Tweed Valley Sailing Club will host its annual Tweed River Passage Race next Sunday
Another big fleet of 15 boats raced on the Fingal reach of the Tweed River on Sunday as teams prepared for the clubs biggest single event, the annual Tweed River Passage Race, starting at Condong and finishing at Fingal Head.
Fastest around the buoys was Maurie Meyer in a Laser, putting in an outstanding effort, 2nd place was taken by Igor Prado from Brazil, racing his NS14 Blu Tack. It was Igor’s best performance with the club and the best result ever for Blu Tack.
Next Sunday, expect to see the Tweed River light up as sailing boats race the entire length of the river, (not blocked by low bridges.) It is an awesome spectator event and the Tweed Sailing club hopes locals and tourist will come down and watch the fleet sail. The race will start at Condong boat Ramp at 11:00 and will probably finish at Fingal at about 3pm.
The River passage race was developed by long time club stalwart Alison Blatcher 8 years ago and has become an immensely popular annual event.
The race can be viewed from anywhere along the Tweed River bank, and even as you drive along Tweed Valley Highway you will see the fleet proceeding downstream, but we recommend you should watch where you are driving and not the action on the river. Stop any where and take in the action of this spectacular event.
Sailing returned to the Tweed River last Sunday as the Tweed Valley sailing club hosted a group of members and visitors to a pleasant afternoon of racing on the lower river. This is the first race the club has conducted since easing of Covid restrictions earlier this month.
Impulsive Matt being closely followed by Casper
A 15-boat mixed fleet, consisting 2 Corsairs, 4 Lasers, 2 NS14’s, 5 X3’s, an RS100 and an Int. 420, sailing in a light to moderate Northerly breeze, competed in 3 short races.
Matt and Igor on Impulsive Matt
The fastest boat was NS14 “Impulsive Matt” expertly sailed by top crew Matt Andrews and Igor Prada, finishing first in two races, While RS100 “Casper” sailed by Duncan Dey scored 1st place in the final race.
Scott and Debbie on Nimbus
Close racing was experienced in the Corsairs, now sailing 2 handed to allow social distancing, with Corsair “Keenas” (Mark Reynolds and Marg Walgers), winning 2 races and Corsair “Nimbus” (Scott Jones and Debbie Jones) winning the third.
Mark and Marg on Keenas
In the single-handed Lasers, the finishing positions were unchanged for all 3 races, with 1st place going to Peter Fell, 2nd Kate Yeomans, 3rd Craig Foley and 4th Tristan Pofandt. This was Tristen’s first race in a Laser and at 14 years of age he has stepped into this highly competitive Olympic Class.
Craig on Condition Zulu.
Also sailing a single Hander, and visiting the Tweed from the Richmond River Sailing Club, we welcomed former Byron Shire Councillor Duncan Dey, from Main Arm. Duncan sailed his high performance RS100, a difficult but fast single-handed boat which features a spinnaker.
Duncan rounding the bottom mark.
Duncan is a very competitive sailor and pushed the front of the fleet to score a win in the final race.
In the X3’s, TVSC Junior Sailor, Kynan Luescher from Fingal Head won all 3 races.
John and Melissa having a quick chat?
Earlier this week a number of TVSC members travelled to Brisbane and sailed on the Tallship, Sail Training Schooner, “South Passage”.
The Sail training association vessel has been forced to abandon its regular annual program travelling North for the winter, and is giving local people an opportunity to enjoy sailing on this magnificent tall ship on Morton Bay.
The Tweed Valley Sailing Club is now open and conducted casual racing.
Our next sailing day will be Sunday the 26th of July.
We are observing the NSW public Health Order (COVID19). Attendance at events must be registered and we request intending participants to book.
Last weekend five Corsair yachts and 15 members of the Tweed Valley Sailing Club headed south to the NSW Central Coast to compete amongst 18 Corsairs entered in the 44th Australian National Championships. Held at Budgewoi Sailing Club, this would be their final “Calling All Skippers”, with the club having now unfortunately shut down. Sixty boats attended the Regatta, making for a great final farewell.
Runners up, Bayonet.
The
Corsair is a 16-foot (4.8 metre) fibreglass sailing dinghy, fully rigged with
jib and spinnaker, which offers excellent close, one design racing, with a crew
of three and in addition is a comfortable cruising boat. Designed by Alan
Payne (who also designed 3 America’s Cup yachts including Gretel and G2), the
Corsair is an all-round performance centre boarder ideal for Australian
conditions. First sailed in 1966, the class has spread across the nation with
approximately 500 boats being built.
