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Melges 24 Young Guns Regatta 2015 winner announced

by Tracey Walters on 30 Mar 2015
Tracey_Walters_ Tracey Walters
The annual Melges 24 Young Guns Regatta is a fantastic opportunity for younger crews to enjoy a day of fun competitive racing in the Melges 24 class, followed by socializing using their regatta card tab at the host club RPAYC.

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Each year Australian Melges 24 owner’s hand over their boats to youth sailors and then kick back and watch them carve up the racecourse as they commentate from spectator boats.

This year the No Comment team travelled from Lake Macquarie Yacht club to compete.



Pittwater turned on beautiful weather and shifty winds. The crews enjoyed the super close racing and plenty of banter was going on between races.

After five back to back races Peter Kendall Amigos won the regatta one point ahead of Harley Walters Cavallino and Andrew Chapman in third place skippering Arriba Arriba.



Teams included

Amigos: Peter Kendall, Jessica Russell, Milly Bennett, Oscar Stranack, Luke Easey
Cavallino: Harley Walters, James Farquharson, Will Dargaville, Harry Hall
Arriba Arriba: Andrew Chapman, Ali Chapman, Emma Knighton, Joe Bourne
No Comment: Lateisha Bower, Jarrod Turner, Brad May, Kurtis Sullivan, Nina Long, Emma Young
+GST: Jordon Girdis, Eveline Rijksen, Barbara Rijksen, Tim Forbes-Smith, Woody Hawthorne



Series results [PHS] up to race five

 

Place Ties Sail No Boat Name Skipper Sers Score Race 5 Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1   AUS795 CAVALLINO Harley Walters 12.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 4.0 2.0
2   AUS215 ARRIBA! ARRIBA! Trent Hillier 13.0 2.0 1.0 4.0 1.0 5.0
3   AUS816 AMIGOS Peter Kendall 14.0 5.0 4.0 2.0 2.0 1.0
4   AUS746 NO COMMENT Nina Long 16.0 1.0 5.0 3.0 3.0 4.0
5   AUS762 +GST Jordan Girdis 20.0 4.0 3.0 5.0 5.0 3.0


Series results [Class Pos] up to race five

 
Place Ties Sail No Boat Name Skipper Sers Score Race 5 Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1   AUS816 AMIGOS Peter Kendall 9.0 3.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
2   AUS795 CAVALLINO Harley Walters 10.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 4.0 2.0
3   AUS215 ARRIBA! ARRIBA! Trent Hillier 14.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 2.0 5.0
4   AUS746 NO COMMENT Nina Long 20.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 4.0
5   AUS762 +GST Jordan Girdis 22.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 3.0


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