Adventures in Oz Final

The owner and crew of Mistral CAN118 are competing in the Prince Philip Cup (Australian National Championship) which is being held in Sydney. We will be posting regualar updates.

Prince Phillip Cup prize presentation, and from left to right are Richard Franklin, Gordon, Annie and David.

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Gordon Ingate from the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron is the winner of the 2017 PPC regatta, with crew David Giles, who is an Olympic medallist, and David's step daughter Annie.

Sandy Anderson from Perth was 2nd, with Robert Campbell from Burnham on Crouch  3rd. What goes round comes around, and today Sandy won a protest over Robert, which changed the order up front once again.

Gordon gave a nice speech about the history of the cup, the early winners, and how he placed 2nd in the regatta in 1956 just after the Olympics, and lost in a tie breaker which back then was a match race in the event of a tie.

It then took him 52 years before he won it for the first time!

It was blowing 25 knots today, which was a bit of a challenge for us, resulting in a couple of 10's. We have a torn spinnaker, lots of bruises, and a lot of stories. There was at least one overboard, and there were a lot of 360 and 720 degree penalties around the course.

Overall this is a fabulous event, and next year it will be at Metung Yacht Club near Melbourne. If anyone is interested I have the contact info for chartering and accommodation. Apparently it can blow there, more than Sydney.

And then in 2019 the world's are in Perth, well known even stronger winds and higher waves - it's no wonder the Aussies excel in this sport, particularly when the wind pipes up.

Cheers,

Norman