Waiting for the breeze to come in on Sunday.
TVSC
has adopted this class as it is ideally suited to conditions on the Tweed River. The Club has regular racing with up to 15
boats. As the boat requires a 3-person crew, there is ample room for beginners
to join in without needing to own a boat.
Conditions on the first day of the competition were tough, with winds gusting to 25 knots with a short steep chop, but all boats made it through the 4 races without serious incident. Day two was a little more relaxed and everybody enjoyed a pleasant morning sailing on the lake.
Everyone’s relaxed before the start of racing…or are they?
Current champions, Aaron Hunt, Ryan Arkinstall and Liam Buckley, sailing “Tenacious”, took the title, getting the bullet in four of the six races proving their dominance of the fleet. 2nd place went to Budgewoi local and previous Australian Champion, Geoff Beauchamp, daughter Ruby Beauchamp and Dorren Vandersteen on “Bayonet”. Third place went to Tweed Corsair “Charlotte” sailed by Justin Johnson, daughter Emily Johnson and Hollingsword Wolul (all the way from Vanuatu!).
Holen, Emily and a Big Banana in front of a bigger banana.
Holen is in Australia, due to recently being diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. If you’re interested in reading more about his situation and perhaps giving a donation, then please see here.
Aaron has sailed Corsairs since the ‘70s and has won 8 Corsair National Titles. His recent arrival at TVSC has lifted the local fleet. He is a major sponsor and supporter of the club through his chandlery business Boating and RV.
Monohulls on the upwind leg, multihulls sailing the angles down.
Tweed
boats placed 1st “Tenacious”, 3rd “Charlotte”, 6th “Keenas” (Mark Reynolds,
Craig Foley and Harriette Raleigh), 7th Swell Lady (Monique Smith, Matt Andrews
and Deborah Flannery), 8th “Minnow” (Bill Fenelon, Courtney Tiller and Alicia
Szlawski).
Keenas at the Bottom Mark, turning for a quick run to the finish.
It
was a great weekend of sailing and close competition with the entire fleet
finishing each race only minutes apart. It was a fantastic result for Tweed
Valley Sailing Club, for the first time since its foundation in 2011, winning
an Australian Championship. TVSC teams supported each other and enjoying their
sport. To compete in the Corsair
Nationals was a great way to start 2020 for our club.
Commodore Bill with the Traveller’s Trophy, awarded to TVSC for the distance travelled.
The next sailing event on the Tweed River will be on the 16th of February, Race 4 of the NS14 and Laser Class Championship. The next Corsair Class Championship race will be Heat 4 on the 1st of March. Racing is on the Fingal Reach and can be viewed at close range from anywhere along the riverbank.
There’s no need to rush down to Budgewoi!
The Tweed Valley Sailing Club always welcomes new members and no experience (or boat) is needed.
Last Sunday the Tweed Valley
Sailing Club hosted its penultimate race for the year, Race 5 of the summer
Pointscore Series and heat 3 of the Corsair Class Championship.
11 boats competed including five
“3 handed” Corsairs, joined by a mixed fleet , an NS14, a Laser, a Int.470 a
Hobie 16 and 2 X3’s
Conditions were variable; wind
SE 16 to 24 knots, and an ebbing tide combined made for long beats to windward,
favouring the NS14s but hard work for the Corsairs.
Fastest by a long way, Dave
Chester and Sid Willis on Hobie 16 “Sledder”, lapped most of the fleet,
redeeming Dave for the day he was beaten by a Corsair.
NS14 On & Off Dave & Cooper Robinson , first mono hull finishers
First mono hull to finish
today, 20 minutes behind the Hobie, NS14 “On & Off”, sailed by father/son
team Dave and Cooper Robinson. These
guys won the start and established a strong early lead, getting home first and
beating the first Corsair by nine minutes.
Second to finish, one minute
astern was Laser “Siesta” sailed by “Great Grand Master” Gary McCrohan. Gary
always sails well in these conditions and was 7 minutes ahead of the first
Corsair.
The big race today was the 3rd
heat of the Northern Rivers Corsair Championship, contested by 5 boats and 15
crew.
