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Sail-World.com : Pretty Cruisy for Cruising Divisions
Pretty Cruisy for Cruising Divisions
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While the divisions contesting the Club Marine Classic Edward Island Race are expected to sail well into the night as they try and complete the 60 mile course in a dying breeze, the cruising divisions are all but returned from their 18 nautical mile race which began at 11am today from Dent Passage.
First in Cruising Division 1 on provisional handicap results was Graham Smith’s Scaramouche which looks to have pipped Bruce Finlay’s The Oceanic Hustler and third placed Jeaux de Guerre (David Urry).
In Cruising Division 2, Tony Bates’s Northshore 370 took a commanding lead following the starting signal, once they’d hauled back a wayward spinnaker, and went on to win the division from Patrick Smith’s Seastream 650 Celera, one of the most stunning boats contesting Audi Hamilton Island Race Week. Celera was skippered today by 2000 Olympian Neville Whitty. Third in Cruising Division 2 was John McPherson’s Nomadess.
Cruising Division 3 was the last to leave Dent Passage following their 11.10am starting signal. Life’s not too serious for many in this division with some boats carrying BBQs and the odd outboard motor, spray dodger and dinghy on display. David Berry’s Escapade was first on provisional handicap in this division ahead of Jim Shannon’s Meltemi and Tim Lewis’s Interlude.
In the Premier IRC division, there was some drama this afternoon with the bowman on Dean Harrigan’s Beneteau 50 Playstation, Ben Searle, falling overboard during a gybe. Skipper Michael Spies estimates Searle spent around four minutes in the water in an 'unpleasant sea' before being retrieved over the transom.
Tomorrow is a lay day from racing with a raft of onshore activities planned.
More than 200 crew members will tomorrow take part in the Audi Drive Challenge at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week to determine the final winner of the Audi A4 Avant major prize.
On the western apron of the airport at Hamilton Island, Audi’s motorsport Ambassador Brad Jones will put the sailors through their paces in a challenge of skill and accuracy.
The winning boat from each division will then have their Audi Drive Challenge results plucked from the list, and the overall successor wins the Audi A4 Avant on Saturday night.
Other activities planned for tomorrow include the Todd Woodbridge Mixed Tennis Clinic, the famous UBS Moet & Chandon lunch and in the afternoon, The Wolverines will play on the main stage.
by Lisa Ratcliff
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10:42 AM Mon 20 Aug 2007 GMT
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