Sail Sydney opening day explodes with with a bevy of A-Listers
by Lisa Ratcliff on 2 Dec 2014
Sail Sydney 2014 Lasers day one. David Price
Sail Sydney 2014 opening day exploded with a bevy of sailing’s A-Listers rolling into Rose Bay to tackle gusty 20 knot summer nor’easters and a choppy Sydney Harbour.
Finn champion Jake Lilley slept on the plane from Abu Dhabi and the ISAF World Cup Final to arrive in Sydney early this morning. As he rigged up at Woollahra Sailing Club he admitted, 'Normally I have performance objectives before going racing, today my objective is to stay awake.'
Jetlag didn’t dent Lilley’s form whatsoever. The towering Australian Sailing Squad member finished with a clean sweep of three wins from the 11-strong Finn division.
At the Moth park a quiet collection of aficionados rigged up in the morning for their maiden four races. America’s Cup sailors Glenn Ashby, Kyle Langford and Tom Slingsby joined recognised Moth names Scott Babbage and former world champion Josh McKnight.
Like Lilley, Ashby spent the night travelling to make this morning’s 11.30am first start off Double Bay. The Emirates Team New Zealand crewmember drove from Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula 'listening to Led Zeppelin and other old school rock given there were no kids in the car', stopping at Albury in the early hours for a sleep. 'I thought I’d come and see the boys and it will be nice to get a few starts in before the worlds,' Ashby said. 'Moth sailing is awesome fun, though I spend half my time upside down.'
For someone who turtles as often as he thinks, and considering he drove most of the night, Ashby managed a very respectable fifth overall on the pointscore on day one of the Moth’s three-day series.
Other than race one when he sailed the wrong course in the building nor’easter, Slingsby whitewashed the next three to be second overall to Babbage, the best score he’s pulled off in the Moths. 'My main goal is the next America’s Cup and it doesn’t matter whether you are on an AC72 or a Moth, it’s all learning about apparent winds, sailing on foils and where you lose time around the course,' Slingsby said.
The low-key Gosford based Laser gold medallist from the London Games made some young sailors very happy this morning autographing their shirts.
The only woman racing a Moth in the opening block of competition, Annalise Gilbert, admits she struggled downwind in the bump and fresh breezes, but given she was going training anyway this afternoon she thought she 'may as well sail around with people who know what they’re doing'. Too true.
Josh McKnight’s opening bout finished prematurely when his Moth’s bow mechanism sheered in race two while leading the fleet. Tom Spithill suffered a similar fate though his early retirement came from a broken tiller, also when he was ahead of the pack.
For the 49erFX combination of Olivia Price and Eliza Solly, Sail Sydney is their warm-up for next week’s ISAF Sailing World Cup – Melbourne and Miami OCR at the end of January. The pair hasn’t competed since the ISAF World Championship in Santander, Spain in September and were excited to return strongly and score three wins from three starts.
The 49erFXs and 49ers raced in a mixed fleet, Price commenting, 'Having the boys race with us applied pressure and made us think ahead about our execution. And we were able to keep up with them, particularly in race three.'
Queenslander 49er pair of Joel Turner and Lewis Brake made a clean sweep of results, relegating the Italians Ruggero Tita and Giacomo Cavilli on Trentino to second and the two Harrys, Harry Price and his crew Harry Morton, the current 29er world champion, to third.
The afternoon session and the strongest winds of the day greeted the 470s, Flying Dutchmans, 2.4mR and Laser Radials. Dual 470 Olympic gold medallist Malcolm Page is coaching and mentoring a number of 470 crews at Sail Sydney.
Entries for the ISAF graded regatta keep climbing and now stand at 343. Competition is split across two sessions, Tuesday December 2 to Thursday 4 for Olympic and Moth classes and Friday through to Sunday December 7 for invited and youth classes.
The NSW Government is a key Sail Sydney supporter along with Nautilus Marine, Gill Marine clothing, Steve Jarvin Motors, Lejen Marine, Tohatsu Outboards and Sydney Harbour Boat Storage.
