Here are collections of photos of our regular (past and present) competitors. (Click on any one to open the series.) And if you have favourite photos of your or other club boats send them in (to qlyc.webmaster@gmail.com).
Imagine
In Cec Anderson Race 6 13 April 2019 (photo N Hickman)
Approaching West Channel #3 in Cec6 (photo N Hickman)
Sundance (reefed) between Imagine and Valentine 16 Feb 2019
Imagine in the Cec Anderson race 2 on 16 Feb 2019
Skipper Chris Laker seems happy about something (behind him?)
The familiar kite
Close Finish Imagine Sundance Tiercel
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Tiercel
Tiercel from Valentine
Tiercel from Valentine
Close Finish Imagine Sundance Tiercel
Look no hands!
Look no hands!
Shy reach with medium spinnaker
Beating South
Crossing the line
Close hauled
The big kite
Tiercel
Tiercel running to Queenscliff (photo from Valentine)
Tiercel approaching No3 West
And, not only that – see who came fourth in Liberator (and see note below from site relating to 2019 SH race).
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Sundance
Powering along in light airs
Sundance moored at the Wharf at Port Arthur.
JB takes Sundance through the Hole in the Wall.
Sundance motors between Tasman Peninsula and Tasman Island.
Sundance enters Fortesque bay
Bill Reynolds on helm of Sundance Tasmania East Coast
The familiar kite
The other kite
Close Finish Imagine Sundance Tiercel
Sundance (reefed) between Imagine and Valentine 16 Feb 2019
In Cec6 2019 (photo N Hickman)
Bill Reynolds contemplates Fortesque bay
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA (C Gibbs)
Photo C Gibbs from Bonta
Sundance luminous
The big jib
Skipper JB on the wheel
The mighty Sundance
JB at the helm
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Valentine
Sundance (reefed) between Imagine and Valentine 16 Feb 2019
In Champagne Sternchaser December 2018
In the Irwin Trophy race 1 Dec 2018
Valentine in pursuit of Tiercel in Irwin Trophy 1 Dec 2018
Valentine in Irwin Trophy race 1 December 2018
Battling it out with Tiercel
During the Festival Race November 2018
Valentine well ahead of Tiercel (Homewards from Williamstown)
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Tintagel
Well reefed down, with Imagine (of course) in the background,
Bonta sneaking ahead
Dragon sails competing on different hulls
Boomaroo, Warrior and (in the distance) Tintagel
Leeward boat has right of way!
Brisk conditions in Champagne sternchaser
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Tradition
Photo C Gibbs
Photo C Gibbs
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA (C Gibbs)
Photo C Gibbs
Photo C Gibbs
Photo C Gibbs
Boomaroo
In Cec6 on 13 April 2019 (photo N Hickman)
Boomaroo berthed in Albany in 2013
Motoring out through the Cut
A white Boomaroo on a quiet day
The red kite going well
Spinnaker strife 3
Approaching QCYC wharf
Boomaroo, Warrior and (in the distance) Tintagel
Newly white
Hit that line (April 2018)
Not racing – relaxing
Boomraroo in pursuit
Boomaroo with Mornington Peninsula in background.
Boomaroo before the paint job
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Drizabone
Using the shallows
Drizabone
Drizabone
Drizabone
Drizabone
Drizabone with PP Heads in background
Drizabone
Drizabone
Drizabone
Coutas
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Rosie
Rosie on a calm day
Bonta sneaking ahead
Starboard!
Leeward boat has right of way!
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Warrior
In Cec Anderson Race 6 on 13 April 2019 (photo N Hickman)
In Champagne Sternchaser 2018
21 April 2018
Boomaroo, Warrior and (in the distance) Tintagel
Wavedancer
Colourful kite
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Nellie
Nellie
Nellie from ahead
Bonta
In a race on “November 10th” Year 2007?
In a comfortable breeze
Going well, but before the fore-stay issue was fixed
Dragon sails competing on different hulls
Skipper Colin Gibbs and Jane Abbot on a calm day.
Finally with reefing gear
Starboard!
Leeward boat has right of way!
Bonta sneaking ahead
Colin Gibbs (colourful) and Jane Abbott
Is that Chinon with the kite?
Cockpit re-sheathed with fibreglass and epoxy resin.
cockpit and deck
Bonta cabin Mind your head. Two bunks and galley.
Raised boom for safety, leaky hatch cover.
Bonta (converted dragon on mooring at Queenscliff Cruising Yacht Club.
Skipper plus Dominic
Damien Stimpson at the helm
Damien Stimpson at the helm
Foredeck
Note ultra-primitive furler and innovative running backstays
Sails
Sad end to Bonta, sunk and salvaged 2018
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Kinsale
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