ASBA Nationals 2014 - On the Downhill Run!!

by Darren Spence on 5 Jan 2014

Fang and Fizz - ASBA National Championships 2014 Teri Dodds http://www.teridodds.com

Day three of racing at the ASBA Sports Boat National Titles was a 'breeze on' day. With four races scheduled and four races complete to date, day three is the make or break day. Cream rising to the top day?

In the end only three races where completed with the Fremantle Doctor putting his feet up early for the weekend and reaching 27 – 30 knots by mid afternoon.

Crank (Brett Whitbread) - ASBA National Championships 2014 © Teri Dodds http://www.teridodds.com

At the end of day two, Crank (Brett Whitbread) from Brisbane, held a narrow lead in the points over local boats Octopussy (Rees Howell) and Fang (Tim Reger). These three boats have been the most consistent despite some gear breakage in the passage race on day two and this proved to be the case again in rig stretching 20-25 knots over the Fremantle Sailing Club course.

Flying downwind - ASBA National Championships 2014 © Teri Dodds http://www.teridodds.com

In the first race of the day, Fang took the overall SMS win by 6 seconds from Crank with another 27 seconds to Octopussy. The pre-race generated the first nomination for 'Stuff up of the Day' when the Crank crew hoisted the jib without attaching the halyard. Quickly fixed but captured on film.

Shaw Thing had a better day on the track - ASBA National Championships 2014 © Teri Dodds http://www.teridodds.com

Race two on the day saw the winner of the passage race yesterday, Don’t Forget Alice (Rod Beurteaux), take the overall win by 8 seconds again to Crank with Octopussy third and searching for the 3 seconds they where done by. Fang scored a fifth with Division 2 leader, The Duck Nuts, missing out on the podium by 5 seconds. Yes, the racing was close.

Tachyon (Andrew York) - ASBA National Championships 2014 © Teri Dodds http://www.teridodds.com

What turned out to be the final race of the day, saw Fang grab their second win of the day and the series, leading home Tachyon (Andrew York) from Sydney and Don’t Forget Alice. Crank, Octopussy and The Ducks Nuts taking out the next three positions with all these crews showing off their heavy air sailing skill.

The Duck’s Nuts under pressure - ASBA National Championships 2014 © Teri Dodds http://www.teridodds.com

Day four of sailing is the last day of the Titles and sees a tie at the top of the leader board for the overall honors. Fang and Crank are equal on points with three races now scheduled for the day to wrap up the series. Octopussy is further seven points adrift and will need some bullets today to have any chance of overhauling the two leaders.

In Division 1, Fang holds a one point break on Crank to Octopussy. Division 2 has been dominated by The Ducks Nuts who have taken out every race in the division while also holding down fifth in the overall points.

Fang also holds lead in the Viper 640 division.

Many thanks to our sponsors – Karver, Sail Force International, Gill, Hogs Breath Cafe and 3 Oceans Winery for their support of this event and the ASBA fleet.

