Cooldown in weather, but no cooling of competition at MG14 Nationals

by Rohan Nosworthy on 10 Jan 2013

Gavan and Bailey Pereira blasting through the chop - MG14 National Titles Rohan Nosworthy

The Zhik MG14 National Titles continued today at Port Stephens, in conditions dramatically contrasting to the past few days.

A gusty 10-22kt Southerly dropped the temperatures and provided challenging and shifty conditions - but failed to stop Chris Eddes and Nigel Blatchford sailing 'Einhorn', from successfully completing their fourth win of the regatta.

Challenged strongly, and trailing, Rohan Nosworthy and Sophie Holt sailing 'Into The Mystic', for the majority of the race, Eddes/Blatchford backed their judgment up the last work and hit the left corner to find a 'shift from god' that enabled them to snatch the lead and take them to a narrow victory.

The rest of the fleet was enjoying extremely close competition, with positions swapping regularly and places being fought to the final leg.

With four races remaining for the series, the regatta is far from over, with three boats still vying for the podium.

The 'daily antic' prize provided by Harken was today awarded to a couple of sailors who rigged their kite through their vang, another whose centre case carpet was last seen extending across their hull, and a crew who decided the boom was a good place for their foot... until the boom broke!

Blustery and choppy mark roundings after a fast spinnaker run - Warren Skyes and Braden Kaul, and Dave Hardaker and Jay Smith - MG14 National Titles © Rohan Nosworthy

Hamming it up for the camera - Josh Tasker and Ryan Narborough - MG14 National Titles © Rohan Nosworthy

Contrasting overcast conditions on Day 3 for Rohan Nosworthy and Sophie Holt - MG14 National Titles © Rohan Nosworthy

Close mark roundings for some of the MG National fleet - MG14 National Titles © Rohan Nosworthy

Champagne sailing at the MG Nationals at Port Stephens - MG14 National Titles © Rohan Nosworthy

Overall Scratch:

Plc	Sail No	Boat Name (Boat Type)	Skipper/Crew	From	Race 1 7-Jan	Race 2 7-Jan	Race 3 8-Jan	Race 4 8-Jan	Race 5 9-Jan	Drop	Total
1	407	Einhorn Tiger	Chris Eddes Nigel Blatchford	Connells Point	1	1	2	1	1	2	4
2	397	Aqua Pest Tiger	Drew Van Ryn Bryce Edwards	Cronulla SC	2	2	1	2	3	3	7
3	411	Into The Mystic Mystic Moondance	Rohan Nosworthy Sophie Holt	Queens Lake SC	3	4	3	5	2	5	12
4	405	Vitamin Sea Aero 11a	Josh Tasker Ryan Narborough	Cronulla SC	7	3	9	3	5	9	18
5	409	Hullabaloo Mystic Moondance	Mark Holt Paddy Holt	Queens Lake SC	4	7	4	6	4	7	18
6	398	Thats Gold Aero 10	Richard Dodds Jeremy Dodds	Taree Aquatic	5	6	10	4	6	10	21
7	408	Retro Aero 10	Greg Roche Ben Petrisic	Taree Aquatic	8	5	8	8	8	8	29
8	401	Blues Brothers Tiger	Warren Sykes Braden Kaul	Queens Lake SC	10	13	5	7	11	13	33
9	371	Foxee Fever	John Hickey Phillip Moore	Toronto Amateur SC	6	9	6	15	DNF (22.00)	22	36
10	394	Wineot Aero 12	David Hardaker Jay Smith	Taree Aquatic	9	8	14	12	7	14	36
11	338	Xanadu Tequila 99	Gary Reeves Kerry Beatty	St George SC	11	11	12	10	DNS (22.00)	22	44
12	346	Blew True Tequila 99	Peter Amos Sarah Amos	Illawarra YC	17	DNF (22.00)	7	13	10	22	47
13	368	Phase X Aero 11b	Stuart Ferguson Rebekah Dodds	Taree Aquatic	12	15	11	11	DNF (22.00)	22	49
14	378	Flame Boy Aero 11b	Brian Mansfield Lara Mansfield	Toronto Amateur SC	13	14	15	9	14	15	50
15	328	Filthy Fase Force 5	David Wilde Paul Connelly	Toronto Amateur SC	14	10	13	14	13	14	50
16	311	Mid-Coast Mowers Aero 9	Gavan Pereira Bailey Pereira	Taree Aquatic	15	DNS (22.00)	19	16	9	22	59
17	382	Crikey Tequila 99	Aaron Gore Emma Gearing	Port Hunter	DNF (22.00)	12	16	19	12	22	59
18	389	Final Phase Tiger	Howard Wooley Jan Wooley	St George SC	16	16	18	18	DNS (22.00)	22	68
19	316	Stainless Tequila 96	Cameron Kaul Nathan Kaul	Queens Lake SC	18	DNS (22.00)	17	17	DNS (22.00)	22	74
20	353	Beat Route Aero 11b	Peter Rothwell Isaac Pace	Port Hunter	19	17	DNS (22.00)	DNF (22.00)	DNS (22.00)	22	80
21	413	Stayin Alive McConaghy	Ben Rigby William Rigby	Port Hunter	20	DNF (22.00)	20	DNF (22.00)	DNS (22.00)	22	84

