Team 8

Principal Race Officer – Ross Purcell*
Anna Purcell*
Erin Purcell
Ray McKenna
Dawn McKenna
Salliee De Col
* denotes boat licence

The Capel Sound Invitational, aka The Battle for the Bar, is back this year, and it’s even better than it was last year! We have a social night following the event. It’s going to be a banger!

The rules and sailing instructions remain the same – 1 lap for monos, 2 laps for cats. And the best part of it all also remains the same – leave from your own club, return to your own club, and then put the boat back into its pyjamas into your own club. No need to de-mast it or anything!

But we hear you ask about the wind direction. Well, we heard your voice loud and clear last year – you just want to send it, full noise and on the raggedy edge. As Lord Nelson once said,

‘Never mind the manoeuvres, just go straight at them!’

Hang the tactics, hang the angles, let’s just go for speed. So that’s what we are doing – we’ve got our window for racing, and we are just picking the best conditions. A flat out reach.

So that’s what we are doing. Other clubs think we are bonkers – we just think it’s fun.

The details:

December 27/28/29/30 (depending on the best conditions)

Race start: approx. 1:30pm

Where: Start from your own club (Rosebud or Rye)

Conditions: 500ml of fresh, drinkable water per person must be on board the boat

How will we know which day is chosen? Keep a weather eye, and a sharp watch on communication platforms like email, facebook and whatsapp.

Synchronised starts, multiple support boats, and even a few windsurfers and McCrae boats coming to the party this year too… It’s going to be epic.

Oh! And don’t forget the battle continues at the bar afterwards – Escape Brewery (behind Bunnings), 6pm that night.

We look forward to seeing you out there!