Australian Yachting Championships - Overall report

by Nic Douglass on 27 Mar 2017 The Australian Yachting Championships have wrapped up in Sydney, Australia, with Beau Geste Racing and Bushranger taking out the coveted IRC titles.

While there was a small fleet of 16 boats, congratulations must be given to all who took part in putting on a great spectacle of racing from Thursday in big southerly breezes, through to yesterday in a slowly building Easterly. The Race Committee and organisers did a great job to get in all but one of the scheduled races given the weather outlook at the start of the regatta.

Beau Geste Racing again sailed a near impeccable regatta, kudos to the team who continue to set the bar in Australian waters in the Australian Yachting Championship. Bushranger were also excited to take their first win after a large investment, both time and money, in the past twelve months, nice to see hard work paying off.

Check out some of the action from the final day in my live coverage of the final race start sequences from on board the start boat below, or a selection of my best images over the regatta.

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2017 Australian Yachting Championships

Series Results [IRC] for DivA up to Race 7 (Drops = 1)

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Sers Score	Race 7	Race 6	Race 5	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		IVB1997	TEAM BEAU GESTE	Karl Kwok	6.0	[2.0]	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
2		18889	NINE DRAGONS	Bob Cox	14.5	1.0	4.0	2.0	2.0	2.5	3.0	[4.0]
3		52566	ALIVE	Duncan Hine	16.5	3.0	3.0	3.0	[5.0]	2.5	2.0	3.0
4		8338	SHOWTIME	Campbell Letchford	25.0	4.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	6.0	5.0	[6.0]
5		6952	CELESTIAL	Sam Haynes	28.0	6.0	6.0	7.0	3.0	4.0	[7.0]	2.0
6		421	THE GOAT	Sebastian Bohm	31.0	[7.0]	5.0	6.0	6.0	5.0	4.0	5.0
7		A5	YEAH BABY	Lindsay Stead	37.0	5.0	7.0	5.0	7.0	7.0	6.0	[7.0]

Series Results [IRC] for DivB up to Race 7 (Drops = 1)

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Sers Score	Race 7	Race 6	Race 5	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		12450	BUSHRANGER	Gerry Hatton	8.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	[2.0]	1.0	1.0
2		6081	NEXT	Phil Tomkins	18.5	3.0	3.0	3.5	5.0	1.0	3.0	[6.0]
3		7722	JUSTADASH	Philip Dash	19.0	5.0	5.0	1.0	2.0	[7.0]	4.0	2.0
4		MH20	PHILOSOPHERS	Peter Sorensen	19.5	4.0	4.0	3.5	3.0	[4.0]	2.0	3.0
5		AUS6133	FOREIGN AFFAIR	Matt Wilkinson	22.0	1.0	2.0	5.0	6.0	3.0	[6.0]	5.0
6		5915	STORMAWAY	Stening Gunn	31.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	4.0	[6.0]	5.0	4.0
7		6807	NEAT ENGINEERING	John Anet	40.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	5.0	7.0	[7.0]

Series Results [PHSTCF] for DivB up to Race 7 (Drops = 1)

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Sers Score	Race 7	Race 6	Race 5	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		A169	NAUTICAL CIRCLE	Robin Shaw	9.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	[3.0]	1.0	2.0	1.0
2		AUS6133	FOREIGN AFFAIR	Matt Wilkinson	10.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	[3.0]	2.0
3		6807	NEAT ENGINEERING	John Anet	14.0	[4.0]	3.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	1.0	3.0
4		SB445	LUNACY	Chris McSorley	23.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	[5.0R]

Series Results [ORCi] for DivA up to Race 7 (Drops = 1)

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Sers Score	Race 7	Race 6	Race 5	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		52566	ALIVE	Duncan Hine	8.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	[2.0]
2		IVB1997	TEAM BEAU GESTE	Karl Kwok	9.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	[2.0]	1.0
3		6952	CELESTIAL	Sam Haynes	21.0	4.0	5.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	[5.0]	3.0
4	3.0S	8338	SHOWTIME	Campbell Letchford	24.0	3.0	3.0	5.0	4.0	5.0	4.0	[5.0]
5		421	THE GOAT	Sebastian Bohm	24.0	5.0	4.0	4.0	[5.0]	4.0	3.0	4.0

Series Results [ORCi] for DivB up to Race 7 (Drops = 1)

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Sers Score	Race 7	Race 6	Race 5	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		12450	BUSHRANGER	Gerry Hatton	6.0	1.0	1.0	[2.0]	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
2	1.0S	7722	JUSTADASH	Philip Dash	14.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	3.0	[3.0]	2.0
3		MH20	PHILOSOPHERS	Peter Sorensen	14.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	[3.0]