Tight at top as The Goat claims first win in Land Rover Winter Series

by CYCA on 1 May 2017 The first pointscore race of the Land Rover Winter Series, hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, was greeted with sunny skies and building south, south westerly breeze. The 95 starters on the day jostled for the final placings in each division, where just seconds separated some.

Division A1 was one of the most hotly contested, with the top six boats finishing within two minutes of each other. However, it was Sebastian Bohm’s The Goat who claimed victory in Race One.

“We started first in our division, and managed to stay ahead for almost the entire race,” commented Bohm. “The battle against Duende was tough, they managed to squeeze inside us at one stage, but we got the lead back before the finish.”

The Goat’s win over Triton (David Goetz) by 46 seconds and Damien Parkes’ JV52 Duende a further 26 seconds behind in third place, was as close as it gets.

“Once we crossed the line, we all looked back and everyone was just behind us. It was a tough race,” he continued. A mere three seconds later in fourth place was Tony Kirby’s Patrice. Steven Proud’s Swish sailed across the line nine seconds later in fifth, followed by Paul Clitheroe on Balance in sixth, by a further 23 seconds.

“We were expecting the wind to die down a little throughout the day. Instead it increased and stayed at around 10-15 knots all day, which was great for us as the boat loves those conditions. There were only nine people on board today, but I think it actually helped us win in the end.

“All in all, it was another great day on the harbour for the Land Rover Winter Series and we’ll give it another go next week, although I imagine we’ll have a very different handicap,” ended Bohm.

The winner in Division A2 was Warwick Sherman with his Ker designed Sydney GTS 43, Occasional Coarse Language 2 by over five minutes. Craig Neil’s Elena Nova was 15 seconds ahead of Laurence Freedman’s Espresso Forte in third.

Arch Rival sailed a race of near-perfection in Division B, taking out the win by just 17 seconds ahead of Peter Bush on Last Hurrah. It was a few minutes later that Matt Wilkinson’s Foreign Affair crossed the finish line to round out the top three.

Arch Rival skipper Steve Connors, labelled it as a “Fantastic day all round, with beautiful conditions and a great race.”

“We just didn’t make mistakes today, which was good to see for our boat. We were one of the only ones to start in our time slot, so it was all smooth sailing. We sailed exactly like we should have!”

“Our new sails for this season gave us a bit of a lift in the moderate conditions, and the win makes it even more of an exceptional day.”

In the Sydney 38 Division, The Goat claimed the double victory winning on both scratch and PHS. On scratch, it was Peter Messenger’s Utopia in second, followed by Richard Holstein’s Next. Shine On, skippered by Phil Herscovics, placed second in PHS, and Richard Williams’ Calibre in third.

Other divisional winners for the first race of the series: Division C – Sumatra (Basil Diethelm); Division D – Eye Appeal (John Markos and Michael Delaney); Division E – Selkie (Anthony Booth); Division F – Superfine (George Waldthausen); Division G – Jagged Edge (Gary Mason); Division J1 – In Cahoots (Pat and Roberta Easton); Division J2 – Jublilee (Ian Arthy).

The Land Rover Winter Series will continue next Sunday starting from 11:30am on Sydney Harbour.

Prizes will be awarded to the yachts placed first, second and third in each division and include exclusive CYCA Land Rover Winter Series merchandise.

Result:

Land Rover Winter Series Spinnaker Divisions A-G

DivA1 PHSTCF results Start : 11:30

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd	OffSet	Fin Tim	Score	Vis
1	421	THE GOAT	Sebastian Bohm	02:11:36	23	14:04:36	1.0
2	6377	TRITON	David Gotze	02:00:12	35	14:05:12	2.0
3	ESP6100	DUENDE	D And N Parkes	02:11:38	24	14:05:38	3.0
4	360	PATRICE	Tony Kirby	02:06:41	29	14:05:41	4.0
5	226	SWISH	Steven Proud	02:06:50	29	14:05:50	5.0
6	7771	BALANCE	Paul Clitheroe	01:56:13	40	14:06:13	6.0
7	1014	UBS WILD THING	Geoff Lavis	02:11:56	27	14:08:56	7.0
8	884	AFTERSHOCK	Steve McConaghy	02:04:25	35	14:09:25		Yes
9	43218	VAMP	David Fuller	02:10:49	29	14:09:49	8.0
10	6953	SWD WOT EVA	David Pescud	02:13:32	27	14:10:32	9.0
DNC	52152	KOA	Andy Kearnan Peter W		40		13.0
DNC	AUS03	SOUTHERNEXCELLENCE2	Andrew Wenham		45		13.0

