Sunday racing at the TYPBC was fast and furious with wind peaking at 32 knots early in the afternoon.

Division one keelers were spectacular as they gybed around mark 7 in Pilot Bay on the second leg of the course. Extreme gybed her red gennaker and promptly fell over in one of the best broaches of the winter season. She lay on her side with gennaker in the tide, catching white bait while the crew regained a sense of composure and got the boat upright and sailing again.
Next around was Neville Harlick's Bavaria Harlequin, who got speed wobbles and lasted another 50 metres before wiping out in a beautiful Chinese gybe. This was followed close behind by Steve Roberts' crew on the fast trailerable, Melges, who showed real class with the boat up on the plane to the extent we could clearly see the top of the keel.
A fully-crewed Kaimai Flyer skippered by Wayne Eaton made it all look a bit too easy as she slid by.
The end result was Shane Roberts on the Melges took time by 14 seconds over Kaimai Flyer and Extreme finishing third. Handicap results were 1st Melges, 2nd Harlequin, 3rd Sabian.
Division two line and handicap went to White Heat, skippered by Bob Smythe, 2nd was Graham Burton in Rigmarole on line and handicap and 3rd Chris Geswell on Fly Away Sam line and handicap.
Three multihulls had a blast with a sustained reach from banks buoy to Pani Pani at over 19 knots, with Jason Marra and Terry Hart holding on to Fully Charged until they went end for end. Then it was Lance Putan and Phil on Cold Play's turn to follow suit, off Hunters Creek. As winds reached 32 knots the two small cats retired after righting and left Fully Charged to complete the course on her own.
All sailors said they had an excellent day on the water; four said they had a great day in the water.