Scenic Islands course for Airlie Beach Race Week competitors

by Di Pearson on 12 Aug 2015 No breeze and barely existent winds at Airlie Beach Race Week on Tuesday meant the much anticipated Islands course was abandoned in favour of late starting and shortened windward/leeward and triangle courses, but with better conditions expected today, the scenic Islands course is back on.

Denis Thompson, Race Director for the Whitsunday Sailing Club’s annual event, said the forecast today is for a north-westerly breeze.

“North-westerlies are unusual for this time of year in the Whitsundays,” Thompson commented this morning. I guess it’s a pre-frontal for the north-easterly which is expected tomorrow.”

Winds are expected to reach the mid-teens during the day, which will give competitors an ideal workout when they start on Pioneer Bay, then head through the Molle Channel, around White Rock, to Daydream Island and the finish back on the Bay.

It will be a pleasant day’s sail following yesterday’s layday and Thompson said the crews will have “the unusual pleasure of running downwind through the Molle Passage.”

This morning this is no evidence of the expected nor’ wester, but all the weather models agree, so the wind is expected by the time racing starts from 11am.

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 4

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Sers Score	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		AUS001	ICHI BAN	Matt Allen	7.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	2.0
2		AUS8899	ONESAILS RACING	Ray Roberts	10.0	2.0	2.0	5.0	1.0
3		64221	ZEN	Gordon Ketelbey	12.0	4.0T	3.0	1.0	4.0
4		7075	QUEST	Bob Steel	13.0	4.0T	4.0	2.0	3.0
5		421	THE GOAT	Sebastion Bohm Bruce	18.0	4.0T	5.0	4.0	5.0
6		B330	HARTBREAKER	Alan Breidahl	22.0	4.0T	6.0	6.0	6.0
7		65007	ELENA NOVA	Craig Neil	32.0	8.0C	8.0C	8.0C	8.0C

 

Series Results [IRC Div2] up to Race 4

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Sers Score	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		SM3131	MORE NOISE	Jason Close	11.0	8.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
2		SYD8	TULIP	Bernie Van'T Hof	14.0	1.0	6.0	3.0	4.0
3	2.0S	4343	WILD ROSE	Roger Hickman	16.0	6.0	3.0	5.0	2.0
4		MH20	THEPHILOSOPHERS CLUB	Peter Sorensen	16.0	4.0	5.0	4.0	3.0
5	2.0S	5845	BOTANY ACCESS COCOMO	Justin Brownbill	17.0	7.0	2.0	2.0	6.0
6		11044	KERAZY	R Curtis G Tailby	17.0	2.0	4.0	6.0	5.0
7		B52	B52	Daniel Farmer	25.0	3.0	7.0	8.0	7.0
8		RQ432	DEKADENCE	Stephanie Kerin	29.0	5.0	9.0O	7.0	8.0

 

Series Results [IRC] up to Race 3

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		135	LEE-WAY	Tony Horkings	6.0	4.0	1.0	1.0
2		6838	PONYO	David Currie	9.0	1.0	3.0	5.0
3		RQ64	OCEAN AFFINITY	Stewart Lewis	10.0	3.0	4.0	3.0
4		6669	CARBON CREDITS	Trevor Bailey	11.0	5.0	2.0	4.0
5		4913	TILT	Peter Cretan	14.0	2.0	5.0	7.0
6		1986	TRUMPCARD	Blake Boulton	16.0	8.0	6.0	2.0
7		M25	HASTA LA VISTA	Mark Jacobsen	19.0	6.0	7.0	6.0
8		6037	EUREKA 11	Mal Robertson	23.0	7.0	8.0	8.0

 

