A forty two year old record remains unbeaten, just!

by Nigel Statham on 22 Apr 2014

Black Jack - QantasLink Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race 2014 Queensland Cruising Yacht Club

Not since Cyclone Emily in 1972 has the Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race seen such a large percentage of its fleet retire before reaching Gladstone.

In that year, just 20% of the fleet successfully battled the high winds and large seas to cross the finish line. In stark contrast, the 2014 edition of the race fell foul to the complete opposite; a complete lack of breeze but, the result was much the same with over 50% of the fleet pulling the pin before the finish.

The first yacht home was the Volvo 70, Black Jack skippered by Mark Bradford with an elapsed time of one day and just under ten hours.

Alive - QantasLink Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race 2014 © Queensland Cruising Yacht Club

Barely an hour later had the second boat, Alive skippered by Duncan Hine, crossed the line. Then it became a waiting game. It took almost a full twenty four hour period before anyone else crossed the finish line and another twenty four hours after that before Wistari, the last boat still racing finally finished the marathon; a truly deserving recipient on the Endurance Trophy.

Given the massive gap between the first two boats and the rest of the fleet who all parked up for hours around the top of Fraser Island, it is unsurprising that the two of them claimed just about every major trophy between them including the prestigious Courier Mail Cup which went to Alive in their first attempt at a major yacht race.

However, just to prove that handicap yacht racing really can work, up until the last few hours of Wistari’s trip, the race organisers were still unable to call the final results in a number of divisions thanks to the strong possibilities of Wistari beating the odds and taking a placing.

And so ends the QantasLink 66th Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race. After a couple of years of light winds, Queensland Cruising Yacht Club is already looking forward to a record breaking year during Easter 2015.

Results

IRC Div 1

Rank	Yacht	Skipper Name	Handicap	Finish	Elapsed	Corrected	Ave speed
1	Alive	Duncan Hine	1.579	19/04/2014@215225	1:10:52:25	2:7:03:56	8.832 kn
2	Black Jack	Mark Bradford	1.703	19/04/2014@205017	1:9:50:17	2:9:37:34	9.102 kn
3	Audi Sunshine Coast	Rodney Jones	1.232	20/04/2014@201503	2:9:15:03	2:22:31:59	5.38 kn
4	Kerumba	Tam Faragher	1.26	20/04/2014@194732	2:8:47:32	2:23:33:30	5.423 kn
5	Hasta La Vista	Mark (Jake) Jacobsen	1.102	21/04/2014@073540	2:20:35:40	3:3:35:28	4.49 kn
6	Frantic	Brian Pozzey	1.114		DNF
6	Guilty Pleasures VI	Leon Thomas	1.159		DNF
6	Carbon Credits	Trevor Bailey	1.117		DNF
6	Patriot	Tony Love	1.112		DNF
6	The Fat Controller	Cameron Pryce	1.169		DNF

IRC Div 2

Rank	Yacht	Skipper Name	Handicap	Finish	Elapsed	Corrected	Ave speed
1	Italian Job	Lewis Perrin	1.073	21/04/2014@070714	2:20:07:14	3:1:05:36	4.521 kn
2	Wistari	Scott Patrick	0.919	21/04/2014@203114	3:9:31:14	3:2:55:03	3.778 kn
3	Arcadia	Tim McCall	1.095	21/4/14@092307	2:22:23:07	3:5:04:19	4.376 kn
4	Flying Colours II	Doug Cavaye	0.986		DNF

