It was a busy weekend at Perth last weekend with the Fun Race on Saturday, a barbecue in the
evening, and the Newburgh Race on Sunday. With many members on holiday, turnouts were lower
than usual but enjoyed by those who did take part.
The fun race took place in light winds so that only Oliver Williams completed the challenges set by
Malcolm Moore.
Three keelboats from Arbroath visited Lairwell on Saturday and enjoyed the hospitality of the club
for the evening before returning on Sunday morning.
Race To Newburgh
The race to Newburgh is our longest annual event, a little over seven miles, and has been contested
since 1958. This year, a good westerly breeze was forecast so a fast passage looked on the cards.
On the day, it seemed windier than predicted so Oliver Williams and John Ferguson chickened out
of sailing the International Fourteen “in case we broke something” so opted to sail two of the less
frisky club Fevas.
Both managed to fit in a capsize on the first part of the course but went on to
have an exciting sail nevertheless. Unfortunately, John snapped his spinnaker halyard so was unable
to achieve the boat's full potential.
Gary Tait also had some difficulty and retired quite early in the race, but the other five boats all
reached the finish line off Newburgh Sailing Club without major incident.
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| The PSC Race Fleet arriving at Newburgh |
Sandy Rodger with daughter Jennifer led the whole race but Graham Keir's Solo was too close
behind to take the honours, both in under an hour. Third across was the Kestrel threesome of Alan
Jones, Audrey Robertson and Martin Howie but again were beaten on handicap by Oliver.
After a break for a cuppa courtesy of our friends at Newburgh, most boats accepted a tow home
from the safety boats, which John described as being “like a tour of the inside of a washing machine
on a cool cycle” in the still freshening breeze.
Sandy chose to sail on ahead to show us wimps the way to do it, including a capsize drill at the west
end of Mugdrum Island, but despite this, they were up and sailing again quickly. Eventually the
ebbing tide and tired muscles saw them accept assistance for the last couple of miles/
Results, Newburgh Cup.
1 Solo 4580, G Keir; 2 Dash, S & J Rodger; 3 Spring Feva, O Williams.
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