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Club Yachting
Ladies’ Report: 12 Years in the Making
By Lyndall Bacon
start we quickly made our way to the first mark. Unfortunately for us, so did the
rest of the fleet which turned into a particularly scary buoy rounding for me as I got
tangled in the runners and was launched off the side of boat with my toes holding
onto the tiller. I somehow managed to steer it around the buoy and quickly regained
some control, also realising - I had a lot to learn!
The next boat to conquer was ‘Flying Colours’, a Cavalier 35. This was certainly easier
to handle than the 11metre but the spinnaker was also twice the size - starting the
learning curve all over again!
Next we ventured up to ‘Hussy’, a Sydney 39, which to my mind was the most
enjoyable boat to steer and understand. But alas, my jubilation turned to sheer terror
when John Bacon announces the arrival of ‘Dark Star’ an MC38 in the middle of the
season thereby surrendering our leading position with Hussy in the series. Back to
the drawing board!
I love this boat new boat for the incredible exhilaration it offers but not for the whiteknuckled, neck-crunching, wide-eyed apprehension of watching the spinnaker
It has only taken us 12 years to finally join some of the most talented and notable (hopefully)