DivA2 PHSTCF results Start : 11:30

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd	OffSet	Fin Tim	Score	Vis
1	8008	OCC.COARSELANGUAGE 2	Warwick Sherman	02:12:35	24	14:06:35	1.0
2	65007	ELENA NOVA	Craig Neil	02:10:51	31	14:11:51	2.0
3	8181	ESPRESSO FORTE	Laurence Freedman	02:13:06	29	14:12:06	3.0
4	6111	NEVER A DULL MOMENT	Col & Denise Wilson	02:18:22	25	14:13:22	4.0
5	AUS040	OUTLAW	Alan & Tom Quick	02:10:37	33	14:13:37	5.0
6	AUS160	CRUSADER	Jonathan Green	02:19:04	27	14:16:04	6.0
7	AUS615	ESTATE MASTER	Martin & Lisa Hill	02:12:49	34	14:16:49		Yes
8	AUS9999	ASSASSIN	Robin Crawford	02:15:07	32	14:17:07	7.0
9	7075	QUEST	Bob Steel	02:15:56	32	14:17:56	8.0
10	101010	PLAYSTATION 4	Dean Harrigan	02:18:24	30	14:18:24	9.0
11	99991	KIRRIBILLI	Adrian Abbott	02:18:27	30	14:18:27	10.0
12	8402	MORE WITCHCRAFT	John Cameron	02:24:34	25	14:19:34	11.0
DNC	6686	ST JUDE	Noel Cornish		26		15.0

DivB PHSTCF results Start : 11:30

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd	OffSet	Fin Tim	Score	Vis
1	415	ARCH RIVAL	Steve Connors	02:20:50	10	14:00:50	1.0
2	1195	LAST HURRAH	Peter Bush	02:18:07	13	14:01:07	2.0
3	AUS6133	FOREIGN AFFAIR	Matt Wilkinson	02:24:15	11	14:05:15	3.0
4	888	HUNTRESS	Philip Grove	02:22:02	14	14:06:02	4.0
5	6808	FLYING CLOUD	Howard Piggott	02:23:15	13	14:06:15	5.0
6	8412	CYRENE 3	Michael Selby	02:29:24	7	14:06:24	6.0
7	9997	SKEETER	Sandor Tornai	02:23:13	14	14:07:13	7.0
8	6890	ADELA	David Lamond	02:30:36	11	14:11:36	8.0
9	248	WAX LYRICAL	Les Goodridge	02:28:41	13	14:11:41	9.0
10	RQ1123	RUM JUNGLE	Lost Boys Syndicate	02:46:22	12	14:28:22	10.0
11	8455	EUROPA	David Mason	03:00:28	7	14:37:28	11.0
DNC	6841	PAPILLON	Phil Molony		12		15.0

DivC PHSTCF results Start : 11:30

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd	OffSet	Fin Tim	Score	Vis
1	53444	SUMATRA	Basil Diethelm	02:33:20	16	14:19:20	1.0
2	5930	REVE	Kevin Whelan	02:36:11	14	14:20:11	2.0
3	2001	QUETZALCOATL	Bruce/Leewarn Er/Swe	02:40:28	20	14:30:28	3.0
4	8824	CHANCELLOR	Edward Tooher	03:05:23	14	14:49:23	4.0
5	6360	INTEGRITY	Andrew Stoeckel	03:16:55	13	14:59:55	5.0
DNC	11	DEFIANCE	David Giles		14		9.0

