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7 April 2020

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Congratulazioni RICOTINA!!! Congratulations Starship!! Glückwünsche HappyHour!
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The A3 - Agage's Around Australia Series was first designed in 2012 following the sudden death of Aaron Gage and our departure from Adelaide back then was set against a background of great sadness. Eight years on and SOL’ers continue to remember Aaron, almost daily, and we continue our re-running of this epic series (this time with two discards!) sharing fond memories and smiling at what a contribution Aaron made. He would be stoked!

So, having started in Adelaide, then visited Melbourne and Hobart, the third leg of our 2020 commemorative nine-race series took us back to the mainland, to Sydney, that mecca of yachting and birthplace of the International 18ft skiff. With yachting, like much of the rest of life, closed down, it was an empty harbour – not a skiff to be seen to embarrass our rather more pedestrian First 47.7s – that welcomed our COVID-burgeoned fleet after 3 days of mostly hard slog into the wind, thankfully virtually.

As for the race itself, well, 39 was mostly the magic number, and the main challenge was how far west to tack to get further into the lift on said 39 and then tack back onto a northerly course to gradually ease sheets and finally gybe and hold offshore before hardening up onto a hot course for Sydney Heads in a finally dying breeze. Some didn't tack at all or only very little and some went way too far, but it was temporarily redundant restaurateur Ricotina who, it turned out in the end, got it just right. Superbly judged! And once we can all move about again, be sure to travel to Santa Stefano to celebrate and enjoy the fine food he serves up in his quayside Ristorante Il Moletto!!

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