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Race Report - Saturday 21 February 2026

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All photos by Chris Tattersall

Autumn Point Score Races 7 & 8 / Club Championships Races 11 & 12

It was never going to be an easy day for sailors or for the Race Management team. We were faced with a northeasterly on arrival to the club, that turned to a flakey easterly around 1330 - with a 10-knot southeasterly forecast to hit us around 1400.

Luckily, the course was set for the breeze before us, and Race 1 got away on time - apart from a few general recalls in both fleets, and at least 7 Black Flags handed out to the ILCA6s who couldn’t keep their noses clean.

The northeasterly from further up the harbour encroached down onto our wing mark, essentially shutting down the easterly breeze on that part of the course. This led to some wild lead changes and large gaps appearing in the fleet. Those who best managed this critical section of the race were the eventual winners.

The course in Race 1 was shortened to the bottom mark before the final windward/leeward.

With a building and approaching storm cell coming in from the west, the Race Management flew the AP for nearly 40 minutes trying to find the next most stable breeze for Race 2. Eventually it settled to the predicted southeasterly and a top mark was laid just off Bethwaite Point. Thanks to Ben Byford who took out the Dene Bergman, the entire course reset was completed within 10 minutes.

Thank you to the Race Management team led by Martin Gill with Nick Pellow onboard as LTRAR - and captain and co-captain of the day: Chris Tattersall and Alban Delpey.

Final results in all races:

ICLA 6 Autumn Point Score

Race 7

  1. Elouise Morgan

  2. Ian Tudball

  3. Pia Hattersley

Race 8

  1. Jim Dounis

  2. Zac Howell

  3. Scott Finlayson

ICLA 6 Club Championships

Race 11

  1. Zac Howell

  2. Sara Bruce

  3. Geoff Kirk

Race 12

  1. Zac Howell

  2. Martin White

  3. Scott Finlayson

ICLA 7 Autumn Point Score

Race 7

  1. Jack Restuccia

  2. John Sweeny

  3. David Newman

Race 8

  1. Mark Gray

  2. Alessandro Buzzatti

  3. Stephen Reid

ICLA 7 Club Championships

Race 11

  1. Jack Restuccia

  2. John Sweeny

  3. Healy Ryan

Race 12

  1. Healy Ryan

  2. David Newman

  3. Alessandro Buzzatti

- Nick Pellow, LTRAR

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