10th Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week ready to rock

by Di Pearson on 2 Sep 2016 Townsville Yacht Club kicked of its 10th anniversary celebrations for Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week in fine style last night, welcoming competitors and guests with a fireworks display, as the Pommery champagne flowed when it was announced a record 71 entries will take part.

As the inaugural regatta garnered just 21 entries, Townsville Yacht Club (TYC) officials never guessed they would have to house so many boats at the small but stunning island. Yachties will enjoy the final regatta of the northern circuit in a relaxed and fun style, but with great racing in one of the best locations on offer in Australia.

Principal Race Officer Denis Thompson and his team are ready to go this morning, finalising the course for the day – a dented triangle course taking in Launs Beach, Kissing Point and middle Reef East Beacon.

“There’ll be more breeze inshore today. The sea breeze will arrive in the mid-teens in the afternoon with a lot of north in it,” said Thompson, who plans to get the fleet away at 11am.

Event Chairman and Townsville Yacht Club director, Mike Steel, is a good ambassador for the event, having entered a yacht at every Race Week since its inception. He returns this year with Boadicca, his Dufour 36.

The Club’s Rear Commodore, Tony Muller and his wife Selena, have been taking part since 1990 and are here again with their Jeanneau Sun Odyssey, Brava.

“The beauty of this regatta is its proximity to everything. You get out of bed, walk to breakfast, take a one minute walk to your boat and then the course start area is two minutes away. You come back, walk to your room for a shower, then back downstairs for the nightly party,” he says.

“You come here having done the ‘hard’ regattas, and it’s fun and relaxed but the racing is good – and the island is beautiful – great for a family holiday, which is what so many competitors do.”

There are all sorts here from locals, to Olympians and world champions. They are all here for one reason - to race in a relaxed style.

For more information visit official website.

Results:

IRC & Performance Racing

Sail No	Boat Name	First Name	Last Name	IRC	EHC
7717	BOADICCA	Mike	Steel		0.980
5845	BOTANY ACCESS COCOMO	Peter	Sorensen	1.036	1.005
65007	ELENA NOVA	Andrew	Pearson	1.221	1.174
40021	GUILTY PLEASURES VI	Leon	Thomas		1.130
8975	LAST TANGO	Phil	King		1.034
6838	PONYO	David	Currie	1.155	1.131
6999	SENGA	Belinda	Cooper		1.008
MH60	TSA MANAGEMENT	Tony	Levett	1.099	1.056
6188	WINE-DARK SEA	Peter	Lowndes		1.025
98	ZOE	Mark	Vickers	1.157	1.082

Cruising - Spinnaker Div 1

Sail No	Boat Name	Class	First Name	Last Name	From	EHC DIV1
500	ANTIPODES OF SYDNEY	D1	Greg	Newton	CYCA	0.935
R187	BIDDY HU 11	D1	Paul	Lindemann	RYCV	0.930
R6806	BLUE CHIP	D1	Ian	Lewis	RYCV	0.930
SM45	CHAMPAGNE	D1	Mal	Pirret	TYC	0.935
R83	CHARM OFFENSIVE	D1	James	Permezel	RYCV	0.920
1129	FEMME FATALE	D1	Ann Maree	Shanahan	RMYS	0.942
AUS52	INFINITY	D1	Edward	Fader	RYCT	1.017
E226	PILGRIM	D1	Paul	Ley	CYCA	1.013
6344	POPPY	D1	Michael	Phillips	CYCSA	0.900
Q090	SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE	D1	Brett	McDermott	TCYC	0.840
R1318	STORM	D1	Tony	Johnson-Sneddo	RYCV	1.019
H101	TEVAKE II	D1	Angus	Fletcher	HBYC	0.940

