(Cayman Islands)- The Cayman Islands Sailing Club hosted yet another
fun-loving, highly competitive event on the Great North Sound in the
Cayman Islands for their 2012 International Invitational. Teams from
all over the world attended including ten representatives from Germany
(Peter Karrie), South Africa (Len John Van der Wel), Bahamas (Craig
Symonette and Dave Valentina), USA (Marc Fisher and Bill Wiggins),
United Kingdom (Olie Dix), Jamaica (Peter Harper) and Norway (Are
Huser).
The
sailing conditions were simply epic- postcard perfect weather as
advertised with 10-20 knot trade winds blowing all day long all the time
with sunny robin's-egg blue skies, puffy white clouds scudding across
the horizon and aquamarine blue waters dotted by white breaking waves
when the wind was up. Perfect sailing conditions that challenged the
sailors to get off the starting line in clear air, maintain position,
get around the marks cleanly with good boat-handling and stay in the
battle. With racing taking place over three days, each day starting at
12 noon, the regatta was exceptionally well managed under the guidance
of race officers Peta Adams and Andrew Moon along with visiting
international judges Gilmour Manuel and Harry Keith.
In
the end, top local sailor Mike Farrington sailing JUST LEAVING from
Cayman Islands Sailing Club triumphed and was crowned the 2012 Invite
Champion with finishes of five 1sts, two 2nds and two 3rds, tossing a
3rd to win with just 12 points! Not too far off the pace was top local
woman sailor, Jane Moon, sailing CIAO! to two 1sts, six 2nds and a 4th
(tossing the 4th) to finish with a remarkable 14 pts, not enough to
overcome Mike's fast, smart crew. Lying third was Marc Fischer from the
USA sailing the great yacht WRECKLESS to a strong 4-1-6-3-3-7-4-3 for
31 points. Rounding out the top five were another local boat, Simon
Farrington on SUNSHINE finishing 4th with 41 pts and Craig Symonette
sailing CALIMA 5 from Nassau, Bahamas just getting nipped out for 4th
with his record of 8-4-3-27-8-6-4 for 42 pts. For
sailing photo credits For
more Cayman Islands Sailing Club Invitational sailing results
