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Chapple's Cairn Curran Estate Fireball Victorian Champs overall report

by Chris Payne on 27 Nov 2014
Ian Lane, Chris Payne, Heather Macfarlane and Mike Rogers show off the Victorian Fireball perpetual Trophy - 2014 Chapple's Cairn Curran Estate Fireball Victorian Championships Chris Payne
2014 Chapple's Cairn Curran Estate Fireball Victorian Championships - It has been almost 30 years, but the International Fireball Association of Victoria headed back to Cairn Curran to run the 2014 state championships. With the wonderful support of Chapple's Cairn Curran Estate, a renowned winery in the area, the fleet competed as a part of the Cairn Curran Classic being run on the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd November.

Arthur 'Smiley' Chapple has been a supporter and sailor in the fireball class for many years and it was fantastic to have him heavily involved again. To help with the enjoyment of the regatta, Smiley provided a number of 2010 Red Ball Shiraz specially labelled for the event with a picture of a Fireball at full stretch. After sampling a couple, the fleet can’t wait for these reds to become available in the shops.

This year we had a number of competitors from interstate, with most notable, being Mike Rogers from South Australia. Mike has won numerous Fireball Australian Championships and won the World Championship at Frankston in 1982 sailing with Chris Tillet.

More recently Mike has been PRO for a number of Fireball World Championships in exotic locations such as Barbados and Thailand. Mike teamed up with Victorian legend, Ian Lane who has also won many Australian Championships over the years. The two showed their class by being the only boat not to capsize over the weekend.

It was also good to have two boats make the 15 hour journey from Gosford, NSW to keep the Victorians honest. They both showed good speed, but Dick McCulloch and Glenn Stewart won the 'upside down labelled' Red Ball wine for the most capsizes on the Saturday.

The class also welcomed Lloyd Collings and Jack Lidgett who sailed the Victorian Fireball Association’s boat and showed that they will be a force to be reckoned with in a few years.

The racing was very intense, particularly on the Saturday with gusts to 30 knots ensuring almost every competitor had a swim. Previous Australian Champion Brendan Garner and Peter Durran, sailing a borrowed boat for the first time in many years, dominated in the windy conditions with two firsts and a third. Philip Peverell and Bruce Shand showed their form to win the last and probably windiest race of the day.

The Sunday started with no wind, and PRO, Mark Teasdale, kept the fleet on shore until a tricky breeze came across the fleet. With two lighter races, Heather Macfarlane and Chris Payne were able to make use of their lighter weight and score a couple of firsts. This gave them a one point win over Brendan Garner/Peter Durran with Nick and Sam Gunner a close third.

A big thank you to Cairn Curran Sailing Club for running a fantastic event on the water and most importantly off the water.

We are now all really looking forward to the hospitality of our NSW brethren at the Australian Championships at Gosford NSW.

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Complete Results:

Division Fireballs - Yardstick:
Place Sail# Name Class Crew Club Race 1
Race 1
22 Nov 2014		 Race 2
Race 2
22 Nov 2014		 Race 3
Race 3
22 Nov 2014		 Race 4
Race 4
23 Nov 2014		 Race 5
Race 5
23 Nov 2014		 Score
1 15048 Not Your Average Rock Star Fireball Heather McFarlane - F
  Chris Payne		 BRYC 4 2 2 1 1 6.0
2 14972 Smoking Gun Fireball Brendan Gunner - M
  Peter Durran		 RGYC 1 1 3 2 5 7.0
3 15049 Scatter Gun Fireball Nick Gunner - M
  Sam Gunner		   2 3 4 3 2 10.0
4 15027 The Grey Ghost Fireball Phil Peverell - M
  Bruce Shand		   3 4 1 4 4 12.0
5 14812 Viper Fireball Glenn Stewart - M
  Dick McCulloch		   7 5 11 (DNC) 5 3 20.0
6 14722 Paranoid Fireball Rod Hookway - M
  Grant Ireland		   5 7 5 7 9 24.0
7 14414 Outback Dingos Fireball Glenn Peverell - M
  James Coote		   6 11 (DNC) 6 8 6 26.0
8 14218 Back In Fireball Lloyd Collins - M
  Jack Lidgett		   8 6 11 (DNC) 6 7 27.0
9 14943 Old Stars Fireball Ian Lane - M
  Mike Rodgers		 CYC 11 (DNC) 11 (DNC) 11 (DNC) 9 8 39.0
10 14650 Mrs Palmer Fireball Don Allen - M
  Emily Allen		   11 (DNC) 11 (DNC) 11 (DNC) 11 (DNC) 11 (DNC) 44.0

