The Curlewis bank Race went ahead on Saturday post a two hour delay for a storm front that went through the Geelong area.
Once the wind settled down to 20 to 25 knots a shortened coarse was decided upon this consisted keeping all boats in the inner Corio bay harbour for safety.
A start line of St Helens which served as a Gate and using Marks CB4 and CB5.
The shortened coarse :
Start
CB4
Start Finish Gate
CB5
CB4
Start Finish Gate
CB5
Finish
The coarse was completed in around two hours with all yachts managing to miss any storms and major rain, the wind settled to a manageable 20 knots with the odd gust to around 25 knots.
Race Results
Congratulations to all competitors
Place Sail # Name Class Crew Club
1 40 Five O’ Clock Somewhere Sonata 6.7 MKII Shaun Buckner GTYC
2 C750 Fat Bottom Girl Colson 750 Brian Murphy GTYC
3 795 Hidden Agenda Noelex 25 Glenn Kewish GTYC
Link to race results
Many thanks to the Officers of the Day and Bob and Ken for there efforts.