Lipton Cup Regatta - Light winds challenge Lipton Cup crews

by Bernie Kaaks on 18 Nov 2017 After heavy rain and thunderstorms swept across the Bay yesterday evening, light breezes created havoc during the early stages of today’s Long Race of the Lipton Cup Regatta on Port Phillip. Hosted by the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria, assisted by the Williamstown Sailing Club and the Port Melbourne Yacht Club, the regatta attracted solid numbers, a great relief to the organisers who were nervous about entries with just a couple of days to go.

A shifty easterly breeze greeted yachts at the start and many ignored the basics of staying near to the start line in such conditions and paid the price. Those that worked it out correctly were away to a flyer, leaving some fancied runners well behind.

In the AB fleet, Akatea performed as expected, using her canard to great advantage for both height and speed. So dominant was her performance today that the second boat was not yet in sight when she crossed the finish line in 3 hours and 2 minutes, a full hour and 10 minutes ahead of the J111 Joust, which was second over the line. Ikon had a miserable first half, struggling with the light conditions and despite being third over the line, finished well back on both handicap systems.

Despite today’s setback, Ikon did enough in yesterday’s three races to reclaim the Lipton Cup – a trophy that slipped from Bruce McCraken’s grasp after presentations last year. Mike and Mark Welsh’s First 40, Wicked was second overall, sharing a score of 15 with Tim Olding’s Summit 35 Vertigo.

The Hobsons Bay based S80 Moonraker finished on top of the Division C points table two points clear of Calum Brenan’s Lucy in the Sky with another S80 Gravitas, sailed by Paul Larcher a further three points back in third place. Moonraker owes her success to today’s strong performance, claiming first place on handicap.

The Bluebird fleet scattered in the light breeze. Several yachts decided not to start today while two of those who did failed to finish. Several of them were still on the pre-start side of the line when the next fleet in the sequence started. It was certainly a very tough environment for these little classics. Panacea was consistent on day 1 so her second placing in today’s race elevated her to the top of the ladder with 12 points. David Barnett’s Nunyarra can thank his win today for finishing second with 15.5 points ahead of Samantha and Paige’s Blue Volvo on 22.

Fred Kasparek’s VX 1 Weapon of Choice was the best of a very close bunch of sports boats to finish a single point ahead of Chris Dean’s Scab VXA and Troy Croft’s Kaos Racing, who needed a countback to separate them.

Peter Langford and Tony Spencer combined well in the Archambault 35 Moneypenny today, leading home their big brother, the Archambault 40 One for the Road, sailed by Gary Prestedge. Their heroics counted for little however, as Ray Borrett’s Laurelle, with a fourth place today, won the series with five points with the little Beneteau First 30 Boobie Trap, sailed by Duncan Russell, scoring a second on eight points and Michael Pointon’s Vitesse third with 10 points.

Full Results:

Div AB

Series Results [PHS] up to Race 4

Place	Ties	Boat Name	Sail No	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		ALIEN	R880	Justin Brenan	RYCV	16.0	4.0	5.0	3.0	4.0
2		STORM	R1318	Tony Johnson-Sneddo	RYCV	19.0	7.0	3.0	7.0	2.0
3		MAINSTAY	R6257	John Arnold	RYCV	25.0	2.0	12.0	8.0	3.0
4		IKON	H1010	Bruce McCraken	HBYC	27.0	14.0	2.0	4.0	7.0
5	1.0S	WICKED	SM4	Mike And Mark Welsh	SYC	28.0	12.0	1.0	5.0	10.0
6	3.0S	GODZILLA	R111	Andrew Munro	RYCV	28.0	3.0	13.0	6.0	6.0
7		REO SPEEDWAGON	7090	Andrew York	CYCA	28.0	6.0	4.0	10.0	8.0
8		JAKE	SM1112	Stuart Lyon	SYC/RBYC	31.0	18.0C	7.0	1.0	5.0
9		VERTIGO	R935	Tim Olding	RYCV	32.0	10.0	9.0	2.0	11.0
10		AKATEA	SM8710	Eoin Fehsenfeld	SYC	34.0	1.0	6.0	18.0U	9.0
11		WAKE	B205	Terence Robertson	RBYC	37.0	5.0	11.0	9.0	12.0
12		JOUST	SM1110	Rod Warren	SYC	40.0	11.0	10.0	18.0F	1.0
13		MARTINI RACING	B33	Tony Cuschieri	RBYC	41.0	9.0	8.0	11.0	13.0
14		JAYHAWK	7335	David Mileshkin	RBYC	48.0	8.0	14.0	12.0	14.0
15		UNDER CAPRICORN	B120	Bruno Carreto	RBYC	66.0	18.0C	15.0	18.0F	15.0
16		ENVYUS	AUS138	Dennis Clark	RYCV	67.0	13.0	18.0C	18.0C	18.0C
17		SCARLET RUNNER-11	SM11	Rob Date	SYC	72.0	18.0C	18.0C	18.0C	18.0C

