Queensland News and Information
25/07/10 - Queensland NS14 report ... Queenslander!!!!!
The northern stronghold of sporting silverware and a
handful of NS14s enjoyed another picture perfect season in paradise.
The members of the Queensland NS14 Association primarily loiter
around South Brisbane Sailing Club (SBSC) near the Brisbane CBD
and Darling Point Sailing Club on Moreton Bay. Other NS14s also
live in garages in backyards on the Gold Coast, occasionally hitting
the water to do very well at State and National titles. This report
comes from my perspective at the front of “Restless Spirit”
sailing with Steve Fletcher out of South Brisbane Sailing Club.
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25/07/10 - Northern Northie News
Richmond River Sailing and Rowing Club, Ballina
About an hour's drive into NSW is the Ballina enclave
of the Queensland part of the NS14 family. As on many of our coastal
rivers, the Richmond River's estuary expands before reaching the
sea and offers a triangular course in some weathers. Luckily,
nor-easters at Ballina are superb. And yes, we are tidal people!
The season saw three boats wandering away to interclub events:
the Qld States on Moreton Bay in October, the Nationals also at
Darling Point at Christmas and the NSW States at Gosford over
Easter. Mark made it to the Nationals in #1857 Aphrodite but otherwise
it was Duncan with various crew in #1945 in a frenzy, Chris &
Nick Larsen in #1997 Don't Panic and Bob & Matty Engwirda
in #1941 Space Invader. Read
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11/10/08 -The true story of the Queensland Championship.
When you come from Queensland, it is hard to be humble.
Some of us manage it better than others. The Queenslander NS14
team thought that it was time to retain the Championship board
- just to keep the annual series interesting. Read
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09/10/08 - “Jess and the Bean Bag”
A story of the 2008-09 State NS14 titles regatta
Once upon a time (actually a little more often than that) Queensland
NS14 sailors were delusional enough to invite all comers to compete
for the Queensland State NS14 title. Challengers from far, far
away rejoiced in the northern folly and embarked on epic journeys
north across the border to the wondrous land where legends exist
of lifestyles of unforetold … well obviously that’s
a secret, it being unforetold and all. Read
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09/10/08 - Results FASTWAY Gold Coast Queensland NS14
Titles 2008/09
The FASTWAY Gold Coast Queensland NS14 Titles was hosted
by the Southport Yacht Club on Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th October
2008.
Click here to view the results.
23/09/08 - Keeping it Flat!
When you read any books on Racing to Win, they will tell you to
win the start, protect your position and sail the boat flat. On
saturday we were fortunate to have Malcolm Brown with a camera
on board Rescue 1 to capture these images on how to sail the boat
flat ...
... not sure if that is what they meant?
9/09/08 - Grafton Regatta Date Change
Dates for the Grafton Regatta have been changed to the next weekend
being the 18th & 19th of October not the 11th & 12th as
previously schedueled.
Duncan Dey from Ballina reports:
Twenty two NS14s competed on the Ocean at Mooloolaba for the QLD
State Titles 2008. There were five races over the 3 days of the
Anzac Day long weekend: 2 on Friday, 2 on Saturday, and 1 on Sunday,
followed by the traditional traffic jam back to Brisbane. Read
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