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Lachlan Gilbert reclaims Australian Mirror Championship Title

by Grant Atherton on 8 Jan 2009
Sydney Ports 43rd International Mirror Class Australian Championships 2009 Ernie Spielman
Sydneysider Lachlan Gilbert sailing with his son Finn in Stanley Crocodile took out the Sydney Ports 43rd Australian Mirror Championships sailed on Sydney’s Middle Harbour from the Balmoral Sailing Club. Lachlan sailed an imported GRP Mark III Mirror for the event which created much interest in the boat park before racing began and even more interest after he had shown his speed in the Cliff Scott Memorial Invitation Race.

Last years winners Tasmanians Jessie Atherton and Katherine Maher in Kamikaze finished second overall in a count back from Greg and Ben Field in Juke Box. The heats were conducted in a variety of winds mainly in the 5 to 15 knot range with the occasional 15 to 20 knot bursts to liven up the sailing.

32 boats contested the series with some new faces getting back into the class after determining their children were now old enough to sail in the Mirror. Families featured extensively in the fleet with 19 of the entrants comprising parent and child or sibling pairings. Generally the parents were helming but the were exceptions including Robbie Hunt who gave up a spot in the Tasmanian Sabot Team to helm his father Quentin’s Mirror Fizz, with Quentin moving forward to the crew position. The combination worked well for a well deserved 10th overall.

A notable performance was produced by former triple World Fireball Champion John Dransfield who had only recently got into a Mirror with his son Jesse. Late in the series after getting the hang of the Mirror, they were able to lead the fleet in both heats 8 and 9 but had to be content with a fourth and second by the end of these heats and a 9th overall.

There were four different heat winners with Stanley Crocodile winning six heats, Kamikaze winning two heats, Juke Box 1 heat and Mark Barrington and Molly Hutton in Kamikaze II winning one heat. The Tasmanian teenage girls in Kamikaze took out the Junior Title, while Kamikaze II took out the Veterans Title and was fourth overall – the first gaff rigged finisher, Jenny Graney and Daniel McAulley in Carpe Diem took out the Norm Deane Masters Title, and Juke Box took out the Frank Buxton Family Title.

The 2010-2011 Mirror World Championships will be sailed from the Princess Royal Sailing Club in Albany WA and the opportunity to sail in a world championship in Australia is expected to swell Australian Mirror fleets over the next couple of seasons.

