Roberts and Dally turn tables to close out CYCA Trophy–Passage Series

by Di Pearson CYCA Media on 14 Dec 2014 2014 CYCA Trophy - Passage Series - Ray Roberts (OneSails Racing) turned the tables on Victorian yachtsman Rob Hanna (Shogun V) today to claim Division one honours in the CYCA Trophy-Passage Series, while Khaleesi did the same to her sistership Nine Dragons in Division two, Andrew and Pauline Dally basking in their first major win since buying the former Exile.

Workforce International founder Roberts purchased the former Living Doll two three months ago and is preparing her for his first Rolex Sydney Hobart in five years. Finishing second to Hanna’s TP52 yesterday, he sailed a brilliant race to take almost four minutes out of Shogun V on corrected time. Matt Allen’s Ichi Ban took line honours and finished third overall again, to finish the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia hosted series third overall.

'This was an important win for us ahead of the Sydney Hobart,' Roberts said this afternoon at the CYCA. 'We are still testing sails and learning to use them.'

OneSails Singapore representative and crew member Bruce Anson interjected: 'We’ve got four new sails arriving from Italy that we still have to test and a few others.'

Of today’s race, Roberts said: It was critical to get a good start, because the breeze was very light and shifty. We could see breeze in Watsons Bay, so we positioned ourselves for it to make a good exit from the Harbour.'

Named 2006 Ocean Racer of the Year, Roberts disappeared from the Australian yachting scene in 2010 and concentrated his efforts in Asia with great success. 'I needed a rest from Australia - I needed to do something different – different boats and different races. I’m back fresh and looking forward to the 70th Hobart and to racing here again,' said the 18 Hobart race veteran.

In Division two, Andrew and Pauline Dally’s DK46 Khaleesi turned the tables on sistership and yesterday’s winner, Nine Dragons (Bob Cox). The Middle Harbour YC pair regularly face-off. Nine Dragons did not have a good day, finishing 12th overall, to drop out of contention. Ron Forster/Phil Damp’s Beneteau 40, Ariel, popped up in second place with St George Midnight Rambler third.

Those placings translated to a Division two series win for Khaleesi, with St George Midnight Rambler, the Ker 40 owned by Ed Psaltis/Bob Thomas/Michael Bencsik second overall and Ariel, third.

Andrew Dally commented: 'We’re ecstatic with our win – it’s our first one – and with the Hobart coming up, it’s good news. We have great friendly rivalry with Nine Dragons and they usually beat us, but we’ve been taking baby steps and sometimes we thought we’d never get there, but we did.'

Dally described the day: 'In the Harbour was lovely and we had a good start and got to North Head in close company with St George Midnight Rambler, but there was lump left over from yesterday and the sea was a bit confused offshore so it was a bit challenging.'

The two divisions are combined for the ORCi result, with Ariel taking the prize overall from St George Midnight Rambler, with Shogun V third. Warwick Sherman’s Occasional Coarse Language two, a Ker Gts 43, claimed PHS overall, adding a second place to yesterday’s win. Ariel was second overall, three points adrift, with Les Goodridge’s X-50, Wax Lyrical third overall after winning today.

Principal Race Officer Denis Thompson sent the boats on Course eight, taking the fleet on a 24 nautical mile race from Shark Island, to North Head, windward up to Long Reef, around a mark and return to the Watsons Bay finish line.

Although very light and variable before 11.00am, east-nor-easterly winds materialized in the nick of time; the swell of yesterday almost washed away and the sun appearing as Thompson fired the warning signal.

As Ichi Ban crew member Jeremy Rae said: 'A good little course, eight - ten knots and we slowly extended our lead over OneSails as we got further into the race. Conditions gave us the chance to check our systems and refine our crew work.' Ichi Ban beat OneSails Racing home by nearly seven minutes.

The CYCA Trophy-Passage Series, combined with the Bird Island Race sailed earlier this month, and the non-droppable Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, will decide the Southern Cross Cup. Held every odd year from 1967 to 2001, it was reintroduced last year as an annual event.

Overall Series Scores:

Series Results [IRCDIV1] for Division 1 up to Race 2

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Sers Score	Race 2	Race 1
1	2R	AUS8899	ONESAILS RACING	Ray Roberts	3.0	1.0	2.0
2		AUS280	SHOGUN V	Robert Hanna	3.0	2.0	1.0
3		AUS01	ICHI BAN	Matt Allen	6.0	3.0	3.0
4		5200	COUGAR 11	Anthony Lyall	10.0	5.0	5.0
5		421	ADA CELESTIAL	Sam Haynes	10.5	4.0	6.5
6		7771	BALANCE	Paul Clitheroe	12.5	6.0	6.5
7		226	SWISH	Steven Proud	15.0	7.0	8.0
8		AUS47	INDIAN	Craig Carter	16.0	12.0R	4.0
9		CAY65	CARO	Maxilimilian Klink	17.0	8.0	9.0
10		B330	HARTBREAKER	A Walton A Breidahl	21.0	10.0	11.0
11		AUS5299	VICTOIRE	Darryl Hodgkinson	22.0	9.0	13.0R
12		6953	SAILORSWDISABILITIES	David Pescud	24.0	14.0C	10.0
13		AUS10001	WILD OATS XI	Robert Oatley	28.0	14.0C	14.0C

