Sailing News
Princess Royal Sailing Club
Wild about Wild One
Racing Saturday 1 February
Div1 skipper, Murray Deere, made up for some disappointing races of late to show his real potential with a stunning first and fastest in a King George Sound event on Saturday. A blistering spinnaker run down the harbour and out into the Sound saw him well in front, where he stayed throughout.
On entering the harbour, Wild One was still showing the way, with Murray Howson in Sitting Bull working overtime trying to catch the speedy yacht to no avail. Anyone that can get ahead of Sitting Bull has done well. This was Deere's race and nothing was going to stop him.
Jack Spaanderman was having a decent sail with Crunchtime, staying up with the leaders for much of the journey, and looking good for a place. Both Marco Giuntoli in Scappata and Harold Keay in Shagabull couldn't match the speed of the leaders and finished well back. Wild One crossed the line for a splendid first and fastest. Spaanderman had done enough to score second place with Crunchtime and Howson sailed well to take third place with Sitting Bull.
In Div2 seven yachts competed in a KGS race and Geoff Oliver skipped away with Excitabull to lead throughout. The bigger boat with a bigger handicap finished well ahead of the others in a masterful performance and was rewarded with second place and fastest time. Beating Oliver on corrected time was a tenacious Karen Timmins skippering Grey Moose to her second win in a row. What a season this skipper is having. Timmins was able to stay within touch throughout and improves with every outing. She is now on a hat trick of wins and next Saturday is the prestigious Dymes Cup which is a handicap start for all fleets.
Bob Giles had a better day out with Footloose as he displayed that the veteran can still match it with the younger skippers with a third place.
The Flying Fifteens sailed a harbour course race and Simon Lucas in FForever Young won the start and was never headed. Aileen Lucas was still experimenting with extra weight in the boat but it failed to make any difference as FForever Young increased its lead on every mark and went on to score a first and fastest in a fine effort.
Picture: (Above) Wild One, on the right, at the start of the KGS event in which Murray Deere scored a first and fastest.
Race Day Photos
To see more of Des' photos, including some contributions by others, see the link below.
Walpole in the Trees Regatta 2020
The Walpole Yacht Club is again looking forward to hosting the Walpole in the Trees Regatta on the Labour Day long weekend, Saturday 29 February and Sunday 1 March, 2020.
The Regatta program includes five races over two days and is open to the following:
- All off-the-beach dinghies, Trailer Sailers (JAM only) and Catamarans
- Any shallow draft keelboats, eg: Red Witch, Flying Fifteen
- Any veteran off the beach yachts
The regatta is a safe, family-focused event to be enjoyed by all, and an ideal way to experience the beauty of the Walpole and Nornalup Inlet Marine Park.
The Notice of Race is available here and nominations open 1 January 2020 via www.walpoleyachtclub.com.au.