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Tight at top - Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race

by Al Constable on 15 Aug 2007
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Two days ago it looked like there would be some run-away winners in the 18th annual Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race Week, but as the wind increases the seascape has changed.

In the IRC Racing fleet Geoff Pearson’s Archambault 35 Arajilla strung together four wins and a second. Today she did not have a great start and as Pearson commented this afternoon, ‘we suffered at the back of the fleet, sailing at times in airs 10 knots less than the big boats and we recorded our second fifth of the series.’

Michael Hiatt’s modified Cookson 50 Living Doll’s worst result is a fourth and going into tomorrow’s final race, she is just two points shy of the series lead. Hiatt and his crew have sailed a consistent series, in a totally reconfigured boat and they could snatch victory tomorrow. Regardless, they are looking good for the Hamilton regatta next week.

Behind them Ray Roberts, the defending Airlie Beach Champion, helmed his Quantum Racing to their first win of the 2007 series today. They can’t win the regatta from here but there is nothing like a win to lift the spirits.

Tactician Stephen McConaghy said ‘a really good course, we were first round the top mark, that was important as we beam reached to the top of North Molle. We held off Wired until Hanna Point and then, as we went on the wind, they sucked our dirty air and they fell back.

‘We had winds of 22 knots south of Hamilton, we enjoyed the extra pressure and we are enjoying the win today.’

In 2004 John Bacon won the IRC Cruising Division with all but one gun and they started this regatta with a string of wins. But the last two days have been less kind.

This Way Up, Western Australian John Moore’s Sydney 36 won Race 5 of the Premier Cruising division from Esprit, Garry Anderson’s Beneteau 47.7. John Bacon’s Hussy was third.

Moore is just two points off the lead and if Bacon stumbles he could miss the chance of a double victory.

The PHS fleet is closing up too. Despite listing themselves in the boat notes as ‘ageing crew’ Terry Balson and company managed to win in Race 6 of PHS Racing. Effarrvescent won on handicap from Mr Bojangles, the Northshore 38 of Pauline Cleaver. John Netherton’s Cadi, The Melbourne Osaka entrant from the Mooloolaba Yacht Club was third.

Overall, local Whitsunday sailor Kevin Fogarty leads on Idle Time by just two points, from Chris Smith’s Mummbo, with fellow locals Chris Nicholl and Terry Archer’s A.F.R.I.C.A. third.

In the Cruising with Spinnaker Division Bobby D, Ross Winterbourne’s Farr from the North Queensland Cruising Yacht Club took the honours in Race 5. Kat, Chris Stockdale’s Beneteau 50 was second, from Paul Verdon’s magnificent Bliss (Azzura Yachts).

Sunrise, Helen and Jeff Shipsey’s Elan 37 continues to lead the overall point score in this division, with Townsville Cruising Yacht Club member Andy Muirhead’s Fahrenheit (Farr 11.6 mod) in second. The well traveled but ‘forever young’ crew (their average age is somewhere in the sixties) of Hans On, the Hanse 370e of Nick Thomas and Col Thomas is third.

In Cruising Non Spinnaker division, Rainbow scored a handicap win for New Zealander Peter Hall and his crew. This is the sixth Airlie beach Race Week for Hall and his mates, who are enjoying the Whitsunday scenery and the Queensland beer.

Second was Delphian, the McIntosh 47 of John Sloan, with John Hudson’s Lady Hawk from the Whitsunday Sailing Club in third.

Overall after five races, Lady Hawk leads from Fish Frenzy (Wayne Banks-Smith) with Delphian third.

The Sport Boats fleet battle continued today with Liquid Tactics, the Egan 6 of Tom Jordan winning Race 7 on handicap, a great result to help celebrate Liquid Tactics’ tenth birthday! Peter Sorensen’s Vivace was second, with Raptor, the Stealth 7 of Mark Buchbach in third.

Today ‘Sorro’ commented ‘Mark Bushbach’s Raptor beat us to the first mark, they just blew us away to windward. They have a smaller rig… my mainsail is too big for windy stuff ….people beating us to windward, we can’t have that - I might switch to a smaller main.’

Another close regatta battle in this class with just two points separating the top placings, but the overall leader is the newly purchased Rock n’ Roll from Townsville (Leon Thomas). It’s What You Do (Brett Whitbread) is second, with Melges Asia Pacific (Heath Walters) third.

