45th Hartley TS 16s Australian championships Drummoyne Sailing Club

by Annette Brennan on 4 Jan 2010

A crowded bottom mark rounding - Hartley TS 16 Australian Championships 2009 Crosbie Lorimer http://www.crosbielorimer.com

45th Hartley TS 16s Australian championships at Drummoyne Sailing Club.

After four years a New South Wales boat Ambulance finally reclaims the national title from the Victorian boat Tru- Blu ruining their chances of making it a record five wins in a row in the 45th Hartley TS 16s Australian championships.

Held in predominately light airs in the inner harbour off Drummoyne Sailing Club in Sydney, Ambulance skippered by Ken Marslew and his crew Nigel Short from the Kogarah Bay Sailing Club, took out the title with four firsts and their worst heat a fifth.

The Ambulance winner Hartley TS16 National Championships 2009/2010 © Annette Brennan

Tru-Blu skippered Micheal Horvath from Williamstown Sailing Club was considered unbeatable . Ambulance Skipper Ken Marslew commented that, 'when someone says they are unbeatable it is like saying rules are made to be broken nicely, what got us past them on the course was tactics and determination.

Ambulance led from the start in many of the heats but early favourite Uncle Roy from Drummoyne Sailing club skippered by Eric Parland surprised everyone on the last day getting third place overall with Charlie Brown from Drummoyne Sailing Club skippered by Justine Tornai finishing the series overall in fourth place..

Skipper Ken Marslew also commented, the last time they sailed against Tru-Blu he cleaned us up as soon as we got close to him he went up a gear.

Crewman Nigel Short said that they did a lot of work with John Hearne of Doyles sails to optimise our rig and sail plan. We seemed to be fast upwind, nothing to do with the skipper picking the right way to go of course!

Association rules state that a boat cannot receive both scratch and handicap prizes so The Ambulance accepted the scratch trophy allowing Silver Fox to take the third place prize on handicap.

The fleet heads up river - Hartley TS 16 Australian Championships 2009 © Crosbie Lorimer http://www.crosbielorimer.com

Nationals 2009/10
Overall
Sailed:7, Discards:1, To count:6, Entries:23, Scoring system:Appendix A
Rank	Division	SailNo	Boat	Club			HelmName		R1				R2			R3				R4				R5				R6							R7				Total				Nett
1st	Scratch	1540	The Ambulance	Kogarah Bay SC		Ken Marslew					(5)	1							1				5				1				5										1				19		14
2nd	Scratch	1442	Tru-Blu	Williamstown SC				Michael Horvath		2					4			2				(11)				4				1							2			26				15
3rd	Scratch	1468	Uncle Roy	Drummoyne		Eric Partland					1	2							5				(8)				2				4										3				25		17
4th	Scratch	977	Charlie Brown	Drummoyne				Justine Tornai		(7)					5			4				4				3				2							6			31				24
5th	Scratch	1600	Rapscallion	DSC		Dick Voorderhake					10	3							8				1				7				(24 DNF)										5				58		34
6th	Scratch	1606	Ally-Oop	BRSC				Colin Hinwood		11					6			(14)				9				5				3							4			52				38
7th	Scratch	1470	Triple G	DSC		John Gilliard					3	7							9				12				6				(24 DNF)										8				69		45
8th	Scratch	1558	Xtremely Sinister	Kogarah Bay SC				Terry Mcleod		8					10			6				10				10				6							(12)			62				50
9th	Scratch	1544	Matrix	Saratoga		John Horler					14	8							3				7				8				(24 DNF)										13				77		53
10th	Scratch	1348	Tranquil	Drummoyne				Neil Johnson		6					9			11				3				(24 DNC)				24 DNF							9			86				62
11th	Scratch	1400	Murphies Law	Drummoyne		Graeme Bevan					4	12							7				17				9					(24 DNF)									14				87		63
12th	Scratch	1349	Aeolian	Richmond River SC			Graeme Fleming		16					(19)			18				6				11				7							11			88				69
13th	Scratch	1550	D.C.	Drummoyne	Robert Speedy						13	14							12				(16)				12					8									16				91		75
14th	Scratch	1592	Kurdi Magic	Port River SC			Alan Hall		12					13			10				2				(24 DNC)				24 DNF							24 DNC				109				85
15th	Scratch	1460	Uncle Bob	DSC	Tim Ryan						9	11							16				19				(24 DNC)							24 DNC				7				110				86
16th	Scratch	1601	Hirondelle	Drummoyne			Geoff Smith		18					17			15				15				13				(24 DNF)							10			112				88
17th	Scratch	1310	Silver Fox	Drummoyne	Trevor Bell						15	15							17				14				14							(24 DNC)				15				114				90
18th	Scratch	893	Hindsight	DSC			John McNamara		17					18			13				13				(24 DNC)				24 DNF							17			126				102
19th	Scratch	1060	No Strings	Drummoyne	Chris Giaquinto						22	20							20				20				15						(24 DNF)								18				139		115
20th	Scratch	703	Pelican	Drummoyne			Joe Horinek		20					16			19				18				(24 DNF)				24 DNF							19			140				116
21st	Scratch	1599	Le Coq Hardi	Drummoyne	Craig Meathrel						21	21							21				(24 DNC)				16						24 DNF								20				147		123

National Handicap Results Overall Sailed:7, Discards:1, To count:6, Entries:23, Scoring system:Appendix A
1st Rank	Handicap Division	1349 SailNo	Aeolian Boat	Graeme Fleming HelmName			(10) R1		6 R2				9 R3			1 R4				3 R5				4 R6								8 R7												41 Total					31 Nett
2nd	Handicap	1540	The Ambulance		Ken Marslew	(11)				9		6		9			4				6						1				46						35
3rd	Handicap	977	Charlie Brown		Justine Tornai	9		11			8				6				9				1					(19)														63						44
4th	Handicap	1310	Silver Fox		Trevor Bell	12				3		15		7			7				(24 DNC)					7				75						51
5th	Handicap	1601	Hirondelle		Geoff Smith	17		14			10				5				1				(24 DNF)											5						76						52
6th	Handicap	1060	No Strings		Chris Giaquinto	19				5		5		18			2				(24 DNF)					3				76						52
7th	Handicap	1442	Tru-Blu		Michael Horvath	7		15			7				13				(17)				2												9						70						53
8th	Handicap	893	Hindsight		John McNamara	13				7		1		8			13				(24 DNF)					12				78						54
9th	Handicap	1606	Ally-Oop		Colin Hinwood	15		2			(21)				11				14				3												10						76						55
10th	Handicap	1468	Uncle Roy		Eric Partland	2				20		(22)		16			6				5						11				82						60
11th	Handicap	1558	Xtremely Sinister		Terry Mcleod	8		(18)			11				12				12				7												15						83						65
12th	Handicap	1600	Rapscallion		Dick Voorderhake	18				4		12		3			16				(24 DNF)					14				91						67
13th	Handicap	1550	D.C.		Robert Speedy	(14)		13			13				10				10				8												13						81						67
14th	Handicap	1599	Le Coq Hardi		Craig Meathrel	6				17		2		(24 DNC)			15				24 DNF					4				92						68
15th	Handicap	1470	Triple G		John Gilliard	3		19			16				15			8				(24 DNF)											17						102						78
16th	Handicap	1592	Kurdi Magic		Alan Hall	16				10		4		2			(24 DNC)				24 DNF					24 DNC				104						80
17th	Handicap	1348	Tranquil		Neil Johnson	4		16			14				4			(24 DNC)							24 DNF				18									104					80