Australian 18 Footers
League
2010-2011 Season Preview. |
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| By Frank Quealey, the
Australian 18 Footers League |
Photos by the Australian
18 Footers League
edited By Peter Andrews. |
| Sunday, September 26, 2010. |
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A fleet of 16 boats
will represent the club in what promises to be a high quality season
with several teams capable of taking out championship honours.
The 2010 Giltinan champion Seve Jarvin will again be at the helm
of Gotta Love It 7 with Sam Newton in the bow once more. One
change has been the inclusion of Scott Babbage from the former
Rag & Famish Hotel crew. Scott replaces Tom Clout, who moves
to the new Rag & Famish Hotel crew, headed by Jack Macartney.
The new Gotta Love It 7 team has already tasted success as winner
of the International Regatta at Lake Garda in June. |
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The 2000 Giltinan and Australian champion,
with numerous championship victories over many seasons,
Sipper John (Woody) Winning on a brand new Yandoo skiff
with crew Andrew Hay and Dave Gibson.
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Michael Coxon, Aaron
Links and Trent Barnabas have a new skiff for this season and will
again sail for the Thurlow Fisher Lawyers sponsorship. As well
as finishing runner-up to Gotta Love It 7 at the 2010 Giltinan,
the trio recently won the International Regatta in San Francisco.
One of the most interesting ‘new’ teams is the trio
on appliancesonline.com.au. John (Herman) Winning Jr. will be
joined by Euan McNicol on the sheet with Peter Harris moving
from Rag & Famish Hotel to the bow. McNicol and Winning Jr.
jointly won the 29er Championship in 2002, while McNicol is also
a three-time Giltinan winner (twice as skipper in 2005 and 2009,
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Jonathan Whitty will head the Panasonic team
of Paul Montague and Olympian Nathan Wilmot.
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2010 Interdominion
12ft Skiff champion Nick Press will skipper a new skiff for Smeg
sponsorship with the highly experienced Dan Phillips on the sheet
and Dave Ewings in the bow. This will be a strong team.
Matthew Searle and Archie Massey teamed together to be runner-up
in the 2009 Giltinan, then went their separate ways in 2009-2010.
The pair are back together again for Red Claw wines in the skiff
previously raced by Michael Coxon. Their experience and joint
talent will certainly see this team back near the top of the
fleet.
The 2000 Giltinan and Australian champion, with numerous championship
victories over many seasons, is John (Woody) Winning. John will
skipper a brand new Yandoo skiff and will again have Andrew Hay
and Dave Gibson as his crew. |
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18 footer action on Sydney Harbour.
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UK’s Andy Budgen
will spend his third consecutive season in Australia and will again
skipper the Project Racing skiff he had built in Australia last
year. His crew will be locals Dan Wilsdon and Cameron McDonald,
who both crewed for Archie Massey on Asko Appliances last season.
Two young skippers, Season Point Score winner James Francis and
Jonathan Whitty are expected to give their more senior rivals
a run for their money. Francis, Rob Bell and Brad Phillips, will
sail a new skiff for the Fosters/Carlton United Breweries sponsorship,
while Whity will head the Panasonic team of Paul Montague and
Olympian Nathan Wilmot.
Marcus Ashley-Jones had his first season in the 18s in 2009-2010
and caused a major surprise when he won Race One of the 2010
Giltinan. His hard work and talent have seen him rewarded with
a move to the head of the Asko Appliances team for 2010-2011. |
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One of the most interesting ‘new' teams
is the trio on appliancesonline.com.au. John
(Herman) Winning Jr. will be joined by Euan McNicol on
the sheet with Peter Harris moving from Rag & Famish
Hotel to the bow.
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Simon Nearn will again
skipper the De’Longhi sponsored skiff while Mark Kennedy
and Tom Anderson are together again; this time on Thurlow Fisher
Consultants. Skiff builder Brett Van Munster will head The Kitchen
Maker team.
Evan Walker will again lead the Sharks team while Andrew Chapman
is the only new skipper to join the fleet. He will lead the Fisher & Paykel
team.
Frank Quealey
Australian 18 Footers League
www.flying18s.com. |
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| Outimage and the
Australian 18 Footers League © 2010 |
