Land Rover Winter Series - Light conditions for Race 5

by Stacey French on 24 May 2015 Land Rover Winter Series - The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia was packed during the early hours of the morning with eager boat owners and crew willing on a light westerly breeze to build for Sunday racing.

As willing and hopeful as everyone was, Division A2 winner, Matt Wilkinson (Kerisma) could do nothing except soak up the Vitamin D and wait for a breeze as they hovered on the Harbour.

“It was a tough day, it was very light and we just had to keep the boat moving,” Wilkinson noted. “Fortunately she (Kerisma) likes the light air so we were really able to capitalise on that.

“Credit must go to our tactician, Jim Kerrison, he kept us on the right track and we were able to catch the occasional light gusts but it was a great day with all of the crew, even my son, Will, was able to call a couple of tacks and really get involved.”

Principal Race Officer, Robyn Morton shortened the race early when the light westerly forecast for the day never picked up and Kerisma along with other 107 boats seemed stationary.

“It was a beautiful day but unfortunately we started with seven to eight knots that ceased the moment they were recorded,” Morton observed from the start boat. “At around 1:30pm we got a bit of a south-easterly puff that pushed some boats through that had been longing for the finish line in the light conditions, but that was about it, all of the boats appeared to just ‘bob-around’.

“The highlight of the day was seeing three or four big boats coming out of Rose Bay with their spinnakers up and then just before the finish line, a south westerly gust made things really interesting.”

Duende (Damien Parkes) claimed victory in Division A1 with the Judel Vrolijk 52, although being modified for Australian Waters, is still performing well.

In Division F, S and S 34 Quickpoint Azzurro (Shane Kearns) formerly Shenandoah II and 1994 Rolex Sydney Hobart divisional winner claimed victory.

“It was good to come away with the win because the light conditions didn’t really suit us,” Kearns began. “To the credit of the crew, they made no mistakes.”

“With the good wind dying out we got the advantage on the last upwind leg, whereas other boats didn’t and that’s probably where we were able to edge in front and stay there.”

Apple Jack (Derek McDonnell) was skippered to victory by Rogerio Blanc-Ramos in Division K.

“We had a superb race, starting on our course where we headed north-west from the start boat instead of the more favoured south-west starboard tack,” Blanc-Ramos pointed out. “We had three non-sailors on board but they were keen and really focused which contributed to a good day which was helped by the drop of wind on the later starters.”

Weekly prizes are awarded to the top three placegetters in each division and include exclusive CYCA Land Rover Winter Series merchandise. One lucky division winner is drawn each week to receive a Land Rover Evoque Experience for a week.

Kerisma (Matt Wilkinson, Andrew Wyllie and Dion Morrison) in Division A2, won the Land Rover Evoque Experience for a second time after winning the Experience last Winter Series (2014).

“We won this experience last year and it was fantastic, so much so that we ended up purchasing a Land Rover Freelander,” Wilkinson said.

In addition, the Noakes Group is providing a lift stand launch and two free lay days for one lucky division winner each week. A1 Division winner, Duende (Damien Parkes) was the recipient of this week’s Noakes prize.

Other winners today were: Division B – Huntress (Philip Grove); Division C – Assassin (Phil Cutts); Division D – Next Light (Mark Rutherford); Division E – Devils Lair (Barry Crook); Division G – Hornblower (Steve Sweeney); Division J1 – L’Attitude (Robert Hunt, Jon Short and Miles Bastick); Division J2 – Stormy Petrel (Kevin Oshea).

Race six of the Land Rover Sydney Winter Series will be held on Sunday 31 May starting from 11.30am.

