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24th
& 25th September 2011 - Oktoberfest A great weekend at Varuna -- good fleets, some close racing and a really good party on Saturday. Many thanks to Stefaan and Beyer for their support which was greatly appreciated not only by the sailors, but also by all who joined in the party. Results from the sausage eating and beer drinking competitions may get published elsewhere if anyone was sober enough to remember them! On the sailing front, the biggest class was the monohulls. This was boosted by the Oman Laser Sailing Team who are over here training. However the locals were not to be outdone. Perhaps due to local knowledge in the light and choppy conditions! Chris D and Kevin managed to win the races on Saturday with Chris B puting in some consistant results in his OK. Ahmed from Oman started also to get to grips with the conditions by finishing second in the final race of the day. On Sunday, a mediocre result from Chris D in the first race looked as though he had left the door open for a challenge from several other sailors, but he managed to recover by scoring 2 firsts in the final races to win overall. Ahmed continued to improve and just managed to pip Chris B overall for second. In the multihulls, Alex showed that his Nacra 20 in singlehanded setup was the boat to beat. He won two races on Saturday and a further one on Sunday. However the results behind could not have been closer with 3 boats on equal points. Eventually Antony made second overall, with Gary just beating Stefaan for third by having the better result in the last race. The highlight of the weekend was provided by Saranya and crew -- in the middle of a very perculiar patch of rough water including the odd whitecap, she managed to fool everyone into thinking that a viscous gust was about to flatten the fleet by capsizing at the windward mark! Despite this attempt to disturb the concentration of all, nobody else seemed keen to join in her swimming exercise class! The optimists sailed their own regatta managing 7 races over the 2 days. Congratulations to everyone as they all finished all of the races. Miki dominated the series by winning all of the races, but it was much tighter for 2econd and third positions. Eventually Taan managed to secure second overall with Som-O finishing third. Monohull Results
Multihull Results
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