iSail Whitsundays Contender Worlds at McCrae Yacht Club

iSail Whitsundays Contender Worlds at McCrae Yacht Club - Overall

by VR Sport Media 24 Jan 2018 22:48 PST 21-25 January 2018

Runner-up Jason Beebe on the final day of the iSail Whitsundays Contender Worlds © VR Sport Media

The 'Grand Finale' between the two mighty Contenders - Mark Bulka and Jason Beebe.

Two races were planned but light winds hampered the format so only one was held leaving Jason requiring at least five places to retain the title.

Beebe came off the start line like a bullet but close behind shadowing was Mark Bulka. By the gybe mark Mark was second and closing the gap fast.

Criss-crossing each over the beat, local McCrae Yacht Club sailor took the lead and never looked back until crossing the finish line. The new 2018 Contender World Champion, Mark Bulka, was crowned by his fellow club member and Emirates Team New Zealand America's Cup skipper Glenn Ashby.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Skipper	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	AUS 2457	Mark Bulka	McCrae YC	1	-16	2	-4	1	2	1	1	1	9
2	AUS 2482	Jason Beebe	RQYS	3	-7	1	2	-5	1	2	2	3	14
3	ITA 11	Andrea Bonezzi	SCM	11	2	4	3	-35	6	(BFD)	7	4	37
4	AUS 2652	Jono Neate	Mornington YC	2	1	-22	-30	4	11	8	9.5	8	43.5
5	AUS 2670	Matt Mulder	Balmoral SC	7	-35	(DNC)	6	3	8	3	9.5	11	47.5
6	AUS 2571	Scott Cunningham	McCrae YC	5	8	3	1	16	-18	10	-29	7	50
7	AUS 2502	Anthony Nash	Davey's Bay YC	6	5	9	-29	8	12	7	15	-25	62
8	AUS 2575	Dan Kohlman	McCrae YC	14	14	6	14	-30	-21	6	3	14	71
9	NED 2582	Rene Heynen	Maas en Roer	18	4	19	7	9	20	-28	-30	13	90
10	GER 2438	Markus Maisenbacher	Wassersportverein Hemelingen	15	-43	15	-32	19	5	24	4	19	101
11	GBR 2439	Gary Langdown	Highcliffe SC	8	33	-39	16	-38	4	20	8	18	107
12	GBR 2420	Simon Mussell	Highcliffe SC	41	3	35	9	-48	3	(BFD)	5	12	108
13	AUS 2650	Steven Johannessen	McCrae YC	-69	13	5	5	29	7	-46	23	26	108
14	AUS 2237	Simon Barwood	RFBYC	12	32	(DNF)	(DNC)	15	14	5	26	5	109
15	AUS 2263	Richard Batten	Mudeford SC	-71	11	24	13	7	-63	14	24	16	109
16	GBR 2449	Rob Smith	Castle Cove SC	25	-52	28	21	2	-50	17	6	15	114
17	GBR 2618	Nick Noble	Bristol Corinthian YC	22	-38.5	14	17	6	-42	22	27	6	114
18	AUS 2380	Geoff Fisher	DPSS	9	9	-45	11	18	24	26	18	-27	115
19	AUS 2565	John Lindholm	Blairgowie YS	-49	10	18	10	14	40	12	-42	17	121
20	GER 551	Christoph Homeier	SVGO	28	23	8	8	-31	-31	15	31	9	122
21	AUS 2323	Clay Cook	RFBYC	16	21	7	22	(DNF)	22	4	-36	31	123
22	AUS 2468	Callum Burns	Blairgowrie YS	10	(UFD)	11	36	25	-51	16	17	10	125
