RACING REPORT

The Racing Program for the 2021-22 season, together with Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions, are available on the CYCSA website. Safety auditing has been the focus of pre-season preparation for owners with our Equipment Auditors undertaking mandatory safety audits on all boats before racing in the 2021-22 season. In the previous Groundswell the Short-Handed Series had one race remaining for its series and the series winners are – PHS - Ocean Hawk (Steve Emery) held its lead over Carioca da Gema (Craig Hutton), with RSAYS boat Inukshuk (Robert Large) in third place. AMS - Ocean Hawk ahead of Inukshuk with School’s Out (Adrian Wotton/Andrew Lloyd) third. The Phil Hoffmann Travel Twilight Series One is in full swing with 21 signed up for the series, including some new boats; Bellatrix, Jahk, Seduction and Vulcan. After five races the results are as follows - Division 1 Aquila (Mark Johns) and Marnico (Graeme Footer) are leading and in Division 2 - Sahara (Richard Lea) is leading by quite a margin from School’s Out. The Inshore Series has 16 races programmed for this season and with three races run Sintara (Derek Morrison) is in the lead in Division 1 with Ocean Hawk in the lead in Division 2. The Orontes race, the first of the Offshore Series, was held on 16 October. From the CYCSA and RSAYS 13 boats were out there in light winds. Sintara took out CYCSA first place on PHS and AMS. The Yalumba Great Southern Regatta was held early in the season on 23-24 October with Linsay Patterson as Race Officer (new to South Australia from Queensland). The GSR winners are - PHS and AMS – Division 1 - Secret Mens Business (Geoff Boettcher), Sintara, Shining Sea (Andrew Corletto) IRC – Division 1 - Secret Mens Business, Shining Sea, Another Hooligan (Nicholas George) PHS - Division 2 - Rock On (Trevor Conyers), School’s Out, Ocean Hawk AMS - Division 2 - Ocean Hawk, School’s Out, Rock On

One Sunday every month during the summer season there is racing with women at the helm with some boats even fully crewed by women. This groundwork is great to see setting a solid foundation in the lead up to the South Australian Women’s Keelboat Regatta planned for October next year.

Inese Lainis Racing Administrator

Ocean Hawk, Steve Emery SMB, Geoff Boettcher Rock On, Trevor Conyers