Results
2.4m
Plc |
Sail
No |
Boat Name
(Boat Type) |
Skipper/Crew |
From |
Race 1
2-Dec |
Race 2
2-Dec |
Race 3
2-Dec |
Drop |
Total |
1 |
AUS36
|
Moshi
|
Matthew Bugg
|
RYCT
AUS |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
AUS 27
|
Octopod 11
|
Michael Leydon
|
YMCASC
AUS |
4 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
10 |
3 |
AUS 30
|
MornaV
|
Peter Thompson
|
YMCASC
AUS |
3 |
DNC
(9.00) |
2 |
0 |
14 |
4 |
AUS 9
|
Advance Australia
|
Peter Warren
|
YMCASC
AUS |
5 |
DNF
(9.00) |
3 |
0 |
17 |
5 |
AUS 10
|
Lilla Babs
|
Colin Brown
|
CYC
AUS |
6 |
3 |
DNC
(9.00) |
0 |
18 |
6 |
AUS 29
|
Tumbleweed
|
Simon Dunstone
|
YMCASC
AUS |
DNF
(9.00) |
4 |
5 |
0 |
18 |
7 |
32
|
Windsurfer
|
Greg Hyde
|
MHYC
AUS |
2 |
DNF
(9.00) |
DNC
(9.00) |
0 |
20 |
8 |
AUS 25
|
PATCH
|
Mark Durnan
|
YMCASC
AUS |
DNF
(9.00) |
5 |
6 |
0 |
20 |
470
Plc |
Sail
No |
Boat Name
(Boat Type) |
Skipper/Crew |
From |
Race 1
2-Dec |
Race 2
2-Dec |
Drop |
Total |
1 |
AUS 77
|
|
Christopher Charlwood
Timothy Hannah |
SSCBC
AUS |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
AUS 6
|
Amber
|
Alexander Conway
Patrick Conway |
MHYC/YBSC
AUS |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
AUS 9
|
Summer
|
Thomas Klemens
William Llewelyn |
SSCBC
AUS |
3 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
AUS 12
|
-
|
Sasha Ryan
Amelia Catt |
RQYS/RYCT
AUS |
4 |
5 |
0 |
9 |
5 |
7
|
|
Angus Galloway
Joshua Dawson |
RQYS
QLD |
6 |
4 |
0 |
10 |
6 |
111
|
Frog
|
|
RYCT
TAS |
5 |
8 |
0 |
13 |
7 |
1
|
|
|
MHYC
NSW |
8 |
6 |
0 |
14 |
8 |
117
|
Blank
|
Felix Grech
Seamus Mulholland-Patterson |
MHSC
AUS |
7 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
9 |
AUS 112
|
KOKO
|
William Boulden
Bayden Schutte |
RFWB
AUS |
DNC
(10.00) |
DNC
(10.00) |
0 |
20 |
49er
Plc |
Sail
No |
Boat Name
(Boat Type) |
Skipper/Crew |
From |
Race 1
2-Dec |
Race 2
2-Dec |
Race 3
2-Dec |
Drop |
Total |
1 |
400
|
|
Joel Turner
Lewis Brake |
SYC/RQYS
AUS |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
26
|
Trentino
|
Ruggero Tita
Giacomo Cavalli |
SVGDF
ITA |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
104
|
ATB Morton
|
Harry Price
Harry Morton |
B16SSC
AUS |
2 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
8 |
4 |
127
|
|
Logan Dunning Beck
Jack Simpson |
WSC
NZL |
DNC
(6.00) |
DNC
(6.00) |
DNC
(6.00) |
0 |
18 |
5 |
170
|
|
Owen Long
Shaun Connor |
B16SSC/RPAYC
AUS |
DNC
(6.00) |
DNC
(6.00) |
DNC
(6.00) |
0 |
18 |
49er FX
Plc ? |
Sail
No |
Boat Name
(Boat Type) |
Skipper/Crew |
From |
Race 1
2-Dec |
Race 2
2-Dec |
Race 3
2-Dec |
Drop |
Total |
1 |
88
|
|
Olivia Price
Eliza Solly |
MHYC/SYC
AUS |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
1460
|
Vendetta
|
George Stent
Ben Robinson |
WSC
