2014 - 15 Australian Hobie Cat Nationals

2014 - 15 Australian Hobie Cat Nationals - Day 1

by Shauna McGee on 2 Jan 2015

2014 - 15 Australian Hobie Cat Nationals - Day 1 Shauna McGee

2014 - 15 Australian Hobie Cat Nationals - Bunbury turned on a beautiful day for the first day of the 2014 Nationals. With plenty of wind initially everyone was keen to get racing. Race office Paul Davis made it clear they plan was to get ¾ races out in one session partly to avoid the shipping movements in the channel – that can be an issue.

Race One

The first race got underway wind in the upper range around 15 -20 Knots. As usual the first start resulted in a general recall. The next start was clean and away we went. The breeze stayed strong but did vary quite bit. Picking the direction and the right way to go was difficult and remained that way throughout the day. The wind stayed strong and the race went a cracking pace. Blew By You (Darren Smith) eventually prevailed and chalked up his first victory followed by Lucas Chatonnier (TNC) and Cam Owen Gill).

Boat Sail No HelmName/CrewName
• Blew By You 111796 Darren Smith/Josie Mark
• TNC 114475 Lucas Chatonnier/Kim Goetz
• Gill 113111 Cam Owen/Suz Ghent

Race Two

The wind had started to drop off in the second race making it more challenging as the wind swung around more. Although going to the beach seemed to work it was far from certain. Every now and again there was some big squirts, one of them blew over three boats mid-fleet. Let the shuffle continue. It’s more like a betting on a slot machine, than calling the wind.

Boat Sail No HelmName/CrewName
• Blew By You 111796 Darren Smith/Josie Mark
• Bluefin 114471 Shing Tong/Kit Tong
• Barney’s Toy 114274 Barnaby Houk/Trent Robson

Race Three

Race three took some getting away with a postponement flag pulled within two minute of the first start time. Some furtive repositioning of the pin end of the start line and general recall and the expected arrival of the black flag. With most of the fleet tried the beach again which after some scary moments eventually paid off. The downwind was patchy with the rear of the fleet getting good breeze behind them to catch up the front-runners. The second up wind was like navigating the Bermuda Triangle. Gill found some good breeze on the right of the course while the front runners had gone down the beach again. Gill rounded the top mark well ahead and held that until the finish.

Boat Sail No HelmName/CrewName
• Gill 113111 Cam Owen/Suz Ghent
• SFC 112344 Phil Epps/Caitlyn Epps
• Sofrana 114203 Fletcher Warren-Myers/Georgia Warren-Myers

The theme today – was shuffle the winners. The house is winning. Lay day tomorrow. So we will sort the competition out starting on 2 Jan 2014.

Complete Results:

