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Sail-World.com : Lissiman and ‘hot’ crew trade blows with Bertrand, Ainslie and Palfrey
Lissiman and ‘hot’ crew trade blows with Bertrand, Ainslie and Palfrey
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'Finish of Race 1 - Commonwealth Bank 2009 Etchells Australian Championship'
Steve Hall
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Royal SA Yacht Squadron is proving a superb venue for the Commonwealth Bank 2009 Australian Etchells Championships. A real ‘ding dong’ battle is emerging between some of Australia’s and New Zealand finest crews.
Today crews faced a south to south-westerly sea breeze between 7 to 12 knots for both race 1 and 2, with a change of tide during race 1 with a strong flooding tide for race 2.
 | Yanadoo XX finishing - Commonwealth Bank 2009 Etchells Australian Championship - Steve Hall |
Race 1 commenced with a ‘black’ flag after two general recalls.
With little advantage on either side of the beat, local contender Liza Reynolds – Barracuda, made a flying pin end start 'though we couldn’t follow through as we were unsettled by the general recalls ' Barracuda was quickly rolled by the much faster and higher pointing Avalon of Peter McNeill.
The fleet split on the first beat with 10 boats favouring a lay line approach from the shallow Largs Bay left hand side of the course.
At the top mark Kirwan Robb’s - Pedro led the fleet followed by Jeanne-Claude Strong’s – Yandoo XX then Skipp Lissiman’s Bandwagon with John Bertrand – Triad a few places astern, however after a ‘snap’ kite launch by Ben Ainslie on foredeck and Andrew Palfrey in Triad’s pit, several places were immediately made up.
 | Skip Lissiman’s Bandwagon - Commonwealth Bank 2009 Etchells Australian Championship - Steve Hall |
The next time the fleet approached the top mark Bertrand emerged with a clear lead over Robb, with Lissiman following.
Sir James Hardy onboard Foolhardy gained many places on the beat only to lose five places being forced to tack by the boats on the starboard lay line.
At the gun Bertrand led Robb with Lissiman third.
The second race of the day, started with the fleet split for the first beat and at the top mark Lissiman emerged in complete control being followed by Mark Bulka – Critical Balance then Mark Bradford - Roni and Bertrand.
The wind swung to favour the right hand side, the side with more adverse current. Chaos ensued at the top mark with the current pushing boats below the turning mark.
Shortly afterwards Wayne Knill’s – Medium-Rare was forced to retire ‘holed’, with Chris Hampton’s – Tango retiring with ‘bow’ damage.
With the tide in full flood and advantaging the Largs Bay shore, a ‘conga’ line of Etchells drag raced on the lay line to the finish, with Lissiman crossing first followed by Bulka and Bradford. However Lissiamn result was subject to protest and the revised results late in the evening showed him with a DSQ.
 | Bertrand, Ainslie and Palrey’s Triad being chased by Una Mass - Commonwealth Bank 2009 Etchells Australian Championship - Steve Hall |
Ben Ainslie, crew of Triad said ' a good start to the series', asked about the second race he said 'a boat handling mistake at the bottom mark cost us, plus we didn’t go deep enough left and it went light right at the end and we got taken'
Tyson Lamond, crew of Bandwagon said he was stoked 'second day sailing in my home town, very easy with a team that sails so well together' continuing 'I call them the best in the west'
Jeanne-Claude Strong from Yanadoo XX has decided firm measures are necessary for her crew 'they need a flogging after forgetting the timing for second race!'
