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Tales
16th
December, 2006
Light winds had competitors grumbling before
taking to the water on Saturday December 16th. Seems
that this season it has been either too windy to race,
or so little wind it hardly seemed worth it. But under
beautiful clear blue skies with 5 or so knots of south
easterly wind a fleet of 7 jostled for position at
the start with the 2 Flying Fifteens appearing to
be pushed across the start line by one of the keel
boats. Windswept restarted and then Town Bike tracked
wide for so long they ended up straight back at the
wharf. Must have been worried that gale force winds
were coming or something!
Not Your Average White Boat put in a solid performance
to take line honours, Windswept quickly caught up
lost ground while Russell & Peter showed the advantage
of age and experience by challenging for a place ahead
of the Yngling skippered by Matt and an all-girl crew.
There was plenty of interest in the closely fought
tussle between the 2 keel boats, Interlude (John Marriner)
and Tumbleweed (Bill Gross), who sailed tack for tack
throughout the afternoon to have a race within a race.
Results:
C/Ch F/M
NYAWB NYAWB
In The Blue Windswept
Yngling Yngling
Interlude Interlude
Windswept In The Blue
Tumbleweed Tumbleweed
This Saturday 23rd Dec. there will be a pre-Christmas
bbq after sailing. Meat supplied, bring a salad.
Also there are plans afoot for a New Years Eve bbq
– see Sandra for details.
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