Series Results [EHC Div1] up to Race 3

Place	Ties	Boat Name	Sail No	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1	1.0S	WHALEWATCHINGSYDNEY	202	Charles Wallis	WSC	10.0	1.0	6.0	3.0
2		CHRISTINE	S77	Paul Bunn	RMYS	10.0	4.0	4.0	2.0
3		ANOTHER FIASCO	Q999	Damian Suckling	APYC	11.0	2.0	2.0	7.0
4		RUNAWAY	B101	Drew Carruthers	RQYS	13.0	3.0	9.0	1.0
5		BELLE	SM700	Doug Painter	SYC	16.0	8.0	3.0	5.0
6		WITCHY WOMAN	MH777	Ian Griffiths	MYC	23.0	5.0	5.0	13.0
7		SILVER LINING	SM1155	Andrew McGrath	SYC	25.0	12.0	1.0	12.0
8		KATE	R53	John Raff	RYCV	26.0	6.0	10.0	10.0
9	4.0S	HELSAL3	262	Rob Fisher	RYCT	29.0	18.0S	7.0	4.0
10		BEDFORDCA THREE CS	B45	Charles Cupit	NONE	29.0	7.0	14.0	8.0
11		CHANTILLY	R56	Timothy Dutton	RYCV	30.0	9.0	12.0	9.0
12		BUNDABERG	G16	John Kint	RGYC	32.0	13.0	13.0	6.0
13	8.0S	CONDOR	KB80	David Molloy	WSC	37.0	14.0	8.0	15.0
14		VANILLA	BOW01	Fred Heavey	SASC	37.0	10.0	11.0	16.0
15		HOLY COW!	6797	John & Kim Clinton	CYCA	38.0	11.0	16.0	11.0
16		CHARM OFFENSIVE	R83	James Permezel	RYCV	44.0	15.0	15.0	14.0
17		LE COCHON NOIR V	BOW2	Roman Guerra	NA	50.0	16.0	17.0	17.0

 

Series Results [EHC Div2] up to Race 3

Place	Ties	Boat Name	Sail No	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		DEHLER MAGIC	633	Charlie Preen	WSC	9.0	5.0	1.0	3.0
2		SKEETER	9997	Sandor Tornai	DSC/CYCA	10.0	1.0	7.0	2.0
3		TWISTER	W407	Kevin Fogarty	WSC	15.0	6.0	4.0	5.0
4		WOBBLY BOOT	640	Craig Piccinelli	WSC	16.0	3.0	3.0	10.0
5	1.0S	FRANTIC.	M161	Graham Furtado	RQYS	20.0	4.0	15.0	1.0
6		MATANGI	5350	Dave Turnbull	MYC	20.0	7.0	6.0	7.0
7		TRUE LOVE	999	Roger Down	APYC	21.0	11.0	2.0	8.0
8		PACIFIC PHOENIX	4054	Alan Sneddon	WSC	26.0	10.0	12.0	4.0
9		RUN RUN RUN	SM2800	Paul Jackson	RBYC	27.0	8.0	8.0	11.0
10	2.0S	CROSSBOW	142	David Lund	WSC	29.0	2.0	14.0	13.0
11		HUAHINE	RQ300	Nick Smail	WSC	29.0	13.0	10.0	6.0
12		KICKATINALONG	1317	Graeme Poole	MYC	32.0	12.0	5.0	15.0
13		ELLA	5432	N/C Cox/Thomas	MYC	35.0	14.0	9.0	12.0
14		RIFF RAFF	W440	Dan White Nicole Abb	WSC	38.0	16.0	13.0	9.0
15		FARGO	361	Keith McGuire	WSC	40.0	15.0	11.0	14.0
16		LAHARA	A121	Mike Warner	SASC	42.0	9.0	16.0	17.0
17		SLINGSHOT	L1	Neil Hamilton	NYRC	51.0	18.0S	17.0	16.0

 

Series Results [EHC Div3] up to Race 3

Place	Ties	Boat Name	Sail No	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		WICKED	326	Derek Foley	BSC	7.0	1.0	5.0	1.0
2		SALTYDOG	305	Greg Hudson	NQCYC	10.0	7.0	1.0	2.0
3		KAMERUKA	8035	Bob Beale	WSC	12.0	3.0	3.0	6.0
4		LE ROSSIGNOL	SM168	Peter McKenzie	NQCYC	15.0	2.0	10.0	3.0
5	2.0S	CHECKMATE	158	Don Bowden	MK	17.0	6.0	2.0	9.0
6		SYNCHRONICITY	8001	Tom Parker	WSC	17.0	5.0	7.0	5.0
7		GONE TOO FARR	SB7500	Ronda Brown	SIBYC	18.0	10.0	4.0	4.0
8		UNTAMED	8	John Parkes	IYC	23.0	4.0	11.0	8.0
9		HEY JUDE	AUS876	Stan White	LKSC	24.0	9.0	8.0	7.0
10		ROSSGO	SA142	Greg Hammon	WSC	27.0	8.0	9.0	10.0
11		HARMONY	MB2	Roger Guest	MBBC	28.0	11.0	6.0	11.0

