Page 5 - CYAA 2024 Winter Series Race Two Comments and Photos

Still, we rugged up in great Division One chasing relentess
expectations of that 80%
‘drizzle and 25 knots of The chase of the fleet leaders was by the division one fleet was

wind. Didn’t happen. 10- relentless. Mercedes III maintained her one minute lead over
15 Met Eye westerlies was . Boambillee after the wing mark rounding but when Boambillee
Even so the riddle of the started the hard work of trimming her full and by the lee kite. Overtake
Port Phillip sands was the Mercedes III was the word on Boambillee. And over take she did. For a
forecast and actual while that is, sadly for Boambillee, she had to go through the same
westerlies while the wind motions that cost Rawhiti the 1907 Sayonara Cup race two win to
record showed easterlies. Sayonara. The drop in speed during the kite drop to approach and round
Check the Breakwater the bottom mark allowed Mercedes III to surge past and regain her one
wind record saying minute lead. Stirring stuff for sure.
easterlies?? Life’s full of Again, like a reprise of 1907 it was a procession between Division one
riddles isn't it? classics but not so with Mercedes III’s race to catch Akala. A slight

bottom mark rounding drop off by Akala allowed Mercedes III to get to
Didn’t matter, as Port Phillip was set for another day of great classic
yacht racing. weather and overtake Akala 50 metres from the line. A close run thing
was the word here from Mercedes III.
Race two fleet performances
Moment of the day
Our Division Three starting number while a bit small in numbers was The Division one feature moment of the day was the crossing the finish
full of classic yacht heritage with the 1923 Alwyn in the mix. Once line performance by Mercedes IV. A bad wind knock while approaching
again Akala had an on the money start. the finish line gave Mercedes IV the fit’s. It was on by clean tacking to

starboard then back to port that put her across the finish line five
Our Tumlaren fleet featuresd with a six starters, three of which took seconds ahead of Boambillee. A notable finish line performance indeed.
advantage of the local wind and pulled of a brilliant Port hand start to
establish an early lead over the three starboard hand starters. In the results washup, the overall corrected times show Race two was
Mercedes III day to shine with both division and fleet first for over the
Our division one fleet was full of hot shots from yesteryear. Mercedes line and corrected times.

III with Doug Shields on the helm positioned herself two boat lengths
to windward to cover Boambillee. Boambillee said no to this and Day Corrected time results
tacked away after crossing the start line. Mercedes III then tacked Click on these link to check out the corrected time results for each
over to port and then back to starboard at the top mark lay line. division and overall.

Mercedes IV had a delayed start due to the rough time she suffered Sail of the day
when going for a port hand start. At the top mark it was amixed bag of Of note was the performance sail by Akala. To be second over the finish
roundings. Some classic made the mark on port while others had to line by 34 seconds after Mercedes III indicates a lot of hard work was
concede to the the starboard hand incoming. happening on Akala. Same applies to Tumlaren fleet times in which
Avian lead the Tum fleet home by twenty three seconds over Ettrick.
Both Pastime II’s and Cyan’s starting plans fell to the capricious
mind of the wind. Analysis of the race two corrected times show a range of a bit over four
minutes across thirteen of the fleet. As classic yacht racing is the only
On the reach to the wing mark, the chase to the Tumalren and Division subject spoken about in polite circles we don’t mention the performance
three fleet continued. Alwyn managed to hold her position with some of the fourteenth finisher. Next time perhaps.
of the the Tumlaren fleet while Akala and Astrud worked their boats
hard to make the best of the light wind reaching capabilities of their Race two photo album.
Classics. Unfortunately the local wind strength ensured hull speed The photo album on the following pages show how close the race was
wasn’t one these capabilities. between the Tumlaren fleet.