17th. December, 2016. Christmas Regatta.
On days like this, there are no differences between participants and helpers; everyone just gets in and on with the job. Our teams for the race were:
David Gr and Ollie in Dolly Wallis;
Denis and Ivan in Woody;
David Go and Tony in ING;
Jack and Juliette in Alex;
Michael and Nic in Vin;
Mal and Josh in Black Swan;
Jackie and Judy in Eli D.
Alan was supposed to take out Clea, but got caught in the moored boats, and didn’t make it out.
Charlie’s Chariot was carrying Vince, Barry, new volunteer, Tom, Ken and a photographer, Robbi from Northern Beaches Connect taking some photos for a Volunteering on the Northern Beaches Project.
Pam and Bruce were on the start boat for the Race Start and Finish. Thanks so much for this, it was a very good race.
The breeze was a fresh and gusty one, with constant direction changes making racing quite difficult. It was a very tightly fought regatta, with lots of changes of leaders throughout the race. The scores were extremely close, so that, even though we awarded 1st, 2nd and 3rd places, everyone had a great time.
Official places were: 1. Denis and Ivan in Woody.
2. David Go and Tony in ING.
3. Juliette and Jack in Dolly Wallis.
Social helpers: Colleen, Rita, Vicky, Simon, Ted set up the upstairs with tables and chairs, went out and bought ingredients for lunch, and handled all the setting up and clearing away. Thanks for this, guys, a job well done.
