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2015 Australian Formula 18 Catamaran Nationals - The wrap

by Jasper van Staveren on 30 Jan 2015
Waterhouse and Goodall at the top mark Dave Hewson
From 23-26 January 2015 the Australian Formula 18 Nationals were held at the Humpybong Yacht Club (Woody Point - Queensland). This regatta was all about consistency, there were a number of sailors that had the potential to win races. Skippers Brad Collet (the current Australian A-class champion), Lachlan Gibson, Brett Burvill and Jason Waterhouse all challenged for the top spot.

It wasn’t until midday two when the regatta turned into a two boat race between Jason Waterhouse/Brett Goodall and Brett Burvill/Ryan Duffield. After 12 exciting races Waterhouse/Goodall were crowned as the new Australian Formula 18 Catamaran Champions for 2015.

The sailors had good weather conditions during the whole regatta, except for the first day. The wind conditions would have been fine, but due to poor visibility and risk of lighting in the area the boats were sent in for safety. Brett Goodall: 'It was a really nice regatta! Jason and I’ve been battling with Brett/Ryan whole week and they seemed to be going fast and in the right direction all the time. Even when we did try to put them back in the fleet on the last day, they managed to sail clear round the top mark in the top few boats. They are a great team and we really enjoyed dueling it out with them.'

Fleet heading downwind into setting sun © Dave Hewson
Fleet heading downwind into setting sun © Dave Hewson



It’s the third time, for both Jason and Brett, that they won this title twice together, once Brett with his father Greg and Jason once with Josh McKnight. But, it has been a while since Jason Waterhouse and Brett Goodall sailed together. Jason helmed an Formula 18 for the last time about two years ago (Formula 18 Worlds 2013 in Italy), Brett Goodall hasn’t competitively crewed nor sailed an Formula 18 since the Worlds 2014 in Ireland. 'It was great to be on the boat together again and we really had good fun. But because it’s been a while, we both had a few cobwebs to blow out.'

Most amazing was the points for third, fourth and fifth, one points between each place and only three between first and second.

Top Five

1. Waterhouse/Goodall (16 points)
2. Burvill/Duffield (19 points)
3. Collett/Leitner (48 points)
4. Brewin/Brewin (49 points)
5. Gibson/Raymond (50 points)

 Overall Results:

Rank Sail No Boat State Helm Crew R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 Total Nett
1st AUS 313 Goodall Design VIC Jason Waterhouse Brett Goodall (3.0) 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 (4.0) 1.0 2.0 3.0 23.0 16.0
2nd AUS 502 Windrush WA Brett Burvill Ryan Duffield 2.0 1.0 (7.0) 3.0 2.0 2.0 4.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 (5.0) 1.0 31.0 19.0
3rd AUS 1668 Sea Swift QLD Brad Collett Jamie Leitner (11.0) 10.0 4.0 9.0 9.0 4.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 (11.0) 1.0 5.0 70.0 48.0
4th AUS 60 Snowbo NSW Chris Brewin Richard Brewin (28.0 BFD) 4.0 2.0 (28.0 OCS) 3.0 3.0 3.0 8.0 6.0 8.0 4.0 8.0 105.0 49.0
5th AUS 504 Grubby Dong VIC Lachlan Gibson Paul Raymond 1.0 8.0 3.0 4.0 (13.0) 5.0 7.0 6.0 9.0 3.0 (11.0) 4.0 74.0 50.0
6th AUS 101 Kamikaze NSW Greg Wyers Kez Stevens (8.0) 5.0 6.0 2.0 8.0 6.0 5.0 (9.0) 5.0 7.0 7.0 2.0 70.0 53.0
7th AUS 37 Royston Capital VIC Chris Boag Tom Salt 7.0 3.0 8.0 6.0 (10.0) 7.0 9.0 5.0 3.0 6.0 (10.0) 6.0 80.0 60.0
8th AUS 26 Longboard Bar and Grill QLD Michael Guinea Brendan Torpelund (17.0) 11.0 (28.0 OCS) 5.0 11.0 9.0 8.0 4.0 8.0 10.0 3.0 7.0 121.0 76.0
9th AUS 1676 Bearing Away QLD William Lucas Tarrant Green 4.0 (13.0) 5.0 8.0 6.0 11.0 10.0 11.0 13.0 9.0 6.0 (28.0 DNC) 124.0 83.0
10th AUS 252 Damn Lucky WA Gavin Parker Mark Parker 9.0 7.0 11.0 7.0 5.0 (17.0) 6.0 7.0 7.0 13.0 (14.0) 14.0 117.0 86.0
11th AUS 9 EDGE2egde QLD Gordon Beath Harry West 12.0 6.0 9.0 12.0 4.0 10.0 (14.0) (13.0) 11.0 4.0 8.0 11.0 114.0 87.0
12th AUS 249 Floater VIC Jeremy Brookes Craig Greenaway 6.0 (16.0) 10.0 11.0 12.0 (13.0) 12.0 10.0 12.0 5.0 13.0 12.0 132.0 103.0
13th AUS 222 Darph Bobo TAS Darren Flanagan Quentin Cook 13.0 (24.0) 20.0 10.0 7.0 8.0 21.0 12.0 (28.0 DNF) 12.0 12.0 10.0 177.0 125.0
14th AUS 6 Boat NSW Pip Pietromonco Chris Caldecoat 14.0 15.0 12.0 (28.0 OCS) 14.0 15.0 16.0 (28.0 DNF) 10.0 14.0 9.0 9.0 184.0 128.0
15th AUS 888 Pink & Bald NSW Grant Rogers Neil Moxham 16.0 9.0 16.0 13.0 15.0 14.0 13.0 15.0 14.0 17.0 (28.0 RET) (28.0 DNC) 198.0 142.0
16th AUS 1751 Magical NSW Kyle Amadio Andrew Driver (28.0 RET) 12.0 13.0 18.0 19.0 (28.0 OCS) 15.0 14.0 15.0 15.0 28.0 DNF 16.0 221.0 165.0
17th AUS 2268 No Name Yet ACT Peter Manley Stefan Ochsenbein 20.0 (21.0) (22.0) 14.0 17.0 16.0 19.0 21.0 19.0 16.0 16.0 13.0 214.0 171.0
18th FRA 869   FRA Christian Deschamps Kerrie Kalinin 10.0 18.0 15.0 (28.0 OCS) 18.0 12.0 17.0 22.0 17.0 19.0 (28.0 RET) 28.0 DNC 232.0 176.0
19th AUS 751 Blood Red HKG Steve Devlin Andy Perret 15.0 20.0 19.0 16.0 (23.0) 21.0 20.0 18.0 18.0 (24.0) 15.0 17.0 226.0 179.0
20th 131362 ENZED Freemantle WA Bevan Chrimes Rob Smith (28.0 DNF) 23.0 17.0 21.0 25.0 22.0 11.0 19.0 (28.0 DNF) 18.0 17.0 18.0 247.0 191.0
21st AUS 614 Bulletproof.18 WA Glenn Randall Grant Maver 18.0 17.0 21.0 (28.0 DNS) 22.0 18.0 18.0 17.0 21.0 (23.0) 19.0 20.0 242.0 191.0
22nd NED 007 Swear we're adults NSW Lucy Nissen Travis Thorn 19.0 (26.0) (23.0) 19.0 20.0 23.0 22.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 19.0 251.0 202.0
23rd AUS 777 YKNOT NSW Murray Makin Danielle Makin (28.0 DNF) 22.0 (24.0) 20.0 21.0 20.0 23.0 23.0 22.0 22.0 22.0 15.0 262.0 210.0
24th AUS 25 Mates4Mates Simply Therapy QLD Aaron Goldwater / Stefan Bersdorf Anthony Fleming (28.0 DNF) (25.0) 25.0 22.0 24.0 24.0 25.0 16.0 16.0 21.0 18.0 22.0 266.0 213.0
25th AUS 1712 Fastway QLD Christopher Noyes Joe Sabin / Kerry Noyes 21.0 19.0 18.0 15.0 16.0 19.0 24.0 (28.0 DNF) (28.0 DNF) 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 272.0 216.0
26th AUS 871 PSA/Send it Sailing NSW Nathan Van Kerckhof Matt Homan 5.0 14.0 14.0 17.0 (28.0 DNS) (28.0 DNC) 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 28.0 DNC 274.0 218.0
27th AUS 2221 Mojo QLD Timothy Polson Brad Madders (28.0 DNF) (27.0) 26.0 23.0 26.0 25.0 26.0 24.0 23.0 25.0 21.0 21.0 295.0 240.0
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