Victorian and Open Optimist Championships record fleet turn out

11:17 PM Wed 16 Mar 2011 GMT

'Victorian and Open Optimist Championships'

Victorian and Open Optimist Championships were held on Saturday and a record fleet turned out at Mornington Yacht Club. The fleet was evenly split with 55 sailors in each of the Open and Green fleets. Hughie was absent on Saturday and Sunday morning before Race Officer Stephen Bolton got the Open Fleet away, unfortunately a 30 plus knot Southerly interfered the finish line and the race was abandoned. What followed showed excellent race management and on water support to return all the Optis ashore with the myriad of Opti parents heading out to assist the Moth and Musto skiff fleets ...

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by Steven Bond
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