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Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race Week – Results

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Airlie Beach produced a winner with the 2007 Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race Week final day being sailed in glorious tropical weather on the wide expanses of Airlie Beach’s Pioneer Bay.

The overall winner of the IRC division was Geoff Pearson’s Arajilla, the Archambault A35, racing in her first regatta. Helmed by former Olympian Nev Wittey, Arajilla performed well all week and held her form to finish fourth on handicap today, good enough for her happy crew to win the top trophy.

Geoff Pearson, co-owner of the Archambault 35 with Eric Stano, commented, 'She is a fast little boat and well rated. Nev Wittey has done a fantastic job, we've been sailing with Tim Olding from Melbourne and Nev’s partner Janie and today we had Phil Yeomans.

‘It’s very heartening to know that a little production boat with sails, costing just on 300k, can compete with boats costing five to ten times that amount.

‘Of course Rod Jones and the Alegria team have been getting top class results too, but today we can say 'Archie Arajilla wins at Airlie.’

Michael Hiatt’s recently modified Cookson 50 Living Doll finished second. Hiatt commented this afternoon ‘we learnt a lot and we are looking forward to Hamilton.’

Quantum Racing finished third, on count back from rival Quest.

Today Quest, Bob Steel’s TP52 with Martin ‘Tacka’ Thompson on the helm, won IRC Race 7 on handicap on the final day of the Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race Week.

Hong Kong entrant Beau Geste, the Reichel Pugh of Karl Kwok was second, with Ray Roberts' well campaigned Cookson 50, Quantum Racing in third.

In Premier Cruising, John Bacon’s Hussy (Sydney 39CR) completed a good regatta with a handicap win in Race 6. John Moore’s Sydney 36 This Way Up finished second and Esprit, Garry Anderson’s Beneteau 47.7 was third.

John Bacon has been hogging the trophies. In 2004 Hussy took the overall honours in IRC Cruising and she repeated the feat today, being declared overall series winner in Premier Cruising. Consistency was her key, a third being her worst placing in the regatta.

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John Bacon - Boss Hog 2007 -  Sail-World.com -AUS ©  
I love this place' beamed the Royal Prince Alfred sailor this afternoon. Today I handed the wheel to Andy MacPhail and I did main; the crew were on fire. We had good boat speed and we did two top mark gybe sets which paid handsomely.'

Western Australian John Moore sailed his Sydney 36 This Way up into second place with Esprit completing the podium placings.

In the Cruising with Spinnaker division, The Bigger Picture (Sydney 38, Penny McConaghy) won Race 6 on handicap, from local identity Don Algie’s Storm 2 (Warwick 66) from the Whitsunday Sailing Club. Chris Stockdale’s Kat (Beneteau 50) from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia was third.

Overall division winner was Storm 2 and the happy crew could be heard loudly cheering dockside as the news was announced.

Sunrise, Jeff and Helen Shipsey’s Elan 37 was just one point behind in second place, with Hans On, Col Cox and Nick Thomas’ Hanse 370e, third.

‘Not a bad regatta’ beamed Algie (the regatta founder). ‘I am pretty sure we will be back here again next year.’

In the Cruising Non Spinnaker division, Keith Munro’s Bavaria 50 Time Lord won Race 6 on handicap from Bill Bailey’s Elan 43 Relish IV. A good result for the ‘locals’ too with John Hudson’s Lady Hawk from the Whitsunday Sailing Club in third place.

The overall series winner was Lady Hawk, from Delphian, John Sloan's McIntosh 47 and Fish Frenzy.

Stephen Keal’s Frer 50 Fish Frenzy, formerly Cyclone, used to be called a slow moving depression, now she’s been reconfigured as a pilot house sloop. Keal has interests in a couple of Tasmania, restaurants hence the boat name. The youngest crew member on the boat is 61. Today the oldest, 69 year old Jim Buchanan, was hit by the boom on the last beat. There was blood on the teak for a while but dockside he received seven stitches from a New Zealand surgeon from Wired.
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Saving the best till last, the Sports Boat fleet today experienced the best breezes of the regatta. Race 8 on handicap went to Raptor, Mark Buchbach’s Stealth 7 from the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron. Leon Thomas and crew in Rock n’ Roll finished second, with Tom Jordan’s Liquid Tactics third.

After sailing consistently throughout the regatta, Rock n’ Roll, Thomas’ Townsville based Thompson 7 won the highly prized class trophy. They are heading back up to Townsville for Magnetic Island Race Week, which starts the first week of September. In second place was It’s What You Do, Brett Whitbread’s Elliott 780, with Heath Walters Melges Asia Pacific in third.

