Strong Sou-Wester for Race one of Land Rover Winter Series

by Jennifer Crooks on 4 May 2014 Land Rover Winter Series 2014 - Competitors in Race one of the Land Rover Winter Series 2014, conducted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, were given a treat – strong south westerly breeze which had yachts and spinnakers flying on Sydney Harbour.

'It was a lot of fun,' said Bob Steel, owner of Quest, winner of Division A1. 'There was a bit of breeze and we hung in there and got the job done.'

'Based on our handicap we set out to try and catch others in our division – Duende had 18 minutes on us and Swish had 13. Once we caught them, we focussed on making sure the others stayed behind us.

'We had good spinnaker runs and kept concentrating on what we were doing rather than where our competition was – we had a bit on,' Steel added laughing. 'You never win the first race of the season – today was an aberration – we’ll be back to normal next week.'

Swish (Steven Proud) placed second to Quest with Duende (Damien Parkes) third.

Race Officer Steve Kidson got the fleet of 103 away on time in a 23 knot sou’wester that gusted up to 27 knots shortly after the start. By 12.30pm, competitors were passing through the gate and the breeze had settled to 20 knots.

And what a difference a day makes weather wise. Yesterday’s rain cleared to provide a picture perfect sunny winter’s day with the mercury nudging 19C, but it would have felt colder given the wind chill factor.

Beneteaus relish in big breezes so it was no surprise that this design of yacht dominated the podium places today. In Division C, Ted Tooher’s Beneteau 47.7 Chancellor won from Morgan Rogers’ Beneteau 40.7 Wave Sweeper with Pacific Sailing School’s Salona 45 Zora third.

'It was a tough race,' Tooher said this afternoon. 'We had some lucky breaks. The breeze hit 25 knots at one stage and the boat just excelled. The breeze gave us an advantage and we elected not to use our spinnaker – just the main, jib and one reef.

'We are using the Winter Series to break in new crew and develop them for the Land Rover Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race – today was a great test.'

Tooher was also the lucky winner of the Range Rover Evoque weekly drive. 'It’s a great feeling,' he added.

Wave Sweeper’s Morgan Rogers was also another not to fly a spinnaker. 'We had a fair bit of separation from our divisional competitors at the start. It was nice to get out in a good breeze.

'We had to ensure we sailed the right course as everyone was following us. Some of the boats caught us on the second leg heading towards the Shark Island mark, but there was enough breeze to stay ahead of the crowd.

'We blew a baton on the number three sail which made it difficult to control the boat. We made sure we kept the boat in one piece so that we can compete in the rest of the series,' Rogers added.

The colourful crew onboard John and Kim Clinton’s Beneteau Oceanis 50 Holy Cow! were crowned Division J1 winners from Hanni (Mike Champion) and Marloo (George Girdis).

'The conditions were perfect for our boat today – we’re big and heavy with our cruising set-up. The two coffee machines, fridge and freezer weigh us down and make us the slowest boat out there,' Kim Clinton said.

'We’ve made up for our appalling start to the season (where we finished last in the Ladies Day race) but it is the wrong end of the season for this (win) to happen. There was some discussion this morning as to whether we should put a reef in the mainsail or not and I managed to convince John that it was a good idea because we definitely needed it.

'It was just beautiful in the sun. We were in a good position from the start and didn’t lose the breeze all day. We had clear air which was a bonus and there was lots of reaching. The grinders worked hard – we had to swap them halfway through and Shonie (the Clintons dog) slept through the whole thing!,' Kim added.

Glenn Crane’s Dufour 40 Lahara II, winner of Division J2, was the lucky recipient of the Noakes Group Lift and Stand Package.

Other divisional winners today were: Division A2 - Kirribilli (Andrew Chapman); Division B – Outlaw (Alan and Tom Quick); Division D – Soundtrack (John Amos); Division E – Bandit (Kevin and Warwick Nixon); Division F – Mortgage Choice Rhumba (Burke, Carr and Cook); Division G – Itchy (Will Northam and Jamie Watson); Division K – Gusto (Phillip Denison)

The Land Rover Winter Series pointscore continues next Sunday, 11 May. Block entries for the season will be accepted up until 12 noon, Thursday 25 May with casual entries being accepted throughout the season.

