Sail Sydney - Final day ends with blue skies and 20kt seabreeze
by Lisa Ratcliff on 20 Dec 2015
Winning RSX Dongwoo Seo - 2015 Fantastic Sail Sydney Robin Evans
Sail Sydney’s fourth and final day of racing came with the same side order of blue skies and wind, a result of the high pressure system sitting over the Tasman and associated trough pushing cooling sea breezes onto the New South Wales coastline.
There was a bit too much in it for some in the fledgling Optimist Green fleet. For the RS:X boards, or ‘wind whackers’ as they are affectionately known, Christmas came early for the large Korean contingent whizzing around Rose Bay in perfect board conditions, 20 knots of NNE breeze.
All the Olympic classes bar the RS:X completed their schedule yesterday, Saturday December 19, 2015. The remaining youth and invited classes closed out the final multi-class regatta prior to Christmas and the New Year, and important nationals and world championships on in January.
Sail Sydney PRO Colin Chidgey had these last words: “Fantastic four days with the nor’easters and a great line of courses from Rushcutters Bay to North Head, and the sailors all enjoyed themselves.”
Optimists
Olivia Williams from the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club plans to take confidence from her first place in the Intermediate fleet going into next month’s Optimist Australian title at Georges River Sailing Club, where she’ll be up against a much bigger national fleet.
After the medal presentation at the host Woollahra Sailing Club, the spirited 10 year-old from Sydney’s northern beaches commented: “I felt comfortable out there today, it was really windy but I’ve been in stronger. Sail Sydney was great and we didn’t have to wait around for races because there was wind.”
Second in the Intermediate fleet was Joshua Whitten and third was Alexander Whitnall. Ryan Littlechild took out the Open division from Archie Cropley.
RS:X
Dongwoo Seo was unbeaten in the board class where the Koreans retained the top four places. The Australian Sailing Squad’s Joanna Sterling (QLD) was the first woman and Australian, coming in fifth after eight races.
Tasmania’s Jock Calvert and Queensland’s Emma Baillie are both part of Australia’s team competing at the Youth World Championships in Langkawi, Malaysia, starting in a week. Sail Sydney wasn’t one of Baillie’s best results-wise, but there were plenty of takeaways. “I learnt a lot about how the winds work here, and how the gusts fill in and this will be helpful for Malaysia…for seeing the pressure and getting to it, plus board handling. Racing is the best practice.”
Calvert is a full Tasmanian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. The bridge to this level is the state’s Emerging Talent Squad, a program that identifies talent in junior development classes and moves those sailors across to youth classes, such as 29ers and Laser Radials, and the path to potential youth team selection. State high performance coach Richard Scarr sees the state’s future success stories coming from the ETS program that offers athletes nutrition, psychology and strength conditioning advice complementary to specialist on-water coaching.
There is one issue for both Baillie and Calvert. They have grown too big for the RS:X. At 195cm and 85kg Calvert has the Olympic dream but needs to move to a new class, most likely a Finn, to have any chance of reaching the sport’s pinnacle. At 175cm, Baillie has the same challenge. She’ll hang in for another six months then consider a move, probably to a 49erFX.
Other results
Thomas Larkings’ consistent top three results in the Sabots clinched the gold medal while in the Tasars Darryl Bentley and Rick Longbottom won from Bradley Stephens and Jennifer Overton.
Viper winners Jack Felsenthal and Brett Goodall out-sailed Lachlan and Ethan White on their boat, Not Related, and in the Byte fleet local boy Fletcher Duff took a narrow one point win from clubmate Hugo Stoner.
Flying 11 siblings finished in the gold and silver medal positions, Jesse and Zoe Dransfield pipping the Barnabas brothers, Zac and Jake.
The NSW government, Nautilus Marine, Gill, Lejen Marine, Tohatsu Motors and NBsailsports all generously contributed to success of Sail Sydney 2015 which attracted an international fleet racing across 17 divisions over four days. Twelve countries fielded 359 boat and board crews representing Australia, Denmark, Hong Kong, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Canada, Malaysia, Singapore, Finland, Switzerland, Italy and India.
