Race Report - Sat 3 April

The Easter Sprints – It was a stunning day on the harbour, high wispy clouds, beautiful sunshine and very little traffic. We had the NE corridor to ourselves. The breeze arrived just in time for the start of racing and was a pleasant 8-12 knots oscillating NNE to ENE during the afternoon. There was a series of 5 races approx. 20-25 minutes, with enough variation to make this a thinking person’s day and a good workout for anyone who enjoyed the Good Friday celebrations a little too much – you know who you are 😊

A good showing of 22 boats across both fleets, slightly higher number of radials, some old friends not only made an appearance, but scored a bullet in the 2nd race, well done Yves Stenning. Most prominent in the Standards was the man Nick Pellow, with Luke Parker making him work hard for his money. In the Radials David Huber and Andrew Cox dominated, even with some challenging starts from the Commodore – you know what you did 😊

It was as pleasant a day as seen on the harbour, great racing, good solid competition and everyone was a little knackered at the end of the day, just enough to really enjoy that well deserved beer.

Thanks goes out to Mike Dunne and Ben Wirtz for running the races; Paul Adam, Shirley Roach, Jack Sywak, and Richard Au (thanks for the scones) in the canteen.

View from the clubhouse