Manly Yacht Club's HH Women's Challenge - 2022

The 2022 Helly Hansen Womens Challenge (part of the Sydney Harbour Women’s Keelboat Series), was held on Sydney Harbour in the sort of conditions that have hallmarked much of Sydney’s very wet Summer and Autumn. Minutes before the scheduled start time a band a low cloud could be seen sweeping towards Manly from the Heads, bringing with it a torrential downpour that delayed the race start. When the race finally got away in clearing skies, a light and fitful easterly - oscillating to the south east and back - sent the fleet of two divisions on a multi-leg race around the Sound. Such was the on-off nature of the breeze that the finish of the Division 2 course was shortened to Camp Cove, only to see the yachts powering to the finish in a sudden burst of wind that swept in with the next band of rain!