Early Start on Saturday – Briefing 12pm for 1pm SPRINTS

The harbour will be a bit busier than normal this Saturday with F50 Catamarans taking up our normal racecourse for the inaugural SailGP event. Here’s the spin from their website: “SailGP is sailing redefined, combining awe-inspiring athleticism with top-flight tech. Bringing you the thrilling sight of supercharged F50 catamarans charging down Sydney Harbour, battling it out on the water for their countries in an all-new nation vs nation international competition.”

They are racing on Saturday from 3pm to 5pm, with a huge exclusion zone starting at 2pm. The exclusion zone and the forecast Easterly breeze will make it very difficult (if not impossible) to sail between Vaucluse and Double Bay between 2 and 5pm. Because of this, VYC and DBSC have decided to cancel the second leg of this season’s Vaucluse Challenge which was scheduled for this Saturday. The scores of the first leg will stand and serve as the final result of this season’s Challenge.  

Instead of the Vaucluse Challenge we will be running sprint racing this Saturday. To avoid the heart of the SailGP event we will be sailing earlier and on a course away from the exclusion zone. Please join us for the briefing at 12 noon in preparation for sprint racing starting at 1pm. 

Laser Sailors Beware, the F50 Cats are Coming.