Sydney Harbour
2009
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Winds - flukey and very hot, a 16 boat fleet.
The race was away on schedule at 12.30 with many close calls at the start.
About two minutes into the start 3 guns were sounded, which mean't the race was abandoned due to a major windshift at the top mark.
Simon Grain our national President from Melbourne suggested we sail in Melboune with a little less traffic. ha ha.
Four boats travelled up from Melbourne and one from Adelaide for this event. Several ex national champions returned to race with the very hot J24 fleet. Eventually late Saturday 3 races were completed with two little bingles on Starpac and Blackjack. Our best result was a 4th with Leon skippering Jagged Edge then Sean on Starpac with a 5th. Pacatack was sailed by a South Australia team with a second place showing our fleet are right up there and fast. Blackjack hopefully will do better today with Terry on board with the works (all staff) team.
In the evening RANSA hosted our magnificent evening dinner with roast pig and beef on the spit, a competition drawing on the white paper table cloths with crayons and triva night and lots of lovely wine. (hopefully that will slow some of the competition) Three races today and we will see the results and a new state champion.
Day 2
Congratulations to our new State Champion Doug Mcgain and his crew on Code Violation, a Sydney Yacht. In second place Ben Lamb (last years winner) in Kaotic with John Crawford third on Inaminaka. Racing was hard with the unusual conditions, smoke from the bushfires and a large ship parked on our race track.
The day finished with a sausage sizzle at our very friendly host Club RANSA. The interstate boats were craned out of the water onto their trailers to hit the the road for the long drive to Melbourne or Adleaide.
We thank all competitors and the guys who travelled so far, making it the great event that it was. We can't wait until we hit the road for the National Championships in Melbourne starting on 2nd January 2010.
We take this opportunity to thank the Lapstone Hotel group for their sponsorship for the J24 Nationals in Melbourne.
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