‘Bunch of mates’ win PHS - Hamilton Island

by Lisa Ratcliff on 27 Aug 2005 A ‘bunch of mates in their 60s’ sailing a Jeanneau 40 called Night Owl have claimed victory in the Performance Handicap division of Hamilton Island Hahn Premium Race Week.

While celebrating his first win at Hamilton Island from four years of contesting Race Week, skipper Ken Hart commiserated with the second placed PHS overall boat, Jeff Mitchell’s Cavalier Express which broke a halyard in today’s 22 mile South Molle/Daydream Race, forcing them to retire.

‘We hung on today and sailed a safe race. We are very pleased with the result,’ said Hart this afternoon.

‘The crew has been sailing together for sometime and while things still go wrong, it doesn’t happen often. Everything pretty much ran like clockwork for this regatta.

“This is my fourth Hamilton Island Race Week and obviously I enjoyed it a lot more for winning!” said the delighted Rockhampton based skipper.

In second place was Jeff Mitchell’s Cavalier Express and third Dan Nolan’s My Girl.

Final Results
Series Place Sail No Boat Handicap Series Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9

1 HI9 NIGHT OWL 234 26 1 DNC15 1 1 1 5 9 4 4

2 5395 CAVALIER EXPRESS 203 34 7 10 2 2 2 1 2 8 DNC15

3 6395 MY GIRL 210 39 2 9 3 3 7 7 6 2 9

4 8844 SERIOUSLY 10 - GETAWAY 40 40 DNC15 1 10 4 4 4 8 6 3

5 1014 UBS WILD THING 68 44 4 2 9 10 3 3 7 DNC15 6

6 PC6 IMMIGRANT 160 46 9 4 4 5 9 10 5 3 7

7 G147 OCEAN SKINS 130 48 6 6 12 9 13 2 3 9 1

8 6050 SILENT NIGHT 106 50 5 7 5 11 11 9 4 7 2

9 PH3000 LONDON CALLING 168 56 8 3 7 6 8 8 1 DNC15 DNC15

10 7878 NRMA INSURANCE 88 65 3 5 6 DSQ15 10 6 DNC15 10 10

11 SP3 SUREFOOT 213 69 12 8 8 7 12 13 DNC15 1 8

12 S1363 SAVAGE 274 77 11 11 DNC15 12 6 12 DNC15 5 5

13 66 SANDSTONE 251 79 10 12 11 8 5 11 DNC15 11 11