Feature | St. James’s Place Sunset Series
St. James’s Place Sunset Series W O RD S: VIVIA N N G A N | IM AGES:
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his is the second year running that the St James’s Place Sunset Series was been held in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. With travel restrictions keeping people in town, a record number of participants enthusiastically took the opportunity to join the action and get out on the water each Friday afternoon. With racing held over the 12 weeks of summer – June through to August, the series was sailed under many challenging and varying conditions. Although a T1 brought some windy and rainy conditions
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on week 3, most Fridays saw gentle breeze and stunning sunsets culminating in all 12 weeks of racing. RHKYC Sharks Optimist Coach Pato Jamardo was skipper of a Platu entry with his crew of very young Sharks Optimist sailors racing the series this year. As part of their race training Pato said “It is a great opportunity to gather all Optimist sailors on the same boat for yacht racing, so they could work as a team. In my opinion, if they can sail well in the Optimist, they can sail well in other boats.
