STIRLING MARBLEHEAD YACHT RACING CLUB Inc.

Woorabinda Lake - Stirling South Australia

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Racing and Results

General Program

The Club Sailing Program for the next year commences late April with club events starting promptly at 10:30 AM last race to finish before 2:30 pm

Sailing will be conducted at Woorabinda Lake, Mabel St Stirling

Sailing every Wednesday with handicap racing on the last Wed of the month and Championship Racing on the other days.  The club also runs a match racing event in early December and an Interclub event late September.  We break for Christmas for 3 weeks.

Social sailing is available to members every Sunday morning 8.00 to 12.00am

All state events can be seen on the SARYA web site

Visitors are most welcome to come along and join in the fun.

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Results (for past few weeks in detail - see below for all results)


An early start to the day with the launch of Duncan's boat, which has had all the leaks fixed thanks to Allan Gold. Mal, Dave N and Steve set the rig up for Duncan and came to the decision that one of the A Rigs that he used  was an absolute wreck and needed to be binned. Next week we will try the other one, hopefully with much more success. Dave K packed it in after his first race and helped Duncan sail for the rest of the day. Well done Dave K. We also had 2 members from the Adelaide Hills Council arrive to discuss the new pontoon for launching and retrieving  our boats from, that they are going to build for the club which will be a huge improvement on what we are using now. Thanks guys. The lake is getting very low and it has become difficult for long keeled boats because they are getting stuck in the mud. Well, we have to take the good with the bad. Next week is handicap day with a BBQ for lunch which is always welcomed.
Stirling Marblehead Yacht Racing Club - Wed Feb 19 2025 (Race 28 in M Club Championship)
Place Names Sail No Points Dis - cards Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 CASTON  Steve 26 18 5 13 2 3 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1
2 COCKSHELL  Malcom 54 30 15 15 3 6 3 dns 1 3 1 1 1 2
3 LAST  Rob 73 34 9 25 4 2 4 3 4 2 3 5 3 4
4 NICOLSON  Dave 27 39 11 28 6 5 5 2 3 4 4 3 4 3
5 KIRKLEY  Duncan 48 65 18 47 dns dns dns dns 5 5 5 4 5 5
6 MORRIS  Ben 18 66 18 48 1 1 1 dns dns dns dns dns dns dns
7 GERRARD  Jeff 78 83 18 65 7 4 dns dns dns dns dns dns dns dns
8 KNIGHTS  David 63 86 18 68 5 dns dns dns dns dns dns dns dns dns
Underlined values are discards.  Score for dns, dnf etc ~ 9


The Stirling Marblehead Yacht Club is going gangbusters.  9 skippers on the lake with 8 competing and 1 skipper our newest member Duncan learning the "ropes". At the end of the day Dave N ended up in the reeds so out came the rescue boat. After retrieving it we had a few issues and the rescue boat came to grief. Then the club boat rescued the rescue boat. Not sure what happened with Dave K's boat but there was a problem with it somewhere. Mal had a blitzing day and maybe a drogue needs to be attached to his boat because he won 7 out of 11 races.  Mal has set the bar so high and laid down the challenge.  We are all looking forward to handicap day.

Stirling Marblehead Yacht Racing Club - Wed Feb 5 2025 (Race 27 in M Club Championship)
Place Names Sail No Points Dis - cards Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1 COCKSHELL  Malcom 54 18 6 12 3 1 3 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1
2 CASTON  Steve 26 36 13 23 2 3 1 2 3 4 3 3 3 dnf 3
3 MORRIS  Ben 18 47 18 29 1 2 2 5 1 2 2 5 dns dns dns
4 LYKKE  John 72 49 15 34 4 4 5 3 4 6 dnf 2 5 2 5
5 MORRIS  Wayne 70 63 18 45 dns dns dns dns dns 1 4 6 2 3 2
6 KNIGHTS  David 63 66 18 48 dns dns 4 dnf dns 5 5 4 4 4 4
7 NICOLSON  Dave 27 70 18 52 6 5 7 4 6 7 6 dns 6 5 dnf
8 GERRARD  Jeff 78 79 18 61 5 6 6 6 5 8 7 dns dns dns dns
Underlined values are discards.  Score for dns, dnf etc ~ 9


It was Duncan's first attempt at sailing today. Steve didn't compete because he assisted Duncan in familiarising himself with the course, the rules and keeping the boat in the right direction. We were all very surprised when, at the end of the day in race 9, Duncan came first. Well done. Ben dropped in and had a race using Mal's boat (impressive yacht!- BenM).  And steak and onion sandwiches for lunch topped it all. Thanks David K.  What more could a person ask for.  Ticks all round for a perfect day at the lake.

