DSS Autumn Short Handed Series 2015 - Temptation dominates Division 1

by Peter Campbell on 26 Apr 2015

42 South starts today's race on the River Derwent, with HMAS Canberra in the background. - 2015 Autumn Short Handed Series Sam Tiedemann

The Thomson 7 sportsboat Temptation notched up a victory for Australia’s southernmost yacht club, the Port Esperance Sailing Club, in today’s Derwent Sailing Squadron’s Quantum Autumn Shorthanded Series on the Derwent.

Skippered by sportsboat racing stalwart Steve Harrison, Temptation finished second in fleet in Division 1 (two-handed, spinnaker) to John Wearne’s Fish Frenzy, on corrected time winning the race from the consistent Saga (Chris Sheehan) and Fish Frenzy, both from Bellerive Yacht Club.

Port Esperance Sailing Club is located at Dover, Tasmania’s southernmost town at 43º19’ South, and Harrison regularly represents the club at regatta and events in Hobart.

Today’s light north-westerly breeze that ranged from 0 at the start to the odd gust of near 10 knots suited the sportsboats and other lightweights in the 54 boat fleet.

The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania’s new Elliott 6 sportsboats again dominated Division 4 (two-handed spinnaker) finishing seconds apart in both line and corrected time.

Planet X won Division 6 in today DSS/Quantum Shorthanded Series on the Derwent - 2015 Autumn Short Handed Series © Sam Tiedemann

Chartered by RYCT club members, Elliott 6 (Daniel Woods) won Division 4 on corrected time by just one second from Elliott 1 (Rod Chamberlain) which had taken line honours by 38 seconds. Third place went to Quebrada (Tim Maddock).

Division 4 (two-handed spinnaker) saw Derwent Sailing Squadron members Stephen Catchpool, helming Hypertronics, and Scott Brain, steering Brainwave, fill the first two places ahead of Karabos (Nick Rogers, RYCT).

Another DSS entry, Mike Rowley’s Huon 10 Planet X won line and handicap honours in Division 6 (three-handed spinnaker) from Pisces (David Taylor, RYCT) and Moonshine (Bruce Palmer).

The two two-handed divisions attracted big fleets with DSS sailing manager Mike Denney and his wife Michelle taking line honours with Wild West in Division 2, but placing last on handicap.

Winner of Division 1 today was Temptation from the Port Esperance Sailing CLub, the southernmost yacht club in Australia. - 2015 Autumn Short Handed Series © Sam Tiedemann

The Bellerive-based, syndicate-owned Farr 31, Wildfire, won Division 2 on corrected time from Jim Thorpe’s Hydrotherapy and Southern Cross (Bill Batt).

DSS entrant L’Etoile (John Dawson) scored a 13 second win on corrected time in Division 3 (two-handed non-spinnaker) from line honours winner Bronzewing (Derek Adams), third place going to Vistula (Greg Biskup).

Race 3 full results

Division 1 PHS results Start : 09:30

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	ETOrd	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T
1	5887	TEMPTATION	Steve Harrison	2	10:55:23	01:25:23	0.906	01:17:21
2	513	SAGA	Chris Sheehan	3	10:55:51	01:25:51	0.909	01:18:02
3	8100	FISH FRENZY	John Wearne	1	10:53:29	01:23:29	0.938	01:18:18
4	5885	TWITCH	Richie Upton	4	10:59:13	01:29:13	0.898	01:20:07
5	1	TROUBLE	Dave Willans	5	10:59:23	01:29:23	0.908	01:21:10
6	5469	REDEEMER	Greg Brooks	7	11:11:58	01:41:58	0.882	01:29:56
7	B3200	42 SOUTH	Mark Ballard	6	11:04:50	01:34:50	0.957	01:30:45

Division 2 PHS results Start : 09:35

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	ETOrd	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T
1	8806	WILDFIRE	Team Wildfire	3	11:01:44	01:26:44	0.868	01:15:17
2	5877	HYDROTHERAPY	Jim Thorpe	8	11:05:47	01:30:47	0.836	01:15:54
3	5208	SOUTHERN CROSS	Bill Batt	6	11:03:40	01:28:40	0.893	01:19:11
4	1331	SILVER MIST	Andrew Sutherland	4	11:03:00	01:28:00	0.906	01:19:44
5	N9	PIRATES PRIDE	Peter Masterton	5	11:03:15	01:28:15	0.919	01:21:06
6	5357	MEM	David Kirkland	7	11:04:36	01:29:36	0.909	01:21:27
7	SM6083	CIAO BABY II	Gary Cripps	2	10:59:00	01:24:00	0.988	01:23:00
8	1881	YOUNG ONE	Gerard Smith	9	11:10:40	01:35:40	0.882	01:24:23
9	39001	WILD WEST	Michael Denney	1	10:56:20	01:21:20	1.038	01:24:25

