Royals Yearbook 2019/2020

Commodore's Trophy HBYC Walter
RYCV
Passage to Portarlington was held
Paton
23rd November. The first three places
on
filled by Hobsons Bay yachts.
were
to our Waterfront
Congratulations
Ryan Blackstock, who finished
Manager,
annual skiff weekend at Flinders was
The
on the 23rd and 24th of November.
held
Yacht Club makes a great
Flinders
for the event with stunning
backdrop
of Western Port, Phillip Island and
views
Strait. This year, 15 14ft skiffs turned
Bass
including 3 boats from Royals. All
up
were able to camp at the
competitors
started off with light and
Saturday
breezes, with the forecast
variable
20+ knots from the South West
predicting
in the afternoon. As the breeze
later
shifted and strengthened, the fleet
slowly
now racing in 20-25 knots making it
was
the upcoming 14 Worlds in Perth. The
for
recorded boat speed was 25 knots.
top
afternoon racing was followed
Saturday
an association dinner at the Club.
up
brought light and sunny
Sunday
and many tired bodies from
conditions
day before. The lighter 10 knot breeze
the
warm weather were most welcome
and
4 races to be run over the course
allowing
the day. During Sunday morning Lipton
of
winners were presented with their
cup
14’s occupied the top 3 spots
trophies.
Cup Presentation - 1st place Mark Krstic & James
Lipton
“Sticky Fingers”
Lanati
Elwood Huon Trophy was held on
The
30th November. It was run in a
Saturday
south easterly breeze which built as
light
race progressed.
the
R Y C V Y E A R B O O K 2 0 1 9 / 2 0 2 0
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IN
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in first place on Le Cas¨cadeu¾r .
yacht club for the weekend.
to the following entrants.
Congratulations
Magic Bullet - Leo Cantwell
1.
Drambuie - Craig Black
2.
Rozinante II- Andrew Middleton
3.
for the young RYCV boats.
challenging
increase in breeze was good practice
The
from the week before.
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