Jervis Bay Cruising Yacht club was treated to ‘champagne
sailing’ weather conditions on Saturday 27 March for a race comprising the
second race of the Autumn Series, fifth and final race of the Husky Pub Round
the Bay Series, and a special Regatta event the Seawind Cup for Seawind catamarans
sponsored by Seawind and Revolution Sails.
The warm, sunny day and light to moderate SE winds made for
very pleasant sailing though a little less of the light and more of the
moderate would have been relished by most skippers if not necessarily the crew!
It was pleasing to see a strong fleet turn out with 20 club
boats competing in Division 1 and 2 of the Autumn and RTB race series, and a
further 7 boats attracted from locally and further afield to make 11 contesting
the Seawind Cup.
The course complemented the day with a scenic clockwise
circuit of Jervis Bay starting and ending at Huskisson. In the early afternoon
the fleet was treated to the sight of square-rigged tall ship Young Endeavour
coming into Jervis Bay for a stopover en route from Hobart to Sydney.
Cougar and Wahoo had an exciting dead heat finish to take
out shared line honours in Division 1.
Ken Dyburgh and crew on Rockhopper took line honours in
Division 2 and deserve full credit for a fabulous race in terms of tactics and
the way they’re sailing.
Congratulations also go to skipper and crew of visiting
vessel Manyana who took line honours and the regatta handicap in the Seawind
Cup.
Post race social and presentations were held at the Husky
Pub with Seawind Catamaran representative Paul Kennedy on hand to present the
Seawind Cup.
Next race will be Autumn Series Race 3 on Sunday 11 April.
Race results as follows:
Division 1
Line Honours: shared by Cougar and Wahoo
RHS: Cougar, Jouisance, Pleasure IV
PHS: Cougar, Wahoo, Pleasure IV
Division 2
Line Honours: Rock Hopper
RHS: Rock Hopper, Sundowner, Silver Heels
PHS: Rock Hopper, Sundowner, Couta Tah
Husky Pub RTB Series Overall Winners
Division 1: Jouisance, Wahoo, Cougar
Division 2: Rock Hopper, Couta Tah, Sea Change 2
Seawind Cup
Line Honours: Manyana
RHS: Manyana, Sea Change 2, Tranquility
