Etchells World Championship at Royal Brighton Yacht Membership – Apply Race
by Nic Douglass 9 Jan 01:18 PST
10-14 January 2025
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The Etchells World Championship 2025 kicks off with full power tomorrow following the observe race as we speak. The primary to cross the road was David Dunn, proprietor and skipper of Nice White Hunter AUS1483 after a good looking remaining work which he put right down to his crew Bret Perry and Sandy Higgins.
“We have sailed fairly a bit earlier than and it is nice getting the previous crew again. It has been a few years now and particularly with Sandy [Higgins] having simply received the 5o5 World Championship, it is actually good. All of us take to each other and we sail nicely collectively and it is enjoyable”.
“I am unsure if that is a great factor,” he stated of taking the gun within the observe race. “We have been going to complete earlier, however we thought there is a bit of labor to do with our tempo and observe, so we used the race to do this”.
On the climate for the regatta, Dunn stated that the robust race monitor of as we speak may simply be a heat up.
“Seems to be fairly tough all spherical from the north and into the south… so the timing’s going to be essential and as was stated on the opening, it is a sport of chess on the market. It is not a Components One monitor, so we’ll need to have our heads out of the boat”.
Heads out of the boat, as they did as we speak within the later a part of the race to take the win.
“I will doff my hat to Sandy on that one, on the final work particularly, we received it going and he learn it fantastically. Checkmate”.
39 boats began the observe race out of the 46 entries, and with three boats OCS, regardless of their Race Sense warnings, and 16 retirements, 20 boats lasted the complete distance.
Kelpie AUS882, skippered by Richard Smith with Toby Conn, Bentley Conn and Raf Heale was the primary to spherical the primary high mark, studying the tough circumstances one of the best.
“The sprucing should have helped”, stated Smith. However he commented that it did not assist them on the backside mark the place they skilled a couple of tangles with their spinnaker.
“There isn’t any strain going into tomorrow now”, he commented.
That will not be the case for all with a number of world champions throughout quite a lot of lessons, Olympians, Olympic medallists, America’s Cup sailors, SailGP sailors and quite a few crusing heroes and legends all through the fleet, in addition to exceptionally nicely practiced groups on the peak of their efficiency.
The 46-strong-fleet is about for a 1300 native time (AEDT/GMT +11) begin tomorrow, with two races scheduled. Circumstances are more likely to begin within the North like as we speak, with the Southerly because of begin constructing from race time.
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