Musto In'l Youth Match Racing Championship - Win to Griffin



9:13 AM Fri 26 Nov 2010 GMT
'Griffin holding a narrow lead over Coltman' Howard Wright /IMAGE Professional Photography Click Here to view large photo
The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Jay Griffin and his team of Henry Kernot and Hamish Hardy, have clinched victory from Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club's Tim Coltman in an epic grand final of the Musto International Youth Match Racing Championship, hosted by the CYCA over the past four days. Griffin would need all five of the grand final matches to overcome Coltman, winning the final match by a mere three seconds, after receiving a pre-start penalty. In the pre-start, the two threw everything at each other, trying to force the other skipper into an early penalty. Fearing he would ...


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by Jennifer Crooks





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