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Results:
Optimist - Green
Plc |
Sail
No |
Boat Name
(Boat Type) |
Skipper/Crew |
From |
Race 1
18-Dec |
Race 2
19-Dec |
Race 3
19-Dec |
Race 4
19-Dec |
Race 5
19-Dec |
Race 6
20-Dec |
Race 7
20-Dec |
Race 8
20-Dec |
Drop |
Total |
1 |
1092
|
Gas Monkey
Optimist |
Oscar Verity
|
RPAYC
NSW |
2 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
7 |
2 |
8 |
23 |
2 |
1309
|
For The Wind
Optimist |
Douglas Cassidy
|
RSYS
NSW |
8 |
7 |
13 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
13 |
25 |
3 |
1202
|
No Gas
Optimist |
Carlos Gundelach
|
DAC
NSW |
1 |
4 |
8 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
8 |
27 |
4 |
10
|
Water Girl
Optimist |
Ava Whitten
|
GRSC
NSW |
4 |
11 |
4 |
9 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
11 |
35 |
5 |
1647
|
N/A
Optimist |
William Destro
|
WSC
NSW |
DNF
(30.00) |
1 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
DNC
(30.00) |
30 |
50 |
6 |
1038
|
Trigger Happy
Optimist |
Keizo Tomishima
|
NSC
NSW |
3 |
15 |
14 |
2 |
3 |
13 |
2 |
DNF
(30.00) |
30 |
52 |
7 |
971
|
Wind Express
Optimist |
Luca Whitaker
|
WSC
NSW |
6 |
3 |
DNF
(30.00) |
1 |
8 |
7 |
14 |
DNF
(30.00) |
30 |
69 |
8 |
12
|
IP Connect
Optimist |
Nathan Deng
|
CPSC
NSW |
5 |
19 |
15 |
13 |
11 |
16 |
4 |
5 |
19 |
69 |
9 |
855
|
Will Power
Optimist |
William Ryan
|
NSC
NSW |
7 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
6 |
DNC
(30.00) |
DNC
(30.00) |
DNF
(30.00) |
30 |
85 |
10 |
1069
|
Goldmine
Optimist |
Dylan Simpson
|
WSC
NSW |
DNF
(30.00) |
13 |
6 |
11 |
DNF
(30.00) |
11 |
8 |
6 |
30 |
85 |
11 |
1653
|
Benny Buoy
Optimist |
Benjamin Costandi
|
GRSC
NSW |
DNF
(30.00) |
9 |
20 |
10 |
20 |
12 |
10 |
7 |
30 |
88 |
12 |
1667
|
Pocket Rocket
Optimist |
Ellen Murray
|
GRSC
NSW |
DNF
(30.00) |
8 |
10 |
8 |
12 |
3 |
20 |
DNF
(30.00) |
30 |
91 |
13 |
802
|
Slik
Optimist |
Matthew Saliba
|
DAC
NSW |
10 |
12 |
12 |
14 |
9 |
18 |
16 |
DNF
(30.00) |
30 |
91 |
14 |
946
|
TuckerBox
Optimist |
Jago Tucker
|
WSC
NSW |
DNF
(30.00) |
5 |
5 |
23 |
21 |
9 |
11 |
DNC
(30.00) |
30 |
104 |
15 |
1139
|
ATOMIC
Optimist |
Tomas Lozevski
|
DAC
NSW |
DNF
(30.00) |
17 |
9 |
22 |
14 |
6 |
13 |
DNC
(30.00) |
30 |
111 |
16 |
1654
|
Lucky
Optimist |
Ariol Gold
|
GRSC
NSW |
DNF
(30.00) |
10 |
11 |
15 |
15 |
17 |
18 |
DNF
(30.00) |
30 |
116 |
17 |
1658
|
Max
Optimist |
brayden downing
|
GRSC
NSW |
9 |
16 |
24 |
21 |
13 |
DNF
(30.00) |
DNC
(30.00) |
8 |
30 |
121 |
18 |
1611
|
Shimmer
Optimist |
Caitlin Nash
|
HHSC
NSW |
DNF
(30.00) |
14 |
16 |
18 |
16 |
15 |
17 |
DNS
(30.00) |
30 |
126 |
19 |
872
|
Where's Wally
Optimist |
Walter Tuite
|
RPAYC
NSW |
DNF
(30.00) |
23 |
19 |
24 |
10 |
10 |
12 |
DNF
(30.00) |
30 |
128 |
20 |
1395
|
Scrumpy Jack
Optimist |
Jack McGreal
|
WSC
NSW |
DNF
(30.00) |
21 |
23 |
17 |
17 |
14 |
19 |
DNC
(30.00) |
30 |
141 |
21 |
661
|
Amazon
Optimist |
Joseph Leemen
|
WSC
NSW |
DNF
(30.00) |
18 |
18 |
12 |
DNF
(30.00) |
19 |
15 |
DNC
(30.00) |
30 |
142 |
22 |
1436
|
Ballistic Bell
Optimist |
Isabella Holdsworth
|
RPAYC
NSW |
DNF
(30.00) |
22 |
7 |
16 |
DNC
(30.00) |
22 |
23 |
DNS
(30.00) |
30 |
150 |
23 |
1466
|
Commando
Optimist |
Kye Williams
|
RPAYC
NSW |
DNF
(30.00) |
20 |
17 |
19 |
DNF
(30.00) |
24 |
22 |
DNC
(30.00) |
30 |
162 |
24 |
214
|
Quoka
Optimist |
Claire Whitaker
|
WSC
NSW |
DNF
(30.00) |
24 |
22 |
27 |
19 |
21 |
24 |
DNS
(30.00) |
30 |
167 |
25 |
1334
|
Hunter
Optimist |
Gemma Ashton
|
HHSC
NSW |
DNF
(30.00) |
25 |
21 |
25 |
18 |
DNC
(30.00) |
DNC
(30.00) |
DNC
(30.00) |
30 |
179 |
26 |
1553
|
K Bunny
Optimist |
Henry Myers
|
WSC
NSW |
DNF
(30.00) |
DNC
(30.00) |
DNC
(30.00) |
DNC
(30.00) |
DNC
(30.00) |
23 |
9 |
DNF
(30.00) |
30 |
182 |
27 |
1396
|
Longreach
Optimist |
Cameron Scade
|
WSC
NSW |
DNF
(30.00) |
DNC
(30.00) |
DNC
(30.00) |
DNC
(30.00) |
DNC
(30.00) |
20 |
21 |
DNC
(30.00) |
30 |
191 |
28 |
938
|
Swallow
Optimist |
isobel payne
|
RSYS
NSW |
DNF
(30.00) |
DNC
(30.00) |
DNC
(30.00) |
20 |
DNC
(30.00) |
DNC
(30.00) |
25 |
DNF
(30.00) |
30 |
195 |
29 |
1414
|
Bumble B
Optimist |
Benedict McKay
|
BSC
NSW |
DNF
(30.00) |
DNC
(30.00) |
DNC
(30.00) |
26 |
DNC
(30.00) |
DNC
(30.00) |
DNC
(30.00) |
DNF
(30.00) |
30 |
206 |
RSX
Plc |
Sail
No |
Boat Name
(Boat Type) |
Skipper/Crew |
From |
Race 1
19-Dec |
Race 2
19-Dec |
Race 3
19-Dec |
Race 4
19-Dec |
Race 5
20-Dec |
Race 6
20-Dec |
Race 7
20-Dec |
Race 8
20-Dec |
Drop |
Total |
1 |
166
|
RS:X
RSX |
dongwoo seo
|
KSC
KOREA |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
218
|
KOR218
RSX |
PARK SUNGBEUM
|
KSF
KOREA |
4 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
21 |
3 |
194
|
KOR248
RSX |
KANG HYEONGJUNG
|
KSF
KOREA |
3 |
6 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
25 |
4 |
211
|
KOR211
RSX |
LEE SUHWAN
|
KSF
KOREA |
8 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
28 |
5 |
254
|
RSX
RSX |
Joanna Sterling
|
RQYS
QLD |
5 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
29 |
6 |
217
|
KOR217
