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Victorian Impulse Newsletter - April 2025

Published Wed 16 Apr 2025


Hi Impulse sailors, 

In this bulletin you'll find the Travellers Series Calendar for the 2025 / 26 Season and a write-up of the recent Victorian State Titles at Altona.  

Expect an announcement soon on the venue for the 2026 States, and as we get closer to the Nationals in December we'll keep you up to date on details for the 2025/26 Nationals at Altona.

Further updates for all events can be found on the Vic Impulse facebook page and on the National Website

Hope to see a few of you around the travellers venues,  

Vic. Impulse Committee.
Race 3 of the Vic States gets underway.
 
Traveller's Series Calendar 2025 / 26

10 races are scheduled, 5 drops.  Pick 5 that take your fancy or see if you can get to all 10!   Where there is a regatta the traveller’s heat is the first completed race unless stated otherwise on the calendar. 

 

April 19th     Lake Boga Easter Regatta - Sat April 19th -  Race 2pm

May 4th          Port Albert - South Gippsland Regatta - Sun Morning Race approx. 10.30am

June 21st     Albert Park - Saturday First Race approx. 1:30pm

July   -                                     Winter Break

August  -                                 Winter Break

September -   Bendigo Ice Breaker - date to be confirmed

October 11th   Rhyll  - Saturday Race 2pm

November  -   Cairn Curran Regatta

December -    Altona - Pre-Christmas Short Course Regatta First Saturday PM Race

January 25th   Inverloch Australia Day Regatta  - 25th January -  Sunday Race - 11 am

February  -    Williamstown Y.C - date to be confirmed

March 7th       State Titles  -  First Race Saturday PM
 
Membership

All entrants into State and National championships as well as training weekends etc. must be financial members of the Australian Impulse Association.  (Anyone may enter a heat of the Traveller's series but only members are eligible for prizes).  To join the Impulse association or renew your membership please head to the registration page to renew your membership: Registration Page 

If you prefer to fill out a paper form and direct deposit the membership fee the form can be found here: 
Membership Form
Any questions or issues please email web@ausimpulse.com.au for support. 
 
Victorian State Championship Wrap  -  Altona 2025

Above top to bottom:  Sam Moore handling the windy conditions well on the Sunday;   Monica Jones, 2025 Ladies Champion;   Great to see some juniors back in the class, from left to right, 2025 Vic Junior Champion Theresa Morton, Ingrid Heins, James Moore, Sam Moore.


