Photos from the 2019 WA State Titles at Esperance are now available, courtesy of Bernie Kaaks.  To view these, visit Bernies Flickr albums. 

The first batch of 47 photos is available at https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniekaaks/albums/72157704773341902.

The second batch (containing 100 photos) is available at https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniekaaks/albums/72157708429161625.

Thanks Bernie!

Bernie Kaaks has written a summary of the 2019 WA State Flying Fifteen Titles and it has been published on Sail-world.  

You can read it at www.sail-world.com/news/216613/Western-Australian-Flying-Fifteen-Championship.  The article also includes a few of Bernie's great photos from the event.

The sun finally shone at Esperance for Day 3 of the 2019 Flying Fifteen WA State Championships, sponsored by Gemmill Homes, and the fleet was rewarded with gentle to moderate offshore breezes of 8 to 12 knots for the final three races of the championships.

Race Officer John Taylor, as he had promised the night before, kept the variety coming, with three different courses set for each of the races.

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After the cancellation of racing on Day 1, sailing finally got under way on Day 2 of the 2019 Flying Fifteen WA State Championships in Esperance, sponsored by Gemmill Homes.

The winds, while much less wild than on Day 1, were still challenging for the fleet, with an offshore wind resulting in wind speeds ranging from over 20 knots to under 10 knots (excluding the squall that - thankfully - came through between races 1 and 2 where the wind peaked at 32 knots) as well as some quite significant windshifts.

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