DivD PHSTCF results Start : 11:30

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd	OffSet	Fin Tim	Score	Vis
1	8063	EYE APPEAL	J Markos M Delaney	02:07:47	13	13:50:47	1.0
2	6358	IRUKANDJI	P Stubbs S Nash	02:11:13	11	13:52:13	2.0
3	KA400	SCARLETT O'HARA	Robert Skol	02:12:44	11	13:53:44	3.0
4	6232	MORTGAGECHOICE RUMBA	R Carr S Cook & K Bu	02:09:47	16	13:55:47	4.0
5	8035	ONE MORE-NO MORE	Ian Guanaria	02:08:59	17	13:55:59	5.0
6	700	SOMMERBREEZE	Hans Sommer	02:12:41	14	13:56:41	6.0
7	6683	CROSSHAVEN	S Rahilly & J Pelly	02:09:47	17	13:56:47		Yes
8	5273	SOUNDTRACK	John Amos	02:19:45	13	14:02:45	7.0
9	4970	AKELA	Alan Mather	02:33:26	12	14:15:26	8.0
10	0011	VIVA LA VITA	Howard Elliott	02:31:19	15	14:16:19	9.0

DivE PHSTCF results Start : 11:30

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd	OffSet	Fin Tim	Score	Vis
1	9201	SELKIE	Anthony Booth	02:24:18	1	13:55:18	1.0
2	6928	MENAGE A TROIS	Karl Matiszik	02:28:41	6	14:04:41	2.0
3	5923	TWILIGHT ZONE	Peter Fallon	02:19:09	17	14:06:09	3.0
4	4377	CLEWLESS?	Lachlan/Guy Irwin	02:21:20	15	14:06:20	4.0
5	YC868	PEACH TEATS-VELOCITY	Brian Carrick	02:31:30	8	14:09:30	5.0
6	2608	RAPID TRANSIT	Andrew Wyllie	02:31:58	8	14:09:58	6.0
7	6448	CARATS	Steve Sweeney Murray	02:30:18	10	14:10:18	7.0
8	6945	OSCAR	Hugh Murray-Walker	02:33:37	11	14:14:37	8.0
DNC	6332	RAZORS EDGE	Ray Stone		18		12.0
DNC	8383	KRAKATOA	Don Young		21		12.0

DivF PHSTCF results Start : 11:30

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd	OffSet	Fin Tim	Score	Vis
1	9900	SUPERFINE	George Waldthausen	01:46:57	15	13:31:57	1.0
2	5436	SINEWAVE	Greg Mason Barb Maun	01:45:19	17	13:32:19	2.0
3	8550	PANACEA	Reece Theedam	01:53:10	11	13:34:10	3.0
4	9933	MONKEY BUSINESS	Paul Glynn	01:57:11	12	13:39:11	4.0
5	B347	SPEEDWELL	Colin Geeves	01:56:46	16	13:42:46	5.0
6	8975A	ZORA	Pacific Sailin Schoo	02:13:58	6	13:49:58	6.0
7	6990	GREAT WHITE	Bob Penty	02:27:26	11	14:08:26	7.0
DNS	508	STORMY PETREL	Kevin O'Shea		9		11.0

DivG PHSTCF results Start : 11:30

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd	OffSet	Fin Tim	Score	Vis
1	AUS4439	JAGGED EDGE	Gary Mason	02:09:58	24	14:03:58	1.0
2	2153	FICTION	Michael Blaxell	02:07:47	29	14:06:47	2.0
3	KA17	WALLOP	Bryan Collis Stephen	02:04:26	33	14:07:26	3.0
4	7096	SOLUTION	Neale Peppernell	02:13:42	26	14:09:42	4.0
5	3495	SEA YA	John Hewitt Chris Jo	02:18:11	25	14:13:11	5.0
6	2125	SEARUG HOO HA	Peter Howes	02:31:34	13	14:14:34	6.0
DNC	4991	MINNETT	John Griffin		0		11.0
RET	6657	PANTOMIME IV	Michael Kelly		5		8.0

