Spectacular 29er Class on fire at the QLD 29er Championship

by David Price on 9 Oct 2012 The 2012 Queensland 29er Class Championship attracted it’s historically second largest championship fleet to Southport Yacht Club at Hollywell, the best of Queensland and NSW 29er sailors enjoying near perfect conditions over the weekend with winds ranging from 10kts to 20kts and temperatures in the low 30degs.

Day one produced spectacular fleet racing off shore beyond Surfer’s Paradise in a range of breezes from 12- 20kts with thrilling rides on the downhill legs in the 1-2.5m swells. After four back to back races on the open sea the fleet were more than tested and weary upon their return over the bar entering the mouth of the Broadwater, but all managing to confidently master the mostly unfamiliar surf conditions with the run out tide creating a challenging re-entry.

The day’s scorecard illustrated the close completion amongst the top teams for the day with QLD’s stalwart team Seriously Guided’s Tom Siganto and Joel Turner just ahead on six points with fellow statesmen Panther’s team Charlie Wyatt and Lewis Brake on eight points, and NSW Crunchie’s team Harry Price with new crewmate Nick Connor building form a further four point separating them without a drop.

Day two’s forecast suggested a big southerly change expected mid-afternoon and the bar was already standing up by 7am so the racing was conducted inside on the Broadwater with the tide and water traffic adding a distinctive change to the racing conditions of the preceding day. Hot and variable northerly winds around 15kts kicked off racing at 10am. The strong 4kt tide played a pivotal role in the fortunes of all crews with the locals making the most of it early on with some fortunes won and lost to the fast learning visitors in race 5.

The winds then changed to a rather light north-easter for race 6 moving the goal posts a little for a number of crews seeking a new way across Broadwater’s channel. The final race of the day also started in these light winds but increased in strength soon after presenting the fleet with a more consistent set of conditions to complete the race and series.

After seven races, the Southport Yacht Club locals Seriously Guided on 10pts had narrowly retained their grasp of the lead over Panther finishing in second place on 12pts, visiting NSW sailors Crunchie finishing in third place on 17pts and local crew Ah Derka Derka’s Lachie and Tim Robba winning the handicap prize.

Southport Yacht Club put on a great regatta and the 29er class in Queensland looks set to blossom even further from such a welcoming and enjoyable experience both on and off the water.

Provisional Results:

Series Scores For Championship Up To Race 7 On 7/10/2012  Ties Breaking To Stage 1 and 2 Duty Score Average Of 7 Best Scores

 
(Ties: S=Score R=Race B= Bettered. Penalties: A=Arb B=Bfd C=Dnc D=Dne E=Esp F=Dnf G=Rdg L=Late Entrant M=Dgm N=Enp O=Ocs P=Protest Q=Dsq R=Raf S=Dns T=Tle U=Dut V=Avg X=Exc Z=Zfp Y=Scp #=Nodata [X.Y]=Discarded)

 

Series Results [Championship] Up To Race 7 (Drops = 1)

 

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Crew	From	Sers Score	Race 7	Race 6	Race 5	Race 4	Race 3
1		Aus1929	Seriously Guided	Tom Siganto	Joel Turner	Syc	10.0	1.0	[6.0]	3.0	1.0	1.0
2		Aus20	Panther	Charlie Wyatt	Lewis Brake	Rqys	12.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	2.0
3		Aus16	Crunchie	Harry Price	Nick Connor	Mh16s	17.0	2.0	3.0	5.0	[5.0]	3.0
4		Aus1696	Frequent Flyer	Nina Long	Nathan Edwards	B16fs	27.0	[8.0]	4.0	2.0	6.0	4.0
5		Aus1933	Gnarly	Brooke Smith	Harry Bethwaite	B16fs	28.0	5.0	[7.0]	6.0	2.0	6.0
6		Aus1871	Vendetta	George Stent	James Dahl	Wsc	29.0	6.0	[9.0]	4.0	4.0	5.0
7		Aus1851	Tba	Jim Colley	Shaun Conner	Rpayc	37.0	4.0	1.0	7.0	7.0	10.0
8		Aus230	Ah Derka Derka	Lachie Robba	Tim Robba	Rqys	45.0	7.0	5.0	9.0	8.0	9.0
9		1767	Kenny	Angus Barker	Johnathon Anderson	Rqys	52.0	10.0	10.0	[10.0]	9.0	7.0
10		Aus719	Beauty And The Brav	Claire Mcinally	Joe Sabin	Syc	57.0	9.0	8.0	8.0	11.0	[12.0]
11		Aus749	Pelican	Trevor Korman	Frazer Smith	Rqys	59.0	12.0	[12.0]	11.0	10.0	8.0
12	11.0s	Aus1006	Mischief	Kyle O'connell	Shon Mori	Syc	77.0	14.0	13.0	12.0	14.0f	11.0
13		Aus636	Dangerous When We	Max Von Richter	Elijah Walker	Rqys	77.0	13.0	14.0	[15.0f]	12.0	13.0
14		Aus718	Gus	Zane Comadira	Kieran Dingley	Syc	83.0	11.0	11.0	13.0	16.0c	16.0c
15		Aus646	She'd Get It	Ben Vercoe	Klade Hauschlidt	Nyrc	89.0	16.0c	16.0c	16.0c	[16.0c	15.0f

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