Division 3 PHS results Start : 09:40

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	ETOrd	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T
1	F310	L'ETOILE	John Dawson	2	10:45:05	01:05:05	0.745	48:29
2	13	BRONZEWING	Derek Adams	1	10:43:55	01:03:55	0.762	48:42
3	6605	VISTULA	Greg Biskup	4	10:46:18	01:06:18	0.741	49:08
4	AA111	MAGNUM	Colin Gray	3	10:45:47	01:05:47	0.755	49:40
5	3639	TAKE FIVE	Ian Gannon	7	10:50:11	01:10:11	0.715	50:11
6	ST3	ROTARY	Norm Brundle	8	10:50:42	01:10:42	0.718	50:46
7	1A	DYNAMO	Stephen Davidson	6	10:49:54	01:09:54	0.735	51:23
8	T30	TRAD JAZZ	Chris Thompson	10	10:52:36	01:12:36	0.711	51:37
9	7	ALLEZ-OOP	Alan Nelson	5	10:47:33	01:07:33	0.765	51:40
10	H17	KAMEHAMEHA	Mark Woodward	9	10:50:59	01:10:59	0.764	54:14
11	975	MON AMIE	Phil Conyard	11	11:03:05	01:23:05	0.691	57:25
DNF	H447	COOL CHANGE	Chris Bobbi				0.801

Division 4 PHS results Start : 09:45

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	ETOrd	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T
1	E6	ELLIOTT 6	Daniel Woods	2	10:34:53	49:53	0.840	41:54
2	E1	ELLIOTT 1	Rod Chamberlain	1	10:34:15	49:15	0.851	41:55
3	H59	QUEBRADA	Tim Maddock	10	10:50:31	01:05:31	0.669	43:50
4	E2	ELLIOTT 2	Ollie Nicholas	3	10:36:54	51:54	0.846	43:54
5	190	FOOTLOOSE	Damon McCarter	11	10:55:40	01:10:40	0.649	45:52
6	E5	ELLIOTT 5	George Peacock	4	10:39:58	54:58	0.846	46:30
7	103	STORM PETREL	James Anderson	5	10:46:26	01:01:26	0.777	47:44
8	H11	KHARIS	Terry Dalby	13	10:57:26	01:12:26	0.665	48:10
9	H32	SERENITY	Graham Hall	8	10:48:19	01:03:19	0.767	48:34
10	9	ACACIA II	Jory Linscott	14	11:02:01	01:17:01	0.638	49:08
11	AUS137	APLIN ELECTRICAL	Lucy Rees	7	10:47:53	01:02:53	0.794	49:56
12	401	WHICH WAY UP	Steve Davison	6	10:47:08	01:02:08	0.804	49:57
13	834	OFF-PISTE	Paul Einoder	9	10:48:49	01:03:49	0.802	51:11
14	3227	TRICK CYCLIST	Luke Kiely	12	10:56:44	01:11:44	0.720	51:39
DNF	399	HI VIS	Matt Westland				0.793

Division 5 PHS results Start : 09:50

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	ETOrd	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T
1	3383	HYPERTRONICS	Stephen Catchpool	1	10:41:18	51:18	0.862	44:13
2	3394	BRAINWAVE	Scott Brain	3	10:43:30	53:30	0.856	45:48
3	3036	KARABOS	Nick Rogers	2	10:42:37	52:37	0.891	46:53
4	3389	PEZ	Hunt Gore	4	10:51:38	01:01:38	0.834	51:24

Division 6 PHS results Start : 09:30

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	ETOrd	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T
1	10	PLANET X	Mike Rowley	1	10:51:40	01:21:40	0.966	01:18:53
2	6197	PISCES	David Taylor	2	10:54:08	01:24:08	0.983	01:22:42
3	3800	MOONSHINE	Bruce Palmer	3	10:58:59	01:28:59	0.940	01:23:39
4	3938	WINGS THREE	Peter Haros	4	11:01:24	01:31:24	0.938	01:25:44
5	M88	HOT PROSPECT	Ian Marshall	5	11:12:02	01:42:02	0.881	01:29:54
6	956	SIROCCO	John Macintosh	7	11:25:23	01:55:23	0.799	01:32:12
7	239	ATHENA	Phil Mason	6	11:24:30	01:54:30	0.817	01:33:33