Land Rover Winter Series 2014 - Light air wins in race three

by Jennifer Crooks on 18 May 2014 Over the past few days Sydney has been blessed with fabulous Autumn weather – beautiful sunny days with temperatures up to seven degrees above average, however today was a different story for Race three of the Land Rover Winter Series – light airs forced the shortening of racing and some cloud cover kept the sun hidden.

Despite the lack of breeze, the team onboard LuLu Belle kept their spirits high to come away with the win in Division K. 'It was me and my harem,' Peter Lewis said of his all-girl crew.

LuLu Belle is renowned for the fabulous food the crew indulge in whilst racing and today was no different. 'The food and wine were excellent today. We started to the day off with sushi, Blat chapatti rolls and pastries for main course. Everyone has gone home with a full belly and Wilson (the boat’s mascot) is happy which is important.

'The girls called all the tactics and made the right decisions at all the critical moments. We didn’t see the back markers all day (which is unusual) and we slowly caught up to the front markers,' Lewis added.

'Considering LuLu Belle isn’t built for light winds, I’m really happy with how she performed today. We just had to put more weight on the boat to go fast downhill,' he laughed.

Adding to the excitement of the day, the crew also spotted a whale at the Heads and finished the day in true LuLu Belle style, celebrating the win with a glass of French champagne. Stormy Petrel (Kevin O’Shea) was second with Monkey Business (Paul Glynn) third.

Race Officer Steve Kidson got the fleet of 119 underway on time in a light six knot westerly on their respective course A. By 12:15hrs after the last boat had crossed the start line, boats were slowly making their way down the Harbour to their first mark.

'We’ll wait to see how it looks as the first boats come towards the gate, as to whether we decide to shorten or not,' Kidson said early in the day. 'They aren’t breaking any speed records at the moment and the breeze has dropped to five knots.'

At 13:15hrs, Kidson made the decision to shorten the course as the wind dropped below five knots and at 14:45hrs as the last boats were on approach to the finish line, it had petered out to less than two knots.

Sagacious V was today’s winner of Division J2 and her second consecutive division win in as many weeks. For David Hundt, his love affair with the stunning Farr 40 Sagacious V started when she was launched in 1987 and since purchasing her in 2006, has lovingly restored her with a view to competing in the 2015 Sydney Hobart – 25 years on from when Sagacious V won the race overall.

'She is a darling boat and the conditions have suited her over the last two weeks,' David Hundt said. 'We just kept her going in the lighter breeze.'

'I’m very surprised as to how well she its performing against the other boats in our division. She is probably one of the lighter boats out there and was built magnificently under the old IOR rule.

'It truly is a family affair on the boat with my wife and five kids joining me in racing the boat with a view to building a crew leading into next year’s Hobart race,' Hundt added.

'We’re enjoying the racing and doing it with a purpose – I fly down each weekend from Brisbane just to race her with my son preparing the boat.'

Inkonkoni (Arthur Lane) finished second to Sagacious V with Sextant (Denis Doyle and Lynne Smith) third. It was a double delight for David Hundt as he was the lucky winner of the Range Rover Evoque for the week.

In Division G, it was Will Northam and Jamie Watson’s Etchells Itchy that came away with the win from Velocity (Brian Carrick) and Fiction (Michael Blaxell).

'We hadn’t realised we’d won with the shortened course scoring coming into play – so we’re pretty justified and pleased to get a result,' Jamie Watson said.

'It was a cracking day – there was just enough breeze to get us around and we had a good tussle with Velocity and the Noakes boats.

'The highlight of the day was when we got to the bottom mark at Lady Bay and we had managed to catch up to the rest of the fleet,' Watson added. Itchy was also this week’s winner of the Noakes Group Lift and Stand Package.

Other divisional winners today were:
• Division A1 – Victoire (Darryl Hodgkinson).
• Division A2 – St Hilliers Quest (Tim Casey).
• Division B – Ariel (Ron Forster).
• Division C – Arch Rival (Steve Connors).
• Division D – Soundtrack (John Amos).
• Division E – Hick-Up (Bill Ure).
• Division F – Selkie (Anthony Booth).
• Division J1 – Elusive (Paul Billingham and Pete McGee).

The Land Rover Winter Series pointscore continues next Sunday, 25 May. Block entries for the season will be accepted up until 12 noon, Thursday 22 May with casual entries being accepted throughout the season.

