Getaway-Sailing.com takes Lord Howe line honours

by Peter Campbell on 29 Oct 2007 The former round-the-world racing Volvo 60 Getaway-Sailing.com, skippered by Peter Goldsworthy from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, has taken line honours in the Hempel 34th Gosford to Lord Howe Island ocean race.

Getaway-Sailing.com crossed the line at 14:44:36 this afternoon for an elapsed time of 49 hours 44 minutes 36 seconds – just over 14 hours and 42 minutes outside her time in last year’s race.

That time – 34 hours 52 minutes 02 seconds – was declared a new record for the longer 414nm course across the Tasman Sea. It also gave Getaway-Sailing.com first place in the PHS handicap division – something that is unlikely to happen this year.

In fact, progressive computer calculations placed the Volvo 60 in 7th and last place in PHS, based on reported positions at this afternoon’s 1600 hours ‘sked’ with the fleet, Two yachts Silver Lady and Time Out – have retired from the division.

Silver Lady, skippered by Hugh Ellis from the Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron in Victoria, is returning to Sydney while Time Out (Pete Blair) from the CYCA, is motor to Lord Howe Island.

Handicap positions have remained virtually unchanged during the day, with AFR Midnight Rambler (Ed Psaltis & Bob Thomas, CYCA) still heading the leader board in the IRC Division from Morna, skippered by Greg Zyner from Manly Yacht Club and the CYCA entrant Great Expectations (Rod Wills).

Gosford Sailing Club entrants Polaris of Belmont (Chris Dawe) and Pacha (Bill Koppe) are fifth and seventh respectively in the IRC division.

The Queensland yacht Dream Lover (Rick Morgan) continues to head the PHS Division, from the Lake Macquarie boat Inner Circle (Darren Cooney/Ken Robinson) with the SASC entry Azzura (Azzura Syndicate) moving up into third position on the latest ‘sked.’

Second boat to cross the line early this evening is expected to be AFR Midnight Rambler which has 31.4nm to sail at this afternoon’s ‘sked’, followed by Dream Lover (40.5nm to sail) and Occasional Coarse Language (Warwick Sherman, CYCA) which had 64nm to sail.

	START:                 OCTOBER	27	13	00
						HRS FROM START
	SKED 5 - DATE/TIME: Monday	29	15	05		50.08
IRC PROGRESSIVE RESULTS
						DIST		TRUE	CORR
	YACHT NAME	LAT		LONG		TO FIN	TCC	SPEED	SPEED	PLACE
8338	AFR Midnight Rambler	31	42	158	27	31.4	1.165	7.64	6.56	1
2090	Morna	32	28	157	14	107.3	0.953	6.12	6.42	2
6343	Great Expectations	32	11	157	58	66.9	1.094	6.93	6.33	3
8008	Occasional Coarse Language	31	34	157	50	61.4	1.116	7.04	6.31	4
4057	Polaris of Belmont	32	31	157	13	109.6	0.976	6.08	6.23	5
97	Aurora	32	06	157	19	93.9	1.049	6.39	6.09	6
3724	Pacha	32	27	157	24	99.7	1.073	6.28	5.85	7
6156	Salona	32	39	157	12	114.8	1.050	5.97	5.69	8
5527	Kioni	31	47	156	01	154.8	1.123	5.18	4.61	9
PHS PROGRESSIVE RESULTS
						DIST		TRUE	CORR
	YACHT NAME	LAT		LONG		TO FIN	TCF	SPEED	SPEED	PLACE
826	Dream Lover	31	51	158	20	40.5	1.053	7.46	7.08	1
M762	Inner Circle	32	00	157	32	81.5	0.998	6.64	6.65	2
A142	Azzuro	31	59	157	53	64.6	1.063	6.98	6.56	3
6388	Namadgi	32	26	157	17	104.2	0.949	6.19	6.52	4
3433	Dreamtime	32	30	157	31	96.5	1.011	6.34	6.27	5
4384	First Light	32	05	157	05	104.8	1.022	6.17	6.04	6
NOR2	Getaway-Sailing.com	Finished 29  14:44:36				0.0	1.497	8.32	5.56	7
b126	Silver Lady	33	09	156	09	Retired - returning to Sydney
4045	Time Out	32	10	157	11	Retired -  motoring to LHI