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AGC JOURNAL 2016







          Katie Miller, Ted England, Kial Jones, Mark Ayre and Bex Oakes
































          managing to pick up first position on   Police and Educational and Training
          all three races. This was in two of the   Services personnel, and we aim to continue
          races right on the finish line through   this trend in the future. We would like
          some quality tactical calls and the crew   more junior soldiers to attend, but
          managing to hoist the spinnaker before   understand that this event normally takes
          the other teams had thought about it, with   place the same week as the Triple Crown
          perseverance and not giving up winning   Competition, so it is not always possible for
          the day.                              young sailors to be released.

          Position                              AGC sailing continues to go from strength
                                                to strength and we had more than enough   please volunteer, it is open to everyone and
                                                volunteers to field the two teams. If you   novice sailors are particularly encouraged
                                                would like to take part in next year’s racing   to attend.




                                                                                        Pat Audas, Kial Jones and Bex Oakes









          Overall the week was a huge success
          in terms of position. Swordfish finished
          third in the Cruiser Division, and Dosinia
          winning the inshore series in the Victoria
          34 Division 3, and also collecting the
          overall winning yacht trophy, a first for the
          Army Offshore Regatta.

          The Future

          This year we took several novice racers
          along, and managed to enter two teams;
          we also had a scattering of Royal Military




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