Complete Results:

Land Rover Winter Series Division A1

Series Results [PHSTCF DivA1] for DivA1 up to Race 3

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		52002	QUEST	Bob Steel	CYCA	5.0	3.0	1.0	1.0
2		226	SWISH	Steven Proud	MHYC	6.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
3		AUS5299	VICTOIRE	Darryl Hodgkinson	CYCA	11.0	1.0	4.0	6.0
4		43218	VAMP	Peter Messenger	CYCA	12.0	4.0	3.0	5.0
5		10000	BRINDABELLA	Jim Cooney	CYCA	15.0	5.0	6.0	4.0
6		ESP6100	DUENDE	Damien Parkes	CYCA	18.0	7.0	8.0	3.0
7		SYD222	YOU'RE HIRED	Stuart Dart	CYCA	23.0	6.0	7.0	10.0R
8		884	AFTERSHOCK	Michael Hill	CYCA	26.0	11.0C	5.0	10.0R
9		6111	NEVER A DULL MOMENT	Col & Denise Wilson	CYCA	31.0	11.0C	13.0C	7.0
10		AUS03	SOUTHERNEXCELLENCEII	Andrew Wenham	CYCA	34.0	11.0C	10.0R	13.0C
11		6953	WOT EVA - SWD	David Pescud	CYCA	37.0	11.0C	13.0C	13.0C
11		6377	VANGUARD	Richard Cawse	CYCA	37.0	11.0C	13.0C	13.0C

Land Rover Winter Series Division A2

Series Results [PHSTCF DivA2] for DivA2 up to Race 3

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		AUS6606	STHILLIERS QUEST	Tim Casey	CYCA	7.0	1.0	3.0	3.0
2	1.0S	99991	KIRRIBILLI	Andrew Chapman	CYCA	11.0	2.0	8.0	1.0
3		8008	OCC.COARSELANGUAGE 2	Warwick Sherman	CYCA	11.0	4.0	5.0	2.0
4		00400	VENTO	Walter Lewin	CYCA	12.0	3.0	4.0	5.0
5	2.0S	8402	MORE WITCHCRAFT	John Cameron	CYCA	19.0	6.0	2.0	11.0C
6		33345	BLACK SHEEP	Derek & Martin Shepp	WYC	19.0	5.0	10.0R	4.0
7		8975	LAST TANGO	Phillip King	CYCA	20.0	7.0	6.0	7.0
8		65007	ELENA NOVA	Andrew Pearson	MHYC	23.0	11.0C	1.0	11.0C
9		248	WAX LYRICAL	Les Goodridge	CYCA	24.0	11.0C	7.0	6.0
10		7771	BALANCE	Paul Clitheroe	CYCA	35.0	11.0C	13.0C	11.0C

 
Land Rover Winter Series Division B

Series Results [PHSTCF DivB] for DivB up to Race 3

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		6081	NEXT	Richard Holstein	CYCA	9.0	4.0	1.0	4.0
2		7027	THE GOAT	Bruce Foye	CYCA	13.0	5.0	2.0	6.0
3		040	OUTLAW	Alan & Tom Quick	CYCA	16.0	11.0	4.0	1.0
4		6841	PAPILLON	Phil Molony	CYCA	17.0	3.0	7.0	7.0
5	2.0S	5271	NOCTURNE	Gerard Kesby	RANSA	18.0	6.0	10.0	2.0
6		6808	FLYING CLOUD	Howard Piggott	CYCA	18.0	12.0	3.0	3.0
7		3838	ZEN	Brad Payten	MHYC	20.0	2.0	8.0	10.0
8		6935	L'ALTRA DONNA	Andy Kearnan	CYCA	23.0	9.0	6.0	8.0
9		6492	UNDERCLIFFE PS WLD1	Larki Missiris	CYCA	25.0	8.0	5.0	12.0
10		A140	ARIEL	Ron Forster	CYCA/SASC	27.0	1.0	15.0C	11.0
11	5.0S	6774	JACKPOT	Adrian Van Bellen	CYCA	30.0	16.0C	9.0	5.0
12		RQ1123	RUM JUNGLE	Scott Russell	CYCA	30.0	10.0	11.0	9.0
13		7777	CALIBRE	G Bonus R Williams	CYCA	38.0	7.0	15.0C	16.0C
14		3060	THIRLMERE	S. Warneford L Jamie	MHYC/CYC	47.0	16.0C	15.0C	16.0C

