NATIONAL NEWS

Bruce CastlesV;''. ' ' 'l

Cralg RaineyKen Hackett

EDITORTAL COMMENT.The wheol has gone full cirele.The I'aet RL Newsletter I complled was ln 1984 and rror"r, four years on,1g onea agaln providLng the Assoclatlons aclmlntstratlon.....:and I dld1n tlme!four years ago I recall we made the big effort to clarlfy the wording andmeanlng of our elass rules, resulting ln current rules (effective February 1985).Aloo at that tlme we were etlll assesslng the effect of the new drop keeldevelotrxrent" One member had a mlnlmum weight hulI constructed.of fiUreglassbut at that time no kevlar hull exlsted..A well ealled RL 24 DK was stlll very dlfflcult to.beat Ln open competltlondbaplte *the prollferation of new fast tlgntweigt,t deslgns in the triller sallerrcrId.The RL 2{ Owners Assoclatlon was quite actlve wlth a healthy membershlp but thewldenlng gap ln members salling performance and a decllning trend in attendanceat tltle eventa was causl"ng ccncern.fhs _few yeara followlng 1984 aari,, a further wldening of the gap between thelrrformance of the keen hot shot racers and the main bulk oi nr, Z* ownera, wltha correaponding lessening of tnterest ln champlonshlp events. Congeqrrently theAssoclation has levelled out at a pretty low key tevet.Of couree lt ls not easy for a clais no, fift*,:n years old to maintaln a htqhlevel of actl'vlty and {nvolvement. Not many othei yachtlng assoclatLons of our19e 9a! boast particularly hlgh partlclpatlon by owners al€hough the Hartley?S 1.6 ls an outstandtng exampfe gt what can be ichteved. An iiterestlng moveIaet year however, by our H.s.w. managemSf,E, could see RL 2,1 owne*rs belng morereeponalve to Assoclatlon eVents. At Eden 1n January there was a very dellberateaffort to classlfy RL 24's lnto dlvlsions accordlng to potentlal. This wasconsLdered very successful by the 18 competlng yacnts a.,a the ldea wlll becontlnued ln LgAg/89, So lf you orirn a falrly-bisic RL 24, maybe enJoy cruisingtogether uith a blc of racing, do not have a regular team of expertenced gorlllascrewing for you - donrt worry about the ultr:r light high-tech out and, out raclngsnthusiaets. You can still achieve a slgnlflcant ..sult competlng agatnstsLmllar yachts to yours. Also, raelng in a serles alongside the guyi who havedeveloped thelr, R! to be highry compe[ltive ls a sur,:e wiy of impr6ving your ounopeed. You will find RL people freely exchange go-fast idear.X thlnk the Lnnovatlon at Eden and the the strong camaraderie at that serleslndlcates an upllfting of the spLrlt cf the RL 2a owners Assoclation. Heres toa contlnulng qulckening of lnterest i.n RL,s keeplng in touch.PRELII.TINARY NOTICE OF REGATTA.RIr 24 NATIONA.L CHAI'lproNSHIp 1989,/gg* hlps will be conducted by the Lake WeltingtonYacht CIub from the 7th to the t 4th January 1999.Locatlon- The Lake wellington Y.C. ls locited at t"larlay pcint on the western---_-anore of Lake welllngton, near sale, vlctor1a.Lake welllngton, part of the Glppsland Lakes system, 1s fresh water (bracklsh)gurrounded by flat farmland and llqhtly wooded country. Access ls by goodbttumen road from the Prlnces Highway between Sale and stratford. Tie-yachtclub le a tr'lo qtorey, brlck "A" frame bulld1ng on the foreshore. There aretwo all-weather launehlng ramps, a protected jetty and ample car,/tralrer parklng..

PRESIDE\TTSECRSTARYTREASI.IRERNEWSLETTER

MAY 1988

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AC!:OP1MopAtrgN"Camp sltps can be used adJacent to the'Yacht club freg-gE-ShgE"re. Caravanseen be hl-red and placed ln the camplng area, provlded adequate notlce larecelved to secure booklng of vans.A good selection of moteli le avallabLe ln Sale (2{ Km).Contact Ken Hackett for any booklng rerl:ests. (oSf) e+-t3+6,It:e Yacht CIub faclllties wlll be freely avallable for use by RL 2{ famlllesand crew.plp _ You *F.!p!f .

The Vl"etorLan Yachtlng Counell handlcap system for trallable yachte ls knownas the Class Baslc Handlcap (CBH). Thls l-e based on a comprehenslvemeasurement system that may be adJusted for performance.For the aeason Just flnlshed the RL 24 Drop KeeI Ls rated at a CBH of .669.By cornparleon, sl-ml}arly rated classes are : -

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?ormer Natlonal Champlon RL 2{ nWlngs" has changed handa. Donrt relax thoughlf you thlnk lt'e not qoing to be the threat lt wae rrrhen warren Waltera wagat thc helm. ..Wlngs la now owned by the Ratney f,amlly and aaLls on l,akcWelllngton. In her flrst outtng at her new club ahe ehowed ua all Juat howcllppery ahe la, beatlng Saeha, Pegasua and Spllce qulte comfortably.Of courao new heleman Craig Ralney ls no slouch, rcpresentLng Australla threctLmaa at Flylng Flfteen world tltles and belng current Vlctorlan and N.8.vl.State tltle holder, wlth erew Sl-mon Walsh.Ihc f,ormcr Rainey RIJ 24 "Spllceil ls nov, owned by Ken Grlfflth. Grlffo haagraduatcd from IIS 16'g, ln whlch class he hae been three timee dlvlalon wlnnctrln tha f,amoue Mar1ay Pol.nt Overnlght Race.

