Short Ocean Pointscore contenders face choppy conditions

by Stacey French on 26 Sep 2015 Race one of the Grant Thornton Short Ocean Pointscore and race two of the Grant Thornton Short Haul Pointscore Series was contested today in rough and choppy conditions just outside the Heads.

While the wind was nowhere near as strong as it has been over the last three days, the consistent southerly wind had whipped up a sizable swell.

In the 48th Rubber Kellaway Plate, Middle Harbour Yacht Club took care of race management with PRO, Steve Tucker happy with the first race of the series.

“Everyone got off to a clean start in about 10-12 knots,” Tucker said. “A couple of boats started in the wrong division but other than that we set them off on Course A which is a triangle, sausage course.

“The conditions were pretty lumpy all day but everyone managed.”

Howard Piggott’s Flying Cloud took out Division One PHS in the Grant Thornton Short Ocean Pointscore and enjoyed the conditions the Harbour offered.

“The day developed into a perfect day, there was constant pressure and opportunities for everyone to improve up wind” immediate past CYCA Commodore, Howard Piggott said. “The breeze really strengthened later in the day and we hit about 18 knots with our spinnaker up.

“It was a really good course and a great day for racing.”

Amante (Dennis Cooper) finished second in PHS Division One with Khaleesi (Andrew and Pauline Dally) coming in third.

In IRC Division One Imagination (Robin Hawthorn) won, just two minutes clear of Khaleesi and Flying Cloud who tied for second.

In Division Two PHS Peach Teats Velocity (Brian Carrick) negotiated the choppy waters from a clean start to take the win.

“We had a great start, won the start easily, great run to Lady Bay and out the Heads,” Carrick said. We had a few contesting wind changes but stayed with the big rig and had two really good spinnaker runs.

“We are really pleased with the result as it is our first race in choppy conditions; we are all a little bit accustom to the flat waters that greeted us during the Land Rover Winter Series, so it was nice to come away with the win.”

Alpha Carinae (Damian Barker) finished second with Paul Thompson and Bryan Moore finishing third with their Northshore 369, Shibumi.

Race two of the Grant Thornton Short Haul Pointscore Spinnaker Division was taken out by debutant entrant Macscap (Peter McClelland) with Jubilee (Ian Arthy) coming in second ahead of Bill Mirow’s Privateer.

“It was the first time we have done a short haul race, we didn’t know what to expect but it was very pleasant conditions,” first timer Peter McClelland said. “We got a bit lucky in a couple places back up the Harbour but had a fantastic day and very much look forward to the rest of the series.”

Ian Arthy was also pleased to come in second and to retain a lead in the overall pointscore after two races.

“We were extremely excited with the result of today and would like to maintain the pointscore series lead,” Arthy commented. “The conditions today really suited us and my crew of: Kat Meyers, Alan Lusty and Paul Crowther did an amazing job, it really was a great day.”

Non Spinnaker Division was won by One More-No More (Ian Guanaria) with Crosshaven (Justin Pelly and Sean Rahilly) second and Greg Mason and Barb Maun’s Sinewave rounding off the podium places.

Race two of the Grant Thornton Short Ocean Pointscore will take place on Saturday October 24 with the third race of the Grant Thornton Short Haul setting sail on Saturday October 10.

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Results:

Division 1 PHSTCF results Start : 12:00

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T	Score	Vis
1	6808	FLYING CLOUD	Howard Piggott	14:56:34	02:56:34	1.0800	03:10:42	1.0
2	6609	AMANTE	Dennis Cooper	15:07:23	03:07:23	1.0250	03:12:04	2.0
3	46	KHALEESI	Andrew And Pauline D	14:42:03	02:42:03	1.1900	03:12:50	3.0
4	35	IMAGINATION	Robin Hawthorn	14:50:41	02:50:41	1.1450	03:15:26	4.0
5	99	PAZAZZ	Rob Drury	14:56:17	02:56:17	1.1150	03:16:33	5.0
6	5915	STORMAWAY	J.Stening C.Gunn	15:06:47	03:06:47	1.0543	03:16:56	6.0
7	18889	NINE DRAGONS	Bob Cox	14:42:25	02:42:25	1.2150	03:17:20	7.0
8	8008	OCC.COARSELANGUAGE 2	Warwick Sherman	14:49:33	02:49:33	1.1700	03:18:22		Yes
9	5826	SALTSHAKER	Peter Franki	15:09:26	03:09:26	1.0500	03:18:54	8.0
10	7722	JUSTADASH	Philip Dash	15:04:55	03:04:55	1.0850	03:20:38	9.0
11	11001	ULTREYA	Rod Pearse	15:16:47	03:16:47	1.0268	03:22:03	10.0
12	7027	THE GOAT	Bruce Foye	15:10:51	03:10:51	1.0900	03:28:02	11.0
DNC	6081	NEXT	Phil Tomkins			1.1000		15.0
DNC	6277	LIMELIGHT	Alan Husband			1.0700		15.0
DNC	6492	WLD1	Larki Missiris			1.0805		15.0
DNC	6837	MINERVA	Tim Cox			1.1363		15.0
DNC	8063	EYE APPEAL	J Markos M Delaney			1.0280		15.0
DNC	11033	KERISMA	Matt Wilkinson			1.1452		15.0
DNC	11978	MUCH ADO V	John Stephen			1.1011		15.0

