The fleet was lead by Rear Commodore Malcolm Osborne leading the fleet in line astern past the Commodore, Anthony Parker, on the committee boat.
This was preceded by a pursuit race around the island, where the slowest boats are sent off first, with timing calculated according to handicap.
The Laser 4.7 sailed by John Marc Olivier performed the best by finishing first with a comfortable margin with Alastair Fraser (Laser Radial), David & Rory Laing (Fireball), Jayan Smart (Dabchick) and Georgou Divaris (Optimist) finishing in close succession.
There were several regattas in the weeks preceding the end of the season.
Over the Easter weekend, some of our youth sailors went to Saldanha Bay to compete in the Western Cape Championships. In the RS Tera Sport class James Hellstrom excelled once again by winning in the fleet of 18 boats. His sister, Ashleigh, came 8th and Danielle de Wet was 10th.
In the large Optimist fleet, Georgou Divaris finished in fourth place in the highly competi-
tive fleet of 35 Optimists.
A few days later a fleet of 31 Teras sailed on Swartvlei Lagoon in a National Regatta which served as the final selection event to choose a team to compete in the RS Tera World Championships, to be held in Italy in August. A total of eight races were sailed in the event. Pine Lake Marina was the base with personnel from Knysna Yacht Club and the Tera class doing the organisation.
Divaris was the clear winner, winning 6 of the 8 races.
GLYC dominated the podium, as Hellstrom took second place and Nathan Page was in third place.
George Lakes Yacht Club members also dominate the RSA world's team, providing five of the team of eight. Divaris, James Hellstrom, Page, Ashleigh Hellstrom and De Wet are in this team.
Georgou Divaris, winner of Tera Nationals.
James Hellstrom who took second place in Tera Nationals.
