Busy afternoon off Point Piper. Photo by Chris Tattersall.
Club Championships, Races 3 & 4Saturday’s racing took place under sunny skies and with a strong, unsteady westerly. The weather mark was set just east of the Navy Buoy (off Clark Island), the leeward mark close to Shark Island. Gybe mark was set close to Point Piper, maximising the course length within our established racing area. While the Bergman was doing the initial mark-setting, the wind was gusting to 28 kts, so the Paul Adam was launched to provide additional rescue capacity and support to the race committee. Race 3 got off on time, with clean starts for both fleets. The wind had abated somewhat with gust strength