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Bay of Plenty on top in Starling and P-class

by Sail-World on 24 Jan 2007
Bay of Plenty’s Sam Meech has won the Starling Match Racing Nationals being sailed at the Nelson Yacht Club. Thomas Saunders from Tauranga is top of the points table with one day’s racing left in the Tauranga Cup.

In contrast to yesterday’s strong winds the breeze today settled in at 10kts flicking to 12kts, however it was startline behaviour that caused headaches for officials, rather than the elements.

The Race Officer took a hard line with competitors introducing increasingly draconian penalties in an effort to get the races started successfully. Sixteen competitors were eliminated from the start of the final race of the day, after breaking the Black Flag rule. (Meaning that competitors who break the startline are excluded from that and subsequent starts of that race.)

One of those caught was overnight leader, Chelsea Whitburn, who sailed well in the heavy conditions of yesterday. The high level of elimination led to protests ashore, however the Race Committee were able to produce a video of the starts to confirm their decisions.

Whitburn did not have a good day today – turning in a 12,16 and BFD scorecard dropping her down to third overall 21 points behind Saunders and 12 points adrift of Jamie Dawson (Murrays Bay) who is in second place overall.

Observers at the regattas report that Saunders has handled the varied conditions very well, placing first and second in the last two races today and with an eighth place as his worst of the regatta. Clearly the wheels will really have to fall off his performance for Saunders, to lose the title and the Tanner/Tauranga Cups double. But this has definitely been a regatta of reward for consistency.

In the Starlings, Meech won all his ten matches to be a convincing winner, from local sailor Matt Vincent on nine wins and one loss, with Andy Maloney (Northland) on eight wins and two losses.

The prizegiving will be held tomorrow night, with former Sailor of the Year and New Zealand sailing legend, Chris Bouzaid presenting the prizes and no doubt giving a few words of advice, to the young sailors.



NELSON PINE INDUSTRIES LIMITED
INTER-PROVINCIAL MATCH RACING CHAMPIONSHIPS (Provisional)
Total
Wins Rank
    ND NH A BOP HB T W N C O S    
Northern Districts Andy Maloney   1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 3
North Harbour James Poore 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10
Auckland Vincent Saunders 0 1   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 8
Bay of Plenty Sam Meech 1 1 1   1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 1
Hawkes Bay Josh Weeks 0 1 1 0   1 0 0 0 0 1 4 6
Taranaki Leon Johnstone 0 1 1 0 0   0 0 0 1 1 4 7
Wellington Tim Coltman 0 1 1 0 1 1   0 0 1 1 6 5
Nelson Matthew Vincent 1 1 1 0 1 1 1   1 1 1 9 2
Canterbury Ryan Donaldson 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0   1 1 7 4
Otago Thomas Gee 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0   1 2 9
Southland William Stevens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 11
                           

