RACE REPORT - SATURDAY 17 August 2024
Chris Tattersall
Photos by Van Allen and Charlotte Jenkins
Winter Sprint Racing
By Charlotte Jenkins
The wind and warmth made for a great day of sprints out on the harbour. With a fleet of over 30 boats, including about eight visitors from Middle Harbour, we went out to find a gentle 6-10 knots from the WNW as we set a windward leeward course of two laps between the two islands.
As the afternoon progressed, the breeze picked up to a solid 15 knots from the west, providing some nice hiking conditions during the big gusts. We managed to complete five races for each class, all with clean starts, where the ILCA 6’s started after 2 minutes and the ILCA 7’s after 3.
Congratulations to Sylvie Stannage, Sara Bruce, and Scott Hunter for consistently high results in the ILCA 6 fleet, and to Rod Barnes, Luke Parker and Ed Alexander in the ILCA 7 fleet.
A big thank you to the rest of the race team who helped this day go so smoothly: Tucker McKeon as the Co-PRO, Zoe Allen as the COTD, Van Allen as the Co-COTD, Raph who helped Paul with toasties in the kitchen and John Vasey for running the Jazzman, and especially Josh who helped the youth team learn the ropes of how to set the course and run the racing.