 
Land Rover Winter Series Division C

Series Results [PHSTCF DivC] for DivC up to Race 3

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		415	ARCH RIVAL	Steve Connors	DSC	7.0	1.0	1.0	5.0
2	3.0S	8975A	ZORA	Pacificsailing Schoo	CYCA	12.0	6.0	3.0	3.0
3		KA400	SCARLETT O'HARA	Robert Skol	RANSA	12.0	3.0	5.0	4.0
4		8412	CYRENE 3	Michael Selby	CYCA	15.0	4.0	2.0	9.0
5		7407	WAVE SWEEPER	Morgan Rogers	CYCA	17.0	7.0	8.0	2.0
6		8824	CHANCELLOR	Edward Tooher	CYCA	19.0	11.0F	7.0	1.0
7		4970	AKELA	Alan Mather	CYCA	21.0	2.0	9.0	10.0
8		2001	QUETZALCOATL	Antony Sweetapple	CYCA	23.0	9.0	6.0	8.0
9		5930	REVE	Kevin Whelan	CYCA	24.0	8.0	10.0	6.0
10		89	INTO THE MYSTIC	Arthur Psaltis Jon R	CYCA	25.0	14.0C	4.0	7.0
11		6360	INTEGRITY	Andrew Stoeckel	CYCA	33.0	5.0	14.0C	14.0C
12		4343	WILD ROSE	Roger Hickman	CYCA	42.0	14.0C	14.0C	14.0C

 
Land Rover Winter Series Division D

Series Results [PHSTCF DivD] for DivD up to Race 3

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		5273	SOUNDTRACK	John Amos	GFS	11.0	1.0	9.0	1.0
2		5935	ALPHA CARINAE	Damian Barker	CYCA	12.0	2.0	8.0	2.0
3		700	SOMMERBREEZE	Hans Sommer	CYCA	13.0	4.0	6.0	3.0
4		7100	M	Steve Hatch	RSYS	14.0	3.0	5.0	6.0
5		8035	ONE MORE-NO MORE	Ian Guanaria	CYCA	18.0	7.0	4.0	7.0
6		6609	AMANTE	Dennis Cooper	CYCA	19.0	5.0	2.0	12.0C
7		MH20	THEPHILOSOPHERS CLUB	Peter Sorensen	MHYC	23.0	8.0	3.0	12.0C
8	1.0S	6683	CROSSHAVEN	J Pelly & S Rahilly	CYCA	25.0	12.0	1.0	12.0C
9		8675	ASTRAL	Andrew Butler	CYCA	25.0	6.0	11.0	8.0
10	4.0S	B347	SPEEDWELL	Colin Geeves	CYCA	26.0	9.0	13.0	4.0
11		8063	EYE APPEAL	J Markos M Delaney	CYCA	26.0	11.0	10.0	5.0
12		8832	LARRIKIN	Ross Glasson Richard	CYC	35.0	16.0C	7.0	12.0C
13		9109	VAMOS	Tim Ryan	CYCA	39.0	10.0	17.0C	12.0C
14		6166	SWEET CHARIOT	Ralph And Jen Picker	GFS	40.0	16.0C	12.0	12.0#
15		5826	SALTSHAKER	Peter Franki	CYCA	45.0	16.0C	17.0C	12.0C
15		6332	RAZORS EDGE	Ray Stone	CYCA	45.0	16.0C	17.0C	12.0C
15		5164	PENDRAGON	Andrew Cochrane	CYCA	45.0	16.0C	17.0C	12.0C