Tomorrow is the final day of the Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach; the fleet will be sailing Pioneer Bay triangle courses with warning signals from 0940.

IRC RACING
Series Results [IRC] up to Race 6 (Drops = 1)
Place Ties Sail No Boat Name Skipper From Design Sers Score Race 6 Race 5 Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1   6669 ARAJILLA Geoff Pearson MHYC Archambault A35 10 5 1 1 1 2 [5.00] 
2   R50 LIVING DOLL Michael Hiatt rycv Farr 12 3 2 4 2 1 [4.00] 
3   8899 QUANTUM RACING Ray Roberts CYC Cookson 50 18 1 5 [8.00]  4 7 1
4   HKG2245 BEAU GESTE Karl Kwok HKG Reichel Pugh 19 2 4 5 5 [6.00]  3
5   52002 QUEST Jamie Macphail CYCA Farr Tp 52 20 6 [11.00Q] 3 6 3 2
6   A33 INVINCIBLE Harold Clark BYC Farr 1104 24 4 3 2 8 [8.00]  7
7   43218 LIMIT Alan Brierty CYCA Corby 49 26 [7.00]  6 6 3 5 6
8   9009 NIGHT NURSE Russell McCart rqys Farr 40 33 8 7 7 7 4 [8.00] 
9   NZL10303 WIRED Rob Bassett RNZYS Bakewell-White 44 9 8 9 9 9 [9.00] 
10   NZL8977 RAN TAN 2 John Meade RPNYC Elliott 50 49 10 9 10 10 10 [10.00] 
PHS RACING
Series Results [PHC] up to Race 6 (Drops = 1)
Place Ties Sail No Boat Name Skipper From Design Sers Score Race 6 Race 5 Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1   588 IDLE TIME Kevin Fogarty WSC Spacesailer 32 6 10 3 5 [17.00]  8
2   451 MUMMBO Chris Smith Farr 33 10 5 5 [13.00]  3 10
3   W42 A.F.R.I.C.A. Chris/Terry Nicoll/A WSC Bavaria Cruiser 42 34.5 [21.00]  3 14.5 1 11 5
4   5013 AIR APPARENT Steve Wright NQCYC Young 31 36 7 2 12 [21.00]  8 7
5   M242 WALLOP Peter Hewson l.m.y.c Sydney 41 37 17 1 1 [19.00]  6 12
6   999 TRUE LOVE Roger Down WSC Farr 11.6 39 14 13 6 [14.00]  2 4
7   640 WOBBLY BOOT Craig Piccinelli wsc Mod.Young.88 39.5 11.5 [20.00]  7 3 16 2
8 1.0S B707 EFFARRVESCENT Terry Balson MBTBC Farr 11.6 41 1 16 [16.00]  10 13 1
9   5796 QLD MARINE SERVICES John Galloway WSC Holland 41 5 6 [19.00]  12 15 3
10   Q999 ANOTHER FIASCO Damian Suckling APYC Jutson 43 45 [19.00]  11 10 6 5 13
11   MK99 MISTERY Argus/ Waldmeier MYC Swarbrick S99 46 [20.00]  4 4 11 18 9
12 2.0S M4 CADI John Netherton Mooloolaba Jones 42 47 3 7 2 18 [21.00]  17
13   W8 SANDPIPER Colin Pruden wsc Swarbrick S111 47 8 [19.00]  9 15 9 6
14   MK6 THE POACHER Foster John MYC Cavalier 1050 51 [16.00]  15 11 4 7 14
15   8041 LORNA ROSE TOO Peter Mitchelson WSC Austral Clubman 8 53.5 18 18 14.5 2 1 [18.00] 
16   4556 MR BOJANGLES Pauline Cleaver HYC Northshore 38 54 2 8 18 7 19 [22.00C]
17   6607 WIRRAJURND Andy Kearnan CYCA Sydney 32 57.5 11.5 9 [20.00]  9 12 16
18 4.0S NQ19 DESTINY Rodger Snell N.Q.C.Y.C. Davidson 34 59 13 14 17 [17.00]  4 11
19   633 DEHLER MAGIC Greg/Charlie Tobin/P WSC Dehler 39 59 9 17 [21.00]  8 10 15
20   6222 AVANTI Bruce McKay CSC Northshore 369 65 15 12 8 16 14 [19.00] 
