From our PRO Luke Parker…Champagne racing on the harbour for Saturday’s final two heats of the Autumn point score!The 33 boat fleet enjoyed a 10 knot nor Easter that built to a tad over 15 by the end of the second race. Tide was incoming, traffic was sparse, and the sun was shining. It simply doesn’t get better. This season we’ve been enjoying much better late season conditions than we did in 2021 and 2022. Perhaps the benefit of being freed from La Niña’s impact?Both fleets were impeccably behaved at the starts and all races started cleanly with the fleets spread across the line. Upwind, most sailors played the right hand side of the course to avoid the incoming tide and play the shifts that form around Point Piper. Downwind appeared to be about hunting waves and gusts. In the Radials, John Verco won the 1st race. Andrew Cox came 2nd
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