True Love and Marisa in Cruising fleet

by Rob Kothe on 21 Aug 2005 The smallest boat at Hahn Premium Race Week, Raeburn Reynolds, 26 footer Marisa, a Morgan 780 led the 91-boat Cruising Division fleet out of Dent Passage today for the 23 mile Long Island race.

In the soft breeze, most of the heavyweight cruisers were having trouble accelerating off the startline, but the lightweight Marisa shot away from mid line moving out fast. Further towards the Hamilton Marina Phil Bates Adam 13 Psycho had one of the best starts.

In ten minutes, the colourful spinnaker fleet spread from Dent Island evenly across to Hamilton Island, some still struggling in the light airs to cross the line

Marisa was first to the Dent Island rounding mark, followed by Psycho, and then Ed Earl’s Farr 42 Fiona came round, followed by David Bean’s Beneteau 42.7 Trecento.

Coming fast and wide came the very pretty new Len Griffins Dufour 40 4th Dimension, behind them, Whitsunday local Roger Down’s Farr 11.6 True Love was sailing around another Beneteau 42.7 Michael Roper’s Ropabull.

While in the racing division there are lots of boring white spinnakers, the cruising boats seem to be in competition. The best spinnaker was probably on John and Chris Gardiner’s Sorcerer, but the yellow, green and red spinnaker on John and Kim Clinton’s Holy Cow looked good too.

Provisional results place the Farr 11.6 True Love, who finished six minutes ahead of Marisa, as the winner of today's shortened race(19.3 nm) on handicap from Marisa and Ivor Burgess' Still Dangerous.


Points Sail No Boat Owner Elapsed Handicap Corrected Finishing Place Points

1 999 TRUE LOVE Roger Down 19.3 in 4:15:36 260 2:51:58 1 1

2 RQ7800 MARISA Reaburn Reynolds 19.3 in 4:21:58 277 2:52:52 2 2

3 6489 STILL DANGEROUS Ivor Burgess 19.3 in 4:41:47 330 2:55:38 3 3

4 M40 4TH DIMENSION Len Griffin 19.3 in 4:33:23 280 3:03:19 4 4

5 Z43 TUCANA Dean Corbett 19.3 in 4:45:02 300 3:08:32 5 5

6 HI27 SEA HAWK Robert Sceales 19.3 in 4:46:29 300 3:09:59 6 6

7 SYD7 JAMATA Michael Milne 19.3 in 4:42:51 288 3:10:13 7 7

8 4725 O.D. Nick Bruijn 19.3 in 4:42:01 285 3:10:21 8 8

9 B59 REDLINE Mark Burton 19.3 in 4:48:49 305 3:10:43 9 9

10 5824 TRECENTO David Bean 19.3 in 4:29:46 245 3:10:58 10 10

11 1770 SARABANDE Basil Diethelm 19.3 in 4:43:37 287 3:11:18 11 11

12 4961 INFINITY Barry Muir 19.3 in 4:51:03 306 3:12:37 12 12

13 4760 MORNING MIST Paul Melling 19.3 in 5:11:49 365 3:14:25 13 13

14 RQ11 HELTER SKELTER William Andrews 19.3 in 5:05:50 345 3:14:52 14
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15 6408 FOUR BELLS David Bell 19.3 in 4:49:35 290 3:16:18 15 15

16 4616 FIONA Edward Earl 19.3 in 4:43:00 255 3:20:59 16 16

17 8041 LORNA ROSE TOO Gary Bunyard 19.3 in 5:01:42 310 3:21:59 17 17

18 1106 PSYCHO Philip Bates 19.3 in 4:41:54 248 3:22:08 18 18

19 Z50 REX Greg Maguire 19.3 in 4:46:43 260 3:23:05 19 19

20 7321 ALABASTER I Westlake/K Nicholson 19.3 in 4:40:23 240 3:23:11
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21 RQ33 CEILIDH LASS Gilbert Ford 19.3 in 4:54:05 280 3:24:01 21 21