Tauranga Cup 2007
Nelson Yacht Club
Results as of 20:34 on 24 January 2007
Provisional
Sailed:7, Discards:1, To count:6, Entries:66, Scoring system:My scoring system
Rank Boat SailNo Helm Club Age Sex R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total Nett Notes
1st X-rated 942 Thomas Saunders Tauranga 14 M 1 2 -8 2 6 2 1 22 14  
2nd Red Fred 484 Jamie Dawson Murrays Bay 15 M -9 6 2 3 4 5 3 32 23  
3rd Battle Cry 171 Chelsea Whitburn Macandrew Bay 16 F 2 1 3 1 16 12 (67.0 BFD) 102 35  
4th Silver Arrow 315 Brittany Wornall Mt Pleasant 15 F 11 -14 5 4 3 4 10 51 37  
5th Innovator 472 Alexandra Maloney Kerikeri 14 F 7 15 -17 11 1 3 9 63 46  
6th   933 Gabrielle Cross Naval Point 14 F 6 -13 11 12 7 8 2 59 46  
7th Red Baron 795 Scott Barnes Murrays Bay 14 M 8 7 4 15 -17 13 4 68 51  
8th Ripped 219 Stacey Swanson Horowhenua 14 F 5 9 -16 10 13 6 8 67 51  
9th   16 Tim Adams Kohimarama 15 M 3 4 6 7 18 21 (67.0 BFD) 126 59  
10th Evolution 14 Josh Porebski Wellington 14 M 13 3 1 5 30 -43 22 117 74  
11th Persuasion 55 Kate Waghorn Naval Point 16 F 12 11 13 6 21 -30 11 104 74  
12th Bullet 989 George Lane Murrays Bay 14 M 4 5 14 8 24 20 (67.0 BFD) 142 75  
13th Slash 97 Samuel McKenzie Kohimarama 13 M 19 8 20 -24 10 7 13 101 77  
14th Wet Wet Wet 167 Oscar Rorvik Tauranga 13 M 16 23 19 (67.0 DNF) 2 9 12 148 81  
15th Larakin 834 James Rountree Kohimarama 13 M 15 18 12 16 12 11 -28 112 84  
16th Rebel 987 Finn Drummond Wakatere 15 M 21 17 9 17 15 -22 7 108 86  
17th Shes a Loose Unit 981 Morgyn Cowan Naval Point 11 M -27 19 7 20 8 14 19 114 87  
18th Gunsmoke 4 Scott Fyfe QCYC 16 M 10 12 -23 21 22 17 6 111 88  
19th Exocet 932 Declan Burn QCYC/MBSC 15 M 22 16 (67.0 DNF) 9 5 1 67.0 BFD 187 120  
20th Fraid Sew 141 Emma Goodwin Napier 14 F -31 24 21 14 27 28 14 159 128  
21st   474 Philip Evans Kohimarama 15 M 25 29 26 22 9 23 (67.0 BFD) 201 134  
22nd Core Sample 10 Daniel Philpott Charteris Bay 13 M 29 20 22 19 32 -35 17 174 139  
23rd   555 Sylvie Admore Murrays Bay 14 F 17 30 (67.0 DNF) 67.0 DNF 11 10 5 207 140  
24th Calypso 329 Janelle Peat Torbay 15 F 32 34 25 26 -39 18 20 194 155  
25th Sea Saint 183 Molly Meech Tauranga 13 F 30 27 27 28 28 16 (67.0 BFD) 223 156  
26th Speed Demon 688 Hamish Thurston Tauranga 14 M 26 37 (67.0 DNC) 23 26 29 23 231 164  
27th Vigilantie 788 Yelena Lee Murrays Bay 14 F 14 (67.0 DNF) 67.0 OCS 13 36 15 24 236 169  
28th Hummer 535 Hamish Chadderton Kohi/Howick 14 M 23 25 (67.0 DNF) 67.0 DNF 23 26 15 246 179  
29th Sitting Duck 389 Jackson MacFarlane Worser Bay 14 M 34 22 10 18 48 48 (67.0 BFD) 247 180  
30th Air Supply 903 Lewis Cook Torbay 13 M 28 31 18 27 31 45 (67.0 BFD) 247 180  
31st Nemesis 899 Hannah Reeves Christchurch 14 F 39 (67.0 DNF) 24 30 41 31 33 265 198  
32nd Mintie 69 Matthew Lee Murrays Bay 15 M 36 26 (67.0 DNC) 67.0 DNF 34 27 16 273 206  
33rd Riff Raff 340 Brendan Campbell Naval Point 14 M (67.0 DNF) 41 15 25 25 36 67.0 BFD 276 209  
34th Get Smart 99 Claudia Pierce Tauranga/Taupo 14 F 24 35 (67.0 DNC) 67.0 DNC 35 19 31 278 211  
35th Even Flow 772 Shelley Pearson Worser Bay 15 F 18 21 (67.0 DNC) 67.0 DNC 20 24 67.0 BFD 284 217  
36th   846 Josh Edmonds QCYC 16 M 41 10 (67.0 DNC) 67.0 DNC 19 33 67.0 BFD 304 237  
