Sydney to Hobart 2019

[pulpit 83]

Hoppy, 

 

Come on mate it’s time to we get the ball rolling. Let’s make this happen. I’ve even added to my support for you to my signature from your. 

 

Lets see if we can get LB on board  as well and the others in the SA team. 

 

We are going to help you get your new Boat hoppy and this race is how it’s going to happen. 

 

Pulpit

 

 

[hoppy 454]

21 minutes ago, pulpit said:

Hoppy, 

 

Come on mate it’s time to we get the ball rolling. Let’s make this happen. I’ve even added to my support for you to my signature from your. 

 

Lets see if we can get LB on board  as well and the others in the SA team. 

 

We are going to help you get your new Boat hoppy and this race is how it’s going to happen. 

 

Pulpit

 

 

Start up a Gofund me me page and if I get enough I'll enter......

If you, LB, Scanas and I all tick the box, we can start planning on an all Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander entry for the 75th.  Should not be hard to get a full crew of box tickers.

Maybe we can get government funding for the race.

If we are receiving centrelink payments whilst doing the race and we get Government funding for the boat, I guess we won't qualify for the Corinthian division.  

 

[LB 15 2,145]

36 minutes ago, hoppy said:

Start up a Gofund me me page and if I get enough I'll enter......

If you, LB, Scanas and I all tick the box, we can start planning on an all Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander entry for the 75th.  Should not be hard to get a full crew of box tickers.

Maybe we can get government funding for the race.

If we are receiving centrelink payments whilst doing the race and we get Government funding for the boat, I guess we won't qualify for the Corinthian division.  

 

Maybe if we get Debra Mailman, Jessica Mauboy and Casey Donovan to crew Sandy will lend us WOX?

He does owe me a few favors after all...

[pulpit 83]

46 minutes ago, hoppy said:

Hoppy, 

  

Come on mate it’s time to we get the ball rolling. Let’s make this happen. I’ve even added to my support for you to my signature from your. 

 

Lets see if we can get LB on board  as well and the others in the SA team. 

 

We are going to help you get your new Boat hoppy and this race is how it’s going to happen. 

 

Pulpit

  

 

46 minutes ago, hoppy said:

Start up a Gofund me me page and if I get enough I'll enter......

If you, LB, Scanas and I all tick the box, we can start planning on an all Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander entry for the 75th.  Should not be hard to get a full crew of box tickers.

Maybe we can get government funding for the race.

If we are receiving centrelink payments whilst doing the race and we get Government funding for the boat, I guess we won't qualify for the Corinthian division.  

 

4 minutes ago, LB 15 said:

Maybe if we get Debra Mailman, Jessica Mauboy and Casey Donovan to crew Sandy will lend us WOX?

He does owe me a few favors after all...

Well boy’s,

 

I think I can see a plan starting to hatch. 

We can still be Corinthian crew as just because you have a sponsors name and money on the boat doesn’t mean we are being paid.

 

Now LB, I can help with getting Casey Donovan, I’m told she is related and is a cousin a few times removed.

 

Anyway, I’ve just started a new topic for hoppy to get the funding for next years race and we don’t even need to be box tickers if it takes off.

 

pulpit

[hoppy 454]

41 minutes ago, pulpit said:

 

We can still be Corinthian crew as just because you have a sponsors name and money on the boat doesn’t mean we are being paid.

But if we are being paid by Centrelink and sponsored by the gov, that would make us pro sailors 

[pulpit 83]

11 minutes ago, hoppy said:

We can still be Corinthian crew as just because you have a sponsors name and money on the boat doesn’t mean we are being paid.

 

11 minutes ago, hoppy said:

But if we are being paid by Centrelink and sponsored by the gov, that would make us pro sailors 

Hoppy, 

if aren’t paid to sail, we are still not pro’s even if we are sponsored. 

 

Its how you look at it, you sail for free and the owner pays for all your costs, even your bar tab. So you are still a Corinthian crew. 

