Manly sent 2 dinghies up to Gosford to be sailed by Andrew Jager, (sailing singles in Th-ING) and in doubles, Denis and Ivan in WOODY, and Barry and Eli in
Th-ING.
We arrived at the venue on Saturday morning, got the boats rigged ready for racing, and while waiting for the officials to get ready had a lovely social chattingPhoto of the crew from Manly, time with friends we have met at other regattas. Photo of The general view of boats getting ready, It was a long wait for things to get started, and it was not made clear which races would be run first. Photo of Andy sailing towards the start line.Andy hopped in Th-ing and made his way to the area where the start line was supposed to be placed to get used to the breezes and surroundings on Brisbane Waters, thinking that it would be singles first, but it seemed that the doubles would be first, so after an hour or so, a support boat went and brought him back. In the mean time, the doubles were loaded up and made their way to where the start line would be placed. It was a very long wait, as the first race did not get started until around 1.00 p.m., giving plenty of time for Barry and Eli to sail down in Th-ING. The course was a tetrahedron with a loop, making it fairly complicated sailing for the first 2 races, then, because of the wind shift, the windward mark was moved, making the course a very strange shape with the windward buoy way off to the side of the course. Most of the sailors missed the change of course all together, while the 5 who did find their way around managed to make the race interesting.
