This week in Sailing 24/03/2022 - Southport Yacht Club

23 March 2022Blog, News, Sailing Blog

CLUB RACING UPDATE

Congrats to all participants and our top three winners in last week’s Divisional Racing….

Wednesday
Inshore Division – Round the Cans
1. Phantom (Tony Hight) 2. Retox (Ross Manning) 3. Emotional Rescue (Wayne Kirby)
Thursday
Thursday Twilight – Summer Series (picture of – Yeah Baby, Winner)
1. Yeah Bay (Any Lamont) 2. Touche (Greg Watson) 3. Black Diamon (Glenn Burrell)
Saturday
Inshore Division – (Talk it Up Cup)
1. Hiroshima (Ross Manning)   2. Kamikaze (Neil Rowsthorn)   3. WopyGong (Greg Forgan-Smith)
Off The Beach Cats – Club Championship
(Yardstick) D1 1. Fast Energy (Andrew Wilson)
(Yardstick) D2 1. Bob (Phil Kellond-Knight)   2. Waka Taua (David Vincent)   3. Bellella (Nigel Lawrence)
(Paper Tiger Class) 1. Double Squid Grip (Ben Downey)   2. Toni (Jian Chew)   3. Wazawoody (Kelvin Holdt)
Sunday
Offshore Division – Summer Passage – Click Here for video
(credit to Jason Chipp)
(PHS) D1 1. Cyclone (David Chadkirk)   2. Touche (Greg Watson)   3. Kerisma (Chris Larsen)
(PHS) D2 1. She (Philip Bell)
(ORC Club) D1 1. Kerisma (Chris Larsen)   2. Touche (Greg Watson)   3. Black Diamond (Glenn Burrell)
(ORC Club) D2 1. Knot Another painkiller (Rod West)
Off the Beach Dinghy’s – Club championships
(Open Junior) 1. Afterburner (Addison Newlan)   2. Safari (Matthew Sinnamon)   3. Hurricane (Lewis Falconer)
(Lasers) 1. Hijack (Jack Humphreys)   2. Aquamarine (Ava Wilson)   3. Buster (Stuart Waters)

SYC REPRESENTATION AT EVENTS AND REGATTAS

2022 International OK Dinghy Australian Championships (Woolahra Sailing Club – 13^th – 18^th March)

A total of 33 competitors with 8 races completed. Congrats to our SYC representatives.

Kelvin Holdt – Green Eggs & Ham (8^th overall)
Erik Thompson – Shades of Grey and (26^th overall)
Steve Shale – Nanni (24^th overall)

Inaugural Woman’s and Girls Sailing Regatta
at Humpybong Yacht Club – Woody Point QLD (19^th – 20^th March)

The 2022 Humpybong Women’s and Girls Regatta proved to be a great weekend for all those in attendance. The all-female competitors took part in the regatta in many different classes, including Tasers, Lasers, Optimists and Vagabonds, with many female skippers stepping up from their usual crewing positions, which was great to see. With challenging conditions on Day 1, with strong swell and gusts of 20 knots, only two races were able to be completed with plenty of swimming for all competitors. Day 2 was much more successful with calmer winds and fewer waves, completing 3 races. There were 3 SYC juniors in attendance: Teegan Mitchell, Jessica Sinnamon and Mila Gan, taking out 1^st, 2^nd and 4^th respectively in Division 5.

A huge congratulations to the young ladies who represented our club so well. A massive thank you to Humpybong Yacht Club for organising such a great event and allowing me the opportunity to be Race Officer for the weekend. Overall, it was a lovely regatta and one that I hope to see running for many years to come in support of women in sailing across the state.

By Grace Murphy.