Race 9 of the CYCA’s Land Rover Winter Series set ups thrilling finale

by Ross MacDonald on 3 Jul 2017 After a couple of weekends of solid breeze, the fleet in race nine of the Land Rover Winter Series had to contend with lighter airs on Sunday, but while the wind was dropping, tensions were rising in the penultimate race of the series.

In Division A1 it was Paul Clitheroe’s TP52, Balance, which took out the top spot ahead of Tony Kirby’s Ker 46, Patrice. The second placed finish puts Kirby in prime position to take the overall series win in the top division where he holds a three-point lead over Sebastian Bohm’s The Goat, with Clitheroe’s Balance third.

In Division G it was another strong race for Michael Blaxell on the Peterson 30, Fiction, who have consistently placed across the series. The latest result all but guarantees them victory in the group but Sunday’s changeable conditions meant it wasn’t all plain sailing as Blaxell explained:

“It was a reasonable breeze when we started and we had to catch a lot of boats. We were going nicely early on, then as we went on the first run from Garden Island and over on to Lady Bay the wind had changed and started to drop down to four or five knots. We ran out of breeze totally after that and felt like anything could happen.”

“Fortunately, we got a south easterly out of Rose Bay with the spinnaker up and had enough of a puff to get us home. I can’t sail the last week so great to get a good result. We’ve been chipping away in the winter series for a few years and especially delighted to be in a strong position in the old boat.”

“We’ve got a good crew who’ve been with us for the last few years so we’ve been slowly learning how to make the boat go faster. It’s great for them to have got the win.”

In Division J2 it was a second-place finish for Ian Arthy’s Beneteau Oceanis 311, Jubilee. Although they were fighting hard to secure the win, the positive runner-up place puts them tied first with just one race to go.

Arthy commented, “I wasn’t on the boat but the skipper for the day was John Allen who showed great patience to finish as runner up in some light airs. We’ll have the same crew on for next weekend and they are targeting a win which will give us the overall series victory in our division. Needless to say, I will be following the race with great enthusiasm from afar and will look forward to the prizegiving if we are successful.”

Divisional winners: Division A1 – Balance (Paul Clitheroe); Division A2 – Outlaw (A & T Quick); Division B – Lat Hurrah (P Bush); Division C – Quetzalcoatl (A Sweetapple, A Bruce and J Lee Warner); Division D – Crosshaven (S Rahilly & J Pelly); Division E – Carats (S Sweeney & M Begg); Division F – Superfine (G Waldthausen); Division G – Fiction (M Blaxell); Division J1 – Star Ferry (J Conroy); Division J2 – Lorelei (M Farr).

Full Results:

Land Rover Winter Series Spinnaker: A-G

DivA1 PHSTCF results Start : 11:30

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd	OffSet	Fin Tim	Score	Vis	Note
1	7771	BALANCE	Paul Clitheroe	02:25:38	41	14:36:38	1.0
2	360	PATRICE	Tony Kirby	02:32:00	35	14:37:00	2.0
3	6953	SWD WOT EVA	David Pescud	02:39:28	28	14:37:28	3.0
4	6952	CELESTIAL	Sam Haynes	02:29:46	38	14:37:46	4.0
5	884	AFTERSHOCK	Steve McConaghy	02:33:59	34	14:37:59		Yes
6	43218	VAMP	David Fuller	02:39:13	29	14:38:13	5.0
7	6377	TRITON	David Gotze	02:38:12	38	14:46:12	6.0
8	ESP6100	DUENDE	D And N Parkes	02:54:18	22	14:46:18	7.0
9	1014	UBS WILD THING	Geoff Lavis	02:53:50	24	14:47:50	8.0
10	421	THE GOAT	Sebastian Bohm	02:57:47	28	14:55:47	9.0

DivA2 PHSTCF results Start : 11:30

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd	OffSet	Fin Tim	Score	Vis	Note
1	AUS040	OUTLAW	Alan & Tom Quick	02:34:53	32	14:36:53	1.0
2	9327	KOMODO	Jason King	02:44:35	26	14:40:35		Yes
3	6686	ST JUDE	Noel Cornish	02:46:59	29	14:45:59		Yes
4	8008	OCC.COARSELANGUAGE 2	Warwick Sherman	02:45:48	32	14:47:48	2.0
5	101010	PLAYSTATION 4	Dean Harrigan	02:51:23	28	14:49:23	3.0
6	SM6518	ADVENTURESAFETY JEM	Jeff Dusting	02:59:42	20	14:49:42	4.0
7	8181	ESPRESSO FORTE	Laurence Freedman	02:56:46	30	14:56:46		Yes
8	8402	MORE WITCHCRAFT	John Cameron	03:07:53	19	14:56:53	5.0
9	99991	KIRRIBILLI	Adrian Abbott	03:01:10	28	14:59:10	6.0
RET	8884	EXILE	Rob Reynolds		32			Yes
RET	65007	ELENA NOVA	Craig Neil		32		8.0

