Yes Yendys has won Hamilton Island series

by Rob Kothe on 25 Aug 2007 Dockside this afternoon when Geoff Ross, the owner of the Reichel Pugh 55 Yendys berthed in the Hamilton Island Marina, Island owner Bob Oatley and the skipper of Wild Oats Mark Richards were there to shake his hand.

On their own calculations Ross had beaten them in the final race of the 24th annual Audi Hamilton Island Race Week and had therefore won the prestigious IRC division.

Ross, the 1999 Sydney to Hobart winner commented, ‘It was a little boat race, the wind has now turned and with the wind more easterly, they will be blown home.

‘We were deep today but Wild Oats more so, so that was both our drops and we’ve apparently won the regatta. We are still waiting for confirmation of that but regardless, we are very pleased with the week’s racing.

‘The aim of this week was to work hard to get the boat going and work together as a strong crew unit as part of our 2007 Rolex Sydney to Hobart preparation.

‘It’s very pleasing that we managed to get the boat going so well in light airs and down wind.

‘There were a lot of boats sailing well this week. We were always behind Wild Oats X and we could see she was well sailed. The overall standard is very high, Wild Joe, Quest, Quantum, Quest – there is only seconds between all these boats.

‘The weather has been kind to us this week, we’ve enjoyed it a lot and now we are looking forward to a solid campaign leading up to the Hobart race.’

The smaller boats are only just finishing now and results are not yet confirmed.

Back of the envelope IRC scoring from the top fleet navigators suggest that the series has been won by Yendys, from Wild oats with Wild Joe third ahead of Beau Geste, Quantum and Quest. We shall we hope soon see if that is correct.

We now have confirmation.

IRC Racing

Entries: 27     Races Sailed: 9     Discard: 1

Provisional Results

Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2007

Series Place	Sail No	Boat	Type of Boat	Owner	Handicap	Series Points	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	Race 9
1	AUS1836	Yendys	Reichel Pugh	Geoffery Ross	1.379	25	6	2	3	4	1	1	1	7	15
2	7001	Wild Oats X	Reichel Pugh	Robert Oatley	1.552	29	1	3	1	3	11	6	2	2	20.5
3	AUS7002	Wild Joe	Riechel Pugh 60	Steven David	1.483	39	28	5	2	2	5	4	3	1	17
4	HKG2245	Beau Geste	Reichel Pugh	Karl Kwok	1.287	44.5	4	4	4	5.5	4	5	13	14	5
5	8899	Quantum Racing	Cookson 50	Ray Roberts	1.343	46	8	1	5	1	9	7	8	17	7
6	52002	Quest	TP 52	Bob Steel	1.34	50.5	7	6	6	5.5	3	8	5	18	10
7	SYD222	You're Hired	Davidson 60	Morgan / Banks	1.377	66	14	18	12	9	2	2	6	3	19
8	43218	Limit	Corby 49	Alan Brierty	1.268	71	3	10	9	13	10	15	10	15	1
9	R50	Living Doll	Cookson 50	Michael Hiatt	1.303	72	15	20	28	7	6	3	4	13	4
10	6952	Wot Yot	TP 52	Graeme Wood	1.341	74	9	7	8	8	7	17	7	21	11
11	601	Ginger	Swan 601	Leslie Green	1.353	88	10	21	15	12	8	11	9	11	12
12	G5038	Cinquante	Sydney 38	Ian Murray	1.110	97	11	15	14	18	18	13	17	6	3
13	Q3501	Alegria	Archambault A35	Rod Jones	1.032	97.5	5	9	10	16	21	18	15	4	20.5
14	YC4200	Laurelle	Farr 42	Michael Keough	1.148	98	10	8	13	15	17	14	12	20	9
15	SM460	XLR8	Reichel Pugh	Graeme Troon	1.277	107	19	14	11	10	15	16	23	16	6
16	6051	The Bigger Picture	Sydney 38	Anthony Hooper	1.110	118	13	19	19	19	20	19	19	8	2
17	YC46	Exile	DK46	Nicholas George	1.203	122	22	28	28	21	14	9	11	9	8
18	545	Pretty Woman	IC 45	Richard Hudson	1.223	124	20	13	21	20	13	10	14	22	13
19	NZL10303	Wired	Blakewell-White 52	Rob Bassett	1.432	128	23	11	20	11	12	12	16	24	23
20	A33	Invincible	Farr 1104	Harold Clark	0.986	136	2	28	7	25	22	25	18	12	25
21	6073	Swish	Sydney 38	Steven Proud	1.110	139	17	17	16	22	23	22	22	5	18
22	Q40	Cabernet Sauvignon	Archambault 40	Stephen Mackay	1.114	143	18	12	17	23	25	21	20	10	22
23	7027	The Goat	Sydney 38	Mitchell Gordon	1.110	157	21	16	18	24	24	24	21	19	14
24	SM1000	Georgia	Farr 53	John Williams / Graeme Ainley	1.318	165	24	28	28	14	16	20	24	23	16
25	NZL8977	Ran Tan II	Elliott 50	John Meade	1.451	186	25	28	28	17	19	23	25	25	24
26	G421	Shogun	Rogers	Robert Hanna	1.267	208	12	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
27	YC3300	Hardys Secret Mens Business	Reichel Pugh	Geoff Boetcher	1.265	224	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28

PROVISIONAL SUBJECT TO AUDIT

Sat 25 Aug 07 17:17