| Ferry Patrons Trophy. |
| By Frank Quealey, the Australian 18 Footers League. |
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Photos by the Australian
18 Footers League
edited By Peter Andrews. |
| Sunday, February 20, 2011. |
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| The Gotta Love It 7 team of Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton and Scott Babbage scored a late win in the Ferry Patrons 18 foot Skiff race sailed on Sydney Harbour today. As it happened, Pure Blonde’s crew of James Francis, Brad Phillips and Cameron McDonald had withstood a fast-finishing burst by Gotta Love It 7 to win the race. But Francis later realised that they had misread their handicap and had actually shortened their course roundings. As a result of this, they then withdrew from the race. |
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The Gotta Love It 7 crew of Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton
and Scott Babbage, during Ferry Patrons Trophy Race on Sydney
Harbour.
Photo © Australian 18 Footers League.
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| It was unfortunate as Pure blonde had grabbed the lead at the first set of 3-buoys windward mark and opened up a lead of 2 minutes during the race. Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton and Scott Babbage also sailed a great race in the light, fluctuating southeast breeze, to bring Gotta Love It 7 home seemingly in second place as they had to go to the furthest windward mark on each of three occasions. |
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The Pure Blonde crew of James Francis, Brad Phillips and
Cameron McDonald, during Ferry Patrons Trophy Race on Sydney
Harbour.
Photo © Australian 18 Footers League.
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| They failed to catch Pure Blonde by only 12 seconds after picking up a favourable breeze on the final windward leg to the finish. Third place, originally, went to TF Collect (Mark Kennedy, Tom Anderson and Ryan Houston), which finished a further 44 seconds back. |
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Kenwood-Rabbitohs (Craig Ferris), during Ferry Patrons Trophy
Race on Sydney Harbour.
Photo © Australian 18 Footers League.
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| Pure Blonde took an early lead, after skipper James Francis elected to go west of Shark Island while Gotta Love It 7 and others went to the east. Advantaged by the red buoy rounding, Pure Blonde soon opened up a break under spinnaker while Gotta Love It 7 had to fight her way through the boats that also went to the nearer marks. |
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Thurlow Fisher Lawyers (Michael Coxon), during Ferry Patrons
Trophy Race on Sydney Harbour.
Photo © Australian 18 Footers League.
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Amongst the traffic, Thurlow Fisher Lawyers (Michael Coxon) and appliancesonline.com.au (Jeremy Wilmot) had a collision causing Thurlow Fisher Lawyers to capsize and appliancesonline to retire.
Down at the bottom mark, Pure Blonde had increased her lead to 1 minute and 30 seconds over Kenwood-Rabbitohs (Craig Ferris), Red Claw Wines (Matt Searle), TF Collect, Gotta Love It 7, Yandoo (John Winning), Panasonic (Jonathan Whitty) and The Kitchen Maker (Brett Van Munster). |
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On a spinnaker run, during Ferry Patrons Trophy
Race on Sydney Harbour.
Photo © Australian 18 Footers League.
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Pure Blonde’s lead increased to 1 minnute and 50 seconds at the following windward mark off Clarke Island and the skiff continued to hold a big lead until the final burst by Gotta Love It 7.
Grant Rollerson’s SLAM, which finished third, following the Pure Blonde withdrawal, gave an outstanding performance after losing up to 2 minutes when she was recalled at the start. |
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Grant Rollerson’s SLAM and Andy Budgen's Project
Racing,
during Ferry Patrons Trophy Race on Sydney Harbour.
Photo © Australian 18 Footers League.
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| Race 13 of the Club Championship will be sailed next Sunday. The Giltinan Championship will commence the following week. The Invitation Race is on Friday March 4 and the Championship races begin on Saturday March 5. The last race of the championship is Sunday March 13. |
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The Kitchen Maker (Brett Van Munster), during Ferry Patrons
Trophy Race on Sydney Harbour.
Photo © Australian 18
Footers League.
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More information and photographs can be found at www.flying18s.com and
www.18footers.com.au.
Frank Quealey
Australian 18 Footers League
www.flying18s.com. |
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| Outimage and the
Australian 18 Footers Leaguea © 2011 |
