Ladies Day - CYCA Winter series 2009 finishes in sunshine

by Jennifer Crooks CYCA on 19 Jul 2009 Audi Winter Series 2009 came to a close today with the final non-pointscore race of the season, the closing Ladies Day Race. A total of 54 yachts started the race for the Chris Lee Trophy in 5-8 knots of westerly breeze. Racing was conducted in four divisions: two spinnaker and two non spinnaker divisions, with the spinnaker divisions doing two laps of the course and non-spinnaker boats only doing one lap.

PRO John Hurley said that today’s racing was very good conditions for novice skippers. 'It was a very pleasant day on Sydney Harbour today and the conditions were perfect for novice skippers. The breeze stayed in for most of the day between W and NW, having fluctuated quite a lot in direction during the first hour of racing between W and NW.'

'Given the wind conditions, lady skippers had a testing first beat up to Garden Island. The light spots in the breeze tended to favour the bigger spinnaker division boats. It was a great race in Spinnaker Division 1 with Vanguard skippered by Amanda Wilmot finishing first, after being dealt a hefty handicap. She was able to come from behind and overtake the Sydney 38s,' concluded John.

Behind her came Kristin Short skippering Zen in second and Susan Geitz on Vino third.

'It was a magic day on water and it was great to get a first again season and my first win in a Ladies Day race. We didn’t get a favourable Director’s handicap today so I was glad that we had two laps to race and that the course didn’t get shortened,' said the winning skipper.

'On the second lap, we were able to catch those that had started in front of us and then come up with the win. The crew were in high spirits from the start of racing and the fun continued throughout the race with the crew managing to not make any mistakes,' concluded Amanda.

In Spinnaker Division 2, Erin Mander skippering Lady Bug finished first, closely followed by Alice Lydement on Huntress second and Shahrzad Vahebzadeh on Eye Appeal third.

In Non Spinnaker Division 1, Melinda Rippe skippering The Tavern finished first with Mary King skippering St Hilliers Quest second and Lynda Shelley skippering Sommer Breeze third.

In Non Spinnaker Division 2, Catherine Jones skippering Attitude finished first, with Gondwana second and Lisa Wilkinson skippering Out of Sight third.

A fabulous day on water was had by all to conclude another highly successful Audi Winter Series. A total of 217 yachts entered the series with an average of 140 boats taking to the water across 11 divisions, including two non-spinnakers divisions and a Sydney 38 One Design Division. Each week, placegetters had the opportunity to win an Audi A6 saloon to drive for a week which was a very popular additional prize to the Line 7 sailing gear provide for first, second and third place.

The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, on behalf of all those entered into Audi Winter Series 2009, would like to thank Audi Australia for their continued support of the Winter Series, and the sport of sailing. Here’s to next year’s Audi Winter Series for all its colour and excitement!

