Mid Winter One Design Regatta - Day 2

Mid Winter One Design Regatta Brendan Rourke

Mid Winter One Design Regatta © Brendan Rourke

With three races completed from Saturdays racing and with all races counting (no discards), the Pointscores across all five classes were tight, a mishap in today’s race would cost competitors valuable points.

In the newly launched Elliott 7 Fleet, the battle for first place saw the skippers of Murray Gordon and Garry Gietz battled it out for first place honours, a poor race five costed Gietz valuable points. Gordon pulled off the win, followed by RPAYC Youth Development Squad Member William Dargaville taking second place ahead of Gietz who took out third place.

Mid Winter One Design Regatta © Brendan Rourke

The strong southerly winds and longer course proved exciting for the ten strong Melges 24 fleet, with plenty of fast paced action on the course. Having a solid day on the water was Roger That, skippered by Cameron Miles, taking out first place by a comfortable margin. The battle for second was between Bandit and The Kraken swapping positions for each race. Bandit took second place with The Kraken a point behind taking third place.

The Etchells fleet enjoyed great competition as always. Top 40 skippered by Geoffrey Bonouvrie managed to re run their spinnaker halyard after losing it yesterday afternoon and start the day in dominating form taking a hard earned win. Second and third was a battle between Odyssey and Gezzabelle with Odyssey taking second place a point ahead of Gezzabelle.

Mid Winter One Design Regatta © Brendan Rourke

The Star fleet showed aggressive starting tactics, with all boats fighting for the same end. Getting off the line well was Finer Still, skippered by Jason Antill, who showed good consistency off the line, however Rob McMillian on Death Star slowly moved him down with good upwind pace tking out first place. Second and third place was between NB Laser and Finer Still, NB Laser taking second place two pts ahead of Finer Still.

The Ynglings from the RSYS tussled with the Pittwater chilly Southerly winds. Evie skippered by Karyn Gojnich continued her winning pace taking out first place. Miss Pibb and Meridain taking second and third place.

Mid Winter One Design Regatta © Brendan Rourke

This was the inaugural Mid Winter One Design Regatta, block out July 2015 for the next Mid Winter One Design Regatta.

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Mid Winter One Design Regatta © Brendan Rourke

Final placings:

Melges 24s:
First - Roger That – 9pts
Second - Bandit – 14pts
Third - The Kraken – 15pts

Elliott 7s:
First - Gordon – 12pts
Second - Dargaville – 17pts
Third - Gietz – 23pts

Etchells:
First - To 40 – 7pts
Second - Odyssey – 20pts
Third - Gezzabelle – 21pts

Stars:
First - Death Star – 7pts
Second - NB Laser – 17pts
Third - Finer Still – 19pts

Ynglings:
First - Evie – 7pts
Second - Miss Pibb – 11pts
Third - Meridian – 20pts