JUICED UP TEAM SURF THE WIND

Updated June 13 2019 - 7:45pm, first published June 12 2019 - 4:05pm

Jungle Juice, a team made up of sailors from the Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club and Gosford Sailing Club, took the IRC division 1 win at the 29th Annual Women's Keelboat Regatta held over the June long weekend. Skippered by Claire Heenan, the team finished second overall to Ocean Respect Racing, an experienced team of offshore sailors led by Katie Spithill. Heenan said: "It was only in the five minutes before the race started that the wind piped in and was oscillating. It was solid high teens and then into the 20s. Our main was inside out at one stage, but we had a couple of nice surfs downwind." .

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