2014 Sail Sydney - Subtropical Day 2

by on 3 Dec 2014 High humidity and lighter winds made for a subtropical day two at Sail Sydney. The morning session was postponed until a light nor’easter replaced the early glass-out and slowly inched up to 10 knots by the time the Moths, 49ers, FXs, Finns and standard Lasers took to the racetrack mid-afternoon.

The 420s, 470s, Flying Dutchmans, Laser Radials and 2.4mR went out for the morning session from Woollahra Sailing Club and the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. The International 2.4mR, a class that has been around since 1982 and is a scaled down version of the old 12m America’s Cup yachts, are berthed at the CYCA in Rushcutters Bay due to the excellent facilities.

Among them is Australian Sailing Team athlete and London Paralympian (Seventh) Matthew Bugg from Hobart who grew up in a sailing family and says he’s been lucky to remain part of the sport after breaking his back in a snowboarding accident in Switzerland 10 years ago.

'Out of an unfortunate situation I’ve been fortunate to have sailing in my life,' Bugg says. He may have qualified Australia for its spot in the 2.4mR class at the Rio Olympic Games in 2016, but like all those vying for national selection he still has to prove to selectors he’s a medal chance.

Bugg’s coach Richard Scarr, the national Paralympic coach for the 2.4mR and Tasmania’s state high performance coach, says the legacy of Australia’s results at the London Olympic and Paralympic Games is a better integration of the two teams, and this is producing results. 'Being able to access the AST’s coaching experience and training facility at Middle Harbour Yacht Club and training with the rest of the AST is getting Matt the one percenters that make the difference,' Scarr says.

On their Hobart base Scarr reckons 'it’s like having a place to train in secret then turn up and smash the world.' For ‘Bugsy’ the weather vagaries can mean wearing a dry suit both in summer and winter to ward off the wind chill on the Derwent River.

Merino farmer Peter Thompson learnt to sail on Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra and after his accident switched from 470s and 505s to the 2.4mR. He represented Australia at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, finishing fourth, and after an extended break is back competing.

Sail Sydney 2014 has drawn a multinational fleet from Ireland, Chile, Germany, Russia, Italy, Belgium, South Africa, Macedonia and Canada.

Swiss Laser sailor Christoph Bottini combined a Sydney wedding last Thursday at Bradleys Head for him and his very understanding new German wife with his seventh Sail Sydney regatta. Bottini is contemplating a shot at Olympic Laser selection 'depending on whether I’m still having fun and how far off the best guy I am at the end of next week’s ISAF Sailing World Cup – Melbourne', the next stop for the newlyweds as they share an unconventional honeymoon.

Irish Finn sailor James Espey is delighted with the hot sun and the sauna-like temperatures bearing down on those rigging up at WSC given 'the temperature was touching zero back at home.' It’s been cost effective for the Irish Sailing Team athlete to combine two ISAF graded events in one long trip as he sets his sights on a top 10 finish next week and in the longer term, making the cut for his second Olympic Games.

The Italian 49er crew of Ruggero Tita and Giacomo Cavilli shook off the worst of their jetlag due to their arrival on the first morning of competition yesterday, Tuesday December 2, 2014, straight from Abu Dhabi to re-join the fleet on Sydney Harbour today. It’s been a dream of Tita’s to sail in Sydney and Cavilli said seeing the city’s most famous landmarks, the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House, for the first time yesterday was 'overwhelming'. Currently the pair is running second overall.

The NSW Government is a key Sail Sydney supporter along with Nautilus Marine, Gill Marine clothing, Steve Jarvin Motors, Lejen Marine, Tohatsu Outboards and Sydney Harbour Boat Storage.

Complete Results: 

Class 2.4m:

Plc	Sail No	Boat Name (Boat Type)	Skipper/Crew	From	Race 1 2-Dec	Race 2 2-Dec	Race 3 2-Dec	Race 4 3-Dec	Race 5 3-Dec	Race 6 3-Dec	Drop	Total
1	AUS36	Moshi	Matthew Bugg	RYCT AUS	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	5
2	AUS 30	MornaV	Peter Thompson	YMCASC AUS	3	DNF (9.00)	2	3	4	1	9	13
3	AUS 27	Octopod 11	Michael Leydon	YMCASC AUS	4	2	4	6	3	3	6	16
4	32	Windsurfer	Greg Hyde	MHYC AUS	2	6	DNC (9.00)	2	5	6	9	21
5	AUS 10	Lilla Babs	Colin Brown	CYC AUS	6	3	DNC (9.00)	4	2	7	9	22
6	AUS 29	Tumbleweed	Simon Dunstone	YMCASC AUS	DNF (9.00)	4	5	5	6	5	9	25
7	AUS 25	PATCH	Mark Durnan	YMCASC AUS	DNF (9.00)	5	6	7	7	4	9	29
8	AUS 9	Advance Australia	Peter Warren	YMCASC AUS	5	DNF (9.00)	3	8	8	8	9	32

