SAILING –
The Mannering Park Amateur Sailing Club hosted the National Championships for the Open Skiff sailing dinghies from January 15 to 18.
While COVID restrictions and concerns impacted the entries, with no entries from Western Australia or New Zealand and only one from South Australia, the event still managed to attract over 60 entries.
The racing was split into three fleets Gold, Silver and Green Fleets.
The Gold Fleet was for the top sailors, Silver for those learning to race and the Green Fleet for those sailors just starting their sailing journey.
The regatta was held in a varying range of conditions over the four days of competition with two days of South- to South-Easterlies and two days of North Easterlies with the wind strength ranging from days of 8-10 knots and up to 15 to 20 knots.
While there was very tight racing at the front of the Gold fleet, current World and Australian Champion Breanne Wadley from the Tinaroo Sailing Club in far north Queensland showed her dominance winning all bar the first race of the 12-race event.
Mannering Park Amateur Sailing Club had eight sailors competing in the event and who, while not featuring in the top placings, gained invaluable knowledge and experience from the regatta.
The final results for the regatta were not available as we were going to press but we will report the competition’s outcomes in the next available edition of CCC and at coastcommunitynews.com.au as soon as they are available.
RESULTS UPDATE
Final official results can be found at the link below:
https://www.sailwave.com/results/OpenSkiff/GoldAgeDivisionFINAL.htm
CCN