Cruising - Spinnaker Div 2

Sail No	Boat Name	Class	First Name	Last Name	From	EHC Div2
1104	AKARANA	D2	Vicki	Hamilton	TYC	0.859
361	ANASTASIA	D2	Gary	Donnellan	CYC	0.820
409	BRAVA	D2	Tony	Muller	TYC	0.870
430	CAPRICORN DANCER	D2	Geoff	Ingram	NQCYC	0.840
YC981	CELEBRITY	D2	Wayne	McNee	BSC	0.855
R604	FAIR WINDS	D2	Mark	Chew	RYCV	0.815
11	FALCON	D2	Russell	Kingston	TCYC	0.849
497	FARRAGO	D2	Paddy	McCutcheon	TCYC	0.850
B38	HELENA MAY	D2	Lyndy & Chris	Sawbridge	TCYC	0.885
TSV37	ISEULTA	D2	Tristram	Denyer	TYC	0.819
6067	JUST MAGIC II	D2	Chad	Leggett	ASC	0.864
SA310	SHIRAZ	D2	Stephen	Bone	CYCSA/TYC	0.823
181	TAP DANCER	D2	Owen	Stanley	TYC	0.885
YC598	WARRIGAL	D2	James	Finch	TCYC	0.860
SM3535	WHITE NOISE	D2	Daniel	Edwards	SYC	0.899

Cruising - Spinnaker Div 3

Sail No	Boat Name	Class	First Name	Last Name	From	EHC DIV3
607	BEROCCA DAZE	D3	Mickey	Ink	CYC	0.835
803	CHAMELEON	D3	Robert	Clayton	TCYC	0.722
6019	DRAGONFLY	D3	John	McFaull	TCYC	0.795
C200	ESCAPADE	D3	Mike	Schmidt	CCYC	0.841
373	JIMMY'S GHOST	D3	Simon	Monfries	TYC	0.580
402	KACHINA	D3	Phillip	McGuire	TCYC	0.799
1478	LIBRIAN	D3	Stanley	Barnes	TYC	0.708
31	MARGARITA PEARL	D3	Gary	McCarthy	MOOLOOLABAYC	0.850
C192	NORTHERN MOMENT	D3	Vic	Stevens	CCYC	0.798
50	RAINBOW	D3	Stuart	Cocker	TYC	0.790
84	SEALINK'S QUINKIN	D3	Rod	Finucane	TYC	0.800
NA	SOUL SISTER	D3	Donna	Dewhurst	TCYC	0.630
4945	UNHINGED	D3	Vaughn	Thompson	TYC	0.800
CAV35	ZEN	D3	Jack	Maguire	TCYC	0.838

Cruising - Non Spinnaker

Sail No	Boat Name	Class	First Name	Last Name	From	EHC
51	CALLISTA	D1	Ron	Knott	TCYC	0.895
00100	ENCORE	D1	Jim	Milledge	RYCT	0.952
M45	EQUINOX	D1	Phil & Eleanor	Cunningham	LMYC	0.989
6244	FARE THEE WELL	D1	Angus	Jackson	WSC	0.904
PF57	FLASHDANCE II	D1	Brian	Evans	CSC	0.988
MH35	FORTIFIED	D1	Graham	Van Brederode	TYC	0.800
400	FREYA	D1	Russell	McLaughlin	TYC	0.899
X372	MELITA	D1	Mark	Yates	N/A	0.878
B38	OSTARA	D1	Lance	Denby	TCYC	0.820
6632	PINDIMARA	D1	Mark	McLean	MHYC	0.849
467	QUIET ACHIEVER	D1	Ben	Plummer	MAG	0.907
SB600	SANTIAGO	D1	Catherine	Schnell	TCYC	0.800
PD447	SHAZAM	D1	Doug	Ryan	PDYC	1.002
7022	STILL DANGEROUS	D1	Ivor	Burgess	RPAYC	1.000

Multi-Hulls

Sail No	Boat Name	Class	First Name	Last Name	From	EHC
B112	A WHITER SHADE OF PA	D1	Roger	Jepson	RBYC	0.888
C23	ALLEGRO OF SOUTHPORT	D1	D Bull /	P Collidge	RBYC	0.880
042	MISTRESS	D1	Dennis	Coleman	TCYC	0.818
N36	NACRA36C	D1	Malcolm	Richardson	PDYC	1.200
3823	SALACIA	D1	Ian	Johnson	TYC	0.689
TV389	THE BOAT	D1	Graeme	Etherton	TYC	0.840