Rank	Boat	SailNo	HelmName	CrewName	Total	Nett	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3
1st	Blew By You	111796	Darren Smith	Josie Mark	11.0	11.0	1.0	1.0	9.0
2nd	SFC	112344	Phil Epps	Caitlyn Epps	18.0	18.0	4.0	12.0	2.0
3rd	Sofrana	114203	Fletcher Warren-Myers	Georgia Warren-Myers	18.0	18.0	8.0	7.0	3.0
4th	Cracknwood	113648	Lance Wood	Lucinda Crisp	19.0	19.0	7.0	8.0	4.0
5th	Gill	113111	Cam Owen	Suz Ghent	21.0	21.0	3.0	17.0	1.0
6th	Barney's Toy	114274	Barnaby Houk	Trent Robson	26.0	26.0	11.0	3.0	12.0
7th	Reddog	114211	Peter Redway	Grady Redway	35.0	35.0	6.0	14.0	15.0
8th	TNC	114475	Lucas Chatonnier	Kim Goetz	37.0	37.0	2.0	10.0	25.0
9th	Johnny	113807	Shaun Connor	Sophie Renouf	38.0	38.0	5.0	28.0	5.0
10th	Los Glamdos	114476	Thomas Dupont	Jeremy Picot	38.0	38.0	9.0	23.0	6.0
11th	Liquid Asset	113657	Brad Quartermaine	Jasmine Hill	40.0	40.0	26.0	4.0	10.0
12th	Long Way To The Top	112222	Mick Butler	Patrick Butler	40.0	40.0	12.0	6.0	22.0
13th	Dark'n Stormy	113613	Nathan Gummery	Helen Gunn	42.0	42.0	19.0	15.0	8.0
14th	Tektite	114439	Phil Smyth	Alexandra Young	45.0	45.0	13.0	25.0	7.0
15th	Micks	114472	Leo Belouard	Theo Bore	46.0	46.0	14.0	16.0	16.0
16th	Pepsi	114469	Louis de Lima Mayer	Thibaut de Lima Mayer	53.0	53.0	22.0	20.0	11.0
17th	Budgie Smuggler	113884	Trevor Hughes	Aileen Armstrong	56.0	56.0	30.0	5.0	21.0
18th	Ricochet	114442	Jason Spencer	James Rhodes	62.0	62.0	20.0	24.0	18.0
19th	Lulu	113677	Phil King	Chris Mata	64.0	64.0	10.0	22.0	32.0
20th	Thunder Rising	30	Geoff Rowdon	Zak Rowdon	64.0	64.0	16.0	19.0	29.0
21st	Bluefin	114471	Shing Tong	Kit Tong	69.0	69.0	18.0	2.0	49.0 DSQ
22nd	The Woodys	113681	Murray Woodhead	Tayla-anne Woodhead	73.0	73.0	34.0	11.0	28.0
23rd	For Play	112059	Peter Hancock	Kerstin Houk	73.0	73.0	25.0	34.0	14.0
24th	Diamond Cutter	114341	Kevin Inder-Smith	Innokentii Kharitonov	73.0	73.0	17.0	21.0	35.0
25th	Riphil	114146	Andrew Boyd	Susan Boyd	82.0	82.0	42.0	9.0	31.0
26th	Pirelli	114474	Oriane Thevenot	Clotilde Thevenot	82.0	82.0	29.0	40.0	13.0
27th	Miss Tress	114144	Glenn Fairey	Katy Rengel	82.0	82.0	38.0	27.0	17.0
28th	A Salt Weapon	115666	Rob Smith	Miranda Dibdin	86.0	86.0	21.0	32.0	33.0
29th	On a Roll	113739	Rod Hodgkin	Lucy Bromell	87.0	87.0	36.0	31.0	20.0
30th	Same	112321	Brett White	Caleb White	89.0	89.0	49.0 DNS	13.0	27.0
31st	Not Related	59	Lachlan White	Ethan White	90.0	90.0	15.0	26.0	49.0 DNF
32nd	Trim	112190	Paul Galloway	Georgia Ryan	92.0	92.0	24.0	49.0 DNF	19.0
33rd	Man vs Wild	111645	Stu Dog	Bear Grant	94.0	94.0	33.0	38.0	23.0
34th	Beat Me II	112036	Matt Faulkner	Ben Raven	94.0	94.0	27.0	41.0	26.0
35th	Yahoo	111990	Richard Lacey	Scott Golder	98.0	98.0	39.0	29.0	30.0
36th	Happy Ending	112151	John Gummery	Alycia Gummery	105.0	105.0	23.0	33.0	49.0 DNF
37th	The Pirate	107693	Tristan Merrick	Kaiella Taylor	106.0	106.0	28.0	42.0	36.0
38th	Waiting For The Miracle	114465	David Feldman	Alan Hubbard	110.0	110.0	49.0 DNS	37.0	24.0
39th	Noliette	114468	Noa Ancian	Juliette Le Tenier	110.0	110.0	37.0	39.0	34.0
40th	Piston Broke	111957	John Bateson	Sam Bateson	114.0	114.0	35.0	30.0	49.0 DNF
41st	Ecohabit	113686	Adrian Fratelle	Michael Verral	116.0	116.0	49.0 DSQ	18.0	49.0 DNF
42nd	Vitesse	111799	Graham Cuckow	Bec Wright	116.0	116.0	31.0	36.0	49.0 DNF
43rd	Mondo	111984	Noel Lacey	Corey McEvoy	116.0	116.0	32.0	35.0	49.0 DNF
44th	Mak-A-Tak	113865	Greg McDonald	Samantha McDonald	132.0	132.0	40.0	43.0	49.0 DNF
45th	Forward Sailing	114115	Tayla Rietman	Harrison Rietman	139.0	139.0	41.0	49.0 DNS	49.0 DNF
46th	Salty Circus	111484	Russell Whitfield	Natalie Whitfield	147.0	147.0	49.0 DNF	49.0 DNS	49.0 DNC
46th	No Wahala	112363	David Renouf	Rachel Renouf	147.0	147.0	49.0 DSQ	49.0 DSQ	49.0 DSQ
46th	Rapide	111624	Scott Adamson	Michelle Adamson	147.0	147.0	49.0 DNF	49.0 DNF	49.0 DNC