Stirling Marblehead Yacht Racing Club - Wed Jan 29 2025 (Race 7 in All Classes Handicap)
Place Names Sail No Class Points Dis - cards Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 NICOLSON  Dave 27 M 22 7 15 2 1 4 2 3 3 1 2 2 2
2 COCKSHELL  Malcom 54 M 27 8 19 4 2 1 3 2 1 3 4 3 4
3 LYKKE  John 72 M 31 10 21 3 3 2 5 4 5 2 1 5 1
4 MORRIS  Wayne 70 M 38 14 24 dns dns 3 4 1 2 4 3 4 3
5 KIRKLEY  Duncan 68 M 47 12 35 5 5 5 6 6 4 5 5 1 5
6 GERRARD  Jeff 78 M 52 14 38 1 4 6 1 5 dns dns dns dns dns
Underlined values are discards.  Score for dns, dnf etc ~ 7


A rigs/long keels, A rigs/ short keels, B rigs/ long keels, B rigs/ short keels. Take a lucky dip. That's how the day went. Mal was uncatchable using his long keel and B rig for the first 5 races but then his rudder servo failed and so that bought him to an unwelcomed halt. All in all a day of fast racing and there was still enough water in the pond to keep us afloat on the  course. Next week handicap day with a BBQ.

Stirling Marblehead Yacht Racing Club - Wed Jan 22 2025 (Race 26 in M Club Championship)
Place Names Sail No Points Dis - cards Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
1 CASTON  Steve 26 30 8 22 2 4 2 2 3 4 3 1 1 1 3 2 2
2 MORRIS  Wayne 70 49 14 35 dns dns dns 3 4 3 1 2 4 2 2 3 4
3 LAST  Rob 73 48 12 36 5 5 4 6 6 2 4 4 5 4 1 1 1
4 KNIGHTS  David 63 50 14 36 3 2 3 4 2 1 2 5 2 5 dns dns dns
5 NICOLSON  Dave 27 52 10 42 4 3 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 3
6 COCKSHELL  Malcom 54 61 14 47 1 1 1 1 1 dnf dns dns dns dns dns dns dns
Underlined values are discards.  Score for dns, dnf etc ~ 7


A frustrating day of incidents 4 rescues 3 from reeds and  1 from 2 boats linked together plus 2 boat stuck in shallow water with weed tangled around the bulb. Rob was frustrated trying to improve his performance handling the windy conditions, Dave even tried his C2 rig.     We manage to repair Jeff's rudder on his boat after his tangle with John caused by a strong gust of wind. Duncan only had 2 races under guides of Marty.

Stirling Marblehead Yacht Racing Club - Wed Jan 15 2025 (Race 25 in M Club Championship)
Place Names Sail No Points Dis - cards Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 COCKSHELL  Malcom 68 19 10 9 dns 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 1
2 LYKKE  John 72 24 11 13 1 2 2 3 dns 3 1 1 4
3 LAST  Rob 73 30 12 18 dns 3 3 5 2 2 2 4 2
4 GERRARD  Jeff 78 35 14 21 2 4 4 2 dns dns 4 2 3
5 NICOLSON  Dave 27 41 12 29 3 dnf 5 4 3 4 5 5 5
6 KIRKLEY  Duncan 48 60 14 46 4 dnf dns dns dns dns dns dns dns
Underlined values are discards.  Score for dns, dnf etc ~ 7


Light winds made it challenging however Rob Last sailing 73 managed the condition to be the best on the day.

