Twilight Race: Wednesday saw a stronger breeze between 15 and 25 knots, providing plenty of action for the 18 boats who participated in the Whitsunday Sailing Club twilight race on Pioneer Bay. The strong breeze saw a number of boats with reefed mainsails as they endeavoured to keep the boats properly balanced.
In the first start of the day QMS Ponyo (John Galloway) led the fleet away to take the Doyle Sails sponsored best start prize, with Bobby’s Girl (Mark Beale) and Wide Load (Shannan Hart) in pursuit.
A change of sail configuration for Smooth Criminal (Leo Rodriguez) put them to the back of the fleet, with a strong recovery to follow. Bobby’s Girl soon hit the lead from QMS Ponyo with Smooth Criminal a distant third.
Even with a small crew, Treasure VIII (Rob Davis) sailed well to pick up second on corrected time behind Wide Load, with Twister finishing third.
Another strong start from Rossgo (Greg Hammon) was usurped by a stronger start by Shiraz (John Cable), while up front it was Wobbly Boot (Craig Piccinelli) leading the way.
A slow start by Alabaster (Kate Warren) had them in pursuit, finally finishing just 4 seconds behind Wobbly Boot.
The mid fleet saw close racing between Rossgo, Shiraz and Masquerade, while some of the smaller, lighter boats, such as Lighthorse (Di Forster) and Norbert G (Ghigo Casalini) struggled in the breeze. Rossgo took corrected time win by 2 seconds over Wobbly Boot with Alabaster third.
A three-boat race in the multihulls saw Overdrive (Rupert King) lead the fleet away, but Malice (Graham Matthews) soon hit the lead, with G’nome (Terry Archer) in pursuit.
Malice once again completed 4 laps, while the others completed three laps, allowing G’nome to take line honours. Malice still ruled the day, taking corrected time win by 30 seconds to G’nome with Overdrive third.
Full results are available at https://app.sailsys.com.au/club/85/profile?tab=results. Races start from 4.30pm each Wednesday afternoon, so those wishing to participate as crew need to be at the club by 2.30 pm (limited spots available).
Contributed with thanks to Ross Chisholm
Twister leading Smooth Criminal at the Twilight Race for Whitsunday Sailing Club
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