Light southeaster disrupts weekend
A very light south-southeaster made it nearly impossible for the sailors in the junior and senior fleet to race at the George Lakes Yacht Club on Sunday.
The senior fleet, with 18 boats on the water, could only complete one race while the three Optimists in the junior fleet completed two short races.
The seniors were sailing for the Realty HomeNet Trophy and the juniors for the Tom’s Tavern Trophy.
In the senior fleet the Fireball of David Laing and Chris du Toit made the most of the early wind to extend their lead ahead of the rest of the fleet. The chasing bunch was lead by the Lasers of Henry Paine, Charles Norman and Malcolm Osborne, together with the Sonnet of John-Mark and Joy Olivier.
Kyle America won both races in the junior fleet with Thomas Lawa just behind. A bit further back in both races was young John Paul Buys, who had to be towed back to shore by the safety boat at speed when the wind died completely.
Further racing was cancelled.
In the scoring for the Realty HomeNet Trophy series the Lasers fared best in the light conditions with Olivier leading ahead of Norman and Osborne. Laing got 4th place, ahead of James Hellstrom (Laser Radial) and the Olivier Sonnet.
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