 

Series Results [EHC] up to Race 3

Place	Ties	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		TRUE COLOURS	Geoff Adams	RBYC	6.0	3.0	1.0	2.0
2		QMS	John Galloway	WSC	9.0	2.0	2.0	5.0
3		SUNRISE	Jeff & Helen Shipsey	APYC/WSC	12.0	1.0	5.0	6.0
4		AWESOME	Peter Harrison	WSC	13.0	5.0	7.0	1.0
5	3.0S	ELUSIVE	Rick Pacey	RYCV	16.0	6.0	3.0	7.0
6		FORTUNA	Greg Elliott	CYCA	16.0	4.0	4.0	8.0
7		ANTHEA	Dewi Hughes	WSC	19.0	7.0	9.0	3.0
8		SERENDIPITY	Roger Boast	WSC	20.0	8.0	8.0	4.0
9		KARM	Ray Nankervis	RYCV	24.0	9.0	6.0	9.0

 

Series Results [SMS] up to Race 3

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		B1	VIVACE	John Rae	MYC	5.0	3.0	1.0	1.0
2		AUS200	VIPER QLD	Noel Leigh-Smith	SYC	7.0	2.0	2.0	3.0
3		L650	STAY TUNED	Graham Sherring	SYC	10.0	5.0	3.0	2.0
4		7504	THE DUCKS NUTS	Mitch De Vries	SOPYC	12.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
5		7002	MISTER MAGOO	Jason Ruckert	RQYS	13.0	1.0	6.0	6.0
6		658	CRANK	Andrew Wiklund	RQYS	16.0	6.0	5.0	5.0
7		AUS008	OCTOPUSSY	Rees Howell	SOPYC	27.0	9.0C	9.0C	9.0C
7		014	BEER BALLAST	Ben Downey	SYC	27.0	9.0C	9.0C	9.0C

 

Series Results [OMR] up to Race 3

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		M165	MOJO	Peter Wilcox	MYCQ	5.0	1.0	1.0	3.0
2		3002	MORTICIA	Chris Williams	RMYC	8.0	5.0	2.0	1.0
3		V2	APC MAD MAX	George Owen	MYCV	9.0	2.0	3.0	4.0
4		641	FANTASIA	Andrew Stransky	MYCQ	10.0	4.0	4.0	2.0
5		SA532	CARBON CREDIT	Peter Hawker	RSAYS	17.0	3.0	8.0	6.0
6		M1480	RENAISSANCE	Mike Hodges	MYCQ	19.0	9.0	5.0	5.0
7	6.0S	WH3801	J'OUVERT	Stephen Barton	RMYC	22.0	6.0	9.0	7.0
8		N888	THE BOAT WORKS	Julian Griffiths	NYRC	22.0	7.0	7.0	8.0
9		SA432	CROSSHAIR	Gerald Valk	RSAYS	26.0	8.0	6.0	12.0
10		339	QUICK SKIPS	Peter Millar	WSC	31.0	11.0	11.0	9.0
11		V3	BARE ESSENTIALS	Tim Pepperell	MYCV	36.5	13.0	12.5	11.0
12		WH1093	COOL CHANGE	Bob Critchley	MYC	38.0	15.0	10.0	13.0
13		449	DUX NUTTS	Peter Boyd	RSAYS	38.5	12.0	12.5	14.0
14		BFC55	BAREFOOT	Warren Innes	CYC	39.0	10.0	14.0	15.0
15		N11	TWO UP TOGETHER	Justin Grunwald	RMYC	42.0	17.0	15.0	10.0
16		W111	SIROCCO	M Arthur	WSC	47.0	14.0	16.0	17.0
17		PC101	NO PROBLEM	Ray Hobbs	PCSC	51.0	16.0	19.0R	16.0

 

Series Results [EHC] up to Race 3

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		SM777	TYEE III	John Williams	SYC	5.0	2.0	2.0	1.0
2		M321	KESTREL	Richard Jenkins	MYCQ	6.0	1.0	3.0	2.0
3		MYS09	MISTY SEA	David Davenport	EFYC	10.0	3.0	4.0	3.0
4		BOW3	MON AMIE	Fiona Kermeen	WSC	11.0	6.0F	1.0	4.0
5		B112	A WHITER SHADE OF PA	Roger Jepson	RBYC	16.0	6.0F	5.0	5.0