Weekend success for Club Members

One of the busiest weekends of racing for club members was seen with competition in the Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Yacht Race, Sail Port Stephens Regatta, 29er Class and Flying Ants GP Series, Hempel World Cup Series in Spain and the Platu Championship in Thailand.

2022 Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race

After taking line honours and setting a new race record in the Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race, Peter Harburg’s 100ft Black Jack has been declared the overall winner of the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club’s (RPAYC) 226 nautical mile race.

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IRC Class Overall:

3rd – LCE Old School Racing – Mark Griffith (1st Division 2)

4th – Pretty Woman – Richard Hudson (2nd Division 2)

8th – Transcendence Crento – Martin & John Cross (2 Handed)

9th – Xs Moment BNMH – Ray Hudson (5th Division 2)

10th – Mercury – Mark Tinworth (6th Division 2)

13th – Insomnia – Marcus Grimes (8th Division 2)

16th – Wings – Ian Edwards (10th Division 2)

20th – Amitie – David Lewin & Ken Holmes (13th Division 2)

ORC Class overall:

 2nd – LCE Old School Racing – Mark Griffith (1st Division 2)

3rd – Pretty Woman – Richard Hudson (2nd Division 2)

6th – Transcendence Crento – Martin & John Cross (2 Handed)

7th – Xs Moment BNMH – Ray Hudson (5th Division 2)

9th – Mercury – Mark Tinworth (6th Division 2)

11th – Insomnia – Marcus Grimes (8th Division 2)

13th – Quantock – David Hobbs (9th Division 2)

17th – Amitie – David Lewin & Ken Holmes (13th Division 2)

PHS Class overall:

2nd – LCE Old School Racing – Mark Griffith (1st Division 2)

3rd – Pretty Woman – Richard Hudson (2nd Division 2)

5th – Xs Moment BNMH – Ray Hudson (4th Division 2)

7th – Insomnia – Marcus Grimes (6th Division 2)

9th – Transcendence Crento – Martin & John Cross (2 Handed)

11th – Intiy – Marc Depret (2 Handed)

10th – Mercury – Mark Tinworth

12th – Quantock – David Hobbs (8th Division 2)

14th – Wings – Ian Edwards (10th Division 2)

15th – Mercury – Mark Tinworth (11th Division 2)

22nd – Amitie – David Lewin & Ken Holmes (14th Division 2)

RET – Peklijus, Dances with Waves, Luna Blue

2 Handed Class:

1st –  Transcendence Crento – Martin & John Cross (1st IRC & ORC 2 Handed)

2nd – Intiy – Marc Depret

2022 Sail Port Stephens Regatta

Congratulations to everyone that participated in the 2022 Sail Port Stephens Regatta & the crews who made the various podiums this week: 

NSW Yachting Championship:

IRC Division 2

1st – Soozal – Keiran Mulcahy

2nd – Bushranger – Gerry Hatton

ORC Division

1st – Bushranger – Gerry Hatton

2nd – Soozal – Keiran Mulcahy

Performance Cruising:

Division 1

13th – Second Time Around – John McConagy

Division 2

4th – Ascalon – Ian Quarrie

10th – Allsail Leeward – Russel Waddy

13th – Bullwinkle – Pete Farrugia

Division 3

3rd – Young at Heart – Simon Grosser

18th – Unruffled – Mark Hills

Division 4

1st – Vttoria – Alan Reece

9th – La Troisieme Mitemps – Matt Doyle

18th – Wings Eleven – William Davis

Commodores Cup

Cruising Division 1

17th – La Troisieme Mitremps – Matt Doyle

3rd – Cicero – Mark Hellyer

15th – Allsail Leeward – Russel Waddy

18th – Vittoria – Alan Reece

Division 3

3rd – Bullwinkle – Pete Farrugia

22nd – Wings Eleven – Williams Davis

Division 4

2nd – Young at Heart – Simon Grosser

Non-Spinnaker

6th – Unruffled – Mark Hills

12th – Sail La Vie – Carole Walter

15th – Ensigh-La Bella Vita – Sean Rush

29er Class GP Series

The club hosted the final round of the 29er GP Series over the weekend. Testing conditions for both competitors and the race management team. After a long wait ashore competitors completed the Series in a 8 to 15 knots of La Niña completing 4 races. The class sore 47 entrants in the Series overall with 18 competing on Pittwater. 

29er Class Series Overall Results:

9th – Sendit – Charlie Johnson & Hugo Butterworth 

11th – 2239 – Louis Tilly & Nick Stenger

12th – Blue Lion – Elliot Verhaeghe & