Posted By: Timbo
Sydney Harbor residents; Where are the Cats? - 02/01/11 03:03 PM
So I was laying over in Sydney for the first time on this past Saturday. On advice from a friend I went down to the Double Bay Sailing Club and they let me have a Laser for the day. I went out for a couple hours of blasting around, just getting re-aquainted with what it's like to sail a Laser again, which was a hoot.
I have never seen so many sailboats out racing at once though, the harbor was packed with boats of every type, length and vintage. From old gaff rigged classes all the way up to an America's Cup boat doing sight seeing tours. There must have been at least 200 sailboats out racing, along with harbor ferrys going through the courses at high speeds.
But I did not see a single beach cat out. They told me the 18' skiffs race on Sundays, is that when the cats come out too? Where do they launch from if they do come out?
I have never seen so many sailboats out racing at once though, the harbor was packed with boats of every type, length and vintage. From old gaff rigged classes all the way up to an America's Cup boat doing sight seeing tours. There must have been at least 200 sailboats out racing, along with harbor ferrys going through the courses at high speeds.
But I did not see a single beach cat out. They told me the 18' skiffs race on Sundays, is that when the cats come out too? Where do they launch from if they do come out?