Sprints 2 and more

Last Saturday the second half of the season got off to a start. Perfect wind, perfect sky, perfect lake level, marginally dubious race officer (but 3 out of 4 isn't bad). Unfortunately Jan 14th coincides with peak holiday season and the P fleet were in travelling mode competing in the P Nationals at Murrays Bay in Auckland.

2 Farr 3.7s, 7 Lasers, 5 Zephyrs, 1 Starling, and 2 Optimists signed in. The course was a simple triangle with a long beat the length of the lake for the senior classes and slightly shorter for the smaller boats. 1 minute spacing between the starts for the 5 fleets kept the skippers and the tower staff on their toes.

Unfortunately a period of boisterous wind in the second race forced a few retirements in the 3.7, Zephyr, Starling, and Optimist fleets. The hardy Laser sailors battled on and the wind soon settled back to a solid 10-15kts leading to ideal racing conditions.

For full results click on the link below. Duncan White was a clear winner in the Lasers but he was kept honest by Ken Atchison, Duncan Barnard, and Chris Raynes. Unfortunately Jonathan McMullan continued his program of testing equipment to the point of failure and blew out his mylar mainsail.

Sprint Series 2

Its a busy time of year with lots of away regattas and Optisail starting on the 19th Jan at HYC. Congratulations to Isaac McHardie on back to back wins in the Tanner Cup and also for winning the Tauranga Cup. Congratulations also to all the HYC P Class sailors at the Tauranga Cup. HYC was very well represented and I am sure further reports from these two P Class events will be circulated soon.