Race Report - Saturday 18 October 2025
Steven London
All photos by Nick Pellow and Mark Gray
SPrint Racing
Saturday was a day of champagne sailing on Sydney Harbour. The moderate wind backed from SE in the morning to E in the afternoon. Thus it was decided to set our standard easterly course into the Dardanelles, but a bit closer to the channel to take advantage of the good pressure coming out of Rose Bay. The course length was long enough to accommodate five 25-minutes races allowing sailors to bring tactics into play. There was always a chance to lose, win or at least recover a position. Those who managed wind better than others ended with a significant lead.
Below are winners for each race:
Race 1
ILCA7: Hadrian Bourly
ILCA6: Alistair Sutherland
Race 2:
ILCA7: Dave Newman
ILCA6: Alistair Sutherland
Race 3:
ILCA7: Rod Barnes
ILCA6: [yawn] Alistair Sutherland
Race 4:
IlCA7: Steve London
ILCA6: David Airie
Race 5:
ILCA7: Hadrian Bourly
ILCA6: Julian Doumit
The race team for the day was: Nick Pellow as PRO, truly yours as LTRaR and LTWaN (learn to write a newsletter), Mark Gray as COTD, and Andrea, Iris and Dion as CoCOTD. John Vasey prepared both RIBs and the Jazzman for the day.
- Maxim Djura, LTRaR
