A wind that didn't deliver caused only one race to be completed on Saturday on Botany Bay.
A mixture of foil and formula sailors sat around in the morning waiting for the westerly wind to swing to the forecast ESE in warm sunny conditions, which it did by about 1pm. Chris Wood & Grae Morris were first out on the sparkling waters but only just getting going after drifting around for half an hour. The wind eventually looked good enough to attempt a race but it all spluttered to nothing, even though a few sailors got around the top mark for the first time.
It looked like we were going to pack up and go home when the wind came in a bit more consistently, probably with a touch of north in it. So Belly got another race away and Chris Wood established an early lead on his modified JP board and modified NP F4 foil , never to be really threatened, taking an easy win followed by Glen Morrell on his new SB Foil 177 board, and Steve Walsh on his Fanatic/Dutone combo. Brett Morris lead the formula boards in followed by Rick Murray. Full results will be posted on the Regatta Toolbox site ASAP.
Thanks to Dave Bell for the on-water organisation.
The next foil regatta is the Oceanic/Nats on Dec 13-15th at WSC and the next formula regatta is at Kurnell in February.
