Parramatta River Sailing Club - Sydney
  • Home
  • Sailing
    • Race Reports
    • Race Results
    • Race Courses
    • Sailing Calendar
  • Downloads
  • ABOUT
  • Photos
  • NEWS
  • Membership
  • Subscribe

Race reports

Division 1 - Spring Series - Race 6

15/11/2015

0 Comments

 
It didn’t feel much like the start of Summer as the rain trickled down the back of my neck on the start line.
Over on the Still Festering Patrick was breaking in another new skipper – affirmative action is alive and well on that Boat.
Presumably Pat himself was busy down below getting the shiny new spinnaker pole ready for the first run.
he flag dropped right on time – thanks Anne – and we were off in the middle of a rain squall.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen got the jump, but the bigger Adams (the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a mere 32”8” – on the waterline) powered through, cleverly delaying their tack at Abbotsford point to catch Frank Hyde’s Gust of the Day and lift into the lead at the first mark.
Over on the British Airways Axis of Evil* they were getting ready to do the washing up – gloves everywhere.
But all eyes were on the Still Festering trying to catch first sight of the new spinnaker pole. Waiting, waiting……   WAITING. What does Pat do downwind?
Meanwhile the Extraordinary Gentlemen rounded the mark a close second and its newly septuagenarian and re-grandfathered for’ward hand, (looking not a day older than 68), elegantly executed another perfect spinnaker set.
After that it was something of a procession in a dying breeze. (Don’t you love a dying breeze).
At the end of the day it was League of Extraordinary Gentlemen first, Still Festering second and British Airways Axis of Evil third.
*the whining doesn’t stop even when the engine is turned off
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    February 2020
    January 2020
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015

    Categories

    All
    2015
    2015 16
    2015-16
    2016
    2016 17
    2017 2018
    2018 2019
    2018-2019
    2019 2020
    2019-2020
    Autumn Series
    DIV 1
    DIV 3
    Long Series
    Special Series
    Special Trophies
    Spring Series
    Summer Series

    RSS Feed

USEFUL LINKS
Seabreeze  
BOM Closed Waters  
BOM Open Waters 
Tides

SAILING
Race reports
Race Results
Race Courses
​Sailing Calendar
DOWNLOADS
ABOUT
PHOTOS
MEMBERSHIP
©  PRSC 2016
  • Home
  • Sailing
    • Race Reports
    • Race Results
    • Race Courses
    • Sailing Calendar
  • Downloads
  • ABOUT
  • Photos
  • NEWS
  • Membership
  • Subscribe