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NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

International Mirror Dinghy World Championships 2018/2019 Woollahra SC, Sydney

Mirrors in Sydney sail from Woollahra, Balmoral and Hunters Hill sailing clubs.

http://www.imcansw.org

The Mirror Dinghy, the class that has launched a thousand Olympic dreams is now 52 years old and has been in Australia for 50

years. Now available in fiberglass, with a newly designed cockpit and a modern rig, over 70,000 have been built. It is the Worlds’

most popular double handed class.

Mirrors are perfect for kids moving up from Optimists or Manly Juniors, perfect for teenagers and perfect for parent/child

combinations. Optimum combined crew weight is 90kgs to 120kgs. It is a very family friendly class.

The Mirror World Championships are coming to Sydney in 2018/2019.  This is a perfect time to enter the class. A brand new fully

race ready Mk3 fiberglass Mirror costs about $11,000. There is no selection for the Worlds, anyone can compete. Join sailors from

Britain, Ireland, South Africa, France, Japan , the Phillipines, Sweden and Canada for competitive strict one design racing.

Trevor Wilkins Photography

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RL24 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

At the 43rd RL24 Nationals held at
RQYS in January, 17 RL24s raced a
four day seven race series and again,
Simon Walsh and his Ohau-Rua crew
from Lake Wellington Yacht Club
in Victoria proved unbeatable. It was
Walsh’s 18th Australian class title,
17 have been at the helm of what was
originally his dad’s RL24 and over
four decades has been modified and
developed by the aircraft maintenance
engineer (helicopters) and past Flying
11 champion.

COBRA AUSTRALIAN TITLE

For 2015 The Cobra Catamaran Association

took a brave move and decided to stick

with Stingray Catamarans and go to South

Australia, they joined the

Yvonne class at Victor Harbor.

Racing at Victor Harbor is

almost certain to provide many

varied conditions and three races

were postponed two for strong

winds and one for no wind while

the final race was stopped when

a strong South Westerly change

knocked down most of the fleet

providing unsafe conditions.

1. Ohau-Rua, Simon Walsh, 5


2. Lowana VI, Mick Shannon, 13


3. F-Troop, Brad Taylor, 14

FLEET: 17 boats

RESULTS

1. 2RC11, Scott McVey/Breck
   McVey, 17


2. Sweet Dreams, Rob Nixon/
   Joanne Bell-Harper, 25


3. F.O.I., David/Lisa Badrock, 26

RESULTS

JULIE GELDARD
Tight racing downwind at the RL24 National Championship.

GARY LIENHERT

2RCII kept powering to win with Scott

and Breck McVey clearly in control.