 
Land Rover Winter Series Division E

Series Results [PHSTCF DivE] for DivE up to Race 3

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		NZL9242	ORBIT	Matthew Brown	CYCA	8.0	5.0	1.0	2.0
2		AUS717	BANDIT	Kevin/ Warwick Nixon	CYCA	12.0	9.0	2.0	1.0
3		9997	SKEETER	Matthew Fisher	DSC/CYCA	14.0	6.0	5.0	3.0
4		4377	CLEWLESS?	Lachlan Irwin	SASC	15.0	8.0	3.0	4.0
5	1.0S	3020	HICK-UP	Bill Ure	RANSA	16.0	1.0	10.0	5.0
6		AUS160	CRUSADER	Jonathan Green	CYCA	16.0	2.0	4.0	10.0C
7		AUS82	TIGGER	Robert Breit	CYCA	20.0	3.0	7.0	10.0C
8		8383	KRAKATOA	Don Young	CYCA	26.0	10.0	6.0	10.0C
9		6890	ADELA	David Lamond	RSYS	28.0	4.0	14.0C	10.0C
10	8.0S	6448	CARATS N KILOS	John Santifort	CYCA	30.0	12.0	8.0	10.0C
11		621	DEVILS LAIR	Barry Crook	CYCA	30.0	11.0	9.0	10.0C
12		6311	ZIPPIER	Andrew Waugh	CYCA	31.0	7.0	14.0C	10.0C
13		6928	MENAGE A TROIS	Karl Matiszik	CYCA	40.0	16.0C	14.0C	10.0C
13		6544	JET	Justin Graham	SRB	40.0	16.0C	14.0C	10.0C
13		AUS7151	OPTIMUM	Richard Brasher	MHYC/CYCA	40.0	16.0C	14.0C	10.0C

 
Land Rover Winter Series Division F

Series Results [PHSTCF DivF] for DivF up to Race 3

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		9201	SELKIE	Anthony Booth	RPEYC	11.0	1.0	3.0	7.0
2	1.0S	6232	MORTGAGECHOICE RUMBA	R Carr S Cook & K Bu	MHYC	13.0	10.0	2.0	1.0
3		3724	SALONA	Pacificsailing Schoo	CYCA	13.0	2.0	9.0	2.0
4		4896	L'EAU CO.	Grant Pollock	CYCA	14.0	7.0	4.0	3.0
5		544	OUT OF SIGHT	Matt Wilkinson	CYCA	16.0	6.0	5.0	5.0
6		SM74	PERFECT MATCH	Josh McKean	CYCA	19.0	5.0	6.0	8.0
7	1.0S	8484	WINDFLYT	Douglas Sturrock	CYCA	23.0	9.0	1.0	13.0C
8	3.0S	5861	OUTLANDISH	Sean Barrett	CYCA	23.0	3.0	14.0C	6.0
9		5436	SINEWAVE	Greg Mason Barb Maun	CYCA	23.0	11.0	8.0	4.0
10		193	SYONARA	Greg Maughan	CYCA	28.0	8.0	7.0	13.0C
11		11	DEFIANCE	Nicole Shrimpton	CYCA	29.0	4.0	12.0O	13.0C
12		F8	QUATTRO	Jason Daisley	CYCA	31.0	12.0	10.0	9.0
13		9900	SUPERFINE	George Waldthausen	CYCA	43.0	16.0C	14.0C	13.0C

Land Rover Winter Series Division G

Series Results [PHSTCF DivG] for DivG up to Race 3

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		YC868	VELOCITY	Brian Carrick	CYCA	6.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
2		AUS1337	ITCHY	Will Northam Jamie W	CYCA	7.0	1.0	5.0	1.0
3		3966	MARIGOT BAY	Merryl Semple	CYCA	18.0	8.0	1.0	9.0R
4	3.0S	N2	NOAKES RED	Sean Langman	CYCA	20.0	5.0	3.0	12.0C
5		N1	NOAKES WHITE	Peter Langman	CYCA	20.0	4.0	4.0	12.0C
6		2153	FICTION	Michael Blaxell	CYCA	22.0	3.0	14.0R	5.0
7		2125	SEA RUG HOO HA	Peter Howes	CYCA	26.0	10.0	10.0	6.0
8	3R	5139	KATINKA	Paul Oconnell	CYCA	27.0	6.0	9.0	12.0C
9	6.0S	N3	NOAKES BLUE	Josh Alexander	CYCA	27.0	9.0	6.0	12.0C
10		5719	DOUBLE DUTCH	Phil Tanner	SASC	27.0	7.0	11.0	9.0R
11	3.0S	6657	PANTOMIME IV	Michael Kelly	CYCA	28.0	13.0F	12.0	3.0
12		404	HORNBLOWER	Steve Sweeney	CYCA	28.0	16.0C	8.0	4.0
13		A100	HOANA	Martin Vanderwal	SASC	35.0	16.0C	7.0	12.0C
14		KA17	WALLOP	Bryan Collis Stephen	CYCA	40.0	11.0	17.0C	12.0C

