Queensland EC12 State Titles - 26/27th June
Well, what an excellent weekends sailing. Challenging weather patterns and some really tight racing in a ONE DESIGN class with plenty to offer, what else could you want.
Racing was conducted on Lake Kawana and was shown once again to be an outstanding venue.
Ian Ash as PRO and David Black scoring were, as always, faultless and ran the whole weekend professionally, (even in trying conditions),with the backup of Terry Smith, Gary McMahon and Arthur from club Kawana YC.
It was bad luck to lose David Hill from the starting line up after all the preliminary work he put in, and, without Peter Morris’s enthusiasm to push the class, and the help of Clyde Rogers, the regatta would not have been possible.
It was great to see Bob Stevenson up from a cold Canberra to compete in the sunshine, and the two Ken’s, Smith and Clark from Brisbane. As always I looked forward to sailing with Yeoman Sands, down from Bundy, to push us all along. The regatta also welcomed a new sailor to the class, Ed Mian in a beautifully restored red Sorenson.
The racing over the two days was held in light and variable A rig weather. The quality of the local competitors was apparent and reflected the advantage of a few keen sailors constantly pushing each other every second weekend.
A milestone was reached with a different name on top of the leader board, albeit it was another Morris but in a Mini Mariner not a Sorenson. Geoff sailed a very good regatta and thoroughly deserved his win. Pete was fast but found a few corners to ‘park’ in at times. Clyde sailed a very good regatta and pushed the top two all the way.
Although the fleet was small the quality of the boats and the racing was exceptional, and I think all participants enjoyed their time racing on Lake Kawana.
There seems to be a lot of interest in the class in SE Queensland with numbers anticipated to increase in the near future. Hopefully this will transfer to NSW with a few bright spots beginning to appear. So dust off those old boats, update them and get into some first class one design racing.
Results
1. Geoff Morris Mini Mariner 44 pts
2. Peter Morris Sorenson 65 pts
3. Clyde Rogers Sorenson 82 pts
4. Garry Taylor Mini Mariner 84 pts
5. Yeoman Sands Sorenson 97 pts
6. Ken Smith Sorenson 139 pts
7. Ken Clark Lakesedge 185 pts
8. Bob Stevenson Mini Mariner 190 pts
9. Ed Mian Sorenson 230 pts
