Review

Brendan and the Vicsail team wish them a Bon Voyage wherever the sea may take them. We look forward to seeing VESS sailing Sydney Harbour in the future!

The Lagoon 450 they will be sailing is packed with comfort and luxury that is only found in the Lagoon yachts. VESS is packed with some of the finest feature, including:
• Fans in salon and cabins for comfort on those warm Mediterranean days
• 26’’ LED television with a MP3 Player in the Salon for additional entertainment
• Sides around the cockpit with Windows as well as an additional 12 V refrigerator for comfort of the Captain
• Autopilot remote smart control and a 650 Raymarine transceiver which is essential in all Lagoons

If interested in creating a Lagoon moment for yourself in the Mediterranean, please contact Vicsail to find out the details at +61 (0) 2 9327 2088.

These large, fast and luxurious caamarans provide an extremely comfortable ride with world-class style.

The  Lagoon 400 is on voyage to join the range in Sydney.  It is due to arrive early April.

On corrected time, the Lagoon 560 “Blue Ocean” wins the multihull division, followed by the Lagoon 440 “One Dream”, with “Voahangy” another Lagoon 560 in 4th place.

Congratulations to all crews once again showing the capabilities of the Lagoon catamarans against <<performance>> catamarans

“Even if it’s not our first crossing, the feeling of achievement is still just as great: 15 days, 11 hours, 1 minute…we crossed the line 33rd out of 217 boats, the first family boat and the first australian crew.”

The crew were thrilled on arrival in St Lucia, crossing the line at 11:31pm. They were greeted at the dock by the staff from the ARC and the St Lucia Tourism board, armed with an array of beverages and fruit.

“So yet, we’re glad to be here. In fact, we were so thrilled on arrival that long after everyone had left, no one on board wanted to go to bed…so Terry and I opened a bottle of wine to wind down and celebrate. It felt good at the time, awful the next day! But that’s another story…”

Photo courtesy of Tim Wright

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Vicsail Sydney will be closed between December 23 and January 2.

Please note only charter for smooth or partially smooth waters will apply to the offer.

Boats must be ordered by the 24th December 2011 to be available for this offer.

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Sponsor and Commodore for the day was the legendary Mr Syd Fischer OBE who took time out from preparing for his 43^rd Hobart and the running of his newly acquired Sydney City Marine boatyard to open the regatta. “As a life long yacht owner and sailor I feel I know what fellow boat owners want in a yard,” said Fischer during his opening address to the 44 skippers and crew. The yard will be used for commissioning new Beneteaus and Lagoons.

Renowned for its strong sponsorship support which meant plenty of quality door prizes the 20^th Beneteau Regatta again lived up to expectations. Lucky winners included a happy 40.7 skipper Frank Hetherington who was recipient of a Raymarine handheld VHF.

With Race officer Roger Wragby bringing proceedings to order and dishing out stern words to potential protestors the five divisions headed out for their two race series.

Nevertheless, competition was tough at the sharp end of the four boat IRC fleet with the tightly knit crew of Paul Clitheroe’s First 45 ‘Balance’ mixing it up closely in the 14knot NE breeze with eventual winner, First 40 ‘Just a Dash’ skippered by Phil Dash, who finished just ahead of Howard Piggot’s First 40 ‘Flying Cloud’. Afterwards a jubilant Dash said his four month old First 40 performed really well. “We put our win down to excellent line starts (from the pin end) and on the course we picked the shifts really well today,” explained Dash.

The 44 boat event showcased plenty of the latest Beneteaus including the new sleek Sense 50, Silver Minx, a brace of the flagship Oceanis 57s and a posse of the nimble Juan Kouyoumdjian designed First 30s that buzzed through the fleet, heeled-over with twin rudders showing. Elsewhere a couple of Lagoon catamarans made their stately progress on a reaching course.

The majority of the fleet were in the non-spinnaker division comprising of 30 boats, so the start line – off the CYCA club atRushcuttersBay- saw plenty of action as the breeze filled in to propel the yachts towards the eastern suburbs for the windward mark offNielsonPark. Dodging the incoming tide, boats split off to either shore on the beat before rounding the mark and poling out their genoas for a glorious sundrenched run towards the Harbour Bridge where Fort Denison and its diners waved to the passing fleet as they rounded for the beat back up and the finish.

Antics in among the fleet included plenty of friendly jibes and gybes as well as the odd bovine bellow. The sound of a cow horn alerted the boats to the presence of the colourful Oceanis 50 ‘Holy Cow’ that expressed her displeasure at being overtaken by the diminutive First 305 ‘Elusive Spirit’. Sailed all the way from Gosford Sailing Club by Bob Swan ‘Elusive Spirit’ went  on for a well earned second place in Division B just behind winners ‘Still Dangerous’, Ivor Burgess’s Oceanis 423, enjoying their first Beneteau regatta win in seven attempts. A jovial Burgess said his largely septuagenarian male crew included a Scotsman from theOrkney Islandsand former Olympian Ian Winter. “We live for our sailing and when we get away together our wives are more than happy about that as well,” laughed Burgess.

Onshore, the hot sunny day ensured an even busier CYCA bar than usual as yet more prizes were given out before the club’s dining room thronged with sailors enjoying the salmon and steak buffet and awaiting the big prize draw – an $8000 Mauritius holiday that went to a riotously happy Nick Robertson.

Vicsail’s chosen charity this year was the YWCA, an organisation that helps disadvantaged youth, and thanks to raffles and prizes, received a substantial sum from the Beneteau Lagoon Regatta day.

With formalities over the band played on thanks to John Clinton from ‘Holy Cow’ saving enough energy to command the Wolverines on stage and belt out the tune ‘what a bloody great day to go sailing’.  We couldn’t agree more.

Welcome to the 20^th annual Beneteau Lagoon Regatta 2011 hosted by Vicsail Pty Ltd. We take great pleasure in inviting you to enter your boat in this years regatta, which is being held at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) Rushcutters Bay. This year the regatta will be an event full of competitive racing, great food and drinks, live entertainment and of course the company of fellow Beneteau /Lagoon sailors and guests.

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