Sprint Racing

LTRaR Pia Hattersley’s report:

Saturday saw a good turn out for sprint racing despite many club members being away in Canberra for the ACT/NSW State Championships (see next article). A northeasterly breeze of around 19 knots at times gusting up to 27, plus a smoking hot reach to the wing mark, made for 5 rapid sprint races and some pretty ragged looking sailors at the end of it all. Well done to those who stayed until the very end!

In the Standards, early on it was very much a tale of Luke vs visiting sailor Canada (197422), with Canada coming out on top with 5 straight golds. Rod and Grant were also in contention for races 4 and 5. In the Radials Ian, Geoff, Mike, Sara and Martin battled it out for first place and after some close duels they decided to split the gold and take one each. Well done also to Jasper Kinsman, 4.7 sailor who scored a couple of podium finishes.

Thanks to the on water and canteen crews for their assistance and to all sailors for another fantastic day on the water.