2015-16 Etchells NSW State Championship – Overall report

by Kylie Wilson on 2 Mar 2016 2015-16 Etchells NSW State Championship – “We sailed beautifully for four races.”...it takes some humble blokes to not be instantly ecstatic about winning a State Championship; true gentlemen, true sportsmen.

David Gleadhill, middle man, expressed the sentiment soon after the maths was sorted. Along with skipper, Peter “Polly” McNeill, and “first time ever in his life bowman”, John Boyd, who all agreed – it would have been nice to finish on a high with a more convincing points win. What caused this hesitation... A not so great last race in tricky breeze – after a two, two, one, two and going into race six, fifteen points clear of second place – it ended up the closest of results, winning on count-back over Peter Merrington’s ‘Top 40’.

The ‘Top 40’ crew did well to come back from deep at the top mark in race six to finish fifth, which ‘Iris III’ crew were pleased to hear when coming ashore – one place for either of them making the difference.

Now four-time NSW State Champion, Peter, said “we’re super happy to win it as we’d thought we’d blown it; we haven’t won for quite a while” – which must have been a reference to NSW, as they are current QLD state champions too! This lead to suggestions from the crowd of an all-states challenge; back-up for WA this weekend, and VIC the following – how about it Polly?!

There was much discussion about the lake, the location, the various shark sightings over recent months making for very quick swimming of the hulls each morning – mainly though, the consensus was Lake Macquarie is a beautiful place to sail – plus how about those dolphins, having fun right alongside the racing! Thanks to the ‘Surprise’ boys, Matt, Ryan, and Chris, for the footage – who were reminiscing about their first ever Etchells regatta on the Lake at the 2010 Nationals.

PRO, Kevin Wilson, also enjoyed the racing on the Lake, and noted quite a few boats he’d not seen before at regattas – “it’s great to see some new names out there, and we’ve been around Etchells for a long time”. The Wilson brothers again went above and beyond to run a fabulous regatta – thank you Gentlemen!

Thank you too, to all the wonderful volunteers – we can’t do without you!

