Race Report - Saturday 5 April 2025

All photos by Pia Hattersley and Karen Merchant

Club Championships Races 13 and 14 / Autumn Point Score Races 11 and 12

What a stunner, gotta love where we get to play every week...  

To steal from that classic "The Gods Must be Crazy", this week the wind gods were in a league of their own. We had all manner of wind directions before the race and course-setting was basically a lottery. The first course in Rose Bay was nuts, the wind was working its way from WSW to WNW... right soooo... back to Double Bay.  And then it all died... no wind, no idea. 

Being on the Paul Adam is usually a relaxing way to spend an afternoon enjoying our beautiful harbour.  Not so much this week as that crew worked their butts off. All the marks had to be moved over and over until we finally got something from the SSE. Huge call out to Peter, Pia, Karen and Campbell's friend who won't have to gym until next month. Everyone's patience was finally rewarded with the arrival of a 10 to 14-kt breeze, and we were off.

First Race:

Both fleets started well, close racing with Healy Ryan leading the Radials at the end, being chased by Sarah Bruce. Some stellar performances from the senior sailors Peter Heywood and Martin White.  

In the Standards, Campbell Patton put on a show for the first half of the race, the pack trying hard to hunt him down and they looked like they had a chance, but not quite. The reaches looked like so much fun.  

Second Race:

In the Radials Healy put on a master class.  At the end he was so far ahead we didn't include him in the finishing video.  Very impressive.

Campbell continued to dominate in the Standards.  Both well-deserved race and series winners.  Nice going guys.

The two Mike's (Dunne and Morris) on the Jazzman enjoyed the madness, plus we had some really cool visitors, all Campbell supporters. Don't think anyone got bored and all have stories to tell.

Then there was beer…

-Michael Dunne, PRO