- Written by FFIWA_webmaster
- Published: 08 Oct 2019
The summer sailing season is upon us and on Sunday September 23 ten Flying Fifteens ventured out from South of Perth Yacht Club for the preseason regatta.
Phillipa and Dean leading Greg and Lillo, with Carl and Kristine in hot pursuit. Photo courtesy of Rick Steuart - Perth Sailing Photography
The racing was a lot closer than the AFL Grand Final the previous day with 5 races held in the morning in typical very light Easterly conditions followed, after lunch, by the final 3 races in a much more civilised Westerly. Thank you to the start and mark laying teams for some great work in testing conditions.
Philippa and Dean ( El Toro) from Freshie won the regatta by 1 point from Greg and Lillo ( Spot the difference) while Plonky steered Second Breakffast into third with Russell. It was great to see a couple of newer fleet members participating. Welcome to Mark Walters, Kate Edwards and Natalie Waddell.
Full results are available at http://www.topyacht.net.au/results/sopyc/2019/otb/F15PreSea/SGrp1.htm?ty=50911. Further description of the event and more photos from Rick Steuart's Gallery can be viewed at https://perthsailingphotography.weebly.com/flying-15-preseason-regatta-2019.html