Bavaria Yachts Sydney Harbour Regatta

by Jamie Millar on 30 Oct 2008
On a fine Friday in Sydney Harbour, 24 October 2008, 16 Bavaria Yachts jockeyed for position at the start of the annual Bavaria Yachts Sydney Harbour Regatta. The day dawned sunny and with light, cool easterly breezes, a relief following the three preceding days of weather mayhem!

With boats ranging from 31’ to 49’, the fleet sailed fixed courses starting outside the CYCA just off Clarke Island. The beat took the fleet north past the Sow Pigs and as far up as Manly for the big boats. Fluky conditions saw positions change often as the yachts searched for the best wind to gain an edge. Downwind, a port reach past Shark Island, the lighter boats saw the biggest gains with the fleet applying themselves to the task of making the boats lighter as the race progressed.

In the bigger class, the Bavaria 49, skippered by Nev Wittey (and crewed by a choice selection of boating industry reprobates), powered ahead to a convincing win followed by the impressive Bavaria 44 Cruiser owned and skippered by Matt Treglone. Third across the line was Bill Hili’s Bavaria 44 Vision followed by a tense tussle between Rob Pizzie’s new Bavaria 43 Cruiser and Alan Husband’s Bavaria 42 Cruiser. Pizzie’s 43 won third on handicap.

In the smaller class two courses were sailed with a split fleet. In the A fleet, the triumph went to Adrian Van Bellen’s Bavaria 33 – a consistent race and a strong finish. Second went to Terry Clarke’s Bavaria 34. The B fleet sailed a tight race with Richard Hutcheson’s Bavaria 36 winning and Bob Stuart’s Bavaria 39 taking line honours and coming a close second on handicap. Matt Bromhead’s Bavaria 37 secured a well earned third.

The annual Bavaria Yachts Sydney Harbour Regatta is an event to celebrate the Bavaria Lifestyle by bringing owners, families and friends together for a day of fun and camaraderie on the water with some light-hearted racing.

The days racing was followed by an evening of food, drinks and entertainment along with prize giving with a selection of fantastic prizes donated by sponsors and key suppliers, a final and important touch to a great day.

RESULTS
DIV 3 BAVARIA NON SPINNAKER /FAMILY CLASS 1A
Yacht Type Owner/Skipper Start TCF Finish Elapsed Corrected Place
Soul Sister 33 Adrian Van Bellen 13:35 0.980 16:30:55 2:55:55 2:52:24 1
Senta 34 Terry & Julie Clarke 13:35 0.990 16:29:19 2:54:19 2:52:34 2
Bavaria 38 38 NSY Bav 38 13:35 1.030 16:29:16 2:54:16 2:59:30 3
Liquidity 38 Geoff Cook 13:35 1.030 16:48:27 3:13:27 3:19:15 4
Felixette 31 Michael Lindsay 13:35 0.975 17:06:11 3:31:11 3:25:54 5

DIV 3 BAVARIA NON SPINNAKER /FAMILY CLASS 1B
Yacht Type Owner/Skipper Start TCF Finish Elapsed Corrected Place
Capella 36 Richard Hutcheson 13:35 1.001 16:08:02 2:33:02 2:33:15 1
Robara 39 Bob & Barbara Stuart 13:35 1.001 16:07:15 2:32:15 2:32:23 2
Zephyr 37 Matt Bromhead 13:35 1.000 16:15:01 2:40:01 2:40:04 3

DIV 4 BAVARIA NON SPINNAKER / FAMILY CLASS 2
Yacht Type Owner/Skipper Start TCF Finish Elapsed Corrected Place
Uluwatu 49 Robert McClelland 13:35 1.110 16:26:48 2:51:48 3:10:42 1
James-
Arthur 44 Matt Triglone 13:35 1.090 16:35:21 3:00:21 3:16:35 2
Midlife 43 Robert Pizzie 13:35 1.060 16:46:27 3:11:27 3:22:56 3
The Sweet-
Escape 44V Bill Hili 13:35 1.080 16:44:11 3:09:11 3:24:19 4
Limelight 42 Alan Husband 13:35 1.060 16:49:46 3:14:46 3:26:27 5
Forever-
Young 40V Brian Liddell 13:35 1.050 17:01:39 3:26:39 3:36:59 6
Bavaria 40 40 NSY Bav 40 13:35 1.040 17:13:33 3:38:33 3:47:18 7
Happy Too 44V Ted Dermody 13:35 1.080 17:11:03 3:36:03 3:53:20 8

Sponsors:
Alegayter Sails, Australian Yacht Winch Company, Barlow Distributors, Lewmar, Boat Stripes, Boatworks, Club Marine Insurance, Contender Sailcloth, Doyle Sailmakers, Hood Sailmakers, Midko Marine, North Sails, Ocean Media, Q Media, Quantum Sail Group, Ronstan International, Sheets Ahoy, Ship Shape Marine, SLAM, The Quays Marina, Volvo Penta, Yaffa Publishing.