AUS |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
173
|
It's All Good
|
Nina Long
Cam Gundy |
B16SSC
AUS |
3 |
3 |
DNF
(7.00) |
0 |
13 |
4 |
666
|
Apocalypse
|
Samantha Simmonds
Max Von Richter |
RQYS
AUS |
4 |
DNC
(7.00) |
DNC
(7.00) |
0 |
18 |
5 |
118
|
F'(x)
|
Clare Costanzo
Nathan Edwards |
RPAYC/MH16SSC
AUS |
DNF
(7.00) |
DNC
(7.00) |
DNC
(7.00) |
0 |
21 |
6 |
484
|
Fighting Mouse
|
Ellie Copeland
Erica Dawson |
MBSC/WBC
NZL |
DNC
(7.00) |
DNC
(7.00) |
DNC
(7.00) |
0 |
21 |
Finn
Plc |
Sail
No |
Boat Name
(Boat Type) |
Skipper/Crew |
From |
Race 1
2-Dec |
Race 2
2-Dec |
Race 3
2-Dec |
Drop |
Total |
1 |
41
|
AST
|
Jake Lilley
|
RQYS
AUS |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
274
|
|
Ashley Brunning
|
WSC
AUS |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
26
|
KEN
|
Ian McKillop
|
RPAYC
AUS |
4 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
10 |
4 |
277
|
NB Sailsports
|
Joe Mcmillan
|
WSC
AUS |
3 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
11 |
5 |
3
|
Black Dog
|
Jake Gunther
|
HSC
AUS |
5 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
16 |
6 |
279
|
backbeat
|
Nick Kennedy
|
LJSC
AUS |
6 |
5 |
7 |
0 |
18 |
7 |
228
|
The Salmon of Doubt
|
James Gough
|
NLSC
AUS |
8 |
8 |
6 |
0 |
22 |
8 |
51
|
Area 51
|
Rod Tanks
|
RPAYC
AUS |
7 |
7 |
DNC
(13.00) |
0 |
27 |
9 |
100
|
Out of Phase
|
Rhys Llewellyn
|
NLSC
AUS |
10 |
9 |
8 |
0 |
27 |
10 |
68
|
Miss Ogeny
|
Jay Harrison
|
WSC
AUS |
9 |
10 |
9 |
0 |
28 |
11 |
98
|
Hey Jude
|
James Ley
|
WSC
AUS |
11 |
11 |
DNF
(13.00) |
0 |
35 |
12 |
10
|
Venus
|
John Condie
|
YB16SC
AUS |
DNC
(13.00) |
DNC
(13.00) |
DNC
(13.00) |
0 |
39 |
Flying Dutchman
Plc |
Sail
No |
Boat Name
(Boat Type) |
Skipper/Crew |
From |
Race 1
2-Dec |
Race 2
2-Dec |
Race 3
2-Dec |
Drop |
Total |
1 |
359
|
INVADER
|
Matthew Whitnall
James Bevis |
RSYS
AUS |
1 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
33
|
LUPERCUS60
|
Ian McCrossin
James Cook |
RSYS
AUS |
DNF
(7.00) |
1 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
9
|
New Holland
|
Matthew Moore
Rex Velay |
WSC
AUS |
2 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
9 |
4 |
363
|
Magic
|
Emily Sellens
John Maguire |
WSC
AUS |
3 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
12 |
5 |
7
|
Minerva
|
Edward Cox
Peter Bevis |
RSYS
AUS |
DNF
(7.00) |
DNF
(7.00) |
2 |
0 |
16 |
6 |
337
|
Wooosh
|
Brett Beyer
Douglas Rawson-Harris |
SFS
AUS |
DNC
(7.00) |
DNC
(7.00) |
DNC
(7.00) |
0 |
21 |
Laser (Olympic)
Plc |
Sail
No |
Boat Name
(Boat Type) |
Skipper/Crew |
From |
Race 1
2-Dec |
Race 2
2-Dec |
Race 3
2-Dec |
Drop |
Total |
1 |
208331
|
-
|
Jeremy O'Connell
|
SYC
AUS |
3 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
206762
|
Swifto
|
Luke Elliott
|
FSC/RFBYC
AUS |
