Annual Report 2011-2012.pdf - Lane Cove 12ft Sailing Skiff Club
Annual Report 2011-2012.pdf - Lane Cove 12ft Sailing Skiff Club
Annual Report 2011-2012.pdf - Lane Cove 12ft Sailing Skiff Club
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<strong>Lane</strong> <strong>Cove</strong> <strong>12ft</strong> <strong>Sailing</strong> <strong>Skiff</strong> <strong>Club</strong>concrete on site. Everything went smoothly untilone poured pier moved alarmingly, then Shaneabandoned the planned procedure in favour ofexerting brute strength – Shane won.As a resource for introducing potential Lasersailors to the sport the club boat has been usefuland will be retained in a state of readiness forfuture candidates. Our thanks go to Peter Francisfor donating Back to Square One.It’s always close racing in the Laser fleetIt cannot go without notice that the major prizewinners were also the most frequent sailors overthe season, they put the effort in. Great sailingfrom all of them.Despite only sailing in five races MarkBarraclough on Exclamation (get it?) picked upfour trophies, John Hunt on Jayvee three trophiesfrom nine starts and Julian Moran on Viaquathree from ten starts. Strong sailing from thisgroup!Two newcomers from Riverview CollegeTheodore Lewis on Riverview 2 and MatthewChegwyn on Doctor’s Orders joined the fleet thisyear, and we had occasional visits from GraceArmstrong on Spotto, Cam Gundy on Jokers andClowns, Vicki Kornman on Victim and Noel Borelon Tooezy. We hope to see more of them nextyear.The now ageing Laser shed at Woodford bay hasbeen given a new lease of life throughstabilization of the supporting piers using a clevertechnique devised by Shane Tatham and KimStewart. While the tide was out a large crew ofvolunteers formed up an outer casing forreinforced concrete, then mixed and poured theKris Romuld on Gravity Wins took out the Strata EngineeringSolutions Trophy.Laser Regatta Participation and ResultsNSW Masters – Jervis BaySimon Ling:13 (of 14) Radial MastersVicki Kornman: 14 (of 14) Radial MastersGeoff Lucas: 5 (of 8) Radial GG MastersWarwick Thomson: 7 (of 8) Radial GG MastersJohn Hunt: 15th (of 15) Standard G MastersRobert Drury: 2nd (of 4) Standard GG MastersNSW Championships GosfordJames Stewart: 39th (of 44) Standard FleetNational Masters - RQYSDavid Rosenthall: 11 (of 25) Std G MastersJohn Hunt: 22 (of 25) Radial G MastersRobert Drury: 14 (of 20) Radial GG MastersWarwick Thomson: 19 (of 20) Radial GG MastersWorld Masters - RQYSDavid Rosenthall: 31 (of 36) Std G MastersRobert Drury: 28th (of 34) Radial GG MastersThe Bob Kornman Award is decided by a popularvote of Laser sailors for a class member who isconsidered to have improved sailing ability duringthe season, to have demonstrated goodsportsmanship on the water and to havecontributed to the <strong>Club</strong>’s activities. This year thereare two winners, Kris Romuld and Julian Moran.Congratulations!Michael Madin on The Cure.Kris Romuld -Laser Class Secretarywww.LC<strong>12ft</strong>SSC.org.au Page 13