After two days of being held ashore because of strong winds, the sailors were met with a morning of no breeze, after launching shortly in the morning. Racing finally got underway around 2pm once the sea breeze kicked in with the race committee squeezing in three shorter 2 lap races in perfect conditions. Jack & Shaun (3,2,1) fought hard with Emmanuel & Theo (1,1,2) but managed to retain their lead to be crowned Viper World Champions 2017.
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Festival of Sails 2017 - Day 1 - Pass...
Today marked the start of the 174th Festival of Sails hosted by Royal Geelong Yacht Club. The Passage Race saw the huge fleet race from Melbourne to Geelong which started in around 12 knots of breeze and cloudy skies at 9.30. The wind soon died off with around 5 knots around the course, but soon ...
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Festival of Sails 2017 - Day 2
After a great night's entertainment at the Royal Geelong Yacht Club last night, a lot of sailors looked very weary this morning before racing. However with the fresh breeze and sunny conditions racing soon got underway with perfect conditions across the four race areas. Saskia chats with Bill Feo...
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Festival of Sails 2017 - Day 3
Patience was the key today as the morning's light easterly faded to nothing, replaced by an extremely hot and gusty North Westerly. The Cruising divisions left Corio Bay early, in 3 knots, heading upwind to the Outer Harbour, where the Rating 1 and 2 Classes were enjoying a 10 knot Easterly. The ...
