Sail-World.com : 12ft Skiff Interdominion: Kiwis fight back in Teams Trophy
12ft Skiff Interdominion: Kiwis fight back in Teams Trophy
|
Races two and three of the 12ft Skiff Intrdominions, being sailed on Waterloo Bay, Brisbane, pushed the 12ft skiffies to the limits of their skill and endurance. A 15-20 knot forecast and rain squalls made the rig choice difficult, but most went second and it turned out to the be the right choice, at least for part of the day.
Race two was won by Gemmell Sails, second C-tech Performance and third Garde. A rain squall on the way to the start continued as the skiffs battled up the first work. The wind started dying down the first run as the skiffs negotiated the downwind gate and all came together at the dual bottom marks. Gemmell started in front and was never headed, extending to a three minute lead by the finish. Garde and PB Towage had a good battle, with Garde getting the edge. The softening breeze and leftover chop was making things difficult both up and downwind.
Race three was won by C-tech/Little Bus, second Gemmell Sails and third C-tech Performance. The breeze settled into a nice second rig and the speed of the racing picked up. The first work and run was extremely close with bunches of boats coming together at the first gate and bottom marks. Plenty of yelling and chaos meant getting a clean line shot you out in front of the pack. Once again, C-tech/Little Bus and Gemmell Sails were inseparable, with only two seconds splitting them at the finish, this time with C-tech Performance only seven seconds adrift. It doesn’t getting tighter than that! The 12ft skiff spectacle was in full flight with at least five big spectator boats crowding the course, getting an eyeful of the best action on Waterloo Bay.
Miners was won by Chris Reid and Ben DeFluiter for a bit of pre start submarine action and also forgetting to tie the head of the kite to the halyard.
Spinners was won by the local Brisbane favourite, Brad Madders for a bit of time in the clink the night before and waking up in an unknown suburb.
Website: http://brisbane18footers.com/
Team Points:
AUS = 229
NZ = 227
 | 12ft Skiff Interdominions - Race 1 - Sue Debrosses |
R3 Scratch Race Time to Time to
Placings Time Previous Winner
1 C-Tech Little Bus 0:58:44
2 Gemmell Sails 0:58:46 0:00:02 0:00:02
3 C-Tech Performance 0:58:53 0:00:07 0:00:09
4 Frankenskiff 0:59:48 0:00:55 0:01:04
5 Garde 1:00:11 0:00:23 0:01:27
6 P.B. Towage 1:00:50 0:00:39 0:02:06
7 Absolute Cnc 1:01:16 0:00:26 0:02:32
8 Variety 1:01:17 0:00:01 0:02:33
9 As Good As It Gets 1:01:57 0:00:40 0:03:13
10 Barfoot and Thompson 1:03:45 0:01:48 0:05:01
11 Allwood Sails 1:04:30 0:00:45 0:05:46
12 Squid 1:05:09 0:00:39 0:06:25
13 Team Architecture 1:05:12 0:00:03 0:06:28
14 Vanatage Real Estate 1:06:09 0:00:57 0:07:25
15 Skoll 1:06:41 0:00:32 0:07:57
16 Harsco Infrastrcture 1:07:05 0:00:24 0:08:21
17 Madonna 1:07:44 0:00:39 0:09:00
18 Hey Charger 1:08:14 0:00:30 0:09:30
19 Gizmo 1:09:17 0:01:03 0:10:33
20 CST 1:11:42 0:02:25 0:12:58
21 Giddy Up 1:13:00 0:01:18 0:14:16
22 www.skiff.org.nz 1:15:18 0:02:18 0:16:34
23 www.skiff.org.au 1:22:48 0:07:30 0:24:04
24 Challenge 1:29:17 0:06:29 0:30:33
25
DNF KaRoShi
Team Points: Australia 229 New Zealand 227
by Richard Billett
Click on the FB Like link to post this story to your FB wall
http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?nid=105375
8:47 AM Mon 7 Jan 2013GMT
Click here for printer friendly version
Click here to send us feedback or comments about this story.
|
|
|
Our Advertisers are committed to our sport, please support them!
This site and its contents are © Copyright TetraMedia Pty. Ltd and/or the original author, photographer etc. All Rights Reserved.
Photographs are copyright by law. If you wish to use or buy a photograph you must contact the photographer directly (there is a hyperlink in most cases to their website, or do a Google search.) with your request.
Please do not contact
Sail-World.com
as we cannot give permission for use of other photographer’s images.
Only if the photographer named on the image is Sail-world.com, Powerboat-world.com, Marinebusiness-world.com or NZBoating-World.com.
Contact us
.
Ph: +61 2 8006 1873
or complete our
feedback form
Contact us
.
View our Privacy Policy.
[ Go Home]
[ Banner Advertising Specification]
[Bot Archive ]
Customised news feeds -Marine Industry companies, Clubs and Associations have their own customised version of our news feed on their website.
Look_here_to_see_examples
|
CLD
| | |
