This Week in Yachting – 26th Dec 2024
CLUB RACING UPDATE
Congrats to all participants and our top three winners in last week’s Divisional Racing.
Wednesday
Inshore Division – Jam
1. Spirit (Jonathan Simms) 2. Hope (Bob Ogle) 3. Tao (Mick Hodgins)
Thursday
Thursday Twilight – Summer Series
1. She (Philip Bell) 2. Risk (Daryl Bell) 3. T&T (Howard Yen)
Saturday
Ladies Day Race
Whilst the weather conditions weren’t ideal…we had 11 boats participate in the Ladies Day Race on Saturday…a huge shout out to our wonderful female Skippers who did the sisterhood proud. Thank you to all skippers, crew, volunteers, and race management – again a huge team effort. Nice work Ronnie Lee who won the cup!
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- Line Honours – FOXMAYWONDER – Elise Kellond-Knight
- 3rd Place – FOXMAYWONDER – Elise Kellond-Knight
- 2nd Place – COOL CHANGE – Rebecca Frost
- 1st Place – SPIRIT – Ronnie Lee
Sunday
Offshore Division – RTC
(PHS) D1 1. Blunderbuss (Danielle Hutcheson) 2. Black Diamond (Glenn Burrell) 3. Kerisma (Chris Larsen)
(PHS) D2 1. Vamp (Brent McDonald)
(ORC Club) D1 1. Touche (Greg Watson) 2. Kerisma (Chris Larsen) 3. Aramex (Steve Curtis)
Off the Beach Dinghy’s – Passage
(Div B Open) 1. The Devil Made Me Do (Mark Hughes) 2. Green Eggs and Ham (Kelvin Holdt) 3. Nanni (Steven Shale)
(Junior Div) 1. Hurricane (Lewis Falconer)
*Photo above of the Ladies Day Race Winner, Ronnie Lee*
*Photo above of Thursday’s Twilight Sailing*
SYC REPRESENTATION AT EVENTS AND REGATTAS
RQYS Laser Queensland State Championships 2022
Congratulations to those SYC representatives who participated in the RQYS Laser Queensland State Championships 2022 last weekend.
Laser 4.7 – 18th Hijack (Under 18 – Jack Humphreys (SYC)
Laser Radial – 4th Maverick (Under 19) – Miles Wilson (SYC) 26th Big Fella Wines (Under 19) – Benjamin Stroebel (SYC)
Laser Standard – 18th Buster – Grand Masters – Stuart Waters (SYC)
WMSC – Inshore Regatta 2022 – Founders Trophy
Congratulations to Michael Small and the crew on Boomtown for picking up the Founders Trophy 2022 (Division 1 IRC 1st Place) a few weekends ago.
Nice work guys!
*Photo above of the Boomtown Founders Trophy WM*
UPCOMING RACES, EVENTS AND REGATTAS
Qoin 10,000 – Navigation Event
Friday 29th & Saturday 30th April 2022
Julian Rocks Yacht Race
Saturday 30th April to 1st May 2022
International Etchells Class – GC Championships
28th May to 29th May 2022
Quote of the Week:
“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever”
– Joseph Conrad
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