RQYS Mainsheet 2021

Bistro sails

FEATURE

Western sail

With a prescient eye on avoiding future potential fisticuffs at the bar (‘why didn’t you use my number?’), the Squadron’s administration at the time prudently left it in Bradley’s capable hands to sort out. “The substantive guidance I received was, in effect, to ‘make them up yourself; just get the job done in time’ so that’s exactly what my team and I did.” Now, on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the completion of the Squadron’s splendid complex, with the indulgence and kind permission of no less than their creator, can the hieroglyphic secrets of the bistro sails finally be revealed!

AUS 140863 • LASER “An easy choice!” – Bradley’s birthday

KA 101 • D “Another random number!”

AUS 1260 • OPTI Sailed by Victorian friend of mate’s daughter Sophie Jackson (see AUS 1059, opposite)

AUS 111 • 470 “Mat Belcher’s sail was AUS 11, so I had to add an extra ‘1’ to de-identify this number!”

HC 12354 • HOBIE “This was a random number as I didn’t know any Hobie Cats at the time!”

Q 777 • SHARPIE John Warlow’s Light Weight

Q 191 • FINN “This acknowledges Ron Jenyns’ Q 9 – again, with a few extra ‘1’s”

AUS 2810 • CONTENDER “My son Rian’s birthday!”

AUS 1963 • 29er “Like I’d forget my own birthday year!”

Northern sail

AUS 335 • FLYING DUTCHMAN Bradley’s own sail # in national titles racing in Victoria and Queensland

AUS 13681 • FIREBALL “Built with my twin brother, we sailed her competing in world titles in the UK and Europe – she was last heard of somewhere in Belgium”

AUS 2012 • ETCHELLS Acknowledging the year the bistro sails were made

3336 • SAILFISH “My racing boat at eight years old!”

Q 550 • SHARPIE “Another random pick”

AUS 3455 • FLYING 15 ““That was Dad’s last built and sailed boat – won national championship at RQYS!”

AUS 209 • 470 “John Warlow’s – back in the day!”

KA 153 • GWEN 12 “The only duplicate, but it WAS Dad’s sail number – of sorts!”

Q 245 • SABOT “That’s a John Warlow number with a lot of significance for RQYS”

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