Cruising Yacht Club of Australia
AUDI WINTER SERIES
Closing Ladies Day Race - Sunday 19th July 2009
PROVISIONAL RESULTS - SPINNAKER DIVISION 1
Sail No		Yacht Name	Skipper	Official Start Time	Start No	Start Time	Elapsed Time	Finish	Place
	6377	Vanguard	Amanda Wilmot	11:30	43	12:13	1:39:06	13:52:06	1
	3838	Zen	Kristin Short	11:30	12	11:42	2:13:35	13:55:35	2
HI	101	Vino	Susan Geitz	11:30	24	11:54	2:04:36	13:58:36	3
	7777	Calibre	Jean Bennett	11:30	11	11:41	2:19:10	14:00:10	4
	5271	Nocturne	Dinah Eagle	11:30	10	11:40	2:24:53	14:04:53	5
	6900	X3	Pamela Scrivenor	11:30	16	11:46	2:22:59	14:08:59	6
	2001	Quetzalcoatl	Gillian Goldsmith	11:30	9	11:39	2:30:59	14:09:59	7
	8455	Europa	Julie Plant	11:30	10	11:40	2:30:04	14:10:04	8
	8301	Cadenza	Leanne Richardson	11:30	13	11:43	2:30:58	14:13:58	9
	9477	The Crone of Silence	Jenny Neill	11:30	18	11:48		DNF	10
BRU	1	Mahligai	Jenny Kings	11:30	17	11:47		DNC
MYC	22	Celestial	TBA	11:30	11	11:41		DNC
	35	Imagination	Annette Hawthorn	11:30	15	11:45		DNC
SYD	181	Online	TBA	11:30	5	11:35		DNC
	447	Quatre Quart	Sue Segaert	11:30	7	11:37		DNC
	3060	Thirlmere	Sally Warneford	11:30	12	11:42		DNC
	3806	Livewire	TBA	11:30	12	11:42		DNC
	4600	Vivacite	Melinda Rippe	11:30	18	11:48		DNC
	6146	Kioni	TBA	11:30	5	11:35		DNC
	6155	Getaway Sailing 2	TBA	11:30	6	11:36		DNC
	6363	Playstation 3	TBA	11:30	20	11:50		DNC
	6482	Gaia	Kristina Brenke	11:30	7	11:37		DNC
	7027	The SubZero Goat	TBA	11:30	15	11:45		DNC
	7771	Balance	TBA	11:30	19	11:49		DNC
	7878	Sailors with disAbilities	TBA	11:30	26	11:56		DNC
	8008	Occasional Coarse Language	Sarah Goddard-Jones	11:30	12	11:42		DNC
	8924	Pretty Fly II	Gladys Wood	11:30	15	11:45		DNC
	9999	Assassin	Clare Crawford	11:30	17	11:47		DNC
	52052	Shortwave	Christine Short	11:30	38	12:08		DNC
Cruising Yacht Club of Australia
AUDI WINTER SERIES
Closing Ladies Day Race - Sunday 19th July 2009
PROVISIONAL RESULTS - SPINNAKER DIVISION 2
Sail No		Yacht Name	Skipper	Official Start Time	Start NO	StartTime	Elapsed Time	Finish	Place
	920	Lady Bug	Erin Mander	11:30	11	11:41	2:34:15	14:15:15	1
	54	Huntress	Alice Lydement	11:30	11	11:41	2:38:33	14:19:33	2
	8063	Eye Appeal	Shahrzad Vahebzadeh	11:30	28	11:58	2:23:17	14:21:17	3
	4920	Crusher	Cate Barry	11:30	28	11:58	2:24:33	14:22:33	4
AUS	150	The Business	Dimity Stibbard	11:30	40	12:10	2:14:24	14:24:24	5
	150	Clandestine	Michelle Marr	11:30	32	12:02	2:24:28	14:26:28	6
AUS 92	92	Sophia	Jo Gregory	11:30	23	11:53	2:33:45	14:26:45	7
KA	400	Scarlett O'Hara	Grainne Saunders	11:30	23	11:53	2:34:13	14:27:13	8
R	10	Froth & Bubble	Claire Strange	11:30	26	11:56	2:31:16	14:27:16	9
	6607	Wirrajurnd	TBA	11:30	24	11:54	2:34:49	14:28:49	10
SM	74	Perfect Match	Nicole Farrell	11:30	19	11:49	2:41:01	14:30:01	11
	9900	Superfine	Jemina Hardman	11:30	20	11:50	2:40:51	14:30:51	12
	6767	Big Blue	Ann Penty	11:30	16	11:46	2:45:00	14:31:00	13
	248	Erica J	Louise Stevenson	11:30	12	11:42	2:49:31	14:31:31	14
	5436	Sine Wave	Barb Maunsell	11:30	18	11:48	2:44:11	14:32:11	15
B	331	Broulee	Karen Pearce	11:30	10	11:40	2:58:38	14:38:38	16
M	118	Wild Spirit	Christine Turner	11:30	23	11:53		DNC
	621	Devil's Lair	TBA	11:30	23	11:53		DNC
YC	868	Velocity	Nella Moore	11:30	12	11:42		DNC
	6609	Amante	Kathlyn Mulloy	11:30	27	11:57		DNC
	6626	Double Trouble	Becc Wyatt	11:30	19	11:49		DNC
	6694	Paca	Vicki Tarbet	11:30	1	11:31		DNC
	6777	Onya	Melanie Godfrey	11:30	28	11:58		DNC
