18ft Skiffs- NSW Championship, Race one
by Frank Quealey - Australian 18 Footers League on 11 Jan 2015
The close racing for third place - 18ft Skiffs NSW Championship, Race one Sunday, 11 January 2015 Sydney Harbour. Australian 18 Footers League
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18ft Skiffs, NSW Championship 2015, Race one, Sydney Harbour - Following a three-week layoff over Christmas-New Year, the Australian 18 Footers League’s 18ft Skiff fleet returned to Sydney Harbour today to contest Race 1 of the NSW Championship.
Conditions were far from perfect for the 15 teams with a variable south wind the order of the day.
Australian 16 Footer champion Lee Knapton won his second consecutive scratch race in the 18s when he teamed with Ricky Bridge and Mike McKensey to bring Mojo Wine home just 4s ahead of Gotta Love It 7 (Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton, John Winning Jr.).
Third place went to Thurlow Fisher Lawyers (Michael Coxon, Dave O’Connor, Charles Dorron), which finished a further 1m9s behind Gotta Love It 7.
John Winning’s Yandoo was fourth, followed by Coopers 62-Rag and Famish Hotel (Jack Macartney), Pure Blonde (Nick Daly) and Lumix (Jonathan Whitty).
Mojo Wine grabbed the lead at the first windward leg from Gotta Love It 7, Asko Appliances (Marcus Ashley-Jones), Yandoo.
The brand new Appliancesonline.com.au (Micah Lane, Paul Montague and Tom Anderson), which was having her first start, was in fifth place.
On the long spinnaker run from Clarke Island to Obelisk Bay, the Mojo Wine crew sailed faultlessly to increase the lead over Team Seven to 25s.
The pair had edged away from the rest of the fleet, with Yandoo in third place 1m behind the leader.
Mojo Wine elected to sail the northern shore on the work back into Rose Bay while Gotta Love It 7 sailed a middle of the harbour course.
When the pair met at the mouth of Rose Bay Gotta Love It 7 had recovered brilliantly to cross Mojo.
At the Rose Bay mark 7s lead was 35s and the all familiar look of a Gotta Love It 7 victory was on the cards.
Thurlow Fisher Lawyers and Coopers 62-Rag and Famish Hotel had their own personal ‘fight’ for most of the course as they battled behind the third placed Yandoo.
Gotta Love It 7’s lead got out to as much as 1m10s at Obelisk Bay on the second lap and there appeared nothing was going to stop a Gotta Love It 7 win.
That was until the final spinnaker run when the ‘ímpossible’ happened and 7s spinnaker went overboard off Bradley’s Head.
Seizing the opportunity, the Mojo Wine team challenged hard and trailed narrowly as the two teams headed for home.
As the skiffs set for the windward beat back from Athol Bay to the finish line off Clarke Island, Mojo Wine picked up a slight wind shift was enough to see it grab victory only 20 metres from the finish line.
Race two of the NSW Championship will be sailed next Sunday. The club’s regular ferry will follow the race, leaving Double Bay Wharf at 2.15pm.
Don’t Forget:
The J.J. Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship will be sailed from 14-22 February 2015.
Australian 18 Footers League
Starters and Judges Report
Name of Race: Club Championship – Race 5 Entrants: 17 Date: 11-Jan-15
NSW Championship – Race 1
Course: 4
Wind: 180/9 Tide: Ebb
Race Start Time: 15:07:00
Race Finish Time : 16:40:51
Start Mode: SCRATCH
Non Starters: 2
Non Finishers: 0
Race Officer: Doug Cameron
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Finish
Placings
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Recall #
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Boat Name
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Finish
Time
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Elapsed
Time
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Handicap
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Corrected
Time
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H/cap
Position
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1
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11
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MOJO WINE
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16:40:51
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1:33:51
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1
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1:32:51
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3
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2
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7
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GOTTA LOVE IT 7
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16:40:55
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1:33:55
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0
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1:33:55
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5
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3
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1
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THURLOW FISHER LAWYERS
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16:42:04
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1:35:04
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0
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1:35:04
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7
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4
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2
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YANDOO
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16:42:40
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1:35:40
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2
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1:33:40
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4
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5
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6
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COOPERS 62-RAG & FAMISH HOTEL
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16:42:47
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1:35:47
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0
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1:35:47
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9
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6
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9
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PURE BLONDE
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16:45:01
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1:38:01
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4
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1:34:01
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6
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7
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12
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LUMIX
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16:45:03
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1:38:03
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6
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1:32:03
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2
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8
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5
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APPLIANCESONLINE.COM.AU
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16:45:24
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1:38:24
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3
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1:35:24
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8
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9
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3
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ASKO APPLIANCES
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16:45:53
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1:38:53
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3
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1:35:53
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10
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10
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8
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SMEG
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16:47:25
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1:40:25
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2
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1:38:25
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13
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11
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4
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DE’LONGHI
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16:48:11
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1:41:11
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10
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1:31:11
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1
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12
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14
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THE KITCHEN MAKER
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16:49:06
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1:42:06
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5
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1:37:06
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11
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13
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13
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COMPASSMARKETS.COM
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16:50:25
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1:43:25
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6
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1:37:25
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12
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14
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10
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FISHER & PAYKEL
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16:55:39
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1:48:39
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10
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1:38:39
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14
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15
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16
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HAIER APPLIANCES
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16:56:12
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1:49:12
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10
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1:39:12
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15
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16
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Non Starters
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Non Finishers
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ILVE
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NOAKES SAILING
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Sailing Time: 1:33:51
Fastest Time: MOJO WINE
Margins: 1st - 2nd 0:00:04
2nd - 3rd 0:01:09
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