The nationals in Perth were a well run series. Well done John Illet and all at the SoPYC. Racing was glamour with a mix of winds (none over 20 knots though, which I think no one missed).
The one non foiling race was won by local Richard Heritage by a metre, to the very vocal delight of the girls on the committee boat.
I think the best thing about the regatta was the feeling that we were the entertainers: The number of regatta volunteers who came up to me and said how much fun it was to watch us warmed my heart.
So I won. 25 years since the last time. I had speed to burn. Andrew Stevenson and Luka Damic fought out for 2nd, never more than one point apart. Stevo did the job. They both sailed well, with Alan Goddard and Brent Pearson mixed it, sailing some good races.
I was on std Mach2 gear - although up to the the last day I used a cut down rudder hydro that was possibly slipperier but I could amost never foil tack. (With the std rudder on the last day I seemed just as quick and got lots of foil tacks) The sail was an out of the box MSL13 no tweaks, not even to the battens.
And again, smiling at the check-in lady worked, only $70 excess this time! (Ex trophies though, thanks Stevo!!) So I can be out sailing again tomorrow testing the new MSL15 that just arrived :)
rgds Amac
Photos - Greg Hilton (Three time Australian Champion 78-86, he along with other 70''s and 80's Moth legends such as Graham Livingston, Graham Keys, Rob O’Sullivan came down for a look and give support.)