RSX |
YOUN HONGHWAN
|
KSF
KOREA |
2 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
6 |
9 |
7 |
7 |
9 |
35 |
7 |
32
|
Barney
RSX |
Jock Calvert
|
RYCT
TAS |
11 |
8 |
8 |
3 |
9 |
3 |
6 |
6 |
11 |
43 |
8 |
11
|
RSX
RSX |
Audrey Yong
|
CWSS
SINGAPORE |
7 |
10 |
6 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
9 |
8 |
10 |
55 |
9 |
235
|
KOR235
RSX |
SHIN HYEONGDEOK
|
KSF
KOREA |
10 |
9 |
10 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
10 |
10 |
59 |
10 |
1199
|
AUS 1199
RSX |
Lara O'Brien
|
RQYS
QLD |
9 |
7 |
9 |
10 |
10 |
11 |
10 |
9 |
11 |
64 |
11 |
1141
|
Stones
RSX |
Angus Calvert
|
RYCT
TAS |
13 |
11 |
OCS
(14.00) |
11 |
12 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
14 |
80 |
12 |
832
|
Detrifi
RSX |
Emma Baillie
|
RQYS
QLD |
12 |
12 |
11 |
12 |
11 |
12 |
12 |
11 |
12 |
81 |
13 |
222
|
KOR222
RSX |
YOON JUNGHYEON
|
KSF
KOREA |
6 |
DNF
(14.00) |
DNC
(14.00) |
DNC
(14.00) |
DNC
(14.00) |
DNC
(14.00) |
DNC
(14.00) |
DNC
(14.00) |
14 |
90 |
Byte
Plc ? |
Sail
No |
Boat Name
(Boat Type) |
Skipper/Crew |
From |
Race 1
18-Dec |
Race 2
19-Dec |
Race 3
19-Dec |
Race 4
20-Dec |
Race 5
20-Dec |
Race 6
20-Dec |
Drop |
Total |
1 |
3349
|
Terra Byte
Byte |
Fletcher Duff
|
WSC
NSW |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
2 |
3
|
TBA
Byte |
Hugo Alexander Swift Stoner
|
WSC
NSW |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
9 |
3 |
5
|
TBA
Byte |
Pia Loloma Stoner
|
WSC
NSW |
4 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
16 |
4 |
3573
|
TBC
Byte |
Steve Taylor
|
WSC
NSW |
3 |
RET
(11.00) |
RET
(11.00) |
3 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
20 |
5 |
3230
|
TBA
Byte |
Ross Barratt
|
WSC
NSW |
7 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
DNC
(11.00) |
11 |
25 |
6 |
3574
|
TBA
Byte |
Phil Herscovics
|
WSC
NSW |
5 |
5 |
4 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
7 |
25 |
7 |
3382
|
MegaByte
Byte |
Max Herscovics
|
WSC
NSW |
6 |
6 |
RET
(11.00) |
6 |
7 |
6 |
11 |
31 |
8 |
1
|
A Laser
Byte |
Isabel Barratt
|
WSC
NSW |
DNC
(11.00) |
DNC
(11.00) |
DNC
(11.00) |
DNF
(11.00) |
DNF
(11.00) |
RET
(11.00) |
11 |
55 |
9 |
3409
|
Britty Byte
Byte |
Brittany Duff
|
WSC
NSW |
DNC
(11.00) |
DNC
(11.00) |
DNC
(11.00) |
DNC
(11.00) |
DNC
(11.00) |
DNC
(11.00) |
11 |
55 |
10 |
3409
|
Bute Me
Byte |
Cathryn PAK POY
|
CYCA
NSW |
DNC
(11.00) |
DNC
(11.00) |
DNC
(11.00) |
DNC
(11.00) |
DNC
(11.00) |
DNC
(11.00) |
11 |
55 |
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