Stirling Marblehead Yacht Racing Club - Wed Jan 8 2025 (Race 24 in M Club Championship)
Place Names Sail No Points Dis - cards Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 LAST  Rob 73 16 6 10 2 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 3
2 COCKSHELL  Malcom 68 22 7 15 3 4 3 1 3 2 3 2 1
3 NICOLSON  Dave 27 24 8 16 4 3 4 2 2 3 1 3 2
4 MORRIS  Ben 18 40 12 28 1 1 2 dns dns dns dns dns dns
5 BECKER  Michael 76 50 12 38 dns dns dns 4 4 dns dns dns dns
Underlined values are discards.  Score for dns, dnf etc ~ 6


Well that's it for sailing for 2024. The day brought a few headaches for some. Rob had trouble with the buoys down at the far end of the course and finally his boat got hung up on one. John's winch gave up after the third race and David K had winch trouble as well but got it sorted for a while before the problem returned. With very light wind conditions we still managed 11 races. Next Wednesday the 18th December is our CHRISTMAS BREAKUP at the Bridgewater Inn at 12.00 noon. All booked so this is the last reminder. Hope to see you all there.

Stirling Marblehead Yacht Racing Club - Wed Dec 11 2024 (Race 23 in M Club Championship)
Place Names Sail No Points Dis - cards Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1 MORRIS  Wayne 70 27 12 15 dns 3 1 2 1 4 1 3 1 2 1
2 CASTON  Steve 26 29 8 21 1 4 3 4 2 2 3 4 3 1 2
3 NICOLSON  Dave 27 36 10 26 2 5 2 3 5 5 4 2 2 3 3
4 LAST  Rob 73 50 16 34 dns 2 5 5 4 3 2 1 4 dnf dns
5 KNIGHTS  David 63 53 16 37 3 1 4 1 3 1 dnf dns dns dns dns
6 LYKKE  John 72 81 16 65 5 6 6 dns dns dns dns dns dns dns dns
7 BECKER  Michael 76 82 16 66 4 7 7 dns dns dns dns dns dns dns dns
Underlined values are discards.  Score for dns, dnf etc ~ 8


Despite the holes in the wind there was enough to get some exciting and close racing. David found the trip down the hill took a little longer than it used to to get the correct keel.  Jeff nearly made a dinghy recovery necessary but skillfully extracted his yacht from the reeds. Michael was very pleased with his effort in the first race and was right up the front throughout the race - just wait till next time was his warning!

One more Wednesday of sailing before our Christmas lunch and break up for 2024.

 
Stirling Marblehead Yacht Racing Club - Wed Dec 4 2024 (Race 22 in M Club Championship)
Place Names Sail No Points Dis - cards Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 LYKKE  John 72 37 10 27 2 3 5 5 4 2 1 4 3 4 2 2
2 KNIGHTS  David 63 47 16 31 dns dns 1 6 3 3 3 3 1 2 1 dnf
3 MORRIS  Wayne 70 48 16 32 dns dns dns 4 2 dnf 2 1 2 1 3 1
4 NICOLSON  Dave 27 42 10 32 5 2 3 3 5 4 4 2 4 3 4 3
5 MORRIS  Ben 18 55 16 39 1 1 2 1 1 1 dns dns dns dns dns dns
6 GERRARD  Jeff 78 72 16 56 3 4 4 2 6 5 dns dns dns dns dns dns
7 BECKER  Michael 76 92 16 76 4 dnf dns dns dns dns dns dns dns dns dns dns
Underlined values are discards.  Score for dns, dnf etc ~ 8


Wind! There was enough wind today to last for the next two weeks of sailing. It was wild!  Yes that's right. Only two more sailing days before our Christmas breakup

on Wednesday December 18th at the Bridgewater Inn at 12.00 noon. We will decide on that  day the return date  for 2025 (3 or 4 weeks). That is the question to be answered and voted on. The choice is yours. Thanks Dave K for the last BBQ for 2024. 

Stirling Marblehead Yacht Racing Club - Wed Nov 27 2024 (Race 6 in All Classes Handicap)
Place Names Sail No Class Points Dis - cards Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 NICOLSON  Dave 27 M 21 9 12 2 1 1 3 5 1 4 3 1
2 CASTON  Steve 26 M 22 9 13 1 2 3 5 1 3 2 1 4
3 LYKKE  John 72 M 26 9 17 3 3 5 2 2 2 3 4 2
4 COCKSHELL  Malcom 68 M 30 8 22 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 2 3
5 GERRARD  Jeff 78 M 42 12 30 dnf dnf 2 1 3 dns dns dns dns
Underlined values are discards.  Score for dns, dnf etc ~ 6


Wow! What a day! Perfect conditions and a great turnout of skippers who were all searching for the perfect wind which was challenging at the best of times. One minute it was there and then it was gone. Well I suppose that it is typical of  the lake conditions at Stirling. Next week will be the last handicap event and the last BBQ for the year. See you there.

