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Australian Adams 10 Championship at Middle Harbour Yacht Club - Day 2

by David Staley 27 Jan 2018 15:54 UTC 26-28 January 2018
Powderhulk on day 2 of the Adams 10 Australian Championship © Marg Fraser-Martin

The 2018 Adams 10 Australian Championships continued on The Sound, Sydney Harbour today with the Middle Harbour Yacht Club (MHYC) race team getting three races completed.

The first race of the day started in 10 knots of east nor' east with the track laid between the Sow & Pigs and North Head. Tom Braidwood and the crew on Backchat found the turbo switch and finished a full minute ahead of Rob Clarke's Kick 'n Chase. Rock Solid and Let Loose were in a tight battle with Patrick Delaney's Powderhulk for third, with Delaney crossing 4 seconds ahead.

The breeze picked up a little in the early afternoon and the breeze more north easterly. Powderhulk was first to the line in second race of the day ahead of Ross Bell's Let Loose and Kick 'n Chase. Mitch Miller's Rock Solid and Backchat were following Rob Clarke by 20 seconds but fighting all the way to the line. Half-way through the schedule and the finishing positions in this race were identical to the series score order for the top half of the fleet.

The course was repositioned and axis changed to 080 degrees for the final race today which was held in a softening breeze. Backchat took the win from Let Loose and Jason Antill's Gezzabelle made its first appearance in the top three finishers.

Series leader Powderhulk posted their worst result today with an 8th, but with the drop coming into play they retain the lead on a tie-break from Let Loose.

"The start lines have been hectic compared to club racing and we didn't do well in the last race today", said Powderhulk skipper Patrick Delaney.

"We couldn't find a hole in the line to drop into and once we had to tack off to the right with everyone else going left, it was impossible to claw back those places".

"Overall today it was quite fluky with lumpy seas. That made it more difficult to make ground going upwind, but off the breeze you could take some gains", said Delaney.

Tomorrow is the final day of competition with racing scheduled to commence at 12.30.

Results after Day 2:

PosSail NoBoat NameSkipperR1R2R3R4R5Pts
1MH192POWDERHULKPatrick Delaney2131[8]7
2MH86LET LOOSERoss Bell12[5]227
34772BACKCHATTom Braidwood[10]31419
4MH63KICKNCHASERob Clarke4[5]23514
5MH101ROCK SOLIDMitchell Miller[5]445417
6MH26ANOTHER DILEMMAJim Vaughan3786[13R]24
76316GEZZABELLEJason Antill8[10]77325
8W12MAD MAXTodd Wyborn769[10]628
9MH118SIRIUSGarth Riley[11]8108733
10MH36NO FRIENDSGeoffrey Charters[12]96111036
11MH171CONTENTIOUSBrian Lees61111[12]937
12MH308LUMINE LUNAEKim Darling9[12]1291141

For Adams 10 Australian Championships race documents, results and event information, visit: www.mhyc.com.au/sailing/regattas-championships/adams-10-australian-championships-2018

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