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CYCA Bird Island Race Pics by Bow Caddy Media

by Bow Caddy Media 12 Nov 2023 15:27 PST

Start pics and first three coming back through the Heads in the he annual sprint North - the 83 nautical mile Bird Island Race. In 2023 this is the fourth of six races that comprise the 2023/24 Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore from the CYCA.

Coathanger in sight as URM goes for a win - photo © Bow Caddy Media
Coathanger in sight as URM goes for a win - photo © Bow Caddy Media

Two-handed entrey, Currawong, is only 30-feet LOA, but do not let that get in the way of anything - photo © Bow Caddy Media
Two-handed entrey, Currawong, is only 30-feet LOA, but do not let that get in the way of anything - photo © Bow Caddy Media

Majestic Sydney Harbour - photo © Bow Caddy Media
Majestic Sydney Harbour - photo © Bow Caddy Media

It's not called Adventure Land for nothing.. - photo © Bow Caddy Media
It's not called Adventure Land for nothing.. - photo © Bow Caddy Media

Roaring back up the Harbour with andoo Comanche - photo © Bow Caddy Media
Roaring back up the Harbour with andoo Comanche - photo © Bow Caddy Media

Glamour day for No Limit - photo © Bow Caddy Media
Glamour day for No Limit - photo © Bow Caddy Media

I love my wet weather gear... (You'd want to!) - photo © Bow Caddy Media
I love my wet weather gear... (You'd want to!) - photo © Bow Caddy Media

Charging with the R/P63 No Limit - photo © Bow Caddy Media
Charging with the R/P63 No Limit - photo © Bow Caddy Media

Heaps of power and the ability to do something with it - andoo Comanche - photo © Bow Caddy Media
Heaps of power and the ability to do something with it - andoo Comanche - photo © Bow Caddy Media

Glamour day for the 2023 iteration of the CYCA Bird Island Race - photo © Bow Caddy Media
Glamour day for the 2023 iteration of the CYCA Bird Island Race - photo © Bow Caddy Media

URM and North Head - photo © Bow Caddy Media
URM and North Head - photo © Bow Caddy Media

Windhover - Andrew Silk's Beneteau 40.7 - photo © Bow Caddy Media
Windhover - Andrew Silk's Beneteau 40.7 - photo © Bow Caddy Media

No Limit - OK. Let's see if we can find it! - photo © Bow Caddy Media
No Limit - OK. Let's see if we can find it! - photo © Bow Caddy Media

Phillip Neil's Hoek Tc78, Drumfire - photo © Bow Caddy Media
Phillip Neil's Hoek Tc78, Drumfire - photo © Bow Caddy Media

Phillip Neil's Hoek Tc78, Drumfire - photo © Bow Caddy Media
Phillip Neil's Hoek Tc78, Drumfire - photo © Bow Caddy Media

If you do not like to heel, do not go on andoo Comanche, as she loves it - photo © Bow Caddy Media
If you do not like to heel, do not go on andoo Comanche, as she loves it - photo © Bow Caddy Media

Big stick means big sails - andoo Comanche - photo © Bow Caddy Media
Big stick means big sails - andoo Comanche - photo © Bow Caddy Media

Giddy up - andoo Comanche style - photo © Bow Caddy Media
Giddy up - andoo Comanche style - photo © Bow Caddy Media

If you get it down below it won't be a CVD for the sailmakers - photo © Bow Caddy Media
If you get it down below it won't be a CVD for the sailmakers - photo © Bow Caddy Media

Alexander Flecknoe-Brown's Bakewell-White 40, Lightning - photo © Bow Caddy Media
Alexander Flecknoe-Brown's Bakewell-White 40, Lightning - photo © Bow Caddy Media

No Limit begins the Bird Island Race - photo © Bow Caddy Media
No Limit begins the Bird Island Race - photo © Bow Caddy Media

URM returns home to secure another win - photo © Bow Caddy Media
URM returns home to secure another win - photo © Bow Caddy Media

Sun's out - let's go racing - photo © Bow Caddy Media
Sun's out - let's go racing - photo © Bow Caddy Media

It only hurts if you don't get it in.. - photo © Bow Caddy Media
It only hurts if you don't get it in.. - photo © Bow Caddy Media

Say no more - photo © Bow Caddy Media
Say no more - photo © Bow Caddy Media

On the way to her third win of the BWPS - URM - photo © Bow Caddy Media
On the way to her third win of the BWPS - URM - photo © Bow Caddy Media

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