Stirling Marblehead Yacht Racing Club - Wed Nov 20 2024 (Race 21 in M Club Championship)
Place Names Sail No Points Dis - cards Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 COCKSHELL  Malcom 54 28 13 15 2 6 2 1 3 2 3 1 1 7
2 CASTON  Steve 26 28 11 17 4 2 4 5 6 1 1 2 2 1
3 MORRIS  Wayne 70 46 18 28 dns 4 1 4 1 3 7 6 6 3
4 KNIGHTS  David 63 52.5 19 33.5 11 5 6 3 5 8 6 3 3.5 2
5 MORRIS  Ben 18 57 22 35 1 1 3 2 2 4 dns dns dns dns
6 NICOLSON  Dave 27 54 15 39 3 3 5 8 7 7 4 7 5 5
7 LYKKE  John 72 54.5 15 39.5 5 8 7 6 4 5 5 5 3.5 6
8 LAST  Rob 73 65 20 45 6 dns 9 7 9 6 2 4 7 4
9 GERRARD  Jeff 78 94 22 72 7 7 8 9 8 dns dns dns dns dns
10 BECKER  Michael 76 105 22 83 8 9 dnf dnf dns dns dns dns dns dns
Underlined values are discards.  Score for dns, dnf etc ~ 11


Yes Rob's mate Mike did turn up to sail his boat this week. And Rob' s day started with his new boat  having a problem which  after much discussion between us all and a lot of hull banging which   didn't work, the saga continued with Mal trying his best to assist as it was his old F3. But with no success. So Rob will work on it during the week ready for sailing next Wednesday.  Now to sailing.  We started with 10 skippers and ended with 5 finishing the day's events.  The lake is getting shallower by the week so gumboots are required for launching the long keeled yachts until the ramp is totally exposed and dry. Hope to see everyone next week with all problems sorted. Remember that there is only 4 racing days left before our Christmas break. So let's make the most of them to end the year on a high.

Stirling Marblehead Yacht Racing Club - Wed Nov 13 2024 (Race 20 in M Club Championship)
Place Names Sail No Points Dis - cards Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1 ELKSON  Randy 156 19 6 13 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 3
2 CASTON  Steve 26 34 11 23 3 4 3 2 5 6 3 5 1 1 1
3 MORRIS  Wayne 70 50 18 32 dns dns 4 3 1 5 6 4 3 4 2
4 KNIGHTS  David 63 46 10 36 4 3 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 5 5
5 NICOLSON  Dave 27 53 15 38 5 5 6 6 6 dnf 2 2 5 3 4
6 MORRIS  Ben 18 63 18 45 2 1 1 4 7 3 dns ret ret ret ret
7 COCKSHELL  Malcom 54 77 18 59 7 7 dns dns 2 2 5 ret ret ret ret
8 GERRARD  Jeff 78 86 18 68 6 6 7 7 8 7 dns ret ret ret ret
Underlined values are discards.  Score for dns, dnf etc ~ 9


The day started off as a  working bee with Malcolm coming totally organised with a rake, waders and so we started to clean the edge of the lake of weeds rocks, branches and sunken logs. So the day's racing started later and 7 races was all we could fit in. We also required the use of the rescue boat for 2 recoveries. Rob brought a friend who came along and sailed the club boat. There is a good chance we might possibly acquire  a new member. Don't forget, 18th December is the Christmas breakup at the Bridgewater Inn at 12.00. Put it in your diary.