Race 1 - 31/12/2014 at 11:30

Rank	Boat	SailNo	HelmName	CrewName	Points	Place
1	Blew By You	111796	Darren Smith	Josie Mark	1.0	1
2	TNC	114475	Lucas Chatonnier	Kim Goetz	2.0	2
3	Gill	113111	Cam Owen	Suz Ghent	3.0	3
4	SFC	112344	Phil Epps	Caitlyn Epps	4.0	4
5	Johnny	113807	Shaun Connor	Sophie Renouf	5.0	5
6	Reddog	114211	Peter Redway	Grady Redway	6.0	6
7	Cracknwood	113648	Lance Wood	Lucinda Crisp	7.0	7
8	Sofrana	114203	Fletcher Warren-Myers	Georgia Warren-Myers	8.0	8
9	Los Glamdos	114476	Thomas Dupont	Jeremy Picot	9.0	9
10	Lulu	113677	Phil King	Chris Mata	10.0	10
11	Barney's Toy	114274	Barnaby Houk	Trent Robson	11.0	11
12	Long Way To The Top	112222	Mick Butler	Patrick Butler	12.0	12
13	Tektite	114439	Phil Smyth	Alexandra Young	13.0	13
14	Micks	114472	Leo Belouard	Theo Bore	14.0	14
15	Not Related	59	Lachlan White	Ethan White	15.0	15
16	Thunder Rising	30	Geoff Rowdon	Zak Rowdon	16.0	16
17	Diamond Cutter	114341	Kevin Inder-Smith	Innokentii Kharitonov	17.0	17
18	Bluefin	114471	Shing Tong	Kit Tong	18.0	18
19	Dark'n Stormy	113613	Nathan Gummery	Helen Gunn	19.0	19
20	Ricochet	114442	Jason Spencer	James Rhodes	20.0	20
21	A Salt Weapon	115666	Rob Smith	Miranda Dibdin	21.0	21
22	Pepsi	114469	Louis de Lima Mayer	Thibaut de Lima Mayer	22.0	22
23	Happy Ending	112151	John Gummery	Alycia Gummery	23.0	23
24	Trim	112190	Paul Galloway	Georgia Ryan	24.0	24
25	For Play	112059	Peter Hancock	Kerstin Houk	25.0	25
26	Liquid Asset	113657	Brad Quartermaine	Jasmine Hill	26.0	27
27	Beat Me II	112036	Matt Faulkner	Ben Raven	27.0	28
28	The Pirate	107693	Tristan Merrick	Kaiella Taylor	28.0	29
29	Pirelli	114474	Oriane Thevenot	Clotilde Thevenot	29.0	30
30	Budgie Smuggler	113884	Trevor Hughes	Aileen Armstrong	30.0	31
31	Vitesse	111799	Graham Cuckow	Bec Wright	31.0	32
32	Mondo	111984	Noel Lacey	Corey McEvoy	32.0	33
33	Man vs Wild	111645	Stu Dog	Bear Grant	33.0	34
34	The Woodys	113681	Murray Woodhead	Tayla-anne Woodhead	34.0	35
35	Piston Broke	111957	John Bateson	Sam Bateson	35.0	36
36	On a Roll	113739	Rod Hodgkin	Lucy Bromell	36.0	37
37	Noliette	114468	Noa Ancian	Juliette Le Tenier	37.0	38
38	Miss Tress	114144	Glenn Fairey	Katy Rengel	38.0	39
39	Yahoo	111990	Richard Lacey	Scott Golder	39.0	40
40	Mak-A-Tak	113865	Greg McDonald	Samantha McDonald	40.0	41
41	Forward Sailing	114115	Tayla Rietman	Harrison Rietman	41.0	42
42	Riphil	114146	Andrew Boyd	Susan Boyd	42.0	43
43	Same	112321	Brett White	Caleb White	49.0	DNS
43	Waiting For The Miracle	114465	David Feldman	Alan Hubbard	49.0	DNS
43	Ecohabit	113686	Adrian Fratelle	Michael Verral	49.0	DSQ
43	Salty Circus	111484	Russell Whitfield	Natalie Whitfield	49.0	DNF
43	No Wahala	112363	David Renouf	Rachel Renouf	49.0	DSQ
43	Rapide	111624	Scott Adamson	Michelle Adamson	49.0	DNF