4	Immigrant	David Rose	1.076	DNF
4	Restless	John Ibell	1.045	DNF
4	Sassy	philip Lazzarini	0.965	DNF

IRC Overall

Rank	Yacht	Skipper Name	Handicap	Finish	Elapsed	Corrected	Ave speed
1	Alive	Duncan Hine	1.579	19/04/2014@215225	1:10:52:25	2:7:03:56	8.832 kn
2	Black Jack	Mark Bradford	1.703	19/04/2014@205017	1:9:50:17	2:9:37:34	9.102 kn
3	Audi Sunshine Coast	Rodney Jones	1.232	20/04/2014@201503	2:9:15:03	2:22:31:59	5.38 kn
4	Kerumba	Tam Faragher	1.26	20/04/2014@194732	2:8:47:32	2:23:33:30	5.423 kn
5	Italian Job	Lewis Perrin	1.073	21/04/2014@070714	2:20:07:14	3:1:05:36	4.521 kn
6	Wistari	Scott Patrick	0.919	21/04/2014@203114	3:9:31:14	3:2:55:03	3.778 kn
7	Hasta La Vista	Mark (Jake) Jacobsen	1.102	21/04/2014@073540	2:20:35:40	3:3:35:28	4.49 kn
8	Arcadia	Tim McCall	1.095	21/4/14@092307	2:22:23:07	3:5:04:19	4.376 kn
9	Carbon Credits	Trevor Bailey	1.117		DNF
9	Immigrant	David Rose	1.076		DNF
9	Guilty Pleasures VI	Leon Thomas	1.159		DNF
9	Flying Colours II	Doug Cavaye	0.986		DNF
9	Frantic	Brian Pozzey	1.114		DNF
9	The Fat Controller	Cameron Pryce	1.169		DNF

9	Sassy	philip Lazzarini	0.965	DNF
9	Patriot	Tony Love	1.112	DNF
9	Restless	John Ibell	1.045	DNF

ORCi Div 1

Rank	Yacht	Skipper Name	Handicap	Finish	Elapsed	Corrected	Ave speed
1	Alive	Duncan Hine	1.5409	19/04/2014@215225	1:10:52:25	2:5:44:12	8.832 kn
2	Audi Sunshine Coast	Rodney Jones	1.2443	20/04/2014@201503	2:9:15:03	2:23:14:14	5.38 kn
3	Kerumba	Tam Faragher	1.2744	20/04/2014@194732	2:8:47:32	3:0:22:34	5.423 kn
4	Hasta La Vista	Mark (Jake) Jacobsen	1.0882	21/04/2014@073540	2:20:35:40	3:2:38:40	4.49 kn
5	Synchronicity	Greg Sanderson	1.0878	21/04/2014@074130	2:20:41:30	3:2:43:22	4.484 kn
6	Arcadia	Tim McCall	1.0821	21/4/14@092307	2:22:23:07	3:4:09:50	4.376 kn
7	Carbon Credits	Trevor Bailey	1.1028		DNF
7	Frantic	Brian Pozzey	1.1414		DNF
7	Guilty Pleasures VI	Leon Thomas	1.1704		DNF
7	The Fat Controller	Cameron Pryce	1.1819		DNF
7	Southern Cross Yachting	Michael Job	1.0876		DNF
7	Patriot	Tony Love	1.0996		DNF

ORCi Div 2

Rank	Yacht	Skipper Name	Handicap	Finish	Elapsed	Corrected	Ave speed
1	Italian Job	Lewis Perrin	1.0589	21/04/2014@070714	2:20:07:14	3:0:07:58	4.521 kn
2	Wistari	Scott Patrick	0.912	21/04/2014@203114	3:9:31:14	3:2:20:48	3.778 kn
3	Too Impetuous	Rudy Weber	1.0269		DNF
3	Sassy	philip Lazzarini	0.9552		DNF
3	Redjam	Blair Harrison	0.925		DNF
3	Restless	John Ibell	1.0356		DNF
3	Flying Colours II	Doug Cavaye	0.9786		DNF
3	Immigrant	David Rose	1.0396		DNF
3	Airstream	Alan Coelho	1.0214		DNF

