Surf to City

We know the Surf to City hosted by the Queensland Cruising Yacht Club was held a few weeks ago, but this report from Peter Hackett just made it’s way to our inbox…

The 2010 Surf to City was a bit calmer than last year’s destruction derby, with plenty of drifting under saggy bags. Here are some pix taken from Don McWatters boat in the early light stages of the looooong race which starts at SYC Southport and finishes at QCYC Shorncliffe. On the inshore race it was lots of kites up and down, winding on sheets tight to make marks, excitement around Peel when the fast guys parked for the rest of us to join the party, and a few peeled kites catching shrimp was the excitement this year. We got a bit of luck on Intrigue to do well with the Peel-Park in our favour, and finished at just after 5 very tired.

The offshore crews reported a very slow race, although lots of spinnaker time helped avoid boredom. It was surprising for us raft-sailors to see the canting keel mono Black Jack finish around 6 pm, only 18 minutes outside the course record in such light conditions.

Results Summary Inshore
OMR
1 Louie Da Tri
2 Intrigue
3 Aeolus

PHCF
1 Intrigue
2 Malibu
3 Louie Da Tri

Ofshore
OMR
1 Rhythmic
2 Beats Workin
3 Renaissance

PHCF
1 Rhythmic
2 Renaissance
3 Beats Workin