Paul Adam has kindly submitted the following report on the recent 18’ skiff regatta held at the club.The JJ Giltinan Trophy is awarded to the winner of the 18 footers world championship. The 2022 championship was held from 4 March to 13 March. After several years of restrictions due to COVID, this year’s event was slightly more normal, in that there were crews from Germany and Denmark as well as Interstate boats from Queensland and WA competing. However, in other respects it was one of the most unusual trophy periods I can remember with frequent heavy rain and at times very strong winds. Racing on the Tuesday was abandoned, with the boats preparing to start, when heavy rain and strong winds made visibility negligible and the PRO judged sailing conditions unsuitable. For the first time in many years this meant that the Friday lay day became a race day, so
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