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NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

SPIRAL NATIONAL

CHAMPIONSHIP

A large fleet, good breezes and excellent courses
made for a great Spiral Nationals over the three
days of the Australia Day weekend. Over the
whole seven races competition was intense
throughout the field as sailors hotly contested
divisions within the overall rankings.
An almost full range of weather conditions
were on offer over the weekend with twenty
plus knots of nor-easter for the first two races
and a similar strength westerly in races five
and six. Races three, four and seven were in
lighter to moderate strength breeze.

J24 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Dave Suda, the 'Black Prince of

Sandringham’ sailing Pacemaker

convincingly won the 2015 J24

National Championships held in

Adelaide in January. With the series

win in the bag after eight wins out

of the ten races sailed in comfortable

conditions, they were spectators at

the last start, watching Doug Watson

(El Fideldo) win the last race. Sixteen

crews from SA, VIC and NSW enjoyed

excellent racing under the control of

PRO John Gibson of the CYCSA.

AUSTRALIAN SABOT NATIONALS

Townsville Sailing Club hosted the 51st Sabot Nationals
and John Byrne Sabot Week. The regatta experienced
light morning airs for the Sabot
week races with building sea breezes
for the majority of the afternoon
Nationals racing. A couple of rain
squalls later in the week bought a bit
of excitement to spectators and sailors
alike as nearby Magnetic Island
vanished in a rain squall and then
the entire fleet disappeared, soon to
reappear onshore with lots of smiling
sailors who enjoyed the quick run
back to the club.

LASER AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

2015 MANDURAH WA

170 boats contested the Laser

National Open and Masters

Championship which was held over

Christmas New Year at Mandurah

Offshore Fishing and Sailing

Club WA. Sailing conditions were

character building with mostly 15 to

25 knot winds on the Indian Ocean.

World number one ranked Laser

sailor Tom Burton and Perth local

Matthew Wearn were in a class of

their own at the front of the Laser

Standard Rig fleet with Tom winning

enough of the races to wrap the series

up with two races to go.

1. Littel, Rob Douglas, 9


2. Public Anemone,
   Jonathan Talbot, 18


3. Slim, Sean Edmiston, 19

FLEET: 40 boats

RESULTS

NICOLE WILLIAMS

1. Pacemaker, David Suda


2. El Fideldo, Doug Watson


3. By The Lee, Brendan Lee

FLEET: 16 boats

RESULTS

1. Tom Stivano


2. Henry Larkings


3. William Wallis

FLEET: 70 boats

RESULTS

JOHN DE ROOY

1. Tom Burton, 13


2. Matthew Wearn, 15


3. Ryan Palk, 34

FLEET: 42 boats

RESULTS

RICK STEUART

Racing downwind over the Australia Day long weekend.

Action at the top mark during the J24 National Championships.

Tom Stivano – Winner 2014/15 National Sabot Champion.

Tom Burton just leading Matthew Wearn match

racing in 20 knots offshore at Mandurah WA.