Land Rover Winter Series Non Spinnaker Divisions J-K

DivJ1 PHSTCF results Start : 11:30

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd	OffSet	Fin Tim	Score	Vis
1	1961	IN CAHOOTS	Pat & Roberta Easton	01:48:04	20	13:38:04	1.0
2	331	SILVER MINX	Geoff Player	01:49:01	20	13:39:01	2.0
3	6937	HANNI	Michael Hesse	01:45:22	26	13:41:22	3.0
4	6501	LAHARA II	Glenn Crane	01:49:47	22	13:41:47	4.0
5	7100	M	Steve Hatch	01:45:10	27	13:42:10	5.0
6	1008	STAR FERRY	John Conroy	01:56:08	17	13:43:08	6.0
7	6797	HOLY COW!	John Clinton	01:59:23	14	13:43:23	7.0
8	7045	DEFIANT	P Billingham / P Mcg	02:00:53	14	13:44:53	8.0
9	6223	TRIM	Shaaron Walsh	01:51:02	27	13:48:02	9.0
10	7046	INKONKONI	Arthur Lane	02:05:52	13	13:48:52	10.0
11	6652	BALTIC LADY	Niel Burling	02:12:32	14	13:56:32	11.0
DNC	6563	L'ATTITUDE	R Hunt J Short M Bas		23		15.0
DNC	4715	MARLOO	George Girdis		30		15.0
DNC	5271	NOCTURNE	Gerard Kesby		33		15.0
DNC	6277	LIMELIGHT	Alan Husband		22		15.0

DivJ2 PHSTCF results Start : 11:30

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Elapsd	OffSet	Fin Tim	Score	Vis
1	8420	JUBLILEE	Ian Arthy	02:15:38	7	13:52:38	1.0
2	193	SYONARA	Greg Maughan	01:59:08	29	13:58:08	2.0
3	7006	LORELEI	Matthew Farr	02:02:27	29	14:01:27	3.0
4	5728	HEAVEN	Franciscus J H Kerdi	01:58:28	36	14:04:28	4.0
5	6739	HUBCAP2	Herman Heiligers	02:01:56	33	14:04:56		Yes
6	4582	PRIVATEER	Bill Mirow	02:06:28	29	14:05:28	5.0
7	5950	SHORETHING	James Butler	02:05:33	32	14:07:33	6.0
8	6809	APPLEJACK	D Mcdonnell R Blanc-	02:32:54	10	14:12:54	7.0
DNC	3031	KATINKA	Paul & Ellen O'Conne		0		11.0

Land Rover Winter Series Sydney 38 Division

Sydney 38 Scratch results Start : 11:25

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	Score
1	7027	THE GOAT	Tony/Gibbo	13:39:43	02:14:43	1.0
2	7600	UTOPIA	Peter Messenger	13:40:42	02:15:42	2.0
3	6081	NEXT	Richard Holstein	13:42:01	02:17:01	3.0
4	7777	CALIBRE	Richard Williams	13:44:07	02:19:07	4.0
5	6492	WLD1	Larki Missiris	13:49:11	02:24:11	5.0
6	YC380	SHINE ON	Phil Herscovics	13:49:40	02:24:40	6.0
DNC	3060	THIRLMERE	S. Warneford L Jamie			10.0

Sydney 38 PHSTCF results Start : 11:25

Place	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Fin Tim	Elapsd	AHC	Cor'd T	Score
1	7027	THE GOAT	Tony/Gibbo	13:39:43	02:14:43	1.0910	02:26:59	1.0
2	YC380	SHINE ON	Phil Herscovics	13:49:40	02:24:40	1.0312	02:29:11	2.0
3	7777	CALIBRE	Richard Williams	13:44:07	02:19:07	1.0827	02:30:37	3.0
4	7600	UTOPIA	Peter Messenger	13:40:42	02:15:42	1.1180	02:31:43	4.0
5	6081	NEXT	Richard Holstein	13:42:01	02:17:01	1.1134	02:32:33	5.0
6	6492	WLD1	Larki Missiris	13:49:11	02:24:11	1.0857	02:36:32	6.0
7	7272	ADMIRAL	Steve Piper	13:52:24	02:27:24	1.0800	02:39:12	7.0
DNC	3060	THIRLMERE	S. Warneford L Jamie			1.0447		11.0