Sailing News
Princess Royal Sailing Club
Easter Regatta
PRSC hosts the Easter Regatta on 11 and 12 April with short-course format, windward-leeward racing.
Accommodation is available via PRSC at the Rifle Range for visiting sailors or those who have extra family members looking for somewhere great to stay.
All types of boats are invited and will race against similar boat speed craft. Short course racing is a good way to test a crew's sailing skill!
Local sailors are encouraged to sail, and for those who are available to volunteer, there is always a job for you. Please contact me on 0408 492 157 to volunteer.
Neil Worrell, Sailing Director
Juniors
Many Juniors and several other Club sailors and supporters will head over to the Walpole in the Trees regatta this long weekend, so the Club will be very quiet.
We hope to share results and photos of the Walpole event soon, but in the meantime we share a collection of mixed photos taken throughout the Juniors season.
Lisa O'Farrell & the Junior Committee
Grey Moose Wins Third Race
Racing Saturday 22 February
Div2 skipper Karen Timmins is on a roll with Grey Moose, notching up her third victory in her last four starts.
Saturday's Harbour course flying start event was sailed in a fickle northerly that threatened to drop out completely. The light breeze never reached more than five or six knots but every now and then a stronger puff was great if your yacht was in the vicinity. Many skippers and crews were caught out and were becalmed for several minutes before the breeze reached them. Club officials had considered shortening the course as the wind looked like dropping out but that didn't eventuate.
Grey Moose, with a generous handicap because of the novice skipper and crew, gave a good account of themselves as they used their spinnaker on several occasions which enabled them to stay in touch of the fleet.
Gary Eaton had Faster doing well after a sluggish start and forged to the front of the fleet, staying there till the finish. His large handicap didn't allow for any placing but he recorded fastest time. Stephen Brown in Mary Maitland and Josh Hughes in Joker were again serious rivals and early on, Joker had a commanding lead over Mary Maitland. Veteran sailor Brown read the wind patterns better and soon was well ahead of Hughes. He went on to score second place behind Grey Moose, while Hughes, who tried his hardest to get Brown, scored third place.
Div1 also sailed a Harbour course and Marco Giuntoli and Craig Anderson skipped away with Scappata, leaving Murray Deere in Wild One and Harold Keay in Shagabull well back. Deere decided to crank up Wild One and under spinnaker began to make inroads on Scappata's lead. The pressure was really on with one leg to go and somehow Deere surged to a narrow lead to cross the line ten seconds in front. However, Scappata snatched the race on corrected time, leaving Wild One in second place and fastest with last week's winner, Harold Keay, in third place.
The Flying Fifteens had an interesting tussle with Aileen Lucas in Crazy leading Simon Lucas in FForever Young. It was cat and mouse stuff until Crazy found a huge hole and was becalmed for several minutes, allowing FForever Young to slip away and win by a huge margin.
Picture: (Above) Karen Timmins, skipper of Grey Moose, has won three out of four starts.
Article and photos: Des Beeck
Race Day Photos
To see more of Des' photos, including some contributions by others, see the link below.