Stirling Marblehead Yacht Racing Club - Wed Nov 6 2024 (Race 19 in M Club Championship)
Place Names Sail No Points Dis - cards Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 COCKSHELL  Malcom 54 16 4 12 4 2 1 2 4 2 1
2 MORRIS  Wayne 70 23 7 16 7 3 3 1 6 1 2
3 LAST  Rob 73 22 5 17 3 1 4 3 1 5 5
4 CASTON  Steve 26 27 6 21 1 4 2 5 5 6 4
5 NICOLSON  Dave 27 32 6 26 6 5 6 6 3 3 3
6 KNIGHTS  David 63 36 8 28 2 dnf dnf 4 2 4 dnf
7 GERRARD  Jeff 78 48 8 40 5 6 5 dns dns dns dns
Underlined values are discards.  Score for dns, dnf etc ~ 8


View All 2024-25 Results as pdf (Acrobat file) or excel (Version 2003 or later)

 

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2019-20 trophy winners

 

Burgess Trophy Constructors trophy Not Awarded
Commodores Cup Best overall performance Ben Morris
Handicap Trophy Best on Handicap Dave Nicolson
Vice Commodores Trophy Most improved Dave Nicolson
Woorabinda Cup Match racing Not sailed

 

 

 

2018-19 trophy winners

 

Burgess Trophy Constructors trophy Not Awarded
Commodores Cup Best overall performance Ben Morris
Handicap Trophy Best on Handicap Mal Cockshell
Vice Commodores Trophy Most improved John Lykke
Woorabinda Cup Match racing Ben Morris

 

 

 

2017-18 trophy winners

 

Burgess Trophy Constructors trophy Not Awarded
Commodores Cup Best overall performance Ben Morris
Handicap Trophy Best on Handicap Mark Bunnell
Vice Commodores Trophy Most improved Wayne Morris
Woorabinda Cup Match racing Ben Morris

 

 

2016-17 trophy winners

 

Burgess Trophy Constructors trophy Bob Whitehead
Commodores Cup Best overall performance Ben Morris
Handicap Trophy Best on Handicap Mark Bunnell
Vice Commodores Trophy Most improved Phil Wollaston
Woorabinda Cup Match racing Ben Morris

 

 

2015-16 trophy winners

 

Burgess Trophy Constructors trophy Ben Morris
Commodores Cup Best overall performance Ben Morris
Handicap Trophy Best on Handicap Mal Cockshell
Vice Commodores Trophy Most improved Rod Marshall
Woorabinda Cup Match racing Phillip Levi

 

 

2014-15 trophy winners 

Burgess Trophy Constructors trophy Not awarded
Commodores Cup Best overall performance Ben Morris
Handicap Trophy Best on Handicap Jeff Gerrard
Vice Commodores Trophy Most improved Ian Smallacombe
Woorabinda Cup Match racing Phillip Levi

 

 

2013-14 trophy winners

Burgess Trophy Constructors trophy Wayne Morris
Commodores Cup Best overall performance Ben Morris
Handicap Trophy Best on Handicap Jeff Gerrard
Vice Commodores Trophy Most improved Mal Cockshell
Woorabinda Cup Match racing David Knights

 

 

2012-13 trophy winners

Burgess Trophy Constructors trophy Adrian van den Bok
Commodores Cup Best overall performance Phillip Levi
Handicap Trophy Best on Handicap Phil Wollaston
Vice Commodores Trophy Most improved Adrian van den Bok
Woorabinda Cup Match racing David Knights

 

2011-12 trophy winners

Burgess Trophy Constructors trophy Ian Smallacombe
Commodores Cup Best overall performance Ben  Morris
Handicap Trophy Best on Handicap Jeff Gerrard
Vice Commodores Trophy Most improved Phil Wollaston
Woorabinda Cup Match racing Phillip Levi

 

2010-11 trophy winners

Burgess Trophy Constructors trophy Malcom Cockshell
Commodores Cup Best overall performance Ben  Morris
Handicap Trophy Best on Handicap Wayne Morris
Vice Commodores Trophy Most improved Malcom Cockshell
Woorabinda Cup Match racing David Knights

 

2009-10 trophy winners

Burgess Trophy Constructors trophy Alan Gold
Commodores Cup Best overall performance Ben  Morris
Handicap Trophy Best on Handicap David Knights
Vice Commodores Trophy Most improved Wayne Morris
Woorabinda Cup Match racing Steve Casten

 

2008-9 trophy winners

Burgess Trophy Constructors trophy David Knights
Commodores Cup Best overall performance Ben  Morris
Handicap Trophy Best on Handicap David Knights
Vice Commodores Trophy Most improved Jeff Gerrard
Woorabinda Cup Match racing Wayne Morris

 

2008 Interclub challenges

2007 Interclub Challenge at Woorabinda

Last Updated 22/02/2025