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Club Yachting
Sydney Harbour Regatta
By Stephen Collopy
dual club boat, Allsail Dancing
Star took out first place after 4
races. Division 2 saw Heath
Walters sailing Northshore
Marine to 3rd place and Marcus
Grimes’ High Anxiety to
14th place.
In the IRC Division 2, Robert
Alder’s Occ. Coarse Language
One and Mark Tinworth’s
Le Billet placed 3rd and 4th. In
the ORCi Division 2, the same
boats did one better with Occ.
Coarse Language One coming
in 2nd and Le Billet finishing up
a close third.

XS Moment in the Sydney Harbour Regatta - Photo Andrea Francolini

A special mention to Le billet
which had participating crew
members made up of the Club’s
Youth Development team. It’s a
great opportunity for seasoned
Club skippers to take on these
elite young sailors to teach them
all-round sailing onboard yachts rather than their one design match racing which
the YD teams mainly focus on.

“The perfect day’s sailing” was the description given to the Sydney Harbour 10th
Anniversary Regatta hosted by the Middle Harbour Yacht Club over Saturday 7th and Le Billet’s owner, Mark Tinworth was particularly impressed with the YD’s work.
Sunday 8th March.
“I really admire their knowledge and skills as a team which must be a result of
RPAYC sailors who made the trip down to race in the Harbour took full advantage participation in the RPAYC development program, It was an absolute pleasure to sail
with the youth team and as always we are
of the text book summer breezes and performed
very wi [