HumpyBong Yacht Club WinterBash 2022 draws expansive fleet
by Mark Dawson 10 Aug 2022 21:44 BST
30-31 July 2022
HumpyBong Yacht Club WinterBash 2022 © Mark Dawson
The Seventh Annual WinterBash off the beach regatta at Woody Point, Brisbane attracted its largest ever fleet.
Humpybong Yacht Club President Ryan McLaughlin said sailors from Tasmania to Sydney had nominated early for the event on Saturday 30th and Sunday 31sth July with a total of 86 boats in all divisions.
"We had an amazing number of F16, F18, A class, Nacra, Taipan, C2, Tornado, Hobie and Wetas and a good dinghy fleet of Lasers, 125s, Impulse, 505 and other classes.
Weather was mixed over the two days with fair conditions on Day 1 and overcast skies on day 2. Nevertheless, the sight of boats crowding the start and then heading south in their divisions including juniors towards the first mark amongst the intermittent showers was the most spectacular sight seen in Bramble Bay this year.
The top level of competition on the water was shown in the three races with four division starts sending the multihulls away first followed by the dinghy classes.
The Marathon, held in partly cloudy and sunny conditions on Sunday, took the sailors from Woody Point south to Shorncliffe then all the way north to Newport and back to the Woody Point finish. Winds were steady in the beginning, decreasing in the early afternoon which returned many craft across various intervals.
Congratulations to:
Division 1
1st James Fraser and Olivia Jozefowski Nacra 5.8NA 1702
2nd Darren Flanagan and Quentin Cook F18 509
3rd Eli Henebery and Andreas Rehberger F18 33
Division 2
1st Roscoe Guinea Nacra 4.5 664
2nd Stuart House Nacra 4.5 601
3rd Nigel Lawerence Nacra 4.5 635
Division 4
1st Thomas Young Contender 2517
2nd Peter Listrup and Virginia Ayliffe Tasar 2532
3rd Ian Bowman Contender 2136
Division 5
1st Luke Johnson and Chris Mann 125 3217
2nd Gary Bellamy Impulse 658
3rd Andrew Ringwood ILCA7 194923
Marathon Trophy - Fastest average speed over the course on yardstick
Luke Johnson and Chris Mann 125 3217