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CYCA Winter Series – Race 3

It was another spectacular day for Race 3 of the CYCA Winter Series. The warm sunny morning saw the easterly breeze fill in earlier than usual, prompting the Race Committee after a short postponement to send the crews on a less-sailed easterly course.

As the breeze started to evolve it was slow progress for the first yachts as they made their way off the start line and around Shark Island. With the breeze increasing as it settled in the new direction, some of the larger yachts made the most of the reaching conditions whilst making their way down the Harbour.

One yacht which was able to capitalise on the conditions was Dean Harrigan and his crew on Playstation 4.

“It was great that the Race Committee had the patience to hold the race back at the start and set the easterly course. If we had started and gone west then we would have parked for a long time,” said Harrigan.

“The race was pretty much won and lost at Neilson Park, it was whoever got out from under the headland to get the fresh north-east breeze first was going to go on to lead the race. It was touch and go because a lot of boats chose to not get stuck under Neilson Park but head out in to the channel. There was a lot of current which was flowing down the middle but the wind wasn’t as good.”

“It was a frustrating kind of day, the breeze was light but it paid off having the bigger code zero in the inventory. With the easterly it just worked well, very few in our division had them deployed and it proved to be the sail of choice for the day.

Winners from Race 3 include:

Division Boat Owner
Spinnaker (PHS)
A1 Quest Bob Steel & Craig Neil
A2 Playstation 4 Dean Harrigan
B Wax Lyrical Les Goodridge
D One More-No More Ian Guanaria
E Rapid Transit Beth Abbott
F Reve Kevin Whelan
G Highway Patrol Michael Blaxell
Non-Spinnaker (PHS)
J1 Pazazz2 George Robert Drury
J2 Symbiosis Troy Scott
K Shorething Jimmy Butler
Sydney 38 (PHS) The Goat Mitchell Gordon
IRC Div1 Grace O’Malley Zoe Taylor

Full results can be found HERE.

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