37th Ecstasy 529 Michael Turney Tauranga 15 M 35 28 (67.0 DNC) 67.0 DNC 42 47 18 304 237  
38th   909 Henry Wilkinson Kohimarama 13 M 48 32 (67.0 DNC) 67.0 DNF 37 37 21 309 242  
39th   105 Vicky Francis New Plymouth 13 F 43 46 28 31 -60 54 42 304 244  
40th No Surrender 922 Annalise Nixon Tauranga 15 F 40 45 29 (67.0 DNF) 29 34 67.0 BFD 311 244  
41st   911 Devin Tootill Bucklands Beach 13 F 37 33 (67.0 DNC) 67.0 DNC 44 38 26 312 245  
42nd Harry History 898 Phillippa Wood Nelson 13 F 50 47 (67.0 DNC) 67.0 DNC 33 25 29 318 251  
43rd Outer Reach 722 Blake Woodley Waimakariri 14 M 20 38 (67.0 DNC) 67.0 DNC 56 41 36 325 258  
44th Eliminator 131 Craig Johns Nelson 13 M 38 43 (67.0 DNC) 67.0 DNC 40 42 37 334 267  
45th   581 Layton Hern Mt Pleasant 13 M 33 36 (67.0 DNC) 67.0 DNC 53 56 25 337 270  
46th Catapult 936 Sam Herron Mt Pleasant 14 M 45 39 (67.0 DNF) 29 58 58 45 341 274  
47th Dynation 47 Jacob Cox Murrays Bay 16 M 42 (67.0 DNF) 67.0 DNC 67.0 DNF 43 32 34 352 285  
48th Don't Tell Mum 281 Phillip Smith Tauranga 12 M 49 40 (67.0 DNC) 67.0 DNC 45 49 35 352 285  
49th Scamper 366 Ryan Amlehn Nelson 11 M (67.0 DNC) 51 67.0 DNC 67.0 DNC 47 46 27 372 305  
50th Echo 74 Charlotte Corston Charteris Bay 12 F (67.0 DNF) 48 67.0 DNC 67.0 DNF 38 53 32 372 305  
51st Persiflage 185 Tom Blennerhassett Christchurch 14 M (67.0 DNC) 50 67.0 DNC 67.0 DNC 50 50 30 381 314  
52nd It's a Ripper 19 Darren Inglis Taupo 15 M 53 42 (67.0 DNF) 67.0 DNF 46 39 67.0 BFD 381 314  
53rd Upbeat 993 Charlton Eden Waimakariri 14 M 44 49 (67.0 DNF) 67.0 DNC 59 59 39 384 317  
54th Fast Break 781 Daniel Foley-Logan Nelson 14 M (67.0 DNF) 67.0 DNF 67.0 DNC 67.0 DNF 14 40 67.0 BFD 389 322  
55th   979 Hannah Osborne Torbay 14 F (67.0 DNC) 53 67.0 DNC 67.0 DNC 52 52 38 396 329  
56th Hard Core 471 Taylor Burn QCYC/MBSC 11 M 46 44 (67.0 DNC) 67.0 DNC 67.0 DNS 62 44 397 330  
57th   225 Matt Vining Nelson 14 M 52 (67.0 DNF) 67.0 DNC 67.0 DNC 57 55 41 406 339  
58th Plucky 855 Liam Foley-Logan Nelson 11 M (67.0 DNC) 67.0 DNF 67.0 DNC 67.0 DNC 54 51 40 413 346  
59th   58 Jordan Baldwin Nelson 14 F 51 (67.0 DNF) 67.0 DNC 67.0 DNC 61 60 47 420 353  
60th Magique 428 Fenn Anderson Nelson 15 M (67.0 DNC) 54 67.0 DNC 67.0 DNC 55 44 67.0 BFD 421 354  
61st Innovator 941 Mike Anderson Naval Point 12 M (67.0 DNF) 67.0 DNF 67.0 DNF 67.0 DNF 51 61 43 423 356  
62nd Lethal Weapon 20 Thalia Green Torbay 13 F (67.0 DNC) 52 67.0 DNC 67.0 DNC 49 57 67.0 BFD 426 359  
63rd Getafix 52 Michelle Hecker Nelson 14 F (67.0 DNF) 67.0 DNF 67.0 DNC 67.0 DNC 62 64 46 440 373  
64th Legacy 950 Callum Foley-Logan Nelson 10 M (67.0 DNC) 67.0 DNF 67.0 DNC 67.0 DNC 63 63 49 443 376  
65th Risky Business 2 134 Maisie Blackwood Nelson 12 F (67.0 DNF) 67.0 DNC 67.0 DNC 67.0 DNC 67.0 DNS 65 48 448 381  
66th Frantic 330 Jennifer Mackay Murrays Bay 15 F 47 (67.0 DNF) 67.0 DNC 67.0 DNC 67.0 DNC 67.0 DNC 67.0 DNC 449 382  
Scoring codes used
Code Description
BFD Black flag disqualification under rule 30.3
DNC Did not come to the starting area
DNF Started but did not finish
DNS Came to the start area but did not start
OCS On course side at start or broke rule 30.1
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