The Stack Winter Champs were held at Murrays Bay over the weekend of 7/8 October. The fleet was smaller than usual with only 11 entries however the calibre of the fleet continues to improve which made for some tight racing over the course of the event.

 

Conditions on Saturday were a light and choppy onshore with tricky shifts that made for a challenging day. Fijian Olympic representative, Sofia Morgan, showed that she a force to reckon with taking out two of the three races with Greta trading blows, notching up a win and two seconds. Newly crowned NZ youth representative, George Pilkington sailed well with two thirds and a 4th.

 

The second day was a ROs nightmare with the onshore breeze dying after being squeezed by an dying offshore system. After three hours, the first race of the day got away in a sketchy offshore of 2-5knots. Greta read it like a book to square the event. Soon after the race finished up, the breeze died and an hour later came back in form the Northwest for another light, unstable onshore race. The event came down to the wire with a shift on the last beat to the finish edging Sofia ahead of Greta, with brother George doing more than enough to secure 3rd overall.

Full results

 

Phil Wild