Fitting finale to 470 Class Australian Championship

by Brian Case on 24 Feb 2014 After a week of fantastic winds, the final day started out with the wind gauge reading zero and glassy water. RO Peter Taylor put up the postponement flag while sailors were left to sit out their nervous energy.

Although the World Championship winning team of Matt Belcher and Will Ryan had locked away this Championship the day before and duly decided to take a well earned rest there was still a great contest for the remaining podium places and especially for the women's title.

Finally at 1.45 the breeze had settled to seven knots from a southerly direction and the fleet set sail for their final showdown. This one race would decide many things.

An individual recall was called on the Tom Klemmens/Will Llewelyn team who quickly returned and started correctly. A great battle was staged at the front between Galloway/Hannah and the Conway brothers but with the former being a bit too slick to take the points.

Carrie Smith and Sarah Cook sailed the later stages of this Championship very well to finish on equal points with Tasmanians Lucy Shephard and Emma Barton with Smith/Cook taking the title on a count back.

Unfortunately, the very competitive team of Jacqueline Gurr and Amelia Catt were forced to retire from the last two days of racing with injury.

Overall, this event was a great success with Sorrento Sailing and Couta Boat Club thoroughly enjoying the experience of having these high performance class visit their shores. Having Victor Kovalenko talking to members for a week was an added bonus and fantastic experiences were had.

Overall Results - Australian 470 Championship

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						Race Number										Points
Pl	Name	Sail Num	Country	State	Club	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total Points	Net Points
1	Mathew Belcher Will Ryan	AUS11	AUS	QLD	RQYS, SYC, NRV	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	(12) DNC	21	9
2	Angus Galloway Timothy Hannah	AUS7	AUS	QLD	SorrentoSCBC	3	2	4	(6)	3	4	2	2	4	1	31	25
3	Alexander Conway Patrick Conway	AUS6	AUS	NSW	MHYC, YBSC	2	(7)	2	2	7	2	6	7	3	2	40	33
4	Matthew Crawford Robert Crawford	AUS5	AUS	NSW	RPAYC/MHYC	4	3	3	(5)	5	5	5	3	2	4	39	34
5	DOI KAZUTO IMAMURA KIMIHIKO	JPN11	JPN		ABeam Consulting	5	4	(12) DNC	3	2	3	4	5	6	3	47	35
6	Thomas Klemens William Llewelyn	AUS9	AUS	VIC	SSCBC/SYC	6	5	5	7	4	(9)	3	4	5	7	55	46
7	Scott Cotton Thomas Potter	AUS3	AUS	NSW	ASC	7	6	6	4	6	6	7	(8)	7	5	62	54
8	Carrie Smith Sarah Cook	AUS1	AUS	WA	CYC, FSC	8	10	10	(11)	10	7	9	6	8	6	85	74
9	Lucy Shephard Emma Barton	AUS2	AUS	TAS	RYCT, SBSC	(10)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	84	74
10	Lloyd Collings Jack Lidgett	AUS15	AUS	VIC	SSCBC & DBYC	(11)	11	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	101	90
11	Jacqueline Gurr Amelia Catt	AUS21	AUS	VIC	SYC/RYCT	9	9	7	9	9	(12) DNF	12 DNC	12 DNC	12 DNC	12 DNC	103	91