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Risdon Brook Radio Yacht Club

Locality: Risdon, Tasmania, Australia

Phone: +61 478 292 722

Address: East Derwent Highway 7017 Risdon, TAS, Australia

Website: http://www.risdonbrookradioyachtclub.com/

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02.05.2022 Looks like our intrepid bunch of midweek sailors had a good day sailing yesterday ... thanks to Kyle for his report: A very good idea to go sailing today - mild conditions with a mid A rig breeze from the north with some westerly shifts that built up to B rig after lunch. Everyone hanging onto their A rigs making for some fast sailing.... Again, we started with a running start to the southern distance mark with a long beat back to the gate marks back to the distance mark, and then again a long beat to the finish. A good turn up of 12 boats including 4 fast woodies. Buzzy sailing his new Corby 5 was showing excellent speed particularly upwind. Good to see Peter Turner come along as he slowly gets to grips with radio sailing . Justin Rogers had a tune up prior to the after lunch races & was also going very well. A good day

19.04.2022 A hardy bunch of sailors turned up on a cold morning for midweek sailing. Here is the report: Only seven dedicated skippers fronted on a rather bleak morning but we did have a fairly steady northerly to give us some very enjoyable A rig handicap racing from the southern point. Course was from the start to the middle windward mark with a long run to the southern distance mark and then another long beat to the finish.... Excellent racing with Jammy and Stu as the back markers, with the 3 woodies plus Kimbo Potter making up the rest of the fleet. Peter Turner came along with his newly acquired V5 ( I think) but a flat battery curtailed his morning. Thanks to those who made the effort to come along . This weekend, we have another double header, with the resumption of the DF95 Tasmanian Championship. Button press as per the NoR at 1030. Then on Sunday, we have RM Scratch, starting at 11am.

08.04.2022 A challenge. Beautiful looking yacht

31.03.2022 Report from Kyle Stewart of day one of the Tasmanian DF95 Championships ... good day of racing! After predictions of less than 10km/hr winds, we were greeted with approx double that in a WNW direction, so with the long fetch of water as well, the waves were up a bit as well, which provided quite a challenge for the sailors. Many hadn't sailed their DF's in a while and subsequently had issue with how the waves and wind can move the yachts around, which resulted in quite a lot ...of entanglements int he first few races. This abated after about four races, but the wind did not. Increasing to a healthy B rig by lunch time, but the Katabatic soothed somewhat after lunch to a light to medium A rig breeze. Many sailors got podium positions thoughout the day, with 18 races being completed. Looking through the preliminary day 1 results, it looks like Lisa Blackwood made the best of the conditions. Stu Dawes holds second position, 12 points adrift of Lisa, with Mike Hickman in third, 3 points further astern of Stu. The interest does not stop there, with many close contests amongst the fleet. Rod, Ray and Wayne fighting close for 4-6 respectively, Chris, Phil, John, Justin and Colin all within earshot for positions 7-11, and not discounting Geoff or David, who will quickly rush back to the pack with some dnf's ready to discard shortly. By the sounds of it at the end of the day, everyone really enjoyed themselves, and all yachts are in prime condition to continue tomorrow, with similar forecast predicted. Big thanks, as always to our PRO's on the day. A difficult job at times, and Les and Rod carried out the task admirably. Looking forward to seeing what happens throughout tomorrows sailing.

27.03.2022 Report from Andrew, our midweek racing coordinator: "when I went for a walk at seven this morning it was one degree and quite OK, but by the time I got to Montrose a B rig northerly had set in and it was beyond freezing, so the seven skippers who came decided to delay sailing until 11.00 am. It was still cold, but do-able. As the morning progressed and the handicap series got under way the temperature came up and the icy breeze started to abate. After lunch everyone was on A ...rigs and some great handicap racing followed using a downwind start to a distant buoy followed by a log beat to windward - twice around. Wayne B had his new Woody sailing and going well and Stuart Dawes brought along his almost complete Goth IOM. He also acted as PRO - many thanks. I must say that since we have been back sailing from lockdown the sailing at Montrose has been just superb. As John Cole-Cook says, a world class venue! Rod J has suggested that, because of the very cold mornings we are having we should start Wednesdays at 11.00 am during the winter - when there is a bit more warmth in the air. Everyone though that was an outstandingly good idea, so going forward we will start at 11.00, and straight into the handicap sailing"