  Land Rover Winter Series Division J1

Series Results [PHSTCF DivJ1] for DivJ1 up to Race 3

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		6937	HANNI	Mike Champion	CYCA	11.0	6.0	3.0	2.0
2	1.0S	6563	L'ATTITUDE	Hunt/Short /Bastick	CYCA	12.0	5.0	1.0	6.0
3		6223	TRIM	Shaaron Walsh	CYCA	12.0	2.0	2.0	8.0
4		8455	EUROPA	David Mason	CYCA	14.0	4.0	6.0	4.0
5		6608	ELUSIVE	P Billingham P Mcgee	CYCA	18.0	1.0	7.0	10.0
6		4715	MARLOO	George Girdis	CYCA	20.0	13.0C	4.0	3.0
7		1961	IN CAHOOTS	Pat & Roberta Easton	CYCA	21.0	7.0	5.0	9.0
8		6797	HOLY COW!	John & Kim Clinton	CYCA	24.0	9.0	14.0C	1.0
9		9999	ASSASSIN	Phil Cutts	CYCA	26.0	3.0	10.0	13.0R
10		331	SILVER MINX	Geoff & Vicki Player	CYCA	27.0	8.0	8.0	11.0
11		7878	SAILORS WITH DISABIL	David Leslie	CYCA	32.0	13.0C	14.0C	5.0
12		C1	ARGO BLUE	George Snow	CYCA	34.0	13.0C	14.0C	7.0
13		6226	SANTE'	Rob &Sue Segaert	CYCA	38.0	13.0C	9.0	16.0C

Land Rover Winter Series Division J2

Series Results [PHSTCF DivJ2] for DivJ2 up to Race 3

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1	1.0S	4000	SAGACIOUSV	David Hundt	CYCA	12.0	1.0	1.0	10.0R
2	1.0S	6501	LAHARA II	Glenn Crane	RSYS	12.0	5.0	6.0	1.0
3		6652	BALTIC LADY	Niel Burling	CYCA	12.0	6.0	2.0	4.0
4		7046	INKONKONI	Arthur Lane	CYCA	15.0	2.0	3.0	10.0R
5	3.0S	9242	SEXTANT	Denis Doyle	CYCA	17.0	3.0	11.0C	3.0
6		129	VIVA	Ken Hudson	CYCA	17.0	7.0	5.0	5.0
7	2.0S	7006	LORELEI	Matthew Farr	CYCA	18.0	9.0	7.0	2.0
8		69200	NEMESIS	Jeffery Taylor	USA	18.0	4.0	4.0	10.0R
9		7035	BRIGUS	Terry & E Burke	CYCA	29.0	8.0	11.0C	10.0R
10		MH68	ST ELMO'S FLYER	Gil Burton	MHYC	37.0	13.0C	11.0C	13.0C
10		6959	SOLEARES	Sebastian Bohm	CYCA	37.0	13.0C	11.0C	13.0C

 
Land Rover Winter Series Division K

Series Results [PHSTCF DivK] for DivK up to Race 3

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		508	STORMY PETREL	Kevin O'Shea	CYCA	6.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
2		9933	MONKEY BUSINESS	Paul Glynn	RSYS	12.0	3.0	1.0	8.0C
3		1008	STAR FERRY	John Conroy	MHYC/RSYS	14.0	6.0	4.0	4.0
4		B331	BROULEE	Karen Hawkett	CYCA	16.0	5.0	3.0	8.0C
5		6990	GREAT WHITE	Ann / Bob Penty	CYCA	17.0	9.0	5.0	3.0
6		6809	APPLEJACK	Derek McDonnell	CYCA	19.0	4.0	7.0	8.0C
7	3R	6593	LU LU BELLE	Peter Lewis	MHYC	21.0	1.0	12.0C	8.0C
8		3976	GUSTO	Phillip Denison	CYCA	21.0	8.0	12.0C	1.0
9	6.0S	4582	PRIVATEER	Bill Mirow	CYC	27.0	13.0C	6.0	8.0C
10		8420	JUBLILEE	Ian Arthy	CYC	27.0	7.0	12.0C	8.0C
11		6726	HECTOR	Andrew Hawkins	CYCA	29.0	13.0C	8.0	8.0C
12		5106	ANNA	George Sirett	CYCA	33.0	13.0C	12.0C	8.0C