2014 CYCA Trophy - Passage Series - Shogun and Nine Dragons in form

by Di Pearson CYCA Media on 13 Dec 2014 2014 CYCA Trophy - Passage Series - Victorian yachtsman Rob Hanna made some hasty repairs to Shogun V’s bowsprit and bobstay after an incident in Tuesday’s Solas Big Boat Challenge to win Division One on Day one of the CYCA Trophy–Passage Series today, while Bob Cox is still in winning form after victory in the recent SSORC, taking out Division Two.

Hanna made do with a temporary stainless steel bobstay for his TP52, unable to find a carbon fibre replacement in time. Shogun beat Ray Roberts Farr 55, OneSails Racing by a mere 12 seconds on corrected time in the 18 nautical mile race hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. Matt Allen’s Carkeek 60, Ichi Ban took line honours from OneSails Racing and finished third overall in Division One.

'I’m a little surprised by our win, we had a bit of system failure and lost a bit of time with that, and thought it might have cost us the race,' Hanna said. 'It was hard steering outside the Harbour for a short time, because of the short cross seas, but we soon got in the rhythm' he said.

'We had a really good start with speed, around one second behind the gun. We were right on Ichi Ban’s stern at South Head, but some of the older TP52’s gave us a good workout. Shogun’s fast downwind, so we had a good run,' said Hanna who also won ORCi overall and is leading the CYCA’s Blue Water Point Score.

Making a return to the Australian sailing scene, Ray Roberts said he was pleased with the former Living Doll’s performance today. 'We got our hands on the boat around 10 weeks ago we’ve done some work to the keel fin and strengthened the boat where we thought it needed it,' he said.

'It’s a challenge to come up with the right recipe for a winning boat, but we’re supremely confident in it and it is Hobart-ready. We’ve still got a long way to go in terms of our sails,' said Roberts, the Asia Pacific agent for OneSails who is working with the loft’s Bruce Anson, who runs the Singapore outfit and is racing aboard Roberts’ yacht.

In Division Two, the DK46 Nine Dragons from Middle Harbour Yacht Club overcame a challenge from St George Midnight Rambler, the Ker 40 owned by Ed Psaltis/Bob Thomas/Michael Bencsik, to win by just under one minute. Third place went to Andrew and Pauline Dally’s Khaleesi, a sistership to Nine Dragons - and her owners are members of the same yacht club.
The two divisions combined for the ORCi result with Shogun V first in another close call, beating St George Midnight Rambler by six seconds on corrected time. Ron Forster/Phil Damp’s Beneteau First 40, Ariel, was third overall.

Occasional Coarse Language Two, the Ker Gts 43 owned by Warwick Sherman scored a solid win under PHS, beating Ariel on corrected time by over one minute. Steven Proud’s Kernan 44, Swish, was third.

The CYCA Trophy Series also did duty as the CYCA’s Ocean Point Score (OPS) Race five, and it was no real surprise to find Julian Farren-Price in the box seat again with his priceless Cookson 12, About Time. The Sydney jeweller scored a sizeable one plus minute win over Ariel, with Swish third.

However, the tables were turned under ORCi, with Ariel getting the better of About Time, with Swish third. In PHS, Occasional Coarse Language won from Ariel and Swish, which scored a trifecta of third places today.

With the wind in the south-east, Principal Race Officer, Denis Thompson sent the boats on Course Five, a race of approximately 18 nautical miles from Shark Island, offshore to a laid mark and back to the Watsons Bay finish.

'It was clean start and on time at 11.00am; we had L’Altra Donna in the prime position right at the boat end,' Thompson said. 'It’s quite lumpy offshore, it’s blowing 15-18 from the south-east, the boats will get a solid workout,' he added.

It was not a good day for defending Rolex Sydney Hobart overall winner, Victoire. Shortly after the start, the starboard runner on Darryl Hodgkinson’s Cookson 50 parted in the middle, bringing their race to an end. 'Better now than on Boxing Day,' one of the crew said on returning to the CYCA.

Wild Oats XI (Bob Oatley), Comanche (Jim Clark), Anthony Bell’s Perpetual Loyal and Syd Fischer’s newly hulled Ragamuffin 100 took the opportunity to put in some practice, but did not race.