11.03.2022 Nice to see some signs of normal returning to the weekend routine ... RBRYC's Marblehead skippers blew off the cobwebs and had an enjoyable Sunday sailing. Thanks to Kyle for the report: A rather chilly day today, but nice fresh winds welcomed the 6 sailors for the first RM scratch day in quite a long time. Honours were shared mostly between Ray Joyce, with his Grunge and John Cole-Cook's borrowed Indie, with John Hall and his Fuzzy Logic taking out the last race (you're only... as good as your last race, John?). That said, Andrew Wardrop and his Indie was also very consistent as well, which ended up having the BG designed yachts finishing in the first three places on the day. John Cole-Cook took out the day in the end, on 11 points, with Ray Joyce second, on 14 points, with Andrew Wardrop in third, on 26 points. Big thanks to Les Hanson, who not only PRO'd the day today, but also lent out his Vibe so Stu could have a sail as well. This Wednesday is the DF95 Mid Week Handicap from 10am, and on Sunday 5 July we have the IOM Mid Winter Challenge. Please get your entry in if you intend on sailing on the day. All racing is at Montrose Bay at the moment.

21.02.2022 Things are starting to return to normal at RBRYC ... well normal for these strange times anyway. Here is a report from Secretary Kyle Stewart on winter sailing last Sunday: "Nine hardy skippers turned up today. Personally, I reluctantly packed my IOM into the car, fully believing it would not get wet today. However, on arrival at MBYC, there was a nice, light NW breeze, which gave everyone the motivation to get set up and have a sail. Although it was rather cold, the sailing ...was very competitive and enjoyable. Les set up some really good courses for us, and continued to make the required changes to both the start lines and actual course as needed. Weed was of very little influence today, and some fantastic close and clean racing ensued. As usual, the cream rose to the top, and Lisa came out winner on the day, with a very consistent score of 9 for the day. Rod J, Ray and Mike battled each other most of the day, with Rod J prevailing in second, from Ray and then Mike. A big thanks to Les, who came along to PRO for the day, making it a very pleasant and enjoyable day for everyone."

22.01.2022 Results, worlds day three. Two Aussies remain in the top 15. Paul Jones doing a good job working through the places, and now in sixth. Sean Wallis seems to have had a form slump and has slipped to fifth. Rosco Bennett just outside the 15 and our John Cole-Cook holding on at 24th

21.01.2022 Things are starting to return to normal at RBRYC ... well normal for these strange times anyway. Here is a report from Secretary Kyle Stewart on winter sailing last Sunday: "Nine hardy skippers turned up today. Personally, I reluctantly packed my IOM into the car, fully believing it would not get wet today. However, on arrival at MBYC, there was a nice, light NW breeze, which gave everyone the motivation to get set up and have a sail. Although it was rather cold, the sailing ...was very competitive and enjoyable. Les set up some really good courses for us, and continued to make the required changes to both the start lines and actual course as needed. Weed was of very little influence today, and some fantastic close and clean racing ensued. As usual, the cream rose to the top, and Lisa came out winner on the day, with a very consistent score of 9 for the day. Rod J, Ray and Mike battled each other most of the day, with Rod J prevailing in second, from Ray and then Mike. A big thanks to Les, who came along to PRO for the day, making it a very pleasant and enjoyable day for everyone."

20.01.2022 Interested in building your own wooden IOM? Several RBRYC members have done so, and there is plenty of information on our website about woodies (search RBRYC). Here is an article ...

