Race Report
Kirk Marcolina
A gradient Noretheast 6 – 15 knot breeze dominated on Saturday for Club Championship Heats 9 and 10. The breeze was patchy at times, and for the second race, the right shoreline proved to be a winner. Thirty-seven sailors competed on this cracker of a day. The winners were: Standards: Mark Bethwaite (heat 9) and Richard Bott (heat 10); Radials: Jack Littlechild (heats 9 and 10). Thanks to this week’s race volunteers — Jonathan Stone (PRO) and Clare Alexander on the Jazzman, Matthew Knight, Simon Stone and Bene Bergman on the RIBs, and Campbell Patton in the canteen. The day ended with a scrumptious BBQ on the deck and a debrief with our coach Brett Beyer who proclaimed that Saturday was the best quality racing from the fleet since he started coaching! To keep it up make sure you sign up for Brett’s next series of coaching (see article below).
Full rigs start a competitive heat. Photo by Clare Alexander.