Sailing News
2016 Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs
A straightforward final night at sea for
the Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Yacht
Race fleet brought the last boat, Out of
Sight, from 42 starters to the finish line at
0632hours this morning, Monday January
4, 2016.
All boats are safely tied up at Coffs
Harbour marina on the NSW Mid North
Coast or heading for home ports and the
final placegetters have been declared.
What was touted a promising smaller
boat race for handicap turned out to be a
big boat run north, at least for the major
IRC trophy.
Line honours winner for the second year,
Karl Kwok’s 80-footer Beau Geste (RHKYC),
also takes home the key IRC overall and
IRC division 1 silverware, a bonus prize
pack says Kwok. Beau Geste maintained a
decent pace for most of the 226 nautical
miles in the predominant sou’easterly
winds and came to the finish hot doing
20 knots of boat speed, with bow spray
flying. They missed Wild Oats IX’s 2003
race record by just 16 minutes.
“Getting the record is something on our
minds, but with the line honours and IRC
overall win we achieved full marks,” Kwok
said today. “Taking IRC overall is definitely
an unexpecte