Student Doctors, Alicia Szwalski and Sophie Todd sailed with Commodore Bill Fenelon on Corsair “Minnow”
Current champion crew “Team Swell Lady” Monique Smith, Matt Andrews & Deb Flannery, had to win today, to retain their title, but needed to enlist a “ring in” boat and 3rd crew, as Monique was away and her boat is still being repaired from damage suffered while sailing on the Clarence River. Matt Andrews took the helm of “Fine Cotton” with Courtney Tiller taking the 3rd seat. All went to plan; Team Swell Lady got the points for 1st place, wrapping up the championship for the 4th year in a row! (Aren’t there two more races yet to go and results are tied between Keenas and Swell Lady? – ed)
Second place was hard fought out by “Keenas” (Mark Reynolds, Marg Walgers & Harriet Raleigh) and “Nimbis” (Scott Jones, Deb Jones & Lex Branch). In the end “Nimbis” got the points, getting home 4 minutes behind Swell Lady and 6 minutes ahead of Keenas.
Student Doctors filling the ranks in the Corsairs!
L to R Courtney Tiller, Sophie Todd, Manisha Siriwardena, & Alicia Szwalski
Racing was close throughout
the fleet up until the final lap, and the battle to avoid last place was also
hard fought; positions at the rear changed continually throughout the afternoon
but in the end, Team “Fairlight” (Alison Blatcher, Rachael O’Hagan & Manisha Siriwardena) got home 2 minutes ahead of Team
“Minnow”(Bill Fenelon, Ali Szwalski & Sophie Todd).
A stand out performance on the
river today came from the clubs International 470 “La Spina”. Sailed by Gunner
Scholtz, Leyla Scholtz and Tom Busbridge. Team 470 finished just behind the 2nd
Corsair, scoring its’ best result with the club.
This season, Murwillumbah
Student doctors discovered sailing and just can’t stay away. We love having
them as part of the club and we couldn’t get more enthusiastic sailors. This
week they brought more fellow students to join the sailing ranks – travelling
from Mudgee to have a break from the drought.
4 of the 5 Corsairs
competing in the class championship this week had doctors on board. Courtney Tiller from Murwillumbah hospital
was thrilled to be on the winning boat. Alicia Szwalski and Sophie Todd sailed
with Commodore Bill Fenelon, Harriet Raleigh based in Grafton sailed on 3rd
placed Corsair Keenas and Manisha Siriwardena had
her taste of dinghy sailing with Alison Blatcher on Corsair Fairlight.
Student Doctor Manisha Siriwardena & Rachael O’Hagan on Corsair “Fairlight”
We look forward to
welcoming them all back after their summer break for another 6 months of fun on
the river.
Next Sunday the sailing club will conduct its
last event of the year, 3 short course sprint races, starting early at 10am
from Fingal Head
Strong gusty conditions
challenged sailors contesting heat 4 of the Tweed Sailing Clubs’ Summer
Pointscore Series. Winds increased rapidly after the start with a strong ebbing
tide raising choppy conditions. Many boats capsized or had an early retirement.
Today’s fleet of 11 boats
included 5 single handers, 6 two handers, & 3 Corsairs sailing 4 handed. Two
juniors’ teams competed, both sailing Flying Ants.
Carnage began early with many
capsizes. Corsair Capers was capsized and filled with water and struggled to
return to the Harbour. Both Flying Ants retired early, but the remainder continued
and completed the course.
3 NS ‘s contested heat 2 of
the Tweed River NS14 Class Championship in conditions that favoured boat handling
skills, old hand Adam; last year’s class champions, Adam Hurt and Tom Busbridge,
had the skills, getting home a solid 4 minutes ahead of Current class leaders Matt
Andrews & Igor Prada.
These two teams are now placed
equal first in the 2019-2020 summer championship series with 2 races remaining.
The single handers contested
their class Yardstick series. First finisher today was Great Grand Master Gary McCrohan
who showed true grit to stay on the course and finish, getting a rare win ahead
of Kate Yeomans who finished closed behind.
Many sailors were backing up
from last weekends’ “Clarence River
Bridge to Breakers” Race. Conditions on the Clarence were as rough as usual, with
winds reaching 30 knots against a strong running ebb tide. Tweed River had 5 boats competing in the
Standard Mono-hulls division. Local sailor Kate Yeomans won the division in her
Laser, against very strong competition, and “Team Swell Lady”, with an all-male crew, Matt
Andrews, Craig Foley And Mark Reynolds scored an impressive 3rd
place, well ahead of the rest of the fleet.