Thomas, who has sailed the last six Airlie Beach Race Weeks, earlier on Guilty Pleasure and the last two times on the sport boat Diva, paid credit to the previous owner. ‘I bought the boat just before the regatta from Keith Williams and it was just ready to Rock n’ Roll.'
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Race Director Denis Thompson commented, ‘The new courses that Russell McCart (Meridien CEO and long time regatta entrant) and we laid out together were a great success. We plan to build on that next year.’

‘I’d like to especially thank the volunteers from the Whitsunday Sailing Club, who have again worked hard to make this event a great success for the sailors and for the Airlie Beach community.’
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IRC RACING
Series Results [IRC] up to Race 7 (Drops = 1)
Place Ties Sail No Boat Name Skipper From Design Sers Score Race 7 Race 6 Race 5 Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1   6669 ARAJILLA Geoff Pearson MHYC Archambault A35 14 4 5 1 1 1 2 [5.00] 
2   R50 LIVING DOLL Michael Hiatt rycv Farr 16 [6.00]  3 2 4 2 1 4
3 1.0S 8899 QUANTUM RACING Ray Roberts CYC Cookson 50 21 3 1 5 [8.00]  4 7 1
4 1.0S 52002 QUEST Jamie Macphail CYCA Farr Tp 52 21 1 6 [11.00Q] 3 6 3 2
5   HKG2245 BEAU GESTE Karl Kwok HKG Reichel Pugh 21 2 2 4 5 5 [6.00]  3
6   A33 INVINCIBLE Harold Clark BYC Farr 1104 29 5 4 3 2 8 [8.00]  7
7   43218 LIMIT Alan Brierty CYCA Corby 49 33 7 [7.00]  6 6 3 5 6
8   9009 NIGHT NURSE Russell McCart rqys Farr 40 41 8 8 7 7 7 4 [8.00] 
9   NZL10303 WIRED Rob Bassett RNZYS Bakewell-White 53 9 9 8 9 9 9 [9.00] 
10   NZL8977 RAN TAN 2 John Meade RPNYC Elliott 50 59 10 10 9 10 10 10 [10.00] 
SPORTS BOATS
Series Results [PHC] up to Race 8 (Drops = 1)
Place Ties Sail No Boat Name Skipper From Design Sers Score Race 8 Race 7 Race 6 Race 5 Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1   5887 ROCK N' ROLL Leon Thomas TCYC Thompson 7 20 2 5 3 [9.00]  3 2 4 1.00G 
2   5652 IT'S WHAT YOU DO Brett Whitbread syc Elliott 780 25 5 [19.00F] 4 4 1 1 7 3
3   AUS668 MELGES ASIA PACIFIC Heath Walters Melges 24 30 4 6 7 [8.00]  5 3 3 2
4   RQ777 RAPTOR Mark Buchbach RQYS Stealth 7 36 1 3 2 1 [14.00]  8 13 8
5   1 LIQUID TACTICS Tom Jordan MYC Egan 6 43 3 1 1 5 9 15 [15.00]  9
6   AUS709 KAITO Heath Townsend GBYC Melges 24 44 6 8 9 [14.00]  7 9 1 4
7   138 FEELING CHEEKY Brett Cooper RYCT Young Rocket 7.80 57 8 9 11 [13.00]  6 6 11 6
8 5.0S RQ69 ELIXIR Andrew Fisher RQYS Elliott 7.8 59 19.00C  [19.00F] 5 6 2 10 6 11
9   RQ202 STEALTHY Bob Cowan LMYC Stealth 59 7 7 15 2 [19.00R] 7 14 7
10   RQ200 SO WHAT Franco Bortolin RQYS Stealth 7.8 63 19.00C  19.00S  [19.00F] 3 10 5 2 5
11   38 TOO HOT TO TROT Bruce/Eric Tardrew/K RQYS Lyons 64 9 12 8 10 8 12 5 [14.00] 
12   B1 VIVACE Peter Sorensen MHYC Bethwaite 8 71 19.00C  2 19.00O  7 [19.00R] 4 10 10
13   7701 MEN IN BLACK Rod Young MDSC Colson 770 75 10 10 10 16 4 13 12 [19.00C]
14   6 RIP IT UP Damien Van Deudekom RQYS Knuckles 6m 83 19.00F  4 6 11 11 16 16 [19.00F]
