In very light conditions at Midway Point Yacht Club in Tasmania's south, the Tasmanian Flying 11 2009/2010 Championships ended in a nail biter, where 3 boats were separated by 1 point in the finish.  skippered by Clare Cromarty and Natalie Maslin were clear leaders with 6 points after the first round held at Tamar Yacht Club in December.  The light conditions suited (Briony Van Galen and Hamish Denholm) and (Michael Meyer, and Jack Melton) better, which bought the field closer together.

The first race on Saturday worked well for who selected the wind spots better and got around the top mark before the wind dropped out for the rest of the fleet.  The races in the afternoon were more competitive with (Chris Maslin and Jack Waldron) and (Lauren Bird and Kaitlyn ) coming up into the field.  won Race 6 with second and third. 

registered their first win in Race 7 of the Championship by over taking 1280 Gatecrasher on the down wind leg.

There was no racing on Sunday morning so we spent time chilling out and compiling a strategic plan for the Tasmanian F11 Association.  Race 8 started finally at 3-00 with again
coming out on top.  Even though there were only 5 boats in the fleet, parents and competitors alike were on the edge of their seats (one parent could not stand to watch out on the water) as only
two points separated three boats on top of the leader board.  A second placing by was enough for Clare and Natalie to edge out to win the Championship on a count back.  again proved themselves in the light conditions by winning Race 9 with a close forth.

won on Handicap closely followed by .

Thanks must go the Midway Point Yacht Club for great regatta and their generous hospitality.

Full race details are at http://www.yachting.org.au/site/yachting/results/tyc/2009/events/f11tasstate/series.htm


Bernd Meyer

Tas F11s