Light win boon for Jimmy’s Ghost at Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week

by Di Pearson on 3 Sep 2016 A slow start to the day at Sealink Magnetic Island Race Week, when the wind refused to play ball and race management was forced to delay the planned 11am start until they were able to get the IRC, Performance Racing and multihull classes away from 12.15pm, and while the conditions did not suit some, it was a boon for others.

Simon Monfries sailed his Hartley Custom, Jimmy’s Ghost to a win in Cruising Division Three. That he won at all was something of a surprise, as Monfries sailed the boat two-up and the twosome were able to set spinnakers because of the light air.

“We had a fantastic start – we actually started with the right division today – we were late to the start yesterday,” Monfries, who represents Townsville Yacht Club said.

“We had an excellent spinnaker run and everything went well. The light air made it easy for us to set a kite, if it had been windy, it would have been ‘forget it’. Everything just fell into place.

“I originally had more crew, but they pulled out at the last minute, which was really annoying, but we’re getting around alright and enjoying it very much. It’s our first time here and we’ve met heaps of great people – it’s fantastic and the organisers are doing such a good job,” Monfries ended.

Not all were well behaved. Antsy to get off the start line, there were individual recalls in at least three classes, including Dennis Coleman’s Mistress, a Corsair Spring MK1 representing event organiser, Townsville Yacht Club. Like her fellow transgressors, Mistress lost time having to re-start.

Finally, as predicted, wind on the Townsville side of the course, but little off Magnetic Island, so it was a little slow going in places, but a beautiful day out nonetheless.

Malcolm Richardson’s Nacra 36c, Malice, was the first boat drop kite and round the mark near Middle Reef after a long run, but was taken on a course away from the mark.

Richardson, who has his nine year-old son Giles and 12 year-old daughter Grace sailing with him explained: “Apparent wind took us away from the mark – it’s not always directional sailing on multihulls. We enjoyed the day. Beautiful conditions and Malice lights up fast in any increase of pressure.

“We’re looking forward to a good finish to the regatta too, because we’re expecting big breeze for the last two days. It’s a family affair this week with my son and daughter and we’re all having a great time,” ended Richardson who last raced here around five years ago when his carbon Nacra 36c was new.

Malice was first home and first overall, beating Mistress and Graeme Etherton’s The Boat.

In IRC Racing, the Andrew Pearson skippered Elena Nova had another cracker of a day to score her second win of the series, in fact yesterday’s top three remain the same, with David Currie’s Ponyo second and the Peter Sorensen skippered Botany Access Cocomo third.

Wayne Miller’s Zoe, with Mark Vickers in the skipper role, won Performance Racing from Leon Thomas’ Guilty Pleasures VI and Elena Nova.

Tomorrow is a layday. Racing continues on Monday from 11am. The fleet is represented by boats from Queensland, Victoria, NSW, Tasmania and South Australia.

Results:

IRC & Performance Racing

Series Results [IRC] up to Race 2

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 2	Race 1
1		65007	ELENA NOVA	Andrew Pearson	CYCA	2.0	1.0	1.0
2		6838	PONYO	David Currie	HIYC	4.0	2.0	2.0
3		5845	BOTANY ACCESS COCOMO	Peter Sorensen	MHYC	6.0	3.0	3.0
4	2R	98	ZOE	Mark Vickers	TCYC	9.0	4.0	5.0
5		MH60	TSA MANAGEMENT	Tony Levett	MHYC	9.0	5.0	4.0

IRC & Performance Racing

Series Results [EHC] for Division 1 up to Race 2

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 2	Race 1
1		65007	ELENA NOVA	Andrew Pearson	CYCA	4.0	3.0	1.0
2		98	ZOE	Mark Vickers	TCYC	8.0	1.0	7.0
3	2.0S	6188	WINE-DARK SEA	Peter Lowndes	RSYS/CYCA	9.0	7.0	2.0
4	3.0S	5845	BOTANY ACCESS COCOMO	Peter Sorensen	MHYC	9.0	6.0	3.0
5	2R	8975	LAST TANGO	Phil King	CYCA	9.0	4.0	5.0
6		6838	PONYO	David Currie	HIYC	9.0	5.0	4.0
7		40021	GUILTY PLEASURES VI	Leon Thomas	TCYC	10.0	2.0	8.0
8		MH60	TSA MANAGEMENT	Tony Levett	MHYC	15.0	9.0	6.0
9		7717	BOADICCA	Mike Steel	TYC	17.0	8.0	9.0
10		6999	SENGA	Belinda Cooper	PDYC	20.0	10.0	10.0

Cruising - Spinnaker Div 1

Series Results [EHC DIV1] up to Race 2

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 2	Race 1
1		H101	TEVAKE II	Angus Fletcher	HBYC	4.0	3.0	1.0
2	2.0S	500	ANTIPODES OF SYDNEY	Greg Newton	CYCA	9.0	7.0	2.0
3		R83	CHARM OFFENSIVE	James Permezel	RYCV	9.0	6.0	3.0
4		SM45	CHAMPAGNE	Mal Pirret	TYC	10.0	2.0	8.0
5	1.0S	R1318	STORM	Tony Johnson-Sneddo	RYCV	11.0	1.0	10.0
6	4.0S	AUS52	INFINITY	Edward Fader	RYCT	11.0	4.0	7.0
7		R187	BIDDY HU 11	Paul Lindemann	RYCV	11.0	5.0	6.0
8		E226	PILGRIM	Paul Ley	CYCA	13.0	9.0	4.0
9		1129	FEMME FATALE	Ann Maree Shanahan	RMYS	15.0	10.0	5.0
10		Q090	SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE	Brett McDermott	TCYC	17.0	8.0	9.0
11		6344	POPPY	Michael Phillips	CYCSA	22.0	11.0	11.0
12		R6806	BLUE CHIP	Ian Lewis	RYCV	24.0	12.0	12.0

