NS14 News and Information
02/01/09 - 2008/09 National Championship UPDATE
The NS14 National Championships are now well underway. Further
updates and images will be available soon.
Race 1 was sailed under very trying conditions
with the breeze almost completely dying only a few minutes into
the first leg. A couple of boats made it around the top mark before
the tide got hold of them, but the majority of the fleet spent
a frustrating hour or so trying to get up to the mark. Eventually
the breeze picked up to 3-5 knots and we were all back underway,
but the lead boats had extended an unattainable lead. The race
was finished at the wing mark on a shortened course just as the
breeze kicked in to around 10 knots. Tigger Too (Hugh Tait and
Tom Potter) was the winner by 1 second over Fizzy (Malcolm Page
and Fiona Elliot).
Races 2 and 3 were held back to back on day
two in light to moderate winds. Race 2 was subject to a general
recall as everyone was a bit too keen to get going. Once the fleet
got away cleanly the rest of the day was fairly uneventful. Fizzy
took out both heats to take the lead in the series.
Race 4 was started in 20-25 knots and a nearly
2 metre swell in conditions that saw many entrants not even make
the start line due to gear failure and early fatigue. Due to the
strong breezes and the speeds obtained, the race was over quite
quickly, with most of the boats that crossed the start line also
finishing. Tigger Too was the winner with Peter and Kathryn Davis
in Spinifex second. The run back into the beach after the race
was just as difficult as the race itself with Dark Horse being
dismasted on the way in. The club grounds looked more like a boat
yard as everyone scrambled to get back on the water for the next
day’s racing.
At the end of race 4, Tigger Too was leading from Fizzy and Spinifex.
27/12/08 - 2008/09 National Championship RESULTS
The Brighton and Seacliff Yacht Club have set up a dirct
link between Top Yacht Software and the NS14 website to allow
daily access to all the results as soon as they become available.
View
latest results here>>
23/12/09 - 2008/09 National Championship ENTRANTS update
The current entrants
for the 2008/09 National Championship at Brighton & Seacliff
Yacht Club in Adelaide has now been updated. We have now received
36 entries.
19/12/08 - 2008/09 National Championship ENTRANTS
The current entrants
for the 2008/09 National Championship at Brighton & Seacliff
Yacht Club in Adelaide has now been updated. We have now received
33 entries which is more boats than the last time the Nationals
were held in Adelaide and more boats than at last year's Nationals
in Melbourne. There is still time to enter (before 25/12/08) and
there is a provision for late registrations on the 28th December
2008. Download the Notice
of Race for more information and for the entry form.
08/12/08 - 2008/09 National Championship ENTRANTS
The current entrants
for the 2008/09 National Championship at Brighton & Seacliff
Yacht Club in Adelaide are now published on this website.
08/12/08 - 2008/09 NSW Sprint Series
Surprise – yet again! Chipping Norton Lake belied
its reputation and produced decent wind for the NSW Sprint Series
held on 6th December. Read more>>
28/11/08 - ACT Titles
The 41st ACT NS14 Championships were held on the weekend
of 22-23 November 2008 on Lake Burley Griffin in windy, cold conditions.
Squalls were coming across the water at up to 34 knots, snow was
falling on the ranges and the wind chill factor had the evening
news reporting the Saturday temperature at just 2 degrees. I was
sure I heard Alex Chittenden of Beach Twenty Five being given
some sage advice along the lines of ‘be careful of the bullets
on this Lake – they’re evil’….. Full
Story
31/10/08 - New Section for Boats for Sale
The previous state based listings of secondhand boats
has now been replaced with a new dedicated section on the website
for boat sales, new boats, spars and sails. The main menu on the
left has been updated to include a link to Boats
for Sale.
28/10/08 - Boat Register Updated
The NS14 Boat Register
is designed to track where boats are sailing now and by whom.
It can also provide useful information for people looking to trade
a boat and can identify where a boat they are interested in is
located and whether it is being used.
Please help us keep this Register up to date. Contact
us if you buy or sell a boat or let us know if you stop or
start sailing.
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