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T There were also other sports boats that raced
alongside the E7’s in a sports boat division. Matt
Crawford in his Melges 20 “Big Booty” took the win,
beating an assortment of sports boats/keelboat which
included Vipers and a Young 88.
Team Harken skippered by Grant Pellew, managed
to find his form on the second and final day of the series.
Sitting in 6th place after day one, Grant and his team of
Traks Gordon, Ollie Gordon, Natasha Bryant and Clare
Costanzo sailed an almost faultless day with a 1,5,1,1,1
score card to take boat of the day for day two, and the
series win. Place Total Score Team
he inaugural Dustbuster Regatta was
launched this season which is suited to the
sailor who can’t afford to give up an entire
day of their weekend to go sailing. Racing
is conducted early morning to utilise the
land breeze typical of the Autumn/Winter months with
up to four windward leeward races per day.
Commenting on the dock shortly after racing, Pellew
commented “What a great regatta! The regatta delivered
what it promised, great competition and fun windward
leeward sprints. It’s great, we had five races today, and
now it is 11am and I have the rest of the day to spend
time with my family. I think this format in winter has a lot
of merit and we look forward to the next regatta.”
Also having a better second day on the water was
Nancy Ferguson, climbing from 7th place up into 2nd
place overall.
A big thank you to the volunteer race committee who
did a great job setting a track in shifty conditions.
CONGRATULATIONS TO TEAM HARKEN, WINNING THE DUST BUSTER REGATTA!
Skipper
1st 20 Team Harken Grant Pellew
2nd 27 Whisper 30 Nancy Ferguson
3rd 28 Le Billet Mark Tinworth
4th 29 Max Racing Liam Bennett
5th 29 Morning Glory Maryann Thomas
6th 37 Showtime Mark Griffith
7th 37 Pretty Woman 545 Michael Lockley
8th 47 Map Racing
Michael McSorley
The Dust Buster Regatta was run over two Sunday
mornings, with all of the RPAYC eight Elliott 7’s charted
out and sailed by members and their friends.
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