Newsletter 25 January 2021
This is a historical record from the club's archive, kept at its original address. Details may no longer be current.
Race report for Race 13 of the 2020-21 season, sailed as Heat 1 of the Australian Championship for the Historic 18 footers. Eight skiffs raced from a scratch start off Kurraba Point on the no.2 East course in ideal but hot conditions, on a harbour busy with other craft.
The start on Saturday.
Photos this week are thanks to our resident photographer, Bruce Kerridge, as well as our amazing SFS Board member, Michael Van Stom
Unfortunately, Aberdare got bounced around by a powerboat wash while setting their spinnaker, wherein they suffered a fill-up and rolled-in, ending their race.
With thanks to our on-water support team of Barley, Rachel, Stu, Tiffany, Robert, Dylan, Vic, Michael, Chuck and Bentley; Nick and Tomoko on the Radar, along with COVID Marshalls Tomoko and Nicki. With mark rounding details and on-water observations provided by Peter Notley and Michael Van Stom
The full race report is provided by Bob Chapman and available on the SFS website here:
THE 12 FOOT SKIFFS
There were no races for the 12 foot skiffs this weekend from the SFS but they promise to be back next Sunday.
SFS Sailing Calendar
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See you at the Squaddie!
Sydney Flying Squadron — Australia’s oldest open boat sailing club. 76 McDougall St Kirribilli NSW 2061
This text was read from the scanned original below by optical character recognition. It has not yet been checked by a person, so it may carry mistakes, and any results tables in the original are not reproduced here. The scan is the authority.