Light breeze day for Islands course at Airlie Beach Race Week

by Di Pearson on 10 Aug 2015 Competitors are in a quandary at Airlie Beach Race Week this morning, as weather models do not agree on wind strength and direction, but the general opinion is that Day three will be a light air day at the Whitsunday Sailing Club’s popular event.

“After two perfect days, today could be a tricky one,” agrees Race Director, Denis Thompson, who plans to send all but the Sports Boat class on a south-east course through the Molle Channel, around White Rock, to Daydream Island and the finish.

The Sports Boats will stay on Pioneer Bay for three windward/leeward races and according to Denis Thompson, “They will probably get the best breeze of the day. We will have to monitor the conditions and shorten the course for the rest of the fleet,” he said.

Sports Boat clash

Queensland’s John Rae has sailed Vivace into a three-point lead over fellow Queenslander Noel Leigh-Smith (Viper) in the Sports Boat class. However, Rae said today’s light conditions could work against them.

“Even yesterday was tricky,” Rae said. “We had selected our sail plan, but had to change just before the start, because a nice breeze came through, so we were slow to start.

“I was lucky the crew made good tactical moves and we had a clean move across the Bay before we got a good wind shift so we cleared away a bit. We got a bit tangled up with the Cruising division, but it didn’t hurt us.

“It was closer racing than the day before when we held a kite all the way to the Cones (Double Cones), so we had a really good day out,” Rae said.

Although Vivace, a Bethwaite 79er, holds the advantage going into today’s racing, Rae said they had concerns about others who revel in light breeze.

“Viper and Stay Tuned (Graham Sherring’s Leech 650) are our worries in light air, which isn’t our strength, so obviously I’m hoping for some pressure on Pioneer Bay today,” he said.

“Mister Magoo (Jason Ruckert’s Thompson 7 from Queensland) will also come into its own in the light,” said Rae who finished fourth at their last National Championship.

Cruising for a bruising

John Kint has come all the way from Royal Geelong Yacht Club in Victoria for his first Airlie Beach Race Week, and while the crew, including his wife, are having a ball in Paradise, he was much happier after yesterday’s race in which he is ninth overall.

“We didn’t get hit all day, so that’s a positive,” Kint said with a big smile on his face. On the first day we were run into, but there was little damage. Both days the conditions have been very pleasant, so we’ve had a good time here,” ended the owner of a beautiful Adams/Radford named Bundaberg.

Charlie and Betty Preen’s Dehler 39, aptly named ‘Dehler Magic’, is the popular leader in Cruising Division two. Why? They are locals from Whitsunday Sailing Club and have returned after a seven year absence. They are also clearly the best dressed ‘tropical shirt’ crew and therefore standout.

“If they don’t wear the crew uniform, they don’t get on the boat,” Betty stated.

“We’re locals, but we’ve been away cruising for seven years. It’s absolutely great to be back,” Charlie said.

“Yesterday’s race – awesome – north to Grassy Island and back. It was a light 10 knot breeze and we kept company with True Love (Roger Down’s Farr design). We’re hoping for more of the same today, but come what may, we’ll have a good time,” he ended

Hosted by the Whitsunday Sailing Club, racing in the ‘Tropical Festival of Sailing’ continues today from 11.00am. Tomorrow is lay day, with racing returning on Wednesday.

Results:

 

Series Results [IRC Div1] up to Race 3

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		AUS001	ICHI BAN	Matt Allen	6.0	1.0	3.0	2.0
2	2.0S	AUS8899	ONESAILS RACING	Ray Roberts	8.0	2.0	5.0	1.0
3		64221	ZEN	Gordon Ketelbey	8.0	3.0	1.0	4.0
4		7075	QUEST	Bob Steel	9.0	4.0	2.0	3.0
5		421	THE GOAT	Sebastion Bohm Bruce	14.0	5.0	4.0	5.0
6		B330	HARTBREAKER	Alan Breidahl	18.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
7		65007	ELENA NOVA	Craig Neil	24.0	8.0C	8.0C	8.0C

 

Series Results [IRC Div2] up to Race 3

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		SM3131	MORE NOISE	Jason Close	3.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
2	2.0S	5845	BOTANY ACCESS COCOMO	Justin Brownbill	10.0	2.0	2.0	6.0
3		4343	WILD ROSE	Roger Hickman	10.0	3.0	5.0	2.0
4		MH20	THEPHILOSOPHERS CLUB	Peter Sorensen	12.0	5.0	4.0	3.0
5		SYD8	TULIP	Bernie Van'T Hof	13.0	6.0	3.0	4.0
6		11044	KERAZY	R Curtis G Tailby	15.0	4.0	6.0	5.0
7		B52	B52	Daniel Farmer	22.0	7.0	8.0	7.0
8		RQ432	DEKADENCE	Stephanie Kerin	24.0	9.0O	7.0	8.0