15   5747 THE WORKS Michael Rynan rmyc Elliot 770 84 [19.00C] 14 12 15 12 11 8 12
16   R980 DARK ENERGY Janet Williamson RPYC Thompson 980 99 11 13 13 17 15 17 [17.00]  13
17   7002 DECKIES.COM.AU Ashley Gabrielson MOFSC Thompson 7 107 19.00C  19.00C  19.00C  12 [19.00C] 14 9 15
18   734 X2 TANGENT Simon Vincent NQCYC Elliot 780 113 19.00F  11 14 18 13 19.00C  19.00C  [19.00F]
CRUISING YACHTS WITH SPINNAKER
Series Results [PHC] for Division 4 up to Race 6 (Drops = 1)
Place Ties Sail No Boat Name Skipper From Design Sers Score Race 6 Race 5 Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1   SA10 STORM2 Don Algie WSC Warwick 66 33 2 [15.50]  4 11 15 1
2   W677 SUNRISE Helen & Jeff Shipsey WSC / APYC Elan 37 34 7 11 [12.00]  4 7 5
3   H370 HANS-ON Nick / Col Cox / Tho MYC Hanse 370e 37 8 7 10 [12.00]  9 3
4 2.0S A60 ZULU CHIEF David Simpson myc Steinman Pilot House 41 4 [19.00]  3 18 14 2
5   322 FAHRENHEIT Andy Muirhead TCYC Farr 11.6 Mod 41 [15.00]  6 13 8 8 6
6   6215 KAT Chris Stockdale CYCA Beneteau 50 42 3 2 1 20 [20.00]  16
7 4.0S 6051 THEBIGGER PICTURE Penny McConaghy Sydney38 43 1 4 [19.00]  16 4 18
8   5899 BOBBY D Ross Winterbourne NQCYC Farr 43 12 1 [20.00]  5 13 12
9   50 SWORDFISH Doug & Clare Barry BYC Northshore 38 46 10 9 16 10 1 [20.00] 
10   3610 TURTLE TIME Jason Randall WSC Swarbrick Spacesailo 46.5 13 5 2 [19.00]  16.5 10
11   6146 KIONI Nick Athineos CYCA Beneteau 47.7 48 6 [20.00]  9 6 10 17
12   B88 INGENUE Rosie Colahan RBYC Jeanneau So 40 49.5 11 13 15 [15.00]  2 8.5
13   9111 ROPABULL Mike Roper RMYC/BB Beneteau 52 [16.00]  10 14 3 11 14
14   M42 WHITE PEARL Gary McCarthy MYC Simonis Voogd 53 14 14 8 [14.00]  6 11
15   34 TREASURE Harold Menelaus WSC Dehler 34 53.5 18 17 [18.00]  7 3 8.5
16   RQ40 MELTEMI Jim Shannon RQYS S&S 34 55 19 18 [24.00O] 2 12 4
17   6523 HOLY COW! John & Kim Clinton CYCA Beneteau Oceanis 523 56.5 [17.00]  8 6 13 16.5 13
18   M298 FINE LINE Mike Leitch MYC Elliott 1050 57.5 5 15.5 17 [17.00]  5 15
19   B60 GUSTO 1 Brian Pattinson RBYC Open 60 60 9 [24.00C] 5 9 18 19
20 1.0S 606 MORE INTRIGUE Merv Stephensen RQYS Northshore 38 C 63 20 12 11 1 19 [21.00] 
21   BOW2 BLISS Paul Verdon   Azzura Yachts 63 24.00C  3 7 22 [24.00F] 7
22   BOW4 STEALING BEAUTY Adam Dando Beneteau Cyclades 43 112 24.00F  24.00C  21 21 [24.00F] 22
23   6657 PANTOMIME IV Michael Kelly CYCA Moody 119 24.00C  24.00C  24.00C  24.00C  [24.00F] 23
CRUISING NON-SPINNAKER
Series Results [PHC] for Division 5 up to Race 6 (Drops = 1)
Place Ties Sail No Boat Name Skipper From Design Sers Score Race 6 Race 5 Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1   W39 LADY HAWK John Hudson W.S.C. Beneteau Oceanis390 16 3 3 7 1 [9.00]  2
2   SM1616 DELPHIAN John Sloan SYC Mcintosh 47 22 [11.00]  2 2 5 7 6
3   5090 FISH FRENZY Wayne Banks-Smith BYC Ior Frers 50 Pilot/H 23 8 8 5 [12.00]  1 1
4   PC86 SHEARWATER Mick Phillips WSC Spencer 24 6 5 [11.00]  6 4 3
5 2.0S 4337 RELISH IV Bill Bailey CYCA/RANSA Elan 43 26 2 7 [9.00]  7 2 8
