Race report 14 January 2023
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From our PRO David Newman.
When the morning clouds cleared we were greeted with a glorious sunny afternoon and a gradient NEer for the start of the autumn point score series. We trialled two new innovations this week; 1. the new Sailor app finishing feature which ran extremely smoothly with results being live as we enjoyed a drink on the deck post-racing - thanks to the Handicapping team of Daryl and Jeff helping on the Jazzman. 2. The PFD black flag after Pat dragged the Radial fleet over the start line in race 1 after he'd told us "all the flags are on the Jazzman" (except the black flag wasn't!).
In the 16-20 knot gradient we saw some great battles at the front of the fleet, with some great rides downwind with a small outgoing tight, and the fleet generally hugging Pt Piper as the sea breeze influence brought the breeze further right. Congrats to the sole ILCA 4 sailor Sara Bruce (but was well and truly mixing it with the ILCA 6's), Peter Collie & David Airey for taking the wins on handicap in the ILCA 6 and Nick Pellow and Max for the wins in the ILCA 7.
Last but not least, big thanks to David Murphy for his invaluable support in running the race, and John Conroy and Andrew Craker as COTD and CoCOTD who can now attest that the new buoy anchors have exceptional holding strength!
Many thanks to Paul and Shirley for driving the toasties in the canteen with the assistance of Kerryn Smith and Daryl Lawrence.