9:37 AM Wed 23 Mar 2011 GMT
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'Slippery Sled - Tony Mitchell's newly IRC-optimised Farr 47 'Sled' is having an outstanding offshore season.'
Bernie Kaaks
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The Mandurah Weekend, organised by Fremantle Sailing Club and hosted by Mandurah Offshore Fishing & Sailing Club, is traditionally a light weather event, but this year?s consistent southerlies offered competing yachts exciting sailing and fast passages. Perfect weather, warm hospitality and excellent race management led competitors and organizers alike to declare last weekend?s ocean races to and from Mandurah the best ever. The weekend kicked off 9.30 on Saturday morning with the Halls Head Ocean Race, over a 34 nautical mile course from Fremantle to Mandurah via the seaward side of Garden Island and Coventry Reef. The modern 49-footers Charlotte,
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by YWA Offshore
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