Series Results [ORCI] up to Race 2

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Sers Score	Race 2	Race 1
1		A140	ARIEL	Ron Forster Phil Dam	5.0	2.0	3.0
2		8338	ST GEORGE MIDNIGHT R	Ed Psaltis/ Bencsik/	6.0	4.0	2.0
3		AUS280	SHOGUN V	Robert Hanna	8.0	7.0	1.0
4	3.0S	46	KHALEESI	A&P Dally	11.0	3.0	8.0
5		421	ADA CELESTIAL	Sam Haynes	11.0	6.0	5.0
6		5200	COUGAR 11	Anthony Lyall	12.0	8.0	4.0
7		7771	BALANCE	Paul Clitheroe	16.0	10.0	6.0
8	1.0S	6935	L'ALTRA DONNA	Andy Kearnan	17.0	1.0	16.0
9		L77	WHISTLER	Jory Linscott	17.0	5.0	12.0
10		226	SWISH	Steven Proud	21.0	12.0	9.0
11		33345	BLACK SHEEP	Derek & Martin Shepp	22.0	9.0	13.0
12	10.0S	4343	WILD ROSE	Roger Hickman	25.0	15.0	10.0
13	2R	8008	OCC.COARSELANGUAGE 2	Warwick Sherman	25.0	11.0	14.0
14		6808	FLYING CLOUD	Howard Piggott	25.0	14.0	11.0
15		CAY65	CARO	Maxilimilian Klink	30.0	13.0	17.0
16		AUS47	INDIAN	Craig Carter	31.0	24.0R	7.0
17		R33	CHUTZPAH	Bruce Taylor	34.0	19.0	15.0
18		8778	AFTER MIDNIGHT	Mark & Greg Tobin	35.0	17.0	18.0
19		248	WAX LYRICAL	Les Goodridge	40.0	18.0	22.0
20	16.0S	AUS5299	VICTOIRE	Darryl Hodgkinson	41.0	16.0	25.0R
21		B330	HARTBREAKER	A Walton A Breidahl	41.0	20.0	21.0
22		8975	LAST TANGO	Phillip King	43.0	24.0R	19.0
23		G54	MOODY BUOYS	Steven Richardson	44.0	21.0	23.0
24		6953	SAILORSWDISABILITIES	David Pescud	46.0	26.0C	20.0
25		12358	COMANCHE	Jim Clark Kristy Hin	51.0	26.0C	25.0C

Series Results [PHSTCF] up to Race 2

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Sers Score	Race 2	Race 1
1		8008	OCC.COARSELANGUAGE 2	Warwick Sherman	3.0	2.0	1.0
2		A140	ARIEL	Ron Forster Phil Dam	6.0	4.0	2.0
3		248	WAX LYRICAL	Les Goodridge	10.0	1.0	9.0
4		226	SWISH	Steven Proud	11.0	8.0	3.0
5		33345	BLACK SHEEP	Derek & Martin Shepp	12.0	6.0	6.0
6	3.0S	6492	HANSON CON MATERIALS	Larki Missiris	13.0	3.0	10.0
7		L77	WHISTLER	Jory Linscott	13.0	5.0	8.0
8		8338	ST GEORGE MIDNIGHT R	Ed Psaltis/ Bencsik/	14.0	9.0	5.0
9		7771	BALANCE	Paul Clitheroe	15.0	11.0	4.0
10		421	ADA CELESTIAL	Sam Haynes	17.0	10.0	7.0
11		9201	SELKIE	Anthony Booth	18.0	7.0	11.0
12	12.0S	G54	MOODY BUOYS	Steven Richardson	26.0	12.0	14.0
13		B330	HARTBREAKER	A Walton A Breidahl	26.0	13.0	13.0
14		AUS47	INDIAN	Craig Carter	27.0	15.0R	12.0
15		MH20	THEPHILOSOPHERS CLUB	Peter Sorensen	32.0	16.0C	16.0C

Series Results [IRCDIV2] up to Race 2

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 2	Race 1
1		46	KHALEESI	A&P Dally	MHYC	4.0	1.0	3.0
2		8338	ST GEORGE MIDNIGHT R	Ed Psaltis/ Bencsik/	CYCA	5.0	3.0	2.0
3		A140	ARIEL	Ron Forster Phil Dam	CYCA/SASC	6.0	2.0	4.0
4	1.0S	18889	NINE DRAGONS	Bob Cox	MHYC	13.0	12.0	1.0
5	5.0S	8008	OCC.COARSELANGUAGE 2	Warwick Sherman	CYCA	13.0	5.0	8.0
6		6808	FLYING CLOUD	Howard Piggott	CYCA	13.0	6.0	7.0
7		R33	CHUTZPAH	Bruce Taylor	RYCV	14.0	8.0	6.0
8		6935	L'ALTRA DONNA	Andy Kearnan	CYCA	15.0	4.0	11.0
9		4343	WILD ROSE	Roger Hickman	CYCA	16.0	11.0	5.0
10		33345	BLACK SHEEP	Derek & Martin Shepp	CYCA	18.0	9.0	9.0
11		6492	HANSON CON MATERIALS	Larki Missiris	CYCA	20.0	7.0	13.0
12		8778	AFTER MIDNIGHT	Mark & Greg Tobin	CYCA	22.0	10.0	12.0
13		L77	WHISTLER	Jory Linscott	RYCT	23.0	13.0	10.0
14	2R	248	WAX LYRICAL	Les Goodridge	CYCA	29.0	14.0	15.0
15		7013	XPRESS	Mike West Andrew Par	BSC	29.0	15.0	14.0
16		MH20	THEPHILOSOPHERS CLUB	Peter Sorensen	MHYC	34.0	17.0C	17.0C