 

Pulpit

[DtM 231]

30 minutes ago, hoppy said:

But if we are being paid by Centrelink and sponsored by the gov, that would make us pro sailors 

Typical Hoppy, finding excuses already.

Pulpit goes out of his way to help you and you find problems.

Harden up Hoppy

[DickDastardly 136]

1 hour ago, VOA said:

Green can dreaming

Cats piss.  Get with the real stuff.

[DickDastardly 136]

1 minute ago, VOA said:

It’s an indigenous Australian thing Dick

So is Reschs...

 

[hoppy 454]

2 hours ago, DtM said:

Typical Hoppy, finding excuses already.

Pulpit goes out of his way to help you and you find problems.

Harden up Hoppy

No, not an excuse. Just highlighting that we probably can't go for 3rd in the Corinthian division. 3rd in PHS, IRC or ORCi can still be aimed for.

[Luketougas1 3]

Hopefully, CQS and Rambler will do the race next year

 where the hell were they this year?!

[hoppy 454]

2 hours ago, Luketougas1 said:

Hopefully, CQS and Rambler will do the race next year

 where the hell were they this year?!

Rambler was probably resting after a busy year whilst CQS was hiding from anything bigger than 60 ft

[mad 1,634]

On 1/13/2019 at 6:12 PM, LB 15 said:

On 1/10/2019 at 3:01 AM, Next Level said:

Anyone know of a S38 / first 40 or similar available for the 75th? I’ve been doing a little bit of digging but haven’t gotten very far as yet...

PM Lydia and get your check book out. You may as well buy a S38 as the charter fee would be about half the purchase price and you still got to deliver it back

Hoppy has his finger on pulse of the second hand 40/50 foot range in Oz, give him a call

[mad 1,634]

On 1/13/2019 at 9:11 PM, LB 15 said:

Maybe he is just young- you know the old saying, hire people younger than 25 - you get them cheaply whilst they still know everything.

And look at me now!! I’m a fucking genius   

[mad 1,634]

23 hours ago, LB 15 said:

7AM

6AM

5AM 

4 AM

The walk of shame 

[hoppy 454]

53 minutes ago, mad said:

Hoppy has his finger on pulse of the second hand 40/50 foot range in Oz, give him a call

Not a good time for to be looking for a S38 ATM. Phoenix, the 2015, 2016 & 2018 championship boat just sold, leaving only one on the market. There is also a S41 Electra still for sale up LB's neck of the woods.

[LB 15 2,145]

1 hour ago, mad said:

The walk of shame 

Or the 'Stride of pride'. Either way well played by him for getting her out the door before dawn.

[newbiesporty 11]

On 1/10/2019 at 1:01 PM, Next Level said:

Anyone know of a S38 / first 40 or similar available for the 75th? I’ve been doing a little bit of digging but haven’t gotten very far as yet...

I have two First 40s available

Both the right price. One Carbon rig, one alloy.

[LB 15 2,145]

3 minutes ago, newbiesporty said:

I have two First 40s available

Both the right price. One Carbon rig, one alloy.

He wants to charter mate not buy. Good luck with that. Oh and buy a fucking ad!

[newbiesporty 11]

Hmm,

You said charter... he didn't but regardless, I apologise for the offence that you took

 

[LB 15 2,145]

7 minutes ago, newbiesporty said:

I apologise for the offence that you took

It will pass.

[Next Level 11]

1 hour ago, newbiesporty said:

Hmm,

You said charter... he didn't but regardless, I apologise for the offence that you took

 

I definately said charter up above.

Can you still help me?

[PIL66 460]

On 1/10/2019 at 2:01 PM, Next Level said:

Anyone know of a S38 / first 40 or similar available for the 75th? I’ve been doing a little bit of digging but haven’t gotten very far as yet...

You could get some extra people and charter a Volvo 70..... I know a competitive one that could be available.......

[Feilberg 45]

The 75th.

The anniversary editions always attracted a good small boat fleet.

What's the smallest yacht that you've done a hobart on? 

Leads into the what's the smallest yacht that you would do the 75th on?

