Sail Port Stephens Trophy winners announced

by Lisa Ratcliff on 13 Apr 2014 The best and most consistent performers over three days in a mixed bag of conditions reached for the last available points on the final day of the Pantaenius Port Stephens Trophy to cement close divisional wins.

Performance Cruising division 1 top honours went to Mark Skelton’s Beneteau 40.7 Jab from Wangi Amateur Sailing Club by a point over nearest rival, Rob Aldis’ Jeanneau Odyssey 42 Joie De Vie.

Beating Aldis by a mere 14 seconds on corrected time in today’s 14nm race was enough to secure the sweetest of victories, Skelton’s first overall win at Sail Ports Stephens as an owner.

'We had a great time here,' said Skelton. He reckons Friday’s drifter until a very welcome westerly breeze picked up the tempo was the toughest day for the crew of dinghy sailors from Lake Macquarie recalling, 'At one stage we were in front of everyone then we parked at Cabbage Tree Island and they all sailed past us.'

Skelton’s next booking is the Audi IRC Australian Championship starting Thursday on board the Beneteau 40.7 Schouten Passage.

In Performance Cruising 2 results Dennis Cooper’s Sydney 36cr Amante shadowed Matt Bonser’s Melges 24 Watch Me all long weekend. Bonser almost gave up the win to Amante with a below par ninth place in today’s final bout, but luckily for the local Port Stephens Melges crew they’d banked enough points to sneak in front on a countback.

In Performance Racing division 1 Tom Woods’ Farr 36 Od Toy Story turned into a handful when the fresh sou’westerly change hit the race course on Saturday, April 12, 2014. Luckily for Woods his is one of the best crews on the marina at Sail Port Stephens, made up of former champion skiff and dinghy sailors from Lake Macquarie who can handle the 36-footer’s big power to weight ratio.

Yesterday’s three windward/leewards in winds gusting close to 30 knots left Toy Story’s crew exhausted. Having to retrieve a man overboard at a bottom mark rounding in the final race sapped every last ounce of energy. 'It was a big day and having to pick someone up in 30 knots when all the other boats were trying to round the mark where he went over wasn’t easy,' said Woods.

'We had a terrific series and we enjoyed sticking it to the big boats. The calibre of racing with UBS Wild Thing and Colortile is what we came here for,' Woods added.

It was the Barry and Barry show in Performance Racing division 2 top results. An extra first place for Barry Kelly’s Archambault M34 Concealed Weapon over five races gave the Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club crew the larger trophy by one point. Barry Jackson’s Beneteau 40 from Pittwater, Alibi, had to be happy with runner-up in division.|

'We knew what we had to do today, but a lot depended on the other boats,' said Kelly. 'The racing at Port Stephens was fast and well managed and the weather gods looked after us, though I’d like to request a little less rain next year.

'The only reason we won was because I have a great bunch of guys on the boat,' he added, paying tribute to his fine crew.

Owners opting to contest both the Port Stephens Trophy and Pantaenius Commodore’s Cup cruising series will be back tomorrow for the second half of the annual regatta that began in 2008 and has steadily flourished ever since.

Sail Port Stephens is proudly supported by the NSW Government through its tourism and major events agency, Destination NSW.

Performance Racing

Hosted By Corlette Point Sailing Club

Provisional Results

Updated:  13/04/2014  13:23:17

Series Results [EHC Div1] up to Race 5

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 5	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		M102	TOY STORY	Thomas Woods	LMYC	10.0	1.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	2.0
2		67	COLORTILE	Warren& Kristy Bucha	CSC&RMYC	17.0	3.0	1.0	4.0	4.0T	5.0
3		NZL9242	ORBIT	Matthew Brown	CYCA	19.0	2.0	8.0C	3.0	2.0	4.0
4		1014	UBS WILD THING	Geoff Lavis	CYCA	21.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	8.0F	6.0
5		AUS5077	LONG TIME DEAD	Matthew Fensom	NCYC	22.0	5.0	3.0	5.0	8.0Q	1.0
6		888	HUNTRESS	Philip Grove	RSYS	29.0	6.0	8.0C	8.0C	4.0T	3.0
7		4100	THE BANSHEE	Corinne & Rob Franci	CSC	40.0	8.0C	8.0C	8.0C	8.0C	8.0C

(Ties: S=Score R=Race B= Bettered. Penalties: A=ARB B=BFD C=DNC D=DNE E=ESP F=DNF G=RDG I=DPI L=Late Entrant M=DGM N=ENP O=OCS P=Protest Q=DSQ R=RET S=DNS T=TLE U=DUT V=AVG X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=NoData [x.y]=Discarded)

