Race Report Sunday 03 May 2026

All photos by Tim Heath

Winter Championship / Point Score Races 1, 2 & 3

The first day of the winter season was unseasonably warm, in fact a typical summer day. Light breeze from the north when we arrived with a 20 knot NE promised later. The 35 or so sailors were treated to a range of conditions from 5 to 15 knots, but luckily for the race management the wind direction remained fairly steady throughout. We started the first race promptly at 8am which unfortunately left many in the fleet still struggling to get out of Double Bay, and then the wind dropped so a slow race to start the series. We then shortened the course and the 4’s and 6’s were over-excited to get started with almost everyone over the line, which kept the flag raisers busy. The second race after this was uneventful, but now the wind started to pick up. We continued with the shorter course for the final race which finished in a challenging 15 knot breeze and all back to the club by 10am.

Many thanks to the race management team of David Airey, Stephen Reid, Tim Heath and Andrew Stigter for getting there on time at 6.15am and for a well-run day.

- David Airey, PRO

NOTE: For Winter Series racing the briefing has been brought forward to 07:15am. It is strongly suggested that sailors launch immediately after this briefing in order to make the 08:00am first Warning signal.

Winners (ILCA-4 / ILCA-6 / ILCA-7):