FULL SEND 18 FOOTER RACING - Sixt Spring Series Race 2 (Highlights)

Credits: Shot & Edited by Sprott Media instagram.com/sprottmedia/ Race commentary by Sail Media Words by Frank Quealey Race Article: After last Sunday's opening race of the season had to be abandoned when 30-knot Westerly winds swept across the course, racing finally got underway when the Australian 18 Footers League staged Race 1 of its Club Championship and Race 2 of the SIXT 2025 Spring Championship, for the Alf Beashel Memorial Trophy, on Sydney Harbour today. Conditions were far different to last week's Westerly storm; the fleet was greeted by a brilliant Sydney Harbour Nor'Easter, but if the teams thought it was going to be much easier then they were in for a shock as the wind was rarely below 20-knots with a choppy sea. Tough for the competitors but some wonderful action-packed speed sailing for spectators as the fleet raced down wind at speeds of up to 30-knots by the winner Yandoo, skippered by the Giltinan world champion, Tom Needham. Needham, Miles Davey and Lewis Brake gave a masterclass of heavy weather 18 footer racing in Yandoo to take out Race 1 of the Club Championship by a convincing margin of 1m41s Lazarus Capital Partners, which also showed enough to suggest another big season ahead for the team. In a battle of attrition, Sixt (Jacob Marks, Alex Marinelli and Rasmus Rosenglen) survived the conditions to finish in third place, 10m26s behind Lazarus. The only other teams to complete the course were Fisher & Paykel (Brett Van Munster, Tom Quigley and Logan Radford) in fourth place and Club Marine (Emma Rankin, Jack Taylor and Jed Cruikshank) in fifth place. Follow our Socials: instagram.com/18skiff/ instagram.com/australian18footers/ Visit www.18footers.com for the very best in 18 foot skiff racing from Sydney Harbour and beyond