DivB PHSTCF results Start : 11:30

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd	OffSet	Fin Tim	Score	Vis	Note
1	1195	LAST HURRAH	Peter Bush	02:51:30	20	14:41:30	1.0
2	8412	CYRENE 3	Michael Se6lby	03:04:46	9	14:43:46	2.0
3	248	WAX LYRICAL	Les Goodridge	03:00:51	16	14:46:51	3.0
4	6808	FLYING CLOUD	Howard Piggott	02:58:12	19	14:47:12	4.0
5	AUS6133	FOREIGN AFFAIR	Matt Wilkinson	03:06:42	12	14:48:42	5.0
6	9997	SKEETER	Sandor Tornai	03:12:11	13	14:55:11	6.0
7	RQ1123	RUM JUNGLE	Lost Boys Syndicate	03:18:59	10	14:58:59	7.0
8	A140	ARIEL	Ron Forster	03:17:32	12	14:59:32	8.0
9	415	ARCH RIVAL	Steve Connors	03:16:30	14	15:00:30	9.0

DivC PHSTCF results Start : 11:30

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd	OffSet	Fin Tim	Score	Vis	Note
1	2001	QUETZALCOATL	Bruce/Leewarn Er/Swe	03:04:27	19	14:53:27	1.0
2	5930	REVE	Kevin Whelan	03:11:43	15	14:56:43	2.0
3	6360	INTEGRITY	Andrew Stoeckel	03:12:29	15	14:57:29	3.0
4	8824	CHANCELLOR	Edward Tooher	03:44:45	8	15:22:45	4.0
5	11	DEFIANCE	David Giles	03:38:29	15	15:23:29	5.0

DivD PHSTCF results Start : 11:30

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd	OffSet	Fin Tim	Score	Vis	Note
1	6683	CROSSHAVEN	S Rahilly & J Pelly	02:28:07	18	14:16:07	1.0
2	6358	IRUKANDJI	P Stubbs S Nash	02:50:32	17	14:37:32	2.0
3	KA400	SCARLETT O'HARA	Robert Skol	02:54:36	14	14:38:36	3.0
4	8035	ONE MORE-NO MORE	Ian Guanaria	02:49:41	19	14:38:41	4.0
5	6348	ILUKA	Dan Storch	02:59:47	9	14:38:47		Yes
6	5273	SOUNDTRACK	John Amos	02:56:52	12	14:38:52	5.0
7	8063	EYE APPEAL	J Markos M Delaney	02:49:08	22	14:41:08	6.0
8	700	SOMMERBREEZE	Hans Sommer	03:03:21	13	14:46:21	7.0
DNF	0011	VIVA LA VITA	Howard Elliott		7		9.0

DivE PHSTCF results Start : 11:30

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd	OffSet	Fin Tim	Score	Vis	Note
1	6448	CARATS	Steve Sweeney Murray	03:01:47	4	14:35:47	1.0
2	6928	MENAGE A TROIS	Karl Matiszik	03:05:23	4	14:39:23	2.0
3	6332	RAZORS EDGE	Ray Stone	02:54:39	15	14:39:39		Yes
4	4377	CLEWLESS?	Lachlan/Guy Irwin	02:54:49	15	14:39:49	3.0
5	9201	SELKIE	Antico Booth Lewis	03:08:47	5	14:43:47	4.0
6	2608	RAPID TRANSIT	A Wyllie B Abbott	03:02:15	12	14:44:15	5.0
7	5923	TWILIGHT ZONE	Peter Fallon	03:04:48	12	14:46:48	6.0
8	YC868	PEACH TEATS-VELOCITY	Brian Carrick	03:14:52	4	14:48:52	7.0

DivF PHSTCF results Start : 11:30

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd	OffSet	Fin Tim	Score	Vis	Note
1	9900	SUPERFINE	George Waldthausen	01:25:16	15	13:10:16	1.0
2	508	STORMY PETREL	Kevin O'Shea	01:44:45	5	13:19:45	2.0
3	5436	SINEWAVE	Greg Mason Barb Maun	02:43:44	23	14:36:44	3.0
4	9933	MONKEY BUSINESS	Paul Glynn	03:06:59	8	14:44:59	4.0
5	8550	PANACEA	Reece Theedam	03:09:08	7	14:46:08	5.0
6	8975A	ZORA	Pacific Sailin Schoo	03:05:16	12	14:47:16	6.0
7	6990	GREAT WHITE	Bob Penty	03:11:51	10	14:51:51	7.0