Series Results [AMS] up to Race 4

Place	Ties	Boat Name	Sail No	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1	1.0S	MAINSTAY	R6257	John Arnold	RYCV	14.0	1.0	7.0	5.0	1.0
2		VERTIGO	R935	Tim Olding	RYCV	14.0	6.0	3.0	1.0	4.0
3		IKON	H1010	Bruce McCraken	HBYC	19.0	12.0	1.0	3.0	3.0
4		ALIEN	R880	Justin Brenan	RYCV	26.0	3.0	9.0	4.0	10.0
5	2.0S	JAKE	SM1112	Stuart Lyon	SYC/RBYC	27.0	16.0C	4.0	2.0	5.0
6		REO SPEEDWAGON	7090	Andrew York	CYCA	27.0	5.0	6.0	10.0	6.0
7		GODZILLA	R111	Andrew Munro	RYCV	29.0	2.0	11.0	7.0	9.0
8	2.0S	WICKED	SM4	Mike And Mark Welsh	SYC	30.0	11.0	2.0	6.0	11.0
9		WAKE	B205	Terence Robertson	RBYC	30.0	4.0	10.0	9.0	7.0
10		STORM	R1318	Tony Johnson-Sneddo	RYCV	32.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0
11		JOUST	SM1110	Rod Warren	SYC	33.0	10.0	5.0	16.0F	2.0
12		MARTINI RACING	B33	Tony Cuschieri	RBYC	44.0	9.0	12.0	11.0	12.0
13		JAYHAWK	7335	David Mileshkin	RBYC	46.0	7.0	13.0	12.0	14.0
14		UNDER CAPRICORN	B120	Bruno Carreto	RBYC	59.0	16.0C	14.0	16.0F	13.0
15		ENVYUS	AUS138	Dennis Clark	RYCV	61.0	13.0	16.0C	16.0C	16.0C

Series Results [IRC] up to Race 4

Place	Ties	Boat Name	Sail No	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		IKON	H1010	Bruce McCraken	HBYC	12.0	8.0	1.0	1.0	2.0
2	4.0S	WICKED	SM4	Mike And Mark Welsh	SYC	15.0	6.0	2.0	4.0	3.0
3		VERTIGO	R935	Tim Olding	RYCV	15.0	5.0	3.0	2.0	5.0
4	2.0S	ALIEN	R880	Justin Brenan	RYCV	21.0	2.0	7.0	5.0	7.0
5		STORM	R1318	Tony Johnson-Sneddo	RYCV	21.0	3.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
6	1.0S	JOUST	SM1110	Rod Warren	SYC	22.0	7.0	4.0	10.0F	1.0
7		JAKE	SM1112	Stuart Lyon	SYC/RBYC	22.0	10.0C	5.0	3.0	4.0
8	1.0S	JAYHAWK	7335	David Mileshkin	RBYC	27.0	1.0	9.0	8.0	9.0
9		GODZILLA	R111	Andrew Munro	RYCV	27.0	4.0	8.0	7.0	8.0

Super11

Series Results [AMS] up to Race 4

Place	Ties	Boat Name	Sail No	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		JAKE	SM1112	Stuart Lyon	SYC/RBYC	8.0	5.0C	1.0	1.0	1.0
2		MARTINI RACING	B33	Tony Cuschieri	RBYC	9.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	3.0
3		JOUST	SM1110	Rod Warren	SYC	11.0	2.0	2.0	5.0F	2.0
4		ENVYUS	AUS138	Dennis Clark	RYCV	18.0	3.0	5.0C	5.0C	5.0C

Div C

Series Results [PHS] up to Race 4

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		H700	MOONRAKER	P Neilson R Langham	HBYC	11.0	1.0	6.0	1.0	3.0
2		188	LUCY IN THE SKY	Calum Brenan	RYCV	13.0	3.0	7.0	2.0	1.0
3		R2781	GRAVITAS	Paul Larcher	RYCV	16.0	2.0	3.0	6.0	5.0
4		H7	OUTLAW	Outlaw Gang	HBYC	19.0	9.0C	2.0	4.0	4.0
5		182	PASCOL	Allison Wilson	RYCV	21.0	9.0C	1.0	4.0	7.0
6	2.0S	152	OSPREY	Tim Feore	HBYC	22.0	9.0C	4.0	7.0	2.0
7		191	MYSTERY	Cameron Mead	RYCV	22.0	4.0	8.0	4.0	6.0
8		R182	UP 'N GO	Cath Beaufort	RYCV	26.0	5.0	5.0	8.0	8.0

Series Results [AMS] up to Race 4

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		H700	MOONRAKER	P Neilson R Langham	HBYC	4.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
2		R2781	GRAVITAS	Paul Larcher	RYCV	8.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
3		R182	UP 'N GO	Cath Beaufort	RYCV	12.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0

