Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race
It was a very slow start for the fleet of 61 boats in the 384 nautical mile race to the Gold Coast which got underway on Saturday. It was difficult to make progress with mainly light northerlies before the stronger, mainly NNW winds took over.
Then it was tacking all the way up the coast for the next couple of days, to take advantage of the more Westerly winds close to the shore. The strong weather conditions, the bitterly cold wind and sometimes choppy seas tested many of the boat’s gear and crews.
However on the fourth day the winds turned to the South, the sun came out and the finishes were rewarded with a beautiful kite ride to the finish.
Congratulations to the MHYC boats that made it to the finish - Gordon Ketelbey’s TP52 Zen was the 10th boat to arrive in Southport and 3rd Overall on IRC and 2nd in their division. They missed out on winning overall by 26 minutes and they were 2 min behind the second place boat after racing 384nm.
Out new Commodore Rob Aldis and Sandy Farquharson’s boat Khaleesi was 19th on line honours and 3rd on IRC Division 2 while Tempo (Michael Smith) was 21st and Flying Cloud (David Myers) 40th top cross the line.
Retired with all crew safe were Farr N Away (Graeme & Chris Lee), Highly Sprung (Mark Spring), Shearwater (Guido Belgiorno-Nettis) and Popeye (Craig Douglas).
For more news and detailed results visit https://goldcoast.cycaracing.com
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