VX One Australian Championship at the 2019 Festival of Sails

by Brett Whitbread 31 Jan 2019 02:33 PST 26-28 January 2019

VX One Australian Championship during the 2019 Festival of Sails © Brady Lowe

Mack One wins their second Australian Championship with a race to spare after dominating the series held at Festival of Sails

With another "Boat of the Day" flag in their grasp, Ben Franklin, Josh Franklin, and Allan Moffatt enjoyed the sail home with a final day scorecard of 2, 1, 2, never finishing off the podium in a race at the event. A well-earned victory to the team from the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron.

One highlight of the regatta is surely the battle for the podium places, which saw 10 points separating 2nd to 6th at the beginning of the third and final day.

After opening the day with a win in Race 7 but a less than ideal Race 8, Rob Douglas and his crew went into the final race with 1.5 points to make up to Port Curtis Sailing Club Andy Patrick.

It was a nail biter, with the Patrick looking shaky at the start of Race 9, and Douglas looking strong. Brett Whitbread and Joel McDonald stormed away with a big win but it was the placings from 3rd to 5th where the podium places would be decided as the US team of Sandra Askew, lay between Douglas and Patrick and a determined look from the Americans who hit their stride well on Day 3.

Overall Results:

Pos	Boat Name	Sail No	Skipper	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts
1	MACK ONE	AUS248	Ben Franklin	RQYS	[3]	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	2	12
2	COWABUNGA	AUS155	Andy Patrick	RQYS/PCSC	5	6	4	2	4	2	4	[8]	4	31
3	RABBEL	AUS218	Rob Douglass	JBSC	7	4	3	4	5	[10]	1	4.5	3	31.5
4	SUPERVAX 24/7	AUS247	Brett Whitbread	RQYS	2	2	2	9	10	[12]	6	4.5	1	36.5
5	SLICK	AUS235	Brian Case	RGYC	4	[18]	7	3	2	6	9	2	18	51
6	WEAPON OF CHOICE	184	Fred Kasparek	CYC	1	3	5	[25]	19	7	5	6.5	11	57.5
7	KERB	AUS283	John Whitbread	RQYS	6	8	6	11	1	5	[16]	14	10	61
8	FLYING JENNY	USA178	Sandra Askew	NYYC	[14]	10	10	8	7	13	3	6.5	5	62.5
9	THE BEAST	AUS244	Michael James	RQYS	9	9	8	10	6	18	[19]	3	8	71
10	VIXEN	246	Sam Allen	RQYS	8	12	9	17	12	3	8	12	[20]	81
11	FIREBALL	AUS280	Chris Williams	MYC	10	13	11	15	8.5	[17]	12	10	12	91.5
12	BERSERKER	AUS245	Sam Bassham	PYC	[19]	19	15	6	14	15	10	15	9	103
13	SILVER FOX	AUS282	Peter Alexander	RGYC	[23]	21	14	5	11	4	22	11	16	104
14	SCAK VXA	AUS141	Chris Dean Scott Sul	CSC	13	5	17	16	16	16	15	[27F]	7	105
15	DRIPPING WET	AUS186	Steve Williamson	RGYC	11	7	18	14	8.5	[23]	17	13	17	105.5
16	THE WEEKEND	AUS888	Neil Long	LMYC	16	14	23	12	15	[24]	18	20	6	124
17	PARIS	AUS183	Paul Cohen	CYC	22	[24]	22	18	13	11	20	9	14	129
18	PUBLIC ENEMY	AUS278	Jarrod Wallis	RGYC	20	17	13	19	[21]	20	7	16	21	133
19	KC	AUS156	Kim Clarke	RGYC	[26]	23	16	26	18	8	11	22	15	139
20	VICTORIA'S SECRET	AUS279	Jan Talacko	RBYC	12	[26]	21	23	17	9	13	21	24	140
21	PIPELINE DRILLERS	AUS243	Paul Bowler	RQYS	17.5	11	12	21	[24]	19	24	19	19	142.5
22	FORMULA PYE	AUS146	Peter Wilson	RMYCT	21	16	20	7	22	21	14	[23]	22	143
23	PUFF	AUS126	Stuart Minchin	CYC	15	20	19	20	[23]	14	23	17	23	151
24	LET'S BE NATURAL	AUS281	Ben Pfitzner	CYC	17.5	22	26	13	[27F]	22	21	18	13	152.5
25	MONGOOSE	AUS112	Christopher Bland	MYC	24	15	[25]	24	25	25	25	25	25	188
26	MISS JEKYLL	AUS137	Monica Hyde	ASC	25	25	24	22	20	[26]	26	24	26	192

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