Overall Winners of Chester Race Week 2012 Are All Winners!

Chester Race Week ended with glorious sun and good wind. The competitors were happy with the race management and the evening parties, which didn't start until 9:30 and were extremely well attended with 3 great local bands and wonderful Dark 'n Stormies at the bar.

Sound like fun? Why not put it on your calendar for next year and come on down to Nova Scotia to enjoy the saltwater, great seafood, wonderful hospitality, and fabulous racing in Mahone Bay… a heck of a lot of sailors already do!

Overall winners

Classic
1 – Ripple, CYC 2 – Seneca, CYC 3 – Eclipse, CYC

Cruiser 1
1 – Equinox, DYC 2 – Mariah, CYC 3 – Scotch on the Rocks, CYC

Cruiser 2
1 – Sea Breaker, CYC 2 – Patience, CYC 3 – Aspen, CBYA

Bravo 1
1 – Defiant, DYC 2 – Highlander, RNSYS 3 – Flux, RNSYS

Bravo 2
1 – Ping, LYC 2 – Sly Fox, LYC 3 – Groovin’, SMSC

Bravo 3
1 – Sisu, MYC 2 – Christopher Robin II, GLYC 3 – Freyja, GLYC

J/24
1 – Adrenaline Rush, RNSYS 2 – Jammin, RNSYS 3 – Juvenile Delinquent, RNSYS

J/29
1 – Silver Woman, RNSYS 2 – Scotch Mist IV, LYC 3 – Colmonell, RNSYS

Alpha 1
1 – Blast, RNSYS 2 – One More Time, RNSYS 3 – Wikked, RNSYS

Alpha 2
1 – Pandora, RNSYS 2 – Maitland, RNSYS 3 – Third Wave, RNSYS

Distance 1
1 – Brilliance, RNSYS 2 – Ramillies, RNSYS 3 – Bellatrix, CYC

Distance 2
1 – Endeavour, SMSC 2 – WISC, RNSYS 3 – Koobalibra, RNSYS

Bluenose
1 – Rednose, CYC 2 – Esprit, RNSYS 3 – Wahoo, CYC

by Katie Nicoll

Photo caption: Great racing with lots of action on Mahone Bay in Chester, Nova Scotia – Chester Race Week 2012'

Photo: Tim Wilkes (c) 2012 Tim Wilkes

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