Race 2 - 31/12/2014 at 12:40

Rank	Boat	SailNo	HelmName	CrewName	Points	Place
1	Blew By You	111796	Darren Smith	Josie Mark	1.0	1
2	Bluefin	114471	Shing Tong	Kit Tong	2.0	2
3	Barney's Toy	114274	Barnaby Houk	Trent Robson	3.0	3
4	Liquid Asset	113657	Brad Quartermaine	Jasmine Hill	4.0	4
5	Budgie Smuggler	113884	Trevor Hughes	Aileen Armstrong	5.0	5
6	Long Way To The Top	112222	Mick Butler	Patrick Butler	6.0	6
7	Sofrana	114203	Fletcher Warren-Myers	Georgia Warren-Myers	7.0	7
8	Cracknwood	113648	Lance Wood	Lucinda Crisp	8.0	8
9	Riphil	114146	Andrew Boyd	Susan Boyd	9.0	9
10	TNC	114475	Lucas Chatonnier	Kim Goetz	10.0	10
11	The Woodys	113681	Murray Woodhead	Tayla-anne Woodhead	11.0	11
12	SFC	112344	Phil Epps	Caitlyn Epps	12.0	12
13	Same	112321	Brett White	Caleb White	13.0	13
14	Reddog	114211	Peter Redway	Grady Redway	14.0	14
15	Dark'n Stormy	113613	Nathan Gummery	Helen Gunn	15.0	15
16	Micks	114472	Leo Belouard	Theo Bore	16.0	16
17	Gill	113111	Cam Owen	Suz Ghent	17.0	17
18	Ecohabit	113686	Adrian Fratelle	Michael Verral	18.0	18
19	Thunder Rising	30	Geoff Rowdon	Zak Rowdon	19.0	19
20	Pepsi	114469	Louis de Lima Mayer	Thibaut de Lima Mayer	20.0	20
21	Diamond Cutter	114341	Kevin Inder-Smith	Innokentii Kharitonov	21.0	21
22	Lulu	113677	Phil King	Chris Mata	22.0	22
23	Los Glamdos	114476	Thomas Dupont	Jeremy Picot	23.0	23
24	Ricochet	114442	Jason Spencer	James Rhodes	24.0	24
25	Tektite	114439	Phil Smyth	Alexandra Young	25.0	25
26	Not Related	59	Lachlan White	Ethan White	26.0	26
27	Miss Tress	114144	Glenn Fairey	Katy Rengel	27.0	27
28	Johnny	113807	Shaun Connor	Sophie Renouf	28.0	28
29	Yahoo	111990	Richard Lacey	Scott Golder	29.0	29
30	Piston Broke	111957	John Bateson	Sam Bateson	30.0	30
31	On a Roll	113739	Rod Hodgkin	Lucy Bromell	31.0	31
32	A Salt Weapon	115666	Rob Smith	Miranda Dibdin	32.0	32
33	Happy Ending	112151	John Gummery	Alycia Gummery	33.0	33
34	For Play	112059	Peter Hancock	Kerstin Houk	34.0	34
35	Mondo	111984	Noel Lacey	Corey McEvoy	35.0	35
36	Vitesse	111799	Graham Cuckow	Bec Wright	36.0	36
37	Waiting For The Miracle	114465	David Feldman	Alan Hubbard	37.0	37
38	Man vs Wild	111645	Stu Dog	Bear Grant	38.0	38
39	Noliette	114468	Noa Ancian	Juliette Le Tenier	39.0	39
40	Pirelli	114474	Oriane Thevenot	Clotilde Thevenot	40.0	40
41	Beat Me II	112036	Matt Faulkner	Ben Raven	41.0	41
42	The Pirate	107693	Tristan Merrick	Kaiella Taylor	42.0	42
43	Mak-A-Tak	113865	Greg McDonald	Samantha McDonald	43.0	43
44	Trim	112190	Paul Galloway	Georgia Ryan	49.0	DNF
44	Forward Sailing	114115	Tayla Rietman	Harrison Rietman	49.0	DNS
44	Salty Circus	111484	Russell Whitfield	Natalie Whitfield	49.0	DNS
44	No Wahala	112363	David Renouf	Rachel Renouf	49.0	DSQ
44	Rapide	111624	Scott Adamson	Michelle Adamson	49.0	DNF

