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Rolex Sydney Hobart 2009 ORCi - Full results

by www.sail-world.com on 10 Feb 2010
SWISH, Sail Number: 6073, Skipper: Steven Proud, State: NSW, Division: IRC / OD, Design: Sydney 38, LOA (m): 11.78, Draft: 2.63 - (2009 Rolex Sydeny to Hobart) Rolex/ Kurt Arrigo http://www.regattanews.com

The ORCi division was introduced into the race for the first time this year in response to a growing push among Australian owners for a more measurement-based, transparent rule than IRC.

Two True (Andrew Saies), Beneteau First 40 won the 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart on ORCi as well as on IRC.
Second was and Steven Prouds Sydney 48 Swish. Third was Tony Kirby's Patrice Six, a X-yacht X-41.

Ragamuffin's veteran skipper Syd Fischer, who finished nineth under ORCi was strongly behind the move towards the news offshore rating ssystem. He was both surprised and gratified that 33 boats in the 100-boat fleet, raced under ORCi as well as IRC. 'I think it will be a great rule because it's fully measured, transparent and we don't have anyone's input into it other than the measurements,' he said.

'It's fair. I can't stand anything that isn't fair because people spend a lot of money on these boats. If you look around the world there's billions of dollars spent on them and they've come into what's a club rule.'

2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart ORCi full results

Results
  ACTUAL ELAPSED   ACTUAL CORR.
YACHT NAME DIV LAT  LONG  DTG  SOG  COG  TIME & SPEED H'CAP  TIME & SPEED

ORCI Overall
1 Two True*   Finished      6.3   1.0469   04:04:18:41   6.3   
Andrew Saies      
2 Swish   Finished      6.2   1.0478   04:04:53:02   6.2   
Steven Proud      
3 Patrice Six   Finished      6.2   1.0688   04:05:38:07   6.2   
Tony Kirby (27)      
4 AFR Midnight Rambler   Finished      6.1   1.1065   04:06:34:23   6.1   
Ed Psaltis (28)      
5 Pinta - M   Finished      6.1   0.8881   04:06:43:53   6.1   
Atse Blei (1)      
6 Charisma   Finished      6.1   1.0795   04:07:15:02   6.1   
Alejandro Perez Calzada      
7 Rush   Finished      6.0   1.1599   04:08:27:58   6.0   
John Paterson      
8 Ray White Spirit of Koomooloo   Finished      6.0   0.9602   04:08:33:09   6.0   
Mike Freebairn (6)      
9 Ragamuffin   Finished      5.9   1.2746   04:09:43:27   5.9   
Syd Fischer      
10 Chutzpah   Finished      5.9   1.161   04:10:15:53   5.9   
Bruce Taylor(28)      
11 Dekadence   Finished      5.8   1.1597   04:11:59:18   5.8   
David Creese      
12 The Subzero Goat   Finished      5.8   1.0541   04:12:11:08   5.8   
Bruce Foye      
13 Nips N Tux   Finished      5.8   1.0366   04:12:24:13   5.8   
Howard De Torres (8)      
14 Bacardi   Finished      5.8   0.9911   04:12:25:35   5.8   
Martin Power (7)      
15 Paca   Finished      5.8   1.0395   04:12:50:55   5.8   
Philippe Mengual      
16 Salona   Finished      5.8   0.9819   04:13:08:27   5.8   
Darren Cooney (5)      
17 Archie   Finished      5.7   0.9987   04:13:37:37   5.7   
Mick Souter (5)      
18 Chancellor   Finished      5.7   0.9989   04:14:03:42   5.7   
Ted Tooher (4)      
19 Auch   Finished      5.6   1.0762   04:15:32:43   5.6   
David Bean (3)      
20 Zora I   Finished      5.6   1.0293   04:16:06:18   5.6   
Phil King (8)      
21 EZ Street   Finished      5.6   1.0041   04:16:10:15   5.6   
Trevor Cosh      
22 Calm   Finished      5.6   1.3017   04:16:55:37   5.6   
Jason Van der Slot (4)      
23 Goldfinger   Finished      5.6   1.2515   04:17:05:53   5.6   
Peter Blake (7)      
24 Valheru   Finished      5.5   1.1301   04:17:49:41   5.5   
Anthony Lyall (8)      
25 One For The Road   Finished      5.5   0.9949   04:17:52:58   5.5   
Kym Butler (2)      
26 Suesea   Finished      5.5   1.1954   04:18:05:44   5.5   
Brian Todd      
27 Shamrock   Finished      5.5   1.2325   04:18:08:55   5.5   
Tony Donnellan      
28 Ninety Seven   Finished      5.5   1.132   04:18:27:53   5.5   
Alan Saunders (1)      
29 YuuZoo   Finished      5.5   1.5973   04:19:08:27   5.5   
Ludde Ingvall      
30 Pretty Fly III   Finished      5.5   1.284   04:19:09:25   5.5   
Colin Woods (3)      
31 Geomatic Joker   Finished      5.4   1.0311   04:19:18:03   5.4   
Grant Chipperfield      
32 Shining Sea   Finished      5.4   1.0509   04:19:50:16   5.4   
Andrew Corletto      
33 Eleni   Finished      5.4   1.0433   04:20:12:44   5.4   
Tony Levett (6)      
  Mondo*   Retired - at Port               
Ray Sweeney      
  She's The Culprit*   Retired - at Port               
Todd Leary      

Notes


Two True - the International Jury dismissed the protest against the boat relating to an incident in Sydney Harbour after the start
Mondo - damaged rigging. Berthed at Eden
She's The Culprit - minor damage sustained in harbour incident. Protest against the boat dismissed by the International Jury.
 

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