14ft Skate Legendary Australian Sailing

The 55th Skate Nationals were hosted over New Years 2011-12 by St George Sailing Club.

David Luck and Glenn Crichton of St George sailing 981 - Any Which Way - are once again the National Champions.

This is Dave's 8th Championship win making him the most successful Skate skipper ever in Skate National competition, and his 7th title win with Glenn as his crew.

Runners up were Max Sellars and Jeff Brooks of St George on 980 - Southern Fasteners - with John Grant and Dave Crawford of St George on 957 - Woodland Metal Spinning - taking out third place.

Skate Legend Greg Patterson teamed up with Peter Howard on 983 - Boneyard - to take out fourth place, and Ken Davies and Lachlan Schroder of Toronto on 969 - Natural Juices II - came fifth.

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Port Adelaide is keen to host the 56th Nationals over New Years 2012-13. The club is located beside the Port River Sailing Club at Largs North.

Proposed race schedule is as follows:
- Sat 29th Dec - Measuring
- Sun 30th Dec - Heat 1
- Mon 31st Dec - Heat 2
- Tue 1st Jan - Lay Day
- Wed 2nd Jan - Heat 3
- Thu 3rd Jan - Heat 4
- Fri 4th Jan - Lay Day
- Sat 5th Jan - Heat 5
- Sun 6th Jan - Heat 6
- Mon 7th Jan - Heat 7 / Presentation

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