CYCA Member Wendy Tuck and her Pacatack crew were among the winners in Race 3 of the 2021/22 Sydney Harbour Women’s Keelboat Series, hosted by the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron.

Four CYCA boats were among the fleet of 16 for the third of five races in the regatta.

Pacific Sailing School’s J/24 Pacatack, skippered by Tuck, was second overall behind another J/24, Kaotic (Catherine Thornton-Rife – MYC), and first in the Full Female Crew (Spinnaker) division.

Dinah Eagle was at the helm of CYCA Vice Commodore Arthur Lane’s Beneteau Oceanis 51.1, Wilde Rush, claiming fourth place overall and third in the Full Female Crew (Spinnaker) division.

Bridget Canham skippered the Payne 38 It Happens to fifth overall, with the mixed crew taking honours in the Female Skipper (Non-Spinnaker) division.

Meanwhile, Lisa Wilkinson steered Foreign Affair to 12th overall.

Kaotic leads the overall pointscore after three consecutive wins to start the series, while Pacatack sits second overall and shares the lead with Artemis in the Full Female Crew (Spinnaker) division.

Race 4 of the 2021/22 Sydney Harbour Women’s Keelboat Series will be hosted by the Royal Prince Edward Yacht Club on Sunday 27 February, before Manly Yacht Club hosts the finale on Sunday 27 March.

Photos courtesy of Marg Fraser-Martin.

Place	Boat	Skipper	Club
1.	Kaotic	Catherine Thornton-Rofe	MYC
2.	Pacatack	Wendy Tuck	CYCA
3.	Artemis	Tracy Richardson	MHYC
4.	Wilde Rush	Dinah Eagle	CYCA
5.	It Happens (NS)	Bridget Canham	CYCA
6.	Genovefa (NS)	Genevieve Slattery	RSYS
7.	Kayimai	Liz Charles	MHYC
8.	Zig Zag 2	Alice Walker	RSYS
9.	Rumba	Stephanie Cook	MHYC
10.	Mojo	Kirstin Reblin	RSYS
11.	Whistling Kite	Nicola Wakefield-Evans	RSYS
12.	Foreign Affair (NS)	Lisa Wilkinson	CYCA
13.	Enigma	Anna Connery	RSYS
14.	LawConnect	Rachel Williams	MHYC
15.	Xena (NS)	Amanda Hicks	RSYS
RET	Love Child (NS)	Joanna Love	RSYS

*(NS) – Non-Spinnaker