Farr 40 North American Championship - Final Day & Overall

by Event Media on 1 Oct 2001 It was a thrilling conclusion to a nail biting event as Heartbreaker, co-skippered by Bob
Hughes and Wally Tsuha, sailed to overall victory. Going into day 4 all eyes were on the fight for second place
between Revolution (Brack Duker) and Voodoo (Richard Grunsten) with John Kilroy's Samba Pa Ti in forth and not
out of contention for a podium finish.

The day started out clear with the northerly wind that has been blowing the entire event slightly moderated and bright
sunshine bathing the race course. Only one race was scheduled, so it was up to the leading boats to make their
mark early and keep up the pace through the finish. The race committee set another perfect line and the fleet got
away with just two recalls. At the windward end, going fast, was Voodoo with Samba Pa Ti at the pin end also at full
speed. Heartbreaker and Revolution were mid-pack. Voodoo immediately tacked away to the starboard side of the
course, hooked into a right-hand shift and dominated the first windward leg. They rounded the weather mark clear
ahead of Gem in second with local boat Flash Gordon right behind. Heartbreaker was forth, still in the hunt, but the
real surprise was Samba Pa Ti near the back of the pack. It looked as if Kilroy was going to have to settle for a place
off the podium, but their downwind speed was to once again dazzle the fleet. By the end of the third leg Heartbreaker
had moved into third and Samba Pa Ti had moved up to seventh.

The wind oscillated between 10 and 15 degrees as the fleet gybed downwind. Voodoo keeping a clear head
maintained their clear lead and by the bottom mark had only to cover the competition to hold onto second overall. It
looked certain that Heartbreaker was not going to allow enough boats between Voodoo and themselves to drop out of
first place overall and Revolution still looked secure in third place. That was until Samba Pa Ti turned on the
afterburners. Hitting each shift perfectly they sailed through the fleet and into second place for the race. With
Revolution dropping back into seventh, Samba Pa Ti did indeed sail their way onto the podium, their DSQ for race 4
keeping them out of contention for the top two spots, but Kilroy must have been pleased with their performance. Their
crew work was flawless and downwind speed dazzling, matched only by Heartbreaker's upwind dominance and
equally good crew work. Only Revolution must have wished for just one more race.



Results
Pos / Boat Name / Owner / Sail No. / R1 / R2 / R3 / R4 / R5 / R6 / R7 / R8 / R9 / Total

1 HEARTBREAKER B Hughes & W Tsuha 50092 1 8 1 5 1 1 1 40(2) 6 - 35

2 VOODOO Richard Grunsten 40 7 5 2 2 5 5 4 3 7 - 36

3 SAMBA PA TI John Kilroy 13131 4 2 3 20(3) 6 3 dsq 1 4 - 41

4 REVOLUTION Brack Duker 51400 3 7 7 1 3 6 2 4 5 - 42

5 GEM [2] Bill Ziegler 95 2 dsq 4 7 2 2 9 6 9 - 66

6 FLASH GORDON Helmut Jahn 50001 6 13 9 10 12 7 3 8 8 - 67

7 ISKRA Borys Jarymowycz 40032 14 3 8 4 7 12 6 9 1 - 71

8 INFERNO Phil Dowd 40048 5 1 11 13 9 9 5 10 14 - 73

9 PENDRAGON Brian Jackman 40037 10 14 5 8 11 11 7 12 2 - 77

10 BANDIT Charles Tomkins 50932 12 10 6 11 8 4 11 14 3 - 77

11 NITEMARE Tom Neill 43770 8 11 12 6 4 8 8 5 13 - 81

12 PROGRAM Warren Levins 51313 11 9 10 9 13 13 10 7 11 - 95

13 CONTENTIOUS Rick Woodworth 50060 13 4 15 14 10 10 12 13 12 - 102

14 MORRIGAN [1] Kevin Boyle 40046 9 50(6) 13 15 15 15 14 11 15 - 118

15 SORCERER M Landwer, S Sickler, B Dooley 40031 dns 12 14 12 14 14 13 15 10 - 119

20(n) = 20% PENALTY (POSITION); 40(n) = 40% PENALTY; 50(n) = 50% PENALTY