Australian 13ft & 16ft Skiff National Championships at Manly 16ft Skiff Sailing Club

Australian 13ft & 16ft Skiff National Championships at Manly 16ft Skiff Sailing Club - Day 2

by Adam Lucius 9 Jan 2023 22:07 AEDT 7-14 January 2023

Typhoon wins heat 3 on day 2 of the 2023 Australian 16ft Championships © SailMedia

Manly boat Typhoon shed the hoodoo which threaten to de-rail its Australian 16ft Championship title defence, chalking up a first and second as the national regatta continued in brilliant conditions on Monday.

Typhoon skipper Nathan Wilmot has been checking for black cats and avoiding ladders after a string of bad luck hampered preparations and flowed into heat one on Sunday.

"We've had an interesting run into these nationals...broken booms, crashing into boats and a few other problems," he said as he enjoyed a post-race beer.

"Yesterday we put a new boom on and the vang didn't fit properly when we got out there and the mainsheet twisted up and then the centreboard started filling up with water.

"I never thought we were jinxed but we had a bad run and hopefully that's over with now. "We sorted a few things out last night and this morning, so it was nice to get back out there and finish a race for a change and get a couple of good results under our belt."

Manly clubmate Sail Racing (Felix Grech) held off Typhoon by three seconds to win heat two in the early afternoon before Wilmot went one better in heat three, sailed on a picture-perfect day on Sydney Harbour. The 1-2 has given Typhoon an early advantage on the overall pointscore after the opening heat was abandoned on Sunday due to a contentious decision by the Harbour Master to order a halt to racing to allow an ocean liner to depart the Heads.

Sail Racing wins heat 2 on day 2 of the 2023 Australian 16ft Championships - photo © SailMedia

Sail Racing sits second with Moonen Yachts (Daniel Turner), Eric's Storage (Harry Lawson) and IMEI (Dave Gilmour) rounding out the top five.

Wilmot failed to win a heat in taking out the national title aboard Ronstan 12 months ago, so knows there are plenty of twists and turns coming over the next few days.

He said: "It's a long regatta and there is a lot to play out, so you just take what you can when you can get it. "We got lucky (on Sunday) with the race being abandoned as we were looking at a DNF (Did Not Finish) and now we've got two good results under our belt. "We know the boat's fast and in those conditions it's been pretty quick all season, so we knew we could take advantage of it. "The old fella (Mal Page) and the young bloke (Zac Barnabas) sailed incredibly well."

2023 Australian 16ft Championships day 2 heat 2 - photo © SailMedia

Typhoon sailed a near faultless race in a light easterly to clinch heat three by almost a minute from Moonen, Sail Racing, Eric's Removals and Noakes (Dave O'Connor). Middle Harbour's MH44 (Eva Attwood) has cleared out to an early lead in the handicap division after a consistent start to the regatta.

And in the 13ft division, Manly duo EBIX (Jemma Hopkins) and Botany Scaffold (Sophie Hart) share the lead after podium finishes in the opening two races.

The Australian 13ft and 16ft Championships continues with heats four and five on Tuesday.

Further information can be found at www.manlyskiff.com.au and skiffs.org.au

Results after Day 2:

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	Club	R1	R2	R3	Pts
16ft Skiffs
1	TYP	Typhoon	Nathan Wilmot	M16SSC	ABN	2	1	3
2	SAI	Sail Racing	Felix Grech	M16SSC	ABN	1	3	4
3	MOO	Moonen Yachts	Daniel Turner	M16SSC	ABN	5	2	7
4	ERIS	Eric's Storage	Harry Lawson	MH16SC	ABN	6	4	10
5	IME	IMEI	David Gilmour	M16SSC	ABN	4	6	10
6	SOU	Southerly	Zoe Dransfield	M16SSC	ABN	3	8	11
7	SUT	Sutech Building Consultants	Michael Koerner	M16SSC	ABN	7	7	14
8	BOT	Botany Access	Chris Thomas	M16SSC	ABN	10	12	22
9	TRI	Tribeca	Ben Bradley	StGSC	ABN	15	9	24
10	FLU	Fluid Building	Clint Bowen	M16SSC	ABN	14	13	27
11	DOM	Dominos	Michael Quirk	B16	ABN	8	20	28
12	MUS	Musto	Hugh Stodart	M16SSC	ABN	11	17	28
13	REDR	Red Pumps Red	Tyler Dransfield	M16SSC	ABN	12	19	31
14	LIG	Light & Wonder	Matt Meaney	B16	ABN	9	24	33
15	SKEL	Skelcon	Henry Makin	B16	ABN	23	10	33
16	INF	Infinity Rigging	Lachlan Steel	StGSC	ABN	17	16	33
17	CAP	Capital Brewing Co.	Jessica Iles	M16SSC	ABN	13	23	36
18	NOA	Noakes	Dave O'Connor	StGSC	ABN	32	5	37
19	CUN	Cunninghams	Nick Connor	M16SSC	ABN	29	11	40
20	EMP	Employment Hero	Will Divola	M16SSC	ABN	18	22	40
21	OUT	Outback Marine	Georgia Clancy	M16SSC	ABN	16	27	43
22	CHU	Chubbs	Jesse Dransfield	M16SSC	ABN	26.5	18	44.5
23	NOAB	Noakes Blue	Ryan Ewings	StGSC	ABN	24	21	45
24	CMG	CMG Property Maintenance	Michael Vincent	MH16SC	ABN	21	26	47
25	TOO	Toogara	Josh Tasker	StGSC	ABN	33	15	48
26	RWR	RW Retail	Carlton Smith	DPSS	ABN	20	31	51
27	SHEB	Shebang	Anthony King	M16SSC	ABN	22	30	52
28	SKE	SKE Electrical	Scott Babbage	B16	ABN	19	35	54
29	NOZ	Nozomi	Andrew Chapman	B16	ABN	25	29	54
30	MH4	MH44	Eva Attwood	MH16SC	ABN	36N	19N	55
31	RED	Red Pumps	Bruce Savage	M16SSC	ABN	36	25	61
32	EDE	Edenda	Matilda Lang	DSC	ABN	28	36	64
33	KAM	Kamikaze	Richard Williams	MH16SC	ABN	30	34	64
34	FIRS	Firestopping Manly	Alex Hart	M16SSC	ABN	26.5	38	64.5
35	PLE	P Leahy	Mark Willson	MH16SC	ABN	34	32	66
36	BAR	Bartley Construction 16	Nathan Lilley	M16SSC	ABN	35	33	68
37	NHS	NHS Building Supplies	Tom Dawson	B16	ABN	49F	28	77
38	FIRB	FIREBALL	James Downey	M16SSC	ABN	40	37	77
39	WIC	Wichard	Zac Heyes	B16	ABN	37	40	77
40	MAN	Man Flu	Nicholas Stabback	MH16SC	ABN	39	43	82
41	KON	Konami	Bethany Sherry	B16	ABN	38	45	83
42	SHEA	Shead	Marilyn Sorensen	MH16SC	ABN	42	41	83
43	SKI	Skiffropes.com	Amy Hargrave	MH16SC	ABN	45	39	84
44	XXX	XXXX Gold	Neale Jones	B16	ABN	41	44	85
45	WEA	Weathertex	Jess Rivers	B16	ABN	44	42	86
46	ERIR	Erics Removals	Joshua Theunissen	MH16SC	ABN	43	46	89
47	JOE	Joe Walsh Rigging	Craig Doran	M16SSC	ABN	49N	49C	98
47	BEL	Bella Group	Georgia Steenson	B16	ABN	49C	49C	98
13ft Skiffs
1	35	EBIX	Jemma Hopkins	M16SSC	ABN	3	1	4
2	41	Botany Scaffold	Sophie Hart	M16SSC	ABN	2	2	4
3	38	Bartley Construction	Taylor Springett	M16SSC	ABN	1	6	7
4	32	Plonk Cafe	Avril Richardson	MH16SC	ABN	4	4	8
5	46	Fluid	Donald Rowlinson	M16SSC	ABN	6	3	9
6	15	Sheerline	Owen Gillmeister	M16SSC	ABN	8	5	13
7	9	#9	Angus Stewart	HKSC	ABN	9	7	16
8	43	CyberTechGroup.org	Theo Franklin	M16SSC	ABN	7N	10N	17
9	37	Dutchess	Amy Bentley	M16SSC	ABN	7	14	21
10	45	QED	David Tulk	M16SSC	ABN	11	10	21
11	16	Livewire	Issac Robbins	HKSC	ABN	10	11	21
12	40	Cheeky	Zackary Wyatt	HKSC	ABN	15	9	24
13	27	Black Cat	Byron Lowe	HKSC	ABN	13	12	25
14	44	Awol	Andrew de Montfort	M16SSC	ABN	12	13	25
15	31	ABICO	Zachary Brakenbury	M16SSC	ABN	16N	16N	32