21   RQ444 ASYLUM YEARS Nico Sieling RQYS Lyons 41 77 4 [21.00]  13 20 20 20
CRUISING YACHTS WITH SPINNAKER
Series Results [PHC] for Division 4 up to Race 5 (Drops = 1)
Place Ties Sail No Boat Name Skipper From Design Sers Score Race 5 Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1   W677 SUNRISE Helen & Jeff Shipsey WSC / APYC Elan 37 27 11 [12.00]  4 7 5
2   322 FAHRENHEIT Andy Muirhead TCYC Farr 11.6 Mod 28 6 [13.00]  8 8 6
3   H370 HANS-ON Nick / Col Cox / Tho MYC Hanse 370e 29 7 10 [12.00]  9 3
4 4.0S SA10 STORM2 Don Algie WSC Warwick 66 31 [15.50]  4 11 15 1
5   5899 BOBBY D Ross Winterbourne NQCYC Farr 31 1 [20.00]  5 13 12
6   3610 TURTLE TIME Jason Randall WSC Swarbrick Spacesailo 33.5 5 2 [19.00]  16.5 10
7   34 TREASURE Harold Menelaus WSC Dehler 34 35.5 17 [18.00]  7 3 8.5
8 1.0S 50 SWORDFISH Doug & Clare Barry BYC Northshore 38 36 9 16 10 1 [20.00] 
9   RQ40 MELTEMI Jim Shannon RQYS S&S 34 36 18 [24.00O] 2 12 4
10   A60 ZULU CHIEF David Simpson myc Steinman Pilot House 37 [19.00]  3 18 14 2
11   9111 ROPABULL Mike Roper RMYC/BB Beneteau 38 10 14 3 11 [14.00] 
12   B88 INGENUE Rosie Colahan RBYC Jeanneau So 40 38.5 13 15 [15.00]  2 8.5
13 1.0S 6215 KAT Chris Stockdale CYCA Beneteau 50 39 2 1 20 [20.00]  16
14 3.0S BOW2 BLISS Paul Verdon Azzura Yachts 39 3 7 22 [24.00F] 7
15   M42 WHITE PEARL Gary McCarthy MYC Simonis Voogd 39 14 8 [14.00]  6 11
16   6523 HOLY COW! John & Kim Clinton CYCA Beneteau Oceanis 523 40 8 6 13 [16.50]  13
17 4.0S 6051 THEBIGGER PICTURE Penny McConaghy Sydney38 42 4 [19.00]  16 4 18
18   6146 KIONI Nick Athineos CYCA Beneteau 47.7 42 [20.00]  9 6 10 17
19   606 MORE INTRIGUE Merv Stephensen RQYS Northshore 38 C 43 12 11 1 19 [21.00] 
20   B60 GUSTO 1 Brian Pattinson RBYC Open 60 51 [24.00C] 5 9 18 19
21   M298 FINE LINE Mike Leitch MYC Elliott 1050 52.5 15.5 17 [17.00]  5 15
22   BOW4 STEALING BEAUTY Adam Dando Beneteau Cyclades 43 88 24.00C  21 21 [24.00F] 22
23   6657 PANTOMIME IV Michael Kelly CYCA Moody 95 24.00C  24.00C  24.00C  [24.00F] 23
CRUISING NON-SPINNAKER
Series Results [PHC] for Division 5 up to Race 5 (Drops = 1)
Place Ties Sail No Boat Name Skipper From Design Sers Score Race 5 Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1   W39 LADY HAWK John Hudson W.S.C. Beneteau Oceanis390 13 3 7 1 [9.00]  2
2 1.0S 5090 FISH FRENZY Wayne Banks-Smith BYC Ior Frers 50 Pilot/H 15 8 5 [12.00]  1 1
3   SM1616 DELPHIAN John Sloan SYC Mcintosh 47 15 2 2 5 [7.00]  6
4 1.0S S12 RAINBOW Peter Hall   Beneteau 473 18 1 4 3 [11.00]  10
5   PC86 SHEARWATER Mick Phillips WSC Spencer 18 5 [11.00]  6 4 3
6   BOW1 FELICITY Lachlan Wilson WSC Clansman 30 21 6 8 2 [13.00F] 5
7   HI30 THE OCEANIC HUSTLER Bill Lipson HIYC Gary Mull Ohlsen 40 22 [9.00]  6 4 8 4
