ABW Dec 2017

At the start the wind gods were unkind with still
calm waters and not the slightest breeze all morning,
delaying the start till after lunch, when thankfully
the winds picked up to a satisfactory level, paving
the way for an excellent afternoons’ racing with the
Oz Goose craft strutting their stuff. After the days
racing, a complimentary drink was enjoyed by all,
followed by a delicious evening meal.
To get people
started in sailing
you need something
they can afford, that
has good response
and feels right.
The Sunday seen a much
better start to proceedings,
with good winds prevailing,
allowing for some stiff
competition. While
the racing was on the
traditional delicious Aussie
sausage sizzle, sponsored
by Broadwater Marine
was prepared to feed the
hungry sailors after a day of good racing.
Following the Luncheon, Peter Capotosto presented
the awards to the well deserving winners. The overall
winners were, in first place, Peter Capotosto and
Angelique Tuazon, second place went to Michael
Storer and Honey Trazel Mae S.Truz, with Job
Ferranco and Mikee Vinzon taking 3rd spot.
This amazing little craft drew a host of comments
after its’ first national event. Some of the comments
were: Peter Capotosto “I know. It looks like a closet
that someone kicked over and put a mast in it.
When I saw it for the first time, I laughed! It’s a new
design that sails surprisingly well, is cheap, easy to
build, has enormous buoyancy, and as a result, is a
boat that can be used for collegiate and corporate
training, racing, and flood rescue. It hits several
hot buttons. This is a cheap way to get into sailing.
Remember what they named the largest class in
the world? The „Optimist“? Because you had to
be an optimist to think you could sail it? This is an
improved, simpler, larger, more practical boat, and
it’s a lot less expensive. It sails also LOT better too.”
Michael Storer: “The big advantage is that we can
get 10 to 20 people sailing for the price of importing
a single Laser and spares. To get people started in
sailing you need something they can afford, that
has good response and feels right. They will move
on to something fancy later.
Every feature is designed to keep the cost down.
But they have good spars, a light hull, and excellent
foils with simple but effective rigging not requiring
many imported bits of chandlery.
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