Heaven Can Wait- One Lap Dash results

by Helen Hopcroft on 29 Sep 2007 The winners of the Heaven Can Wait ‘One Lap Dash’ were announced at a ceremony at Mannering Park Yacht Club tonight. The Melges 24 Kaito was the winner, closely followed by the Thompson 7 Team GUE and Woof an Elliott 7.

RAFFERTYS HEAVEN CAN WAIT ONE LAP DASH Official Staters 29/9/07
BOAT	SAIL NUMBER	TCF		START TIME	FINISH TIME	SAILING TIME			MINUTES SAILING	CORRECTED TIME
						H	M	S
"OSBHeaven can Wait" Y780		0.822		12:00 PM	DNF				0.00	0.00
"High Spirits" RL 24		0.765	DK	12:00 PM					0.00	0.00
"High Spirits" RL 24		0.725	SK	12:00 PM	DNF				0.00	0.00
"Blarney" Castle 650		0.725		12:00 PM		5	52	47	352.78	255.77	10
"Mischief" Castle 550		0.675		12:00 PM		5	58	55	358.92	242.27	8
"Woof" Elliott 7		0.835		12:00 PM		4	33	7	273.12	228.05	3
"Moondance" Jarcat 6.2		0.667		12:00 PM					0.00	0.00
"Katrina" Careel 18		0.611		12:00 PM		6	14	37	374.62	228.89	4
"Southern Cross" Ross 780		0.795		12:00 PM		5	46	37	346.62	275.56	13
"OD 18 foot skiff League" TBA		1.045		12:00 PM	DNF				0.00	0.00
"F18" TBA		1.023		12:00 PM					0.00	0.00
"T870" TBA		0.960		12:00 PM					0.00	0.00
"Maserati" MASRM 920		0.840		12:00 PM		4	36	46	276.77	232.48	6
"Team G.U.E" T7		0.895		12:00 PM		4	9	27	249.45	223.26	2
"Rush" T8		0.950		12:00 PM		4	3	16	243.27	231.10	5
"TBA" Young 770		0.838		12:00 PM	DNF				0.00	0.00
"Gone too Farr" Farr 7500		0.720		12:00 PM		5	55	36	355.60	256.03	11
"Kaito" Melges 24		0.890		12:00 PM		4	8	59	248.98	221.60	1
"Stealthy"		0.990		12:00 PM		4	1	39	241.65	239.23	7
"SRB" JS38		0.891		12:00 PM		4	43	53	283.88	252.94	9
"Lyric" Carter 33		0.732		12:00 PM		6	6	8	366.13	268.01	12
Note : Team G.U.E and Stealthy have entered both the 1 Lap Dash and 24-hour.

Melges builder Heath Walters was thrilled with Kaito's success, especially after the boat's late start. Most of the Heaven Can Wait fleet had already crossed the Raffertys Resort start line when Kaito was spotted rapidly approaching. Kaito came racing in under spinnaker and managed to carry it across the start line until forced to tack when she got close to the eastern shore. She crossed the line at least 30 seconds behind the last boat in the fleet.

Heath Walters received a model cannon as a trophy.

Skipper Jim Walsh was similarly pleased with the success of his sportsboat Woof. He joked that he had asked his dog to come up with a name for his boat, then gave a lovely speech thanking Mannering Park Yacht Club for hosting the race. He commented that small suburban clubs like MPYC are made of people rather than bricks and mortar, and applauded the herculean efforts of race organiser Shaun Lewicki. Walsh said that the One Lap Dash was a great event for sportsboats and he would be bringing his boat back next year.

Team GUE was still out racing as part of the 24 hour course so were unable to attend the presentation.



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