Race report 18 March 2023
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Races 11 and 12 of the Autumn pointscore were sailed on Saturday with a fleet of roughly 15 boats in each of the ILCA6 and ILCA7 divisions.
With a run in tide, and a building North-Easter, all 4 races were started very cleanly and very punctually at 1400 and 1500 respectively. The first race was sailed in about 12-14 knots with the second race seeing 18 knots with gusts of 22 knots.
Regardless of the idyllic autumnal conditions, the race committee of Nick Pellow (PRO), Kirk Marcolina (LtRaR), Richard Holstein (COTD), David Evenden (CoCOTD) and Richard Au (RIB Reserve) were kept busy throughout the day with various issues on the day including but not limited to:
an anchor line caught in a prop
which lead to a lost anchor
a new anchor being rigged (thanks Luke Parker for the prompt action and handiwork!)
a Jazzman pre-race battery check
a debooming requiring a tow back to Rose Bay (thanks Richard Au)
an OCD PRO looking to give the fleet 4 perfect broad reach legs for the day
The racing included some exciting leads, lead changes, penalty turns and the odd photo opportunity.
Massive congratulations to Coté for leaving the club on a high with wins in both Race 11 and 12 in the ILCA6s. Excellent sailing Coté - the club is going to miss you and we hope you return one day soon.
In the ILCA7s, Chris Berg won race 11 with Tim Heath winning race 12!
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