This is a post on the GFS Facebook page by Graeme Davey skipper of G-Whizz detailing the events that unfolded in Race 4 of the Summer Twilight Series on January 12, which graphically brought home to Graeme the potential for disaster inherent in yacht racing.
It is worth reading in detail HERE if you haven’t already. Thankfully Graeme and the G-Whizz crew were on hand to affect a rescue of the persons in the water.
Three GFS yachts rounding Cockatoo in an area prone to sudden windshifts. Click to enlarge.
The photo was taken at the very moment of the incident, you can see the splash of a crew member hitting the water on the port side of the leeward yacht.
Photo courtesy Jeff Lewis.