20.01.2022 Looks like our intrepid bunch of midweek sailors had a good day sailing yesterday ... thanks to Kyle for his report: A very good idea to go sailing today - mild conditions with a mid A rig breeze from the north with some westerly shifts that built up to B rig after lunch. Everyone hanging onto their A rigs making for some fast sailing.... Again, we started with a running start to the southern distance mark with a long beat back to the gate marks back to the distance mark, and then again a long beat to the finish. A good turn up of 12 boats including 4 fast woodies. Buzzy sailing his new Corby 5 was showing excellent speed particularly upwind. Good to see Peter Turner come along as he slowly gets to grips with radio sailing . Justin Rogers had a tune up prior to the after lunch races & was also going very well. A good day

17.01.2022 Report from Kyle Stewart of day one of the Tasmanian DF95 Championships ... good day of racing! After predictions of less than 10km/hr winds, we were greeted with approx double that in a WNW direction, so with the long fetch of water as well, the waves were up a bit as well, which provided quite a challenge for the sailors. Many hadn't sailed their DF's in a while and subsequently had issue with how the waves and wind can move the yachts around, which resulted in quite a lot ...of entanglements int he first few races. This abated after about four races, but the wind did not. Increasing to a healthy B rig by lunch time, but the Katabatic soothed somewhat after lunch to a light to medium A rig breeze. Many sailors got podium positions thoughout the day, with 18 races being completed. Looking through the preliminary day 1 results, it looks like Lisa Blackwood made the best of the conditions. Stu Dawes holds second position, 12 points adrift of Lisa, with Mike Hickman in third, 3 points further astern of Stu. The interest does not stop there, with many close contests amongst the fleet. Rod, Ray and Wayne fighting close for 4-6 respectively, Chris, Phil, John, Justin and Colin all within earshot for positions 7-11, and not discounting Geoff or David, who will quickly rush back to the pack with some dnf's ready to discard shortly. By the sounds of it at the end of the day, everyone really enjoyed themselves, and all yachts are in prime condition to continue tomorrow, with similar forecast predicted. Big thanks, as always to our PRO's on the day. A difficult job at times, and Les and Rod carried out the task admirably. Looking forward to seeing what happens throughout tomorrows sailing.

16.01.2022 Nice to see some signs of normal returning to the weekend routine ... RBRYC's Marblehead skippers blew off the cobwebs and had an enjoyable Sunday sailing. Thanks to Kyle for the report: A rather chilly day today, but nice fresh winds welcomed the 6 sailors for the first RM scratch day in quite a long time. Honours were shared mostly between Ray Joyce, with his Grunge and John Cole-Cook's borrowed Indie, with John Hall and his Fuzzy Logic taking out the last race (you're only... as good as your last race, John?). That said, Andrew Wardrop and his Indie was also very consistent as well, which ended up having the BG designed yachts finishing in the first three places on the day. John Cole-Cook took out the day in the end, on 11 points, with Ray Joyce second, on 14 points, with Andrew Wardrop in third, on 26 points. Big thanks to Les Hanson, who not only PRO'd the day today, but also lent out his Vibe so Stu could have a sail as well. This Wednesday is the DF95 Mid Week Handicap from 10am, and on Sunday 5 July we have the IOM Mid Winter Challenge. Please get your entry in if you intend on sailing on the day. All racing is at Montrose Bay at the moment.

15.01.2022 Exciting initiative by Brad Gibson

13.01.2022 A hardy bunch of sailors turned up on a cold morning for midweek sailing. Here is the report: Only seven dedicated skippers fronted on a rather bleak morning but we did have a fairly steady northerly to give us some very enjoyable A rig handicap racing from the southern point. Course was from the start to the middle windward mark with a long run to the southern distance mark and then another long beat to the finish.... Excellent racing with Jammy and Stu as the back markers, with the 3 woodies plus Kimbo Potter making up the rest of the fleet. Peter Turner came along with his newly acquired V5 ( I think) but a flat battery curtailed his morning. Thanks to those who made the effort to come along . This weekend, we have another double header, with the resumption of the DF95 Tasmanian Championship. Button press as per the NoR at 1030. Then on Sunday, we have RM Scratch, starting at 11am.

