Schweppes Viper World Championship at Perth, Western Australia - Overall
by Bernie Kaaks 23 Feb 2018 03:46 PST
19-23 February 2018
The Jerwood/de Vries family combination is well known at Australian Sailing headquarters, where Nia Jerwood and Monique de Vries are Australian representatives in the 470 class. They jumped back to 420's in January to claim the World Women's title in that class. This time it is their parents in the spotlight. Nick Jerwood, Nia's father and a former world champion in the Flying Fifteen class, teamed up with her brother Matt and Monique's father Brian to win the Schweppes Viper 640 World Championship 2018, conducted by Western Australia's South of Perth Yacht Club on the Swan River.
Justin Scott repeated his success at last year's Worlds by finishing second with two third placings in the last two races. The American stated at the start of the campaign that he came to Perth expecting a top five finish, so he would have been delighted with his performance. Sailing with young local guns Conor Nicholas and Luke Elliot, the combination improved steadily throughout the regatta, with no worse than a third place in any of the final six races.
Match racer Keith Swinton, originally from Perth but resident these days in the USA, held down second place until the final day, bombing out with an early start in the last race of the series and allowing Scott to relegate him to third.
Conditions were difficult for both competitors and officials today. The forecast strong winds did not materialize and instead winds shifted between 140 and 190 degrees for some time this morning before finally settling enough to allow racing to proceed after a long delay. Wind strength never reached ten knots.
It was a brave skipper who dared to stray out to the corners of the course in either of today's races and the rewards went to those who worked the shifts down the middle.
The consensus from competitors was a big endorsement for the championship. Most praised the organization and the way racing was run, the weather offered a little for everyone – from light breezes through to a testing 28 knot gear breaker, this regatta had it all.
View the video feed of the last moments of the final race, won by Jerwood just ahead of Britain's Lawrence Crispin
Overall Results:
Place | Sail No | Boat Name | Skipper | Crew 1 | Crew 2 | Crew 3 | R14 | R13 | R12 | R11 | R10 | R9 | R8 | R7 | R6 | R5 | R4 | R3 | R2 | R1 | Pts |
1 | AUS272 | STEAL DE BREEZE | Nick Jerwood | Brian DeVries | Matt Jerwood | | 1 | 10 | 2 | [16] | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | [26U] | 1 | 1 | 25 |
2 | USA237 | MAMBO KINGS | Justin Scott | Conor Nicholas | Luke Elliot | | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | [17] | 11 | 6 | [26U] | 5 | 9 | 54 |
3 | AUS281 | GREEN MAMBA | Keith Swinton | Arlyn Mattinson | Ben Marler | Bruce Mattinson | [26R] | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | [26U] | 4 | 4 | 55 |
4 | GBR274 | HISSING SID | Lawrence Crispin | Hector Cisneros | Luka Crispin | | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 8 | [13A] | 10 | 1 | [16] | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 72 |
5 | AUS278 | ATHERIS | Murray Howson | Jorman Mears | Mark Lovelady | Sue Howson | 7 | 1 | [18] | 4 | 4 | 9 | [17] | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 74 |
6 | AUS216 | YOU GET IN THE BOWL | Denis Jones | Colin Spence | Graeme Spence | | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | [26B] | 14 | 3 | [26U] | 13 | 8 | 78 |
7 | AUS118 | HISSTERIA | Alex Landwehr | Patrick Vos | Sam Monkhouse | | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | [14] | 4 | [14] | 6 | 80 |
8 | AUS217 | HIGHLANDER | Martin Webster | Sam Gilmour | Shannon Wright | Zoe Thompson | 10 | [12] | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 9A | [14] | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 81 |
9 | AUS280 | NOTHING TOO SERIOUS | Rod Beurteaux | Jon Stubbs | Rupert Leslie | | [23] | 2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 11 | [17] | 92 |
10 | AUS116 | VELOCITY | John Park | Paul Liddington | Seamus Mulholland Pa | Tony Johnson | 16 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 9 | [21] | 11 | 6 | 8 | [26U] | 122 |
11 | AUS113 | DONT FORGET ALICE | Peron Pearse | Ethan Brough | Hamish McGill | Jacqueline Harding | [20] | 14 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 4 | [26S] | 11 | 10 | 12 | 131 |
12 | GBR285 | P - POPSEY | David Hitchcock | Ian Nicholson | Julian Bleddyn | | 4 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 26F | [26F] | [26R] | 2 | 144 |
13 | AUS279 | HISSING IN THE WIND | Graeme Monkhouse | Heather Monkhouse | James Williams | Robbie Stout | 13 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 19 | [20] | [26R] | 2 | 2 | 10 | 150 |
14 | AUS112 | FIZZ | Nick Lewins | Martin Attwill | Michael Navarro | | 9 | [26U] | 15 | 19 | 13 | 17 | [19] | 17 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 155 |
15 | AUS198 | VFORCE | Mark Griffith | John Learmonth | Richard Stainton | | 5 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 26F | [26F] | [26R] | 16 | 165 |
16 | AUS218 | BITE ME | Michael Cameron | Jake Flintoff | Travis Keay | | 14 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 26S | 26S | [26S] | [26R] | 173 |
17 | RSA290 | RAFIKI | Alex Schon | Bo Szalek | Gavin Davies | Greg Plunkett | 17 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 13 | [22] | 5 | 8 | 13 | [26F] | 13 | 20 | 15 | 176 |
18 | AUS197 | FLY | Terry Riley | David Jordon | Glenn Foley | | 11 | 18 | 17 | 21 | [21] | [21] | 14 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 182 |
19 | CAN288 | OSHUNMARE | Steve Chapman | Christophe Ledent | Warren Walhaug | | 18 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 19 | [26S] | [26F] | 22 | 13 | 192 |
20 | 1 | KOALAS ON TOAST | Paul Young | Craig Wilusz | Nathaniel. | | 15 | 20 | [24] | [22] | 15 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 192 |
21 | AUS215 | GREY NOMAD | Chris O'Keefe | Chris Gilmour | Kim Leunig | | 19 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 26U | 11 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 26F | [26U] | 18 | [26U] | 214 |
22 | USA118 | FLIGHT RISK | Tony Chapman | Glenn Van Heel | Nigel Brownette | | 12 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 23 | [26F] | [26R] | 21 | 22 | 216 |
23 | AUS117 | KISS MY ASP | Terry Foster | Harob Keay | Miles Dracup | Paul Fabricius | 21 | 23 | [25] | 24 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 23 | [25] | 9 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 223 |
24 | AUS114 | FANG | Stephen dines | Job Mayberry | Lawson Terputra | Thomas Mears | 22 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 22 | 22 | [26F] | [26R] | 16 | 19 | 264 |
25 | AUS139 | CALIBRE RACING | April Jorgensen | Adam Shand | Danielle Hodgkinson | Jayson Oates | 26S | 22 | 23 | 25 | 26S | 26S | 26R | 24 | 24 | 24 | [26S] | [26F] | 19 | 21 | 286 |