Full results

 Division A1

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T
1	ESP6100	DUENDE	Damien Parkes	13:57:17	02:08:17	1.1773	02:31:02
2	226	SWISH	Steven Proud	14:02:32	02:07:32	1.2325	02:37:11
3	543	LITTLE NICO	Adrian Walters	14:02:54	02:03:54	1.2697	02:37:19
4	6952	CELESTIAL	Sam Haynes	14:05:34	01:54:34	1.4150	02:42:07
5	AUS9999	ASSASSIN	Clare Crawford	14:07:54	02:11:54	1.2444	02:44:08
6	10000	BRINDABELLA	Jim Cooney	14:12:05	01:59:05	1.4401	02:51:30
7	7771	BALANCE	Paul Clitheroe	14:12:24	01:59:24	1.4406	02:52:00
8	AUS5299	VICTOIRE	Darryl Hodgkinson	14:14:35	02:06:35	1.3673	02:53:05
9	6377	TRITON	Michael Cranitch	14:35:05	02:26:05	1.3887	03:22:52

Division A2

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T
1	11033	KERISMA	M Wilkinson A Wyllie	14:07:08	02:13:08	1.1286	02:30:15
2	64221	ZEN40	Gordon Ketelbey	14:07:52	02:09:52	1.1680	02:31:41
3	NZL1	ART EQUITY MAHLIGAI	Murray & Jenny Owen/	14:15:18	02:20:18	1.1394	02:39:52
4	AUS6606	STHILLIERS QUEST	Tim Casey	14:23:37	02:21:37	1.1982	02:49:41
5	99991	KIRRIBILLI	Adrian Abbott	14:34:01	02:36:01	1.1631	03:01:28
6	248	WAX LYRICAL	Les Goodridge	14:35:16	02:45:16	1.1000	03:01:48
7	8008	OCC.COARSELANGUAGE 2	Warwick Sherman	14:35:01	02:36:01	1.1712	03:02:44
8	33345	BLACK SHEEP	Derek & Martin Shepp	14:35:21	02:43:21	1.1188	03:02:45
9	007	EDAKE	Jeff Carter	14:34:55	02:36:55	1.1650	03:02:48
10	AUS88	WASABI	Bruce McKay	14:36:09	02:41:09	1.1373	03:03:17
11	00400	VENTO	Walter Lewin	14:35:10	02:32:10	1.2143	03:04:47
12	7878	KAYLE - SWD	John Whitfield	14:39:01	02:47:01	1.1188	03:06:52
13	101010	PLAYSTATION 4	Dean Harrigan	14:48:53	02:45:53	1.2076	03:20:19
14	65007	ELENA NOVA	Craig Neil	14:49:46	02:43:46	1.2367	03:22:32
15	8975	LAST TANGO	Rob Blanch	14:53:36	02:59:36	1.1347	03:23:48
16	6111	NEVER A DULL MOMENT	Colin Wilson	14:55:55	02:56:55	1.1777	03:28:21

Division B

 Division C

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T
1	99999	ASSASSIN	Phil Cutts	14:51:47	02:59:47	1.0300	03:05:11
2	8412	CYRENE 3	Michael Selby	14:52:00	02:57:00	1.0480	03:05:30
3	4970	AKELA	Alan Mather	14:54:47	03:04:47	1.0153	03:07:37
4	SYD181	ONLINE	Stephen Trevillion	14:59:23	03:04:23	1.0523	03:14:02
5	KA400	SCARLETT O'HARA	Robert Skol	15:06:44	03:16:44	1.0136	03:19:24
6	8975A	ZORA	Pacific Sailing Scho	15:09:18	03:24:18	0.9782	03:19:51
7	8824	CHANCELLOR	Edward Tooher	15:14:31	03:20:31	1.0447	03:29:29
8	8455	EUROPA	David Mason	15:15:07	03:21:07	1.0438	03:29:56
9	2001	QUETZALCOATL	Bruce/Lee Warn Er/Sw	15:16:23	03:21:23	1.0538	03:32:13

