Abracadabra wins Young 88 Nationals

by RNZYS Media and Sail-World on 13 Apr 2008
Abrcadabra helmed by Andrew Wills won a shortened Young 88 Nationals organised by the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.

27 boats entered the series, in which five races were completed on Saturday. There was no racing possible on Sunday because of strong winds.

Racing was very close - a little too close at times with three boats being forced to retire with damage but there was no crew injuries.

It was a windy day out in the Hauraki Gulf, on Saturday, with a strong 15 - 20 knot easterly, with some big fun waves.

Second overall is last year's winner Triple 8 helmed by owner Roger Pagani, Wakahuia was third and Panama Jack fourth overall.

Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron

2008 Young 88 National Championships - Line

Series ID 1

Results based on Races this series: 8 5 races completed, worst score still to be discarded.

Low Point scoring system, ISAF Rule A9 applies

Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points PlaceDivision H, 27 entries

8365 Young 88 Abracadabra 2 1 1 3 4 11 1

888 Young 88 Triple 8 1 2 7 1 3 14 2

8022 Young 88 Wakahuia 8 6 5 7 2 28 3

423 Young 88 Panama Jack 6 9 2 5 7 29 4

5885 Young 88 Outrageous 10 3 12 10 1 36 5

6728 Young 88 88% Proof 3 11 9 2 12 37 6

6398 Young 88 Sailor Moon 11 5 8 12 9 45 7

5088 Young 88 Sister Moonshine 7 15 11 9 5 47 8

5746 Young 88 Sweeney Todd 13 16 13 8 10 60 9

5818 Young 88 Flashback 9 20 bfd 6 6 68 10

6490 Young 88 Crowded House 14 25 15 4 11 69 11

5883 Young 88 Early Days 12 12 10 18 18 70 12

5344 Young 88 Mindbender 17 13 16 15 15 76 13

6281 Young 88 Young Again 18 4 20 19 17 78 14

5889 Young 88 Alibi 23 8 6 13 dnc 78 15

9105 Young 88 Raging Hormones 5 17 4 dsq dnc 80 16

6488 Young 88 Simple Minds 24 18 22 11 8 83 17

5760 Young 88 Eye Spy 22 10 18 16 19 85 18

6188 Young 88 Legless 19 14 bfd 14 13 87 19

6668 Young 88 Undercover 4 7 21 dnc dnc 88 20

8202 Young 88 Heartlight 21 19 14 21 14 89 21

5880 Young 88 Young Magic 15 23 19 22 16 95 22

5364 Young 88 Lipstick 16 dnf 3 dsq dnc 101 23

5518 Young 88 Blondie 20 21 17 dsq 20 104 24

4881 Young 88 Young Radical 25 22 23 17 22 109 25

6150 Young 88 Split Decision 26 24 24 20 21 115 26

6876 Young 88 Unique 88 27 dsq dnc dnc dnc 139 27

Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron

2008 Young 88 National Championships - HandicapSeries ID 2

Results based on Handicap

Races this series: 8 5 races completed, worst score still to be discarded.

Low Point scoring system, ISAF Rule A9 applies

Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points PlaceDivision H, 27 entries

5760 Young 88 Eye Spy 3 1 1 1= 2 8.5 1

5746 Young 88 Sweeney Todd 2 5 4 3 1 15 2

4881 Young 88 Young Radical 4 6 3 1= 4 18.5 3

5883 Young 88 Early Days 1 3 2 5= 9 20.5 4

6281 Young 88 Young Again 8 2 7 7 8 32 5

5088 Young 88 Sister Moonshine 5 9 8 5= 5 32.5 6

5880 Young 88 Young Magic 6 11 6 11 6= 40.5 7

6188 Young 88 Legless 9 4 bfd 4 3 47 8

6488 Young 88 Simple Minds 14= 13 11 9 6= 54 9

6150 Young 88 Split Decision 11 12 10 10 11 54 10

5518 Young 88 Blondie 10 10 5 dsq 10 61 11

6490 Young 88 Crowded House 12 21 13 8 12 66 12

5344 Young 88 Mindbender 14= 14 14 13 15 70.5 13

5889 Young 88 Alibi 20 7 9 12 dnc 76 14

8202 Young 88 Heartlight 17 19 12 16= 13 77.5 15

5885 Young 88 Outrageous 22 8 18 16= 14 78.5 16

6398 Young 88 Sailor Moon 23 15 17 19 17 91 17

888 Young 88 Triple 8 19 18 23 15 19 94 18

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8365 Young 88 Abracadabra 21 17 19 20 20 97 19

5818 Young 88 Flashback 18 25 bfd 14 16 100 20

6668 Young 88 Undercover 13 16 20 dnc dnc 105 21

9105 Young 88 Raging Hormones 16 22 16 dsq dnc 108 22

8022 Young 88 Wakahuia 27 20 22 22 18 109 23

6728 Young 88 88% Proof 24 24 24 18 22 112 24

423 Young 88 Panama Jack 26 23 21 21 21 112 25

6876 Young 88 Unique 88 7 dsq dnc dnc dnc 119 26

5364 Young 88 Lipstick 25 dnf 15 dsq dnc 122 27