GP14 National Championship - Practice Race Report

National Championships - SCYC – Practice Race

Report: Paul Simes Photo

At the appointed start time for the Practice Race on Sunday 1st August the wind was nowhere to be seen and the Race Officer Aubrey Allso kept the fleet on the beach. After a 2 hour postponement the abandonment flag was hoisted up the South Caernarfonshire YC flagpole to signify that there would be no racing for that day.

Moment of the day:
Last year's practice race 1st mark leaders, Neil Hardie & Nikolai Metherall from Frensham Pond SC, left the beach at 14:15 for a quick practice with little or no wind present and finally came ashore, having got within hailing distance of Pwllhelli courtesy of the tide and on the back of a tow boat at 20:15.
Neil was heard to say "Niko and I were taking bets on when we would get ashore, Niko thought it would be around 22:00, I thought it would be closer to midnight!"

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