up with the Farr 40s and other big boats , but we worked hard ,” he said .
“ We were in the same division with my sister-in-law ( Susan Walters with her Cape 35 , Cape Fear , who finished fourth overall ). We ’ re not a very competitive family ,” he said , tongue in cheek .
“ It ’ s good to have the Melges out . We only got our ORC rating in the last week and I like it , especially this weekend , because we won ! It helps having local knowledge too .”
Bob Stoddard ’ s Alpha Crucis , completed the top three after scoring third and second places respectively , moving the 5.5 Metre right up the board .
In Division 2 , Chris Hornsby ’ s Pick Pocket made it a clean sweep , robbing the rest of the division by winning both races Sunday , adding to Saturday ’ s two wins . Vittoria ( Alan Reece ) and James Pattinson ’ s Ellipse II , also mirrored their performances of yesterday , scoring a pair of seconds and thirds respectively , to finish in that order overall .
“ We just carried on from what we did yesterday ,” Hornsby said after putting his Gary Mull designed Pocket Rocket 22 to bed .
“ The weather was good , it just suited us . And we have a good crew . John Priddis , John Marwood and I have sailed together for ages . We ’ ve done 20 Hobarts between us and raced Etchells and Dragons . After a while you start to get the idea … Julia ( his wife ), is a director of the Club ( RPAYC ) and she always sails with us . She keeps us all in line ,” he said laughing .
“ We are very happy to have won both ORC and PHS . It ’ s not often that happens .”
The last word goes to Richard Hudson , a longtime member of the RPAYC and supporter of youth sailing at the Club : “ The young crew sailed very well . I really enjoyed the weekend , even though we didn ’ t do as well as we ’ d have liked . The Club ran a very good regatta . “ We ’ re now getting the young crew ready for the Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race . A lot of our crew are younger than the boat , which is 25 ! I love sailing with them ,” he ended .
By Di Pearson / RPAYC media
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