After a morning with quite a few juniors and new sailors practicing in the nice little westerly, the Port Macquarie Sailing Club sailed race 11 of the summer series.
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It started as the westerly strengthened and backed to the south against the run-in tide.
After blowing quite well for most of the race, the southerly died off with the threatening storms, making it a struggle for the last boats to finish as the tide started to run out.
Frank O’Rourke on Dino won the catamaran division on both yardstick and handicap as is so often the case, followed by Rob Barwick on Drift.
Tony Kuhn on Stella withdrew after falling ill, which was not helped by the strengthening breeze.
The monohull division was won on yardstick by Stuart Symons and Sharon Carney in Red Star, despite having their Gooseneck break off the mast just before finishing.
Rohan Nosworthy in Impulsive was 34 seconds behind in second, then came Simon and Elsa Gandy and Caitlyn Hicks in Voyager.
Steve Couch and Jeff Walsh in Britannia followed with Charly Nosworthy in Karaoke Kid doing two shorter practice laps.
Peter Nyberg and Sean Watson in Jupiter withdrew as the breeze increased in fear of breaking a third mast in three weeks.
Terry Howard in Ratz withdrew with a broken outhaul and Steve Bohlsen and Ed Molony in Splash Dance withdrew after breaking their mast rotator.
Red Star also beat Impulsive on handicap, with Britannia only 11 seconds behind in third, then finally, Voyager.
Next Sunday is the final round of sprint races starting at 1pm and is the final race day of the season.
Help is required for the duty.
There will be an end of season barbecue after the race at 5pm, and it will be the last chance to put your name on the list at the clubhouse and pay for the presentation night on May 19.