 

Series Results [IRC] up to Race 2

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Sers Score	Race 2	Race 1
1		135	LEE-WAY	Tony Horkings	2.0	1.0	1.0
2		6669	CARBON CREDITS	Trevor Bailey	6.0	2.0	4.0
3		RQ64	OCEAN AFFINITY	Stewart Lewis	7.0	4.0	3.0
4	2.0S	1986	TRUMPCARD	Blake Boulton	8.0	6.0	2.0
5		6838	PONYO	David Currie	8.0	3.0	5.0
6		4913	TILT	Peter Cretan	12.0	5.0	7.0
7		M25	HASTA LA VISTA	Mark Jacobsen	13.0	7.0	6.0
8		6037	EUREKA 11	Mal Robertson	16.0	8.0	8.0

 

Series Results [EHC Div1] up to Race 2

Place	Ties	Boat Name	Sail No	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 2	Race 1
1		CHRISTINE	S77	Paul Bunn	RMYS	6.0	4.0	2.0
2		BELLE	SM700	Doug Painter	SYC	8.0	3.0	5.0
3	2.0S	ANOTHER FIASCO	Q999	Damian Suckling	APYC	9.0	2.0	7.0
4		WHALEWATCHINGSYDNEY	202	Charles Wallis	WSC	9.0	6.0	3.0
5		RUNAWAY	B101	Drew Carruthers	RQYS	10.0	9.0	1.0
6		HELSAL3	262	Rob Fisher	RYCT	11.0	7.0	4.0
7		SILVER LINING	SM1155	Andrew McGrath	SYC	13.0	1.0	12.0
8		WITCHY WOMAN	777	Ian Griffiths	MYC	18.0	5.0	13.0
9		BUNDABERG	G16	John Kint	RGYC	19.0	13.0	6.0
10		KATE	R53	John Raff	RYCV	20.0	10.0	10.0
11		CHANTILLY	R56	Timothy Dutton	RYCV	21.0	12.0	9.0
12		BEDFORDCA THREE CS	B45	Charles Cupit	NONE	22.0	14.0	8.0
13		CONDOR	KB80	David Molloy	WSC	23.0	8.0	15.0
14	2R	VANILLA	BOW01	Fred Heavey	SASC	27.0	11.0	16.0
15		HOLY COW!	6797	John & Kim Clinton	CYCA	27.0	16.0	11.0
16		CHARM OFFENSIVE	R83	James Permezel	RYCV	29.0	15.0	14.0
17		LE COCHON NOIR V	BOW2	Roman Guerra	NA	34.0	17.0	17.0

 

Series Results [EHC Div2] up to Race 2

Place	Ties	Boat Name	Sail No	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 2	Race 1
1		DEHLER MAGIC	633	Charlie Preen	WSC	4.0	1.0	3.0
2	2.0S	SKEETER	9997	Sandor Tornai	DSC/CYCA	9.0	7.0	2.0
3		TWISTER	W407	Kevin Fogarty	WSC	9.0	4.0	5.0
4		TRUE LOVE	999	Roger Down	APYC	10.0	2.0	8.0
5	3.0S	WOBBLY BOOT	640	Craig Piccinelli	WSC	13.0	3.0	10.0
6		MATANGI	5350	Dave Turnbull	MYC	13.0	6.0	7.0
7	1.0S	FRANTIC.	M161	Graham Furtado	RQYS	16.0	15.0	1.0
8	4.0S	PACIFIC PHOENIX	4054	Alan Sneddon	WSC	16.0	12.0	4.0
9		HUAHINE	RQ300	Nick Smail	WSC	16.0	10.0	6.0
10		RUN RUN RUN	SM2800	Paul Jackson	RBYC	19.0	8.0	11.0
11		KICKATINALONG	1317	Graeme Poole	MYC	20.0	5.0	15.0
12		ELLA	5432	N/C Cox/Thomas	MYC	21.0	9.0	12.0
13		RIFF RAFF	W440	Dan White Nicole Abb	WSC	22.0	13.0	9.0
14		FARGO	361	Keith McGuire	WSC	25.0	11.0	14.0
15		CROSSBOW	142	David Lund	WSC	27.0	14.0	13.0
16	2R	LAHARA	A121	Mike Warner	SASC	33.0	16.0	17.0
17		SLINGSHOT	L1	Neil Hamilton	NYRC	33.0	17.0	16.0

 