Sailing is on again this
Sunday at Fingal Head, with racing starting at 1pm.
A big fleet is expected for the 3rd
heat of the Corsair Class Championship.
11 boats
sailed with the Tweed Valley Sailing Club, on Sunday, as the club conducted
Race 10 of its Summer Series.
It was a
very pleasant afternoon on the river with a falling tide and North Easterly
breeze, sailing was easy and fast. The racing was very close, and many boats
used spinnakers.
Fastest
today was Kate Yeomans; Laser “Bluey”; Kate dominated today, in what’s becoming
a regular pattern, she excelled in the conditions, leaving 2nd place
3 minutes behind.
Second
finisher was Laser “Silent Partner” “(John Heywood) and 3rd, Laser,
Siesta (Gary McCrohan).
The premier
event today was the 2nd Heat of the Northern Rivers Corsair Class
Championship.
6 crews
contested heat 2, the teams being slightly mixed this week; “gun” sheet hand
Matt Andrews, joining “Team Blatcher” on Alisons hot new boat “Fairlight”. Matt
seems to gravitate towards the fastest boat so this could be a sign for Alison,
trialing her new boat today for the first time.
Current
North Coast Champion, Swell Lady sailed with an all-female crew this week, and were
definitely out to stun. And did !
Meanwhile
on “Keena as” Mark had his regular crew, Craig Foley as sheet hand, & Marg
Walgers up front, these guys were meaning business and would to be very hard to
beat.
Getting top
points today in the Corsairs was “Keenas” (Mark Reynolds, Craig Foley and Marg
Walgers). This win puts Keenas in first place after two races, for the Corsair
Class Championship.
Although Keenas
got away very quickly from the start and built a strong early lead, they had to
fight for it, with second placed “Fairlight” (Blatcher, Andrews & Bernet)
only a minute back and closing with a determined effort.
The next 3
Corsairs finished within 30 seconds after a very close race, 3rd
went to “Nimbis”, 4th “Swell Lady, and 5th Epic.
Last to
finish in Melita 3 was commodore Bill Fenelon, destroying any chance in this
year’s championship, came in 20 minutes behind the first finisher. Obviously
enjoying the view from a sailing dinghy.
Juniors
sailing is becoming established on the tweed, and this afternoon we had 3
junior crews racing their own boats. These sailors are becoming skilled at the
sport and are now using spinnaker’s
The club is
supporting a Juniors team at the “Manly Junior” National Championships this
summer. We also have several good racing Manly Juniors available to interested
junior sailors.
There will
be no organized sailing at Fingal next Sunday, as the club heads south to visit
“Big River Sailing Club” at Harwood, to enjoy 2 days sailing on the Clarence.
Our next
event in Fingal Head will be on Sunday the 1st of December.
18 hopeful skippers came early to the boat ramp last Sunday morning, sniffing around for any sign of wind . The fishing community were out at sparrows fart making the most of the calm weather and the boat ramp at Fingal was overflowing.
The race start was delayed an hour and patience was rewarded – the forecast was proved wrong. An unusually steady 12-16 knot breeze came up and the fishing boats started to head back in while the river started to fill with sails.
It was the Laser & NS14 Championships week. The NS14 fleet was missing Commodore Bill Fenelon on Tornado so just 4 boats competed in this class. Last years champs Adam Hurt & Tom Busbridge on Flight XXIV fought hard to keep up with Matthew Andrews & Igor Prado on Impulsive Matt but Matt & Igor took this one with a 4 minute lead. Dave & son Hugh Robinson on On & Off took 3rd with Robert Preston and Kynan Luescher Pura Vida not far behind.
Only Deborah Flannery was missing from the Laser fleet this week – after a full day on the water the day before for the inaugural event in our She Sails program, a day spectating from the timekeepers tent was a good option. The Lasers did have a new competitor – Andrew Chillingman Jaggers was back this week to give the club Laser a go making 6 boats competing. Kate Cant catch me Yeomans was ahead of the whole TVSC fleet at the finish line – 5 minutes in front of the next Laser – John Hayward, with Gary Macca McCrohon seconds behind. Macca was obviously missing his Murwillumbah cheer squad this week.
Craig Foley on Woodcraft was the winner of the Impulse class champ – he just needs some other Impulses to compete against to make it a more impressive title!
