Race report 16 April 2023 (and a little rant)
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From our PRO Luke Parker…
Champagne racing on the harbour for Saturday’s final two heats of the Autumn point score!
The 33 boat fleet enjoyed a 10 knot nor Easter that built to a tad over 15 by the end of the second race. Tide was incoming, traffic was sparse, and the sun was shining. It simply doesn’t get better. This season we’ve been enjoying much better late season conditions than we did in 2021 and 2022. Perhaps the benefit of being freed from La Niña’s impact?
Both fleets were impeccably behaved at the starts and all races started cleanly with the fleets spread across the line. Upwind, most sailors played the right hand side of the course to avoid the incoming tide and play the shifts that form around Point Piper. Downwind appeared to be about hunting waves and gusts.
In the Radials, John Verco won the 1st race. Andrew Cox came 2nd in the first race, and 1st in the 2nd.
In the full rigs, Quentin Burns won the first, Maxim Djura the 2nd and a shoutout to Connor for placing 2nd in both races.
I’ll leave for others to expand on the Autumn pointscore’s results, but here’s a spoiler…. expect to see a very happy Commodore at the AGP.
An observation of the Sailor App…
This was the first time your correspondent has used the new App for race management. It’s a fantastic product that makes the process on the start boat simple and results are immediate. However for the system to work, all sailors must Sign on via the Sailor App with the correct sail number. This is critical. The club has been lenient with laggards who don’t sign on correctly this season. This leniency has an impost on our volunteers. On Saturday it took the handicapper and commodore considerable time to manually enter results for sailors that didn’t sign on properly.
Don’t be surprised if the outpouring of goodwill ceases: PLEASE SIGN ON CORRECTLY!!!!!
Here’s a link to the app and the process. https://www.dbsc.com.au/sailor-sign-on-app
If you forget to sign on before launching, there is capacity to sign on at the start boat before racing, but not to change your sail number.
Finally….an open question to the sailing committee: Is the winter series the ideal time to enforce a zero tolerance policy to signing on? No sign on = no result!
[Results are available in the Sailor app and online.]