Today in the Grand Prix fleet, Stephen Ainsworth's Gordon Maguire helmed Reichel Pugh 63 Loki has the series wrapped up. However the fight for second and third places is far from over.
Michael Hiatt's Farr 55 Living Doll is just one point ahead of the New Zealand IRC optimized TP52, Jim Farmer's Georgia.
The Doll needs a good result today because the Kiwis have sailed a consistent regatta and currently have a drop of sixth, where as the Farr 55 has a 13th. Just one park up and it will be Georgia sliding into second place.
Because of the daily tidal advance, the traditional bookends to the 27 year old Audi Hamilton Island Race series are the Molle Island Race and the Lindeman Island Race. This year the last race is the 23 nautical mile Lindeman Island.
The race for the big guns will shortly start in Catseye Bay, the fleet has a choice of which side of Pentecost Island it goes, and then they beat to the western shore of Lindeman and slide around the corner into the channel between Shaw Island and Lindeman.
There is currently thin cloud from horizon to horizon with a few blue patches. The cloud could burn off as the day unfolds and breeze is likely to swing left as it does in the Whitsundays in these conditions...
With the West Cardinal Mark having disappeared (again) from Spitfire Rock, there is a laid rounding mark some 500 metres away. Once bitten, twice shy race officials are seeking to avoid the optimistic helming around Surprise Rock a few years ago, which left numbers of boats with damaged keels.
Then the fleet will head north up the Dent Passage to the finish line outside the Marina.
Sail-World will keep you posted with news from the water as the day unfolds.
IRC Grand Prx
Hosted By Hamilton Island Yacht Club
PROVISIONAL RESULTS
Updated: 27/08/2010 14:56:56
Series Results [IRC] up to Race 8 (Drops = 1)
| Place |
Ties |
Sail No |
Boat Name |
Skipper |
From |
Sers Score |
Race 8 |
Race 7 |
Race 6 |
Race 5 |
Race 4 |
Race 3 |
Race 2 |
Race 1 |
| 1 |
|
60000 |
LOKI |
Gordon Maguire |
CYCA |
11.0 |
3.0 |
1.0 |
3.0 |
1.0 |
[4.0] |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
| 2 |
|
R55 |
LIVING DOLL |
Michael Hiatt |
RYCV |
23.0 |
6.0 |
3.0 |
1.0 |
[13.0] |
1.0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
2.0 |
| 3 |
|
10000 |
GEORGIA |
Farmer & Meads |
RNZYS |
24.0 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
4.0 |
2.0 |
5.0 |
4.0 |
6.0 |
[6.0] |
| 4 |
|
7001 |
WILD OATS X |
Iain Murray |
HIYC |
28.0 |
4.0 |
8.0 |
5.0 |
3.0 |
[10.0] |
3.0 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
| 5 |
|
6952 |
SHOGUN |
Robert Hanna |
RYCV |
38.0 |
8.0 |
6.0 |
2.0 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
[8.0] |
4.0 |
| 6 |
|
52566 |
BLACKJACK |
Mark Bradford |
RQYS |
40.0 |
2.0 |
11.0 |
8.0 |
5.0 |
[16.0] |
2.0 |
4.0 |
8.0 |
| 7 |
|
YC3300 |
SECRET MENS BUS. 3.5 |
Geoff Boettcher |
CYCSA |
43.0 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
6.0 |
4.0 |
8.0 |
8.0 |
3.0 |
[14.0] |
| 8 |
|
1836 |
YENDYS |
Chris Nicholson |
CYCA |
53.0 |
11.0 |
5.0 |
7.0 |
[11.0] |
9.0 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
| 9 |
|
SM24 |
TERRA FIRMA |
Nicholas Bartels |
SYC |
55.0 |
5.0 |
4.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
3.0 |
11.0 |
12.0 |
[13.0] |
| 10 |
|
SM11 |
SCARLET RUNNER |
Robert Date |
SYC |
55.5 |
9.5 |
9.0 |
9.0 |
9.0 |
2.0 |
12.0 |
[15.0] |
5.0 |
| 11 |
|
SYD222 |
YOU'RE HIRED |
Andrew Banks |
CYCA |
81.0 |
13.0 |
16.0 |
14.0 |
8.0 |
11.0 |
10.0 |
[16.0] |
9.0 |
| 12 |
|
SM602 |
VELOCE |
Phil Simpfendorfer |
SYC |
82.0 |
14.0 |
12.0 |
12.0 |
14.0 |
7.0 |
[14.0] |
11.0 |
12.0 |
| 13 |
|
10081 |
LAHANA |
Peter Millard John H |
CYCA |
83.0 |
12.0 |
13.0 |
13.0 |
7.0 |
15.0 |
9.0 |
14.0 |
[16.0] |
| 14 |
|
884 |
AFTERSHOCK |
Michael Hill |
RPAYC |
84.5 |
9.5 |
14.0 |
15.0 |
12.0 |
14.0 |
[15.0] |
9.0 |
11.0 |
| 15 |
|
7447 |
ALACRITY |
Matthew Percy |
SYC |
85.0 |
15.0 |
10.0 |
[16.0] |
15.0 |
12.0 |
13.0 |
10.0 |
10.0 |
| 16 |
|
HW42 |
WEDGETAIL |
Bill Wild |
RQYS |
99.0 |
16.0 |
15.0 |
11.0 |
16.0 |
13.0 |
[16.0] |
13.0 |
15.0 |
| (Ties: S=Score R=Race B= Bettered. Penalties: A=ARB B=BFD C=DNC D=DNE E=ESP F=DNF G=RDG L=Late Entrant M=DGM N=ENP O=OCS P=Protest Q=DSQ R=RAF S=DNS U=DUT V=AVG X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=NoData [x.y]=Discarded) |
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