Division 2 PHSTCF results Start : 12:05

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T	Score	Vis
1	YC868	PEACH TEATS-VELOCITY	Brian Carrick	14:59:13	02:54:13	0.8750	02:32:26	1.0
2	5935	ALPHA CARINAE	Damian Barker	14:40:14	02:35:14	0.9854	02:32:58	2.0
3	8330	SHIBUMI	P. Thompson B. Moore	14:46:37	02:41:37	0.9734	02:37:19	3.0
4	5273	SOUNDTRACK	John Amos	14:44:25	02:39:25	0.9982	02:39:08	4.0
5	5861	OUTLANDISH	Sean Barrett	14:51:12	02:46:12	0.9600	02:39:33	5.0
6	217	MORAG BHEAG	John Maclurcan	15:12:44	03:07:44	0.8500	02:39:34	6.0
7	35000	NEXT LIGHT	Chris Ryan	15:04:50	02:59:50	0.9550	02:51:44	7.0
DNC	4966	KING BILLY	Philip Bennett			0.9724		11.0
DNC	5930	REVE	Kevin Whelan			0.9800		11.0
DNC	6781	MY TURN	Robyn Brooks			0.9450		11.0
DNC	7045	DEFIANT	P Billingham / P Mcg			0.9644		11.0
DNC	7409	SOLANGE	William Hutchinson			0.9487		11.0

Race 2:

PHSTCF results Start : Div1 12:10 Div2 12:10

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Div No	AHC	Fin Tim	Elapsd	Cor'd T	Score
1	6307	MACSCAP	Peter McClelland	2	0.8700	14:40:53	02:30:53	02:11:16	1.0
2	8420	JUBLILEE	Ian Arthy	2	0.7711	15:01:06	02:51:06	02:11:56	2.0
3	4582	PRIVATEER	Bill Mirow	2	0.8550	14:47:24	02:37:24	02:14:35	3.0
4	6484	MR BOJANGLES	Warren Grounds	2	0.9100	14:40:22	02:30:22	02:16:50	4.0
5	6593	LU LU BELLE	Peter Lewis	2	0.8810	14:45:53	02:35:53	02:17:20	5.0
6	A113	INDEFENSIBLE	Hugh O'Neill	2	0.8800	14:48:24	02:38:24	02:19:24	6.0
7	6990	GREAT WHITE	Bob Penty	2	0.9146	14:44:15	02:34:15	02:21:05	7.0
8	7045	DEFIANT	P Billingham / P Mcg	1	0.9550	14:38:04	02:28:04	02:21:24	8.0
9	5436	SINEWAVE	Greg Mason Barb Maun	2	0.9500	14:39:47	02:29:47	02:22:18	9.0
10	99999	ASSASSIN	Phil Cutts	1	1.0280	14:28:32	02:18:32	02:22:25	10.0
11	6683	CROSSHAVEN	J Pelly & S Rahilly	1	1.0250	14:29:28	02:19:28	02:22:57	11.0
12	8035	ONE MORE-NO MORE	Ian Guanaria	1	1.0261	14:30:21	02:20:21	02:24:01	12.0
13	6652	BALTIC LADY	Niel Burling	2	1.0100	14:33:26	02:23:26	02:24:52	13.0
14	1961	IN CAHOOTS	Pat & Roberta Easton	1	1.0360	14:30:47	02:20:47	02:25:51	14.0
15	4715	MARLOO	George Girdis	1	1.0450	14:29:38	02:19:38	02:25:55	15.0
16	6563	L'ATTITUDE	R Hunt/J Short /M Ba	1	1.0202	14:34:21	02:24:21	02:27:16	16.0
17	6223	TRIM	Shaaron Walsh	1	1.0050	14:37:36	02:27:36	02:28:20	17.0
18	6277	LIMELIGHT	Alan Husband	1	1.0750	14:30:19	02:20:19	02:30:50	18.0
19	6175	LOVE BYTE	Cyril Latimer	1	1.0680	14:34:24	02:24:24	02:34:13	19.0
DNC	129	VIVA	Ken Hudson	2	0.9351				24.0
DNC	404	HORNBLOWER	Steve Sweeney	2	0.7550				24.0
DNC	5930	REVE	Kevin Whelan	1	1.0000				24.0
DNC	6226	SANTE'	Rob &Sue Segaert	2	0.9800				24.0
DNC	6360	INTEGRITY	Andrew Stoeckel	1	1.0100				24.0
RET	8412	CYRENE 3	Michael Selby	1	1.0550				21.0