Overall

Sailed:10, Discards:2, To count:8, Entries:32, Scoring system:Default scoring system
Rank Points Boat SailNo Helm Crew Club Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Race 8 Race 9 Race 10
1st 11.0 Stanley Crocodile 70464 Lachlan Gilbert Finn Gilbert HHSC NSW 1.0 2.0 (4.0) 1.0 (4.0) 1.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 1.0
2nd 20.0 Kamikaze 69196 Jessie Atherton Katherine Maher KBSC Tas 3.0 (6.0) 1.0 3.0 (6.0) 2.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 5.0
3rd 20.0 Jukebox 70170 Greg Field Ben Field HHSC NSW (4.0) 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 (4.0) 4.0 3.0 4.0 2.0
4th 36.0 Kamikaze II 70063 Mark Barrington Molly Hutton KBSC Tas 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 1.0 6.0 5.0 (7.0) (8.0) 4.0
5th 43.0 Stealth 70117 Anita Scott-Murphy Ben Cruse WSC Vic (33.0 OCS) 8.0 3.0 6.0 3.0 3.0 9.0 5.0 (11.0) 6.0
6th 49.0 Time & Tide 57705 Paul Taylor Austin Taylor PRSC WA (10.0) 9.0 7.0 8.0 5.0 7.0 2.0 8.0 (18.0) 3.0
7th 55.0 Guppy Too 70180 Stephen Foster Jack Harriss HHSC NSW 6.0 4.0 6.0 9.0 7.0 11.0 (12.0) 6.0 6.0 (12.0)
8th 57.0 Predator 70454 Paddy Gilbert Daniel Barnett HHSC NSW 2.0 3.0 9.0 4.0 9.0 (14.0) (13.0) 10.0 10.0 10.0
9th 63.0 Critical Path 69360 John Dransfield Jesse Dransfield MHYC NSW 8.0 (33.0 DNS) 10.0 13.0 8.0 9.0 (33.0 DNF) 4.0 2.0 9.0
10th 79.0 Fizz 70177 Robert Hunt Quentin Hunt KBSC Tas (16.0) 12.0 12.0 11.0 11.0 5.0 8.0 13.0 (20.0) 7.0
11th 80.0 Ajax 69161 Phil Barnett Ella Barnett HHSC NSW 7.0 7.0 11.0 12.0 15.0 8.0 (33.0 DNF) (19.0) 7.0 13.0
12th 88.0 Carpe Diem 68678 Jenny Graney Daniel McAulley KBSC Tas 9.0 10.0 (33.0 RAF) 7.0 13.0 13.0 7.0 15.0 (16.0) 14.0
13th 91.4 More Rhubarb 68044 Douglas Raftesaft Edward Raftesaft BSC NSW 13.0 11.0 8.0 (21.0) 14.0 (16.0) 15.0 14.0 5.0 11.4 RDGc
14th 97.0 Foxy Lady 70146 Alex Hunt David McAully KBSC Tas (17.0) 15.0 16.0 10.0 (19.0) 10.0 10.0 11.0 17.0 8.0
15th 98.3 Fria II 68670 Rick Longbottom Rohan/Fergus Longbottom CYC ACT 14.0 (33.0 DNS) 12.3 RDGc 17.0 12.0 12.0 6.0 (33.0 OCS) 14.0 11.0
16th 99.0 Arrow 69358 Rebecca Price Megan Price OSC Qld 11.0 13.0 13.0 15.0 (17.0) 15.0 11.0 12.0 9.0 (16.0)
17th 119.0 Spooky 45291 Jeejee Unwalla Jessica Unwalla HHSC NSW 15.0 (18.0) 14.0 16.0 16.0 (18.0) 14.0 16.0 13.0 15.0
18th 122.0 Harmony 69193 Andrew Divola Will Divola Manly 18ft 12.0 (33.0 DNS) 15.0 14.0 18.0 17.0 16.0 (22.0) 12.0 18.0
19th 138.0 Quickstep II 70064 Lawson Taylor Mitchell Sainty PRSC WA 19.0 14.0 18.0 18.0 20.0 (22.0) 19.0 9.0 21.0 (33.0 DSQ)
20th 142.0 Sea Joule 70192 Celia May Oliver Sevil HHSC NSW 18.0 17.0 19.0 (20.0) (21.0) 19.0 17.0 20.0 15.0 17.0
21st 153.0 Wet Stuff 16034 Carl Nicholls Will Nicholls HHSC NSW 21.0 19.0 23.0 19.0 10.0 (24.0) 18.0 23.0 (26.0) 20.0
22nd 155.0 Woody 70169 Tara Foster Isabella Shields HHSC NSW 20.0 16.0 17.0 (23.0) (33.0 DNS) 23.0 23.0 18.0 19.0 19.0
23rd 166.0 Octopussy 70068 Rex Henderson Brittany Henderson RFBYC WA (26.0) 20.0 20.0 (22.0) 22.0 20.0 20.0 21.0 22.0 21.0
24th 190.0 Mise 70385 Garnet Kinlay Madaline Kinlay BSC NSW 22.0 21.0 (33.0 DNF) 25.0 (33.0 DNS) 26.0 22.0 26.0 25.0 23.0
25th 190.0 Aquanaut 63043 Stuart Poignand Max Poignand HHSC NSW 24.0 24.0 21.0 (27.0) 23.0 25.0 (33.0 DNS) 25.0 24.0 24.0
26th 200.0 One Step Beyond 69362 Andrew Dixon Hughes Lucy/Polly Dixon Hughes BSC NSW 23.0 (33.0 DNS) 26.0 29.0 25.0 (30.0) 25.0 17.0 28.0 27.0
27th 204.0 Sizzling Swan 68655 Alan Hornbuckle Ben Alsop BSC NSW 25.0 22.0 24.0 (33.0 DNS) (33.0 DNS) 27.0 21.0 33.0 DNS 27.0 25.0
28th 204.0 Uppercut 11719 Anthony Mandl Judy Engall BSC NSW 28.0 (33.0 DNS) 22.0 24.0 24.0 (33.0 DNS) 33.0 DNS 24.0 23.0 26.0
29th 219.0 Spiegel 67800 Steve Malone Daniel Foster BSC NSW 27.0 25.0 27.0 (33.0 DNS) (33.0 DNS) 28.0 24.0 29.0 30.0 29.0
30th 224.0 Offcuts 63727 David Sanders Thomas/Benjamin Sanders HHSC NSW (33.0 OCS) 23.0 (33.0 DNS) 26.0 33.0 DNS 21.0 33.0 DNS 33.0 DNS 33.0 DNS 22.0
31st 227.0 Tiger's Tail 67151 Matt Collis James Carson BSC NSW (33.0 DNS) (33.0 DNS) 25.0 28.0 26.0 29.0 33.0 DNS 27.0 31.0 28.0
32nd 227.0 Scallywag 2 11428 Ian Harriss Bethany Harriss HHSC NSW 29.0 26.0 28.0 30.0 27.0 (33.0 DNF) (33.0 DNS) 28.0 29.0 30.0

Scoring codes used

Code Description Points
DNF Started but did not finish 33
DNS Came to the start area but did nto start 33
DSQ Disqualification 33
OCS On course side at start or broke rule 30.1 33
RAF Retired after finishing 33
RDGc Redress - average points for all non-discard races Varies

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