NSW ORC Championship at Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club

Gerry Hatton's Bushranger led from the outset and did not relinquish throughout. The MAT 1245 design added 1-4-3 results to her second and two wins of the last two days to be crowned the inaugural Division 1 ORC NSW champion.

"It was a tough three days," Hatton's son Andrew said. "We started off with thunder lightning and rain, then had a good second day with solid winds, and today was light and shifty.

Gerry: "The first race we today we did well, the second we were on the wrong side of a shift and the third we got a bit mixed up at the top mark, got behind and had to play catch up, but we did enough to win. It was a fantastic three days. It was exhilarating but exhausting. We are thrilled to win the first ORC NSW title."

February