Could be a good year for under 40fters

[Couta 197]

Did it on our family's Swanson 36 - Sequel...with my Dad....and my best mate....when I was very young! Arrived in Hobart at sunrise...on New Years Day!!

[LB 15 2,145]

A Cole 35. Nasty. Perro and the boys started one on Scampi-A. She was 28ft 8 ins loa. from memory but they retired with a broken boom. The smallest I believe is Klinger one of Bruce Farrs first boats. She was less than 27 foot LOA. Tim Cassidy owned it and they got knocked down so far all the winch handles slid out. ‘82 maybe?

[Flatbag 30]

Klinger was the smallest, hot little rocket in its day with its bilious green paint job.  

Spiesy did it in a modified Triton 28 at some stage too. 

[Couta 197]

3 hours ago, Flatbag said:

Klinger was the smallest, hot little rocket in its day with its bilious green paint job.   

Pretty sure it was Klinger that had the super spartan interior....camp stretchers bungy corded to frames (absolutely non-functional), a bucket and an esky....the mast section looked like it was off an FD or Sharpie... Given that this was OK for a Hobart back in the day,  explains why numbers are down today.

[LB 15 2,145]

1 hour ago, Couta said:

Pretty sure it was Klinger that had the super spartan interior....camp stretchers bungy corded to frames (absolutely non-functional), a bucket and an esky....the mast section looked like it was off an FD or Sharpie... Given that this was OK for a Hobart back in the day,  explains why numbers are down today.

Yeah that's pretty much it. I did a B2G and a lot of deliveries on her back before I knew better. Tim told everyone that the water tank was an old Messerschmitt fuel tank. I don't know if it was true but it tasted like shit. And all they fucking ate was tongue sandwiches and neat rum. Old Bruce sure knew how to make boats go quick even back then. We had a lot of fun on her. 

[SPORTSCAR 251]

7 hours ago, Couta said:

Pretty sure it was Klinger that had the super spartan interior....camp stretchers bungy corded to frames (absolutely non-functional), a bucket and an esky....the mast section looked like it was off an FD or Sharpie... Given that this was OK for a Hobart back in the day,  explains why numbers are down today.

Here you go Couta. She was at SYC for many years, last owned by the late Peter Bolton. I understand his son moved the boat elsewhere after Peters passing maybe 5 years ago now so I don't know where she is these days. Great litle boat with a ton of history, I remember seeing her at CYCA after Mike Sharp had delivered her there, she was all green in those days, possibly mid 70s? I have a pic somewhere from that time but these are more recent from her days at Sandringham where she was still a handy club racer. 

[Couta 197]

SportsCar, your personal library of historic Australian boat images is a total treasure - I sincerely hope it's all digitised & securely backed up for posterity!

[SPORTSCAR 251]

5 hours ago, Couta said:

SportsCar, your personal library of historic Australian boat images is a total treasure - I sincerely hope it's all digitised & securely backed up for posterity!

Couta I file my images in the finest collection of old Sperry Topsider shoe boxes you've ever seen. Bugger this Cloud bullshit, they could get wet!

[SPORTSCAR 251]

20 hours ago, Couta said:

SportsCar, your personal library of historic Australian boat images is a total treasure - I sincerely hope it's all digitised & securely backed up for posterity!

And you thought I was kidding? We do have the very latest security measures in place - none shall pass!

[Couta 197]

^^^ Hey SportsCar... a cat sailor? I thort you were a sea dog mono man!

 

[SPORTSCAR 251]

Most male sailors I know are partial to some pussy Couta 

[psyclone 0]

On ‎1‎/‎10‎/‎2019 at 10:35 PM, Feilberg said:

Eastsail

I think Mayfair (Beneteau First 40) could be purchased and race ready..... (based in Brisbane but could still be in Hobart afaik?)

[Rawhide 17]

Interesting to see the CYCA raising the issue of accommodating foiling mono's in future to races to ensure the race is at the forefront of development. Does make you wonder whether they have ever heard of multihulls?

[DtM 231]

and so it begins again .....

[PIL66 460]

1 hour ago, DtM said:

and so it begins again .....