23	ITA 2561	Antonio Lambertini	YCD	23	18	-38	(RET)	20	23	9	35	2	130
24	AUS 2204	Michael Macdonald	McCrae YC	-35	-34	21	23	10	16	19	11	30	130
25	AUS 2560	Jeff Owen	McCrae YC	20	-31	23	15	13	-48	27	20	21	139
26	AUS 2408	Jan Scholten	Avalon SC	4	15	16	25	24	-44	-53	22	37	143
27	NED 26	Enno Kramer	Roei en Zeil Vereninging Gouda	19	26	31	31	11	-56	-32	14	20	152
28	GBR 678	Tommy Hooton	Burton SC	33	6	26	18	26	30	25	-50	-45	164
29	GER 2400	Thomas Wieting	WVH Wassersportverein Hemelingen	-47	19	13	20	27	13	34	39	-44	165
30	GER 2527	Dirk Mueller	SKWB	-53	17	20	12	-40	39	21	19	38	166
31	GBR 2572	Ed Presley	Cotswold SC	42	20	12	24	-51	28	(BFD)	21	23	170
32	GBR 2383	David Davies	Loch Ryan SC	21	-38.5	32	34	21	32	-45	12	24	176
33	ITA 40	Luca Bonezzi	Canottieri Mincio Mantova	-44	12	30	38	-54	9	33	25	32	179
34	AUS 2437	Scott Munro	McCrae YC	27	25	25	28	12	(DNF)	31	41	-61	189
35	AUS 2600	Steve Wilson	Royal Queensland YS	(DNS)	22	34	19	-64	36	11	48	22	192
36	AUS 2578	Andre Webster	Canberra YC	13	28	27	-37	17	15	DNE	16	-49	207
37	NED 2	Mark Thorborg	KMJC	-65	-41	36	39	36	19	37	13	28	208
38	AUS 2320	Chris Jones	Royal Geelong YC	38	-40	29	33	22	17	-42	32	40	211
39	AUS 2680	Lindsay Irwin	Black Rock YC	24	27	33	35	33	26	-49	-44	39	217
40	GBR 716	Richard Franks	Weston SC	17	-59	-52	44	39	25	39	33	33	230
41	AUS 1753	Thomas Young	Canberra YC	55	24	17	-59	55	41	23	28	(BFD)	243
42	AUS 2681	Thomas Vincent	McCrae YC	26	44	(DNF)	(DNC)	34	10	41	60	29	244
43	GBR 630	James Spikesley	Netley SC	-50	30	44	-60	32	33	29	38	43	249
44	AUS 2665	Paul Wilson	BYS	36	-77	42	(RET)	23	53	30	47	47	278
45	AUS 2518	Joseph Randall	McCrae YC	40	64	46	(DNF)	28	37	44	(DNF)	36	295
46	GBR 2522	Chris Boshier	Thorpe Bay YC	52	29	-73	45	-58.5	43	40	51	35	295
47	AUS 2142	Tim Dorning	Blairgowrie YS	30	51	-66	40	62	-68	13	56	50	302
48	AUS 2174	Mathew Vandervoort	Teralba SC	39	-55	43	(DNF)	44	49	38	49	42	304
49	AUS 2548	Alister Danks	Blairgowrie YS	-56	47	48	51	-56	34.5	18	52	55	305.5
50	AUS 2614	Rob Stenta	M16FSSC	32	50	41	47	42	-60	-61	40	54	306
51	AUS 2666	Michael Hughes	McCrae YC	-54	36	49	26	41	-66	51	54	53	310
52	AUS 2651	Dean Taylor	Blairgowrie YS	34	56	58	43	-58.5	46	47	-62	41	325
53	AUS 1483	Andrew Chisholm	B and SYC	63	60	40	42	-66	38	43	-77	51	337
54	AUS 2360	Scott Watson	McCrae YC	43	-57	56	41	53	45	57	45	-65	340
55	AUS 3	John McLean	Darling Point SS	-77	48	62	54	46	58	35	-75	46	349
56	AUS 2517	Jonathan Vandervoort	Teralba Amateur SC	29	61.5	63	56	50	(DNF)	36	58	-67	353.5
57	SUI 92	Jacqueline Rufenacht	Thunersee YC	62	-69	55	57	-74.5	29	50	53	52	358
