same time as the World Championships, aPromotional Regatta is also held to allow those who missedout on selection to the World Championships to compete.This year, SYC had two boats entered in the Promotional,with the crews of Alice Endersbee and Eliza Davis andGrace Endersbee and Tilly Davis. Out of a fleet of 60 boats,Alice & Eliza finished 11th and Grace and Tilly finished 24th.There were many highlights, although the convincing racewin that Alice and Eliza achieved and the third that Graceand Tilly had, really stand-out.29ersOn to the 29ers, we had two crews of James Sly and TomDwyer and Tess Lloyd and Lewis Duncan who went toEurope to compete in the 29er German Nationals, followedby the Europeans.Congratulations to James and Tom who came second in theGerman Nationals (by two points) and replicated this resultagain in the European Championships where they finishedon the same number of points - 33 again! I am sure theEuropeans weren’t too thrilled in having these Aussies comeout and do so well! James and Tom have now moved into a49er and will be names to watch over the next few years.Congratulations also to Tess Lloyd and Lewis Duncan whofinished ninth at the German Nationals and 22nd in the GoldFleet of the Europeans (held in Locarno Switzerland). Tessand Lewis only paired up about six months ago so this wasa great result for them. Tess and Lewis also came first inthe recent NSW Youth Championships - watch out for thiscombination at the 2012 Youth Nationals.2011 OTB Sleepover weekendLASER RADIALSThe World Championships for the Laser Radial Youth Menswere held in La Rochelle, France, and Jeremy O’Connellwas competing. Jeremy had a race win and finished 13thfrom a fleet of 271. Congratulations to Jeremy.Working hard to cement her spot in the Australian SailingTeam is Krystal Weir in a Laser Radial. Over the past coupleof years, Krystal has been focusing on her studies in Sydneybut is now home so we will be seeing a lot more of her.Starting with the ISAF World Cup events in Mallorca, Spain,Krystal finished 22nd out of 78, in Hyeres France, 19th outof 98, in Weymouth, 13th from 91 and in Kiel second from51. Krystal is now ranked sixth in the ISAF Sailing WorldCup Standings in the Women’s Laser Radial.FINNOli Tweddell is one of the regular faces in the OTB where heis a much loved coach to quite a few of our Optimist andLaser sailors. This year he competed in the Finn in the ISAFWorld Cup events in Medemblik, Weymouth and Kiel. Overthe past year, Oli has been eating and eating and eating andhas been in the gym working very hard to put on an extra20 to 30 kilos enabling him to weigh-in at the optimal 100kilos to be competitive in this extremely tough class. Aftermonths of training here, this was his first serious foray intothe world level. In Medemblik, Oli finished 29th from a fieldof 66, in Weymouth he finished 23rd out of 59 and beat thecurrent Australian Sailing Team member Brendan Caseyby one spot! In Kiel, Oli finished 11th from a field of 47. Hescored a first and a third in two of the races. As you cansee from the results, he kept improving at each event! Hereis a young man who at only 21 is competing against theTrojans in this class including Ben Ainslie, Ed Wright, ScottGiles and Kljakovic-Gaspic to name a few.470To be part of the highly competitive field of 470 racing,Max Taylor and Tim Hannah travelled over to Helsinki,Finland to compete in the 470 European Opens. Max andTim only paired up at the beginning of this year so this wastheir first big competition. They finished 14th in the Silverfleet which was a great start for them. Max is a very familiarface around our club and not only have he and Tim beentraining really hard (0630 in the mornings some times),but he has also spent many hours on the water coachingAnton, Julian, Alice, Grace, Tilly and Eliza in the Cadets andTom and James in the 420s.12Summer 2011 | syc off the wind