ORCi Overall

Rank	Yacht	Skipper Name	Handicap	Finish	Elapsed	Corrected	Ave speed
1	Alive	Duncan Hine	1.5409	19/04/2014@215225	1:10:52:25	2:5:44:12	8.832 kn
2	Audi Sunshine Coast	Rodney Jones	1.2443	20/04/2014@201503	2:9:15:03	2:23:14:14	5.38 kn
3	Italian Job	Lewis Perrin	1.0589	21/04/2014@070714	2:20:07:14	3:0:07:58	4.521 kn
4	Kerumba	Tam Faragher	1.2744	20/04/2014@194732	2:8:47:32	3:0:22:34	5.423 kn
5	Wistari	Scott Patrick	0.912	21/04/2014@203114	3:9:31:14	3:2:20:48	3.778 kn
6	Hasta La Vista	Mark (Jake) Jacobsen	1.0882	21/04/2014@073540	2:20:35:40	3:2:38:40	4.49 kn
7	Synchronicity	Greg Sanderson	1.0878	21/04/2014@074130	2:20:41:30	3:2:43:22	4.484 kn

8	Arcadia	Tim McCall	1.0821	21/4/14@092307	2:22:23:07	3:4:09:50	4.376 kn
9	Airstream	Alan Coelho	1.0214		DNF
9	Carbon Credits	Trevor Bailey	1.1028		DNF
9	Guilty Pleasures VI	Leon Thomas	1.1704		DNF
9	Immigrant	David Rose	1.0396		DNF
9	Flying Colours II	Doug Cavaye	0.9786		DNF
9	Frantic	Brian Pozzey	1.1414		DNF
9	Sassy	philip Lazzarini	0.9552		DNF
9	Southern Cross Yachting	Michael Job	1.0876		DNF
9	The Fat Controller	Cameron Pryce	1.1819		DNF
9	Too Impetuous	Rudy Weber	1.0269		DNF
9	Patriot	Tony Love	1.0996		DNF
9	Redjam	Blair Harrison	0.925		DNF
9	Restless	John Ibell	1.0356		DNF

PHRF Div 1

Rank	Yacht	Skipper Name	Handicap	Finish	Elapsed	Corrected	Ave speed
1	Alive	Duncan Hine	1.436	19/04/2014@215225	1:10:52:25	2:2:04:43	8.832 kn
2	Black Jack	Mark Bradford	1.638	19/04/2014@205017	1:9:50:17	2:7:25:36	9.102 kn
3	Audi Sunshine Coast	Rodney Jones	1.1	20/04/2014@201503	2:9:15:03	2:14:58:33	5.38 kn
4	Synchronicity	Greg Sanderson	0.9286	21/04/2014@074130	2:20:41:30	2:15:47:13	4.484 kn
5	Hasta La Vista	Mark (Jake) Jacobsen	0.9346	21/04/2014@073540	2:20:35:40	2:16:06:30	4.49 kn
6	Arcadia	Tim McCall	0.9265	21/4/14@092307	2:22:23:07	2:17:12:43	4.376 kn
7	Carbon Credits	Trevor Bailey	0.9561		DNF
7	Guilty Pleasures VI	Leon Thomas	1.004		DNF
7	Immigrant	David Rose	0.9415		DNF
7	Frantic	Brian Pozzey	0.9436		DNF
7	Spirit of Mateship	Russell McCart	1.203		DNF
7	The Fat Controller	Cameron Pryce	1.004		DNF
7	Southern Cross Yachting	Michael Job	0.9351		DNF
7	Whitebirds	Paul White	1.1999		DNF
7	Samurai Jack	Michael Lazzarini	0.9902		DNF
7	Restless	John Ibell	0.9194		DNF
7	Patriot	Tony Love	0.9704		DNF

PHRF Div 2

Rank	Yacht	Skipper Name	Handicap	Finish	Elapsed	Corrected	Ave speed
1	Bad Habits	Barry Thompson	0.8125	21/04/2014@134804	3:2:48:04	2:12:46:33	4.118 kn
2	Wistari	Scott Patrick	0.7501	21/04/2014@203114	3:9:31:14	2:13:08:55	3.778 kn
3	Too Impetuous	Rudy Weber	0.8204		DNF
3	Marriah	Peter Holm	0.8162		DNF
3	Redjam	Blair Harrison	0.801		DNF
3	Sassy	philip Lazzarini	0.8043		DNF
3	Charlie's Dream	Peter Lewis	0.7485		DNF
3	Airstream	Alan Coelho	0.8356		DNF
3	Flying Colours II	Doug Cavaye	0.8175		DNF