6 2.0S BOW1 FELICITY Lachlan Wilson WSC Clansman 30 26 5 6 8 2 [13.00F] 5
7   HI30 THE OCEANIC HUSTLER Bill Lipson HIYC Gary Mull Ohlsen 40 26 4 [9.00]  6 4 8 4
8   S12 RAINBOW Peter Hall   Beneteau 473 27 9 1 4 3 [11.00]  10
9   K8913 TIME LORD Keith Munro ssanz Bavaria 50 28 1 11 3 [11.00]  6 7
10   KA215 SPLISH TOC Stuart Garner APYC Garner 254 32 7 4 10 8 3 [11.00] 
11   PF57 PLANIT FLASHDANCE II Brian Evans CYC Adams Radford 41 10 10 1 10 10 [12.00] 
12   NZL8835 ISLAND GIRL Ian Lillie SSANZ Farr 1220 49 13.00C  13.00C  [13.00C] 9
PREMIER CRUISING
Series Results [IRC] up to Race 6 (Drops = 1)
Place Ties Sail No Boat Name Skipper From Design Sers Score Race 6 Race 5 Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1   9339 HUSSY John Bacon RPAYC Sydney 39cr 7 1 3 [3.00]  1 1 1
2   MH360 THIS WAY UP John Moore MOFSC Sydney36 10 2 1 2 3 [4.00]  2
3   SM477 ESPRIT Garry Anderson syc Beneteau 47.7 12 3 2 1 [4.00]  3 3
4   G5038 CINQUANTE Ian Murray RGYC Sydney 38 22 4 4 4 5 5 [6.00] 
5 4.0S AUS1407 LIESL Greg Clinnick Charter boat Beneteau First 40.7 23 5 [8.00F] 6 6 2 4
6   SYD181 BERANI VII David Todner CYCA Jarkan 12.5s 23 6 5 5 2 [6.00]  5
7   6676 TOTALLY WILD Graham Macdonald BBSC Masram 920 34 7 6 7 7 7 [7.00] 
SPORTS BOATS
Series Results [PHC] up to Race 8 (Drops = 1)
Place Ties Sail No Boat Name Skipper From Design Sers Score Race 8 Race 7 Race 6 Race 5 Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1   5887 ROCK N' ROLL Leon Thomas TCYC Thompson 7 20 2 5 3 [9.00]  3 2 4 1.00G 
2   5652 IT'S WHAT YOU DO Brett Whitbread syc Elliott 780 25 5 [19.00F] 4 4 1 1 7 3
3   AUS668 MELGES ASIA PACIFIC Heath Walters Melges 24 30 4 6 7 [8.00]  5 3 3 2
4   RQ777 RAPTOR Mark Buchbach RQYS Stealth 7 36 1 3 2 1 [14.00]  8 13 8
5   1 LIQUID TACTICS Tom Jordan MYC Egan 6 43 3 1 1 5 9 15 [15.00]  9
6   AUS709 KAITO Heath Townsend GBYC Melges 24 44 6 8 9 [14.00]  7 9 1 4
7   138 FEELING CHEEKY Brett Cooper RYCT Young Rocket 7.80 57 8 9 11 [13.00]  6 6 11 6
8 5.0S RQ69 ELIXIR Andrew Fisher RQYS Elliott 7.8 59 19.00C  [19.00F] 5 6 2 10 6 11
9   RQ202 STEALTHY Bob Cowan LMYC Stealth 59 7 7 15 2 [19.00R] 7 14 7
10   RQ200 SO WHAT Franco Bortolin RQYS Stealth 7.8 63 19.00C  19.00S  [19.00F] 3 10 5 2 5
11   38 TOO HOT TO TROT Bruce/Eric Tardrew/K RQYS Lyons 64 9 12 8 10 8 12 5 [14.00] 
12   B1 VIVACE Peter Sorensen MHYC Bethwaite 8 71 19.00C  2 19.00O  7 [19.00R] 4 10 10
13   7701 MEN IN BLACK Rod Young MDSC Colson 770 75 10 10 10 16 4 13 12 [19.00C]
14   6 RIP IT UP Damien Van Deudekom RQYS Knuckles 6m 83 19.00F  4 6 11 11 16 16 [19.00F]
15   5747 THE WORKS Michael Rynan rmyc Elliot 770 84 [19.00C] 14 12 15 12 11 8 12
16   R980 DARK ENERGY Janet Williamson RPYC Thompson 980 99 11 13 13 17 15 17 [17.00]  13
17   7002 DECKIES.COM.AU Ashley Gabrielson MOFSC Thompson 7 107 19.00C  19.00C  19.00C  12 [19.00C] 14 9 15
18   734 X2 TANGENT Simon Vincent NQCYC Elliot 780 113 19.00F  11 14 18 13 19.00C  19.00C  [19.00F]

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