Slow and steady wins Sydney to Pittwater Passage Race

by Di Pearson on 21 Feb 2015 It was a case of slow and steady in the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Grant Thornton Short Haul Series in the race from Sydney to Pittwater today, and Ian Guanaria’s patience was rewarded when his One More-No More was declared overall winner of both PHS and IRC classes.

When the gun fired to start the passage race at 11.00am this morning, there were no illusions as to how the day would pan out. With fog starting to roll in, little breeze and the slow water-torture drizzle falling from leaden skies, everyone knew it would be a test of patience.

Only seven of the 14 starters finished the race within the time limit. Guanaria and his Beneteau First 35 were only beaten over the line by Cyrene 3, Michael Selby’s X-412 yacht, little more than three minutes separating them.

With the PHS handicaps applied, One-More-No-More was at the top of the leaderboard by just oven seven minutes to Jon Short’s Beneteau 40.7, L’Attitude, with Pat and Roberta Easton’s Beneteau Oceanis 50, In Cahoots, filing out the top three. Cyrene 3 claimed fourth place overall. Guanaria had the goods again in IRC, beating Cyrene 3 and L’Attitude to the punch.

'The daily double,' Guanaria quipped from Pittwater. 'I’m mentally drained and exhausted after that race,' admitted the yachtsman whose crew consisted of his wife Jean and three other women, replacements for his usual crew who were contesting other events.

'The ladies kept pushing me. We got a good start, then a light south-easter came in and we were in good shape. We put our jib top up when we got outside. My son Shane made it for me and it did an awesome job,' commented Guanaria who said they did not see more than six knots until they were inside Pittwater where up to 10 knots awaited them.

The only other yachts to finish today were: Marloo (George Girdis) in fifth place, followed by Phil Cutts’ Assassin and CYCA Commodore John Cameron and his More Witchcraft. None of the Division Two boats finished.

 Complete Results:

Series Results [PHSTCF] up to Race 12 (Drops = 2)

