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