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Australian Adams 10 Championship at Middle Harbour Yacht Club - Overall

by David Staley 28 Jan 2018 19:30 AEDT 26-28 January 2018

Tom Braidwood and the crew of Backchat are the new Adams 10 Australian Champions today, dramatically turning the tables on Powderhulk, the team which has topped the results table for the past two days.

Two races were held in 10-12 knots of north-easterly today with the track once again set between the Sow & Pigs and North Head. Race Officer Phil Yeomans sent the fleet off on their penultimate race at 12.45 under black flag following a general recall.

Last night, Rob Clarke's Kick 'n Chase was placed fourth in the overall standings, so things were looking good for a podium finish after their win in Race 6. Kick 'n Chase led home Another Dilemma (Jim Vaughan) with series leader Patrick Delany's Powderhulk third and Backchat fourth.

The final race was not a good one for the Powderhulk crew, making a poor start and having difficulty with their spinnaker drop at the gate mark to move back three more places. Backchat on the other hand sailed a perfect race, getting a clear start at the pin end and overtaking Kick 'n Chase on the first downwind leg. At the finish line, Backchat held a one minute lead over Kick 'n Chase and Another Dilemma.

Backchat were the dark horse from early in the regatta. With a 10th place to kick off their championship, they were nowhere near the top of the leader-board until the drop came in to play after Race 5. Tom Braidwood and his crew that included Michael Coxon from North Sails, scored nothing worse than a 4th for the remaining 6 races and ended the series with three race wins to secure the Australian Championship.

At the conclusion of racing today, Backchat claimed the Australian Championship with a series score of 14 points ahead of Let Loose on 16pts and Kick 'n Chase with 17pts. Kick 'n Chase was the winner on PHS and Mad Max won the Wooden Seat Trophy.

"This is out third year in the Adams 10 and our third Nationals", said winning skipper Tom Braidwood who raced with a crew of experienced sailors from Lake Macquarie, Sydney and one Kiwi.

"In the first race today we went the wrong way on the first beat and then it was just a matter of clawing back places, but in the final race we had a great start and managed to get past Rob Clarke before the leeward gate", said the new National Champion.

Middle Harbour Yacht Club were congratulated for running an excellent regatta, with good racing and wonderful hospitality ashore.

Overall Results:

PosSail NoBoat NameSkipperR1R2R3R4R5R6R7Pts
14772BACKCHATTom Braidwood[10]31414114
2MH86LET LOOSERoss Bell12522[7]416
3MH63KICKNCHASERob Clarke4[5]2351217
4MH192POWDERHULKPatrick Delaney213183[9]18
5MH101ROCK SOLIDMitchell Miller[5]44545527
6MH26ANOTHER DILEMMAJim Vaughan3786[13R]2329
76316GEZZABELLEJason Antill8[10]77310742
8W12MAD MAXTodd Wyborn769[10]69643
9MH118SIRIUSGarth Riley[11]8108711852
10MH36NO FRIENDSGeoffrey Charters[12]96111061254
11MH171CONTENTIOUSBrian Lees61111[12]9121059
12MH308LUMINE LUNAEKim Darling9[12]1291181160

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

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