Octagenarian sailors win, BMW Sydney Winter Series

by Peter Campbell on 26 Jun 2006 Ken Davis, aged 82, and his 84-year-old tactician Miles Kolosov, today combined to sail Davis' Jeanneau one-design 30, Starstruck Daveau, to victory in Division J of the BMW Sydney Winter Series on Sydney Harbour.

'We are a crew of veterans, when we sail on Wednesday afternoon races, the crew have 370 years between them,' skipper Davis said at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia this afternoon. Davis has been a CYCA member for 36 years.

Race 8 of the BMW Sydney Winter Series was almost a repeat of the previous Sunday, a 10-15 knot breeze that swung from south-west to south-east and back to south-west during the race, as well as going up and down in wind strength.

In Division J, Starstruck Daveau continued its excellent form of two thirds and a win in three races with the veteran crew delighted with their win today from Chancellor (Ted Tooher) and overall pointscore leader Wings Three (Paul Bellingham).

Today was a day of intense tactical racing with just three races to sail in the BMW Sydney Winter Series as the big fleet tackled tricky winter conditions.

In Division A, You're Hired (Geoff Morgan and Andrew Banks) got the gun for the second weekend from CYCA Commodore Geoff Lavis in UBS Wild Thing and Denis O'Neil's Atomic which still leads the series.

John Cameron's Fincorp More Witchcraft also scored its second successive win in Division B, beating Dean Harrigan's Play Station Portable (with its spectacular mainsail) and Warwick Sherman's Occasional Coarse Language.

Division C saw a fine win by front-marker Superfine (George Waldhausen) from the Syndicate-owned Akela and Bear Necessity (Andrew and Pauline Dally).

Pendragon, Andrew Cochrane's Stewart 34 made a rare appearance in the BMW Winter Series and took out Division C from Wave Dancer (Rob McConchie) and Scarlett O'Hara (Robert Skol). The third place lifts Skol and his all-girl (and rather demonstrative) crew to equal place on the BMW Sydney Winter Series pointscire with MRX (John Short and Miles Bastick).

In Division D, Alpha Carinae (Travor Jarrett) scored an all the way win from Supermova (David Bates) and Krakatoa (Don Young).

Division F produced a close five-boat duel to the finish, with only two minutes separating winner Carnaval (Bernie Van Hof) and the next four finishers, Racy Lady (Andrew and David Lukas), Hornblower (Peter Campbell), Umbakumba (Dawn Murray and David Stenhouse) and Clewless? (Guy Irwin).

Division G saw a win for Excess (Michael Cherry) from Naughty Call (Gregg Watson) and Razors Edge, skippered by Ray Stone, a former Blue Waters Pointscore champion. Naughty Call's second place has strengthened the boat's grip on the overall pointscore.

Gusto (Phillip Denison) won its second race of the Winter Series with a runaway victory in Division K from Hubcap (Heerman Heiligers) and Quetzal (Brian Clayton).

The Sydney 38 Division again saw close racing with the gun going to Next (R.Holstein/S.Kellie) from Calibre (Geoff Bonus) and John Messenger's Utopia.

BMW S WS RESULTS 25.06.06
Division A
	Sail No	Yacht	Owner / Skipper	Start	Elapsed Time	Finish	Place	Points
SYD	222	You're Hired	Geoff Morgan & Andrew Banks	11:44	2:21:28	14:05:28	1	1
	1014	UBS Wild Thing	Geoff Lavis	11:26	2:40:39	14:06:39	2	2
	2	Atomic	Denis O'Neil	11:46	2:21:39	14:07:39	3	3
Division B
	Sail No	Yacht	Owner / Skipper	Start	Elapsed Time	Finish	Place	Points
	8402	Fincorp More Witchcraft	John Cameron	11:29	2:50:38	14:19:38	1	1
	6363	Play Station Portable	Dean Harrigan	11:33	2:47:33	14:20:33	2	2
	8008	Occasional Coarse Language	Warwick Sherman	11:29	2:53:48	14:22:48	3	3
Division C
	Sail No	Yacht	Owner / Skipper	Start	Elapsed Time	Finish	Place	Points
	9900	Superfine	George Waldthausen	11:03	3:01:18	14:04:18	1	1
	4970	Akela	Akela Syndicate	11:10	3:01:57	14:11:57	2	2
	6584	Bear Necessity	Andrew & Pauline Dally	11:17	2:56:56	14:13:56	3	3
Division D
	Sail No	Yacht	Owner / Skipper	Start	Elapsed Time	Finish	Place	Points
	5164	Pendragon	Andrew Cochrane	11:20	3:02:01	14:22:01	1	1
	6465	Wave Dancer	Rob McConchie	11:10	3:18:18	14:28:18	2	2
KA	400	Scarlett O'Hara	Robert Skol	11:23	3:05:38	14:28:38	3	3
Division E
	Sail No	Yacht	Owner / Skipper	Start	Elapsed Time	Finish	Place	Points
	5935	Alpha Carinae	Trevor Jarrett	11:06	2:55:24	14:01:24	1	1
	6499	Supernova PROTESTED	David Bates	11:18	2:48:37	14:06:37	2	2
	8383	Krakatoa	Don Young	11:13	2:54:17	14:07:17	3	3
Division F
	Sail No	Yacht	Owner / Skipper	Start	Elapsed Time	Finish	Place	Points
	3040	Carnaval	Bernie Van't Hof	11:35	2:51:15	14:26:15	1	1
	2532	Racy Lady	Andrew & David Lukas	11:23	3:04:10	14:27:10	2	2
	404	Hornblower	Peter Campbell	11:10	3:18:29	14:28:29	3	3
Division G
	Sail No	Yacht	Owner / Skipper	Start	Elapsed Time	Finish	Place	Points
	4557	Excess	Michael Cherry	11:10	2:47:20	13:57:20	1	1
	5482	Naughty Call	Gregg Watson	11:21	2:40:16	14:01:16	2	2
	6332	Razors Edge	Ray Stone	11:20	2:41:48	14:01:48	3	3
Division J
	Sail No	Yacht	Owner / Skipper	Start	Elapsed Time	Finish	Place	Points
	5132	Starstruck Daveau	Ken Davis	11:14	2:25:35	13:39:35	1	1
	7407	Chancellor	Ted Tooher	11:17	2:24:51	13:41:51	2	2
	3938	Wings Three	Paul Billingham	11:17	2:26:06	13:43:06	3	3
Division K
	Sail No	Yacht	Owner / Skipper	Start	Elapsed Time	Finish	Place	Points
	3976	Gusto	Phillip Denison	11:09	2:26:11	13:35:11	1	1
	6271	Hubcap	Herman Heiligers	11:13	2:31:52	13:44:52	2	2
	609	Quetzal	Brian Clayton	11:07	2:39:07	13:46:07	3	3
Sydney 38 Division
	Sail No	Yacht	Owner / Skipper	Start	Elapsed Time	Finish	Place	Points
	6081	Next	R Holstein/S Kellie	11:08	2:44:37	13:52:37	1	1
	7777	Calibre	Geoff Bonus	11:04	2:50:09	13:54:09	2	2
	7600	Utopia	John Messenger	11:04	2:50:25	13:54:25	3	3