PHRF Overall

Rank	Skipper Name	Member of Club	Handicap	Finish	Elapsed	Corrected	Ave speed
1	Duncan Hine		1.436	19/04/2014@215225	1:10:52:25	2:2:04:43	8.832 kn
2	Mark Bradford	RQYS	1.638	19/04/2014@205017	1:9:50:17	2:7:25:36	9.102 kn
3	Barry Thompson		0.8125	21/04/2014@134804	3:2:48:04	2:12:46:33	4.118 kn
4	Scott Patrick	PCSC	0.7501	21/04/2014@203114	3:9:31:14	2:13:08:55	3.778 kn
5	Rodney Jones		1.1	20/04/2014@201503	2:9:15:03	2:14:58:33	5.38 kn
6	Greg Sanderson		0.9286	21/04/2014@074130	2:20:41:30	2:15:47:13	4.484 kn
7	Mark (Jake) Jacobsen		0.9346	21/04/2014@073540	2:20:35:40	2:16:06:30	4.49 kn
8	Tim McCall	Central Coast	0.9265	21/4/14@092307	2:22:23:07	2:17:12:43	4.376 kn
9	Alan Coelho		0.8356		DNF
9	Trevor Bailey	Team Reason To Live	0.9561		DNF
9	Leon Thomas	Central Coast	1.004		DNF
9	David Rose		0.9415		DNF
9	Peter Lewis		0.7485		DNF
9	Doug Cavaye		0.8175		DNF
9	Brian Pozzey	Team Reason To Live	0.9436		DNF
9	Russell McCart		1.203		DNF
9	philip Lazzarini	QCYC & MBBC	0.8043		DNF
9	Michael Job	Team Reason To Live	0.9351		DNF

9	Paul White		1.1999	DNF
9	Cameron Pryce	Central Coast	1.004	DNF
9	Rudy Weber		0.8204	DNF
9	John Ibell	PCSC	0.9194	DNF
9	Michael Lazzarini	QCYC & MBBC	0.9902	DNF
9	Blair Harrison		0.801	DNF
9	Peter Holm	QCYC & MBBC	0.8162	DNF
9	Tony Love	RQYS	0.9704	DNF

Veteran Category

Rank	Yacht	Skipper Name	Handicap	Finish	Elapsed	Corrected	Ave speed
1	Wistari	Scott Patrick	0.7501	21/04/2014@203114	3:9:31:14	2:13:08:55	3.778 kn
2	Too Impetuous	Rudy Weber	0.8204		DNF
2	Sassy	philip Lazzarini	0.8043		DNF
2	Marriah	Peter Holm	0.8162		DNF
2	Redjam	Blair Harrison	0.801		DNF
2	Restless	John Ibell	0.9194		DNF
2	Frantic	Brian Pozzey	0.9436		DNF
2	Flying Colours II	Doug Cavaye	0.8175		DNF
2	Immigrant	David Rose	0.9415		DNF

Cruising Category

Rank	Final Category	Yacht	Skipper Name	Points	Finish	Elapsed	Ave speed
1	Cruising	Eressea	John Bankart	48	21/04/2014@00.10.11	2:13:10:11	5.035 kn
2	Cruising	Charlie's Dream	Peter Lewis	45	21/4/14@093900	2:22:39:00	4.36 kn
3	Cruising	South Passage	Liz Datson	24	20/4/14@11.11.39	2:0:11:39	6.391 kn
4	Cruising	Marriah	Peter Holm	22	21/04/14@05.22.01	2:18:22:01	4.641 kn