Div D

Series Results [PHS] up to Race 4

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		R280	PANACEA	Team Panacea	RYCV	11.0	1.0	4.0	5.0	1.0
2		R471	NUNYARRA	David Barnett	RYCV	19.5	5.0	8.0	3.5	3.0G
3		R148	BLUE VOLVO	Samantha Paige	RYCV	21.0	3.0	9.0	1.0	8.0
4		R57	DRAMBUIE	Craig Black	RYCV	23.5	14.0C	5.5	2.0	2.0
5	4.0S	A20	TAMESIS	Doug Hem	RYCV	26.0	6.0	2.0	14.0F	4.0
6		R720	AOI TORI	Andrew King	RYCV	26.0	2.0	10.0	7.0	7.0
7		R147	GAYLENE	Tim Blunt	RYCV	26.5	7.0	7.0	3.5	9.0
8		R479	TANDEKA	Patrick Clarke	RYCV	32.0	14.0F	3.0	9.0	6.0
9		R292	REVEL	Warwick Norman	RYCV	34.0	14.0F	1.0	14.0F	5.0
10		R815	BUNYIP DREAMING	Michael Ramfish	RYCV	35.5	14.0C	5.5	6.0	10.0
11		R241	SHADOW	Niamh Larkin	RYCV	44.0	14.0C	11.0	8.0	11.0
12		H1684	MANJIMUP	Tim Metherall	HBYC	46.0	4.0	14.0C	14.0C	14.0C
13		H113	HANINI	Dan Kennedy	HBYC	56.0	14.0C	14.0C	14.0C	14.0F

VX One

Series Results [Line] up to Race 4

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		184	WEAPON OF CHOICE	Fred Kasparek	CYC	10.0	4.0	1.0	4.0	1.0
2	1.0S	AUS141	SCAB VXA	Chris Dean	CSC	11.0	2.0	5.0	1.0	3.0
3		AUS156	KAOS RACING	Troy Croft	RYCV	11.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.0
4		AUS139	AUS 139	Kim Clarke	CYCA	12.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	7.0R
5		242	SAYONARA	David Smith	CYCA	20.0	6.0	4.0	5.0	5.0
6		AUS127	FUNKY MONKS	Ben Pfitzner	CYC	21.0	5.0	6.0	6.0	4.0

Div E

Series Results [PHS] up to Race 2

Place	Ties	Boat Name	Sail No	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 2	Race 1
1		LAURELLE	R18	Ray Borrett	RYCV	5.0	1.0	4.0
2		BOOBIE TRAP	R3000	Duncan Russell	RYCV	8.0	2.0	6.0G
3	1.0S	VITESSE	R632	Michael Pointon	RYCV	10.0	9.0	1.0
4	2.0S	SHORE THING	R114	Robin Warlond	RYCV	10.0	8.0	2.0
5	3.0S	MONEYPENNY	R35	P Langford/T Spencer	RYCV	10.0	3.0	7.0
6		ONE FOR THE ROAD	R401	Gary Prestedge	RYCV	10.0	5.0	5.0
7		MIKA	R1210	Brian Yarnall	RYCV	14.0	11.0	3.0
8	2R	COMPROMISE	R8674	Andrew Coulter	RYCV	16.0	6.0	10.0
9		ENESEAY	R67	John Duffin	RYCV	16.0	10.0	6.0
10	4.0S	AFRAYED KNOT	R6620	Bruce Early	RYCV	18.0	4.0	14.0F
11		SALTAIR	R410	Sarah Allard	RYCV	18.0	7.0	11.0
12		PHANTOM	S196	Gus Dawson	MS	22.0	14.0C	8.0
13		MAGIC BULLET	R374	Leo Cantwell	RYCV	23.0	14.0C	9.0

Series Results [AMS] up to Race 2

Place	Ties	Boat Name	Sail No	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 2	Race 1
1		LAURELLE	R18	Ray Borrett	RYCV	2.0	1.0	1.0
2		MONEYPENNY	R35	P Langford/T Spencer	RYCV	5.0	3.0	2.0
3	2.0S	BOOBIE TRAP	R3000	Duncan Russell	RYCV	7.0	2.0	5.0G
4		COMPROMISE	R8674	Andrew Coulter	RYCV	7.0	4.0	3.0
5	4.0S	VITESSE	R632	Michael Pointon	RYCV	10.0	6.0	4.0
6		ONE FOR THE ROAD	R401	Gary Prestedge	RYCV	10.0	5.0	5.0
7		ENESEAY	R67	John Duffin	RYCV	14.0	7.0	7.0
8		MAGIC BULLET	R374	Leo Cantwell	RYCV	16.0	10.0C	6.0
9		PHANTOM	S196	Gus Dawson	MS	18.0	10.0C	8.0

Div F

Series Results [PHS] up to Race 2

Place	Ties	Boat Name	Sail No	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 2	Race 1
1		NANGA MAI II	R202	David Sterrett	RYCV	2.0	1.0	1.0
2		BEST OF TIMES	B349	Greg Wayman	RBYC	4.0	2.0	2.0