Cruising - Spinnaker Div 2

Series Results [EHC Div2] up to Race 2

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 2	Race 1
1		SM3535	WHITE NOISE	Daniel Edwards	SYC	3.0	1.0	2.0
2	1.0S	6067	JUST MAGIC II	Chad Leggett	ASC	6.0	5.0	1.0
3	2.0S	409	BRAVA	Tony Muller	TYC	6.0	2.0	4.0
4		R604	FAIR WINDS	Mark Chew	RYCV	6.0	3.0	3.0
5	5.0S	SA310	SHIRAZ	Stephen Bone	CYCSA/TYC	12.0	7.0	5.0
6		1104	AKARANA	Vicki Hamilton	TYC	12.0	6.0	6.0
7		181	TAP DANCER	Owen Stanley	TYC	13.0	4.0	9.0
8	7.0S	TSV37	ISEULTA	Tristram Denyer	TYC	19.0	12.0	7.0
9		497	FARRAGO	Paddy McCutcheon	TCYC	19.0	11.0	8.0
10		38	HELENA MAY	Lyndy & Chris Sawbri	TCYC	20.0	9.0	11.0
11		430	CAPRICORN DANCER	Geoff Ingram	NQCYC	22.0	10.0	12.0
12		11	FALCON	Russell Kingston	TCYC	23.0	13.0	10.0
13		YC598	WARRIGAL	James Finch	TCYC	24.0	8.0	16.0C
14		361	ANASTASIA	Gary Donnellan	CYC	27.0	14.0	13.0
15		YC981	CELEBRITY	Wayne McNee	BSC	31.0	15.0	16.0C

Cruising - Spinnaker Div 3

Series Results [EHC DIV3] up to Race 2

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 2	Race 1
1		373	JIMMY'S GHOST	Simon Monfries	TYC	4.0	1.0	3.0
2		31	MARGARITA PEARL	Gary McCarthy	MOOLOOLABAYC	7.0	6.0	1.0
3		803	CHAMELEON	Robert Clayton	TCYC	8.0	2.0	6.0
4		4945	UNHINGED	Vaughn Thompson	TYC	11.0	4.0	7.0
5		C192	NORTHERN MOMENT	Vic Stevens	CCYC	12.0	10.0	2.0
6		607	BEROCCA DAZE	Mickey Ink	CYC	14.0	5.0	9.0
7	3.0S	CAV35	ZEN	Jack Maguire	TCYC	16.0	3.0	13.0
8		C200	ESCAPADE	Mike Schmidt	CCYC	16.0	12.0	4.0
9		84	SEALINK'S QUINKIN	Rod Finucane	TYC	18.0	8.0	10.0
10	5.0S	402	KACHINA	Phillip McGuire	TCYC	19.0	14.0A	5.0
11	7.0S	1478	LIBRIAN	Stanley Barnes	TYC	19.0	7.0	12.0
12		BOW08	SOUL SISTER	Donna Dewhurst	TCYC	19.0	11.0	8.0
13		6019	DRAGONFLY	John McFaull	TCYC	20.0	9.0	11.0
14		50	RAINBOW	Stuart Cocker	TYC	28.0	14.0	14.0

Cruising - Non Spinnaker

Series Results [EHC] up to Race 2

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 2	Race 1
1		MH35	FORTIFIED	Graham Van Brederode	TYC	3.0	2.0	1.0
2		6632	PINDIMARA	Mark McLean	MHYC	6.0	1.0	5.0
3		PF57	FLASHDANCE II	Brian Evans	CSC	8.0	6.0	2.0
4	3.0S	PD447	SHAZAM	Doug Ryan	PDYC	9.0	3.0	6.0
5		6244	FARE THEE WELL	Angus Jackson	WSC	9.0	5.0	4.0
6		400	FREYA	Russell McLaughlin	TYC	11.0	4.0	7.0
7		00100	ENCORE	Jim Milledge	RYCT	12.0	9.0	3.0
8	7.0S	51	CALLISTA	Ron Knott	TCYC	16.0	7.0	9.0
9		7022	STILL DANGEROUS	Ivor Burgess	RPAYC	16.0	8.0	8.0
10	2R	467	QUIET ACHIEVER	Ben Plummer	MAG	21.0	10.0	11.0
11		M45	EQUINOX	Phil & Eleanor Cunni	LMYC	21.0	11.0	10.0
12		B38	OSTARA	Lance Denby	TCYC	24.0	12.0	12.0
13		X372	MELITA	Mark Yates	N/A	27.0	14.0	13.0
14		SB600	SANTIAGO	Catherine Schnell	TCYC	28.0	13.0	15.0R

Multi-Hulls

Series Results [EHC] up to Race 2

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 2	Race 1
1		N36	NACRA36C	Malcolm Richardson	PDYC	2.0	1.0	1.0
2	2R	042	MISTRESS	Dennis Coleman	TCYC	5.0	2.0	3.0
3		TV389	THE BOAT	Graeme Etherton	TYC	5.0	3.0	2.0
4		3823	SALACIA	Ian Johnson	TYC	8.0	4.0	4.0
5		B112	A WHITER SHADE OF PA	Roger Jepson	RBYC	10.0	5.0	5.0
6		C23	ALLEGRO OF SOUTHPORT	D Bull / P Collidge	RBYC	13.0	7.0F	6.0