50 Lasers on the first day of racing!  The Lasers certainly ‘invaded’ the vlei on Saturday.  Thanks to all the sailors who accepted the clubs invitation to sail the two races on the first day.  Thank you very much to Central Boating who not only generously agreed to continue sponsoring our club championships but also agreed to sponsor our ‘Laser day’

It was a unique experience for the Laser fleet – 50 boats crowding a Zeekoe Vlei start line.  As expected the Laser sailors rose to the occasion and the first start was inevitably going to be a general recall.  The Lasers finally got away in medium to light conditions, with the first race going to Stephen du Toit in the standard rig and Adrian Morris (after a 15 year absence!) in the radials.  The wind shifted towards the west for the second race and increased slightly.  Paul Wilcox came out top of the standard rig fleet, while Ashleigh Crosland triumphed in the radial fleet.  After the two races on Saturday the standard rig positions were; 1^stStephen du Toit 2^ndDavid Shilton and 3^rdPete Shaw, while the radials had a three-way tie for first with Ashleigh Crosland winning that tie, 2^nd Adrian Morris and 3^rdRobyn Sadler.  We had two 4.7’s and Aidan Horn was the winner there.

All the other classes enjoyed some great racing on a tight course with switching winds – the 420’s and Sonnets making up the two biggest classes.  These two fleets enjoyed some keen racing with many recalled starts, their close racing continued on the second day.  This would be the third consecutive weekend that the 420’s would be battling it out on the water – the Hermanus point’s regatta, the Nationals and now the Club Championships.

On the second day of racing the sailors enjoyed a light to medium southerly wind in the morning that steadily increased through the day to about 16 knots in the afternoon.  Len Davies and his crew easily managed to get four races sailed.  Once again the 420’s had a tie for 1^stplace this time Kenwin Daniels and Marlon Jones came out on top, edging out Asenathi Jim and his crew Ashwyn Daniels.  Congratulations to all the 2010 Club Champions – click on the Results Tab to view the full results.

Prize giving had a valentines theme, thanks you Lorna for organising all the ‘valentines’ prizes and Jane Bendon stylishly decorated all the tables and bar for our ‘valentines’ prize giving.  I was politely asked to speed up the prize giving so that the start of the Americas Cup could be viewed.

Thanks to all the volunteers who ensured that we could run a regatta, without you we wouldn’t be able to run regattas.  Thanks Julie for the pictures and Paddy for the regatta poster.

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