22 6523 HOLY COW! John & Kim Clinton 19.3 in 4:38:05 230 3:24:06 22
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23 6399 LE BATEAU Robert Maidment 19.3 in 5:05:13 308 3:26:09 23 23

24 R32747 SERENITY III Denis Spinley 19.3 in 4:32:15 205 3:26:19 24
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25 5758 CAMPEADOR Jonathan Threlfall 19.3 in 5:04:54 305 3:26:48 25 25

26 6127 SORCERER John & Chris Gardiner 19.3 in 4:34:34 210 3:27:01 26 26

27 6701 SUNFAST ONE John Bankart 19.3 in 5:00:35 290 3:27:18 27 27

28 6515 MISTRAAL Andrew Bullard 19.3 in 4:35:41 210 3:28:08 28 28

29 W677 SUNRISE Helen & Jeff Shipsey 19.3 in 4:48:17 245 3:29:29 29 29

30 1030 MUIR MARINE QLD Ross Muir 19.3 in 5:04:46 295 3:29:53 30 30

31 6535 IN THE MOOD Tim Casey 19.3 in 4:47:22 240 3:30:10 31 31

32 Z41 LADY ELIZABETH II Richard Whyte 19.3 in 5:22:01 345 3:31:03 32 32

33 9111 ROPABULL Michael Roper 19.3 in 4:50:48 245 3:32:00 33 33

34 6285 SEA QUEST Chris Stockdale 19.3 in 4:33:34 190 3:32:27 34 34

35 M707 JUST ONE MORE… Paul Ryan 19.3 in 5:15:16 317 3:33:18 35 35

36 212 NESSIE William McMillan 19.3 in 5:46:22 411 3:34:10 36 36

37 6654 GUCCI Brent Dewhurst 19.3 in 5:10:07 298 3:34:16 37 37

38 SM25 EPSILON Richard Buxton 19.3 in 4:57:32 255 3:35:31 38 38

39 3429 THE MAJOR Alan Stark 19.3 in 5:17:12 315 3:35:53 39 39

40 407 ALLUSIVE Jack Findlay 19.3 in 4:35:05 180 3:37:11 40 40

41 257 MEDINA Ervin Vidor 19.3 in 4:44:15 200 3:39:55 41 41

42 1142 SPIRIT Brad & Maryke Barker 19.3 in 5:08:11 272 3:40:41 42 42

43 6304 TANDANYA Timothy Mussared 19.3 in 5:19:23 300 3:42:53 43 43

44 GBR455ST FIRST FISH Chris Hollis 19.3 in 4:55:55 220 3:45:09 44 44

45 5050 MANDALA Gerard Webb 19.3 in 5:16:47 280 3:46:43 45 45

46 AUS5419 MILLENNIUM John Clayton 19.3 in 4:39:40 160 3:48:12 46 46

47.5 B76 LA DOLCE VITA Ken Karn 19.3 in 5:27:02 300 3:50:32 47 47.5

47.5 B411 THE PROBE Tim Lewis 19.3 in 5:34:07 322 3:50:32 47 47.5

49 Z53 MUIR WINCHES AUST. John Muir 19.3 in 5:25:43 295 3:50:50 49 49

50 SM3530 RUBYS REWARD Morry Rubenstein 19.3 in 5:25:45 295 3:50:52 50 50

51 Z57 SOUTHERN SWELL John Lindley 19.3 in 5:40:12 335 3:52:27 51 51

52 Z37 DREAMER Rod Lynch 19.3 in 5:50:39 365 3:53:15 52 52

53 816 'T' BAGS Rodney Evans 19.3 in 5:55:56 370 3:56:55 53 53

54 Z34 AVANTI Philip Cormie 19.3 in 5:47:30 320 4:04:34 54 54

55 Z55 RUMSAIL David Stoopman 19.3 in 5:45:26 300 4:08:56 55 55

56 611 CHINA BEAR Andrew Clubb 19.3 in 5:49:51 270 4:23:00 56 56

57 Z62 SILVERSHOT David Perkins 19.3 in 5:57:55 280 4:27:51 57 57

The balance of the fleet failed to finish inside the time limit or just went picnicing.