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In every sailboat race there are lessons learned. Fickle weather knows no loyalties. One might have a brilliant start and build a significant lead and have a happy crew fully expecting to claim the podium only to have the wind vanish in the final moments to go and attend to someone else's flogging sails. Today’s lessons were about patience and humility.

It was a blustery day that refused to listen to the weatherman’s opinion as instead of decreasing, the wind strengthened.

First my apologies for the slightly pessimistic weather report Friday evening as it may have frightened some from coming out. Still we had enough fearless daredevils to crew up 4 boats for what turned out to be a pleasant race in moderate winds and with only a hint of rain.

All I can say about today is I feel a bit sorry for all those friends and neighbours who paid all those thousands to find sunshine in southern climes while back home we had another magical day like this:

After suffering Saturday after Saturday of drifting about in light breezes it was the day we’ve been waiting for. A moderate 10 - 12 knot south easterly wind took us on a beat from the south harbour mark to Grief Point, then downwind to our mid-channel virtual mark before returning on a close reach to the south harbour to finish, a distance of approx. 7.5 nautical miles.

After suffering Saturday after Saturday of drifting about in light breezes it was the day we’ve been waiting for. A moderate 10 - 12 knot south easterly wind took us on a beat from the south harbour mark to Grief Point, then downwind to our mid-channel virtual mark before returning on a close reach to the south harbour to finish, a distance of approx. 7.5 nautical miles.

After suffering Saturday after Saturday of drifting about in light breezes it was the day we’ve been waiting for. A moderate 10 - 12 knot south easterly wind took us on a beat from the south harbour mark to Grief Point, then downwind to our mid-channel virtual mark before returning on a close reach to the south harbour to finish, a distance of approx. 7.5 nautical miles.

As predicted sunshine and a warm breeze made for a very enjoyable race. Winds were light at the start and coming from the south east near the shore while further out they were coming from the north-west.

After four tries the annual Shearwater race finally took place November 23rd, 2024.