Cool .... sounds like we're a goer this year.....?

[DtM 231]

I have been working on the port hull to make sure it is ready to go.

Other than trying to sell your hull (and mine) what are you doing?

[paulewill 0]

On 1/24/2019 at 1:53 AM, Feilberg said:

The 75th.

The anniversary editions always attracted a good small boat fleet.

What's the smallest yacht that you've done a hobart on? 

Leads into the what's the smallest yacht that you would do the 75th on?

Could be a good year for under 40fters

Mumm 30

[jack_sparrow 4,160]

On 2/4/2019 at 8:01 PM, psyclone said:

I think Mayfair (Beneteau First 40) could be purchased and race ready..... (based in Brisbane but could still be in Hobart afaik?)

There may be a very cheap 40.7 beachball there called Beachball that might be going up on the auction block. Will need a bit of work. :-)

[Next Level 11]

7 hours ago, jack_sparrow said:

There may be a very cheap 40.7 beachball there called Beachball that might be going up on the auction block. Will need a bit of work. :-)

When is this happening?

[Feilberg 45]

On 2/23/2019 at 1:49 PM, paulewill said:

Mumm 30

Would you do it again on a f30?

[10thTonner 51]

Great thread! Just a few questions about this year’s edition: 

1. Will multis be allowed in this time? 

2. Any update about the weather? 

3. Will Mr. Richards obviously break a rule and then try to explain it all away in the most arrogant and idiotic way only to make himself look like a pompous cheating dickhead? 

 

[him&her 3]

On 3/11/2019 at 12:36 PM, 10thTonner said:

Great thread! Just a few questions about this year’s edition: 

1. Will multis be allowed in this time? 

2. Any update about the weather? 

3. Will Mr. Richards obviously break a rule and then try to explain it all away in the most arrogant and idiotic way only to make himself look like a pompous cheating dickhead? 

 

Probably. To the last one. And about the weather. Probably about that too. 

 

~him

[duncan (the other one) 331]

On 1/24/2019 at 1:53 AM, Feilberg said:

What's the smallest yacht that you've done a hobart on?

LOA or LWL?

Coupla times bouncing on the LWL limit (24ft)

 

[duncan (the other one) 331]

On 1/14/2019 at 3:26 PM, DickDastardly said:

Cats piss.  Get with the real stuff.

about fucking time.

[Flatbag 30]

22 hours ago, duncan (the other one) said:

LOA or LWL?

Coupla times bouncing on the LWL limit (24ft)

 

Narrows it down to a half-tonner or an S & S 34?

 

[lydia 175]

Dunc is much to bashful

[duncan (the other one) 331]

I reckon I must be certifiable -- most of my rides have been 34 footers.

[Next Level 11]

4 minutes ago, duncan (the other one) said:

I reckon I must be certifiable -- most of my rides have been 34 footers.

Which 34 footers Duncan?

[duncan (the other one) 331]

1 hour ago, Next Level said:

Which 34 footers Duncan?

Impeccable (Peterson 3/4 tonner) and Azzurro (S&S 34)

[DtM 231]

You are right, certifiable.

Never been on anything under 40 feet and now applying the age plus 10 feet (that used to be the rule) it would have to be 72 !!!!!   Kind of limits the choices.

[SPORTSCAR 251]

1 hour ago, duncan (the other one) said:

Impeccable (Peterson 3/4 tonner) and Azzurro (S&S 34)

Back row just off the bow of the white motor boat. Impeccable in Hobart Jan 1 1982 after her first Hobart?

 

[duncan (the other one) 331]

8 hours ago, SPORTSCAR said:

Back row just off the bow of the white motor boat. Impeccable in Hobart Jan 1 1982 after her first Hobart?

 

Yup. That's her. Pretty distinctive stern and speed-stripe paint job. 

[duncan (the other one) 331]

The mighty rotbox.. 2000.  Somewhere off the Tassie coast.. so cold we were rotating helm every 30-min to keep warm.. that guy in the stern may not be helping speed too much, but he's trying to defrost.

