iSail Whitsundays Contender Worlds at McCrae Yacht Club

iSail Whitsundays Contender Worlds at McCrae Yacht Club - Day 1

by VR Sport Media 21 Jan 2018 09:28 PST 21-25 January 2018

Day 1 – Race 1 start – iSail Whitsundays Contender World Championships © VR Sport Media

Day 1 – Scott Cunningham – iSail Whitsundays Contender World Championships © VR Sport Media

The atmosphere has changed since the pre Worlds Australian Nationals at McCrae Yacht Club on the Mornington Peninsula - tension is in the air and the boat park was quiet with last minute tweaks to eke out a few more fractions of speed for Day One.

Peter Merritt, Principal Race Officer, took the fleet left to Rosebud in search of wind and promptly started the first race with 90 boats and six World Champions. The usual Australian suspects, Jason Beebe (AUS 2482), Mark Bulka (AUS 2457) and Jono Neate (AUS 2652) rounded the windward mark in quick succession stretching ahead to battle to the finish.

Jason lead for most of the race until the last downwind gate when the split came with Mark - AUS 2482 went right and AUS 2457 left. Nip and tuck until the finish covering each other allowing the 2016 World Champion, local McCrea YC sailor, Mark Bulka to take the bullet. Jono Neate quietly sailing in clear air took second with Jason Beebe bringing up the rear in third.

The planned second race was abandoned due to lack of wind but tomorrow is looking perfect conditions for three back to back races.

Results after Day 1:

Pos	Sail No	Skipper	Club	R1	Pts
1	AUS 2457	Mark Bulka	McCrae YC	1	1
2	AUS 2652	Jono Neate	Mornington YC	2	2
3	AUS 2482	Jason Beebe	RQYS	3	3
4	AUS 2408	Jan Scholten	Avalon SC	4	4
5	AUS 2571	Scott Cunningham	McCrae YC	5	5
6	AUS 2502	Anthony Nash	Davey's Bay YC	6	6
7	AUS 2670	Matt Mulder	Balmoral SC	7	7
8	GBR 2439	Gary Langdown	Highcliffe SC	8	8
9	AUS 2380	Geoff Fisher	DPSS	9	9
10	AUS 2468	Callum Burns	Blairgowrie YS	10	10
11	ITA 11	Andrea Bonezzi	SCM	11	11
12	AUS 2237	Simon Barwood	RFBYC	12	12
13	AUS 2578	Andre Webster	Canberra YC	13	13
14	AUS 2575	Dan Kohlman	McCrae YC	14	14
15	GER 2438	Markus Maisenbacher	Wassersportverein Hemelingen	15	15
16	AUS 2323	Clay Cook	RFBYC	16	16
17	GBR 716	Richard Franks	Weston SC	17	17
18	NED 2582	Rene Heynen	Maas en Roer	18	18
19	NED 26	Enno Kramer	Roei en Zeil Vereninging Gouda	19	19
20	AUS 2560	Jeff Owen	McCrae YC	20	20
21	GBR 2383	David Davies	Loch Ryan SC	21	21
22	GBR 2618	Nick Noble	Bristol Corinthian YC	22	22
23	ITA 2561	Antonio Lambertini	YCD	23	23
24	AUS 2680	Lindsay Irwin	Black Rock YC	24	24
25	GBR 2449	Rob Smith	Castle Cove SC	25	25
26	AUS 2681	Thomas Vincent	McCrae YC	26	26
27	AUS 2437	Scott Munro	McCrae YC	27	27
28	GER 551	Christoph Homeier	SVGO	28	28
29	AUS 2517	Jonathan Vandervoort	Teralba Amateur SC	29	29
30	AUS 2142	Tim Dorning	Blairgowrie YS	30	30
31	AUS 2577	Paul Cohen	Canberra YC	31	31
32	AUS 2614	Rob Stenta	M16FSSC	32	32
33	GBR 678	Tommy Hooton	Burton SC	33	33
34	AUS 2651	Dean Taylor	Blairgowrie YS	34	34
35	AUS 2204	Michael Macdonald	McCrae YC	35	35
36	AUS 2665	Paul Wilson	BYS	36	36
37	AUS 2375	Garrath James	Blairgowrie YS	37	37
38	AUS 2320	Chris Jones	Royal Geelong YC	38	38
39	AUS 2174	Mathew Vandervoort	Teralba SC	39	39
40	AUS 2518	Joseph Randall	McCrae YC	40	40
41	GBR 2420	Simon Mussell	Highcliffe SC	41	41
42	GBR 2572	Ed Presley	Cotswold SC	42	42
43	AUS 2360	Scott Watson	McCrae YC	43	43
44	ITA 40	Luca Bonezzi	Canottieri Mincio Mantova	44	44
45	AUS 2668	Jonathan Harding	Blairgowrie YS	45	45
46	AUS 2562	Andrew Butler	Royal Geelong YC	46	46
47	GER 2400	Thomas Wieting	WVH Wassersportverein Hemelingen	47	47
48	CAN 2525	Stephanie Mah	Outer Harbour Centreboard Club	48	48
49	AUS 2565	John Lindholm	Blairgowie YS	49	49
50	GBR 630	James Spikesley	Netley SC	50	50
51	AUS 2208	Pat Moore	Somers YC	51	51
52	GBR 2522	Chris Boshier	Thorpe Bay YC	52	52
53	GER 2527	Dirk Mueller	SKWB	53	53
54	AUS 2666	Michael Hughes	McCrae YC	54	54
55	AUS 1753	Thomas Young	Canberra YC	55	55
56	AUS 2548	Alister Danks	Blairgowrie YS	56	56
57	AUS 2411	Andrew Churcher	McCrae YC	57	57
58	AUS 2617	Matthew Triglone	Manly SC	58	58
59	AUS 2530	Iain Larkins	ROYAL FRESHWATER BAY YC	59	59
60	GBR 712	Rodger White	King George SC	60	60
61	AUS 1752	Ned Lindholm	Blairgowie YS	61	61
62	SUI 92	Jacqueline Rufenacht	Thunersee YC	62	62
63	AUS 1483	Andrew Chisholm	B and SYC	63	63
64	AUS 2136	Ian Bowman	RQYS	64	64
65	NED 2	Mark Thorborg	KMJC	65	65
66	GBR 666	Bill Hooton	Burton SC	66	66
67	NED 2630	Pim Langendijk	WV Braassemermeer	67	67
68	AUS 2542	Chris Batty	Blairgowrie YS	68	68
69	AUS 2650	Steven Johannessen	McCrae YC	69	69
70	AUS 2207	James Taylor	Blairgowrie YS	70	70
71	AUS 2263	Richard Batten	Mudeford SC	71	71
72	AUS 2167	Toby Bath	McCrae YC	72	72
73	AUS 2441	Ian Kirkwood	BSYC	73	73
74	AUS 2165	Sian Harding	Blairgowrie YS	74	74
75	AUS 2349	Stephen Ianna	Teralba Amateur SC	75	75
76	AUS 3	John McLean	Darling Point SS	77	77
77	AUS 1306	Jeremy Edleston	BYS	78	78
78	AUS 1364	James Meggison	Balmoral SC	79	79
79	AUS 2284	Darrell Faulkner	Frankston YC	80	80
80	AUS 1327	Jamie Taylor	Blairgowrie YS	SCP	80
81	AUS 2109	Brian Carroll		81	81
82	AUS 2649	Neil Whitaker	McCrae YC	82	82
83	AUS 1329	Luke Mairs	Whitsunday SC	83	83
84	NED 2637	Cees de Gruijter	GWV de Vrijbuiter	84	84
85	AUS 226	Glenn Dalton	Humpybong YC	85	85
86	AUS 2176	Hugo Taylor	Blairgowrie YS	86	86
87	AUS 2616	Adrian Mulcahy	Blairgowrie YS	87	87
88	AUS 1246	Mark Young	Canberra YC	88	88
89	AUS 2667	Craig Smith	Blairgowrie YS	DNF	91
90	AUS 2600	Steve Wilson	Royal Queensland YS	DNS	91