DivG PHSTCF results Start : 11:30

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd	OffSet	Fin Tim	Score	Vis	Note
1	2153	FICTION	Michael Blaxell	02:45:31	34	14:49:31	1.0
2	AUS4439	JAGGED EDGE	Gary Mas6on	03:09:48	16	14:55:48	2.0
3	2125	SEARUG HOO HA	Peter Howes	03:23:17	3	14:56:17	3.0
4	3495	SEA YA	J Hewitt C Johnson	03:12:22	14	14:56:22	4.0
5	7096	SOLUTION	Neale Peppernell	03:07:25	23	15:00:25	5.0
6	KA17	WALLOP	B Collis S Wall	03:05:19	35	15:10:19	6.0

Land Rover Winter Series Non Spinnaker: J1-J2

DivJ1 PHSTCF results Start : 11:30

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd	OffSet	Fin Tim	Score	Note	Vis
1	1008	STAR FERRY	John Conroy	01:17:28	13	13:00:28	1.0
2	7045	DEFIANT	P Billingham / P Mcg	01:19:46	13	13:02:46	2.0
3	7046	INKONKONI	Arthur Lane	01:24:30	9	13:03:30	3.0
4	6472	SYMBIOSIS	Troy Scott	01:18:43	18	13:06:43			Yes
5	3724	SALONA	Phil King	01:25:55	13	13:08:55			Yes
6	4970	AKELA	Alan Mather	01:22:39	19	13:11:39	4.0
7	6223	TRIM	Shaaron Walsh	01:18:50	23	13:11:50	5.0
8	331	SILVER MINX	Geoff Player	01:39:39	19	13:28:39	6.0
9	6563	L'ATTITUDE	R Hunt J Short M Bas	01:40:07	22	13:32:07			Yes
10	6652	BALTIC LADY	Niel Burling	01:59:44	4	13:33:44	7.0
11	6937	HANNI	Michael Hesse	02:19:44	29	14:18:44	8.0
12	1961	IN CAHOOTS	Pat & Roberta Easton	02:48:16	21	14:39:16	9.0
13	7100	M	Steve Hatch	02:41:59	29	14:40:59	10.0
14	4715	MARLOO	George Girdis	02:43:36	29	14:42:36	11.0
DNF	5271	NOCTURNE	Gerard Kesby		32		13.0

DivJ2 PHSTCF results Start : 11:30

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd	OffSet	Fin Tim	Score	Note	Vis
1	7006	LORELEI	Matthew Farr	02:51:26	36	14:57:26	1.0
2	8420	JUBLILEE	Ian Arthy	03:11:30	16	14:57:30	2.0
3	3031	KATINKA	Paul & Ellen O'Conne	03:27:07	1	14:58:07	3.0
4	5728	HEAVEN	Franciscus J H Kerdi	02:53:34	36	14:59:34	4.0
5	6809	APPLEJACK	D Mcdonnell R Blanc-	03:27:27	9	15:06:27	5.0
6	6625	MOONDANCE	Michael Cooper	03:18:43	20	15:08:43			Yes
DNF	5950	SHORETHING	James Butler		31		8.0
DNF	4582	PRIVATEER	Bill Mirow		27		8.0

Land Rover Winter Series Sydney 38 Division

Sydney 38 Scratch results Start : 11:25

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	Score	Note
1	7600	UTOPIA	peter messenger	14:22:22	02:57:22	1.0
2	7027	THE GOAT	Tony/Gibbo	14:22:59	02:57:59	2.0
3	6492	G & R ISUZU	Larki Missiris	14:41:37	03:16:37	3.0
4	YC380	SHINE ON	Phil Herscovics	14:45:15	03:20:15	4.0
5	7777	CALIBRE	Richard Williams	14:45:48	03:20:48	5.0
6	7272	ADMIRAL	Steve Piper	14:56:38	03:31:38	6.0

Sydney 38 PHSTCF results Start : 11:25

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T	Score	Note
1	7027	THE GOAT	Tony/Gibbo	14:22:59	02:57:59	1.0936	03:14:39	1.0
2	7600	UTOPIA	peter messenger	14:22:22	02:57:22	1.1140	03:17:35	2.0
3	6492	G & R ISUZU	Larki Missiris	14:41:37	03:16:37	1.0613	03:28:40	3.0
4	YC380	SHINE ON	Phil Herscovics	14:45:15	03:20:15	1.0621	03:32:41	4.0
5	7777	CALIBRE	Richard Williams	14:45:48	03:20:48	1.0781	03:36:29	5.0
6	7272	ADMIRAL	Steve Piper	14:56:38	03:31:38	1.0390	03:39:53	6.0