Race Report - Saturday 22 March 2025
Chris Tattersall
Sprint Racing
After a successful Learn-to-Race morning, the wind abated a little as a short SSE course was laid in Double Bay. A longish offset was set as well. A comment that you could point to the top mark from the start line was soon overruled by massive wind shifts that would have drained the battery of any motorised mark trying to perfect the top mark location. So it was a tactical setup with a regatta style first top mark (i.e., no room for a port tack boat to fit in the train of starboard boats). The favoured side alternated, and frequent tacking was a must. Nobody was OCS for any of the six or so starts, probably due to not having to impress a lot of women on the start line (see following article).
There are megabytes of video and photos in the WhatsApp chat to continue what was a pleasant day on the harbour. A small selection of these follows (all photos by Roberto Blum).
- Daryl Lawrence, PRO