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SESULJ!.S--FRC}M EDEN- . JANUARY I88

Oqrr new Natlonal chutpton ls Davld Parmenters F. Troop.Dave end crew came f,rom Gladstone and thelr well deserved wln was very popularafter thelr thlrd place ln 1987.thc aalllng facllltiea and race organlsatlon at Eden were fLrst rate and wlthmost vlaltors etaylng at the one carnplng area, lt was an outstandtng eoclalEUCcaAA.

nq$l&t$ fRO!,l LAKE wELLIhpTON - J,ANUARY '88Following cloaely on the Eden regatta the Vletorlans had theLr StateChenrpl.onehlp aeries at the end of January. A srnalL but very competltlve fleetdld battlo ln noar gale condltlons for 3 heats and one real" drlfter at the6IEr ,

Pegasus revelled ln the heavy weather andto aet up an Lnvlnclble lead and take theSTRUCTURAL WEAKNESS ?

Bruee Castles had 3 stralght winetltle (for the 6th tlme).

Trevor ,Ionea never got the chance to put Casper and her new salls to the teetln tha V1c Utles. In the dead run to the startlng area for the 25-30 knot1st heat Caaper declded to shed her maet.Trav. waa aghast to flnd that the ahroud, conneeEed to the the standard U-bo1thad pulled out a complete area of flbreglass deck. There ls plenty ofre-lnforclng arounil the U-bolt area to loeally strengthen the deck but theglaas hgd slmply torn apart at elther end of the reLnforced area.On tnepectlng thls damage ono qulckly comes to the concluslon that Bomernodl"flcation r*ouLd be deslrable.Although by no means a common fallure ln RL'E, there is certainly a potenttalweaknesg 1n the etructural deelgn at the polnt of,. attactrrnent of the lhrqudg.He suggr€st ei.mply glaaslng ln sultable gn:ssets under the deck to transfer theehroud load more posltlvely to the hull. An alternattve change ls to abandonthe U*boLt and flx ehal-nplates dlrectly to the hull.t{ote- Hark IV huLl.a have the shroud attachment area gusseted to the hull aspart of thelr deslgn for ultra-hlgh rlg t6nslon.8& 2{rs; RL 28's, RL 3{'e ALfVE AND WELL.

SlncE Rob and rlune Legg sold out at Southport a new, dlmamlc manalement havernovsd" ln to keep the RL team very much ln buslness.WorkLng from the same factory and employlng the same productlon foreman, ScoQtTtrompeon, ls enthuglasttc about the future of his new acgulsltton.Scott of,ferE a complete after-sales service, all Rl repalrs and spare parts.A apoclal eervlce Just lntroduced ls a conrputerised llstlng of ,eecond-hand RL'sfor sale throughout Australia - avallable to potentlal buyers gg sellers.Juet rlng scott on (o75) 39-33{4.By the way, whieper Ls that a new, smarter topsldes proflle ls on the drawlngboard for the RL 28.

}{ELBOURNE_ EOAT sHOlrI.

The B.I.A. Boat Show, July ?th- JuIy 1.3th, wiII feature the RL 24.Thanks to the lnltlatlve of Lloyd Graham, Bumblebee will grace the RL24 ownersAesoclatlon stand. She ls a Mark IV hull, weII fitted out for crulsing, andhas the added Interest of a wlsh-bone boom (sallboard style). Scott Thompeonls halplng out wlth latest brochures and prlce llsts and has also come to theparty utth a donation to help defray coets of the stand.Xow - the crunch - Llo)al can not do the whole thlng slngle handed. He lsrelylng on volunteers to help man the stand both during the day and afterworklng hours. All workers on the stand are admltted to the. show free.So - please rlng Lloyd (03)8705439 and offer your help. What about a contlngentf,rom Ol.ppela,nd maklng the trlp at the weekend?

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A,nd convlvlal company gruaranteed.lhla popular m1d-wlnter eocla] gathering of RL tlpes is on agatn. Ueual venue,CorbEns home at 1"61 OrConnor Rd, Knoxfleld. Diary the date p!J. S6turday,Augruet 2oth at about 8.Oo PM. Something to go wlth the crumpeEs on the commontabLe at eupper nould be appreclated.

