Race Report - Saturday 2 August 2025

All photos by Ben Byford, Harper Spacey and James Tudball

Winter Sprint Racing

Harper Spacey reports

The first week of Saturday sprint racing got off to an exciting start with tricky conditions throughout the day.  A building sou’easterly of 15-25 knots made for shifty conditions and a gusty racecourse.

Double Bay's youth members constituted this week’s race management with Harper Spacey and Raphael McLachlan taking on the duty of PRO, Charles Byford and Tucker McKeon supporting sailors as COTD and Charlotte Jenkins on canteen duty (and assisting on the water).  Thanks to James Tudball and Ben Byford who assisted on both support RIBs. 

Although the conditions were challenging, a solid fleet of mostly ILCA 6’s and 7’s had some tight racing, with Martin White in a Radial and Healy Ryan in a Standard winning all five races! A shout out to new member, Ben Phillips, who persevered and got around the course in his 4.7.

Despite rain, wind and a couple of on-water rescues, the first week of sprint racing was competitive and exciting.