Two wins in a row for Wayne North in Frequent Flyer as he chases hat-trick in Cock of the Harbour event

Flying Fifteen skipper Wayne North scored a handsome win with Frequent Flyer last Saturday and will get a hat-trick of wins if he can repeat his past two performances in this Saturday’s Cock of the Harbour race.

Three Flying Fifteens competed in a flying start harbour course race held in a southerly breeze that hovered around the 10-knot mark for most of the afternoon before dropping out as all fleets completed their races.

Aileen Lucas in Crazy was having her usual duel with Simon Lucas in FForever Young, with North just playing along doing his own thing and always within touch.

Both the Lucas’ slipped away towards the end and in a very close finish, with Crazy pipped FForever Young on the line by a mere two seconds but it was the dark horse North who snatched victory on corrected time.

Crazy was second on handicap and recorded the fastest time in another great effort.

FForever Young was relegated to third place on corrected time in conditions not to its liking.

Division two had a fleet of four in the King George Sound event and it was Chris Oldham skippering Joker with one other crew who almost stole the show.

However, Lloyd Pascoe in Arkessa put paid to that with a win on handicap, making it his second win for the season.

Stephen Lee had Flasheart doing well from the start with a spinnaker duel with Joker across the harbour and into the sound.

Pascoe decided to use his kite and in the end this made a lot of difference to his time overall.

Joker and Flasheart were having a battle royal, with Stephen Brown in Mary Maitland not far off the pace.

Pascoe also was moving well towards the end.

Joker being the lightweight in the fading breeze crossed the line ahead of Flasheart but could only manage second on handicap and fastest time in a mighty display.

Arkessa took the honours on corrected time, with Mary Maitland claiming third place.

Division one had two starters and Harold Keay in Shagabull showed the way with a good spinnaker run out of the harbour.

Murray Deere in Wild One was reluctant to use his kite, enabling Keay to increase his lead into the sound.

Shagabull was still leading as they entered the harbour, looking like an easy winner until Wild One gathered speed and caught up several hundred metres near the end.

But Keay had it in the bag to win and record fastest time.

This Saturday is the Cock of the Harbour race, which is the final event in the autumn series.