8   4337 RELISH IV Bill Bailey CYCA/RANSA Elan 43 24 7 [9.00]  7 2 8
9   KA215 SPLISH TOC Stuart Garner APYC Garner 254 25 4 10 8 3 [11.00] 
10   K8913 TIME LORD Keith Munro ssanz Bavaria 50 27 11 3 [11.00]  6 7
11   PF57 PLANIT FLASHDANCE II Brian Evans CYC Adams Radford 31 10 1 10 10 [12.00] 
12   NZL8835 ISLAND GIRL Ian Lillie SSANZ Farr 1220 36 13.00C  [13.00C] 9 5 9
PREMIER CRUISING
Series Results [IRC] up to Race 5 (Drops = 1)
Place Ties Sail No Boat Name Skipper From Design Sers Score Race 5 Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1   9339 HUSSY John Bacon RPAYC Sydney 39cr 6 3 [3.00]  1 1 1
2   MH360 THIS WAY UP John Moore MOFSC Sydney36 8 1 2 3 [4.00]  2
3   SM477 ESPRIT Garry Anderson syc Beneteau 47.7 9 2 1 [4.00]  3 3
4   SYD181 BERANI VII David Todner CYCA Jarkan 12.5s 17 5 5 2 [6.00]  5
5 2.0S AUS1407 LIESL Greg Clinnick Charter boat Beneteau First 40.7 18 [8.00F] 6 6 2 4
6   G5038 CINQUANTE Ian Murray RGYC Sydney 38 18 4 4 5 5 [6.00] 
7   6676 TOTALLY WILD Graham Macdonald BBSC Masram 920 27 6 7 7 7 [7.00] 
SPORTS BOATS
Series Results [PHC] up to Race 7 (Drops = 1)
Place Ties Sail No Boat Name Skipper From Design Sers Score Race 7 Race 6 Race 5 Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1   5887 ROCK N' ROLL Leon Thomas TCYC Thompson 7 18 5 3 [9.00]  3 2 4 1.00G 
2   5652 IT'S WHAT YOU DO Brett Whitbread syc Elliott 780 20 [19.00F] 4 4 1 1 7 3
3   AUS668 MELGES ASIA PACIFIC Heath Walters Melges 24 26 6 7 [8.00]  5 3 3 2
4   RQ777 RAPTOR Mark Buchbach RQYS Stealth 7 35 3 2 1 [14.00]  8 13 8
5   AUS709 KAITO Heath Townsend GBYC Melges 24 38 8 9 [14.00]  7 9 1 4
6 1.0S 1 LIQUID TACTICS Tom Jordan MYC Egan 6 40 1 1 5 9 15 [15.00]  9
7   RQ69 ELIXIR Andrew Fisher RQYS Elliott 7.8 40 [19.00F] 5 6 2 10 6 11
8   RQ200 SO WHAT Franco Bortolin RQYS Stealth 7.8 44 19.00S  [19.00F] 3 10 5 2 5
9   138 FEELING CHEEKY Brett Cooper RYCT Young Rocket 7.80 49 9 11 [13.00]  6 6 11 6
10 4.0S B1 VIVACE Peter Sorensen MHYC Bethwaite 8 52 2 19.00O  7 [19.00R] 4 10 10
11   RQ202 STEALTHY Bob Cowan LMYC Stealth 52 7 15 2 [19.00R] 7 14 7
12   38 TOO HOT TO TROT Bruce/Eric Tardrew/K RQYS Lyons 55 12 8 10 8 12 5 [14.00] 
13   6 RIP IT UP Damien Van Deudekom RQYS Knuckles 6m 64 4 6 11 11 16 16 [19.00F]
14   7701 MEN IN BLACK Rod Young MDSC Colson 770 65 10 10 16 4 13 12 [19.00C]
15   5747 THE WORKS Michael Rynan rmyc Elliot 770 69 14 12 [15.00]  12 11 8 12
16 9.0S 7002 DECKIES.COM.AU Ashley Gabrielson MOFSC Thompson 7 88 19.00C  19.00C  12 [19.00C] 14 9 15
17   R980 DARK ENERGY Janet Williamson RPYC Thompson 980 88 13 13 17 15 17 [17.00]  13
18   734 X2 TANGENT Simon Vincent NQCYC Elliot 780 94 11 14 18 13 19.00C  19.00C  [19.00F
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