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The Hardy Autumn Series hosted by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club has now passed 60 entries across the Junior and Youth Classes.
Forty Optimist sailors, 16 Laser sailors and 7 Byte sailors have all taken to the water.
Once again the sailors saw light winds that made it hard for the Race Officer Jay Hooper to set fair courses. The wind died early afternoon in the Great Sound, so the decision was made to venture out onto North Shore, where 3 races were sailed.
The 18 boat Optimist Fleet was won by Matilda Nicholls scoring three 2nd places, Adriana Penruddocke was 2nd with Campbell Patton third.
Following the days racing Patton moved into the lead in the Series, with Nicholls is in second place and George Buckley is in third.
Overall Optimist Top 6 Standings
1st Campbell Patton
2nd Matilda Nicholls
3rd George Buckley
4th Adriana Penruddocke
5th Florence Nicholls
6th Adam Larson
In the 10 Boat youth class, it was again Benn Smith who dominated the Byte fleet, with father Malcolm chasing him down all day in his Laser Radial.
The Smith Family scored first place finishes all afternoon! However the first youth sailor on the Lasers Over all is now James Amaral after another consistent set of results. Ceci Wollmann is 2nd with Anthony Buckley 3rd.
Two time Optimist World Champion and BODA High Performance Coach Martin Jenkins is here in Bermuda Coaching the Bermuda Optimist Squad sailors during the Half Term week.
"We had some great winds to train with in the morning; it was unfortunate the winds went light when we started the racing. We will have a good week now practicing together as a Squad."
Principle Race Officer and former Olympian Jay Hooper worked his Race Team hard all day, the light and variable breezes meant a lot of course changes. "It is great to have so many volunteers helping put on this racing for the kids. The many smiling faces make it all so worthwhile."
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