JJ Giltinan 18ft Trophy- Double Bay boatpark decision decides Race 5

by Frank Quealey on 21 Feb 2013

Race for fourth - JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship 2013, Race 5 Frank Quealey /Australian 18 Footers League http://www.18footers.com.au

A rig choice in the park at Double Bay was critical to the Coopers-Rag & Famish Hotel’s victory in Race 5 of the Winning Group 2013 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship, sailed on Sydney Harbour on Wednesday afternoon.

With the ESE breeze on the edge of the #1 and #2 rigs, the teams electing to go for the bigger rigs won the day, filling four of the top five placings.

Jack Macartney, David Witt and Mark Kennedy took the honours in Coopers-Rag & Famish Hotel by just 18s from Smeg (Nick Press, Dan Phillips, Dave Ewings).

The Rag shows winning style - JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship 2013, Race 5 © Frank Quealey /Australian 18 Footers League http://www.18footers.com.au

John Winning, Andrew Hay and Jim Beck had their best result of the championship when they brought Yandoo home in third place, 1m16s behind Smeg.

Allowing for each skiff discarding her worst performance in the regatta, Coopers-Rag & Famish Hotel joins Gotta Love It 7 (Seve Jarvin), which was placed fourth today using the smaller #2 rig.

Top visitor in today’s race was New Zealand’s Yamaha (David McDiarmid) in fifth place, followed by Sydney boat, Appliancesonline.com.au (Micah Lane).

Gotta Love It 7 and Coopers-Rag & Famish Hotel each have a total of 8 points after discard, followed by Thurlow Fisher Lawyers (Michael Coxon) on 14, Smeg 17 and New Zealand’s C-Tech (Alex Vallings), also on 17. C-Tech was forced out of today's race after a collision on the first beat.

Thurlow Fisher Lawyers got a ‘flyer’ at the start and was 22s ahead of Coopers-Rag & Famish at the windward mark.

Brisbane 18 Footers (Daniel Jack) was in third spot, at Mark 1, ahead of Lumix (Jonathan Whitty), ASCC (Murray England, New Zealand) and Appliancesonline.com.au.

After a bad start Gotta Love It 7 was well back in the fleet.

Thurlow Fisher and ‘The Rag’ had a great battle downwind, then on the work back to Clarke Island, where Thurlow Fisher had increased her lead to 30s.

Appliancesonline was now third but Smeg was beginning to move up ahead of Asko Appliances (Marcus Ashley-Jones), Gotta Love It 7, Yandoo and Pica (James Mears, UK).

The Rag’s bigger sail again came to the fore on the reach into Chowder Bay where the two boats rounded together for the beat across the harbour into Rose Bay.

With Coopers-Rag & Famish Hotel holding a narrow lead over Thurlow Fisher Lawyers as the pair set spinnakers for the run back across the harbour to Taylor Bay, Thurlow’s race fell apart when skipper Michael Coxon fell overboard.

The incident is a massive setback to the team, which was previously only two points from the lead going into today’s race.

Over the final legs of the course, Smeg put out a strong challenge to The Rag but the experience on board the Rag covered Smeg’s every move in a great finish.

The Rag’s for’ard hand David Witt, who is one of the sport’s great characters, wasn’t short of a comment after the race.

'Did you notice how the top three teams were all the older guys in the fleet'.

'The younger generation will have to toughen up', he quipped tongue in cheek.

Race 6 on Saturday starts at 4pm and Race 7 on Sunday at 3pm.

The spectator ferry leaves Double Bay Wharf 30 minutes before the scheduled start time of each race. There will also be two ferries for Race 7 on Sunday.

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Coverage is also available at www.18skiff.com

Today’s race sponsored by Smeg.

Results Race 5:

Finish Placings	*Recall #*	Boat Name	Finish Time	Elapsed Time	Handicap	Corrected Time	Handicap Position
1	9	Coopers-Rag & Famish Hotel	15:23:05	1:16:05	1	1:15:05	4
2	4	Smeg	15:23:23	1:16:23	0	1:16:23	7
3	5	Yandoo	15:24:39	1:17:39	6	1:11:39	1
4	1	Gotta Love It 7	15:25:27	1:18:27	0	1:18:27	15
5	17	Yamaha	15:25:57	1:18:57	4	1:14:57	3
6	3	Appliancesonline.Com.Au	15:25:59	1:18:59	2	1:16:59	9
7	12	The Black Dog	15:26:19	1:19:19	2	1:17:19	11
8	2	Thurlow Fisher Lawyers	15:27:28	1:20:28	0	1:20:28	21
9	8	Pica	15:27:37	1:20:37	5	1:15:37	6
10	10	Mojo Wine	15:28:35	1:21:35	3	1:18:35	17
11	15	De’longhi-Rabbitohs	15:29:08	1:22:08	7	1:15:08	5
12	19	Lumix	15:30:18	1:23:18	5	1:18:18	14
13	7	Cst Composites	15:30:22	1:23:22	3	1:20:22	20
14	26	Brisbane 18 Footers	15:30:48	1:23:48	9	1:14:48	2
15	23	Team Daly	15:31:10	1:24:10	6	1:18:10	13
16	20	Rabbitohs-Kenwood	15:31:15	1:24:15	7	1:17:15	10
17	13	Asko Appliances	15:31:35	1:24:35	6	1:18:35	16
18	25	Maersk Line	15:33:29	1:26:29	9	1:17:29	12
19	30	Events Clothing	15:33:37	1:26:37	8	1:18:37	18
20	29	Ascc	15:33:46	1:26:46	10	1:16:46	8
21	18	Fisher & Paykel	15:33:56	1:26:56	6	1:20:56	22
22	11	Pure Blonde	15:34:13	1:27:13	3	1:24:13	24
23	32	Yamaha 2	15:36:44	1:29:44	10	1:19:44	19
24	22	Lomax Financial Group	15:38:26	1:31:26	10	1:21:26	23
25	21	Haier Appliances	15:41:54	1:34:54	10	1:24:54	25
26	28	Southern Engineering Servic	15:44:30	1:37:30	10	1:27:30	26
27	31	Bridge Marina Travelift	15:46:56	1:39:56	10	1:29:56	27
28	24	Southern Cross	15:48:39	1:41:39	10	1:31:39	28
	Non Starters			Non Finishers
Winning Appliances			C-Tech,The Kitchen Maker

