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Members’ News
OK Dinghy Nationals Crown goes to RPAYC
The 56th OK Dinghy Nationals were hosted by Southport Yacht Club in
January seeing 42 competitions compete offshore on the waters of the
Gold Coast.
With a remarkable 18 point lead, Club member Rob McMillan has been
crowned the Australian titles champion. With a near perfect score, Rob
has led the fleet for the entire series sailing NB SAILSPORTS.
excited about taking out the title,” said Rob.
“The regatta has been magical, each race has pushed me to use slightly
different tactics and skills with some trying times, along with begin the
first event with my newly purchased OK from England, I am very
pleased with the boats capability and overall I am obviously very
“The sailing conditions here on the Gold Coast were absolutely fantastic, brilliant sea breezes and perfect waves, I
couldn’t ask for much more. Overall, I had a brilliant time, however the unexpected swim earlier in the regatta won me
the blue swimmer crab trophy for capsize of the day, I never imagined I would win one of these. The sailing
management and Club (SYC) have been superb and I am extremely happy I participated within the regatta,” Rob added.
A mixture of wind and waves structures have made for an extremely testing and versatile nine races offshore the Gold
Coast.
“The OK Nationals has been great series with diverse conditions which produced a true champion. I am really pleased
with the conduct on the course from all the sailors, even from the fact of bringing out the black flag the whole fleet
cheered,” said Principle Race Officer Denis Thompson.
World current number one Greg Wilson, TURTLE SAILS came in at a close second, Mark Jackson DANISH BLEU in third,
Tim Davies GT in fourth and current Queensland Champion & Southport Yacht Club Ok Dinghy Sailor Kelvin Holdt,
GREEN EGGS AND HAM in fifth place.
For full results, news and further information from the Australia’s 56th International OK Dinghy National
Championships, available online through the following link: http://www.southportyachtclub.com.au/ok-dinghy-
national-championships-2018/
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