A fantastic turnout this morning with 18 starters and what appeared to be a good steady wind and no rain. Well the rain stayed away for our 12 races but the demon lake threw up all sorts of curve balls keeping everyone on their toes with massive shifts and gusts. With 18 starters and gusty conditions there were always going to be a a few prangs but generally speaking there were relatively few.
It may be that everyone was on their best behaviour for our new PRO who actually volunteered for the job before the start. I may be wrong but would Bev Swanson be the First Lady PRO in W.A.? I’m sure someone will correct me. Well done Bev on doing a grand job keeping the racing flowing and also scoring in the “Afleet” programme with Ann Morris as scoring scribe…..they make a good team don’t you think.
As you can imagine there were some extremely close finishes where just a slight misjudgement could cost you dearly. Even the back markers weren’t that far behind with no one getting finished on the water.
The Jerwood family did really well as you would imagine with Nick winning 3 races and 1st overall with 19pts. Janet with 2 wins came 3rd overall with 38 pts and Simon in 6th place with 2 wins with 64 pts. But Ron Viney with 4 wins and nett 28pts took to 2nd place overall….well done the place getters. Both V/C Graham O’Hehir and Garry Goodall had some consistently good results to take out 4th and 5th places respectively.
Thanks everyone for helping with the buoys and other gear. A big thank you to Team Leader Kim Swarbrick for looking after the trailer with all the gear including charging up the “Buoy Boat” and “Boom Box” for our starts.
Nick and Janet Jerwood will be Team leaders and looking after the gear when they get back from Margaret River on Friday 15th November.
As yet we haven’t had any formal response from Gosnells Council regarding our permit to use the lake. I will let everyone know as soon as I get confirmation in writing (email).
No club sailing this Sunday at CPA - Margaret River Regatta.
Tuesday 7th November DF 65s , 0930 start CPA, Canning Vale.
Keith Morris
WRSC Secretary
0459 575 399
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