Performance Racing

Hosted By Corlette Point Sailing Club

PROVISIONAL RESULTS

Updated:  13/04/2014  13:23:17

Series Results [EHC Div2] up to Race 5

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 5	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		8834	CONCEALED WEAPON	Barry Kelly	NCYC	12.0	1.0	4.0	2.0	4.0	1.0
2		401	ALIBI	Barry Jackson	RPAYC	13.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	3.0
3		2608	RAPID TRANSIT	Robert Dempsey	BSC	14.0	2.0	3.0	5.0	2.0	2.0
4		5708	KERINDA	Len Payne	RMYCT	15.0	5.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	4.0
5		6834	BREAKTHROUGH	Bryony Gregory	CYCA	22.0	3.0	5.0	3.0	5.0	6.0S

(Ties: S=Score R=Race B= Bettered. Penalties: A=ARB B=BFD C=DNC D=DNE E=ESP F=DNF G=RDG I=DPI L=Late Entrant M=DGM N=ENP O=OCS P=Protest Q=DSQ R=RET S=DNS T=TLE U=DUT V=AVG X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=NoData [x.y]=Discarded)

Performance Cruising

Hosted By Corlette Point Sailing Club

Provisional Results

Updated:  13/04/2014  13:25:35

Series Results [EHC Div1] up to Race 3

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		W108	JAB	Mark Skelton	WASC	10.0	3.0	5.0	2.0
2		6702	JOIE DE VIE	Rob Aldis	MHYC	11.0	4.0	3.0	4.0
3		SYD5	MARGARET RINTOUL V	Graham Buckeridge	MHYC	13.0	2.0	1.0	10.0
4		500	ANTIPODES OF SYDNEY	Greg Newton	CYCA	17.0	1.0	7.0	9.0
5		E226	PILGRIM	Paul Ley	CYCA	18.0	5.0	2.0	11.0
6		6636	AL FRESCO	Dave Griffin	RMYC	20.0	9.0	8.0	3.0
7	1.0S	35000	NEXT LIGHT	Mark Rutherford	RPAYC	21.0	10.0	10.0	1.0
8	6.0S	380	NEGOTIATOR	Wayne Taylor	WYC/SASC	21.0	6.0	9.0	6.0
9		6942A	ACCOUNTABILITY	Murray Thompson	RMYC-BB	21.0	7.0	6.0	8.0
10		42	SMOOTH CRIMINALS	Ray Harley	PSYC	22.0	11.0	4.0	7.0
11		3267	IN THE MOOD	Keith Masters	RMYCBROKENBAY	24.0	8.0	11.0	5.0

(Ties: S=Score R=Race B= Bettered. Penalties: A=ARB B=BFD C=DNC D=DNE E=ESP F=DNF G=RDG I=DPI L=Late Entrant M=DGM N=ENP O=OCS P=Protest Q=DSQ R=RET S=DNS T=TLE U=DUT V=AVG X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=NoData [x.y]=Discarded)

Performance Cruising

Hosted By Corlette Point Sailing Club

Provisional Results

Updated:  13/04/2014  13:25:35

Series Results [EHC Div2] up to Race 3

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1	1.0S	AUS19	WATCH ME	Matt Bonser	PSYC	13.0	9.0	1.0	3.0
2		6609	AMANTE	Dennis Cooper	CYCA	13.0	7.0	2.0	4.0
3		6940	INCEPTION	John Sprague	GSC	14.0	3.0	3.0	8.0
4	5.0S	M473	YESDEAR	Michael Paull	LMYC	15.0	1.0	5.0	9.0
5	1.0S	7788	ALLSAIL DANCING STAR	Russell Waddy	RPAYC/RMYCBB	15.0	6.0	8.0	1.0
6		6571	PASSION	David Edmiston	GFS	15.0	5.0	4.0	6.0
7		6740	EVEN FINER	Geoff Dilworth	GSC	16.0	8.0	6.0	2.0
8		A164	STICKY	Richard Harris	SASC	18.0	4.0	9.0	5.0
9		6593	LU LU BELLE	Peter Lewis	MHYC	24.0	10.0	7.0	7.0
10		6391	ETERNITY	Ian Meldrum	GFS	25.0	2.0	10.0	13.0C
11		6906	BANDALENI	Greg Kowalski	ASC	35.0	11.0	11.0	13.0S
12		9111	ROPABULL	Mike Roper	RMYC/BB	39.0	13.0C	13.0C	13.0C

(Ties: S=Score R=Race B= Bettered. Penalties: A=ARB B=BFD C=DNC D=DNE E=ESP F=DNF G=RDG I=DPI L=Late Entrant M=DGM N=ENP O=OCS P=Protest Q=DSQ R=RET S=DNS T=TLE U=DUT V=AVG X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=NoData [x.y]=Discarded)