There has been strong support from all clubs for this regatta as evidenced by the background preparations originating from our first general club meeting held at Lake Wellington Yacht Club on 30thJune, 2019 and our final volunteers meeting on Thursday 14th November.
To the many volunteers I would say a grateful thank you for your skills, your advice and your efforts, as the outcome as voiced by many has been a very successful and fun regatta.
Saturday 16th was our invitation race with fine weather and winds up to 20 knots,gusting to 24 knots from South to South East. Sunday was a better sailing day with fine sunny weather and winds from the same direction at 15 knots gusting to 20 knots. This enabled the running of two heats, challenging for the Eastern Region Regatta Trophy, which was contested by four classes.
The Victoria Eastern Region Interclub Regatta Perpetual Trophy is awarded to the club with the lowest score based on the two best boats in any division. In the event of a tie, the next best boat results from the tied clubs in the same divisions will be used to break the tie.
We would congratulate GLYC as the winners of the Eastern Region Regatta and especially their junior sailors who were a highlight for our regatta. There are many people to thank, especially Our Race Officer Jacqui Crawford supported by John Mayman and to Gai Clough for her documentation on how to run a regatta. Our support boat crews on Metung 2, Kepper and JC Bull, our photographer Julianne and our restaurant staff led by Rob McPherson and finally our Commodore Peter Harvey who after many sleepless nights is taking a few weeks off.
Ken Barlow.
Vice Commodore.
The Perpetual Trophy Results are as follows: