Skiff World Championships - Snakes and Ladders on Day 3
by Rick Steuart on 7 Jan 2015
A pack of Mustos - ACO Musto Performance Skiff World Championships 2015 in Perth WA. Rick Steuart
At the ACO Musto Performance Skiff World Championships 2015 in Perth WA the sailors were talking at the breakfast table of a forecast of 25 knots or better with big whitecaps on the water and a fair number of capsizes to deal with. Down on the lawn, they were working on how to take spare tiller extensions with them in case they broke them.
The start boat took off with an easterly still in charge and once we had settled into position it was a case of wait and see.
After a few false starts caused by massive wind variations, the RO had the Mustos underway for the first race on a 130 degree course and 7 to 10 knots on offer. The game of Snakes and Ladders came to mind with the leaders swapping with the lower orders after the first rounding of the gates and Tim Hill shot into the lead. Soft conditions on the next beat saw Tim lose his lead to the chasing pack and with the next run down, the pack was reshuffled with Jon Newman and Marcus Hamilton advancing to the finish, while John Reekie was able to snaffle third. The rest of the fleet was able to consider the chances they had during the first race and look forward to the next.
In the second race, a building southerly greeted the fleet and with a generous top up of cold water from the safety boats, the choice was to go left or right on the first work up the hill. Playing the middle paid for Richie Robinson, Marcus Hamilton and Jon Newman as they hit the top mark with Robinson in the lead. The breeze filled in a little more and the three sped off from the rest of the pack on a port gybe with Marcus in the lead followed by Jon Newman and Robinson third. The greeting at the gate was nothing less than a 45 degree course change to the left, that had some of the tailenders floundering. Newman went hard left having picked up the new mark while Marcus and Richie took off up the centre. The left call paid off with Newman 200 metres in front of the pair at the mark and his down wind speed made him untouchable. Marcus Hamilton, still recovering to a serious cork to his arm from yesterday, made it quite clear he was in recovery as he rolled Robinson half way down using the huge left pressure to carry him through.
Good breezes are forecast for Thursday and the Musto pack is waiting.
Can the master of cool Jon Newman, keep the ball rolling with these big wins?
Will the flying Scotsman Ian Renlison continue to improve?
Musto Performance Skiff World Championships 2015 - Perth AUS
Mounts Bay Sailing Club - 5 to 9 January 2015
Results are provisional
Overall
Sailed: 7, Discards: 1, To count: 6, Entries: 35, Scoring system: Appendix A
| Rank |
Bow No |
Sail No |
Helm |
Nat |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
R5 |
R6 |
R7 |
Total |
Nett |
| 1st |
11 |
AUS 492 |
Jon Newman |
 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
(3) |
1 |
1 |
11.0 |
8.0 |
| 2nd |
36 |
GBR 449 |
Ian Renilson (GM) |
 |
8 |
10 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
(12) |
40.0 |
28.0 |
| 3rd |
27 |
AUS 453 |
Marcus Hamilton |
|
7 |
12 |
3 |
9 |
(18) |
2 |
2 |
53.0 |
35.0 |
| 4th |
10 |
AUS 513 |
Thor Schoenhoff |
|
13 |
(15) |
7 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
7 |
52.0 |
37.0 |
| 5th |
30 |
NED 478 |
Paul Dijkstra |
 |
9 |
1 |
5 |
17 |
4 |
(18) |
5 |
59.0 |
41.0 |
| 6th |
14 |
AUS 489 |
Denis Jones (M) |
|
4 |
11 |
(16) |
6 |
6 |
5 |
9 |
57.0 |
41.0 |
| 7th |
45 |
AUS 472 |
Tim Hill |
|
1 |
9 |
(11) |
7 |
11 |
10 |
10 |
59.0 |
48.0 |
| 8th |
38 |
GBR 520 |
Dave Poston |
|
3 |
7 |
9 |
11 |
7 |
(23) |
11 |
71.0 |
48.0 |
| 9th |
18 |
AUS 493 |
Arthur Brett (M) |
|
11 |
4 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
15 |
(18) |
66.0 |
48.0 |
| 10th |
22 |
AUS 379 |
Paul Newman |
|
6 |
3 |
(21) |
8 |
9 |
19 |
8 |
74.0 |
53.0 |
| 11th |
19 |
AUS 380 |
Richie Robertson (M) |
|
27 |
14 |
6 |
4 |
8 |
(29) |
3 |
91.0 |
62.0 |
| 12th |
31 |
GBR 516 |
John Reekie |
|
12 |
5 |
14 |
(OCS) |
19 |
3 |
13 |
102.0 |
66.0 |
| 13th |
33 |
SUI 470 |
Nicolas Duchoud |
 |
5 |
13 |
17 |
26 |
10 |
(DNF) |
4 |
111.0 |
75.0 |
| 14th |
41 |
GBR 446 |
Ben Clegg (Y) |
|
17 |
8 |
4 |
13 |
(26) |
8 |
25 |
101.0 |
75.0 |
| 15th |
48 |
SUI 306 |
Alexander Greil (Y) |
|
15 |
16 |
10 |
10 |
(25) |
21 |
6 |
103.0 |
78.0 |
| 16th |
15 |
AUS 511 |
Chris Sutherland (GM) |
|
14 |
6 |
22 |
16 |
17 |
(24) |
22 |
121.0 |
97.0 |
| 17th |
39 |
GBR 456 |
Sergei Samus (M) |
|
10 |
23 |
19 |
19 |
12 |
(28) |
20 |
131.0 |
103.0 |
| 18th |
23 |
AUS 440 |
Wayne Bates (M) |
|
21 |
18 |
13 |
(25) |
14 |
20 |
21 |
132.0 |
107.0 |
| 19th |
44 |
AUS 244 |
Colin Turner (M) |
|
16 |
17 |
18 |
21 |
22 |
(27) |
17 |
138.0 |
111.0 |
| 20th |
25 |
AUS 491 |
Robin Dayes |
|
26 |
(31) |
29 |
12 |
16 |
11 |
23 |
148.0 |
117.0 |
| 21st |
28 |
GBR 394 |
Nigel Walbank (GM) |
|
22 |
27 |
12 |
20 |
(29) |
12 |
24 |
146.0 |
117.0 |
| 22nd |
13 |
GBR 294 |
Tom Conway (M) |
|
29 |
21 |
15 |
30 |
(33) |
9 |
15 |
152.0 |
119.0 |
| 23rd |
40 |
GBR 476 |
John Archer |
|
18 |
(DNF) |
26 |
27 |
15 |
25 |
14 |
161.0 |
125.0 |
| 24th |
29 |
GBR 384 |
Stuart Keegan |
|
20 |
19 |
24 |
14 |
20 |
(32) |
29 |
158.0 |
126.0 |
| 25th |
43 |
AUS 357 |
Chris Jahn |
|
(33) |
32 |
28 |
24 |
13 |
14 |
16 |
160.0 |
127.0 |
| 26th |
35 |
GBR 248 |
Mark Haine |
|
19 |
(30) |
25 |
23 |
24 |
30 |
19 |
170.0 |
140.0 |
| 27th |
16 |
AUS 218 |
Richard Shallcross (M) |
|
23 |
26 |
30 |
15 |
21 |
(31) |
26 |
172.0 |
141.0 |
| 28th |
20 |
AUS 429 |
Jayson Brownie |
|
25 |
28 |
23 |
22 |
(30) |
16 |
28 |
172.0 |
142.0 |
| 29th |
24 |
AUS 423 |
Daryl Stone (M) |
|
31 |
20 |
20 |
29 |
27 |
22 |
(33) |
182.0 |
149.0 |
| 30th |
17 |
AUS 524 |
James Lewis |
|
(DNF) |
29 |
RET |
18 |
28 |
7 |
32 |
186.0 |
150.0 |
| 31st |
37 |
GBR 521 |
Iain Morton (GM) |
|
(32) |
25 |
31 |
28 |
31 |
13 |
27 |
187.0 |
155.0 |
| 32nd |
34 |
GBR 228 |
Ron Barnes (GM) |
|
28 |
24 |
27 |
33 |
23 |
(34) |
30 |
201.0 |
165.0 |
| 33rd |
12 |
GBR 333 |
Tim Chapman (GM) |
|
24 |
22 |
33 |
31 |
(DNS) |
26 |
31 |
203.0 |
167.0 |
| 34th |
42 |
NZL 502 |
Aaron Duncan |
 |
34 |
33 |
(DNF) |
32 |
32 |
17 |
34 |
218.0 |
182.0 |
| 35th |
26 |
AUS 425 |
David Taylor (GM) |
|
30 |
34 |
32 |
34 |
34 |
33 |
(DNF) |
233.0 |
197.0 |
Scoring codes used
| Code |
Description |
Points |
| DNF |
Started but did not finish |
36 |
| DNS |
Came to the start area but did not start |
36 |
| OCS |
On course side at start or broke rule 30.1 |
36 |
| RET |
Retired |
36 |
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