Provisional results have been published with a number of protests now being heard. (with Lissiman being DSQ'd in Race 2
Racing continues tomorrow with a change in wind direction and a furnace like 41c to test the crews
Race 2 (12/01/2009) PROVISIONAL RESULTS
Updated: 12/01/2009 23:04:18
Elapsed Time results
| Place |
Sail No |
Boat Name |
Bow no |
Skipper |
CREW |
CREW. |
Crew3 |
From |
Score |
| 1 |
AUS891 |
BANDWAGON (M) |
17 |
Skip Lissiman |
Andy Fethers |
Keith Swinton |
Tyson Lamond |
RPYC |
1.0 |
| 2 |
AUS1338 |
CRITICAL BALANCE |
44 |
Mark Bulka |
James Ryssenbeek |
Steve Young |
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RBYC |
2.0 |
| 3 |
AUS870 |
RONI |
48 |
Mark Bradford |
Peter Merrington |
Anthony Nositer |
|
RQYS |
3.0 |
| 4 |
950 |
VELSHEDA |
38 |
Alastair Gair |
Dave Ridley |
Rhys Johnston |
Derek Scott |
GHEF |
4.0 |
| 5 |
AUS1270 |
LA VIE DANSANTE |
30 |
Chris Pratt |
Simon Estella |
Caillin Howard |
|
RSYSRSAYSMYCCYCSA |
5.0 |
| 6 |
AUS1374 |
STEAMPACKET 7 (M) |
21 |
Rob Brown |
Bruce Wookey |
Garry Gudmunson |
|
RPAYC |
6.0 |
| 7 |
AUS1383 |
TRIAD (M) |
40 |
John Bertrand |
Andrew Palfrey |
Ben Ainslie |
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RBYC |
7.0 |
| 8 |
AUS1346 |
AVALON |
27 |
Peter McNeill |
Michael Bellingham |
James Mayjor |
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LMYC |
8.0 |
| 9 |
AUS1317 |
UNA MAS (M) |
25 |
Mark Dagge |
Matthew Hansen |
Josh Willis |
|
RQYS |
9.0 |
| 10 |
NZL1314 |
ADDICTION (M) |
33 |
Lindsay Kennedy |
Mark Kennedy |
Magnus Doole |
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GHYC |
10.0 |
| 11 |
AUS1160 |
LIQUIDITY |
14 |
Dirk Van Der Struyf |
Nigel Nattrass |
Adam Martin |
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RFBYC |
11.0 |
| 12 |
AUS1129 |
MURPHYS LAW (M) |
52 |
Geoff Boettcher |
Tim Cowen |
Jason Clark |
|
RSAYS |
12.0 |
| 13 |
AUS1318 |
BANANAS IN PYJAMAS |
22 |
Ian Johnson |
Tim Ede |
Mark Tonner-Joyce |
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RBYC |
13.0 |
| 14 |
AUS1367 |
CHILL PILL (M) |
19 |
Rob Bird |
Graeme Johnson |
Nic Gray |
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RFBYC |
14.0 |
| 15 |
AUS1288 |
MAGIC BUZZ (M) |
49 |
Steve Gunther |
Adrian Hayes |
Brad Jones |
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RBYC |
15.0 |
| 16 |
AUS1244 |
DR. EVIL (M) |
20 |
Jake Gunther |
Tony Mc Phail |
Russel Tyson |
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RBYC |
16.0 |
| 17 |
AUS1276 |
OVER ENGINEERED |
23 |
Garrath James |
Andrew Colliver |
Blair Coventry |
|
BYS |
17.0 |
| 18 |
AUS736 |
WOOD DUCK (M) |
42 |
Shane Deusson |
Stephen Dunn |
Myles Kohler |
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RSAYS |
18.0 |
| 19 |
AUS1131 |
THE MOE SZYSLAK EXPE |
31 |
Brendan Garner |
Tim Clark |
Michael ScHilt |
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RGYC |
19.0 |
| 20 |
AUS1136 |
DAYLIGHT COME (M) |
29 |
Alastair McMichael |
Andrew McAullay |
Richard Edinger |
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RPYC |
20.0 |
| 21 |
AUS892 |
SECOND WIND |
16 |
Jeff Rose |
Craig McCullam |
Cam Gribble |
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METUNG |
21.0 |
| 22 |
AUS883 |
TUSK |
24 |
Gary Smith |
Michail McAullay |
Brett Shoebridge |