Class 470:

Plc	Sail No	Boat Name (Boat Type)	Skipper/Crew	From	Race 1 2-Dec	Race 2 2-Dec	Race 3 3-Dec	Race 4 3-Dec	Race 5 3-Dec	Drop	Total
1	AUS 6	Amber	Alexander Conway Patrick Conway	MHYC/YBSC NSW	1	2	2	1	1	2	5
2	AUS 77		Christopher Charlwood Timothy Hannah	SSCBC VIC	2	1	3	5	2	5	8
3	AUS 7		Angus Galloway Joshua Dawson	RQYS QLD	6	4	1	3	3	6	11
4	AUS 9	Summer	Thomas Klemens William Llewelyn	SSCBC VIC	3	3	5	4	OCS (10.00)	10	15
5	AUS 1		Karl Bromfield Jaime Ryan	MHYC/RQYS NSW	8	6	4	2	OCS (10.00)	10	20
6	AUS 12	-	Sasha Ryan Amelia Catt	RQYS/RYCT QLD	4	5	6	6	5	6	20
7	AUS 112	KOKO	William Boulden Bayden Schutte	RFWB WA	DNC (10.00)	DNC (10.00)	7	7	4	10	28
8	AUS 117	Blank	Felix Grech Seamus Mulholland-Patterson	MHSC NSW	7	7	9	8	6	9	28
9	AUS 111	Frog	Patrick Hutton Tom Blauuw	RYCT TAS	5	8	8	9	OCS (10.00)	10	30

Class 49er:

Plc	Sail No	Boat Name (Boat Type)	Skipper/Crew	From	Race 1 2-Dec	Race 2 2-Dec	Race 3 2-Dec	Race 4 3-Dec	Race 5 3-Dec	Race 6 3-Dec	Drop	Total
1	400		Joel Turner Lewis Brake	SYC/RQYS AUS	1	1	1	4	1	2	4	6
2	26	Trentino	Ruggero Tita Giacomo Cavalli	SVGDF ITA	3	2	2	1	3	3	3	11
3	104	ATB Morton	Harry Price Harry Morton	B16SSC AUS	2	3	3	2	4	4	4	14
4	127		Logan Dunning Beck Jack Simpson	WSC NZL	DNC (6.00)	DNC (6.00)	DNC (6.00)	3	2	1	6	18
5	170		Owen Long Shaun Connor	B16SSC/RPAYC AUS	DNC (6.00)	DNC (6.00)	DNC (6.00)	DNC (6.00)	DNC (6.00)	DNC (6.00)	6	30

Class Finn:

Plc	Sail No	Boat Name (Boat Type)	Skipper/Crew	From	Race 1 2-Dec	Race 2 2-Dec	Race 3 2-Dec	Race 4 3-Dec	Drop	Total
1	41	AST	Jake Lilley	RQYS AUS	1	1	1	1	0	4
2	274		Ashley Brunning	WSC AUS	2	2	2	2	0	8
3	26	KEN	Ian McKillop	RPAYC AUS	4	3	3	4	0	14
4	10	Venus	John Condie	YB16SC AUS	5	5	4	3	0	17
5	277	NB Sailsports	Joe Mcmillan	WSC AUS	3	4	5	5	0	17
6	3	Black Dog	Jake Gunther	HSC AUS	6	7	6	9	0	28
7	228	The Salmon of Doubt	James Gough	NLSC AUS	9	9	7	8	0	33
8	279	backbeat	Nick Kennedy	LJSC AUS	7	6	8	DSQ (13.00)	0	34
9	68	Miss Ogeny	Jay Harrison	WSC AUS	10	11	10	6	0	37
10	100	Out of Phase	Rhys Llewellyn	NLSC AUS	11	10	9	7	0	37
11	51	Area 51	Rod Tanks	RPAYC AUS	8	8	DNC (13.00)	DNC (13.00)	0	42
12	98	Hey Jude	James Ley	WSC AUS	12	12	DNF (13.00)	10	0	47