 Complete Results:

Division 1 IRC Div 1 results Start : 11:00

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T	Score
1	AUS280	SHOGUN V	Robert Hanna	13:22:54	02:22:54	1.386	03:18:04	1.0
2	AUS8899	ONESAILS RACING	Ray Roberts	13:20:43	02:20:43	1.409	03:18:16	2.0
3	AUS01	ICHI BAN	Matt Allen	13:13:07	02:13:07	1.504	03:20:12	3.0
4	AUS47	INDIAN	Craig Carter	13:30:48	02:30:48	1.339	03:21:55	4.0
5	5200	COUGAR 11	Anthony Lyall	13:28:05	02:28:05	1.365	03:22:08	5.0
6	421	ADA CELESTIAL	Sam Haynes	13:39:51	02:39:51	1.267	03:22:32	6.5
6	7771	BALANCE	Paul Clitheroe	13:28:49	02:28:49	1.361	03:22:32	6.5
8	226	SWISH	Steven Proud	13:43:12	02:43:12	1.246	03:23:21	8.0
9	CAY65	CARO	Maxilimilian Klink	13:27:04	02:27:04	1.461	03:34:52	9.0
10	6953	SAILORSWDISABILITIES	David Pescud	13:46:02	02:46:02	1.338	03:42:09	10.0
11	B330	HARTBREAKER	A Walton A Breidahl	13:56:13	02:56:13	1.277	03:45:02	11.0
RET	AUS5299	VICTOIRE	Darryl Hodgkinson			1.352		13.0
DNC	AUS10001	WILD OATS XI	Robert Oatley			1.973		14.0

 

ORCI results Start : Div1 11:00 Div2 11:00

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T	Score
1	AUS280	SHOGUN V	Robert Hanna	13:22:54	02:22:54	1.3842	03:17:48	1.0
2	8338	ST GEORGE MIDNIGHT R	Ed Psaltis/ Bencsik/	13:47:02	02:47:02	1.1848	03:17:54	2.0
3	A140	ARIEL	Ron Forster Phil Dam	14:07:55	03:07:55	1.0579	03:18:48	3.0
4	421	ADA CELESTIAL	Sam Haynes	13:39:51	02:39:51	1.2503	03:19:52	4.0
5	7771	BALANCE	Paul Clitheroe	13:28:49	02:28:49	1.3463	03:20:21	5.0
6	AUS47	INDIAN	Craig Carter	13:30:48	02:30:48	1.3300	03:20:34	6.0
7	46	KHALEESI	A&P Dally	13:50:42	02:50:42	1.1779	03:21:04	7.0
8	226	SWISH	Steven Proud	13:43:12	02:43:12	1.2353	03:21:36	8.0
9	4343	WILD ROSE	Roger Hickman	14:15:55	03:15:55	1.0355	03:22:52	9.0
10	6808	FLYING CLOUD	Howard Piggott	14:09:41	03:09:41	1.0739	03:23:42	10.0
11	L77	WHISTLER	Jory Linscott	14:23:05	03:23:05	1.0071	03:24:32	11.0
12	33345	BLACK SHEEP	Derek & Martin Shepp	14:08:42	03:08:42	1.0881	03:25:20	12.0
13	8008	OCC.COARSELANGUAGE 2	Warwick Sherman	13:54:52	02:54:52	1.1769	03:25:48	13.0
14	R33	CHUTZPAH	Bruce Taylor	13:51:52	02:51:52	1.2010	03:26:25	14.0
15	6935	L'ALTRA DONNA	Andy Kearnan	14:22:10	03:22:10	1.0270	03:27:38	15.0
16	CAY65	CARO	Maxilimilian Klink	13:27:04	02:27:04	1.4326	03:30:41	16.0
17	8778	AFTER MIDNIGHT	Mark & Greg Tobin	14:08:23	03:08:23	1.1376	03:34:18	17.0
18	8975	LAST TANGO	Phillip King	14:15:26	03:15:26	1.0977	03:34:32	18.0
19	6953	SAILORSWDISABILITIES	David Pescud	13:46:02	02:46:02	1.3302	03:40:52	19.0
20	B330	HARTBREAKER	A Walton A Breidahl	13:56:13	02:56:13	1.2623	03:42:26	20.0
21	248	WAX LYRICAL	Les Goodridge	14:18:20	03:18:20	1.1238	03:42:53	21.0
22	G54	MOODY BUOYS	Steven Richardson	14:49:33	03:49:33	1.0945	04:11:14	22.0
RET	AUS5299	VICTOIRE	Darryl Hodgkinson			1.3264		24.0

