Peter Fell, Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Metropolitan Traveller Series
First Round sailed on February 28th at BSS
See QLA site for NOR, Entry Form and more information (link below)Results and Pictures from the first round can be found in the Results and Gallery pages.
A frustrating wait for the wind gods to smile on us was finally rewarded when a seabreeze filled in from the east around 3pm.
A single race of 2 laps of the North-East Course was sailed and close racing ensued in both the Full Rig and Radial fleets.
Local sailor Steve Geck made a cameo appearance in the Full Rig Fleet and took out the race by a country mile, but close racing behind him resulted in positions being swapped all race. Brad Taylor and Dave Harrison finally took out second and third.
In the Radial race, Christine Bridge ignored doctors orders to post a close finish to Dave Collecott. RQ sailor Jan Kemp lead the rest of the fleet home to claim third.
The second leg of the Metros at RQYS on the 28th of March will show whether it was the local river knowledge or raw sailing skill that determined many of the placings.
More personal descriptions of the race can be found on the BSS Forum - see under Member Info for link