The annual Tooheys Sun Sail regatta hosted by Lake Macquarie Yacht Club, the richest annual yachting regatta on the Lake, has been run and won for another year, and what it year it has been for mighty ‘Team SLMASC’.
Represented by The Other Woman, Outlandish, Stealthy and Undecided, team SLMASC took on the best of best, and as usual made the ‘big boys’ sit up and takes lots of notice of ‘that little club somewhere at the bottom of the lake’. Sailed in perfect light conditions, The Other Woman was in sizzling form, simply smashing the fleet by taking out two 2nd places on handicap to win the overall regatta (and a charter yacht on the Whitsundays for a week courtesy of Sun Sail. I bet Doug has lots of new best friends!).
Interviewed after the race, Sailing Master Douglas BrownStock yelled of the win: “Wooooo, Woooooo, WooooHooooooo, Woooooooo, WooooooHooooooHooooooo, Wooooooo ….. I can’t believe we won …… Woooooooo, WooooooHooooo, Woooooo, Woooooo Hooooooooo, Whooooo!” (end quote). You possibly heard the interview live from the Sunshine foreshore upon return to the moorings late on Sunday night. The full crew of the ‘Brown Boat’ (The Other Woman) was Doug BrownStock (sailing master and wind whisperer), Michael Brown (Helmsman), Glenn Brown (Chief Buffer), Nick Auston-Brown (Frontier Land), Dan Worthington-Brown (Adventure Land), and Darren Harper- Brown (Fantasy Land), all sailed brilliantly and made the most of the ideal conditions. When asked to comment on the efforts of his crew, Brownstock sung their praises continually saying “Wooooooo WoooooHoooooo, Woooooo, Woooooo Hoooooooooooooo ….. ”
Although unable to quite match it in the conditions with The Other Woman, all of the SLMASC boats raced hard and placed extremely well in both individual races and overall, with Outlandish finishing in a tie for 7th, Stealthy in 13th, and Undecided in their first major regatta as part of Team SLMASC finishing in a creditable 25th in the large fleet. As a result, for the second year running, and much to the surprise (and great annoyance) of the crews of the 40+ footer brigade and all of the entrants from other lake clubs, SLMASC defended the teams title won last year, again taking out the Tooheys Sun Sail Regatta Teams Event in convincing style. Well done to all SLMASC crews for some great sailing and a well deserved victory. During the presentation at LMYC on Sunday afternoon, the ‘South Lakes’ chant broke out (with plenty of WooooHooooo’s ….. I’m not sure LMYC was quite ready for us!) with our crews then taking over the club to savour the sweetest of victories.
It was a memorable and thoroughly enjoyable weekend for all involved, and a massive challenge has now been set to make it three in a row for Team SLMASC at Sun Sail next year. It’s a great regatta with plenty of great prizes, and everyone has a chance of winning on handicap on the day, beating even the biggest and fastest yachts on the lake. SLMASC can enter more than one team next year, so make sure you circle the date on next years’ sailing program when it is published and get your boat and crew organised. SLMASC can do it again, and again, and again.
Team SLMASC ….….. Wooooo Hoooo!!
