Sail Sydney Regatta

Twelve A’s took part in Sail Sydney last weekend, joining many boats of other classes, sailing a course from Georges River Sailing Club on the south western corner of Botany Bay. This was the final regatta leading up to the Nationals for the NSW fleet, joined by Jack Benson from the NT, here to warm up for the Nationals.

After a short delay waiting for wind, racing started in a patchy south easterly that filled in as the afternoon progressed. Steve Brewin showed his form by winning three of the four races, although he did let Jack Benson and Grant Pellew through in the second.

Kudos to the race committee for recognizing the speed of the A Class in the first race and extending our course by a lap to align the elapsed time more closely with the other fleets.

On Sunday the racing was again postponed due to lack of wind for the Juniors who were using the same course. By the time the A classes were starting the wind was 18knts from the North East and continued to build past 22knts.

Steve Brewin showed how it was done in the bumpy conditions and winning all three races with Darren Bundock (racing only on Sunday) close behind.

Final standings gave the win to Steve Brewin, followed by Jack Benson and Andrew Williams.

1	91	AUS 4	Brewin Sails	Steven Brewin		1	1	3	1	2	1	1				10	7
2	93	AUS 13	P.D.Q	Jack Benson		2	4	1	3	DNC	3	4				29	17
3	95	AUS 321	Wet Willy	Andrew Williams		DNC	2	4	2	3	4	3				30	18
4	99	AUS 969	Harken Australia	Grant Pellew		3	3	2	4	4	5	5				26	21
5	94	AUS 22	Spunspar	Mark Johnston		4	5	5	5	DNC	6	6				43	31
6	98	AUS 941	Firefly Dance Club	Julian Jenkins		5	7	6	6	6	7	7				44	37
7	238	TBA	TBA	Daren Bundock		DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	1	2	2				53	41
8	97	AUS 914	Pistool	Bradley Wicht		6	6	7	7	DNC	DNC	DNC				62	50
9	237	AUS 945	TBA	Tom Spithill		DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	5	8	8				69	57
10	96	AUS 74	Fox	Dario Valenza		7	8	8	DNF	DNC	DNC	DNC				71	59
11	92	AUS 007		Simon Nelson		DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNF	DNC	DNC				84	72