A Class State Championship - Day 1

​A fleet of nine yachts turned up for the first day of the State A Class Championship, and were greeted with a very calm morning, a light 2 knot northerly. Not quite the Katabatic we were hoping for.
 
PRO, Ray Joyce got us away right on time, and we decided to forgo the break after the first race to try to get some sailing in before the water glassed right out on us.
 
After 4 races, we took an early lunch with that last race coming in just under the timeout period and only 3 yachts had finished inside the 5 minutes after the first boat finished.
 
Obviously, as soon as we got in and settled into lunch, the breeze came up, rather than die off. It had abated a little bit before resumption, but we had a great afternoon with 6-11 knot N-NW wind, including some fantastic surfing conditions from the long fetch of the river with that wind direction.
 
Unfortunately, the change in tide in the early afternoon had us all encounter some weed issues, however, we sailed right to the scheduled 4pm finish and as soon as we got off the water, the wind died right off again.
 
Luckily the breeze was significantly more that predicted, and hopefully it will do the same again tomorrow as the current forecast is extremely light (3 knot nor-wester).
 
13 races were completed by the end of the day, and the clubhouse leader at the half way mark is Kyle Stewart on 21 points. A very consistent day with a 3rd being one of the discards.
Second place is Stuart Dawes, 6 behind on 27 points with Lisa Balckwood a a further 5 behind on 32 Points.

Big thanks today to Ray for his efforts as PRO. Keeping everyone in line with timeliness between breaks and weed checks, and Peter Sylvester on the scoresheet as well as rescue boat duties. Thanks also to Andrew Wardrop for assisting during the day and helping Malcolm get used to his nice new Blister yacht.
 
Sailing starts again tomorrow at 1015. After presentations, we will have our Club AGM at MBYC Members Bar from 4.30pm.
 
See you all tomorrow.