IA,lt&L -PqlryI *AgrEqU II"T?re Gi;:pel"and Lakes turned on a wlld one for the annual Marlay Polnt OvernlghtR.ace last March. The postponed start got the fleet away at 7.OO AI"1 on theSunday. By mid-mornlng the yachts were battllng 3o knotg and hlgher.24 RL 2{'g were entered. T.tre most remarkal:le performanee was Radleal Lady'erecovery from a complete knockdcwn ln a wlld broach, to be the flrst RL 2,1home" Barely recr:gnlsable as an RL though, flnlshlng wlth a Sonata mal-nsall!Only ,Iack would be fltted out wlth a "storm'r malneall.Lowane V had the mtsfortune to capslze when she was the leadlng RL. To addlngult to lnJury the keel retalnlng bolt falled so that Lowana V could not bereadlly rlghted. D.rrlng the subsequent reseue operatLon the mast was broken.Ifip, a well rlgged t"tark III capalzed and apparently the fcrward bouyaney tankfalled. The yacht was left lnverted but anchored wlth the lntentlon of laterrecovery, but she sank after abcut I er 5 hours" Desplte extenslve searehes,Imp was not found and ls an lnsuranee company loss.Post race statlstlcs showed that a total of 37 yachts in the fleet of over (OOrequlred assl.stance of scme klnd from the 3O boat rescue flotllla, lncludl-ngB yachts that could not be rlghted after capstzlng. Most eompetitors gotLnto trouble uhen drlvlng thel-r yachts hard under spinnaker. Sklppera whoghortened sa11 approprJ,ate to the condltlons generally fared we11. l,tost yachtsthat eould nct be rlghted had no keel lockdown - at least two lost thelr keelcompletely"Incldentally at the end of the Ist leg of the raee - the 12 mlle broad reachaeroas Lake Welllngton - 2 RL 24's were up ilear the leaders of the "faster n

dlvtslon 2 yaehts, havlng started 30 mlnutes later ::qII& CIRCULATION AND OUR SUBSCRIPTIONS.

Hot really related subJects but both requlre your actlon NoW.1. otrq matLlng llst aeema to be ln d very dlsJolnted, not to eay lncompletaatate. Pleaae help us get more current by passlng on thls news to gqI RL 2{ownef you know.2. Subscrlptlons to your Natlonal Associatlon are now due. A paltry $1O getayau fLnanclal from lst July 1988 to 3oth dune 1989 and enables us to sind younevrg, atage championship regattas, promote your class.Victorlans rnembers are up for a further $1o (total 92O) to ensure ther.rcontlnued rnembershlp of the Vlctorlan owners Assoclatlon.ALI addttlons to our malll"ng IIst plus any newa for future nersle'tters gendto Ken Hackett. 155 !'oster St., Sale (oSf) 44-4346.All paynrents of subs, both Natl-cnal and Vlctorian, send to Cralg Ralney, 1{Allamble Rd., Sale 3850.

MINI COSPUTER SERTES.Thls aeriee of sponsored races conducted by the VYC ls VLctorlas premLer eventfor trallable yachts.S1x heats are salled at wldely separated clubs, spread over the salllng seaBon.RL 2{'E have an outgtanding record ln this evenL. Bru<;e Castles has twlce beenoveralL wlnner in Pegasus and thls year flnlshed eeeond ln Dlvlslon 5 (ttredLvl"tlon for fastest yachts ) ,Bruce beat all comers to be outrlght wl-nner on one heat. Sasha salled only theone heat on local r*aters and led a spectacular result for RL'B tn that racewlth Jack WaLsh 2nd 1n Ohau Rua and Pegasus 3rd overall.Bsrry Altken saLled Lowana 5 ln a conslstent serles wlth a Znd and trm 3rd lnDlv 5.The only trrp teams events saw RL's make a double clean sweep wlnnlng both teamstrophles wlth Pegasus, Lowana 5 and Llcyd Graham 1n Bumble Bee.

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Proposed RefugeIn response tovery successfulweekend.l|e Fayrrproposed"because crulslng even on the fringes ofBass Stralt ls totally weather dependent, and if cond-ltlons are not favourable we wtll elEher crulse ln thevlclntty of corner Inlet or PorE Albert, or not crulseat all. (ThLs need not be a toEal loss, we could leavethe yachts and trallers tn the carpark and drlve to theBulga/Tarra Valley NaElonal Park, where the waterfalls,ferns and tall timbers are magnificent ' )Those wlshlng to parEicl-pate ln the cruise should con-tact Bruce Castles, (051 442639). Ivleeting place w111 be

Ehe carpark at the Port tlelshpool boat ramp on Frldaynight as late as you like, .or Saturday morning veryearIy.A potnt worth notlng, for those concerned wlth caterl.g,ls that ftrellghting is virtually banned on the Prom.and Ehere are plenty of Rangers to make sure no-onedoes the wrong thlngr so Ehose wishing to barbeque needto take their own gas fired Eear-Check your safeEy equipment, particularly keel lockdown.AppropriaEe charE for the area is AUS145 or 350. A 27meg.

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Cove Cruise. June LL,t2r13/88popular demand' a rePeat of last year'scrulse ls proposed for t.he June long