13.01.2022 Report from Andrew, our midweek racing coordinator: "when I went for a walk at seven this morning it was one degree and quite OK, but by the time I got to Montrose a B rig northerly had set in and it was beyond freezing, so the seven skippers who came decided to delay sailing until 11.00 am. It was still cold, but do-able. As the morning progressed and the handicap series got under way the temperature came up and the icy breeze started to abate. After lunch everyone was on A ...rigs and some great handicap racing followed using a downwind start to a distant buoy followed by a log beat to windward - twice around. Wayne B had his new Woody sailing and going well and Stuart Dawes brought along his almost complete Goth IOM. He also acted as PRO - many thanks. I must say that since we have been back sailing from lockdown the sailing at Montrose has been just superb. As John Cole-Cook says, a world class venue! Rod J has suggested that, because of the very cold mornings we are having we should start Wednesdays at 11.00 am during the winter - when there is a bit more warmth in the air. Everyone though that was an outstandingly good idea, so going forward we will start at 11.00, and straight into the handicap sailing"

10.01.2022 Here is an interesting post on constructing a wooden IOM. Are you interested in doing the same? Plenty of Risdon Brook Radio Yacht Club members have now completed their own projects and are more than willing to provide assistance and advice to interested builders! Visit the RBRYC internet page for more details on joining the club and participating in radio yachting! http://www.randpsystems.co.uk/IOM/BuildingAWoodenShell.htm

08.01.2022 The Tasmanian Marblehead Championships were held over 7 and 8 December 2019 at Montrose Bay. Weather on the first day was difficult with gusting winds and near constant rain. True to Tasmania, the second day was the opposite - sunny and warm with little wind until a sea breeze arrived in the afternoon. The title was up for grabs between Kyle Stewart (Indie, number 75), John Cole-Cook (Scalpel, 12) and Ray Joyce (Grunge, 53) right to the end, finally won by Ray Joyce on a countback. Congratulations to all competitors and a big thank you to all volunteers.

06.01.2022 A challenge. Beautiful looking yacht

04.01.2022 The Tasmanian Marblehead Championships, 2019 began today in overcast, windy and wet conditions. Here is race two ... hopefully the weather will steadily improve through the regatta https://youtu.be/_gVmAjIXNKs

04.01.2022 RBRYC commenced the 2020 IOM scratch series on Sunday at Montrose Bay. Kyle Stewart provided the following report: "A wonderful day greeted the 14 sailors who came along for the first scratch round of the year. The hardest decision on the day was choosing the A or B rig, given the wind wanted to mess with both throughout. In the end, we had just two intrepid sailors with enough intestinal fortitude to use the A during the day (both taking out wins when the wind didn’t get too... much for them), the rest remained on B. Stu Dawes came along to pro for the day (thanks Stu), however, after a few races, Les Hanson passed his controller on to Stu and Les Pro’d for the rest of the day. Thanks for your help today guys. The buoys were checked and re-set where needed, giving us multiple start lines now, as well as the ability to start into both the northerlies (such as today) and to cater for the afternoon southerlies, should they turn up all in aid of less time on course preparation. Still room to improve, but we are getting very close to a real good placement of marks for any condition. Unfortunately, we had a few breakdowns today, which took a fair number of skippers out, but they will be back for round two, with the reliability issues all sorted. The racing itself was amongst the best I have seem in a very long time. Not only was it quite close in the results more so than the final tally shows, but you could often have 4-6 yachts finishing within seconds of each other. It was also fantastic to see the on-course communication improved so much, advising others of what you were doing etc. Also, the amount of penalties taken without any prompting at all has to be mentioned. Great to see someone apologise for an error and quickly doing their penalty turn, and for the ones called for buoy contact, all of them (as far as I saw) were done without question and straight away. Exactly what the club needs to promote so a great job by everyone today. We had our two new members on the water today, Paul and Justin Rogers, both sailing Cockatoos. Both had some issues on the water, but given time, will start to finish many more races and become competitive in time. Give it time and patience guys, and the rewards will come. Today, Ray Joyce blasted out of the blocks, and was hardly headed, a deserved winner of round 1 on 14 points. Rod Jackman had a welcome return to form, maintaining some excellent consistency (and seemingly knowing exactly how many drops he could have) coming in second on 18 points. Mike Hickman was also very consistent, coming in third on 22 points."