16th November 2009

Etchells line up for Milson silver Goblets

By Peter Campbell

The Sydney Etchells Fleet will enjoy twilight racing on Sydney Harbour this week with 17 boats contesting the Milson Silver Goblets,  with a race each evening from today until Friday, starting from 5.45pm.

The Silver Goblets has always been one of the closely contested regattas on the Etchells calendar and the strength of this week’s fleet indicates that this will continue.

Returning to Etchells racing will be Neville Wittey in Yandoo XX while Pittwater sailor Julian Plante has brought North Star down to join the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron fleet.

Form boat of the locals racing in the Silver Goblets is Richard Hammond, back as a skipper in Alchemist, which he owns with Roger Gain.  Alchemist is current third overall in the Spring pointscore.

Also competing is fourth-placed Two Speed, owned by Nigel Nattrass and John Dunn while David Sturrock is always hard to beat in Shindig.