Wild Night Ride on Geographe Bay



10:18 AM Tue 1 Mar 2011 GMT
'Limit heads for the setting sun at more than 20 knots - Geographe Bay Race Week 2011' Bernie Kaaks Click Here to view large photo
Geographe Bay Race Week is the largest yachting regatta in Western Australia and is held from February 25th to March 4th 2011. Yesterday?s night race started in a 25 knot south easterly which freshened as the night progressed. Limit put in a scorching spinnaker run shortly after the start, disappearing ahead of the fleet at somewhere in excess of 20 knots. It turned out to be a good night for sailmakers, with many owners reporting torn sails, broken battens and hardware breakages, and desperately in need of today?s lay day to put things right for racing on Wednesday. Limit scored ...


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by Bernie Kaaks





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