2 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
193390
|
Prime Time
|
Mark Spearman
|
FSC/RFBYC
AUS |
4 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
11 |
4 |
192624
|
Argonaut
|
Mitchell Kennedy
|
MYC/RQYS
AUS |
1 |
8 |
4 |
0 |
13 |
5 |
9
|
Podium Potential
|
Ryan Palk
|
NYRC
AUS |
6 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
13 |
6 |
196685
|
|
Marco Gallo
|
SVGDF
ITA |
5 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
14 |
7 |
206746
|
Fiona
|
Scott Sydney
|
SSF
SIN |
7 |
5 |
9 |
0 |
21 |
8 |
197538
|
|
Colin Cheng
|
SSF
AUS |
8 |
10 |
6 |
0 |
24 |
9 |
199103
|
|
Christoph Bottoni
|
CVLL
SUI |
11 |
13 |
10 |
0 |
34 |
10 |
171513
|
|
Maxim Nikolaev
|
CSP/CSKA
RUS |
9 |
14 |
14 |
0 |
37 |
11 |
206012
|
|
William Bates
|
RQYS
AUS |
10 |
15 |
12 |
0 |
37 |
12 |
206381
|
|
Fredrik Westman
|
HSF
FIN |
DNC
(25.00) |
7 |
7 |
0 |
39 |
13 |
199258
|
|
Ajay Rau
|
WSC
IND |
16 |
11 |
16 |
0 |
43 |
14 |
199110
|
|
Will Dargaville
|
RPAYC
NSW |
12 |
17 |
15 |
0 |
44 |
15 |
206936
|
Blue Turd
|
James Espey
|
BYC/RUYC
IRL |
OCS
(25.00) |
9 |
11 |
0 |
45 |
16 |
202595
|
Free Bird
|
Marcus Whitley
|
DBSC
AUS |
13 |
DNC
(25.00) |
13 |
0 |
51 |
17 |
207476
|
Coyote
|
Vicente Abogabir
|
CYA
CHI |
15 |
19 |
17 |
0 |
51 |
18 |
206047
|
Synergy
|
Sean Atherton-Feeney
|
MHASC
AUS |
14 |
16 |
DNF
(25.00) |
0 |
55 |
19 |
207559
|
|
Stefano Marcia
|
VLC
RSA |
OCS
(25.00) |
12 |
DNC
(25.00) |
0 |
62 |
20 |
200700
|
No Pain No Gain
|
Nikola Churkoski
|
WSC/ SNEGAR STRUGA
MKD |
OCS
(25.00) |
18 |
DNC
(25.00) |
0 |
68 |
21 |
1
|
|
Matthew Wearn
|
FSC/RPYC
AUS |
DNC
(25.00) |
DNC
(25.00) |
DNC
(25.00) |
0 |
75 |
22 |
202016
|
|
Wannes Van Laer
|
BRYC
BEL |
DNC
(25.00) |
DNC
(25.00) |
DNC
(25.00) |
0 |
75 |
23 |
199012
|
NB Laser
|
Thomas Burton
|
GSC
AUS |
DNC
(25.00) |
DNC
(25.00) |
DNC
(25.00) |
0 |
75 |
24 |
177729
|
Magnum
|
Nicholas Skulander
|
WSC
AUS |
DNC
(25.00) |
DNC
(25.00) |
DNC
(25.00) |
0 |
75 |
Laser Radial (Tue 2 to Thu 4)
Plc |
Sail
No |
Boat Name
(Boat Type) |
Skipper/Crew |
From |
Race 1
2-Dec |
Race 2
2-Dec |
Drop |
Total |
1 |
206251
|
|
Alison Young
|
-
GBR |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
206393
|
Infinity
|
Finnian Alexander
|
DBSC
AUS |
2 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
207451
|
Phar Lap
|
Stuart Plenderleith
|
MHASC
AUS |
3 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
4 |
200605
|
Trouble
|
Isabella Bertold
|
RVYC
CAN |
4 |
5 |
0 |
9 |
5 |
200060
|
|
Sophie-Marie Ertelt
|
SYC 98
GER |
5 |
6 |
0 |
11 |
6 |
202599
|
|
Ashley Stoddart
|
RQYS
AUS |
10 |
2 |
0 |
12 |
7 |
204604
|
Captain
|
Shane Conly
|
MHASC
AUS |
7 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
8 |
199093
|
Aussie Shark
|
Jeff Loosemore
|
MHASC/GRSC
AUS |
6 |
9 |
0 |
15 |
9 |
