The traditional Thistle Cup, sponsored by St. Andrews’ Scot School was run Saturday June 20th. It had to be moved from its original date, Sunday 21st because of the Fathers’ Day celebration. This had its goodies and its drawbacks. Run on Sunday it would have admitted more competitors (of the original 39 yachts only 21 made it to the starting line due to extremely low tides), but wind was excellent on Saturday when the regatta was raced.

A well designed circuit, took less than an hour to race it for the fastest ships. St. Matthew’s had a great performance, with “Timido II” and “Guarango” in a pole position. “Coni II” winning ORC Club formula also deserves to be honored. Our fleet also included “Francesco” (Skippered by Mr. Mich).

Unfortunately Marcelo Amatti (St. Matthew’s North) and children, with “SUR” were unable to race due to low tides, but we look forward to see him (and family) on the next Dragon’s Cup heading Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay.

Organized by Club Náutico Olivos, the event was carried out according to the best of sailing traditions and fair play rules. We praise “Timido II” for its outstanding crew (Mr. Ferrario and crewmembers).

For St. Matthew’s Sailing Committee it was an excellent result on this challenge. Working on a consistent and powerfull but not too large fleet since 2001, we managed to build a strong enough fleet to beat bigger fleets and win the Thistle Cup – Commodore’s Cup established by St. Andrew’s Former Pupil Club more than 50 years ago defending effectively the lead of the Interschool Yachting Championship 2009 circuit.

We well come all those who were in, captains and crew and hope to have them back in the starting line at the next “Dragon’s Cup” next August.

Julián Calderazi / Commodore

Marcelo Amatti / ViceCommodore

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