PROVISIONAL RESULTS

Updated: 5/01/2014 19:46:18

***Series Results [SMS] up to R 10 (Drops = 1)***
Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sail Num	Sers Score	R 10	R 9	R 8	R 7	R 6	R 5	R 4	R 3	R 2	R 1
1	114	FANG	Tim Reger	SPYC	AUS114	27.0	2.0	1.0	8.0	1.0	5.0	1.0	[22.0F]	2.0	2.0	5.0
2	658	CRANK	Brett Whitbread	RQYS	658	30.0	1.0	2.0	[13.0]	4.0	2.0	2.0	10.0	1.0	1.0	7.0
3	008	OCTOPUSSY	Rees Howell	SOPYC	AUS008	32.0	3.0	7.0	2.0	5.0	3.0	3.0	[8.0]	5.0	3.0	1.0
4	113	DON'T FORGET ALICE	Rod Beurteaux	SOPYC	AUS113	38.0	7.0	3.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	9.0	1.0	3.0	10.0	[17.0]
5	7504	THE DUCKS NUTS	Mitch De Vries	SOPYC	7504	55.0	5.0	9.0	11.0	6.0	4.0	4.0	2.0	10.0	4.0	[16.0]
6	136	TACHYON	Andrew York	CYCA	AUS136	64.0	4.0	4.0	10.0	2.0	8.0	5.0	9.0	[22.0O]	8.0	14.0
7	118	HISSTERIA	Graeme Monkhouse	SOPYC	AUS118	68.0	9.0	8.0	6.0	7.0	[12.0]	7.0	5.0	8.0	9.0	9.0
8	111	SNAKE CHARMER	Chris O'Keefe	SOPYC	AUS111	70.0	6.0	11.0	14.0	11.0	9.0	8.0	3.0	4.0	[14.0]	4.0
9	808	SHAW THING	Mark Robins	SOPYC	SP808	73.0	12.0	6.0	4.0	9.0	7.0	6.0	[22.0F]	14.0	5.0	10.0
10	112F	FIZZ	Nick Lewins	SOPYC	AUS112F	90.0	[22.0C]	15.0	3.0	13.0	11.0	12.0	9.0G	9.0	6.0	12.0
11	135	TURNHAM GREEN	Guy Skinner	SPYC	SP135	98.0	10.0	10.0	7.0	14.0	6.0	11.0	[22.0C]	12.0	15.0	13.0
12	112M	MONGOOSE	Malcolm Thompson	SOPYC	AUS112M	103.0	22.0C	12.0	9.0	[22.0S]	15.0	14.0	11.0	7.0	7.0	6.0
13	116	VELOCITY	John Park	SOPYC	AUS116	104.0	8.0	5.0	5.0	22.0S	22.0F	[22.0F]	4.0	11.0	12.0	15.0
14	772	JOHNNY DRAMA	Lee Bowers	RFBYC	AUS772	122.0	11.0	14.0	15.0	10.0	10.0	15.0	7.0	22.0O	[22.0O]	18.0
15	650	INDECENT HASTE	Peter Chalmer	RFBYC	RF650	123.0	22.0C	22.0C	22.0C	[22.0F]	14.0	10.0	6.0	13.0	11.0	3.0
16	7005	THE FIFTH SEVEN	Greg Reynolds	MOFSC	7005	129.0	13.0	13.0	12.0	12.0	13.0	13.0	[22.0C]	16.0	17.0	20.0
17	788	KNITRO	Howard Knight	RFBYC	AUS788	146.0	22.0C	22.0C	[22.0C]	8.0	16.0	16.0	12.0	15.0	16.0	19.0
18	75	ZOLOFT	Dave Lee	SOPYC	SP75	147.0	15.0	16.0	17.0	22.0S	22.0F	17.0	[22.0F]	18.0	18.0	2.0
19	3413	FSC1	Tobias Byrne	FYC	AUS3413	153.0	14.0	17.0	16.0	15.0	22.0S	22.0F	22.0F	17.0	[22.0F]	8.0
20	139	BOB	Bill Brownlee	SPYC	AUS139	162.0	22.0C	22.0C	22.0C	22.0C	22.0C	22.0C	[22.0C]	6.0	13.0	11.0
21	8	TICKETY BOO	Mick Hinchey	CPSC	8	198.0	22.0C	22.0C	22.0C	22.0C	22.0C	22.0C	22.0C	22.0C	22.0C	[22.0C]

***Series Results [SMS Div 1] up to R 10 (Drops = 1)***
Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sail Num	Sers Score	R 10	R 9	R 8	R 7	R 6	R 5	R 4	R 3	R 2	R 1
1	114	FANG	Tim Reger	SPYC	AUS114	22.0	2.0	1.0	7.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	[15.0F]	2.0	2.0	2.0
2	658	CRANK	Brett Whitbread	RQYS	658	24.0	1.0	2.0	[10.0]	4.0	2.0	2.0	8.0	1.0	1.0	3.0
3	008	OCTOPUSSY	Rees Howell	SOPYC	AUS008	31.0	3.0	[7.0]	2.0	5.0	3.0	3.0	6.0	5.0	3.0	1.0
4	113	DON'T FORGET ALICE	Rod Beurteaux	SOPYC	AUS113	33.5	6.0	3.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	8.0	1.0	3.0	[9.0]	7.5
5	136	TACHYON	Andrew York	CYCA	AUS136	49.0	4.0	4.0	9.0	2.0	6.0	4.0	7.0	[15.0O]	7.0	6.0
6	111	SNAKE CHARMER	Chris O'Keefe	SOPYC	AUS111	57.0	5.0	9.0	11.0	8.0	7.0	7.0	2.0	4.0	[13.0]	4.0
7	808	SHAW THING	Mark Robins	SOPYC	SP808	61.0	9.0	6.0	4.0	7.0	5.0	5.0	[15.0F]	12.0	4.0	9.0
8	118	HISSTERIA	Graeme Monkhouse	SOPYC	AUS118	61.5	8.0	8.0	6.0	6.0	[9.0]	6.0	4.0	8.0	8.0	7.5
9	112F	FIZZ	Nick Lewins	SOPYC	AUS112F	76.0	[15.0C]	11.0	3.0	9.0	8.0	10.0	9.0G	9.0	5.0	12.0
10	116	VELOCITY	John Park	SOPYC	AUS116	84.0	7.0	5.0	5.0	15.0S	15.0F	[15.0F]	3.0	10.0	11.0	13.0
11	112M	MONGOOSE	Malcolm Thompson	SOPYC	AUS112M	87.0	15.0C	10.0	8.0	[15.0S]	11.0	11.0	9.0	7.0	6.0	10.0
12	650	INDECENT HASTE	Peter Chalmer	RFBYC	RF650	95.0	15.0C	15.0C	15.0C	[15.0F]	10.0	9.0	5.0	11.0	10.0	5.0
13	139	BOB	Bill Brownlee	SPYC	AUS139	119.0	15.0C	15.0C	15.0C	15.0C	15.0C	15.0C	[15.0C]	6.0	12.0	11.0
14	8	TICKETY BOO	Mick Hinchey	CPSC	8	135.0	15.0C	15.0C	15.0C	15.0C	15.0C	15.0C	15.0C	15.0C	15.0C	[15.0C]