Results

Division 1 PHSTcf results Start : 11:30

Class	Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	AHC	OffSet	Elapsd	Fin Tim	Score	Vis
DivA1	1	52002	QUEST	Bob Steel	1.3698	38	01:32:34	13:40:34	1.0
DivA1	2	226	SWISH	Steven Proud	1.2285	25	01:47:33	13:42:33	2.0
DivA1	3	ESP6100	DUENDE	Damien Parkes	1.1856	20	01:53:37	13:43:37	3.0
DivA1	4	10000	BRINDABELLA	Jim Cooney	1.4414	43	01:32:00	13:45:00	4.0
DivA1	5	43218	VAMP	David Fuller	1.2903	31	01:45:21	13:46:21	5.0
DivA1	6	AUS5299	VICTOIRE	Darryl Hodgkinson	1.3338	35	01:42:05	13:47:05	6.0
DivA1	7	6953	WOT EVA - SWD	David Pescud	1.3074	32	01:48:04	13:50:04	7.0
DivA1	8	6111	NEVER A DULL MOMENT	Col & Denise Wilson	1.2036	22	02:02:52	13:54:52	8.0
DivA1	DNC	6377	VANGUARD	Richard Cawse	1.4337	43			13.0
DivA1	DNC	AUS03	SOUTHERNEXCELLENCEII	Andrew Wenham	1.4650	45			13.0
DivA1	RET	884	AFTERSHOCK	Michael Hill	1.3814	39			11.0
DivA1	RET	SYD222	YOU'RE HIRED	Stuart Dart	1.4616	45			11.0

Division 2 PHSTcf results Start : 11:30

Class	Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	AHC	OffSet	Elapsd	Fin Tim	Score	Vis
DivA2	1	99991	KIRRIBILLI	Andrew Chapman	1.1612	28	01:56:37	13:54:37	1.0
DivA2	2	8008	OCC.COARSELANGUAGE 2	Warwick Sherman	1.1859	30	01:55:34	13:55:34	2.0
DivA2	3	AUS6606	STHILLIERS QUEST	Tim Casey	1.1972	32	01:53:58	13:55:58	3.0
DivA2	4	33345	BLACK SHEEP	Derek & Martin Shepp	1.1124	22	02:04:01	13:56:01	4.0
DivA2	5	00400	VENTO	Walter Lewin	1.2218	34	01:52:54	13:56:54	5.0
DivA2	6	248	WAX LYRICAL	Les Goodridge	1.0966	20	02:07:32	13:57:32	6.0
DivA2	7	8975	LAST TANGO	Phillip King	1.1268	24	02:03:42	13:57:42	7.0
DivA2	DNC	007	EDAKE	Jeff Carter	1.1474	26				Yes
DivA2	DNC	7771	BALANCE	Paul Clitheroe	1.1278	24			11.0
DivA2	DNC	8402	MORE WITCHCRAFT	John Cameron	1.1110	22			11.0
DivA2	DNC	65007	ELENA NOVA	Andrew Pearson	1.1998	32			11.0

Division 3 PHSTcf results Start : 11:30

Class	Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	AHC	OffSet	Elapsd	Fin Tim	Score	Vis
DivB	1	040	OUTLAW	Alan & Tom Quick	1.0804	20	01:51:37	13:41:37	1.0
DivB	2	5271	NOCTURNE	Gerard Kesby	1.0916	21	01:50:53	13:41:53	2.0
DivB	3	6808	FLYING CLOUD	Howard Piggott	1.0848	20	01:52:12	13:42:12	3.0
DivB	4	6081	NEXT	Richard Holstein	1.0737	19	01:53:24	13:42:24	4.0
DivB	5	6774	JACKPOT	Adrian Van Bellen	1.0796	20	01:54:12	13:44:12	5.0
DivB	6	7027	THE GOAT	Bruce Foye	1.0870	21	01:56:15	13:47:15	6.0
DivB	7	6841	PAPILLON	Phil Molony	1.0423	15	02:02:47	13:47:47	7.0
DivB	8	6935	L'ALTRA DONNA	Andy Kearnan	1.0668	18	02:02:04	13:50:04	8.0
DivB	9	RQ1123	RUM JUNGLE	Scott Russell	1.0576	17	02:04:04	13:51:04	9.0
DivB	10	3838	ZEN	Brad Payten	1.0887	21	02:00:26	13:51:26		Yes
DivB	11	6755	CALIBAN II	Ian Creak	1.0478	16	02:05:43	13:51:43		Yes
DivB	12	A140	ARIEL	Ron Forster	1.0286	13	02:09:50	13:52:50	10.0
DivB	13	6492	UNDERCLIFFE PS WLD1	Larki Missiris	1.0751	19	02:05:12	13:54:12	11.0
DivB	DNC	3060	THIRLMERE	S. Warneford L Jamie	1.0869	21			14.0
DivB	DNC	7777	CALIBRE	G Bonus R Williams	1.0708	19			14.0

