Many thanks to Broughty Ferry Boating for the following report: We welcomed twelve clubs to Grassy Beach Avoch, Crail, Cromarty, Collieston, Eastern, Elie, Eskmuthe, North Berwick, Portsoy, Queensferry, Wormit plus our own two boats Arthur Nicoll and Brochty for Tay Sail.  It was great to see five clubs who hadn’t visited us before Avoch, Cromarty, Elie, Eskmuthe and Portsoy. Between rowers and their supporters we had over 300 people on the beach which created a brilliant atmosphere.
Unfortunately after a sunny week the weather had given up and we had a day of light rain and showers. However, it made for great rowing conditions and as we all know a bit of rain won’t dampen Skiffie’s enthusiasm for a good race.
A flooding, strong Spring tide and a different course this year made for interesting, if not challenging, competition at times.
There were eleven races with results as follows:
60+ Mixed: 1st North Berwick 2nd Broughty Ferry 3rd Wormit
50+ Mixed: 1st Crail 2nd Eastern 3rd North Berwick
40+ Women: 1st North Berwick 2nd Broughty Ferry 3rd Avoch
50+ Men: 1st Eastern 2nd North Berwick 3rd Wormit
50+ Women: 1st North Berwick 2nd Eastern 3rd Crail
60+ Men: 1st Queensferry 2nd North Berwick 3rd Broughty Ferry
Open Mixed: 1st Tay Sail 2nd Broughty Ferry 3rd Eastern
40+ Mixed: 1st North Berwick 2nd Broughty Ferry 3rd Eastern
60+ Women: 1st Broughty Ferry 2nd Queensferry 3rd Tay Sail
Open Women: 1st Broughty Ferry 2nd North Berwick 3rd Cromarty
Open Men: 1st North Berwick 2nd Broughty Ferry 3rd Eastern
Overall Winners were North Berwick with Broughty Ferry second and Eastern third.
Congratulations to all the rowers and supporters and thanks for making the event such a success.