Two juniors boats also sailed today – Morgan & Miles Bushnell on Manly Junior M&M are looking really good. They’ve been training hard for the MJ Nationals in Sydney next month. Sidney Willis did well despite missing his crew and completed the 2 laps on his Flying Ant. A really fun day for everyone involved.
Goodbye to 470 La Siala… Over the last 8 years generous people have donated boats to the club. One of the best ones was the Olympic class 470 La Siala donated by Bill Foley. This class of boat is sailed by both female and male crews in the Olympics and La Siala has provided many a wild ride on trapeze for TVSC members. We’re losing our storage area so all our non-essential club boats are being sold and sadly this one has to go too. We also have a more stable design 16ft Corsair for sale call 0434 982 922 if interested.
Last weekend 5 boats and 9 sailors from the Tweed travelled to Ballina for Richmond River SC’s Annual Regatta and the celebration of the 50th year of their club house. Andy Lamont and Craig Foley tried their luck on a Tasar for the first time – they may not have won any prizes but plenty of fun was had and at least they completed the course. Also attending, all defeated by the tricky conditions, were Gary-Macca-McCrohon on Laser Siesta, Corsair Melita III skippered by Alison Blatcher with Courtney Tiller & Sebastian; Andrew-Chillingman of Chillingham-Jaggers and Bronwyn sailed a Pacer, also for the first time.
TVSC’s Kate Yeomans on Laser Bluey showed her stamina in completing a course that many of the other sailors faltered on and took first place overall – showing her skill at holding the boat flat at top speed even in 20 knot gusts. Thanks to RRSRC members for an excellent day – followed by tall sailing tails on the club balcony watching the sunset with live music from local band Broadfoot.
The next day, back in Fingal Head, was the second heat of the popular Sprint Series – short back to back races honing everyone’s start-line skills. All were relieved that the wind had eased off (no one wanted another 30 knot race) and 13 Boats with 24 crew competed on the tight course.
Congratulations to NS14 Impulsive Matt skipper Matt Andrews and Igor Prado from Ocean Shores who took out first place on scratch in all 4 races. Adam Hurt and Tom Busbridge on NS14 Flight XXIV from Fingal Head almost had them in race 3 – only 3 seconds behind – four 2nd places for them. Gary McCrohon (Tyalgum) was first in the Lasers for 3 of the 4 races with John Hayward (Fingal) taking a hard fought 1st in the 2nd race.
Four boats competed in the Corsair class with Scott, Debbie and Sahara Jones coming first on Corsair Nimbus for 3 of the 4 with Peter Skinner never far behind on Epic with crew Doug Haig and Gail Bernet. Gail has recently taken up sailing at age 70+. She keeps coming back even after the wild rides and capsizes of the last few weeks.
Our very much appreciated support team, safety boat driver Reg Court, Lex Branch and timekeeper Suzanne Blatcher enjoyed the day too. Suzanne has been the club’s regular timekeeper for the last few year – at age 86 she enjoys being involved with the club but can’t be tempted onto the water any more.
Apologies to all for the recent lack of sailing news especially our avid sailing report readers Noel and Christine Fenelon. We look forward to having our usual reporter back from sea and hard at work on the keyboard in a couple of weeks. Want to sail with us or join the support team? Contact tvscmail@gmail.com Next race at Fingal Sunday 10 Nov 10am.
At the briefing, with an average reported wind speed of 21 knots, but gusts reaching 29, we decided that racing was on! Eight boats with 19 crew readied up on the beach, including two junior crews in their Flying Ants, who could just not be dissuaded from having a go.
Eight rigged on the beach, who will make it all the way?
However, before the start, three boats were already out with capsizes and gear breakages.
Sid and Skye, in Sid’s Flying Ant, made it to the top mark of the first leg. A tremendous effort.
Every boat went for a swim, except for the Weta and Mark and the crew on the Corsair, Keenas.
The across the line finishers were Monique and crew on the Corsair Swell Lady, followed by Dave and Isaac on the Hobie 16, followed by Keenas. Three finishes. Total.
