2017 Australian Youth Championship - Day 1

by Kate Lathouras on 11 Jan 2017 Racing for the 2017 Australian Youth Championship kicked off today, Wednesday 11 January, from the shores off the Adelaide Sailing Club.

The Australian Youth Championship is widely renowned as the most prestigious youth sailing event in Australia with entries representing all Australian States as well as athletes from six other nations competing. In addition to high attendance, this regatta is the final selection event for those youth sailors vying for a spot on the 2017/18 Australian Sailing Youth Team.

A fresh South Australian sea breeze launched the competitors into day one of the four day championships. With 173 boats and 245 competitors competing across the five classes this year’s event has smashed last year’s attendance (who supported six classes). The sixth Catamaran Class, the Nacra 15 (the recently selected youth Catamaran class), are scheduled to have their 2017 Youth Championships in April later this year.

All five classes 420, 29er, Laser Radial, Laser 4.7 and Techno 293 were able to complete three races in breeze that quickly escalated to a steady 15 – 20 knots in pretty wavy conditions.

29er

Tasmanian duo, Hugo Hamilton and Hugh Hickling, took two bullets and a second in a very successful first day of racing. Hugo commented,

“It took a bit to get our heads around the wavy conditions but we got there and were able to make some good gains on the downwind. We’ve got a really competitive fleet so had a few general recalls out there which made the racing tough but rewarding after we gained a couple wins.”

Current 29er girls World Champions, Natasha Bryant and Annie Wilmot, sit third overall and first in the girls division with a comfy 25 point lead on the next all girls team.

420

Now a well-established crew in the 420 class, Nicholas Joel and Hugo Llewelyn, performed consistently well throughout their first day of racing sealing a second and two bullets putting them two points in front of close rivals Otto Henry and Rome Featherstone.

Sitting third overall and first in the girls division is Victorian team Laura Harding and Eleanor Grimshaw who sit a comfortable nine points ahead of fellow Victorians and current girls second placers, Sophie Jackson and Ella Sharman.

Laser Radial

Marlina Berzins currently leads the girls division with a three point lead on Elyse Ainsworth; the two, predicted to be neck and neck with each other for the rest of the week.

Tasmanian sailor, Samuel King, sits top of the Laser Radial boys division with a two point lead over first youth place - getter at the most recent Laser National Championships, Caelin Winchombe. Samuel said,

“I was pretty happy with how I went today; Tasmania has pretty different conditions to here, so I was happy to make some good gains on the downwind and get in front of the West Australian guys who get these conditions pretty much every day. Conditions started out pretty mild with 12 – 15 knots then picked up to a solid 15 – 20 knots and big swell in the afternoon so it was pretty fun out there!”

Laser 4.7

Currently leading in the girls Laser 4.7, Paige Caldecoat, sits twelfth overall and six points ahead of Queensland’s Kristen Wadley.

West Australian sailor, Oliver Pabbruwe, leads the 4.7 fleet overall and first in the boys division with a one point lead on current 4.7 National Champion, Jack Littlechild. Oliver, who is used to these conditions, said,

“I was sailing out of Fremantle a lot before this event so I’m used to these strong sea breezes. The difference was that I had good starts and was able to play the shifts well. I just plan to take each day of the regatta as it comes.”

Techno 293

Alexander Halank took three bullets in the Techno 293 today and is predicted to take a podium place by the end of the event with the aim to beat his last year’s second place position. Similarly, Courtney Schoutrop leads the girls Techno 293 and hopes to retain her first place status from last year.

Racing continues tomorrow with the first race scheduled to kick off at 1200 for all classes but the Techno 293 who are scheduled for a 1300 start again.

