By Lee Mccarthy
The Century 21 Cooloola Cup Regatta was held last weekend in Tin Can Bay to stunning sunshine and great competition from as far away as Melbourne.
First in Race 1 was Still Tri In with skipper Geoff Smith and Dave Vocker, second was Wild Child with Mitchell Foley and third place was Glenn Foley on Time Bandit.
In Race 2, short course, Deck Chair 11 won with Stuart House as skipper, Glenn Foley was in second place in Time Bandit and third was Wild Child with Mitchell Foley.
The placings for Race 3, long course were Cool Bubbles with skippers Ken and Lee Bubb in first place, second placing went to Flying Fish skippered by Peter Shaw and Kay Muir and third was Les Kearney on Relience22.
The Cooloola Cup Overall place getters were first Mitchell Foley on Wild Child, second was Glenn Foley on Time Bandit and third place Ken and Lee Bubb on Cool Bubbles.
For overall Division 1 Monohull first place went to Ken and Lee Bubb on Cool Bubbles, second place getter was Flying Fish with Peter Shaw and Kay Muir and third was Michelle and Ava McAndrew on Topaz.
Kay Muir from the sailing committee said they had postponed the event from a previous date due to gale force winds but conditions on Saturday were much better.
“We had a great sail on Saturday with twenty monohulls and multihulls coming from Hervey Bay and Sunshine Coast and even one from Melbourne.”
“The mark at Inskip Point was hard to find as it was straight in the sunshine, but it was a beautiful day with nice westerly winds, so we were able to have a spinnaker start.”
On Sunday however there was no wind, only a zephyr according to Kay, and at 11.30 they decided to abandon the race.
“Five minutes later the breeze came up but still, a good time was had by all.”
“We want to thank all our sponsors for their generous prizes especially to Century 21 for their major sponsorship and Tin Can Bay Chandlery for their money and vouchers.
“Thank you to all our volunteers including our officer of the day, timekeepers and safety boat volunteers who all donated their time to help the event.
“Saturday night at the Yacht Club was well attended with participants and friends and family and its a great feed.“
