For many years around the end of August, the Royal Malta Yacht Club has been holding a regatta at the Ramla Bay Resort a weekend of sailing for all sailors in one of the most scenic locations on the Island.
This year the event was once again sponsored by Tommy Hilfiger and took off on Friday afternoon with the keelboat passage race from Marsamxett to Ramla in moderate wind which took the sixteen boats quickly to the North Comino Channel.
On Saturday the breeze was fresher providing some exciting sailing conditions. The Racer classes got in three round the cans races while race committee sent the Cruiser class to the Tuna pens off St Paul’s Islands and back by way of the North Comino Channel.
Saturday was also the first day of the dinghy races in which a large number of Optimists, Fevas and and a Handicap Class took part sailing on a trapezoidal course off Ramla Bay. In the evening the sailors and their friends enjoyed a barbeque served near the beach at the Ramla Bay Resort.
The last races for all were held on Sunday morning in light winds followed by a prizegiving ceremony held at the resort right after the end of racing. After a weekend of great sailing the keelboats sailed back to their berths in harbour just in time before the evening storm set in.
The Royal Malta Yacht Club thanks the sponsor Tommy Hilfiger for its continued support, the Ramla Bay Resort for once again hosting the event and all those who helped to make it all possible.
The winner of the Ramla Bay Resort trophy and the first in the Racer Class 1 was OtraVez. Time out was first in Racer Class 2 while Cahoots prevailed in the Cruiser Class.
Final results – Keel boats
Overall winner
Otra Vez – Aaron Gatt Floridia/Edward Gatt Floridia
Winners
IRC Cruisers – Cahoots – Anthony Demajo
IRC Racer Class 1 – Otra Vez – Aaron Gatt Floridia/Edward Gatt Floridia
IRC Racer Class 2 - Time Out – Mario Sant
In the dinghy classes the winners were as follows:
Seniors – Thomas Bonello Ghio
Cadets- Matthew Micallef
Novices – Lacey Aquilina
RS Feva – Michaela and Andre Mifsud
Handicap Class – Roberto Briffa