Race 6 - Winning Appliances
JJ Giltinan
18ft Skiff Championship. |
| By Frank Quealey,
the Australian 18 Footers League. |
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Photos by the Australian
18 Footers League
Edited by Peter Andrews. |
| Saturday, March 12, 2011. |
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| Defending champion Seve Jarvin and his Gotta Love It 7 team of Sam Newton and Scott Babbage have grabbed the lead in the Winning Appliances 18ft Skiff Championship with just one more race to sail, but it will be an anxious wait as there is a protest pending on the result of today’s race. Subject to any decision of the protest (to be heard tomorrow morning), Gotta Love It 7 holds a two points lead over Australian champions Michael Coxon, Aaron Links and Trent Barnabas on Thurlow Fisher Lawyers, the protesting boat. |
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The winning crew of Seve Jarvin and his Gotta Love
It 7 team of Sam Newton
and Scott Babbage, during Race 6 of the Winning Appliances - JJ Giltinan
18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour, Saturday March 12, 2011.
Photo © Australian 18 Footers League.
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| Gotta Love It 7 took the lead shortly after the start and was not headed over the entire course before going on to a minute and 2 second win over Matthew Searle, Archie Massey and Mike McKenzie on Red Claw Wines, with Nick Press, Dan Phillips and Dave Ewings on Smeg another 56 seconds back in third place. |
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Matthew Searle, Archie Massey and Mike McKenzie on Red
Claw Wines finished second, in Race 6 of the Winning Appliances
- JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour,
Saturday March 12, 2011.
Photo © Australian 18 Footers League.
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The provisional scores after Race 6 are Gotta Love It 7 on 9 points, Thurlow Fisher Lawyers on 11, Grant Rollerson’s SLAM from Western Australia on 21, Howie Hamlin’s CST Composites from the United States on 23, Red Claw Wines on 25, and Smeg on 26.
Gotta Love It 7 led narrowly from Smeg up the first beat and went around the Beashel Buoy windward mark with a 12 second advantage. The pair had opened up a good break over the rest of the fleet at this point in the race as Red Claw Wines was another 40 seconds behind in third place. |
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Gotta Love It 7 on a spinnaker run, during Race 6 of the Winning Appliances
- JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour, Saturday March
12, 2011.
Photo © Australian 18 Footers League.
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SLAM was in fourth place, followed by Jonathan Whitty’s Panasonic, John Winning’s Yandoo, Simon Nearn’s De’Longhi-Rabbitohs, Jarrod Simpson’s Peters & May from the United Kingdom and Brett Van Munster’s The Kitchen Maker.
Gotta Love It 7’s downwind boat handling was superb in the light north-east breeze and her lead had been extended to 30 seconds over Smeg by the time they reached the bottom mark. Red Claw Wines trailed Smeg by 25 seconds followed by SLAM, Yandoo fifth and Thurlow Fisher Lawyers sixth and 2 minutes from the leader. |
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Asko Appliances, during Race 6 of the Winning Appliances - JJ Giltinan
18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour, Saturday March 12, 2011.
Photo © Australian 18 Footers League.
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| Back at the top mark, there was no change in the order of the three leading teams. However, the leaders had opened up a very big break over now fourth placed Thurlow Fisher Lawyers who had gained two places, followed by SLAM, Andy Budgen’s Hyde Sails from the United Kingdom, and Yandoo. |
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Simon Nearn’s De’Longhi-Rabbitohs approaching the bottom
mark, during Race 6 of the Winning Appliances - JJ Giltinan
18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour, Saturday March 12, 2011.
Photo © Australian 18 Footers League.
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| With Gotta Love It 7 holding a 40 second margin at the bottom mark at Clarke Island; for the second time to commence the final lap of the course; interest then shifted on the tight race for second placing, as Smeg and Red Claw Wines were separated by just a few seconds. |
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The 18 footer fleet on a spinnaker run to Clark Island, during Race
6 of the Winning Appliances - JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship
on Sydney Harbour, Saturday March 12, 2011.
Photo © Australian 18 Footers League.
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The north-east breeze freshened a few knots during the final lap of the course and Red Claw Wines eventually overhauled Smeg to take second place. Thurlow Fisher Lawyers finished fourth, ahead of SLAM, Hyde Sails, Peters & May, Yandoo, The Kitchen Maker, CST Composites, De’Longhi-Rabbitohs, Jack Macartney’s Rag & Famish Hotel, Jeremy Wilmot’s appliancesonline.com.au, David Witt’s Queenslander 1, and James Francis’ Pure Blonde.
Today’s race sponsored by De’Longhi-Kenwood South Sydney Rabbitohs. |
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Jeremy Wilmot’s Appliances Online, during Race 6 of the Winning Appliances
- JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour, Saturday March
12, 2011.
Photo © Australian 18 Footers League.
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Replays of the live tracking of each race from the 2011 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship will be available from: http://www.tractrac.com/index.php?page=eventpage&id=138.
More information and photographs can be found at www.flying18s.com and www.18footers.com.au. Video coverage can be seen also on www.18footers.com.au.
Frank Quealey, Australian 18 Footers League. |
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Australian 18 Footers Leaguea © 2011 |
