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Solymar

Women’s Winter Series – Race 3

The final race of the Women’s Winter Series was an exciting windy and sunny affair. With a gusty westerly breeze, wind ranged from 10 to 25 knots as crews made their way around Sydney Harbour.

One crew which were able to cement their position at the top of the series leader board was Solymar skippered by Mary King. Mary and her crew were not only able to secure the division win in the Women’s Winter Series but also last week claiming the top spot in PHS Div J1 for the CYCA Winter Series. With this Mary became the only female skipper to have divisional wins in both series.

Jason King who normally skippers the yacht, but was unable to this season due to other commitments was overwhelmed with the result.

“It is the first time she has taken the boat out this many times without me as I have been away. She has done an amazing job this season taking divisional wins in both series and it has been great for her and the whole team,” said Jason.

Mary who normally trims on the Farr 40 didn’t shy away from the challenge of skippering for her first full season.

“This is the first season that I have skippering. I have skippered Ladies Day Races a few times but haven’t skippered a whole season before. We planned for the crew to be the same, but three of the regular crew were away for a month so we had a few others fill in,” said Mary.

“The race this week was really good. Our handicap for this week made it a bit harder as we had a lot of time to catch up to Chancellor. We sailed a really good race but in the end just couldn’t catch them.”

 

This week’s divisional winners include:

Division Boat Owner
Non-Spinnaker (PHS)
Div 1 Chancellor T Tooher’s
Div 2 Arietta L Lash
Spinnaker (PHS)
Div 1 Thirlmere I Williams
Div 2 Zara Theresa Seargent

 

Series divisional winners include:

Division Boat Owner
Non-Spinnaker (PHS)
Div 1 Solymar M King
Div 2 Salona B Morley
Spinnaker (PHS)
Div 1 Thirlmere I Williams
Div 2 Rapid Transit B Abbott

 

Click here for full list of results.

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