Drambue takes the Bluebirds at Skandia Geelong Week

by Traci Ayris / Skandia media on 26 Jan 2009
Designed in the late 1940’s as an affordable yacht for families looking to enjoy sailing after the harrowing war years, the 22ft long Bluebird remains a popular and affordable little keelboat to this day, with a large contingent berthed in the Williamstown area.

At Skandia Geelong Week nine Bluebird entrants competed in a three race series; eight members of the Hobson’s Bay Yacht Club and one RYCV member.

The Williamstown to Geelong Passage Race results count in the Bluebird Class association’s long course series for the Polly Woodside perpetual trophy, and this year the long race was won by Craig Black and Drambue.

In race two Warwick Norman’s Revel was first over the line and on the final day of racing only one point separated Black, Norman and third-placed Ivan Knight on Paramour.

The final race saw Drambue win over and Paramour which gave the Drambue the overall win in the series.

Bluebirds

PROVISIONAL RESULTS

 

Series Results [Elapsed Time] up to Race 3 (Drops = 0)

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		R57	DRAMBUE	Craig Black	RYCV	4.00	1.00	2.00	1.00
2	1.0S	H292	REVEL	Warwick Norman	HBYC	7.00	3.00	1.00	3.00
3		H66	PARAMOUR	Ivan Knight	HBYC	7.00	2.00	3.00	2.00
4		H471	NUNYARRA	David Barnett	HBYC	18.00	4.00	10.00F	4.00
5		H241	SHADOW	Ian Lewis	HBYC	23.00	5.00	10.00F	8.00
6		H90	SECRET	Jock Murphy	HBYC	25.00	10.00C	10.00C	5.00
7		H271	WARRANILLA	Ian McGrath	HBYC	26.00	10.00C	10.00C	6.00
8		H1684	MANJIMUP	Christian OHalloran	HBYC	27.00	10.00C	10.00C	7.00
9		H158	MOTLEY CREW	John Owens	HBYC	29.00	10.00C	10.00F	9.00

(Ties: S=Score R=Race B= Bettered. Penalties: A=ARB B=BFD C=DNC D=DNE E=ESP F=DNF G=RDG L=Late Entrant M=DGM N=ENP O=OCS P=Protest Q=DSQ R=RAF S=DNS U=DUT V=AVG X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=NoData [x.y]=Discarded)

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