Flying Dutchman:

Plc	Sail No	Boat Name (Boat Type)	Skipper/Crew	From	Race 1 2-Dec	Race 2 2-Dec	Race 3 2-Dec	Race 4 3-Dec	Race 5 3-Dec	Race 6 3-Dec	Drop	Total
1	33	LUPERCUS60	Ian McCrossin James Cook	RSYS AUS	DNF (7.00)	1	1	2	1	1	7	6
2	359	INVADER	Matthew Whitnall James Bevis	RSYS AUS	1	2	3	4	3	3	4	12
3	7	Minerva	Edward Cox Peter Bevis	RSYS AUS	DNF (7.00)	DNF (7.00)	2	1	2	2	7	14
4	9	New Holland	Matthew Moore Rex Velay	WSC AUS	2	3	4	5	4	4	5	17
5	363	Magic	Emily Sellens John Maguire	WSC AUS	3	4	5	3	5	5	5	20
6	337	Wooosh	Brett Beyer Douglas Rawson-Harris	SFS AUS	DNC (7.00)	DNC (7.00)	DNC (7.00)	DNC (7.00)	DNC (7.00)		7	28

Laser (Olympic):

Plc	Sail No	Boat Name (Boat Type)	Skipper/Crew	From	Race 1 2-Dec	Race 2 2-Dec	Race 3 2-Dec	Race 4 3-Dec	Drop	Total
1	208331	-	Jeremy O'Connell	SYC AUS	3	3	2	4	0	12
2	193390	Prime Time	Mark Spearman	FSC/RFBYC AUS	4	2	5	2	0	13
3	192624	Argonaut	Mitchell Kennedy	MYC/RQYS AUS	1	8	4	1	0	14
4	9	Podium Potential	Ryan Palk	NYRC AUS	6	4	3	3	0	16
5	206762	Swifto	Luke Elliott	FSC/RFBYC AUS	2	6	1	10	0	19
6	196685		Marco Gallo	SVGDF ITA	5	1	8	7	0	21
7	206746	Fiona	Scott Sydney	SSF SIN	7	5	9	9	0	30
8	206381		Fredrik Westman	HSF FIN	10	7	7	15	0	39
9	199103		Christoph Bottoni	CVLL SUI	12	13	10	5	0	40
10	197538		Colin Cheng	SSF AUS	8	10	6	DNC (25.00)	0	49
11	171513		Maxim Nikolaev	CSP/CSKA RUS	9	14	15	11	0	49
12	206012		William Bates	RQYS AUS	11	15	12	14	0	52
13	206936	Blue Turd	James Espey	BYC/RUYC IRL	OCS (25.00)	9	11	8	0	53
14	199258		Ajay Rau	WSC IND	17	11	17	18	0	63
15	202595	Free Bird	Marcus Whitley	DBSC AUS	14	17	13	19	0	63
16	199110		Will Dargaville	RPAYC NSW	13	18	16	17	0	64
17	207559		Stefano Marcia	VLC RSA	OCS (25.00)	12	14	16	0	67
18	206047	Synergy	Sean Atherton-Feeney	MHASC AUS	15	16	DNF (25.00)	13	0	69
19	207476	Coyote	Vicente Abogabir	CYA CHI	16	20	18	21	0	75
20	199012	NB Laser	Thomas Burton	GSC AUS	DNC (25.00)	DNC (25.00)	DNC (25.00)	6	0	81
21	202016		Wannes Van Laer	BRYC BEL	DNC (25.00)	DNC (25.00)	DNC (25.00)	12	0	87
22	200700	No Pain No Gain	Nikola Churkoski	WSC/ SNEGAR STRUGA MKD	OCS (25.00)	19	DNF (25.00)	20	0	89
23	1		Matthew Wearn	FSC/RPYC AUS	DNC (25.00)	DNC (25.00)	DNC (25.00)	DNC (25.00)	0	100
24	177729	Magnum	Nicholas Skulander	WSC AUS	DNC (25.00)	DNC (25.00)	DNC (25.00)	DNC (25.00)	0	100