SCRYC TEAM CHALLENGE A BIG SUCCESS
The brilliant idea of this inaugural Team Challenge at the Sunshine Coast Radio Yacht Club (SCRYC) was to introduce the club’s two classes to each other & have some serious fun before our 2023 seasons officially starts.
Feedback on the day was that the event, held on the 14th January, was a huge success.
It was a format of racing that we had not tried before – this involved selectively pairing up an IOM sailor with a Laser sailor. With 10 teams/20 boats at the start of the day – team selection was done before the day taking into account the various skill levels of entrants. Not an easy task but seemed to work well. Each team had to come up with a team name as you will see on the score sheet.
Forecast was for 50% chance of showers, cloudy with increasing southwesterly wind 15-25km/h. Luckily the 50% chance did not happen & the cloud cover kept temperatures down. The wind steadily increased throughout the day – we could not have asked for better weather.
All IOMs sailed with A Rig all day & the Lasers used B rig, with one exception that used a C rig.
There were 12 races – each comprising two rounds of the course for the Lasers & the same for the IOMS.
The teams quickly got the hang of the new format – it was great to see the Laser & IOM sailors get on so well & the inter team banter added to the fun.
The day was won with consistently good sailing by Roger Frith (Laser) and Phil Pearce (IOM) with 25 points, second place was a draw with 30 points each but taken out by Neil Carroll (Laser) & Doug Allen (IOM) on countback , third place going to Geoff Morris (Laser) & Michael Bourke (IOM).
Overall the level of sailing was excellent with few issues on the water – a credit to those that participated & certainly added to the enjoyment of the day.
The club plans to use the same format for the season opener on Australia Day Thursday 26th January – details of the event are on the club’s website www.scrsc.org.au
Thanks to the members that arrived early for set up & to those that helped pack up at the end of the day. Adele & Ross Mackay did a great job mastering the club’s new BBQ providing a sausage sizzle for our hungry sailors & volunteers. Not to forget Doug & Derick for bringing & returning the MSU & Boat trailers. Scoring was performed by our highly proficient Gwen Warne & race observing done by Adele – thanks Ladies for a great job as usual ! A superb effort by all.
The final thank you goes to Roger Frith for donating a 6m x 3m marquee to the Club.
