66th VS National Championships - Invitation Sprint Series

9:51 PM Sun 2 Jan 2011 GMT

'Runaway challenging eventual winners Firestorm - VS 15' Skiff Invitation Series 66th Nationals' Wendy Hodda Click Here to view large photo

VS 15' Skiffs Invitation Day Sprint Series is being hosted by the Kangaroo Island Yacht Club. With flat water on the wide open Nepean Bay venue the day saw a SE breeze consistently at 20 knots. The race sequence started at 2:00pm on a low tide and running in flowing parallel to the beach across the course. The Sprint series is a knock out format of one lap windward return, with eoght skiffs facing the starter for Race 1. No knock out on the first Race with four races to make up the series. Past National Champion, Firestorm with Lindsay ...

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by Col Gillespie