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Clarence River Sailing Club
Saturday 5^th September 2026
Boyd Builders Warm Up Series – Race #1

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Clarence River Sailing Club
Saturday 5^th September 2026
Boyd Builders Warm Up Series – Race #1

The Club’s 2026-27 sailing season kicked off on Saturday in near perfect conditions.A steady 8 – 10 knot north easterly was ideal for rusty crews to start rebuilding their fitness and skills after the long winter break.While only a small fleet, competition was surprisingly tight and some impressive times were posted.

The grounds and clubhouse are looking great and many thanks to Ben, Greg, Deb and others for all your efforts.

Officials set a standard course between the bridge and Rowing Club with a transverse loop in the middle to maximise the reaching legs. The angles worked nicely allowing skippers to complete minimal tacks and coax some very respectable speeds from their craft. A deceptively fast incoming tide had to be factored into everyone’s race plan - especially on the tighter mark roundings.Monohulls completed two laps of the course and catamarans three.

Laser skipper Peter Zietsch was first home in the monohull division with a cruisy 39:33 finish time.

In the catamaran fleet, Arrow skipper Tony Rose got away to a brilliant start and kept his big-cat rivals at bay long enough to claim the prize. Next home were Hobie 18 crews Lindsay Cowan and Tansie Higgins – just ahead of Luke and Fletcher Denham in third. Luke and Fletcher pushed their Hobie challengers in the earlier stages but Lindsay and Tansie kept finding pockets of breeze where others couldn’t. Mosquito crew Greg Lee and Deb Michell were never far behind the leaders and posted a well deserved fourth place. Ben Higgins enjoyed his first outing on his new A Class cat. Ben will be one to watch in this division as he learns the ropes on this high-performance craft.

See the website for full results and photos.

A big thanks to race official Bob Fish.

Sailing is on again next Saturday (13th) for Race #2 of the Boyd Builders Warm Up Series.

Visitors or anyone wanting to have a go at sailing are most welcome to come along. Start time is around 1.00 pm each Saturday.

More details on our website. https://crsc.yachting.org.au

Results

Recorded Time	Elapsed Time	YS	YS Cr'd Time	Class	Skipper	Crew	Sail No

RACE 1
Monos	2 laps
00:48:05	00:45:05	114.0	00:39:33	Laser	P Zietsch		143427

Cats	3 laps
00:55:05	00:52:05	88.5	00:58:51	Arrow	T Rose		1767
00:51:20	00:48:20	76.5	01:03:11	Hobie 18	L Cowan	T Higgins	44
00:53:00	00:50:00	76.5	01:05:22	Hobie 18	L Denham	Fletcher	16435
01:01:00	00:58:00	78	01:14:22	Mosquito	G Lee	D Michell	1833
01:08:00	01:05:00	68	01:35:35	A' Class	B Higgins		AUS854

05/09/2026
Bob Fish officiating