Race officer on the inner course, Tim Sandall, actively encouraging opti sailors to stay behind the line, flag in one hand and dicta-phone in the other, maybe one on the boat would have been a better call !!!
Yachting NZ Central Region Zone Development Clinic
Napier 30th-31st Jan 2010
Classes Lasers - 420s - starlings ( For sailors under 21)
Day 1 :
Open fleet completed 4 races in varying conditions of 20+ knot westerlies changing later to an 8 knot easterly.
No Sailing for green fleet due to 20+ knot winds.
Day 2 :
Both fleets completed four races in moderate sea breeze conditions.
Day 3 :
Open fleet completed two and the green fleet three races in light and shifty conditions.
Race officer on the inner course, Tim Sandall, actively encouraging opti sailors to stay behind the line, flag in one hand and dicta-phone in the other, maybe one on the boat would have been a better call !!!
