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No
plain sailing for Air Force
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Action
from the Interservice section of the ADF Sailing Regatta
off Rushcutters Bay in Sydney. Photo by ABPH Yuri Ramsey
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AIR
Force sailors found the competition too tough as Army sailed away
with the ADF Interservice Sailing Championships held in perfect
conditions off Rushcutters Bay in Sydney from September 30 to October
5.
Army sailors successfully defended their title from the 2001 championships
with a 3-2 victory over Navy in a best of five races.
Vice-president of the regatta Warrant Officer 1 Dean Johns said
the conditions couldn’t have been better, with winds ranging
from five knots up to 30 knots and no rain.
Ten boats of various sizes contested this section of the regatta,
with a handicap system used to restrict the faster boats.
From there interservice teams were selected, which mainly comprised
personnel from the top three match racing boats.
But while team members may have been similar, results proved otherwise,
with the Army sailors getting the better of Navy and Air Force in
the preliminary action to decide the two finalists.
First up, Navy defeated Air Force three races to nil, before Army
fronted up and out-sailed Navy 3-1.
Army then defeated Air Force 3-0 to make a showdown between Army
and Navy for the ADF title.
Army won the contest 3-2 and scored the more convincing victories
in terms of winning margins.
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