Fickle final day

Lights winds for Nautica Autumn Regatta at the RHKYC

In spite of a thunderstorm and persistent heavy rain, Classes were represented on the water in the same numbers as Day one of the Nautica Autumn Regatta. Starts for Race 2 were sluggish, but the morning shaped up to give a 9-14 knot swinging Easterly to help the boats up to Tai Koo Shing on their first leg.

The breeze softened after mid-day and the Race Officer, Drew Taylor, elected to shorten both the Cruiser and Sportsboat fleets before they missed their cut-off time. Race 3 started with the Cruisers at 1450hrs, however it quickly became apparent that what little breeze there was, was about to die.

A 25 minute hiatus ensued as the Pandora, Etchells and Sportsboat fleets agonised over whether to accept a 2 race series and head back to the club for a shower and a beer, or hang in for better breeze. Optimists were rewarded when the rain stopped and 4-6 knots of breeze came through - all classes were able to record three results.

Class	First		Second		Third
	Helm	Boat Name	Helm	Boat Name	Helm	Boat Name
Cruiser IRC	Paul Bankowski	Jaywalker	John Leigh	Johan III	Outrageous	Gerry Daughton
Cruiser HKPN	Andy Lam	Standard Life 1	Arthur Ho	GA	Emily Chan	Rhapsody
Dragon	K Grebstad	Fei Chi	Simon Wong	Wanderer	Simon Chan	Kamloong
Etchells	Marty Kaye	Easy Tiger	Jamie Mac	Sai Kung Belle	Mark Thornburrow	Quest
Flying Fifteen	A Malone	Ffirecracker	Martin Heath	Ffolly	Sam Chan	Noisy Forefather
Impala	H Wong	Ling Yuan	Wilcox Tam	Rainbow Chaser	K Palfreeman	Impala 1
Pandora	KW Chair	Solstice	Raymond Ng	Panache	Tom Ho	Windfall
Ruffian	Ambrose Lo	Shaviut	Li Fook Hing	Victory 9	Harry Hirst	Bandolero
Sonata	George Strome	Chopstix	Alex Yu	Jil Jik	Alan Clover	Adagio
Sportsboats	YK Szeto	Tornado	Gideon Mowser	Sky’s The Limit	Adam Mowser	Shennanigans
Magic 25	Adam Mowser	Shennanigans	Steve Bourne	Merlin	Mark Bennett	Good Vibrations