Handicap win for Another Duchess

by Sail-World on 18 Aug 2003 The modified Davidson 60 Another Duchess, won the Coral Sea race on both line honours and handicap.

A very pleased Bob Oatley dockside last night ‘Winning the Admiral’s Cup with Wild Oats has given us a lot of confidence. We rejuventated Another Duchess with a new keel and rudder and she performed beautifully today. The competiton was very stiff, and we were thrilled to come out on top.’

‘The racing was superb, I think this is best place in the world to race. We really enjoyed it out there today, the conditions were idyllic, sunshine and a beautiful breeze.’ ‘We came here to win and it was great fun to win today!’.

Helmsman Mark ‘Richo’ Richards was happy with the result too.

‘We’ve fitted a new rudder and keel and today was really the first time were sailed closely against other boats. Before this we really had no idea how were going to go.

Typical Hamilton Island racing today. Beautiful sailing 15-18 knots of breeze

We had good boat speed and with half of our Admiral’s Cup crew on board, good crew work. We were not surprised that we beat the Volvo 60 as they did not have the reaching conditions they needed. With the tide going against the fleet and wind dying away, we were well placed for a good handicap result’.
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Here is the full results for the IRC Division race

Boat Name Skipper El.Time Cor.Time Place Points
ANOTHER DUCHESS Bob Oatley 9:35:04 13:17:37 1 100
GEORGIA James Farmer 10:06:02 13:21:11 2 98
HEAVEN CAN WAIT Warren Johns 10:33:55 13:39:01 3 97
AFTERSHOCK Colin Oneil 9:53:04 13:39:37 4 96
QUEST Bob Steel 11:28:15 13:45:54 5 95
JOE Steven David 11:27:49 13:46:45 6 94
LOKI Stephen Ainsworth 12:05:16 13:48:15 7 93
ICHI BAN Matt Allen 10:29:09 13:52:22 8 92
TICKET OF LEAVE Kevin Wood 12:54:10 13:54:33 9 91
HIGH ANXIETY II Peter Hayes 11:57:59 13:55:01 10 90
PANTHER Steve O'Rourke 11:48:38 13:55:29 11 89
BROOMSTICK Cranitch & Wallace 9:44:51 13:59:16 12 88
INFINITY III Martin James 10:29:08 13:59:54 13 87
XLR8 Graeme Troon 11:56:08 14:03:36 14 86
BREAKOUT Anthony Dickson 12:54:25 14:05:40 15 85
TRUE NORTH Howard Piggott 13:07:54 14:13:18 16 84
PRETTY WOMAN Richard Hudson 11:37:49 14:18:19 17 83
STRATCORP NINETY SVN Chris Dare 11:56:01 14:27:06 18 82
OWL & PUSSYCATS Robert Davis 14:57:11 14:27:35 19 81
MARABUNTA Clayton Debenham 13:09:43 14:31:51 20 80
ANDREW SHORT MARINE Andrew Short 9:43:18 14:32:02 21 79
BELLE Simon Steenland 13:01:14 14:34:59 22 78
SWEETHART Tony Love 13:22:04 14:40:40 23 77
MEAN MACHINE Chris Rabbidge 13:25:59 14:49:00 24 76
BULLISTIC Garry Anderson 12:01:43 14:49:09 25 75
RENAISSANCE Ross Breadman 13:56:30 14:55:03 26 74
STARFIRE Don Cameron 13:53:04 15:04:43 27 73
UBS WILD THING Geoff Lavis 11:40:45 15:09:34 28 72
INDEC David Gotze 10:26:05 15:28:29 29 71
MAGNAVOX 2UE Magnavox Syndicate 10:29:54 15:30:22 30 70