2017 NCYC Newcastle to Port Stephens Race - Action coming soon...

by Richard Howard on 1 Apr 2017 Newcastle Cruising Yachts Club’s annual Newcastle Port Stephens race is shaping up as a downwind sprint towards Sail Port Stephens with a whopping 40 boat fleet to match, this weekend.

A large weekend of downwind champagne sailing is on the cards for fleets converging on NCYC this Saturday prior to Sunday’s dash north along Stockton Bight and around Point Stephens light to the finish off Tomaree headland.

Line honour favourites this year are Doug Coulter’s Rogers 46 Shakti hot off her Pittwater Goldcoast win at Christmas as well as fellow Lake sailor and weekend arch rival, Ian Bower’s in his Farr 400 Ignition. More difficult to pick are the IRC and PHS favourite due to with a vast array of well prepared and strong performing boats which make up the largest fleet on record. Mumm 30, 2Excess, owned by Mark Schrafenberg is back to defend last year’s PHS title as is Rob and Jan Howard’s Beneteau 40.7, Schouten Passage, which took top IRC honours in 2016.

NCYC Rear Commodore Barry Kelly said, with a smile on his face earlier today, “We are delighted to have such a great turnout for our annual event. Hopefully all enjoy some NCYC hospitality on Saturday night and a great sleigh ride North on Sunday”. Rear Commodore Kelly has good reason to smile as this year’s race perfectly suits his Archambault M34, Concealed Weapon, a yacht with lines and downwind performance akin to a mini Volvo 60 class yacht.

Sail Port Stephens, which the race feeds into, is celebrating 10 years and everyone wants to be at the party! Go to www.ncyc.net.au for a list of entries and results as the entourage migrates to North.

Series Entries - Newcastle to Port Stephens Race 2017

Currently there are 42 competitors entered.

BOAT NAME	SAIL NO	SKIPPER	DESIGN	STATE	FROM
2XCESS	8336	Mark Scharfenberg	Mumm Farr 30	NSW	SLMASC
AEOLIAN	37137	Bruce Thomas	Elan 37	NSW	GSC
ALL OUR GIRLS	5201	Mark Cole	Southern Ocean 32	NSW	HRYC/GSC/GFS
ALLSAIL DANCING STAR	7788	R Muggleton/ A. Bower	Bavaria Cruiser 40s	NSW	RPAYC/RMYCBB
ANGER MANAGEMENT	11011	Phil Arnall	Corby 43	NSW	NCYC
ANTIPODES OF SYDNEY	500	Greg Newton	Beneteau Oceanis 45	NSW	CYCA
BIG BLUE	6767	Stephen Phillips	Beneteau 38s5	NSW	WYC
BLACK SHEEP	33345	Derek Sheppard	Beneteau 45	NSW	CYCA
BREEZIN	AUS183	Bradley Sewell	Melges 32	NSW	SLMASC
COLORTILE	67	Warren/Kristy Buchan	Sayer 44.9	NSW	CSC&RMYC
CONCEALED WEAPON	8834	Barry Kelly	Archambault M34	NSW	NCYC
DEVIL'S LAIR	621	John Sprague	Modified Mount Gay 30	NSW	GSC
ELUSIVE SPIRIT	8305	Robert Swan	Beneteau First 305	NSW	GSC
EVEN FINER	6740	Geoff Dilworth	Dufour 34	NSW	GSC
EXCAPADE	5223	Noel Gough	Northshore Nxs 38	NSW	RMYCT/LM
FLASHDANCE II	PF57	Brian Evans	Adams Radford	NSW	CSC
IGNITION	M400	Ian Bower	Farr 400	NSW	LMYC
KELSEA BLUE	6584	Adrian Williams	C&C115	NSW	RSYS/GSC
KOKO GARMIN	63344	Roy Leslie	Elan 37	NSW	GSC
MORTGAGECHOICE RUMBA	6232	Kerry Burke & Rob Carr	Northshore 370	NSW	MHYC
NYSSA	1339	Mark Smith	Catalina 34 Mk Ii	NSW	NCYC
OCC. COARSE LANG ONE	8009	William Bailey	Cookson 12	NSW	RPAYC
PASSION X	7130	David Edmiston	Didi 40 Cr	NSW	GFS
PREDDYTOR	7272	Peter Edwards	Sydney 38	NSW	CSC
QUEST 3	5822	Brendon Gregg	X-43 X-Yacht	NSW	RMYC
RED DOG	N5915	Andrew Miller	Jeanneau 36	NSW	NCYC
RUMBO	AUS6135	Guy / Clark Holbert	Farr 30 Mod	NSW	PSYC/CPS
SAVARNA	6650	David Sanders	Jeanneau 39i	NSW	RMYC
SCHOUTEN PASSAGE	N349	Rob Howard	Beneteau 40.7	NSW	NCYC
SCOTS WHA HAE	N29	Valda Johnston	Hanse 370e	NSW	NCYC
SCUFFY	N2	Richard Fleck	Beneteau Oceanis 37	NSW	NCYC
SEA HAWK	8886	Pete And Drew Van Ryn	Farr44 Ims	NSW	CSC
SHAKTI	M16	Doug Coulter	Rogers 46	NSW	LMYC
STICKY	A164	Richard Harris	Salona 38	NSW	RPAYC
SUMMER SALT	N1367	John Searl	Beneteau First 36.7	NSW	NCYC
TENSIXTY	MYC7	Ian Green	Radford 10.6	NSW	MYC
THE BANSHEE	4100	Rob Francis	Mbd41	NSW	CSC
TOY STORY	M102	Tom Woods	Farr 36 Od	NSW	LMYC
UNA VITA	MH11	Kenneth Peachey	Northshore 370 Sports	NSW	PSYC
UNRUFFLED	7439	M.E.N. Syndicate	Jeaneau 439	NSW	RPAYC
WOMBAT	WOMBAT	Mark Richards	Committee Boat	NSW	NCYC
YOUNG N OLD	3909	Glen Picasso	Young 88	NSW	LMYC/NCYC