Audi Hamilton Island Race Week Performance Racing 2011 – Oh so tight

by www.sail-world.com on 27 Aug 2011 Back in 2003 Tony Coleman’s Euphoria, then a J120, sailed into second place in the last day's Molle Island Race to take her division. Wind forward eight years and Coleman and his Euphoria crew top the Performance Racing Division 2 leader board, but this time it’s a J133.

Coleman has three wins and 11 and 12's reflecting, he says a lack of heavy weather spinnakers, and he was looking forward to today's race. There were five boats with just a point between them.

It’s an incredibly tight list with a group of young sailors aboard Ensign Racing’s Farr 40 Cracklin Rosie skippered by Grant Meredith with Canadian Carter Nicoll on mainsheet, on equal points on the leaderboard, but with no wins.

Nicoll from Toronto is enjoying sailing in the Whitsundays. ‘A lot of new experiences for me. We called starboard on a whale and calf but they ignored us - that certainly could never happen at Port Credit Yacht Club in Toronto’ he smiled.

Sitting on the same number of points was Ben McGrath’s Beneteau First 40, with Dayne Sharp steering.

Just behind them and one point back was Ian Ford’s Beneteau First 40.7 WhaleWatchingSydney and Tony Ross’ Beneteau First 40 Ensign Racing.

So it seemed the Molle Island Race would again decide the overall results.

And it would be same for Performance Racing Divsion 1 where Ed Earl's Beneteau 47.7 Ishtar and Ross Wilson's sistership Eagle Rock were tied for first place.

But the weather gods did not co-operate and with the final race not sailed, yesterday results stood.

Here is the full list for both classes.

Performance Racing Div 1

Hosted By Hamilton Island Yacht Club

PROVISIONAL RESULTS

Updated: 26/08/2011 15:08:54

Series Results [EHC Div1] up to Race 7 (Drops = 1)

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Sers Score	Race 7	Race 6	Race 5	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1	2.0S	YC477	ISHTAR	Edward Earl	17.0	[7.0]	2.0	2.0	5.0	5.0	2.0	1.0
2		7744	EAGLE ROCK	Ross Wilson	17.0	[8.0]	4.0	4.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	2.0
3		B2700	BELLE	David Currie	20.0	[9.0]	3.0	8.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	3.0
4		6111	NEVER A DULL MOMENT	Col & Denise Wilson	23.0	[6.0]	5.0	5.0	2.0	4.0	3.0	4.0
5		RQ101	THE MATRIX	Jane Virtue	29.0	5.0	1.0	7.0	[10.0S]	6.0	5.0	5.0
6		NOR2	SOUTHERN EXCELLENCE	Andrew Wenham	30.0	2.0	[8.0]	6.0	6.0	3.0	6.0	7.0
7		MH888	SPIRIT OF THE MAID	Bruce Absolon	33.0	3.0	9.0	1.0	[10.0S]	7.0	7.0	6.0
8		K9550	WILD	David Jackson	34.0	4.0	7.0	3.0	3.0	[10.0F]	9.0	8.0
9		8848	THE STICK	Rick Christian	40.0	1.0	6.0	9.0	7.0	[10.0F]	8.0	9.0

(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 T=TLE U=DUT V=AVG X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=NoData [x.y]=Discarded)

Performance Racing Div 2

Hosted By Hamilton Island Yacht Club

PROVISIONAL RESULTS

Updated: 26/08/2011 16:31:51

Series Results [EHC Div2] up to Race 7 (Drops = 1)

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Sers Score	Race 7	Race 6	Race 5	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1	1.0S	7133	EUPHORIA	Anthony Coleman	38.0	11.0	1.0	1.0	[14.0]	12.0	12.0	1.0
2	7R	6530	CRACKLIN ROSIE	Tony Ross	38.0	2.0	[13.0]	8.0	9.0	6.0	9.0	4.0
3		6815	IAGO	Ben McGrath	38.0	6.0	9.0	9.0	8.0	4.0	[10.0]	2.0
4	2.0S	7407	WHALEWATCHINGSYDNEY	Ian Ford	39.0	[12.0]	7.0	2.0	7.0	11.0	5.0	7.0
5		1424	ENSIGN RACING	Tony Ross	39.0	[13.0]	8.0	3.0	11.0	3.0	8.0	6.0
6	1.0S	5935	ALPHA CARINAE	Damian Barker	43.0	1.0	3.0	10.0	13.0	[13.0]	11.0	5.0
7		53	LIKATIGER	David Turton	43.0	3.0	2.0	7.0	10.0	14.0	7.0	[15.0]
8	1.0S	6834	CHANCELLOR	Kiwamu Takahashi	44.0	14.0	10.0	[16.0]	4.0	1.0	6.0	9.0
9		6603	BIG KAHOONA	Keith Creighton	44.0	8.0A	5.0	4.0	[15.0]	10.0	14.0	3.0
10	1.0S	6689	COPERNICUS	Greg Zyner	47.0	8.0	12.0	5.0	1.0	8.0	13.0	[13.0]
11		P1	PANDORA	Geoff Weir	47.0	15.0	[15.0]	6.0	5.0	5.0	4.0	12.0
12		1109	ONE O NINE	Robert Salteri	48.0	[17.0]	16.0	13.0	3.0	2.0	3.0	11.0
13		R6572	ICEFIRE	Peter Tucker	55.0	7.0	[17.0]	11.0	6.0	7.0	16.0	8.0
14		6833	LEEWARD	John Quinn	62.0	[16.0]	14.0	12.0	2.0	9.0	15.0	10.0
15		599	MUSTARD CUTTER	Scott Creedon	68.0	10.0	6.0	17.0	18.0S	[18.0F]	1.0	16.0
16	2.0S	816	AMIGOS	Geoff Fogarty	69.0	9.0	11.0	15.0	18.0F	[18.0S]	2.0	14.0
17		M42	SYNCHRONICITY	Kingsley Fletcher	69.0	5.0	4.0	14.0	12.0	[18.0S]	17.0	17.0

(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 T=TLE U=DUT V=AVG X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=NoData [x.y]=Discarded)

Results by : TopYacht Software