18ft Skiff Australian Championship on Sydney Harbour – Race 1
by Frank Quealey 13 Jan 23:23 PST
14 January 2024
18ft Skiff Australian Championship Race 1: Andoo powering her technique to victory © SailMedia
Cordukes Clubhouse Trophy
Present Giltinan 18ft skiff champion Andoo, skippered by John Successful Jr, with Seve Jarvin on the sheet and Peter Harris standing in for Sam Newton within the bow, survived the strengthening South-East breeze to take out Race 1 of the Australian Championship on Sydney Harbour at this time.
The skilled staff was all the time in or close to the lead from the start of the race and accomplished the course safely because the wind strengthened from round 10-20 knots over the second half of the course.
On the end, Andoo crossed the road 1m36s forward of Yandoo (Micah Lane, Fang Warren, Lewis Brake), with Your Identify Her (Kirk Mitchell, Andrew Stephenson, Daniel Barnett) an extra 30s again in third place.
After being recalled for an OCS, Balmain (Henry Larkings) completed in fourth place, forward of Rag & Famish Lodge (Beau Junk) and Fisher & Paykel (Jordan Girdis).
Andoo was rapidly into the lead after the beginning and led the fleet to the primary climate mark in Rose Bay the place she loved a 9s lead over Yandoo, which was skippered by Micah Lane, who took over from the skiff’s common skipper John ‘Woody’ Successful solely minutes earlier than the beginning.
The constant Your Identify Right here was in third place, adopted by Smeg (Nathan McNamara), Rag & Famish Lodge, Fisher & Paykel, Balmain, Sixt (Nathan Edwards) and The Kitchen Maker (Lachlan Metal).
Yandoo grabbed the lead from Andoo on the lengthy spinnaker run from Rose Bay to the underside mark off Robertson Level to carry a 15s margin as the 2 leaders headed for the following climate mark off Clark Island.
Your Identify Right here was nonetheless in third place and solely 10s behind Andoo, adopted by Rag & Famish Lodge, Fisher & Paykel, Smeg, The Kitchen Maker and defending champion Finport Finance (Keagan York) which was additionally recovering from an OCS.
The three leaders staged an excellent battle on the work to Clark Island the place Yandoo led Andoo by simply 6s. Your Identify Right here was near the 2 leaders however sadly ran out of wind as she approached the rounding buoy and misplaced contact with the opposite two boats.
Yandoo and Andoo each set a spinnaker for the tight run to Chowder Bay and shortly needed to reverse the choice as they had been taken off the course. Andoo had extra bother than Yandoo and paid the worth when Yandoo arrange a 48s lead at Chowder Bay.
Rag & Famish Lodge was being effectively sailed by a crew having its first race, collectively, collectively in an 18 and had moved up into third place forward of Your Identify Right here. Finport Finance and Balmain had each recovered effectively from their OCS downside to be in fifth and sixth locations.
The breeze started to construct extra because the fleet headed to the following mark in Rose Bay and the Yandoo staff was good because the crew took the skiff to a 1m20s lead over Andoo. Rag & Famish Lodge, Finport Finance and You Identify Right here.
Simply when it appeared as if Yandoo was going to be laborious to catch, she capsized on the RHS of Shark Island because the fleet headed to Taylors Bay. Andoo and Finport Finance each went to the LHS of Shark Island and had been the brand new race leaders.
From that time, Andoo was all the time in management. Yandoo labored her approach again into second place to be 1m10s behind the chief, whereas Finport Finance was third.
Sadly for Finport Finance, she was concerned in an incident with a ferry, capsized and compelled to retire. Because of this, the staff has lodged a protest searching for redress.
Balmain’s comeback after the poor begin was rewarded when she received the handicap part of the race to gather Cordukes Clubhouse trophy, which is a part of the season-long membership level rating sequence.
Race 2 of the Australian Championship might be sailed subsequent Sunday (21 January). The League’s spectator ferry will comply with the motion, leaving Double Bay Public Wharf at 2pm. Tickets can be found 18footers.com/18-footer-racing/spectator-ferry
In the event you desire, you’ll be able to nonetheless be part of the League’s ‘Various Ferry’ within the clubhouse and luxuriate in all of the racing motion LIVE on the huge display broadcasting the SailMedia Livestream digital camera cat protection. It is a actually distinctive technique to rejoice the good racing and all 18 footer supporters are welcome to come back right down to the clubhouse ‘Various Ferry’.
If you cannot get out onto Sydney Harbour, or come to the membership’s ‘Various’ Ferry’, you’ll be able to nonetheless watch it LIVE by going to the Membership’s 18footers.com web site and clicking on the TV hyperlink.
Race 1 Outcomes:
| Pos | Boat Identify | End | Elapsed | Handicap | Corrected | Handicap Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andoo (John Successful Jnr / Seve Jarvin / Peter Harris) | 15:50:56 | 01:05:56 | 0 | 01:05:56 | 4 |
| 2 | Yandoo (John Successful Snr / Fang Warren / Lewis Brake) | 15:52:32 | 01:07:32 | 0 | 01:07:32 | 8 |
| 3 | Your Identify Right here (Kirk Mitchell / Andrew Stephenson / Daniel Barnett) | 15:53:02 | 01:08:02 | 1 | 01:07:02 | 6 |
| 4 | Balmain (Henry Larkings / Miles Davey / Fynn Sprott) | 15:53:47 | 01:08:47 | 4 | 01:04:47 | 1 |
| 5 | Rag & Famish Lodge (Beau Junk / Finn Radowicz / Harry Corridor) | 15:56:29 | 01:11:29 | 3 | 01:08:29 | 10 |
| 6 | Fisher & Paykel (Jordan Girdis / Jacob Broome / Josh Feldmann) | 15:57:00 | 01:12:00 | 7 | 01:05:00 | 2 |
| 7 | smeg (Nathan McNamara / Jed Cruikshank / Jack Taylor) | 15:58:23 | 01:13:23 | 6 | 01:07:23 | 7 |
| 8 | Sixt (Nathan Edwards / Alex Leslie / Locky Pryor) | 15:58:42 | 01:13:42 | 8 | 01:05:42 | 3 |
| 9 | Marine Outlet (John Cooley / Cam Gundy / Brandon Buyink) | 15:58:51 | 01:13:51 | 6 | 01:07:51 | 9 |
| 10 | The Kitchen Maker/ Ceasarstone (Lachlan Metal / Jerome Watts / Ben Kirkby) | 15:59:47 | 01:14:47 | 8 | 01:06:47 | 5 |
| 11 | Burrawang‑Younger Henrys (Simon Nearn / Wilbur Finlay / Paddy Bannon) | 16:12:25 | 01:27:25 | 8 | 01:19:25 | 11 |
| DNF | Finport Finance (Keagan York / Matt Stenta / Phil Marshall) | |||||
| DNF | Lazarus Capital Companions (Aron Everett / Ben Crawford / Rece Goldsmith) | |||||
| DNF | The Oak Double Bay / 4 Pines (Jacob Marks / Alex Marinelli / Matt Doyle) | |||||
| DNF | Shaw and Companions (Emma Rankin / Cam McDonald / Tom Quigley) | |||||
| DNC | 18 Footers Bar and Restaurant (Hugo Stoner / Hugo Leeming / Hamish Vass) | |||||
| DNC | Noakes Pink (Bec Hancock / Henry Stabback / Charlie Gundy) |
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