A variety of conditions met our fleet on Sunday with a dying easterly to kick off race 1 and then a fresh sea breeze made a busy afternoon for the mark layers and race officers. Hector was back to do all the work for Greg on board Spot the difference and they had a couple of very close finishes with Nic and Brad sailing Ineffable. Lots of results to be found at the usual place.

How many skippers does it take to get a kite down? More than 2 if lads on ROFFL are any guide. Seems a minor malfunction at the bottom mark turned epic for Sandy and Greg when Greg, now an ex-skipper, had to venture forward of the mast and found there was not much “non” in the non-skid resulting in a man overboard drill.

No surprises on Saturday night at the annual Curry Night. The food was fantastic making it pretty obvious that some people put as much into their cooking as their sailing! A casual game of noodle hockey was organised after dinner and it was quite sedate until ‘The Enforcer’ Trish Swinton teamed up with Peter Emby and swept all before them to win the knock-out tournament.

A larger than normal fleet is expected for next Sunday’s Club Championship. Start time of 1325hrs.

Photos from the 57th National Australian Flying Fifteen Championships held in Adelaide between December 29 2018 and January 5 2019 are now available for viewing and purchase at https://vislexmediasolutions.pixieset.com/g/flyingfifteenauschamprsays/.

The final three heats of the 57th Australian Flying Fifteen Championships were sailed today (January 5) in perfect South Westerly breeze of around 10 to 15 knots, slowly building as the day went on.   

Nick Jerwood, with daughter Enfys, in Ineffable comfortably won his second Australian championship, with WA boats filling the top 4 placings in the regatta.

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No sailing in Adelaide today.  A cold front came through this morning bringing winds of 25 to 30 knots and the RO hoisted N over A.

The plan is to sail all three remaining heats tomorrow, weather permitting.  The forecast is for South-westerly winds at 10 to 15 knots, possibly up to 20 knots - so it looks like it will be all systems go for a great climax to the regatta.