 Division Monos - Yardstick:
Place Sail# Name Class Crew Club Race 1
Race 1
22 Nov 2014		 Race 2
Race 2
22 Nov 2014		 Race 3
Race 3
22 Nov 2014		 Race 4
Race 4
23 Nov 2014		 Race 5
Race 5
23 Nov 2014		 Score
1 453 Mr Plow Impulse Paul Farrell - M   1 1 1 2 6 5.0
2 63 TBA Impulse Matthew Draper - M RYC 2 4 16 (DNC) 1 2.5 9.5
3 262   Finn Craig Ginnivan   9 5 2 4 1 12.0
3 75 Chaddywagon Finn Phil Chadwick - M   4 2 3 3 4 12.0
5 1538 Tijuana Taxi Sabre Andrew Giles - M   3 7 5 8 7 22.0
6 3 Black Dog Finn Jake Gunther - M HSC 16 (DSQ) 3 16 (DNF) 5 5 29.0
7 545 On A Whim Impulse James Rudolph - M   5 6 4 16 (DNC) 16 (DNC) 31.0
8 60 Finn Edge Finn James Maskiell - M   16 (DSQ) 9 16 (DNC) 6 2.5 33.5
9 206397 Hoon Laser 4.7 Jack Chadwick - M BRYC 7 16 (DNF) 16 (DNC) 7 8 38.0
10 636 Bathsheba Impulse Mal McPherson - M   6 8 16 (DNC) 16 (DNC) 16 (DNC) 46.0
11 551 Hard Reign 145 Chris Clarke - M
  Toby Clarke		 BEYC 16 (DNC) 16 (DNC) 16 (DNC) 9 9 50.0
12 607 Stampede Impulse David Wood - M LBYC 8 16 (DNC) 16 (DNC) 16 (DNC) 16 (DNC) 56.0
13 617 Muzbe Impulse Kayla Gilchrist - F RYC 16 (DNC) 16 (DNC) 16 (DNC) 16 (DNC) 16 (DNC) 64.0
13 98955 Flirt Laser Sam Doolan - M   16 (DSQ) 16 (DNF) 16 (DNC) 16 (DNC) 16 (DNC) 64.0
13 1975 Mustang On Tasar Chris Green - M
  Mandy Murray		 SYC 16 (DNC) 16 (DNC) 16 (DNC) 16 (DNC) 16 (DNC) 64.0

Division Cats - Yardstick:
Place Sail# Name Class Crew Club Race 1
Race 1
22 Nov 2014		 Race 2
Race 2
22 Nov 2014		 Race 3
Race 3
22 Nov 2014		 Race 4
Race 4
23 Nov 2014		 Race 5
Race 5
23 Nov 2014		 Score
1 1785 Bear Talk Mosquito Cat Garry Johnstone - M LBYC 7 (DNC) 7 (DNC) 7 (DNC) 1 1 16.0
2 313 Goodall Design Viper Sloop Robbie Lovic - M
  Crista Goodall		   7 (DNC) 7 (DNC) 7 (DNC) 2 3 19.0
3 261 Go Go Girls Viper Sloop Michelle Burger - F
  Meg Burger		   7 (DNC) 7 (DNC) 7 (DNC) 7 (DNC) 2 23.0
4 967   A Class (Standard) Graeme Parker - M   7 (DNC) 7 (DNC) 7 (DNC) 7 (DNC) 7 (DNC) 28.0
4 907 Bush Object A Class (Standard) David McKenzie - M   7 (DNC) 7 (DNC) 7 (DNC) 7 (DNC) 7 (DNC) 28.0
4 1808 Grey Matter Mosquito Cat Robert Lott - M   7 (DNC) 7 (DNC) 7 (DNC) 7 (DNC) 7 (DNC) 28.0

Division Juniors - Yardstick:
Place Sail# Name Class Crew Club Race 1
Race 1
22 Nov 2014		 Race 2
Race 2
22 Nov 2014		 Race 3
Race 3
22 Nov 2014		 Race 4
Race 4
23 Nov 2014		 Race 5
Race 5
23 Nov 2014		 Score
1 7468 Swoosh Bic Michael Parks - M   1 1 1 1 1 4.0
2 185   Cadet12' Hayley Godefroy - M
  Lachie Samson		   2 3 (DNC) 3 (DNC) 3 (DNC) 3 (DNC) 11.0

 
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