Etchells 2015-2016 NSW State Championship

Place	Ties	Bow No	Sail No	Boat Name	From	Skipper	Crew	Crew.	CREW..	Sers Score	Race 6	Race 5	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1	2.0S	21	1325	IRIS III	LMYC	Peter Mcneill	David Gleadhill	John Boyd		27.0	[21.0]	20.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	2.0
2		33	1332	TOP 40	RSYS/CYCA	Peter Merrington	Geoff Bonouvrie	Ian Mckillop		27.0	5.0	1.0	3.0	5.0	13.0	[14.0]
3		16	868	YANDOO XX	RSYS	Jeanne-claude Strong	Marcus Burke	Neville Wittey	Tina Wittey	28.0	1.0	10.0	[28.0]	4.0	3.0	10.0
4		02	874	TANGO	RBYC	Chris Hampton	Barney Walker	Sam Haines		31.0	4.0	8.0	[17.0]	6.0	12.0	1.0
5		22	1422	LAND RAT	RQYS	John Warlow	Curtis Skinner	Ben Lamb		37.0	7.0	[32.0]	1.0	25.0	1.0	3.0
6		10	1165	WOBBEGONG	RSYS	Douglas Flynn	Richard Allanson	Seve Jarvin		38.0	3.0	[26.0]	19.0	3.0	5.0	8.0
7		11	1306	THE HOLE WAY	RSYS	Grant Crowle	Henry Kernot	Paul Hetherington		43.0	18.0	2.0	4.0	[21.0]	15.0	4.0
8		29	1119	NORTHERN HAVOC	RSYS	Michael Coxon	Belinda Braidwood	Dave Oconnor	Tom Braidwood	44.0	9.0	9.0	6.0	12.0	8.0	[15.0]
9		39	1286	ENTOURAGE	CYCA	Shane Guanaria	Adam Turk	Tom Hogan		50.0	[41.0C]	7.0	15.0	8.0	7.0	13.0
10		26	1295	NEWBY	RNZYS	Lincoln Fraser	Benjamin Fraser	Geoff Woolley	Sam Melville	55.0	6.0	15.0	8.0	[32.0]	10.0	16.0
11	6.0S	23	921	WATERLOO TOO	RQYS	Noel Paterson	Tim Robba	Brad Bell	Sarah Board	61.0	[27.0]	12.0	9.0	23.0	6.0	11.0
12		44	1244	CIAO	CYCA	Douglas Mc Gain	Michael Obrien	Stuart Clark		61.0	12.0	13.0	[23.0]	13.0	16.0	7.0
13		45	1292	AUS1292	CYCA	Matthew Ramaley	Rich Howard	Tom Barker		68.0	10.0	[28.0]	22.0	10.0	20.0	6.0
14		09	1191	LICENSE TO CHILL	LMYC	Bryce Johnson	Peter Johnson	Nathan Frankowitz		70.0	19.0	4.0	14.0	28.0	[28.0]	5.0
15		15	1106	MR MAC	GSC	Darren Williams	Peter Bellingham	Simon Smith		72.0	13.0	19.0	13.0	18.0	[29.5]	9.0
16		01	875	WHISPER	RPAYC	Bruce Ferguson	Cameron Miles	James Meggison		74.0	[24.0]	18.0	21.0	2.0	14.0	19.0
17		05	1156	FAST EDDY	LMYC	Mark Holmes	Colin May	Dean Blatchford		76.0	11.0	[36.0]	7.0	15.0	23.0	20.0
18	10.0S	17	1268	SHINDIG	RSYS	Robert Weir	Mike Tyquin	Paul Thackray		81.0	28.0	17.0	10.0	14.0	[41.0F]	12.0
19		07	832	ANIMAL HOUSE	RFBYC	Dirk Van Der Struyf	Ray Smith	Richard Rowell		81.0	14.0	[27.0]	11.0	20.0	11.0	25.0
20		38	1318	ADOLESCENCE	RSYS	Steve Billingham	Adrian Dolin	William Lewis		83.0	25.0	6.0	[32.0]	9.0	21.0	22.0
21		14	1186	TOUCH PAUSE ENGAGE	RSYS	Michael Stovn-bradfo	Andrew Gordon	Steve Langton		85.0	8.0	[34.0]	16.0	24.0	19.0	18.0
22		25	925	LISA	RSYS	Martin Hill	David Chapman	Mark Langford	Nicole Bradly	88.0	16.0	24.0	[26.0]	22.0	9.0	17.0
23		08	994	CREWS CONTROL	CSC	Paul Minter	Jeff Rose	John Minter		89.0	2.0	23.0	12.0	[38.0]	31.0	21.0
24		24	1384	PANTHER	CSC	Stephen O'rourke	Steve Backhouse	Tom Macgilliway		92.0	22.0	25.0	[29.0]	17.0	4.0	24.0
25		19	950	VELSHEDA	GSC	Greg Humphries	Paul Turner	Zac Molin		95.0	[41.0C]	5.0	31.0	7.0	17.0	35.0
26		18	1346	AVALON	RSYS	Michael Bellingham	Chris Jones	Will Canty		99.0	17.0	14.0	18.0	[31.0]	24.0	26.0
27	3.0S	41	1270	LA VIE DANSANTE	RSYS	Michael Nash	Peter Nash	Steven Jones	Tom Moin	104.0	41.0C	3.0	5.0	33.0	22.0	[41.0B]
28		03	1254	ODYSSEY	RPAYC/CYCA	Jill Connell	Ben Morrison-jack	Wade Morgan		104.0	29.0	21.0	25.0	11.0	18.0	[41.0B]
29	15.0S	20	892	IVY	GSC	John Denton	Brent Conner	Roy Leslie		124.0	15.0	16.0	34.0	30.0	[36.0]	29.0
30		50	1250	UMAMI	RSYS	Christian Brook	Adam Roberts-thomso	Ant Elliott		124.0	26.0	[29.0]	24.0	26.0	25.0	23.0
31		40	943	NO MERCY	CSC	Burke Melia	David Mckay	Scott Blackhouse		133.0	23.0	30.0	[30.0]	27.0	26.0	27.0
32		36	1128	SURPRISE	RSYS	Matthew Fisk	Chris Adams	Ryan Fisk		143.5	[41.0C]	11.0	33.0	37.0	29.5	33.0
33	19.0S	31	1291	THE DON	GSC	Don Wilson	Graeme Murray	John Humphries		144.0	30.0	31.0	[35.0]	19.0	33.0	31.0
34		30	1219	CARABELLA IV	RSYS	Matthew Mccann	Campbell Davidson	Dara Johnston	Scott Cotton	144.0	[41.0C]	22.0	27.0	36.0	27.0	32.0
35		13	1192	ECHO BEACH	LMYC	Philip Matthews	Dan Cressell	Peter Turner		145.0	31.0	33.0	[38.0]	16.0	35.0	30.0
36		27	1049	LEARNED FRIENDS	LMYC	Peter Cummings	Phil Baker	Pat Williams		148.0	33.0	[35.0]	20.0	29.0	32.0	34.0
37	20.0S	28	1336	GO WITH THE FLOW	LMYC	Robert Griffits	Brian Mansfeld	Mark Griffits		165.0	20.0	[38.0]	36.0	35.0	37.0	37.0
38		12	511	GRAND V	RSYS	Stephen Ingate	Gordon Hinds	Rohan Kerr		165.0	32.0	37.0	[37.0]	34.0	34.0	28.0
39		06	1013	CAVEL DENISE	LMYC	Greg Payne	Matt Schultz	Colin Gillespie		188.0	35.0	40.0	[40.0]	39.0	38.0	36.0
40		04	1029	H2O RAT	GSC	Geoff Dilworth	Ian Bowie	James Moline		190.0	34.0	39.0	39.0	40.0	[41.0F]	38.0