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Sers Score	Race 12	Race 11	Race 10	Race 9	Race 8	Race 7	Race 6	Race 5	Race 4	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		6563	L'ATTITUDE	R Hunt/J Short /M Ba	40.0	2.0	[10.0]	5.0	9.0	6.0	[9.0]	3.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	5.0
2		8412	CYRENE 3	Michael Selby	46.0	4.0	13.0	8.0	3.0	[14.0]	6.0	5.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	[17.0C]
3		8035	ONE MORE-NO MORE	Ian Guanaria	50.0	1.0	[15.0]	3.0	6.0	3.0	7.0	1.0	10.0	[21.0C]	5.0	12.0	2.0
4		8420	JUBLILEE	Ian Arthy	59.0	[15.0F]	1.0	7.0	7.0	8.0	1.0	13.0	2.0	1.0	9.0	[16.0C]	10.0
5		99999	ASSASSIN	Phil Cutts	67.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.0	10.0	[14.0]	9.0	6.0	3.0	[11.0]	7.0	9.0
6	3.0S	6652	BALTIC LADY	Niel Burling	70.0	[15.0F]	5.0	4.0	12.0	[15.0]	8.0	6.0	8.0	9.0	3.0	8.0	7.0
7		7045	DEFIANT	P Billingham P Mcgee	70.0	15.0R	8.0	9.0	4.0	[16.0]	[15.0]	4.0	7.0	6.0	4.0	5.0	8.0
8		4715	MARLOO	George Girdis	76.0	5.0	7.0	14.0C	2.0	4.0	4.0	[18.0C]	[19.0C]	5.0	16.0C	2.0	17.0C
9		35000	NEXT LIGHT	Chris Ryan	83.0	[18.0C]	14.0	10.0	1.0	13.0	12.0	2.0	11.0	[21.0C]	6.0	11.0	3.0
10		1961	IN CAHOOTS	Pat & Roberta Easton	84.0	3.0	[19.0C]	14.0C	8.0	7.0	13.0	10.0	4.0	11.0	8.0	6.0	[17.0C]
11		6484	MR BOJANGLES	Warren Grounds	104.0	15.0F	3.0	14.0C	14.0	11.0	10.0	[18.0C]	5.0	12.0	16.0C	4.0	[17.0C]
12		5139	KATINKA	Paul Oconnell	110.0	18.0C	[19.0C]	14.0C	10.0	1.0	3.0	[18.0C]	14.0	14.0	16.0C	16.0C	4.0
13		8402	MORE WITCHCRAFT	John Cameron	114.0	7.0	11.0	14.0C	[20.0C]	12.0	16.0	7.0	[19.0C]	8.0	12.0	10.0	17.0C
14		4582	PRIVATEER	Bill Mirow	115.0	15.0F	2.0	1.0	11.0	17.0	17.0	[18.0C]	[19.0C]	10.0	16.0C	9.0	17.0C
15		6360	INTEGRITY	Andrew Stoeckel	118.0	18.0C	12.0	14.0C	[20.0C]	2.0	2.0	18.0C	19.0C	[21.0C]	16.0C	16.0C	1.0
16		6593	LU LU BELLE	Peter Lewis	119.0	15.0F	[19.0C]	14.0C	13.0	5.0	11.0	14.0	[19.0C]	7.0	7.0	16.0C	17.0C
17		6226	SANTE'	Rob &Sue Segaert	143.0	18.0C	9.0	14.0C	15.0	[21.0C]	[21.0C]	12.0	15.0	16.0	16.0C	16.0C	12.0
18		508	STORMY PETREL	Kevin O'Shea	145.0	18.0C	19.0C	2.0	20.0C	[21.0C]	[21.0C]	11.0	13.0	13.0	16.0C	16.0C	17.0C
19		6754	ORION BLUE	Steven Capell	151.0	18.0C	19.0C	14.0C	[20.0C]	9.0	5.0	18.0C	19.0C	[21.0C]	16.0C	16.0C	17.0C
20		6223	TRIM	Shaaron Walsh	157.0	18.0C	19.0C	14.0C	20.0C	21.0C	[21.0C]	18.0C	9.0	[21.0C]	16.0C	16.0C	6.0
21		A113	INDEFENSIBLE	Hugh O'Neill	160.0	15.0F	4.0	14.0C	20.0C	21.0C	[21.0C]	18.0C	19.0C	[21.0C]	16.0C	16.0C	17.0C
22		89	INTO THE MYSTIC	Arthur Psaltis Jon R	161.0	18.0C	19.0C	14.0C	20.0C	21.0C	[21.0C]	8.0	12.0	[21.0C]	16.0C	16.0C	17.0C
23		6683	CROSSHAVEN	J Pelly & S Rahilly	162.0	18.0C	19.0C	14.0C	16.0	[21.0C]	[21.0C]	18.0C	19.0C	15.0	10.0	16.0C	17.0C
24		6277	LIMELIGHT	Alan Husband	168.0	18.0C	19.0C	14.0C	20.0C	[21.0C]	[21.0C]	18.0C	19.0C	17.0	16.0C	16.0C	11.0
25		6959	SOLEARES	Sebastian Bohm	174.0	18.0C	19.0C	14.0C	20.0C	21.0C	[21.0C]	18.0C	19.0C	[21.0C]	16.0C	16.0C	13.0
26		6990	GREAT WHITE	Ann / Bob Penty	178.0	18.0C	19.0C	14.0C	20.0C	21.0C	[21.0C]	18.0C	19.0C	[21.0C]	16.0C	16.0C	17.0C
26		6657	PANTOMIME IV	Michael Kelly	178.0	18.0C	19.0C	14.0C	20.0C	21.0C	[21.0C]	18.0C	19.0C	[21.0C]	16.0C	16.0C	17.0C
26		5407	LADY ANN	John & Ann Kirkjian	178.0	18.0C	19.0C	14.0C	20.0C	21.0C	[21.0C]	18.0C	19.0C	[21.0C]	16.0C	16.0C	17.0C
26		13	CAPRICE OF HUON	David Champtaloup	178.0	18.0C	19.0C	14.0C	20.0C	21.0C	[21.0C]	18.0C	19.0C	[21.0C]	16.0C	16.0C	17.0C
26		6659	KURRAKA	Cyril Latimer	178.0	18.0C	19.0C	14.0C	20.0C	21.0C	[21.0C]	18.0C	19.0C	[21.0C]	16.0C	16.0C	17.0C