Division 4 PHSTcf results Start : 11:30

Class	Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	AHC	OffSet	Elapsd	Fin Tim	Score	Vis
DivC	1	8824	CHANCELLOR	Edward Tooher	1.0314	22	01:58:30	13:50:30	1.0
DivC	2	7407	WAVE SWEEPER	Morgan Rogers	0.9782	15	02:06:52	13:51:52	2.0
DivC	3	8975A	ZORA	Pacificsailing Schoo	0.9860	16	02:06:26	13:52:26	3.0
DivC	4	KA400	SCARLETT O'HARA	Robert Skol	1.0125	20	02:02:36	13:52:36	4.0
DivC	5	415	ARCH RIVAL	Steve Connors	1.0474	24	02:01:07	13:55:07	5.0
DivC	6	5930	REVE	Kevin Whelan	1.0149	20	02:05:22	13:55:22	6.0
DivC	7	89	INTO THE MYSTIC	Arthur Psaltis Jon R	1.0047	19	02:07:37	13:56:37	7.0
DivC	8	8412	CYRENE 3	Michael Selby	1.0850	29	01:59:56	13:58:56		Yes
DivC	9	4970	AKELA	Alan Mather	1.0012	18	02:11:04	13:59:04	8.0
DivC	DNC	2001	QUETZALCOATL	Antony Sweetapple	1.0391	23			12.0
DivC	DNC	4343	WILD ROSE	Roger Hickman	1.0470	24			12.0
DivC	DNC	6360	INTEGRITY	Andrew Stoeckel	1.0234	21			12.0

Division 5 PHSTcf results Start : 11:30

Class	Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	AHC	OffSet	Elapsd	Fin Tim	Score	Vis
DivD	1	5273	SOUNDTRACK	John Amos	0.9753	11	02:01:03	13:42:03	1.0
DivD	2	5935	ALPHA CARINAE	Damian Barker	1.0090	16	01:57:01	13:43:01	2.0
DivD	3	700	SOMMERBREEZE	Hans Sommer	0.9896	13	02:01:24	13:44:24	3.0
DivD	4	B347	SPEEDWELL	Colin Geeves	0.9953	14	02:01:33	13:45:33	4.0
DivD	5	8063	EYE APPEAL	J Markos M Delaney	1.0280	19	01:57:02	13:46:02	5.0
DivD	6	7100	M	Steve Hatch	1.0472	21	01:55:23	13:46:23	6.0
DivD	7	8035	ONE MORE-NO MORE	Ian Guanaria	1.0477	22	01:56:54	13:48:54	7.0
DivD	8	8675	ASTRAL	Andrew Butler	1.0152	17	02:08:45	13:55:45	8.0
DivD	DNC	5164	PENDRAGON	Andrew Cochrane	0.9891	13			16.0
DivD	DNC	5826	SALTSHAKER	Peter Franki	1.0565	23			16.0
DivD	DNC	6332	RAZORS EDGE	Ray Stone	1.0084	16			16.0
DivD	DNC	6609	AMANTE	Dennis Cooper	1.0476	22			16.0
DivD	DNC	6683	CROSSHAVEN	J Pelly & S Rahilly	1.0341	20			16.0
DivD	DNC	8832	LARRIKIN	Ross Glasson Richard	0.9664	10			16.0
DivD	DNC	9109	VAMOS	Tim Ryan	1.0362	20			16.0