Pointscores after Race 5

Name	Nation	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Total	Highest Dropped	*POS*
Gotta Love It 7	Aust	Seve Jarvin, Scott Babbage, Peter Harris	1	2	1	4	4	12	12	1
Coopers-Rag & Famish Hotel	Aust	Jack Macartney, David Witt, Mark Kennedy	2	3	2	6	1	14	14	2
Smeg	Aust	Nick Press, Dan Phillips, Dave Ewings	9	4	8	3	2	26	26	3
Appliancesonline.Com.Au	Aust	Micah Lane, Paul Montague, Tom Anderson	7	8	3	10	6	34	34	4
Thurlow Fisher Lawyers	Aust	Michael Coxon, Dave O’Connor, Trent Barnabas	4	1	32	1	8	46	46	5
Cst Composites	USA	Howie Hamlin, Matt McKinlay, Dave Gibson	8	7	13	7	13	48	48	6
Yamaha	NZ	David McDiarmid, Andrew Archibald, Mark Overington	11	15	9	8	5	48	48	7
C-Tech	NZ	Alex Vallings, Josh McCormack, Peter Burling	6	5	4	2	32	49	49	8
Pure Blonde	Aust	Tom Clout, Matthew Wark, Rob Bell	3	9	11	5	22	50	50	9
Pica	UK	James Mears, Stewart Mears, Tristan Hutt	10	16	5	15	9	55	55	10
Yandoo	Aust	John Winning, Andrew Hay, Jim Beck	14	13	10	17	3	57	57	11
Lumix	Aust	Jonathan Whitty, James Hozack, Aron Everett	16	17	6	16	12	67	67	12
The Black Dog	UK	Jarrod Simpson, Euan McNicol, Geoff Bauchop	15	32	7	9	7	70	70	13
De’longhi-Rabbitohs	Aust	Simon Nearn, Keegan York, James Smithers	13	12	16	22	11	74	74	14
Mojo Wine	Aust	James Dorron, Ricky Bridges, Mike McKensey	5	32	14	13	10	74	74	15
Rabbitohs-Kenwood	Aust	Brett Van Munster, Kieryn Cowan, Joel Castle	21	10	12	20	16	79	79	16
Asko Appliances	Aust	Marcus Ashley-Jones, Ash Rooklyn, Jeronimo Harrison	18	19	18	14	17	86	86	17
Events Clothing	NZ	Riley Dean, John Little, Scott Randell	20	6	23	19	19	87	87	18
Fisher & Paykel	Aust	Andrew Chapman, Tim Baraclough, Ewan Duckworth	24	11	21	12	21	89	89	19
The Kitchen Maker	Aust	Malcolm Page, Darren McKavanagh, Cameron McDonald	12	14	15	18	32	91	91	20
Team Daly	Aust	Nick Daly, John Walton, Peter Nicholson	17	19	32	11	15	94	94	21
Maersk Line	NZ	Graham Catley, Chris Dawson, Brad Collins	19	20	17	23	18	97	97	22
Brisbane 18 Footers	Aust	Daniel Jack, Tristan Hamilton, Barry Flanagan	22	21	19	21	14	97	97	23
Ascc	NZ	Murray England, Rowan Swanson, Matt Randell	25	18	24	28	20	115	115	24
Winning Appliances	Aust	Shane Smith, Jake Restall, Shane Dickson	23	22	20	24	32	121	121	25
Yamaha 2	NZ	Sam Marshall, Tom Peet, Ben Gladwell	25	27	25	26	23	126	126	26
Haier Appliances	Aust	Pedro Vozone, Sam Ellis, James Slee	27	24	22	29	25	127	127	27
Lomax Financial Group	Aust	Alexandra South, Lizzi Rountree, Saskia Tidey	28	23	27	25	24	127	127	28
Bridge Marina Travelift	NZ	Kez Cameron, Adrian France, Stephen Jones	26	28	26	31	27	138	138	29
Southern Engineering Services	USA	Katie Love, Christine Neville, C.C. Childers	32	25	28	27	26	138	138	30
Southern Cross	Aust	Oliver Hartas, Brad Greenrod, Olly Jones	28	26	29	30	28	141	141	31