Winter Championship Race Report
Kirk Marcolina
A beautiful crisp, sunny autumn day and a near perfect 12-15 knot Westerly greeted the 25 sailors who competed in heats 4-6 of the Winter Championship. A fluky, very light breeze in Double Bay caused some competitors to miss the start of the first race, and the combined starts, with a horn at every minute, did throw a bit of confusion into the mix. But all in all, three very competitive races were run by Clare Alexander and Finn Alexander on the Jazzman and Martin White and David Rogers on a rib. The winners for the day were, Full Rigs: David Newman (heat 4), Ian Alexander (heats 5 and 6); Radials / 4.7s: Pat Levy (heat 4), Jack Sywak (heat 5), and Andrew Cox (heat 6). Full results are now available in the results section of our website. Thanks to Paul Adam and Tim Patton for the yummy tomato soup to warm us up at the end of the morning.
We had the beautiful Sunday morning harbour to ourselves for heats 4-6 of the Winter Championship. Photo by Clare Alexander