Sauna Sail 2017
It started with a windless Saturday and a drift around the lake for some, but over the next two days the wind appeared from nowhere to give us 4 good races. The wind varied from 8 knots to 20 knots so demanded a lot of ‘gear-changing’. Quite a lot of the monohulls found out just how much the water has cooled down.
Gordon Hyde comfortably won division 2, winning 3 out of the 4 races. Philip Warren-Smith wasn’t able to stop him! It was close but Gary and Oscar couldn’t quite catch the Taipan and ended up 2nd by a point.
Overall numbers were down this year but the Mosquitoes remained by far the strongest class with 9 entries (with a large junior contingent again). Only the Sabres and Contenders could manage 6 boats each. It’s a pity numbers were down since we had good camping weather and good sailing conditions. Also the camp fires burned into the night with the usual camp-fire social activity. Highlight of the evening activities was the presentation to Peter Nikitin, of this pictorial history (warts-and-all) of his sailing career on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
Division 1
| Place | Ties | Sail No | Boat Name | Class | Skipper | Crew | Sers Score | Race 5 | Race 4 | Race 3 | Race 2 | Race 1 |
| 1 | 347 | KEEP CALM | Taipan4.9Cat | Jon Knorr | 6.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | [8.0F] | ||
| 2 | 1830 | STILL BITTEN | MosquitoSloopSpin | Gary Maskiell | Oscar Watkinson | 7.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | [3.0] | 2.0 | 1.0 | |
| 3 | 1775 | KARMA CAT | MosquitoCatSpin | Tim Shepperd | 9.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | [8.0C] | ||
| 4 | 027 | INFINITY AND BEYOND | Taipan4.9Sloop | Andrew Hill | Nicholas Jurovic | 19.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | [8.0F] | |
| 5 | 1746 | DOUBLESHOT | MosquitoSloopSpin | Clancy Mccoll | 23.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 8.0F | 6.0 | [8.0F] | ||
| 6 | 270 | LILLY | Nacra16Sq | Jake Lurati | 24.0 | 8.0C | 8.0C | 4.0 | 4.0 | [8.0F] | ||
| 7 | 113 | AQUAHOLIC | Taipan4.9Cat | Colin Gow | 32.0 | 8.0C | 8.0C | 8.0C | 8.0C | [8.0C] |
Division 2
| Place | Ties | Sail No | Boat Name | Class | Skipper | Crew | Sers Score | Race 5 | Race 4 | Race 3 | Race 2 | Race 1 |
| 1 | 1791 | MADDA STILL | MosquitoCat | Gordon Hyde | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | [2.0] | 1.0 | ABN | ||
| 2 | 435 | NAUTICAT | Nacra 430 SuperSloop | Mark Ferguson | 5.0 | [4.0] | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | ABN | ||
| 3 | 1640 | REBEL | Arrow | Mara Chachs | 9.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | [5.0] | 4.0 | ABN | ||
| 4 | 1794 | MORE THAN A SPLASH | MosquitoCat | Philip Warren-Smith | 10.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | [4.0] | 3.0 | ABN | ||
| 5 | 1751 | GONE VIRAL | MosquitoSloop | Jaime Zizman | Ben Bockmann | 16.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | [7.0] | 6.0 | ABN | |
| 6 | 1828 | ONE MORE TOY | MosquitoCat | Trevor Armstrong | 18.0 | 10.0C | [10.0C] | 3.0 | 5.0 | ABN | ||
| 7 | 20 | BOBCAT | Nacra14Sq | Mervyn Brown | 24.0 | 10.0C | [10.0C] | 6.0 | 8.0 | ABN | ||
| 8 | 1520 | AIR APPARENT | MosquitoCat | Kate Hyde | 25.0 | 10.0C | [10.0C] | 8.0 | 7.0 | ABN | ||
| 9 | 1500 | STORM WARNING | MosquitoCat | Steve Duff | Daryn Melrose | 30.0 | 10.0C | 10.0C | 10.0C | [10.0C] | ABN |