Series Results [EHC Div3] up to Race 2

Place	Ties	Boat Name	Sail No	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 2	Race 1
1		SALTYDOG	305	Greg Hudson	NQCYC	3.0	1.0	2.0
2		WICKED	326	Derek Foley	BSC	6.0	5.0	1.0
3		GONE TOO FARR	SB7500	Ronda Brown	SIBYC	8.0	4.0	4.0
4		KAMERUKA	8035	Bob Beale	WSC	9.0	3.0	6.0
5		CHECKMATE	158	Don Bowden	MK	11.0	2.0	9.0
6		SYNCHRONICITY	8001	Tom Parker	WSC	12.0	7.0	5.0
7		LE ROSSIGNOL	SM168	Peter McKenzie	NQCYC	13.0	10.0	3.0
8		HEY JUDE	876	Stan White	LKSC	15.0	8.0	7.0
9		HARMONY	MB2	Roger Guest	MBBC	17.0	6.0	11.0
10	8.0S	UNTAMED	8	John Parkes	IYC	19.0	11.0	8.0
11		ROSSGO	SA142	Greg Hammon	WSC	19.0	9.0	10.0

 

Series Results [EHC] up to Race 2

Place	Ties	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 2	Race 1
1		TRUE COLOURS	Geoff Adams	RBYC	3.0	1.0	2.0
2		QMS	John Galloway	WSC	7.0	2.0	5.0
3		AWESOME	Peter Harrison	WSC	8.0	7.0	1.0
4		ELUSIVE	Rick Pacey	RYCV	10.0	3.0	7.0
5		SUNRISE	Jeff & Helen Shipsey	APYC/WSC	11.0	5.0	6.0
6	3.0S	ANTHEA	Dewi Hughes	WSC	12.0	9.0	3.0
7	2R	FORTUNA	Greg Elliott	CYCA	12.0	4.0	8.0
8		SERENDIPITY	Roger Boast	WSC	12.0	8.0	4.0
9		KARM	Ray Nankervis	RYCV	15.0	6.0	9.0

 

Series Results [SMS] up to Race 2

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 2	Race 1
1		B1	VIVACE	John Rae	MYC	2.0	1.0	1.0
2	2R	AUS200	VIPER QLD	Noel Leigh-Smith	SYC	5.0	2.0	3.0
3		L650	STAY TUNED	Graham Sherring	SYC	5.0	3.0	2.0
4		7504	THE DUCKS NUTS	Mitch De Vries	SOPYC	8.0	4.0	4.0
5		658	CRANK	Andrew Wiklund	RQYS	10.0	5.0	5.0
6		7002	MISTER MAGOO	Jason Ruckert	RQYS	12.0	6.0	6.0
7		AUS008	OCTOPUSSY	Rees Howell	SOPYC	18.0	9.0C	9.0C
7		014	BEER BALLAST	Ben Downey	SYC	18.0	9.0C	9.0C

 

Series Results [OMR] up to Race 2

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 2	Race 1
1		3002	MORTICIA	Chris Williams	RMYC	3.0	2.0	1.0
2		M165	MOJO	Peter Wilcox	MYCQ	4.0	1.0	3.0
3		641	FANTASIA	Andrew Stransky	MYCQ	6.0	4.0	2.0
4		V2	APC MAD MAX	George Owen	MYCV	7.0	3.0	4.0
5		M1480	RENAISSANCE	Mike Hodges	MYCQ	10.0	5.0	5.0
6		SA532	CARBON CREDIT	Peter Hawker	RSAYS	14.0	8.0	6.0
7		N888	THE BOAT WORKS	Julian Griffiths	NYRC	15.0	7.0	8.0
8		WH3801	J'OUVERT	Stephen Barton	RMYC	16.0	9.0	7.0
9		SA432	CROSSHAIR	Gerald Valk	RSAYS	18.0	6.0	12.0
10		339	QUICK SKIPS	Peter Millar	WSC	20.0	11.0	9.0
11		WH1093	COOL CHANGE	Bob Critchley	MYC	23.0	10.0	13.0
12		V3	BARE ESSENTIALS	Tim Pepperell	MYCV	23.5	12.5	11.0
13		N11	TWO UP TOGETHER	Justin Grunwald	RMYC	25.0	15.0	10.0
14		449	DUX NUTTS	Peter Boyd	RSAYS	26.5	12.5	14.0
15		BFC55	BAREFOOT	Warren Innes	CYC	29.0	14.0	15.0
16		W111	SIROCCO	M Arthur	WSC	33.0	16.0	17.0
17		PC101	NO PROBLEM	Ray Hobbs	PCSC	35.0	19.0R	16.0
18		AUS57	EARTHLING	Glenn Rutherford	MYCQ	38.0	19.0C	19.0C

 

Series Results [EHC] up to Race 2

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 2	Race 1
1		SM777	TYEE III	John Williams	SYC	3.0	2.0	1.0
2	1.0S	BOW3	MON AMIE	Fiona Kermeen	WSC	5.0	1.0	4.0
3		M321	KESTREL	Richard Jenkins	MYCQ	5.0	3.0	2.0
4		MYS09	MISTY SEA	David Davenport	EFYC	7.0	4.0	3.0
5		B112	A WHITER SHADE OF PA	Roger Jepson	RBYC	10.0	5.0	5.0