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C L U B YA C H T I N G
C L U B YA C H T I N G
WOMEN’S TWILIGHTS
2017/2018
T
he Women’s Twilights 2017/18 was again a very
successful and enjoyable series. For the second
year in a row, we were very proudly supported
by Tina Ernfridsson, an independent Arbonne
consultant, who so generously donated the weekly
1st prizes in each division. Tina is again supporting the series
in 2018/19 – many thanks Tina, you are a star.
Consistent with last season, we had 13 boats regularly
competing every second Tuesday from October to March. We
had some superb weather conditions throughout the season.
It was great to see so many regular skippers and crews racing
again, but even better that some new entrants participated in
the series, being Penny McConaghy on Kerazy and Toni Fox
on Under Pressure.
Well done to all of our new entrants, it is so great to see
more women taking to the helm in racing, and I hope we’ll
see you on the water again this coming season.
Similar to last year, we ran two pointscores. Congratulations
on the following results:
PHS
Division 1
1. Pretty Woman, skippered by Elaine Fowler
2. Whisper 30, skippered by Nancy Ferguson
3. Kerazy, skippered by Penny McConaghy
Division 2
1. Venue, skippered by Sarah Ellis
2. Pegasus, skippered by Mary Bickley
3. Kanaloa II, skippered by Tammy Lindsay
ORCc_i
Division 1
1. Inevitable, skippered by Annie Taylor
2. Pretty Woman, skippered by Elaine Fowler
Division 2
1. Venue, skippered by Sarah Tallis
and safe race. Many thanks to all of you – all of the women
and token males have had such a wonderful time out on the
water and we really appreciate your generous time and effort
in making it all happen so smoothly.
Many thanks to the Club, the Yacht Racing Committee
and the Board for supporting the Women’s Twilight Series
and for its support of women’s sailing initiatives, including
the Women’s Helm Series in the Saturday Winter and Early
Bird Series and the Women’s Winter Sunday Series on the
first Sunday of the month from May to August.
During the season, many members and participants
donated lucky door prizes, which helped make the post-race
dinners very popular. Many thanks to all of the donors.
The series came to an end with “Orange is the New
(Little) Black Dress night”, where skippers and crews donned
an orange and black themed outfit. We were treated to a talk
by RPAYC Club members, Clare Costanzo and Jess Angus.
In February 2018, Clare and Jess were part of the all-women
team that brilliantly captured the Royal Sydney Yacht
Squadron’s, long standing, Hardy Cup Sydney International
Match Racing Regatta trophy following four days of intense
competition on Sydney Harbour in the Elliott 7’s. Clare broke
an 18 year run of gun male skippers taking out the grade
three youth event. The girls entertained us with interesting
snippets from their travels to sailing events around the world.
Finally, thank you to all of my fellow sailors, the skippers
and crew who have made the series such fun – it’s been great
competitive racing in all sorts of conditions. Congratulations
to the winners and I hope you will all be back for more
next season.
It is time for me to hand over the Fleet Representative
baton which has enthusiastically been taken up by Elaine
Fowler and Liz de Soyres. I have thoroughly enjoyed
representing you for the past three years. I have been
overwhelmed by the support from you and have learned a lot
from the experience. Thank you all so much for participating
in the Women’s Twilights this season, and I very much look
forward to many more.
Tammy Lindsay
RPAYC Women’s Fleet Rep
A special thanks to our team of volunteer race officials:
David West, Ron Palmer, Trevor Hannah, Rob McClelland,
Bobbie Simpson and Jim Gordon. At our presentation, there
was an upstanding round of applause from the skippers for
these great gentlemen who give their time every fortnight,
rain or shine, wind or no wind, to ensure we have an enjoyable
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