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'’Stoneybroke’ and ’X3’ on top of each other with both tied on seven points at the end of the day. X3 leads on countback - 2010 Sydney 38 Australian Championship'
Tom Spithill
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X3 takes Boat of the Day and leads on countback after Day One of Sydney 38 Nationals.
Day One of the Sydney 38 Nationals hosted by the RPAYC was a testing day for all teams with a unique weather pattern that saw teams constantly battling to stay 'in phase' with the wind.
The first race started out in a light Nor' Wester, with wind strength spanding from 3 to 6 knots. 'Argie Bargie' managed to come off the start line well with 'Risk' to take an early advantage. They held this advantage until the final downwind leg of the race, where the fleet behind them slowly engulfed them.'Outlaw' sailed a great downwind leg to gain a lead on the final run to the finish where they managed to hold onto this lead to take the win in the first race.
A familiar face at the front of the fleet was SYC's Lou Abrahams who was next in 'The Zen Challenge' with RPAYC's 'Old School', skippered by Mark Griffiths, sailing a better second half of the race, with a comeback from mid fleet, taking out third place.
Racing was then postponed for quite a while as PRO Steve Merrington was faced with two weather patterns fighting one another.
Eventually the second race got under way with a 10-knot nor Easter filling in. The CYCA's Michael McMahon's 'X 3' led the fleet around the course for the entire race to take a convincing win with Ian Guanaria, the current NSW State Champion aboard 'The Tavern' coming in second & Robyn Tedder's 'Stonybroke' from the RPAYC coming in third place expressing consistency with their second top five placing.
The race committee tried in vain to start the third race but struggled to get a steady wind direction to start the fleet. The wind started to build from the north to 20 knots but the wind direction was still unsteady. After a few blown up starts and a general recall the fleet managed to finally get away and complete their first leg. As the boats reached the top mark the wind shifted to the left considerably, causing the boats to not be able to hoist a spinnaker on the downwind leg.
The Race Committee made the decision to abandon the race due to the large wind change. Immediately following the abandonment the entire fleet was flattened by a large rainsquall. The fleet was battered by 45 knot gusts with one gust measuring a peak of 52 knots on the wind instruments. All boats managed to get everything under control and eventually got all the sails down to motor back into Pittwater.
Once all boats arrived at the dock, soaking wet!, they were cheered up with a dock party where Boatmate putt on drinks for all the teams.
Tomorrow's forecast predicts moderate south winds early on in the day with a North East breeze building in the afternoon.
With three boats tied on 7 points after Day One, the CYCA's 'X3' is ahead on countback on top of the dual RPAYC competitors 'Stonybroke and ' Old School'. It promises to be a big day tomorrow as they fight for a podium spot in this tough field of 17 boats.
For today's results go to http://www.rpayc.com.au/sydney-38-australian-championship.html
Place Sail No Boat Name Skipper From Sers Score Race 2 Race 1
1 6900 X 3 Michael McMahon NSW 7.0 1.0 6.0
2 6231 Stonybroke Robin Tedder NSW 7.0 3.0 4.0
3 8938 Old School Mark Griffith NSW 7.0 4.0 3.0
4 SM2 The Zen Challenge Lou Abrahams VIC 8.0 6.0 2.0
5 6157 The Tavern Ian Guanaria NSW 11.0 2.0 9.0
6 5944 Risk Geoff Payne NSW 13.0 8.0 5.0
7 6418 Acuity Tony Walls NSW 15.0 7.0 8.0
8 R38 Outlaw A & T Quick NSW 17.0 16.0 1.0
9 6190 The Bolter Rick Welch NSW 18.0 5.0 13.0
10 6255 Eye Candy Dawson/Ward NSW 19.0 12.0 7.0
11 7777 Calibre Geoff Bonus NSW 24.0 9.0 15.0
12 7027 The Goat Bruce Foye NSW 24.0 10.0 14.0
13 G5038 Cinquante Ian Murray VIC 24.0 13.0 11.0
14 B331 Audacious Conspiracy Greg Clinnick VIC 25.0 15.0 10.0
15 6276 Argie Bargie Chris Lancaster NSW 26.0 14.0 12.0
16 MH60 Eleni Tony Levett NSW 27.0 11.0 16.0
17 6305 Mondo Ray Sweeney QLD 34.0 17.0 17.0
 | State Champion Ian Guarana’s ’The Tavern’ trailing first place at the top mark - 2010 Sydney 38 Australian Championship - Tom Spithill |
by Tom Spithill and Damian Devine Share
8:23 PM Fri 12 Feb 2010 GMT
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