2015 Elliott 5.9 Traveler Series Champ decided at Omaha Regatta
by Elliott 5.0 Media on 30 Sep 2015
2015 Omaha Regatta winners - Voodoo - 2015 Elliott 5.9 Traveler Series, Omaha - Sept 26-27, 2015 Jodie Kirkwood
After a close and hard fought series of events in 2015, Icebreaker (Aaron Young, Jamie Logan and Steve Mair, RNZYS Auckland) has emerged as the winner of the 2015 Elliott 5.9 Association Traveler Series.
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The final event for the 2015 series was sailed over the weekend off Omaha Beach, also the site of the 2015 E5.9 Nationals to be sailed later this year.
Light conditions prevailed over the weekend, with only races 1 and 2 (of 7) producing moderate conditions. The remaining five races were sailed in light and variable conditions as the local sea breeze fought the SE gradient breeze. This meant an extremely tricky racetrack which, combined with the usual close racing, offered a glimpse of what the fleet and spectators can expect at the Nationals.
Voodoo (Simon Manning, Andy Robertson and Sam Cray – RAYC, Auckland) emerged the winner of the regatta, with 2014 series champions Rough & Reddy (Craig Satterthwaite, Bart Bearda and Alistair Gair – RNZYS, Auckland) snatching second by winning the final heat. Third was Cheeky Darky (Nathan Williams, Chris Maddock and Andrew Clarke – RNZYS, Auckland) who had been neck and neck with Voodoo going into the final race.
Icebreaker went into the event with a comfortable lead in the overall Traveler Series, which for 2015 comprised four events sailed over the upper North Island. However the strong showing by Rough & Reddy, combined with a fifth place overall for Icebreaker meant that the final result was not known until the calculators came out after racing had finished. Eventually Icebreaker was confirmed, Cheeky Darky finished third, followed by Voodoo and Slam Dunk.
The fleet now has a short breather before the Nationals which will be held from November 6th to eighth, 2015.
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