Club E-Racing

Offshore aficionado, James Keating was a clear winner last week, putting a temporary dampener on 14 y.o. Opi champ Aaron Teo’s ambitions.

Against 15 other competing boats, Choombies beat them all in every race. A clear contender for the inaugural Club Championship on 13 May 2020. Read on for further details.

Results available here.

James Keating ‘Choombies’ under the pump.

Club E-Racing

Details for this activity can all be found under the On Water menu in all the usual spots:

To enter – go to Online Entries

For results – go to Results

For general information – go to E-Sailing

If you wish to know how to get involved as a competitor or spectator, you can find instructions in the Online Entries button.

Currently the specific event is the Midweek E-Series held every Wednesday from 1400.

The new race times now include a longer intermission between races for those quick trips to the fridge

  • Race 1 starts 1400
  • Race 2 starts 1420
  • Race 3 starts 1440
  • Race 4 starts 1500

 

For those searching for some extra tips and know how, you may find the RYA website helpful – click here.

Zhik E-Sailing National Challenge

Australian Sailing with the support of sailing apparel manufacturer Zhik, has organised state and national playoffs. The finals will include some of Australia’s elite sailors such as European Laser Champion and Tokyo 2020 representative Matt Wearn. Australian Sailing affiliated clubs are invited to hold their own Club E-Championships whereby an overall winner will go on to represent their club in the State Championship 22 – 24 May and then the National Championship 28 May 2020.

For more information on this event, please click here.

Club Championship

SoPYC has stepped up to the plate and has announced the inaugural E-Sailing Club Championship to be held on Wednesday 13 May 2020. Competitors already competing in the Midweek E-Series are invited to sign up and be prepared to represent the Club on those State and National Championships on the given dates.

Click here for the Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions.

Connect with Olympian Will Ryan

MySail has created an online sailing Q&A to keep you connected to your sailing and fellow sailors during COVID-19.

Dockside with Deb brings you closer to your fellow sailors through a weekly conversation with the people you might expect or want to meet while hanging out at your local sailing club or marina.

This online event is held every Wednesday evening – 5pm in Perth, 6:30 in SA, 7pm in Sydney / Melbourne or 9pm in NZ.

This week’s guest speaker is Will Ryan. Will is an Olympic medal winner and member of the Australian Sailing Team, and will discuss his journey into sailing and to the Olympics, his tips for performing under pressure and how he’s managing the disappointment of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic postponement.

This is a free event hosted by MySail and anyone’s welcome to join. You can register here: https://bit.ly/3d2aVTZ.

It will also be live streamed to MySail’s Facebook page.

VIDEO SECTION

Review last week’s 4 Midweek E-Series races: