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18ft Skiffs - Australian Championship, race four
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18ft Skiffs - Australian Championship, Race four.
Thurlow Fisher Lawyers took out today’s race four of the Australian Championship on Sydney Harbour to clinch the title with one more race still to be sailed.
 | Australian Champions - Australian 18ft Skiffs Championship - Frank Quealey_©_-Australian 18 Footers League |
Skippered by Michael Coxon and crewed by Aaron Links and Trent Barnabas, Thurlow Fisher Lawyers trailed early but grabbed the lead on the second windward leg and went on to take the victory by15s from arch rivals Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton and Scott Babbage in Gotta Love It 7.
Third place went John Winning, Andrew Hay and Dave Gibson in Yandoo, which finished a further 1m13s back.
 | Thurlow Fisher Lawyers - Australian 18ft Skiffs Championship - Frank Quealey_©_-Australian 18 Footers League |
Thurlow Fisher Lawyers has an unbeatable points lead (after discarding her worst result) on 4 points, followed by Yandoo and Red Claw Wines (Matt Searle, Archie Massey and Mike McKenzie) on 11, Smeg (Nick Press) on 13, defending champion Gotta Love It 7 on 14 and Project Racing (Andy Budgen) 15.
Today’s race was also part of the Australia Day Regatta and produced extremely testing conditions for all teams.
High temperature over the cool water produced a fog haze and the lack of a decent breeze didn’t help on a crowded Sydney Harbour.
 | Light Wind - Australian 18ft Skiffs Championship - Frank Quealey_©_-Australian 18 Footers League |
A light (5-8 knots) North-East breeze then settled and after two general recalls the race finally got under way more than 40m later than scheduled.
It was a slow ride across from the start at Double Bay to the first tack off Bradleys Head where Kenwood-Rabbitohs narrowly led from Thurlow Fisher Lawyers.
 | Rag & Famish - Australian 18ft Skiffs Championship - Frank Quealey_©_-Australian 18 Footers League |
Several skiffs, including Gotta Love It 7, Asko Appliances, Smeg and Rag & Famish Hotel (Jack Macartney) tacked early and the fleet was soon spread across the course.
Project Racing led a tightly bunched fleet at the first windward mark and continued to lead by 20s at the bottom mark.
Thurlow Fisher Lawyers was in second place, followed by Appliancesonline.com.au (Jeremy Wilmot), Gotta Love It 7, Asko Appliances (John Harris), Red Claw Wines, Smeg and Yandoo.
On the next windward leg Thurlow Fisher Lawyers overhauled Project Racing and from that point her victory look assured as the team opened up a break of 1m10s at the bottom mark for the second time.
The last race of the championship will be sailed next Sunday, 30 January, with the usual spectator ferry leaving Double Bay Wharf at 2.10pm.
 | First Spinnaker Run - Australian 18ft Skiffs Championship - Frank Quealey_©_-Australian 18 Footers League |
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by Frank Quealey
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