 

[SloopJohnB 39]

Back in 72 we where doing 10 mins upstairs with the stove going flat tack downstairs.....snow on Mt Wellington.....bloody cold going across Storm Bay.

[lydia 175]

I suppose it is always warm downstairs on a 100 footer given the engine is running all the time

[DickDastardly 136]

4 hours ago, duncan (the other one) said:

The mighty rotbox.. 2000.  Somewhere off the Tassie coast.. so cold we were rotating helm every 30-min to keep warm.. that guy in the stern may not be helping speed too much, but he's trying to defrost.

Where did the rotbox end up post John's passing?

[duncan (the other one) 331]

1 hour ago, DickDastardly said:

Where did the rotbox end up post John's passing?

AFAIK - its still floating on a mooring off Fig Tree Point.  Was being taken out by his son and some of the old crew every now and then, but is slowing meeting its maker. Lack of ventilation or regular salt-water baths have the deck and cabin slowly succumbing to rot.

 

[Next Level 11]

5 minutes ago, duncan (the other one) said:

AFAIK - its still floating on a mooring off Fig Tree Point.  Was being taken out by his son and some of the old crew every now and then, but is slowing meeting its maker. Lack of ventilation or regular salt-water baths have the deck and cabin slowly succumbing to rot.

 

That’s a shame. It’s part of the Hobart race history after so many races.

[PIL66 460]

On 3/19/2019 at 10:58 AM, duncan (the other one) said:

The mighty rotbox.. 2000.  Somewhere off the Tassie coast.. so cold we were rotating helm every 30-min to keep warm.. that guy in the stern may not be helping speed too much, but he's trying to defrost.

 

 

22 hours ago, SloopJohnB said:

Back in 72 we where doing 10 mins upstairs with the stove going flat tack downstairs.....snow on Mt Wellington.....bloody cold going across Storm Bay.

Luxury..... back in my day.......................................................................................................

[Recidivist 130]

On 3/19/2019 at 12:10 PM, SloopJohnB said:

Back in 72 we where doing 10 mins upstairs with the stove going flat tack downstairs.....snow on Mt Wellington.....bloody cold going across Storm Bay.

May have been the same year - we had a  gimballed gas lantern running 24 hours at the galley - a small circle of deckhead above the lamp was the only spot that didn't have ice!

[lydia 175]

On ‎1‎/‎25‎/‎2019 at 11:16 PM, SPORTSCAR said:

Here you go Couta. She was at SYC for many years, last owned by the late Peter Bolton. I understand his son moved the boat elsewhere after Peters passing maybe 5 years ago now so I don't know where she is these days. Great litle boat with a ton of history, I remember seeing her at CYCA after Mike Sharp had delivered her there, she was all green in those days, possibly mid 70s? I have a pic somewhere from that time but these are more recent from her days at Sandringham where she was still a handy club racer. 

So for a Klinger segway, Tim Cassidy who owned Klinger is a good age now and he has the S&S Hestia class "Tamboo" stripped down in his back yard.

He admits it is bit beyond him now but is a cracker restoration for someone.

Sporty, you there!

[SPORTSCAR 251]

1 hour ago, lydia said:

So for a Klinger segway, Tim Cassidy who owned Klinger is a good age now and he has the S&S Hestia class "Tamboo" stripped down in his back yard.

He admits it is bit beyond him now but is a cracker restoration for someone.

Sporty, you there!

Yep, I will letRobert Green know about this. Robert is the surviving son of the late Bob Green who had Tamboo built. Bob was Melbourne’s IOR Measurer back in the day. There’s a half model of Tamboo on the model wall at Sandringham Y C. 

Lydia, now that you have completed such a great resto on Defiance, you would be the ideal operator to take on another timber S&S refit

[lydia 175]

Sporty, it is still in great nick even though stripped as Tim has stored it well.

Gary Stewart did great work.

Stem needs work to refasten and all the caulking it out so time to spline it but apart from some deck repairs near the bow it has a newish Yanmar and new rigging.

Still launch original inside thank goodness.

I was already into Defiance when I heard about it.