Fying Fifteen Australian Championship (Pre Worlds) Day 1

by David Seaman on 4 Jan 2009
The Flying Fifteen Worlds are being held at the Royal Yacht Club Victoria in Melbourne. The first four days of racing cover the Australian Championships, and the remainder the Worlds.

Daily Overview (Sunday 4th January)

After a postponement and a general recall, today's Invitation Race got underway at 11.20am in a light southeasterly breeze on Port Philip.

It was quite a picture from the signal boat - with around 100 Flying Fifteens battling for position on the starting line. The fleet quickly split though - with the faster Mark IIIs breaking easily away from the older Classics and Silvers.

First around the top mark was Australia's (and Royals' own!) Brian Carroll on Supertoy Play On. And play on he did, winning the invitation race, just ahead of Great Britain's Secret Ingredient X. The first Silver boat to come home was another Australian boat, Trevor Williams' Good Thing, 18th overall. Andy McKee on British boat Feel
Flows took the Classic division.

The breeze continued to build to a beautiful 12-15 knots for the afternoon's race - the first heat of the Australian National Championship (Pre Worlds).

Truly a world event, Britain led the pack at the final top mark, chased by boats from Spain, New Zealand and Ireland. But it was the Spaniard that won the day - Javier Chacartegui's Ffatigaos, the only Spanish entry in the competition. No change in the Silver and Classics from this morning with Good Thing and Feel Flows winning their respective divisions.
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TOP TEN RESULTS:

Race No FFAC1, 47th Australian Championship Heat 1
Held on 4/01/2009 at 14:45.

Sail Yacht Skipper Crew Age Class Finish Elapsed Points Penalty Notes

3796 Ffatigaos Javier Chacártegui Thjnel fanta visula 47 O 16:04:17 79.283 1
3911 **** Barry Parkin Tim Hall 44 O 16:04:22 79.367 2
3931 N/a Alan Bax Bill Masterman 56 O 16:04:25 79.417 3
3739 Ffortune Aaron Goodmanson Alister Rowlands 32 O 16:04:57 79.95 4
3917 Art Gekko Mike Hart Mike Hart 48 O 16:05:17 80.283 5
3832 Blowffish Adrienne Rekke Craig Coulan 41 O 16:05:44 80.733 6
3833 No Bull Grant Alderson Dean Mcaullay 42 O 16:06:06 81.1 7
3774 Rollercoaster Tom Murphy Neil Kafer 61 O 16:06:13 81.217 8
3881 I'd Swap This For A Bundy Adam Hawkins Ben Vones 30 O 16:06:44 81.733 9
3619 Affrodisiac Ron Packer Peter Mudford 58 O 16:06:57 81.95 10

Race No FFACI, 47th Australian Championship Invitation Race
Held on 04/01/2009 at 11:40:00.

3861 Supertoy Plays On Brian Carroll Michael Brown
3905 Secret Ingredient X David McKee Hewkid
3833 No Bull Grant Alderson Dean Mcaullay
3917 Art Gekko Mike Hart Mike Hart
3832 Blowffish Adrienne Rekke Craig Coulan
3781 16 David Tucker Matt Summers
3619 Affrodisiac Ron Packer Peter Mudford
3799 One Under Veronica Falat Ben Falat
3796 Ffatigaos Javier Chacártegui Thjnel fanta visula
3743 Spot The Difference Greg Tonnison Steve Roberts

Full results click here
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The Regatta

ffi Worlds Melbourne 2009 comprises four events:

The 17th FF International World Championship
which incorporates:

47th FF Australian National Championship
FF International World Youth Championship
FF Open/Classic/Silver International Regatta

All events will be conducted on Port Philip Bay, Melbourne Australia, from 2nd to 15th January 2009.

The Royal Yacht Club of Victoria is the event host and the Organising Authority on behalf of Flying Fifteen International.

Racing Schedule

47th FF Australian National Championship (Pre Worlds)
Sunday 4th to Wednesday 7th January

17th FF International World Championship
Saturday 10th to Thursday 15th January

FF International World Youth Championship
Saturday 10th to Thursday 15th January

FF Open/Classic/Silver International Regatta
Saturday 10th to Thursday 15th January
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http://www.ffiworlds2009.yachting.org.au