197268
|
Vida Loca
|
Marlena Berzins
|
WSC
AUS |
8 |
15 |
0 |
23 |
10 |
207190
|
Vida Loca
|
Peter Heywood
|
MHASC/VYC/WSC
AUS |
13 |
11 |
0 |
24 |
11 |
206377
|
Troublemaker
|
Andrew Cox
|
DBSC
NSW |
11 |
13 |
0 |
24 |
12 |
206747
|
Mr Pipeline
|
Noah Taylor
|
CYC
AUS |
14 |
12 |
0 |
26 |
13 |
207848
|
Gotta Go
|
Blake Selley
|
WSC/DBSC
AUS |
9 |
18 |
0 |
27 |
14 |
206391
|
HELLO BUOYS
|
Annie Eastgate
|
RQYS
AUS |
17 |
10 |
0 |
27 |
15 |
202767
|
Reach Around
|
Richard Maher
|
FSC/ SoPYC/ RFBYC
AUS |
DNF
(21.00) |
8 |
0 |
29 |
16 |
206010
|
A Frayed Knot
|
Oskar Hansen
|
RSYS
AUS |
15 |
16 |
0 |
31 |
17 |
206413
|
A Salt weapon
|
Fergus Buckley
|
CYC
AUS |
12 |
20 |
0 |
32 |
18 |
178646
|
Marge
|
Jordan Makin
|
GSC
AUS |
19 |
14 |
0 |
33 |
19 |
202727
|
Stay Classy
|
Carissa Bridge
|
RQYS
AUS |
16 |
17 |
0 |
33 |
20 |
206731
|
Big Blue Whale
|
Simone Wood
|
RQYS
AUS |
18 |
19 |
0 |
37 |
Moth
Plc |
Sail
No |
Boat Name
(Boat Type) |
Skipper/Crew |
From |
Race 1
2-Dec |
Race 2
2-Dec |
Race 3
2-Dec |
Race 4
2-Dec |
Drop |
Total |
1 |
4
|
7
|
Scott Babbage
|
WSC
AUS |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
Blank
|
Johnny Drama
|
Thomas Slingsby
|
GSC
AUS |
DNF
(18.00) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
21 |
3 |
44
|
-
|
Chris Steele
|
RNZYS/WBC
NZL |
5 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
22 |
4 |
0
|
Wendy Jr
|
Tom Spithill
|
PYC
NSW |
3 |
4 |
5 |
DNC
(18.00) |
0 |
30 |
5 |
4021
|
|
David Robinson
|
WSC
NSW |
6 |
7 |
7 |
DNF
(18.00) |
0 |
38 |
6 |
3
|
Equinox Moth
|
Josh McKnight
|
RPAYC
AUS |
1 |
3 |
DNC
(18.00) |
DNC
(18.00) |
0 |
40 |
7 |
3966
|
Chapman High Performance Saili
|
Andrew Chapman
|
WSC
AUS |
DNF
(18.00) |
DNC
(18.00) |
4 |
3 |
0 |
43 |
8 |
4003
|
AUS4003
|
Reece Tailby
|
RPAYC
AUS |
DNF
(18.00) |
DNF
(18.00) |
3 |
4 |
0 |
43 |
9 |
4198
|
Usain Boat
|
Scott Cotton
|
ASC
AUS |
4 |
5 |
DNF
(18.00) |
DNF
(18.00) |
0 |
45 |
10 |
TBA
|
Micky Mouse
|
William Chapman
|
WSC
AUS |
DNC
(18.00) |
DNC
(18.00) |
DNC
(18.00) |
DNC
(18.00) |
0 |
72 |
11 |
4138
|
|
Gian Ferrighi
|
FVR
AUS |
DNC
(18.00) |
DNC
(18.00) |
DNC
(18.00) |
DNC
(18.00) |
0 |
72 |
12 |
41x
|
|
stefano ferrighi
|
WSC
AUS |
DNC
(18.00) |
DNC
(18.00) |
DNC
(18.00) |
DNC
(18.00) |
0 |
72 |
13 |
3777
|
Eleonor
|
Fabio Mueller
|
WSC/ZYC
AUS |
DNC
(18.00) |
DNC
(18.00) |
DNC
(18.00) |
DNC
(18.00) |
0 |
72 |
14 |
41
|
OR3
|
Kyle Langford
|
GGYC
AUS |
DNC
(18.00) |
DNC
(18.00) |
DNC
(18.00) |
DNC
(18.00) |
0 |
72 |
15 |
4188
|
Ashby Sails
|
Glenn Ashby
|
MYC
AUS |
DNC
(18.00) |
DNC
(18.00) |
DNC
(18.00) |
DNC
(18.00) |
0 |
72 |
16 |
11
|
Goanna
|
Annalise Gilbert
|
M16ftSSC
NSW |
DNC
(18.00) |
DNC
(18.00) |
DNC
(18.00) |
DNC
(18.00) |
0 |
72 |
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