From Peter Foulsom:
97 entrants from 5 Westernport Yacht clubs converged on Westernport Yacht Club at Balnarring Beach for the annual Westernport Bay challenge. 5 Mozzies from Somers (Brian Gristwood and crew Adam Gristwood 1679, Jeremy Pearse 1791, Justin Watson 1737, Peter Foulsum 1048 and Ben Gristwood with crew Ben Coombs 1500 sailing their 1st race), 2 Mozzies from Cowes (Rod Saw 1750 and Andrew Janson with unknown crew 1517) and 1 Mozzie from Merricks (Ian Jeffrey 156) were part of the 30 strong Division 1 fleet.
The race started with an 8 to 10 knot Southerly breeze with an incoming tide running at 5 knots which was always going to make for an interesting windward mark situation particularly when Division 1 was catching other divisions. Varying wind shifts throughout the race and an increase in wind strength on the final lap were always going to make the race an interesting affair.
The Mozzie contingent saw a number of places swapped throughout the race depending on whether you got the right wind shift or not. Final placings were as follows:
Brian Gristwood 9th overall and 4th in Div 1
Ian Jeffrey 12th overall and 5th in Div 1
Jeremy Pearse 14th overall and 6th in Div 1
Rod Saw 15 th overall and 7th in Div 1
Justin Watson 17th overall and 8th in Div 1
Peter Foulsum 22nd overall and 11th in Div 1
Ben Gristwood 49th overall and 21st in Div 1
Andrew Janson 68th overall and 26th in Div 1
Division 1 was won by an A class, 2nd another A class from Somers with Gary Maskiel sailing F16 Altered 3rd
Regards,
Peter Foulsum