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Australian 18ft Skiff Champs - Seve Jarvin favourite to retain title

by Frank Quealey on 10 Jan 2014
gotta love it 7 leads thurlow fisher lawyers in a nor’easter on sydney harbour - Australian 18ft Skiff Championship Frank Quealey /Australian 18 Footers League http://www.18footers.com.au
Australian 18ft Skiff Championship 2014 race one gets underway on Sunday on Sydney Harbour. Defending champion Seve Jarvin and his Gotta Love It 7 team will go into the race as favourite to retain the title, but it won’t be easy against a strong 19-boat fleet.


Following a late start to the season, the Gotta Love It 7 team has built up steadily with a string of good performances before the three-weeks break over the Christmas-New Year period.

Jarvin, Scott Babbage and Sam Newton, who returns to the team after success in the AC on Team Oracle, will be put to the test by a number of strong teams with plenty of experience.


Two stars of the 1990s, Chris Nicholson (Mojo Wine) and David Witt (Sydney City Marine), along with Michael Coxon (Thurlow Fisher Lawyers), Jack Macartney (Coopers 62-Rag and Famish Hotel) and Nick Press (Smeg) pose the greatest threat to Team Seven.

The championship will be sailed over five races (on five consecutive Sundays) from 12 January-9 February, and is the main lead up to the JJ Giltinan Championship, which begins on Sydney Harbour on 1st March.

Hopeful, the poor racing conditions experienced during the first half of the season have gone and the fleet can get down to good sailing in the traditional summer North East winds.



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