PHSTCF results Start : Div1 11:00 Div2 11:00

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T	Score
1	8008	OCC.COARSELANGUAGE 2	Warwick Sherman	13:54:52	02:54:52	1.1554	03:22:02	1.0
2	A140	ARIEL	Ron Forster Phil Dam	14:07:55	03:07:55	1.0832	03:23:33	2.0
3	226	SWISH	Steven Proud	13:43:12	02:43:12	1.2569	03:25:08	3.0
4	7771	BALANCE	Paul Clitheroe	13:28:49	02:28:49	1.3798	03:25:20	4.0
5	8338	ST GEORGE MIDNIGHT R	Ed Psaltis/ Bencsik/	13:47:02	02:47:02	1.2302	03:25:29	5.0
6	33345	BLACK SHEEP	Derek & Martin Shepp	14:08:42	03:08:42	1.0922	03:26:06	6.0
7	421	ADA CELESTIAL	Sam Haynes	13:39:51	02:39:51	1.3020	03:28:08	7.0
8	L77	WHISTLER	Jory Linscott	14:23:05	03:23:05	1.0300	03:29:11	8.0
9	248	WAX LYRICAL	Les Goodridge	14:18:20	03:18:20	1.0886	03:35:54	9.0
10	6492	HANSON CON MATERIALS	Larki Missiris	14:19:06	03:19:06	1.0885	03:36:43	10.0
11	9201	SELKIE	Anthony Booth	14:53:10	03:53:10	0.9306	03:36:59	11.0
12	AUS47	INDIAN	Craig Carter	13:30:48	02:30:48	1.4700	03:41:41	12.0
13	B330	HARTBREAKER	A Walton A Breidahl	13:56:13	02:56:13	1.2601	03:42:03	13.0
14	G54	MOODY BUOYS	Steven Richardson	14:49:33	03:49:33	1.0600	04:03:19	14.0
DNC	MH20	THEPHILOSOPHERS CLUB	Peter Sorensen			1.0820		16.0

IRC Div 2 results Start : Div1 11:00 Div2 11:00

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T	Score
1	18889	NINE DRAGONS	Bob Cox	13:47:12	02:47:12	1.187	03:18:28	1.0
2	8338	ST GEORGE MIDNIGHT R	Ed Psaltis/ Bencsik/	13:47:02	02:47:02	1.193	03:19:16	2.0
3	46	KHALEESI	A&P Dally	13:50:42	02:50:42	1.183	03:21:56	3.0
4	A140	ARIEL	Ron Forster Phil Dam	14:07:55	03:07:55	1.079	03:22:46	4.0
5	4343	WILD ROSE	Roger Hickman	14:15:55	03:15:55	1.047	03:25:08	5.0
6	R33	CHUTZPAH	Bruce Taylor	13:51:52	02:51:52	1.195	03:25:23	6.0
7	6808	FLYING CLOUD	Howard Piggott	14:09:41	03:09:41	1.083	03:25:26	7.0
8	8008	OCC.COARSELANGUAGE 2	Warwick Sherman	13:54:52	02:54:52	1.179	03:26:10	8.0
9	33345	BLACK SHEEP	Derek & Martin Shepp	14:08:42	03:08:42	1.118	03:30:58	9.0
10	L77	WHISTLER	Jory Linscott	14:23:05	03:23:05	1.052	03:33:39	10.0
11	6935	L'ALTRA DONNA	Andy Kearnan	14:22:10	03:22:10	1.059	03:34:06	11.0
12	8778	AFTER MIDNIGHT	Mark & Greg Tobin	14:08:23	03:08:23	1.145	03:35:42	12.0
13	6492	HANSON CON MATERIALS	Larki Missiris	14:19:06	03:19:06	1.092	03:37:25	13.0
14	7013	XPRESS	Mike West Andrew Par	14:24:21	03:24:21	1.082	03:41:06	14.0
15	248	WAX LYRICAL	Les Goodridge	14:18:20	03:18:20	1.145	03:47:06	15.0
DNC	MH20	THEPHILOSOPHERS CLUB	Peter Sorensen			1.058		17.0