17th SAFYC Regatta Dinghy and Optimist

17th SAFYC Regatta Dinghy & Optimist

The weather was not in our favour on the first day of our 17th SAFYC Regatta Dinghy on Saturday, 17 April. The sky opened and rain started pouring from morning till late afternoon. No race was conducted for this day and our sailors had to go back on shore after the lightning warning signal was activated. The race committee held their post until afternoon trying to see if the weather will be better but the sky did not clear up, hence sailors were notified that there will be no race held as to ensure their safety.

The second day of the race on Sunday, 18 April welcomed everyone with a bright sun and the best winds! Everyone was excited to finally race and the anticipation was intense with everyone’s “race face” on!

The dinghy classes who participated were Laser Standard & Radial, Laser 4.7 and the newcomer, the 29er class! Everyone had their own sailing styles and strategies to try and win the races. Each class completed 4 races and the regatta ended late in the afternoon. To prevent the formation of crowd outside the seasports office, results were posted at our website for everyone to refer to. We had to forego the awarding ceremony as well to ensure that there will be no forming of large groups after the races.

29er class

1st Dylan Fang Russell Yom 2nd Faith Ning Koy Annika Chui 3rd Seth Low Zane Chua Laser 4.7 1st Joshua Cheong 2nd Tian Lo 3rd Nadine Sng Wen Ting Laser Radial 1st Jania Ang 2nd Keenan Cheung Kai Jeng 3rd Zachary Khoo Shi Jay Laser Standard 1st Lee Won Kye 2nd Yeo Ngak Hoe 3rd Christopher Cheng

Sailors and their parents were as excited as we were for the first day of our 17th SAFYC Regatta Optimist on Saturday, 24 April. It was also raining on the first day of this regatta but the rain was not heavy enough to cancel the races. We were able to squeeze in 4 races for the whole day and everyone was pumped even though the weather did not improve until the last race. One of the perks of the rain was the good wind! Wind conditions were in favour of the sailors and everyone made sure to take advantage of it and use it in their manoeuvres to win.

Good weather greeted us on the second day of the race on Sunday, 25 April but the wind was non-existent! The morning was full of anticipation for the race to begin but no wind means no race can be started! Our patience was not in vain as we finally got a good wind reading of 5-6 knots later in the afternoon around 3pm onwards! Only one race was conducted for the last day of the regatta and sailors have shown top notch performance for the sole race of the day from all the waiting time they spent for a good wind!

Thank you for all of the sailors who participated and congratulations to our winners! Hats off to our dedicated sailing parents who came down and supported their child (yes, we see you!). This concludes our 17th SAFYC Regatta 2021 Dinghy and Optimist. We hope everyone had a blast and we’ll see you in the next one!

Silver Fleet Overall 1st Jayden Tay 2nd Danielle Lai 3rd Simone Ng Gold Fleet Overall 1st Ethan Chia Han Wei 2nd Zach Low 3rd Kenan Tan Silver Fleet Girls 1st Danielle Lai 2nd Simone Ng 3rd Chloe Poh Silver Fleet Boys 1st Jayden Tay 2nd Tiago Salgado 3rd Moses Tan Gold Fleet Girls 1st Ella Ong 2nd Nicole Ashley Quek 3rd Mikaela Ng Gold Fleet Boys 1st Ethan Chia Han Wei 2nd Zach Low 3rd Kenan Tan