FEATURES
Sails East Port Shelter Regatta
Words Nicole Arnulphy
Sailing instructions published, sponsors organised, the
committee boat booked, an awesome Race Officer arranged,
over forty boats entered and the prize-giving sorted. Everything
was ready. All that was left was up to the weather gods and
after a summer of light breeze and shifting winds, the Race
Committee had their fingers crossed for a good weekend.
Saturday 6 September, Day One of racing and the breeze held
in and the Race Officer, Inge Strompf, managed to get two
windward leeward races in for all the classes. A hard and hot
day resulted in a rather subdued party, more of a chilled out
curry dinner and a few drinks.
Day Two and the weather gods were smiling upon us. With one
islands course to do, the Race Officer selected three courses—
sending the big boats 26 miles zig-zagging across Port Shelter.
The smaller cruisers did a 20-nm course and the HKPN & SMS
boats enjoyed a shorter 15-nm course. The weekend was
concluded with a fun-filled prize-giving in the Garden Bar. The
overall results are detailed below:
Results
Overall position
IRC A
IRC B
SMS
HKPN
1st
2nd
3rd
Jelik
Mojito
Elektra
Talkinghead
Dexter II
Calamansi
Merlin
Freefire 69 it’s my Pleasure
Good Vibrations
Eclipse
Ichiban
No One Else
42 Hebe jebes • NOV/DEC 2014