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RPYC |
22.0 |
| 23 |
AUS1366 |
PEDRO |
15 |
Kirwan Robb |
Jamie Thompson |
Breeahn McCraken |
Rodney Muller |
RBYC |
23.0 |
| 24 |
AUS1321 |
CHOICES (M,GM) |
46 |
Ian Dixon |
Mark O Brien |
Nick Paterson |
|
RSAYS |
24.0 |
| 25 |
AUS1117 |
7PS (M) |
53 |
Ian Anderson |
Stuart Emery |
Malcolm Pearson |
Ashleigh Emery |
PFS |
25.0 |
| 26 |
AUS832 |
BAD SQUIRREL (M, GM) |
51 |
Andrew Short |
Phil Webb |
Brett Yardley |
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RFBYC/RSAYS |
26.0 |
| 27 |
AUS1360 |
ETCH (M,GM) |
37 |
Jan Muysken |
Ian Audsley |
Peter Alexander |
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RSYS |
27.0 |
| 28 |
AUS1141 |
MENS SHIRTS (M) |
34 |
Peter Stubbings |
Ann Stubbings |
Ross Melville |
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RBYC |
28.0 |
| 29 |
AUS868 |
YANDOO XX (M) |
45 |
Jeanne-Claude Strong |
Neville Wittey |
Will Canty |
Kieran Searle |
RSYS |
29.0 |
| 30 |
AUS714 |
FRENCH STICK (M) |
35 |
Andrew Waterman |
Andrew Ellison |
Robert Howatt |
|
RSAYS |
30.0 |
| 31 |
AUS1272 |
FOOLHARDY (M, GM) |
54 |
James Hardy |
Tom Hardy |
Alan Bessell |
|
RSYS |
31.0 |
| 32 |
AUS1218 |
SUPERHEAT (M, GM) |
12 |
David Henshall |
Steve Jenkins |
Dean Furniss |
|
RSAYS |
32.0 |
| 33 |
AUS1158 |
NEW WAVE |
43 |
Peter La Fontaine |
Peter Cox |
Sam Dryden |
|
RGYC |
33.0 |
| 34 |
AUS1258 |
RUBY |
18 |
Jason Ward |
Damien McCaughey |
Tim Cawley |
|
RSAYS |
34.0 |
| 35 |
AUS1311 |
MYSTERY TAXI |
10 |
Paul Henshall |
Bruce Henshall |
Jeremy Tustin |
|
RSAYS |
35.0 |
| 36 |
AUS951 |
FISH FACTORY (M, GM) |
47 |
Michael Bradley |
Guy Maegraith |
Malcolm Larsen-Smith |
|
RSAYS |
36.0 |
| 37 |
AUS775 |
BANZAI (M, GM) |
32 |
Robert Holyoak |
Bruce Roberts |
Robin Braendler |
|
RSAYS |
37.0 |
| 38 |
AUS215 |
BARRACUDA |
36 |
Liza Reynolds |
Chris Heritage |
Aaron Heritage |
|
RSAYS |
38.0 |
| 39 |
AUS1291 |
THE DON (M) |
50 |
Don Wilson |
Eric Findlay |
Dave Allinson |
|
GSC |
39.0 |
| 40 |
AUS833 |
MAXEN WLEDIG (M, GM) |
11 |
Donald Halley |
Dennis Fearnley |
Richard Hunter |
|
RSAYS |
40.0 |
| 41 |
AUS609 |
GOMAS (M, GM) |
28 |
Richard Colebatch |
David Biven |
Ian Andrews |
|
RSAYS |
41.0 |
| DNF |
AUS1223 |
TANGO (M) |
41 |
Chris Hampton |
Tim Godbert |
Tom Connell |
|
RBYC |
45.0 |
| DSQ |
AUS1022 |
SCREAMING PLUM (M) |
26 |
Doug Kerr |
Greg Kerr |
Luke Paterson |
|
RFBYC |
45.0 |
| RDG |
AUS608 |
MEDIUM RARE |
39 |
Wayne Knill |
Russell Jones |
Noel Paterson |
|
RSAYS |
45.0 |
Sponsors have been quick to jump aboard, recognising the contribution sailing makes to the local community and keen to associate with a healthy outdoor sport. Sponsors include; The Commonwealth Bank, MUSTO, Club Marine Insurance, Coopers Brewery, Jacobs Creek Wines, Kaesler Wines and Aircommand Australia and the Royal SA Yacht Squadron.
Daily race updates and news including video clips will be posted on the website during the Championship, the website includes full details of the event, including Notice of Race (NOR) and a local guide Daily race updates and news including video clips will be posted on the website during the Championship, the website includes full details of the event, including Notice of Race (NOR) and a local guide www.09etchellsaustchamps.org.au
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