It was really pleasing to see numbers up from previous years with 42 sailors.   We had a variety of wind strengths over the weekend, the top sailors as always showing consistency in all conditions.  
Day 1 on the Saturday saw 2 races sailed in a moderate 12 - 16 knot southerly breeze.  Sailors took a little time to get used to the bigger fleet, a few boats were OCS in both races, most dramatically Ross Kenneally who openly flouted the U flag in race 2, though to be fair a lot of us, Ross included, didn't notice the U flag was flying!  Race 1 honours went to 2023 champ Matt Kiely, with Shaun Ritson in second.  Race 2 was won by the talented Mark Bulka, the first of a 5 race winning streak.  
The wind shifted to an offshore Northerly on Sunday, giving us flatter water and a shifting breeze of about 16 - 20 knots across all morning and afternoon races.  Mark won all 4 races but was challenged by a few different sailors, in the first race Shaun, the second Matt, the third Toby Leppin and the fourth Paul Farrell.  The stronger winds and flat water made for enjoyable sailing for most, though by the end of the afternoon the wind was taking its toll, with breakages and tiring sailors.  
On Monday morning the wind was a lot lighter, though still from the North.  Only one race was sailed before the wind died out, taken out by Jonathan Pulham, showing us why he's still the one to beat in the light stuff.  A couple of standout results from Geoff Rippingale who finished second, and Theresa Morton cementing the Junior title in style finishing the race in 21st in a comparatively underpowered 6.6.
Congratulations to Mark Bulka on a comprehensive victory, it was a joy to watch his race craft and speed in action.  Our Junior Champ and 6.6 division winner as mentioned was Theresa Morton.  Four juniors competed this series, alongside Theresa were Sam and James Moore from Ryhll and Ingrid Heins from Mordialloc.  Fantastic effort from all 4 in particular to sail every race in Sunday's strong winds.  Each of our juniors was given a cash prize, thanks to Ross Neville for donating his lucky draw winnings.  Monica Jones won the Ladies division, Ryan Blackstock won the Vintage boat division, Craig Sheppard finished strongly to win the Handicap division, and in the age divisions Seniors was won by Jonathan Pulham, Masters by Peter Kemp, Grand Masters by Toby Leppin and Great Grand Masters by Leon Raymond.  Well done to all.
Some great drone footage was taken during the event, this and other short videos can be found on the Impulse National Facebook page:  Many thanks to Altona for running a successful series, we are all looking forward to the Nationals at Altona in December!. 
Pl    Sail#        Name   Skipper Club Ht 1 Ht 2
Ht 3     		 Ht 4 Ht 5 Ht 6 Ht 7 Net
1      731 Shaky Knees   Mark Bulka MCYC 3 1 1 1 1 1 5 5
2 742 Taipan V   Shaun Ritson CYC 2 4 2 8 3 3 9 14
3 590 Wolley   Matthew Kiely SGYC 1 7 5 2 5 4 11 17
4 597 Cool Change   Jonathan Pulham APYC 6 5 10 4 7 9 1 23
5 744 Hot Stuff   Peter Kemp BYC 43(ocs)    2 9 7 4 6 7 26
6 716 Red Herring   Toby Leppin SGYC 15 8 3 11 2 8 13 32
7 756 Mi6   Ben Johnston RYC 14 9 6 3 9 5 10 32
8 760 Avocato   Paul Farrell ASC 11 16 8 6 6 2 29 33
9 649 Too Hard Basket   Jim Scott AYC 43(ocs)   3 4 14 10 13 12 42
10 601 ODYSSEY   Alex Parker AYC 10 10 14 13 11 7 16 51
11 648 Delta P   Murray Spiers AYC 5 11 13 33 8 15 24 52
12 615 Orrsum   Brendan Brown AYC 4 18 16 16 20 25 3 57
13 605 Maverick   Michael Horvath ASC 17 6 7 5 23 43 (ret) 22 57
14 650 Nameless   Craig Shepherd AYC 13 20 22 17 17 11 6 64
15 689 Sandfly   Leon Raymond WSC 8 13 21 28 19 30 4 65
16 598 Roxy   William Manning SBSC 12 12 19 21 16 20 8 67
17 755 Vixen   Gary Bellamy TASC 9 19 28 12 24 12 19 71
18 538 Mad Dog   Paul Richards APYC 21 17 17 20 13 10 18 75
19 457 Wild Thing   Ross Kenneally RYC 7 43(ufd)    20 22 18 19 15 79
20 623 Shuttle Bus   Mick Wright DYPBC    22 22 11 10 22 14 23 79
21 664 ITEM 1   Wesley Moore RYC 31 33 12 9 15 21 25 82
22 604 Ripper   Geoff Rippingale SGYC 20 24 29 23 30 16 2 85
23 637 Double Trouble   Roger Kennett PSC 19 27 18 19 12 17 27 85
24 442 Red   Greg Heins MSC 16 14 25 15 21 22 20 86
25 692 Biddy Hu One Up   Paul Lindemann AYC 18 21 15 18 26 18 17 86
26 510 Iceman   Albert Mahoney SYC 23 15 27 27 14 28 43(dnc) 106
27 658 Tunnel Vision   Denny Kerr MM 27 25 34 26 27 26 14 118
28 218 Pompette   Ryan Blackstock AYC 26 23 26 24 25 24 33 122
29 626 Whykickamoocow         Danny Marrinon APYC 24 26 23 25 28 27 30 125
30 690 Livewire   Graeme Cox APYC 30 31 33 30 29 23 26 138
31 557 Alive & Kicking   Monica Jones RMYS 28 29 30 29 31 29 34 145
32 614 Lime Spider   Mark Membrey RYC 29 30 24 34 33 43 (ret) 32 148
33 640 Grape Ape   Geordan Wright WSC 25 28 32 40 32 32 35 149
34 694 Sriracha   Tim Paton BYC 33 37 35 32 34 33 28 160
35 267 Aeolus   Scott McDonald AYC 35 38 31 31 35 31 43(dnc) 163
36 519 Spur Of The Moment   Theresa Morton WSC 38 39 38 36 38 35 21 168
37 139 Edge Off   Ross Neville AYC 37 35 37 38 40 34 31 174
38 595 Random   Henry Mueller SGYC 34 36 36 35 36 43 (ret) 43(dnf) 177
39 290 Ellipsis   Ingrid Heins MSC 39 34 39 37 37 36 43(dnf) 183
40 621 En Bateau   Peter Whitaker APYC 32 32 40 43(ret)   43(dnc)    43(dnc)    43(dnf) 190
41 1457 Rhylistic   James Moore RYC 36 40 41 39 39 37 43(dnf)     191
42 404 Page Not Found   Samuel Moore RYC 40 41 42 41 41 43(dnc)   43(dnf)     205  
 
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