	8383	Krakatoa	Sandy Collins	11:30	22	11:52		DNC
	8832	Larrikin	Sue Elliott	11:30	20	11:50		DNC
Cruising Yacht Club of Australia
AUDI WINTER SERIES
Closing Ladies Day Race - Sunday 19th July 2009
PROVISIONAL RESULTS - NON SPINNAKER DIVISION 1
	Sail No	Yacht Name	Skipper	off start time	Start No	Start Time	Elapsed Time	Finish	Place
	6157	The Tavern	Melinda Rippe	11:30	13	11:43	1:14:42	12:57:42	1
	6606	St Hilliers Quest	Mary King	11:30	20	11:50	1:10:07	13:00:07	2
	700	Sommer Breeze	Lynda Shelley	11:30	6	11:36	1:24:49	13:00:49	3
	7407	Chancellor	Sheri Evans	11:30	4	11:34	1:26:53	13:00:53	4
	7600	Icom Utopia	Pam Messenger	11:30	15	11:45	1:16:15	13:01:15	5
	6070	Sydney	Victoria Kellett	11:30	22	11:52	1:09:30	13:01:30	6
	4715	Marloo	Vivienne MacMahon	11:30	7	11:37	1:25:25	13:02:25	7
	6608	Elusive	Jackie Sapir	11:30	10	11:40	1:24:57	13:04:57	8
	89	Into the Mystic	Ashleagh Mitchell	11:30	1	11:31	1:34:24	13:05:24	9
	6223	Trim	Lauren Walsh	11:30	9	11:39	1:26:26	13:05:26	10
M	6	Tow Truck	Rhonda Carr	11:30	20	11:50	1:15:56	13:05:56	11
	8412	Cyrene 3	Elena Wise	11:30	7	11:37	1:30:07	13:07:07	12
	9412	Sextant	Amanda Cook	11:30	8	11:38	1:31:03	13:09:03	13
	80808	Panacea	Peta Wilcox	11:30	6	11:36	1:33:15	13:09:15	14
	4970	Akela	Denise Tucker	11:30	6	11:36	1:34:02	13:10:02	15
RQ	1123	Solahart - Rum Jungle	Karen Greisen	11:30	8	11:38	1:33:34	13:11:34	16
	7046	Inkonkoni	Mo Mitchell	11:30	1	11:31	1:45:00	13:16:00	17
	5935	Alpha Carinae	Debra Barker	11:30	3	11:33		DNC
	6351	Game Set	TBA	11:30	7	11:37		DNC
	5886	Crossing	TBA	11:30	8	11:38		DNC
	5407	Lady Ann	TBA	11:30	9	11:39		DNC
	6719	Cmist	Michelle Dillon	11:30	9	11:39		DNC
	6492	Wild One	Helen Missiris	11:30	13	11:43		DNC
	6111	Never a Dull Moment	Denise Wilson	11:30	15	11:45		DNC
	5474	Infinity III	TBA	11:30	20	11:50		DNC
	8848	Broomstick	TBA	11:30	24	11:54		DNC
Cruising Yacht Club of Australia
AUDI WINTER SERIES
Closing Ladies Day Race - Sunday 19th July 2009
PROVISIONAL RESULTS - NON SPINNAKER DIVISION 2
Sail No		Yacht Name	Skipper	Off Start Time	Start No	Start Time	Elapsed Time	Finish	Place
	8150	Attitude	Catherine Jones	11:30	18	11:48	1:31:52	13:19:52	1
	5484	Gondwana	TBA	11:30	22	11:52	1:32:00	13:24:00	2
	544	Out of Sight	Lisa Wilkinson	11:30	22	11:52	1:34:24	13:26:24	3
	1961	In Cahoots	Roberta Easton	11:30	21	11:51	1:35:35	13:26:35	4
	4960	MRX	Fenella Bastick	11:30	23	11:53	1:34:52	13:27:52	5
	922	Imagine	Vicki Patterson	11:30	3	11:33	1:58:45	13:31:45	6
	6725	Jewel	Danielle Hall	11:30	17	11:47	1:44:52	13:31:52	7
	4543	Brigus	Elizabeth Burke	11:30	17	11:47	1:45:31	13:32:31	8
	404	Hornblower	TBA	11:30	3	11:33	2:00:33	13:33:33	9
	4896	L'Eau Co	Jan Pollock	11:30	10	11:40	1:56:48	13:36:48	10
	3790	Tickalara	Julia Livermore	11:30	1	11:31	2:07:08	13:38:08	11
C	5	Tio Hia	TBA	11:30	3	11:33		DNC
E	43	Chameleon	Helen Service	11:30	18	11:48		DNC
A	92	Clewless?	Angela Farrar	11:30	9	11:39		DNC
AUS	124	Slack Alice	Shan Collier	11:30	8	11:38		DNC
	508	Stormy Petrel	TBA	11:30	18	11:48		DNC
	2125	Sea Rug Hoo Ha	TBA	11:30	1	11:31		DNC
	3976	Gusto	Jane Purvis	11:30	8	11:38		DNC
	4208	HP Farr Lap	Liz Carpenter	11:30	22	11:52		DNC
	5106	Anna	TBA	11:30	4	11:34		DNC
	6501	Lahara II	TBA	11:30	25	11:55		DNC
	6625	Moondance	Mereta Sorensen	11:30	8	11:38		DNC
	6739	Hubcap II	Tess Heiligers	11:30	18	11:48		DNC
	7621	Viking	TBA	11:30	24	11:54		DNC
	8383	Krakatoa	Sandy Collins	11:30	25	11:55		DNC