The Race day morning saw a chilly start, the Condong Sugar Mill chimney showed there was a good breeze but this was all to change. The crowd started to roll up at Clarrie Purnell Park before 7am and soon there were eggs and bacon sizzling and the kettle boiling, the catering team kept the sailors well fed and ready for what started to look like being a truly marathon race. The TVSC Safety boat crew – Reg Court, Garry Bargh and Richard Roberts had an early start at Fingal – launching the RIBS and heading off upstream to Condong. Roland Schwertner and Rick from Richmond River SC arrived early too and the Murwillumbah Rowing club boat was also ready to go. We welcomed visitors from Oxley SC, Brisbane Sailing Squadron, RQYS (Manly) and the largest contingent from TSS (The Southport School) bringing 6 Pacers. All boats 27 boats were on the water, the starters at the ready ….and the breeze died to nothing. So as the start horn sounded a burst of laughter went around the boats as they sat in the water not moving! This soon changed and the fleet moved off with the wind behind them, brightly coloured spinnakers were hauled up and they disappeared around the bend towards Tumbulgum.
Spectators waved along the river bank and the wind started to pick up as the fleet arrived at Tumbulgum and navigated under the bridge and on towards rainforested Stotts Island.
Three classes of boat were well represented this year – the 3 handed Corsairs (8 boats), 2 handed Pacers (6) and singlehanded Impulses (5). There were also 4 Lasers. In the Corsairs Alison Blatcher, skippering 683 Fairlight with crew Karen Vidler and Imogen Potts had an impressive lead for nearly half of the race but a couple of lulls in wind and river currents spinning them in a full circle at one point saw them start to lose the lead. Corsair 490 Keenas (Mark Reynolds, Marg Walgers & Craig Foley) crept up and flew past through the Stotts Island narrows never to be caught again. In the very last stretch of the race at Chinderah Corsair 396 Nimbus (Scott Jones and daughter Caitlyn) also over took Fairlight and they fought to the finish line ending just 6 seconds in front of the early leader.
The Pacers sailing without spinnakers were the slowest boats in the fleet but were still only a minute behind the last Corsair at the finish line. After 3 and a half hours of sailing, 3 of the 6 Pacers still managed to finish only 1 second apart. Xavier Doer and Keely Whitaker from TSS took out 1st with TVSC members Igor Prado and junior Kynan Luecher, sailing a Pacer for the first time, coming in 2nd followed by TSS crew Monet Mooney and Jess Sabin. TVSC juniors Isaac Poulsen with Layla Scholz also sailed a Pacer for the first time. This was Isaac’s first time skippering in the Tumbulgum race – he was up with the 1st placed Pacer for much of the race and so should be very pleased. The flukey breeze that this race is known for caught them out and left the other 3 Pacers 10 minutes behind the others by the finish.
In huge contrast to the becalmed start the sailors faced 15-23 knot gusts as they came to the Chinderah reach with the wind coming from all and any directions. They had to be on their toes not to end up going for a swim which made for an exciting last leg. The smiles as they crossed the line may have had a tinge of relief to them!
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An unusual boat sailed by Mark Harper, a Devoti D zero, led the fleet for most of the way. Laser sailor John Pring on “Fig Jam” put in a heroic effort to keep up with him and hung on to be second across the line just over 3 hours after the start. The Lasers and the Impulses played cat and mouse all the way to the finish line – all of them excellent and very experienced sailors so after John crossed the next 3 were only seconds apart – Peter Fell (Impulse Mr Plow) then Mike Robinson (Impulse Plymouth) and TVSC’s Kate Yeomans (Laser Radial Bluey). TVSC’s Adam Hurt from Fingal took the 3rd place in the Impulses on Rosie, by far the oldest Impulse in the fleet.
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Commendations also go to the Dads celebrating early for Fathers Day. Jan Trueman and daughter Ruby from Chillingham sailing their Tasar for the very first time; Matthew Plummer and son Finley sailed one of TSS’s Pacers and David Robinson with son Hugh sailed their NS14. It was a cold race after the Tasar and the Pacer both went for a swim but they made it to the finish line and Ruby, Finley and Hugh will have many stories to tell their friends at school this week.
Once the finish times were adjusted for the different boat speeds Peter Fell from Oxley SC in Brisbane came out this year’s Tumbulgum Passage Champion and took home a voucher for a Husk Distillery Tour for two. Other great prizes donated by local businesses included Red Box Gym and Gold Coast Yoga monthly passes, vouchers for Cubby Bakehouse, Tyalgum Gelato, Watersports Guru and Tweed River seafoods so everyone went home happy.
We look forward to doing it all again next year – with maybe a few practice sails up to Tumbulgum for lunch and back to Fingal before the next marathon race comes round. If you would like to be part of this great event next year – come and join us for the start of our summer season. Get involved in sailing or as part of our enthusiastic support team – we’d love to have you on board.