Division 6 PHSTcf results Start : 11:30

Class	Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	AHC	OffSet	Elapsd	Fin Tim	Score	Vis
DivE	1	AUS717	BANDIT	Kevin/ Warwick Nixon	0.9939	11	01:42:25	13:23:25	1.0
DivE	2	NZL9242	ORBIT	Matthew Brown	1.1148	27	01:40:11	13:37:11	2.0
DivE	3	9997	SKEETER	Matthew Fisher	1.0698	22	01:48:17	13:40:17	3.0
DivE	4	4377	CLEWLESS?	Lachlan Irwin	0.9578	5	02:05:41	13:40:41	4.0
DivE	5	3020	HICK-UP	Bill Ure	0.9714	7	02:06:38	13:43:38	5.0
DivE	6	6166	SWEET CHARRIOT	Ralph And Jen Picker	0.9666	7	02:12:29	13:49:29	6.0
DivE	DNC	105	CONQUISTADOR	Norman Rydge	1.1160	27				Yes
DivE	DNC	6311	ZIPPIER	Andrew Waugh	1.1151	27			17.0
DivE	DNC	6448	CARATS N KILOS	John Santifort	0.9696	7			17.0
DivE	DNC	6544	JET	Justin Graham	1.0345	17			17.0
DivE	DNC	6928	MENAGE A TROIS	Karl Matiszik	0.9850	10			17.0
DivE	DNC	8383	KRAKATOA	Don Young	1.0099	13			17.0
DivE	DNC	AUS82	TIGGER	Robert Breit	1.0212	15			17.0
DivE	DNC	AUS7151	OPTIMUM	Richard Brasher	1.0607	20			17.0
DivE	RET	621	DEVILS LAIR	Barry Crook	1.0015	12			10.0
DivE	RET	6890	ADELA	David Lamond	1.0577	20			10.0
DivE	RET	AUS160	CRUSADER	Jonathan Green	1.0579	20			10.0

Division 7 PHSTcf results Start : 11:30

Class	Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	AHC	OffSet	Elapsd	Fin Tim	Score	Vis
DivF	1	6232	MORTGAGECHOICE RUMBA	R Carr S Cook & K Bu	0.9755	13	01:46:00	13:29:00	1.0
DivF	2	3724	SALONA	Pacificsailing Schoo	0.9261	6	01:53:27	13:29:27	2.0
DivF	3	4896	L'EAU CO.	Grant Pollock	0.9188	5	01:59:14	13:34:14	3.0
DivF	4	5436	SINEWAVE	Greg Mason Barb Maun	0.9547	10	01:55:09	13:35:09	4.0
DivF	5	544	OUT OF SIGHT	Matt Wilkinson	0.9672	12	01:53:20	13:35:20	5.0
DivF	6	5861	OUTLANDISH	Sean Barrett	0.9512	10	01:57:58	13:37:58	6.0
DivF	7	9201	SELKIE	Anthony Booth	0.9253	6	02:03:10	13:39:10	7.0
DivF	8	SM74	PERFECT MATCH	Josh McKean	0.9681	12	01:59:26	13:41:26	8.0
DivF	9	F8	QUATTRO	Jason Daisley	0.9197	5	02:08:20	13:43:20	9.0
DivF	10	920	LADY BUG	Erin Mander	0.9371	8	02:13:57	13:51:57	10.0
DivF	DNC	11	DEFIANCE	Nicole Shrimpton	0.9663	12			13.0
DivF	DNC	8484	WINDFLYT	Douglas Sturrock	0.9513	10			13.0

Division 8 PHSTcf results Start : 11:30

Class	Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	AHC	OffSet	Elapsd	Fin Tim	Score	Vis
DivG	1	AUS1337	ITCHY	Will Northam Jamie W	0.9217	25	01:47:40	13:42:40	1.0
DivG	2	YC868	VELOCITY	Brian Carrick	0.8776	18	02:00:42	13:48:42	2.0
DivG	3	6657	PANTOMIME IV	Michael Kelly	0.7900	0	02:19:37	13:49:37	3.0
DivG	4	404	HORNBLOWER	Steve Sweeney	0.7927	1	02:27:43	13:58:43	4.0
DivG	5	2153	FICTION	Michael Blaxell	0.8450	11	02:22:20	14:03:20	5.0
DivG	6	2125	SEA RUG HOO HA	Peter Howes	0.8002	2	02:38:42	14:10:42	6.0
DivG	DNC	5139	KATINKA	Paul Oconnell	0.8291	8			14.0
DivG	DNC	KA17	WALLOP	Bryan Collis Stephen	0.9026	22			14.0
DivG	DNC	N1	NOAKES WHITE	Peter Langman	0.8498	12			14.0
DivG	DNC	N2	NOAKES RED	Sean Langman	0.8720	16			14.0
DivG	DNC	N3	NOAKES BLUE	Josh Alexander	0.8498	12			14.0
DivG	RET	3966	MARIGOT BAY	Merryl Semple	0.8651	15			9.0
DivG	RET	5719	DOUBLE DUTCH	Phil Tanner	0.8994	21			9.0

