Light Winds and Close Finishes

Although Sunday was a near perfect beach day, a little more breeze was on order from most Vincentia sailors. 3 races were held in a light easterly under the shadow of a sea fog that rolled into the bay. Egbert made the most of the light conditions on the Tiapan in the first race taking line honours sharing it with Di on corrected times. The second race was shortened to 1 lap and John proudly took line honours and 1st place on corrected times on his 16. Some of the closest finishes all season were in race 2 with 1 second splitting Egbert and Di and also Quinny and Gilby and only 5 minutes across the 10 boat fleet. After lunch 3, a marathon race had many skippers leave their crews on the beach to sail single handed, with Quinny taking the flag with Will and Pat winning on corrected times.

Good luck to team Vincentia who will travel to Wangi this coming weekend to compete in the NSW Hobie State Titles, safe travels.

Strong Breeze Postpones Racing

Racing on Sunday was postponed as a 30 knot nor-easter took hold over the bay. Some of the brave sailors did take to the water with the Hobie Waves getting a workout and the club 16 was granny rigged with a 14 main. Reports are it performed well in the strong breeze until Dobbo decided crewing was hard work and wanted to take back the skippers position before the guys ended up taking a swim.

A Full Complement for Farewells and Welcomes

A nearly full club complement of 14 catamarans hit the water on the weekend in beautiful conditions on Sunday. The morning race was a held in a light easterly before the nor-easter kicked in for the afternoon. In the 18’s, Gilby kept his bows in front more often to spoil the party for Rachael’s last day crewing . The 10 strong 16 fleet saw competitive sailing across all placings with sailors thinking about the upcoming state titles. It was also a welcome return to Skewesy who receives play of the day for his swim off a broken trap wire, welcome back.

Terrific Day for Trying Out Sailing

The ‘Try Sailing Day’ at Vincentia was a great success with beginners and experienced sailors testing out the range of Hobie sailing craft on Sunday. A building nor-easterly gave ideal conditions for cruising around in front of the beach and as the wind strengthened, for sailing fast and pushing the limits which saw a couple of the Hobie 16’s crew’s take a swim. Racing will resume this Sunday which will see the final races of the spring handicap and novice races series.