Point Yacht Club
Whose Line is it Anyway
Harbour: Saturday 5 December
A small group of sailors ventured out in overcast
conditions on Saturday to compete in the fun So, Whose Line is it Anyway?
hosted by Point Yacht Club that took place in the bay.
Getting three races in, race officer Lucy de Freitas set
a short windward / leeward course with the start and finish line midway down
the sausage course. Four classes participated in the racing, with 6 Lasers and
two Finns making up the first fleet, five Flying Fifteens and a 29er that
swopped and shared crew made up the second fleet, and two multi-hulls and two
Oppies completed the fleets on the water.
Having recently returned from work in Madagascar, Laser
sailor Gregg Dobson dominated the Laser fleet, showing his prowess in the class
with wins in all three races. The long-time partners, Patrick Harris and
Jeremy Kriek enjoyed topping the log in the Flying Fifteen class, with a tussle
between husband and wife team, Michael and Heidi Kavanagh and Myles White and
Estelle Buys for second place. One point separated them, with the Kavanaghs
settling into second. Sneaking into fourth, only one point off of third place
was Howick’s Anthony McMillan sailing with young Cameron Booth.
Getting in training ahead of the youth world champs, 29er
sailors Benji Daniel and Chad Stevenson enjoyed themselves on the water, mixing
it up with Daniel jumping onto Sam Lombaard’s Laser Radial and sailing single
handed for a bit while Stevenson paired up with Lombaard on the 29er. The
Michaelhouse school lad took the challenge of driving the fast dinghy and
Stevenson taking up his usual role at the sharp end of the boat.
Having just returned from the NKA Hobie Tiger Spinnaker
Provincials up at the Vaal Dam, Hillcrest’s Murray May teamed up with
adrenaline junkie, Michael Dickenson to power their Hobie Tiger around the
course. They snuck ahead of Bill Ellens sailing on his Halcat, having taken the
win in the first race, Ellens retired after the second, giving the young Tiger
team the edge to get ahead on the scoreboard.
The juniors of the fleets, the Optimists had two sailors
heading around the course getting in training ahead of the Youth Nationals that
will be taking place this weekend at Wiggleswade Dam. Callum Gaughran showed
what he had learnt in Poland, taking the win ahead of versatile sailor, Iain
Bowman.
This weekend, competitors can expect a long distance race
with Race Officer, Lucy de Freitas sending all the sailors off on one start,
with the boats stretching their legs adventuring around a bay. Then next week
sailors will be heading offshore to compete in the much anticipated Flying
Fifteen Nationals that Point Yacht Club will be jointly hosting with Royal
Natal Yacht Club.
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Fleet B
1 Gregg Dobson (Laser Standard) 3pts, 2= Richard Bates
(Laser Standard) 8pts, 2= Denny Moffatt (Laser Standard) 8pts, 4 Sam Lombaard
(Laser Radial) 17pts, 5 Keith Gregory (Finn) 18pts, 6= Denmar Nel (Laser
Standard) 19pts, 6= Dave Booth (Finn) 19pts, 8 Benji Daniel (Laser Radial)
21pts
Fleet C
1 Patrick Harris / Jeremy Kriek (Flying Fifteen) 3pts, 2
Heidi Kavanagh / Michael Kavanagh (Flying Fifteen) 8pts, 3 Myles White /
Estelle Buys (Flying Fifteen) 9pts, 4 Antony McMillan / Cameron Booth (Flying
Fifteen) 10pts, 5 Clinton Hendrie / Patricia Kilburn (Flying Fifteen) 18pts, 6=
Benji Daniel / Chad Stevenson (29er) 22pts, 6= Sam Lombaard / Chad Stevenson
(29er) 22pts
Fleet D
1 Murray May / Michael Dickenson (Hobie Tiger) 3pts, 2
Bill Ellens (Halcat) 4pts
Fleet E
1 Callum Gaughran (Oppie) 4pts, 2 Iain Bowman (Oppie)
5pts
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