Optimists

Despite many sailing events being cancelled due to the particle that shall not be named, Optimist sailors have still been training hard and are having fun.

A few of our Gold sailors are looking for their next level sailing machine, trying out the club’s Bics and 29ers. With the club investing in SUPs and windsurfers this means when the conditions are not the best for Opti sailing we can still hone our skills.

Applecross Cup

The Applecross Cup was held over three weekends, with the second series being cancelled due to bad weather. Each series were treated as separate events. With the final series results deciding the Cup winners;

Open

1st............................... Zen Salisbury SoPYC 2nd...................................... Aaron Teo SoPYC 3rd............................... Jasper Stay RFRBYC

Intermediate

1st........................................ Zac Mellor SoPYC 2nd...........................Flynn Walford SoPYC 3rd.......................................................Fedor RPYC

Club Championships

The club champs were cut a few weeks short because of U know what. With club sailors having to brave the cold water to get those last few points on the board. The presentations were held later in the year with a buffet dinner for the kids and plenty of fire engines from Cookie. Thanks to the Junior Club sponsors for the awesome trophies and prizes. These are the scores:

Open

1st..............................................................Aaron Teo 2nd..............................................Murray Duthie 3rd........................................ Noah Karantonis

Intermediate

1st..................................................Flynn Walford 2nd..........................................................Zac Mellor 3rd................................................Harriet Mellor

Consistency Open

1st.................................................Murray Duthie 2nd...........................................................Aaron Teo 3rd ........................................ Noah Karantonis

Intermediate

st.................................................Flynn Walford 2nd..........................................................Zac Mellor 3rd................................. Lucas Cunningham

Huck Scott

This year’s Huck Scott held at Fremantle Sailing Club allowed our club sailors to take on the waves and swell of ocean racing. The first day saw light conditions but a strong turnout kept the competition fierce. The second day gave us stronger winds and better opportunity to hike and take advantage of surfing the waves. Aaron Teo proved once again his champion skills taking out first place with Zen Salisbury showing great form coming second followed by Sam Williams all training at SoPYC. Also, with Murray Duthie coming 5th and Noah Karantonis 9th position.

The Intermediate sailors also stood up to take out 2nd - Flynn Walford and 3rd – Zac Mellor leaving no doubt they are ready to move into the Open class.

West Sail

The West Sail coaching clinic at Hillarys was no doubt tiring but also fun and we learnt a lot and got a good crack at training for the State Youths. This year we could not camp over, so hopefully next year we will be fully feral for our parents after 4 days and nights at training camp.

State Youths

It was a strong turnout with 88 sailors in total. The first day conditions were light and a bit shifty. The next day was windier which suited the heavier sailors. SoPYC sailors put in a good effort and it will be great to see the next gen of intermediate sailors competing. Results were;

Open

1st..............................................................Aaron Teo 2nd.................................................Zen Salisbury 4th ...............................................Murray Duthie 15th..............................................Flynn Walford

Upcoming events

The Goolugatup Sailing Carnival

will be held from 4th-14th of January and will include the Opti State Championship for Open and Intermediate sailors between the 9th and 14th of Jan 2021. This will be an amazing opportunity for our club sailors to compete on their home waters. Entries close 18th December. Parents are encouraged to volunteer for on-water roles and see up close how regattas are organised.