Race report 13 August 2022
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From our race management team Tim Heath and John Chesterman:
It was a 'why would you be anywhere else' day – mild and mostly sunny Winter's afternoon for Saturday Winter Sprints.
There was a modest 18 boat turnout, presumably based on an incorrect weather forecast, which included the welcome return of Campbell Patton from roaming the globe, and Maxim Djura from Brisbane.
6 sprint races, with a work of approximately 300m were run in a Westerly breeze oscillating between 8 and 15 knots, with some big right shifts.
Standard rig wins were shared between Campbell Patton x 3 and Robert Vann x 3, usually followed by Geoff Kirk, and with Jason Wilkins in the mix.
Radial fleet winners were James Tudball x 2, Katie McHugh x 2, Martin White, and Scott Hunter.
The race officers were Tim Heath (his first stint as PRO), ably assisted by John Chesterman, John Vasey, and Scott Finlayson.
Special thanks to Pat Levy and for doing lots of early morning RIB preparation work, and to John Vasey for his milkcrate flag-holder creation which was used in the Paul Adam and eases everything about starting races from a RIB.
Paul and Shirley provided excellent off water nourishment by way of toasties in the canteen.
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