Twenty-one boats took to the water to compete in one long race that made up the fourth instalment of the Tweed River Sailing Club’s class championship.
The fleet made up predominately of Corsairs, Lasers and Pacers, took on a shifty light breeze of 9–11 knots on a runout tide.
The fleet, started with Peter on Mr Plow and Adam on Puddy in the lead, closely followed by Kate on Bluey and Mark on Keenas.
It was a rockier start for some as the crew on Fletcher caught the anchor chain of the start boat during the 5-minute sequence. Once freed, they completed one lap of the course and then decided to withdraw from the race.
Keenas received some laser treatment from Bluey coming across on port tack to create contact. Kate went on to sail a great course tailing Puddy and Mr Plow around the track.
Adam and Peter changed leads several times throughout the race, with Peter covering Adam to the final bottom mark, rounding and sailing into first place at 1.10.30.
Kate snuck into second over the line at 1.11.22, closely followed by Adam at 1.11.31.
Robert, in 1890, was the next boat, sailing into fourth over the line at 1.12.15, followed by Dave on Matchbox at 1.14.21.
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