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Overall Scratch

Plc	Sail No	Boat Name (Boat Type)	Skipper/Crew	From	Race 1 11-Jan	Race 2 11-Jan	Race 3 11-Jan	Drop	Total
1	2461	HH 29er	Hugo Hamilton Hugh Hickling	SBSC TAS	2	1	1	0	4
2	2546	Damo 29er	Henry Larkings Miles Davey	WSC NSW	1	2	2	0	5
3	1935	Hydra 29er	Josh Galland Ethan Hosking	RBYC/CYC VIC	4	5	5	0	14
4	2238	The Smiling Assassins 29er	Natasha Bryant Annie Wilmot	RPAYC NSW	6	3	9	0	18
5	1	NHS 29er	Tom Crockett Max Paul	belmont 16s NSW	9	4	7	0	20
6	2483	THURLOW FISHER LAWYERS 29er	Zac Barnabas Jesse Dransfield	RPAYC NSW	14	6	3	0	23
7	2447	Westwind 29er	William Wallis William Sargent	RYCT TAS	8	14	6	0	28
8	2239	Assassin 29er	Steven Case Louis Schofield	RGYC VIC	7	10	12	0	29
9	2211	A1 29er	Flynn Twomey Jackson Twomey	MH16'SSC NSW	15	8	8	0	31
10	2132	Intrepid 29er	Matthew Rogers Joshua Sloman	RQYS QLD	12	7	16	0	35
11	2261	Ray White Marine 29er	Tom Stivano George Richardson	B16SC NSW	13	9	14	0	36
12	2135	Coolski 29er	Alec Brodie John Cooley	MHYC / WSC NSW	16	13	11	0	40
13	1994	Not Telling 29er	Holly Hunt Laura Carmichael	RFBYC WA	21	12	10	0	43
14	1876	Crazy Horse 29er	Lachlan Brewer Sam Worrall	NSC NSW	10	21	13	0	44
15	2197	Amnesia 29er	Rupert Hamilton Fynn Sprott	SBSC TAS	19	11	18	0	48
16	2066	Skippy 29er	Harrison Sly Brandon Demura	SYC VIC	3	UFD (45.00)	4	0	52
17	2474	AB Racing 29er	Murray Buchan Andrew Buchan	FSC/RFBYC WA	5	16	33	0	54
18	1937	Battleship 29er	Breiana Whitehead Jamie Torpelund	TYC QLD	11	20	26	0	57
19	1877	Steve 29er	Hayden Harding Casey Bates	BYS VIC	23	19	17	0	59
20	1291	Vertigo 29er	Kieran Bucktin Nathan Stacey	FSC/RFBYC WA	20	15	25	0	60
21	2247	Slim Shady 29er	Emilia Horn Madison Woodward	PDSC/SoPYC/RFBYC WA	17	22	21	0	60
22	2460	Skiffy 29er	Jasmin Galbraith Chloe Fisher	SDSC TAS	31	18	15	0	64
23	2134	Vendetta 29er	Archie Cropley Simon Murnaghan	MHYC NSW	18	23	24	0	65
24	2465	Luna 29er	Genevieve Hennessy Daniel Brown	PDSC / RFBYC WA	24	27	22	0	73
25	1941	Salty 29er	William Bridge Lachlan Prentice	RQYS QLD	26	28	20	0	74
26	2459	TBA 29er	William Thomas Leo Joubert	PDSC WA	30	17	29	0	76
27	2470	tba 29er	Aaron de Longville Tom Hodge	RFBYC WA	25	24	28	0	77
28	1006	Bullet 29er	Ashleigh Swadling Will Shapland	RQYS/SYC QLD	22	37	27	0	86
29	2062	Black Betty 29er	Alanna Field Sam Abel	RGYC VIC	28	25	34	0	87
30	1990	MOUSE 29er	Georgia Payne Jack Luketina	SOPYC WA	32	33	23	0	88
31	1532	Dumb 'n' Dumber 29er	Luke Dobrich Scott Golder	KBSC WA	40	30	19	0	89
32	1849	Phyllis 29er	Ashlee Daunt Natalie Bridge	RQYS / DPSS QLD	34	26	32	0	92
33	2065	Spike 29er	Alistair Read Liam Rodgers	RPAYC NSW	27	29	38	0	94
34	710	PLUS 40 29er	Ethan Slaven Samuel Thomas	PDSC WA	29	34	31	0	94
35	1848	Evolution 29er	Kieran Schortz Kyle Bonney	DCS NT	35	32	30	0	97
36	1943	Power Up 29er	Grace Powers Juliet Costanzo	RPAYC NSW	33	35	39	0	107
37	1923	IMPACT 29er	Jeremy Kaputin John Clements	TCYC WA	38	36	36	0	110
38	1696	Nitro 29er	Finn Niemeier Jed Cruickshank	DSC NT	36	41	35	0	112
39	270	Mr Plough 29er	Ben Gallagher Harry Cooke	PDSC WA	41	31	RET (45.00)	0	117
40	1944	Interstellar 29er	Scott Whitehead Sarah Short	TYC/ASC QLD/SA	37	40	RET (45.00)	0	122
41	1531	GG 29er	Maxwell Giffney Madeleine McLeay	NSC NSW	43	42	37	0	122
42	2463	To the Max 29er	Thomas Nikitaras Max Mcglagan	SBSC TAS	39	38	RET (45.00)	0	122
43	1527	Blue 29er	John-Mark Paul Madeline Sloane	MHYC NSW	44	39	RET (45.00)	0	128
44	1406	Tenth Prime 29er	Jack Chapman Luca Vuat	GLYC VIC	42	43	DNS (45.00)	0	130