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24.01.2022 Ready for the big race

24.01.2022 Pretty Woman Helmed by Elaine Fowler wins the RPAYC 2018- 2019 Womens Twilights for the second year in succession. Well done team!

21.01.2022 PRETTY WOMAN TAKES LINE HONOURS IN THE CLUB MARINE PITTWATER TO PARADISE RACE The Club Marine Pittwater to Paradise Race conducted by the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club started 0n the 2nd January at 1300; it is a 370 nautical mile race from Broken Bay to the finish off Southport on the Gold Coast. The race started in a 9kt south easterly with an ebb tide. Pretty Woman won the start, stayed in the lead and claimed line honours after 76 hours of racing. Ninety minutes after the... start the wind had shifted to the north/ north east and this set the pattern for the rest of the race. The East Australian current was in full form hitting 3 knots offshore and this meant there was no rest with strategy dictating that working the coast out of the current was the way to go. The current was flowing south very close to the coast all the way north which keep the navigator focussed. The strongest winds were on the first night when it reached 20 to 25 knots. The majority of the time it ranged between 10 to 20 knots. We estimate that we tacked over 200 times which made sleep a challenge as the off watch had to shift bunks in every tack. The toughest part of the race was between Ballina and past Cape Byron. The wind chose to drop to less than 5 knots at the point in the race when the EAC was at its strongest, also the wind direction shifted to the NW for a while which was not ideal. At one point we went south for half a mile! Hovered, we fared better than some of the other competitors, one of which went south for ten miles. After passing Cape Byron the wind settled into the northeast for a pleasant sail to the finish. Our catering was spot on as we crossed the line with a third of a packet of Jatz and a loaf of bread! Second across the line, 15 minutes later, was Highly Sprung. Corrected results were Highly Sprung 1st and Pretty Woman 2nd. Highly Sprung is a Benetau First 45 owned by Mark Spring from Middle Harbour Yacht Club. The twelve crew of Pretty woman comprised a mixture of youth and experience, with the youngest 22 and the oldest not disclosed. Squadron member Richard Hudson was skipper, Royal prince Alfred Yacht Club Commodore Michael Lockley was navigator. Pretty Woman is a Farr 45 (originally known as the Corel 45) built by Carroll Marine in 1996 for Squadron member Ray Roberts. She was bought by the Pretty Woman syndicate in 2002 and since then has campaigned regularly in east coast races. RSYS Club Magazine

14.01.2022 A glamour of a run for first timers on board Pretty Woman in the 75th RSHYR Pretty Woman, from Pittwater’s RPAYC, was well prepared for the 75th Anniversary Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, following a successful 2018 and 2019 campaign, including Line Honours in the 2019 Pittwater to Paradise Race. The Farr 45, which has been owned since 2002 by the syndicate of RPAYC Past Commodores, was in good shape for its second embarkment of this prestigious race after major refits, ...Continue reading

11.01.2022 Breeze has dropped so we are Lubing up the crew, that and we are hungry! Henri Lloyd Australia Pittwater to Paradise Regatta

10.01.2022 What a race...after nearly 76 hours on the rail we can not think of anything witty to say...line honours for the Pittwater to Paradise Regatta Well done to all our crew for epic work!! As you can see from the video we are all very pleased to get to Southport! #henrilloydaus