2024 February MYCQ Multinews
1 Feb 2024
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Hi all, I am back publishing the MYCQ Multinews which has been reworked and will now be a monthly email. It was decided to change the approach to communicating with members as stats showed that very few members were opening the PDF version, which was a magazine style publication. If you miss a magazine they will be available on the website at https://www.mycq.org.au/index.php/info/multinews MYCQ invoices for 2024 membership have been sent out via email. If you have not received it please let me know at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. If you have anything you would like to include in the magazine or you have any feedback on the magazine then please send it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. If you would like to advertise in this email then please send the advert to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Regards |
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Some of the upcoming events are:
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The 2023 Trophy Night and Christmas party was held in December. Thanks to Ian and Debra for organising and Alasdair and Paul for arranging the trophies. Congratulations to Kestrel for taking out the Club Championship for 2023 and Ian Cooper for being awarded the Goldrush Trophy for services to the club. The winners were:
2023 Race Results were (Performance Handicap):
Historical Club Champions (Club Shield) Historical Kareelah Cruising Trophy Winners Historical Surf to City Trophy Winners (Bundy Rum Barrel) |
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The 2023 Annual General Meeting was held in November. Positions were voted on and awarded to the following: Commodore: Adrian Relf Management Committee Members: Richard Jenkins Cruise Captain: Vacant Trailerables Representative: Peter Hacket |
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Gino Morrelli - The Man Behind the CurtainGino Morrelli designs are getting a lot of publicity these days with Sailing La Vagabond's Rapido, HH Catamarans, Nacra 17 and the help with the America's cup yachts, but he wasn’t always at the bleeding edge of technology and yacht design. When he was young, his family moved from Texas to Southern California and they bought plans for (and built) a 33-foot Lock Crowther-designed epoxy plywood trimaran, which was the boat that began Morrelli’s racing career. Self-taught in multihull design, he couldn’t have guessed the legacy he was starting. Over the next 10 years, Morrelli launched his first company building 18 square metre cats while he hung out in Hawaii. He then joined the design team of the Stars & Stripes campaign for the 27th America’s Cup in 1988 against the 120ft NZ sloop. After that his company Morrelli & Melvin took shape when Pete Melvin quit his job and joined up with Morrelli. The partnership would yield many designs including a few Gunboats, numerous Leopard charter cats, the Rapido line of trimarans, various America’s Cup foils, and HH Catamarans. They also worked with Steve Fossett to create PlayStation, a 125ft catamaran with 675 square metres of sail area. To read more go to https://www.sailmagazine.com/multihulls/profile-yacht-designer-gino-morrelli |
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Solo Race Around the WorldIt's never been done before. In fact, to date only four people have ever completed a solo lap of the planet in a multihull. The race started on 7 January 2024 and is expected to take between 40-50 days for the front runners - https://youtu.be/z6GWrYO2ivI Discusses the challenges these skippers will face as they not only chase the blistering record of Francois Gabart of 42 days, 3 hours, but just try to survive without destroying their foils - https://youtu.be/1kSTD4Wr_kM SailGPHow NZ Seal their victory in Abu Dhabi - https://youtu.be/-xFd5nqT_e0 10th RORC Transatlantic RaceSixth Gear Argo takes Multihull Line Honours - https://youtu.be/lclquabSiVc Cure Marine Yacht (Will it be in the 2024 B2G?)The 70ft Carbon Catamaran - https://youtu.be/78CApOANpXg |
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