Number of races completed: 5 | Number of drops allowed: 1

Overall Handicap:

Plc	Sail No	Boat Name (Boat Type)	Skipper/Crew	From	Race 1 7-Jan	Race 2 7-Jan	Race 3 8-Jan	Race 4 8-Jan	Race 5 9-Jan	Drop	Total
1	398	Thats Gold Aero 10	Richard Dodds Jeremy Dodds	Taree Aquatic	5	6	17	4	8	17	23
2	311	Mid-Coast Mowers Aero 9	Gavan Pereira Bailey Pereira	Taree Aquatic	1	DNS (22.00)	19	3	1	22	24
3	394	Wineot Aero 12	David Hardaker Jay Smith	Taree Aquatic	2	4	20	14	6	20	26
4	378	Flame Boy Aero 11b	Brian Mansfield Lara Mansfield	Toronto Amateur SC	4	9	14	2	11	14	26
5	405	Vitamin Sea Aero 11a	Josh Tasker Ryan Narborough	Cronulla SC	13	1	18	6	7	18	27
6	346	Blew True Tequila 99	Peter Amos Sarah Amos	Illawarra YC	20	DNF (22.00)	1	5	3	22	29
7	407	Einhorn Tiger	Chris Eddes Nigel Blatchford	Connells Point	18	8	8	7	9	18	32
8	401	Blues Brothers Tiger	Warren Sykes Braden Kaul	Queens Lake SC	6	17	2	13	12	17	33
9	382	Crikey Tequila 99	Aaron Gore Emma Gearing	Port Hunter	DNF (22.00)	3	11	19	2	22	35
10	409	Hullabaloo Mystic Moondance	Mark Holt Paddy Holt	Queens Lake SC	7	13	10	15	5	15	35
11	411	Into The Mystic Mystic Moondance	Rohan Nosworthy Sophie Holt	Queens Lake SC	14	12	6	17	4	17	36
12	389	Final Phase Tiger	Howard Wooley Jan Wooley	St George SC	3	10	16	9	DNS (22.00)	22	38
13	368	Phase X Aero 11b	Stuart Ferguson Rebekah Dodds	Taree Aquatic	10	16	4	8	DNF (22.00)	22	38
14	328	Filthy Fase Force 5	David Wilde Paul Connelly	Toronto Amateur SC	15	2	15	12	10	15	39
15	397	Aqua Pest Tiger	Drew Van Ryn Bryce Edwards	Cronulla SC	17	11	5	11	13	17	40
16	338	Xanadu Tequila 99	Gary Reeves Kerry Beatty	St George SC	11	7	12	10	DNS (22.00)	22	40
17	408	Retro Aero 10	Greg Roche Ben Petrisic	Taree Aquatic	12	5	13	16	14	16	44
18	316	Stainless Tequila 96	Cameron Kaul Nathan Kaul	Queens Lake SC	19	DNS (22.00)	3	1	DNS (22.00)	22	45
19	371	Foxee Fever	John Hickey Phillip Moore	Toronto Amateur SC	8	15	7	18	DNF (22.00)	22	48
20	353	Beat Route Aero 11b	Peter Rothwell Isaac Pace	Port Hunter	9	14	DNS (22.00)	DNF (22.00)	DNS (22.00)	22	67
21	413	Stayin Alive McConaghy	Ben Rigby William Rigby	Port Hunter	16	DNF (22.00)	9	DNF (22.00)	DNS (22.00)	22	69