Division D

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T
1	35000	NEXT LIGHT	Mark Rutherford	12:56:43	01:17:43	0.9640	01:14:55
2	8063	EYE APPEAL	J Markos M Delaney	13:10:56	01:35:56	0.9390	01:30:05
3	5273	SOUNDTRACK	John Amos	13:16:04	01:35:04	0.9713	01:32:20
4	700	SOMMERBREEZE	Hans Sommer	13:17:07	01:34:07	0.9883	01:33:01
5	8330	SHIBUMI	P. Thompson B. Moore	13:25:09	01:46:09	0.9607	01:41:59
6	6232	MORTGAGECHOICE RUMBA	Robert Carr	13:41:59	01:55:59	1.0061	01:56:41
7	8035	ONE MORE-NO MORE	Ian Guanaria	13:42:43	01:54:43	1.0184	01:56:50
8	5826	SALTSHAKER	Peter Franki	14:26:47	02:34:47	1.0486	02:42:18

Division E

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T
1	621	DEVILS LAIR	Barry Crook	12:59:57	01:26:57	0.9288	01:20:46
2	6807	PRECISION	John Anet	13:08:00	01:30:00	0.9619	01:26:34
3	9997	SKEETER	Sandor Tornai	13:17:32	01:25:32	1.0573	01:30:26
4	6448	CARATS N KILOS	John Santifort	13:14:04	01:35:04	0.9666	01:31:54
5	AUS007	JAMES	Tim Ryan	13:12:16	01:37:16	0.9454	01:31:57
6	4377	CLEWLESS?	Lachlan Irwin	13:15:36	01:34:36	0.9812	01:32:49
7	AUS160	CRUSADER	Jonathan Green	13:40:04	01:37:04	1.1442	01:51:04
8	AUS82	TIGGER	Robert Breit	13:51:42	02:02:42	1.0329	02:06:44

Division F

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T
1	3430	AZZURRO	Shane Kearns	13:03:00	01:28:00	0.8895	01:18:17
2	6626	DOUBLE TROUBLE	Steve Wyatt	13:10:29	01:29:29	0.9241	01:22:42
3	5861	OUTLANDISH	Sean Barrett	13:14:01	01:32:01	0.9311	01:25:41
4	8484	WINDFLYT	Douglas Sturrock	13:15:21	01:31:21	0.9468	01:26:29
5	6990	GREAT WHITE	Ann / Bob Penty	13:14:31	01:34:31	0.9238	01:27:19
6	9900	SUPERFINE	George Waldthausen	13:18:06	01:33:06	0.9500	01:28:27
7	8339	LUNA SEA	James Cameron	13:18:49	01:31:49	0.9667	01:28:46
8	9201	SELKIE	Anthony Booth	13:17:53	01:38:53	0.9125	01:30:14
9	5436	SINEWAVE	Greg Mason Barb Maun	13:25:08	01:38:08	0.9623	01:34:26
10	3724	SALONA	Pacific Sailin Schoo	13:42:23	01:56:23	0.9609	01:51:50
11	F8	QUATTRO	J Garnsey/ C&C Monag	13:42:39	02:10:39	0.8759	01:54:26

 Division G

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T
1	404	HORNBLOWER	Steve Sweeney	13:43:19	02:12:19	0.7448	01:38:33
2	2125	SEA RUG HOO HA	Peter Howes	13:43:42	02:13:42	0.7394	01:38:52
3	N1	NOAKES WHITE	Peter Langman	13:57:30	02:05:30	0.8367	01:45:00
4	8420	JUBLILEE	Ian Arthy	13:57:15	02:21:15	0.7665	01:48:16
5	YC868	PEACH TEATS-VELOCITY	Brian Carrick	14:12:36	02:09:36	0.8966	01:56:12
6	N2	NOAKES RED	Sean Langman	14:12:32	02:11:32	0.8860	01:56:32
7	AUS5247	STARPAC	Lia Darby	14:13:55	02:17:55	0.8562	01:58:05
8	2153	FICTION	Michael Blaxell	14:14:20	02:16:20	0.8689	01:58:28
9	N3	NOAKES BLUE	Shaun McKnight	14:20:55	02:23:55	0.8618	02:04:02
10	5582	DESPERADO	Andy & David Lukas	14:35:28	02:44:28	0.8350	02:17:20

Division J1