Race 3 - 31/212/2014 at 15:20

Rank	Boat	SailNo	HelmName	CrewName	Points	Place
1	Gill	113111	Cam Owen	Suz Ghent	1.0	1
2	SFC	112344	Phil Epps	Caitlyn Epps	2.0	2
3	Sofrana	114203	Fletcher Warren-Myers	Georgia Warren-Myers	3.0	3
4	Cracknwood	113648	Lance Wood	Lucinda Crisp	4.0	4
5	Johnny	113807	Shaun Connor	Sophie Renouf	5.0	5
6	Los Glamdos	114476	Thomas Dupont	Jeremy Picot	6.0	6
7	Tektite	114439	Phil Smyth	Alexandra Young	7.0	7
8	Dark'n Stormy	113613	Nathan Gummery	Helen Gunn	8.0	8
9	Blew By You	111796	Darren Smith	Josie Mark	9.0	9
10	Liquid Asset	113657	Brad Quartermaine	Jasmine Hill	10.0	10
11	Pepsi	114469	Louis de Lima Mayer	Thibaut de Lima Mayer	11.0	11
12	Barney's Toy	114274	Barnaby Houk	Trent Robson	12.0	12
13	Pirelli	114474	Oriane Thevenot	Clotilde Thevenot	13.0	13
14	For Play	112059	Peter Hancock	Kerstin Houk	14.0	14
15	Reddog	114211	Peter Redway	Grady Redway	15.0	16
16	Micks	114472	Leo Belouard	Theo Bore	16.0	17
17	Miss Tress	114144	Glenn Fairey	Katy Rengel	17.0	18
18	Ricochet	114442	Jason Spencer	James Rhodes	18.0	19
19	Trim	112190	Paul Galloway	Georgia Ryan	19.0	20
20	On a Roll	113739	Rod Hodgkin	Lucy Bromell	20.0	21
21	Budgie Smuggler	113884	Trevor Hughes	Aileen Armstrong	21.0	22
22	Long Way To The Top	112222	Mick Butler	Patrick Butler	22.0	23
23	Man vs Wild	111645	Stu Dog	Bear Grant	23.0	24
24	Waiting For The Miracle	114465	David Feldman	Alan Hubbard	24.0	25
25	TNC	114475	Lucas Chatonnier	Kim Goetz	25.0	26
26	Beat Me II	112036	Matt Faulkner	Ben Raven	26.0	28
27	Same	112321	Brett White	Caleb White	27.0	29
28	The Woodys	113681	Murray Woodhead	Tayla-anne Woodhead	28.0	30
29	Thunder Rising	30	Geoff Rowdon	Zak Rowdon	29.0	31
30	Yahoo	111990	Richard Lacey	Scott Golder	30.0	32
31	Riphil	114146	Andrew Boyd	Susan Boyd	31.0	33
32	Lulu	113677	Phil King	Chris Mata	32.0	34
33	A Salt Weapon	115666	Rob Smith	Miranda Dibdin	33.0	35
34	Noliette	114468	Noa Ancian	Juliette Le Tenier	34.0	36
35	Diamond Cutter	114341	Kevin Inder-Smith	Innokentii Kharitonov	35.0	37
36	The Pirate	107693	Tristan Merrick	Kaiella Taylor	36.0	38
37	Bluefin	114471	Shing Tong	Kit Tong	49.0	DSQ
37	Not Related	59	Lachlan White	Ethan White	49.0	DNF
37	Happy Ending	112151	John Gummery	Alycia Gummery	49.0	DNF
37	Piston Broke	111957	John Bateson	Sam Bateson	49.0	DNF
37	Ecohabit	113686	Adrian Fratelle	Michael Verral	49.0	DNF
37	Vitesse	111799	Graham Cuckow	Bec Wright	49.0	DNF
37	Mondo	111984	Noel Lacey	Corey McEvoy	49.0	DNF
37	Mak-A-Tak	113865	Greg McDonald	Samantha McDonald	49.0	DNF
37	Forward Sailing	114115	Tayla Rietman	Harrison Rietman	49.0	DNF
37	No Wahala	112363	David Renouf	Rachel Renouf	49.0	DSQ