58	AUS 1329	Luke Mairs	Whitsunday SC	-83	(UFD)	10	49	68	62	67	43	68	367
59	AUS 2562	Andrew Butler	Royal Geelong YC	46	-74	-69	58	52	57	55	37	62	367
60	GBR 666	Bill Hooton	Burton SC	-66	58	53	46	43	59	-74	55	60	374
61	NED 2637	Cees de Gruijter	GWV de Vrijbuiter	-84	49	50	53	-84	52	60	67.5	56	387.5
62	AUS 2411	Andrew Churcher	McCrae YC	57	54	47	(DNC)	45	(UFD)	54	59	72	388
63	AUS 2530	Iain Larkins	ROYAL FRESHWATER BAY YC	59	(DNF)	(DNF)	DNC	37	47	BFD	34	34	393
64	AUS 2136	Ian Bowman	RQYS	64	67	-74	52	47	55	48	64	-73	397
65	AUS 2375	Garrath James	Blairgowrie YS	37	(DNF)	(DNF)	DNC	76	27	56	71	57	415
66	AUS 2284	Darrell Faulkner	Frankston YC	80	37	37	27	(DNC)	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	58	421
67	AUS 2667	Craig Smith	Blairgowrie YS	(DNF)	65	61	48	49	67	64	72	(DNC)	426
68	AUS 2208	Pat Moore	Somers YC	51	-71	51	61	65	64	66	-70	69	427
69	AUS 1364	James Meggison	Balmoral SC	79	61.5	57	62	61	-83	(BFD)	61	48	429.5
70	AUS 2577	Paul Cohen	Canberra YC	31	42	(DNF)	(DNC)	57	34.5	DNF	DNS	DNC	437.5
71	AUS 1752	Ned Lindholm	Blairgowie YS	61	-76	65	65	-79	61	52	76	71	451
72	AUS 2207	James Taylor	Blairgowrie YS	70	(DNC)	72	69	-74.5	54	62	63	64	454
73	AUS 2542	Chris Batty	Blairgowrie YS	68	68	68	(DNC)	67	65	68	57	-74	461
74	AUS 2668	Jonathan Harding	Blairgowrie YS	45	45	(DNF)	(DNC)	60	74	DNC	DNC	59	465
75	AUS 2617	Matthew Triglone	Manly SC	58	70	54	50	80	-81	DNE	65	(DNC)	468
76	AUS 2349	Stephen Ianna	Teralba Amateur SC	75	53	(DNF)	(DNC)	69	72	58	69	75	471
77	AUS 2167	Toby Bath	McCrae YC	72	73	59	67	-77	-77	63	67.5	70	471.5
78	CAN 2525	Stephanie Mah	Outer Harbour Centreboard Club	48	75	71	70	73	-78	65	74	-80	476
79	AUS 1327	Jamie Taylor	Blairgowrie YS	(SCP)	63	76	64	72	73	(BFD)	66	63	477
80	AUS 226	Glenn Dalton	Humpybong YC	-85	66	60	66	83	69	69	(UFD)	66	479
81	NED 2630	Pim Langendijk	WV Braassemermeer	67	79	67	(DNC)	63	71	(BFD)	46	BFD	484
82	AUS 2441	Ian Kirkwood	BSYC	73	72	64	55	81	75	70	(DNF)	(DNC)	490
83	GBR 712	Rodger White	King George SC	60	46	(DNF)	(DNC)	71	70	DNS	DNS	DNF	520
84	AUS 2176	Hugo Taylor	Blairgowrie YS	-86	80	70	71	70	79	73	(UFD)	79	522
85	AUS 2165	Sian Harding	Blairgowrie YS	74	-82	75	73	78	-85	72	81	78	531
86	AUS 2649	Neil Whitaker	McCrae YC	82	(DNC)	(DNF)	63	85	82	75	73	77	537
87	AUS 2616	Adrian Mulcahy	Blairgowrie YS	87	83	(DNC)	(DNC)	82	80	59	80	76	547
88	AUS 1306	Jeremy Edleston	BYS	78	(DNF)	77	72	(DNS)	DNC	71	78	82	549
89	AUS 1246	Mark Young	Canberra YC	-88	78	(DNF)	68	86.5	84	76	79	81	552.5
90	AUS 2109	Brian Carroll		81	81	(DNF)	(DNC)	86.5	76	DNF	DNS	DNC	597.5