Division 9 PHSTcf results Start : 11:30

Class	Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	AHC	OffSet	Elapsd	Fin Tim	Score	Vis
DivJ1	1	6797	HOLY COW!	John & Kim Clinton	0.9137	10	01:43:04	13:23:04	1.0
DivJ1	2	6937	HANNI	Mike Champion	1.0310	26	01:34:58	13:30:58	2.0
DivJ1	3	4715	MARLOO	George Girdis	1.0490	28	01:35:50	13:33:50	3.0
DivJ1	4	8455	EUROPA	David Mason	1.0434	27	01:37:58	13:34:58	4.0
DivJ1	5	7878	SAILORS WITH DISABIL	David Leslie	1.1331	36	01:29:55	13:35:55	5.0
DivJ1	6	6563	L'ATTITUDE	Hunt/Short /Bastick	1.0162	24	01:42:01	13:36:01	6.0
DivJ1	7	C1	ARGO BLUE	Richard Snow	0.9700	18	01:48:07	13:36:07	7.0
DivJ1	8	6223	TRIM	Shaaron Walsh	1.0191	24	01:42:40	13:36:40	8.0
DivJ1	9	1961	IN CAHOOTS	Pat & Roberta Easton	1.0074	23	01:45:35	13:38:35	9.0
DivJ1	10	6608	ELUSIVE	P Billingham P Mcgee	1.0567	29	01:40:10	13:39:10	10.0
DivJ1	11	331	SILVER MINX	Geoff & Vicki Player	1.0017	22	01:47:50	13:39:50	11.0
DivJ1	DNC	6226	SANTE'	Rob &Sue Segaert	0.9800	19			14.0
DivJ1	RET	9999	ASSASSIN	Phil Cutts	1.1150	35			13.0

Division 10 PHSTcf results Start : 11:30

Class	Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	AHC	OffSet	Elapsd	Fin Tim	Score	Vis
DivJ2	1	6501	LAHARA II	Glenn Crane	0.9941	16	01:37:33	13:23:33	1.0
DivJ2	2	9242	SEXTANT	Denis Doyle	1.0113	18	01:40:43	13:28:43	2.0
DivJ2	3	6652	BALTIC LADY	Niel Burling	0.9629	12	01:51:22	13:33:22	3.0
DivJ2	4	129	VIVA	Ken Hudson	0.9539	11	01:53:25	13:34:25	4.0
DivJ2	DNC	4000	SAGACIOUSV	David Hundt	0.9750	14			11.0
DivJ2	DNC	6959	SOLEARES	Sebastian Bohm	0.9307	8			11.0
DivJ2	OCS	7006	LORELEI	Matthew Farr	0.9336	8			9.0
DivJ2	RET	7035	BRIGUS	Terry & E Burke	0.9794	14			9.0
DivJ2	RET	7046	INKONKONI	Arthur Lane	0.9113	5			9.0
DivJ2	RET	69200	NEMESIS	Jeffery Taylor	0.9168	6			9.0

Division 11 PHSTcf results Start : 11:30

Class	Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	AHC	OffSet	Elapsd	Fin Tim	Score	Vis
DivK	1	3976	GUSTO	Phillip Denison	0.8271	13	01:52:38	13:35:38	1.0
DivK	2	508	STORMY PETREL	Kevin O\'Shea	0.9130	26	01:42:00	13:38:00	2.0
DivK	3	6990	GREAT WHITE	Ann / Bob Penty	0.9082	25	01:45:36	13:40:36	3.0
DivK	4	1008	STAR FERRY	John Conroy	0.9458	30	01:41:56	13:41:56	4.0
DivK	DNC	193	SYONARA	Greg Maughan	0.8670	19			13.0
DivK	DNC	4582	PRIVATEER	Bill Mirow	0.8616	18			13.0
DivK	DNC	5106	ANNA	George Sirett	0.7355	-4			13.0
DivK	DNC	6593	LU LU BELLE	Peter Lewis	0.8314	13			13.0
DivK	DNC	6726	HECTOR	Andrew Hawkins	0.8900	23			13.0
DivK	DNC	6739	HUBCAPII	Herman Heiligers	0.8636	19				Yes
DivK	DNC	6809	APPLEJACK	Derek McDonnell	0.7586	0			13.0
DivK	DNC	8420	JUBLILEE	Ian Arthy	0.7823	5			13.0
DivK	DNC	B331	BROULEE	Karen Hawkett	0.8465	16			13.0