Winter Series Record

It was another beautiful Sunday morning for Winter Series Heats 19-21. The good forecast coaxed members not seen for weeks to make an appearance, and a Winter Series record of 33 sailors participated. Clear skies and cold overnight temperatures gave us a fun 10 – 12 knot westerly for the first two races. But the warmth of the day heated the land up relatively quickly and in turn killed the land breeze earlier than normal. For the Radials, the 3rd race of the day was abandoned at the end of the 2nd reach as it became a total drfitathon by that stage. The Standards never even started the 3rd race. Congratulations to the winners: Standards: Luke Parker (heat 19) and Gavin Blake (heat 20); Radials: Sylvie Stannage (heats 19 and 20).Thanks to our race officers who, in addition to running a tight ship on the race course, also graciously assisted in towing a few VYC

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