***Series Results [SMS Div2] up to R 10 (Drops = 1)***
Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sail Num	Sers Score	R 10	R 9	R 8	R 7	R 6	R 5	R 4	R 3	R 2	R 1
1	7504	THE DUCKS NUTS	Mitch De Vries	SOPYC	7504	9.0	1.0	1.0	[2.0]	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
2	135	TURNHAM GREEN	Guy Skinner	SPYC	SP135	20.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	5.0	2.0	2.0	[8.0C]	2.0	2.0	2.0
3	772	JOHNNY DRAMA	Lee Bowers	RFBYC	AUS772	34.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	2.0	8.0O	[8.0O]	3.0
4	7005	THE FIFTH SEVEN	Greg Reynolds	MOFSC	7005	35.0	4.0	3.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	3.0	[8.0C]	4.0	4.0	6.0
5	788	KNITRO	Howard Knight	RFBYC	AUS788	42.0	8.0C	8.0C	[8.0C]	2.0	5.0	5.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	5.0
6	75	ZOLOFT	Dave Lee	SOPYC	SP75	54.0	6.0	5.0	6.0	8.0S	8.0F	6.0	[8.0F]	6.0	5.0	4.0
7	3413	FSC1	Tobias Byrne	FYC	AUS3413	58.0	5.0	6.0	5.0	6.0	8.0S	8.0F	8.0F	5.0	[8.0F]	7.0

***Series Results [Viper] up to R 10 (Drops = 1)***
Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sail Num	Sers Score	R 10	R 9	R 8	R 7	R 6	R 5	R 4	R 3	R 2	R 1
1	114	FANG	Tim Reger	SPYC	AUS114	14.0	1.0	1.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	[8.0F]	1.0	1.0	1.0
2	113	DON'T FORGET ALICE	Rod Beurteaux	SOPYC	AUS113	19.5	3.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	[4.0]	3.5
3	111	SNAKE CHARMER	Chris O'Keefe	SOPYC	AUS111	30.0	2.0	5.0	6.0	4.0	3.0	3.0	2.0	3.0	[7.0]	2.0
4	118	HISSTERIA	Graeme Monkhouse	SOPYC	AUS118	33.5	5.0	4.0	4.0	3.0	5.0	2.0	4.0	[5.0]	3.0	3.5
5	112F	FIZZ	Nick Lewins	SOPYC	AUS112F	44.0	8.0C	6.0	2.0	5.0	4.0	5.0	[8.0F]	6.0	2.0	6.0
6	116	VELOCITY	John Park	SOPYC	AUS116	48.0	4.0	3.0	3.0	8.0S	8.0F	[8.0F]	3.0	7.0	5.0	7.0
7	139	BOB	Bill Brownlee	SPYC	AUS139	63.0	8.0C	8.0C	8.0C	8.0C	8.0C	8.0C	[8.0C]	4.0	6.0	5.0

(Ties: S=Score R=R B= Bettered. Penalties: A=ARB B=BFD C=DNC D=DNE E=ESP F=DNF G=RDG I=DPI L=Late Entrant M=DGM N=ENP O=OCS P=Protest Q=DSQ R=RET S=DNS T=TLE U=DUT V=AVG X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=NoData [x.y]=Discarded)

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