2021 Queensland Impulse State Championship at Humpybong Yacht Club

It has been a remarkable year of sailing for Andrew Turnbull-Miller, he has taken out the 2021 Queensland Impulse State Championships, which were soundly conducted by the Humpybong Yacht Club, Woody Point, on the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd of October 2021.

The year has been remarkable for Turnbull-Miller, as he was also part of this year's winning crew of "Wistari" which was the overall winner of the 2021 Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht race, and also was a crew member of "Sea Bass" which placed second in the PHS division of the Airlie Beach Race week. Not bad for a year of lockdowns!

Despite some last minute cancellations due to fear of a lockdown in South East Queensland, a healthy fleet of 21 boats contested the championships and competitor's traveled from as far north as Yeppoon, with seven different sailing clubs being represented in the regatta.

Phil Gray, 2nd overall - 2021 Queensland Impulse State Championship - photo © Marina Hobbs

Day 1 of the regatta was held in very testing conditions, with veteran race organizers saying they had never seen conditions like it. Despite the tricky conditions, the Humpybong Yacht Club did well to get three races in. After the first day of racing, Andrew Triggell from RQYS, held a slender lead over Darling Points Brett Buckley.

Day 2 of the regatta was held in more favorable conditions in which a light sea breeze built up as the day progressed.

Racing was extremely tight across the fleet and this was demonstrated in that only three points separated second to sixth placing.

Turnbull-Miller took out the regatta with four heat wins from the six races contested. In second place was the ever popular ex-505 national champion Phil Gray in his multi-coloured Impulse "the jester".

Andrew Triggell, 3rd place - 2021 Queensland Impulse State Championship - photo © Marina Hobbs

Rounding out the top three was well respected Brisbane sailmaker and ex-cherub champion Andrew Triggell in "the stink".

The 2021-2022 Impulse National Championships are scheduled to be conducted at the South Lake Macquarie Sailing Club, NSW over the Christmas-New Year period. There are concerns that the regatta maybe delayed due to Covid lockdowns, hence the NSW Impulse association has sensibly proposed later dates in the year in an attempt to get some racing in.

Next year's QLD Impulse State Championships are proposed to take place at the Hervey Bay Sailing Club.

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For more information about the Impulse and the proposed and alternate dates for the 2021-2022 National Championships please visit here.