WINTER Sprint Racing - FINAL DAY

PRO Mike Dunne reports:

The start of the day sucked, just old-fashioned sucked. No wind, no direction, no idea. We got it wrong setting the course. Tried to work to the prediction...

Starting outside the bay, it turns out, doesn’t work. It was a learning thing. During Race 1 everything (and everyone) was all over the shop. For Race 2, we went back to basics and set the weather mark in Double Bay and that totally rocked! So, 5 races in total, 4 amazing races, let’s call the 1st the ‘canary in the coal mine’. We rocked and maybe we rolled! 🤣 All in all, a spectacular day on (and sometimes in) our amazing harbour.. Approx 30 boats, mostly Radials... great racing and so much fun. Very special talent on display, so many winners and very few losers, it seriously offered a learning opportunity.

Sprints are brilliant, everyone goes hard, and totally learns and ultimately that's the whole point. As the day progressed, the best sailors... well, you guys did what you usually do 🤣. Overall... perfect end to an amazing sprint series... thank you!! Totally looking forward to what’s next. Game on!!!

Thanks to the on-water crew: Mike Dunne as PRO ably supported by John Vasey and Michelle Power. Kerryn Smith was COTD with Ben Byford in the RIB.

Thanks to Paul and Shirley in the canteen with help from Tim Heath.

Photos by Michelle Power: