Pirate wins NewYears Eve Twilight Race

Rain threatened the final twilight race of the year at Sutera Harbour Marina, however as it cleared away a small fleet of optimist dingies made their way to the start line outside the marina. The sausage course had been set up earlier, however with the change of wind direction, it resulted in a broad reach start.

The starting line was quite short, which made for an interesting start. he best start was made by Dawn who was quickly pursued by the Pirate and and another four boats with the rest of the fleet further behind. Dawn kept her lead round the first mark and a South African Sailor slipped through to second place with the other four boats josling for position around the mark.

No changes took place on the second leg with the first two boats pulling away, however on the third leg the leaders fell into a hole and the Pirate regained second position. the wind shifted slightly on the final leg so that it became necessary to tack to lay the finish line. The Pirate was the first to tack away losing three places as Dawn held a narrow lead with four boats in contention. trying to lay the line, eventually they realised they would need to tack, bui it was too late as the Pirate passed them all to windward to cross the line.