The Victorian Contender Championships were sailed in Somers on the weekend. 36 boats entered from 4 states with interstate entrants from Adelaide, Canberra and Gosford.
We had 3 races on Saturday in a variable and patchy wind of around 10-12 knots, with a lumpy sea state. Callum Burns had some good results to be positioned 5th overnight, but wasn’t available to sail on day 2.
On Sunday we had last 2 races in light wind between 5 and 8 knots with a fairly stable direction and intensity.
Mark Bulka won his 9th state title. Second was close between light wind specialist Grant Robinson from Sandringham and Michael Macdonald from McCrae.
7 BYS sailors made the trip. Alister Danks finished 10th, John Lindholm 12th, Paul Wilson 17th.
Alister Danks
Link to results
https://www.clubops.com.au/DisplayResults/DisplayPublicSeriesResults?Id=1937
Thanks to Alister Danks for sending through the images (and commentary??) below
Lumpy sea on Sat Arvo | Top Mark Rounding Race 5 – Alister 2548, Tim Dorning 2142
Ned sneaks ahead of John, Race 5 | Tight Pack, Race 5
Grant Robinson leading ahead of Michael Macdonald in the last race (left)
Start of race 5, Alister 2548 and John 2565 (right)
Ned Lindholm
Paul Wilson 2665 picking his lane | Callum Burns 2468 approaching top mark
