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Victorian Championship 2023 - Mordialloc SC

 

Pacer Victorian State Titles 2023 - Mordialloc Sailing Club - March 11th - 13th

We are looking forward to fair winds and warm weather for the March Labour Day weekend. Our family-friendly Pacer fleet will be there to welcome new sailors, and to enjoy the great sailing conditions.
 
Entry, Notice of Race and Sailing instructions are all available on the Mordialloc Sailing Club site:
 
https://www.mordiallocsc.com.au/coming-regattas/2023-pacer-and-125-vic-state-champs/
 
Pacer Association membership is available here: https://www.trybooking.com/CGESW
 
Enquiries: paceraustralia@pacersailing.org.au
 
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National Championship 2022-23

Pacer National Championship Regatta 2022-23, Altona Yacht Club, Melbourne, Dec 28th to Jan 3rd

Update: Congratulations to Paul Taig, Emma Taig and Steve Cui, the 2022/23 Australian Champions 

The Pacer National Championship Regatta 22 ~ 23 has been confirmed! The event will be sailed at Altona Yacht Club at the top of Port Phillip Bay and will begin on the 28th December.

We anticipate great sailing conditions at the northern end of the bay and good representation from Altona and the surrounding clubs.

Regatta documents are here:

Notice of Race.pdf

More information is available on the Altona Yacht Club Page here:

https://www.altonayachtclub.org.au/sailing/pacer-nationals/

Shortcut to the entry form is here:

https://www.trybooking.com/CCZQF

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Winter Sailing 2022

The Pacer association supports the following regattas:

Altona Autumn Series. Visit https://www.altonayachtclub.org.au

Albert Park YC Winter Series. Visit https://www.apyc.org.au/

Victorian Championships 2022 - Yarrawonga YC

 

Congratulations to Lauren and Eliza Kemp, the 2022 Victorian Champions.
 
Results are HERE.
 
 
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National Championships 21/22

Black Rock Yacht Club, Victoria

28th Dec 2021 - 2nd Jan 2022

A big thank you to Black Rock Yacht Club for hosting our 2021 / 22 Nationals championships. And congratulations to the overall winners Lauren and Eliza Kemp.

Thanks also to our sponsors:

Thomson Sails

Harken

Selki Watersport

 

Results HERE

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Farewell Les Sharp

We regret to announce the passing away of Leslie Donald Sharp on 21 July 2015.  Les was the Inaugural Life Member of the Pacer Association of Australia, awarded on the 12 September 2003. To be awarded this honour a candidate must, “be a member who have given outstanding service and exceptional commitment to the Pacer Association and its objectives over a long and substantial part of their life, and who has been held in high regard and appreciation by the membership of the Association during that time”.  

Those who have had the privilege of knowing Les are in no doubt of his suitability for this award.  Les’s wife Pam, commented, “Les loved the Pacers and the Pacer people and camping with them for titles. I was so pleased for him when it was decided that he should be Life Member No.1, but I think he wondered what he had done to deserve it.”
 
A very modest man and a champion, winning the 1981 State and Australian Championships in Red Jacket, the first boat he built.  Always at the top end of the fleet, he was a highly competitive sailor who conducted himself at the highest standard of sportsmanship, always congratulating his fellow competitors at the end of the race.  Sailing until he was 83 years old, he shared his love and skills with many crew.
 
He started as a child sailing a converted canoe with his brother, and getting rather wet in the process!  His introduction to racing was in a cadet dinghy (Red Jacket) at Brighton.  Employment, marriage and family meant it was 1968 before he came back to sailing by joining the Beaumaris Yacht Club.  His first boat was a Heron, followed soon after by a Pacer.  Even while supporting a family of three children, he found time to participate fully in all the many tasks necessary to run a (then) very large club.  His formal roles included Committee Member, Membership Officer, Chief Maintenance Officer and Commodore.  He was awarded a Life Membership in tribute to his many contributions.
 
While Les had always built and repaired timber dinghies, after retiring from work, he began buying old timber Pacers and rebuilding them to a high and reliable standard.  If you couldn’t afford a Jim French fibreglass Pacer, you would do well to buy a rebuilt Les Sharp Pacer – it wouldn’t let you down & there was always the chance that some of Les’s skills would transfer to the new skipper.  It wasn’t only Pacers.  Minnows, Sabres and a couple of 125s were also restored to their former glory, his Minnows being highly sought after. A staggering total of over 60 boats passed through his hands in this manner. When Les retired he was sailing Silver Fox.  As each new or refurbished Pacer left his garage, he would try to name them in the fox theme. The last boat that Les sailed, which he also built, was Fox Folly.

He was a people person, even his home boatshed opened out onto the side street so that neighbours and friends could stop for a chat while viewing the work in progress.  The rear brick drive was always where you parked your car when visiting because that’s where Les would be.  If not, it was a short stroll to the back door for a chat in the kitchen over a cup of tea or coffee and one, (or two) of Pam’s delicious cookies.  The front door was very rarely used.
 
At the club and regattas Les would talk to everyone, including the children, encouraging them to enjoy sailing while improving their skills.  Always approachable and generous with his time and knowledge when help or advice was requested, it seemed he simply wanted people to get the same pleasure from sailing that he did.

Thanks Les.

 

Victorian Championships 2021 - Somers Yacht Club

We had a fantastic fleet at the 2021 Pacer state titles. Results are here: https://www.sailingclubresults.com/results/club_1421/2020-2021/series_page16019.html

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Enter the 2021 Pacer state titles here: https://www.trybooking.com/712900

Association membership is required and can be applied for here:  https://www.trybooking.com/694066

Notice of race is available here: NOTICE OF RACE

Sailing Instructions are now available here: SAILING INSTRUCTIONS

Current entries:

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Pacer Victoria, Notice of AGM at Somers Yacht Club, 6th March, 2021 at 6pm.

> Somers YC will be open for boat drop off for the Pacer State Titles on Friday 5th March between 5pm - 6:30pm <

 

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Pacer update - 2020/21

20/1/2021

The Pacer Association supports the FOAK regatta at Chelsea Yacht Club on Saturday 6th Feb, 2021.

More information here: https://www.chelseayachtclub.com.au/events/75217/

 

The next Pacer Victorian State Championships will be hosted by Somers Yacht Club, March 6-8, 2021

Pacer membership is necessary for participation in Pacer events. Join the association here: https://www.trybooking.com/694066

Further information to come.

Victorian Championships 2020 - St Leonards Yacht Club

The 2020 Victorian Championship will be held at St Leonards Yacht Cub over the labour day long weekend - March 7-9.

Results are available at https://www.sailres.com/view.php?s=1292

Notice of Race is now available. Click HERE

Entry is available here: https://www.trybooking.com/586520

Current entries

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Pacer Queensland newsletter

The Queensland Pacer Association have recently published their newsletter here.

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