GEORGE NEWS - Conditions were good for sailing at the George Lakes Yacht Club last Sunday and all three scheduled races could be completed.

There were ten boats in the senior fleet and six Optimists in the junior fleet.

Hans Delport was sailing his new Dart 18 for the first time and was able to get ahead of the fleet in all three races. 

Similarly, the Fireball of David Laing and Jacques Swart was ahead of the Lasers, but could not get far enough ahead to feature on handicap corrected times.

The Lasers were headed by Henry Paine, who mastered the conditions to win all three races in this fleet. 

Consistently in second place was Charles Norman, but he was closely pursued by the Dabchick of Matthew de Villiers.

In the Optimists Sean Vonk was the winner of all three races. He had strong competition from Conrad Holm though, except in race two when Conrad had a capsize, allowing Kyle America and Thomas Lawa to get through.

There is no racing at GLYC next weekend to allow its sailors to compete at the Mossel Bay inter-club regatta. 

However, the first Knysna Sea Scouts will be at the club over the weekend for their annual sailing camp.

For more information about George Lake Yacht Club see its website, www.glyc.org.za or like its Facebook page, GLYC.

Maurits Lammers struggles to keep his Laser upright during a gust of wind.

Jordyn Soldyn on the beat on her Dabchick during Sunday's racing at the George Lakes Yacht Club.

Sean Vonk concentrates on his trim on the run on his Optimist.

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