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Sail-World.com : Sydney 38OD Australian Championship - X3 wins the 2010 title
Sydney 38OD Australian Championship - X3 wins the 2010 title
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The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's Michael McMahon X3 lived up to their name with three consistent days of sailing to win the 2010 Sydney 38 Australian Championship, hosted by the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, on Pittwater today.
The Race Committee was met with some tough decisions early on the third day of the Sydney 38 National Championship. Pittwater's unkind weather continued, with little to no wind and a flat sea state. The predicted wind throughout the day was for a building sea breeze, however, early conditions indicated that it would not come true. The RPAYC mark boat ventured offshore at 10am to investigate the weather and 'fish for breeze' but soon returned inside Pittwater with the gloomy report. At approximately 1130hrs, a small E-SE breeze built from inside Pittwater and RO Steve Merrington got his first chance at racing. A 6nm course was set at 090degress to see the first start of the day (Race 6) at 1215hrs.
Race six of the regatta was a close start that saw the vast majority of the fleet favour the pin end. Congestion and a shifting breeze took a handful of boats over the line early only to have the fleet called back with a general recall. Second start this time saw the fleet get away cleanly and venture into building pressure. Both sides of the course were contested fairly evenly, however, Geoff Bonus' ‘Calibre' rounded the top mark first and held his lead for the remainder of the race. In second place Mark Griffiths 'Old School' held out Bruce Foye's 'The Goat' to clinch third spot and their first podium finish of the regatta, by only a boat length. Further down the results saw the pointscore's leaders ('X3' and 'Stonybroke') finishing 9th and 12th respectively.
 | The CYCA’s Michael McMahon’s ’X3’, the epitome of consistency crowned the 2010 Sydney 38 Australian Champion - 2010 Sydney 38 Australian Championship - Tom Spithill |
The Race Committee soon turned the fleet around for the second race of the day, which started in similar conditions as the first. The start line was evenly contested by most of the fleet, however, this time saw the port side of the course favoured on the first beat. 'Acuity', 'X3', 'Cinquante' and 'Audacious Conspiracy' were evenly matched around the course with the lead changing several times. The course changed to a northerly shifting breeze that didn't disturb the fleet too much and the last downwind cemented the deal for Victorian Ian Murray on 'Cinquante', their best finish of the event with a narrow victory over defending champion 'Acuity' and the veteran Lou Abrahams 'The Audacious Conspiracy'.
After a short delay due to yet another change in the breeze, PRO Steve Merrington was able to lower the AP flag and get ready for the third and final race of the day and regatta. The breeze built to its strongest of the day with an easterly 5-8 knots. In the pre-start of the final race of the Championship, nervous faces were evident on board 'X3', 'Old School' and 'The Zen Challenge' who showed the real story of the pointscore with only one point separating each of the top three. Ian Guanaria on ‘The Tavern' had the best start and led from the other good starters in 'Outlaw' and 'Risk'. In the building pressure, early leader 'The Tavern', consolidated his lead with some good crew work and sharp spinnaker sets to take the last race. 'X3' came from behind after a shaky start to take second place closely followed by 'Acuity' for third spot. 'Old School' and 'The Zen Challenge' finished in 6th and 7th respectively to consolidate their overall positions on the podium to finalise the 2010 Sydney 38 Australian Championship.
With the completion of eight races, the CYCA's Michael McMahon's 'X3' (36 points) has been crowned Sydney 38 Australian Champion for 2010 at the prize giving at the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club. RPAYC's Mark Griffith on 'Old School' was awarded 2nd place on 41 points with third spot going to talented veteran Sydney 38 sailor Lou Abrahams and his crew on 'The Zen Challenge' on 43 points, representing the SYS.
Boat of the day was awarded to defending champion, RPAYC's Tony Walls 'Acuity' who finished the back end of the regatta well ending in 4th spot on 51 points but was a case of 'too little, too late' this time around.
Final places of the 2010 Sydney 38 Australian Championship:
Place Sail No Boat Name Skipper From Sers Race 8 Race 7 Race 6 Race 5 Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1 6900 X 3 Michael McMahon CYCA 36.0 2.0 4.0 9.0 3.0 1.0 10.0A 1.0 6.0
2 8938 Old School Mark Griffith RPAYC 41.0 6.0 5.0 2.0 9.0 2.0 10.0 4.0 3.0
3 SM2 The Zen Challenge Lou Abrahams SYC 43.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 5.0 3.0 9.0 6.0 2.0
4 6418 Acuity Tony Walls RPAYC 51.0 3.0 2.0 7.0 1.0 11.0 12.0 7.0 8.0
5 6157 The Tavern Ian Guanaria CYCA 60.0 1.0 14.0 11.0 4.0 12.0 7.0 2.0 9.0
6 R38 Outlaw A & T Quick CYCA 62.0 4.0 15.0 10.0 2.0 6.0 8.0 16.0 1.0
7 7777 Calibre Geoff Bonus CYCA 63.0 9.0 9.0 1.0 12.0 7.0 1.0 9.0 15.0
8 6231 Stonybroke Robin Tedder RPAYC 63.0 14.0 13.0 12.0 8.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 4.0
9 6255 Eye Candy Dawson/Ward RPAYC 68.0 11.0 11.0 8.0 7.0 10.0 2.0 12.0 7.0
10 7027 The Goat Bruce Foye CYCA 72.0 10.0 12.0 3.0 6.0 4.0 13.0 10.0 14.0
11 G5038 Cinquante Ian Murray RGYC 75.0 8.0 1.0 15.0 13.0 9.0 5.0 13.0 11.0
12 5944 Risk Geoff Payne RPAYC 82.0 5.0 16.0 14.0 15.0 8.0 11.0 8.0 5.0
13 6190 The Bolter Rick Welch RPAYC 85.0 16.0 7.0 13.0 11.0 14.0 6.0 5.0 13.0
14 B331 Audacious Conspiracy Greg Clinnick RBYC 94.0 17.0 3.0 4.0 16.0 13.0 16.0 15.0 10.0
15 MH60 Eleni Tony Levett MHYC 99.0 13.0 10.0 6.0 14.0 15.0 14.0 11.0 16.0
16 6276 Argie Bargie Chris Lancaster RPAYC 103.0 12.0 8.0 16.0 10.0 16.0 15.0 14.0 12.0
17 6305 Mondo Ray Sweeney RQYS 134.0 15.0 17.0 17.0 17.0 17.0 17.0 17.0 17.0
For all details go to http://www.rpayc.com.au/sydney-38-australian-championship.html
 | RPAYC’s Tony Wall’s ’Acuity’ awarded ’Boat of the Day’ had the best finish at the back end of the regatta but it was 'too liitle, too late' for the defending champion - 2010 Sydney 38 Australian Championship - Tom Spithill |
 | RPAYC’s Mark Griffith’s ’Old School’ and SYC’s Lou Abraham’s ’The Zen Challenge’ finished second and third respectively in the 2010 Sydney 38 Australian Championship - 2010 Sydney 38 Australian Championship - Tom Spithill |
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