Archive for April 2021
Congratulations to Peter Hamilton and crew with Red Williams’ first place in the Sail Port Stephens Commodores Cup series non-spinnaker division.
Red William
Also congratulations to Rob Hale and crew on Jackpot – 1st in Performance Cruising Division 1 and John Veale and crew on Hasta La Vista 3rd in Performance Cruising Division 3. Koko were unlucky to be relegated to 4th in Division 2 Performance Cruising on a count back.
Well done also to the Tana crew for first place in Division 3 Performance Cruising Race 3.
Check the GFS Facebook page for some excellent pictures of GFS participants in the event.
Once again the West Harbour Winter Series is being organised by Balmain Sailing Club.
Please note that dates published in the GFS program have been changed and are now –
9 May
23 May
6 June
20 June
4 July
18 July
1 August
Details and entry is via the links below –
Notice of Race for the 2021 West Harbour Winter Series
The dates have been updated since my previous email so that there will be no sailing on the Queen’s Birthday long weekend.
Please see the link to the current list of entrants.
If you intend racing and your boat is not on the list, please Enter Now.
The Sail Port Stephens 2021 Regatta is scheduled for 19-25 April and several GFS yachts have entered the series.
The event website is https://www.sailportstephens.com.au/ where you can keep up with results in the various races.
GFS entries are –
| BOAT NAME | SAIL NO | SKIPPER | DESIGN | STATE | FROM |
| AETOS | N381 | Christian Charalambous | Northshore 38 | NSW | GFS |
| HASTA LA VISTA | 7129 | John Veale | Dehler 32 | NSW | GFS |
| JACKPOT | 6774 | Robert Hale | J122 | NSW | GFS |
| KOKO | 63344 | David Leslie | Elan 37 | NSW | GFS |
| PASSION X | 7130 | David Edmiston | Didi 40 Cr | NSW | GFS |
| SALTY SEADOG II | 28 | Carl Nicholls | Holland 30 | NSW | GFS |
| SWEENEY-TODD | AUS067 | Julian Todd | Fareast 28r | NSW | GFS/RSYS |
| TANA | 6380 | Pam Joy | Jeanneau 32 | NSW | GFS |
| RED WILLIAM | SM226 | Peter Hamilton | S&S 34 | NSW | GFS |
We wish them luck in their various races
Down Harbour Race 8 results have now been adjusted to reflect the actual finish times. This may have also affected the final standings.
We thank Joe Walsh Rigging for the ongoing support of this series.
Winners were; Blue – Koko, White – Adrenaline and Red – Joka. Well done.
