Manly Junior Nationals Gemma Rasdall and Hannah Lanz best all girl crew !

The manly junior national championships this year were held at Nedlands yacht club in Perth.

The regatta began in light conditions. Five minutes into the 1st race we were all wondering where the wind was.
The breeze finally kicked in for race three Gemma and Hannah led the whole race but got narrowly beaten across the line earning a second place on scratch and handicap.
Will Coxon and Oliver Bell had some fantastic beats, leading the fleet for part of two races and achieving an amazing 6th place in race three.
The last race was a great way to finish the regatta with a consistent westerly breeze and some really fast spinnaker runs. Will and Oliver gave the rescue boats a bit of a shock sailing past with one up and Will in the water 50 metres behind. Will managed to swim all the way back to the boat with heaps of brown jellyfish around him!
This earned them the minor’s helmet at presentation night and Gemma and Hannah were awarded best all girl crew.
The regatta was also a great social event with members from all the clubs socializing and having lots of fun!!
Two other Pittwater boats competed in the regatta, Brie Whitton and Josh Dawson in Hot Briez finished 13th and Vincent and Lucia Langen in Vincent Van Go won the regatta and are the 2006-2007 national champions. Congratulations to all the Pittwater boats.
All up it was a wonderful regatta and the long distance trip was definitely worth it.
RESULTS
Bullet, Gemma Rasdall and Hannah Lanz – 18, 10, 2, 10, 14, 12, 10 – Overall 9th on scratch, 8th on handicap
Wilspeed, Will Coxon and Oliver Bell – 12, 16, 6, 23, 8, 8, 25, dnf – Overall 14th on scratch, 10th on handicap