fivepointfive - April 2023

Top: Manly • Below: Ali Baba • Bottom: Caracole
and competing. My father Frank and I came here a lot in the
1970s and I always had the dream of coming back with my son
Adam, and fortunately we talked him into making the trip. Both of
us have been out of competitive sailing for a while, but we have
a good guy with us, Stephen Mcconaghy, from Australia, and just
been having a lot of fun.
“We figure if we can get into the top ten in any one of these
races against these professional sailors we are doing extremely well.
“I am not really expecting to be on the podium, but I am
expecting to coming here and have a lot of fun, and enjoy the
company and some really nice people. And the venues the Fives
choose are just amazing places to go to.”
JEAN GENIE WRAPS UP THE DOUBLE
Jean Genie then wrapped up the series and won the World title
after winning both races on the final day.
Race 6 was sailed in 12-15 knots with Otto (NOR 68, Bent
Christian Wilhelmsen, Lasse Berthelsen, Herve Cunningham)
playing the shifts better than anyone to round ahead of Jean
Genie. They rounded the gate together but then the British boat
sailed away up the beat and extended downwind to win by a
large margin from Otto and Ku-Ring-Gai 3.
In a slightly increased breeze, Jean Genie started Race 7
20 • fivepointfive • APRIL 2023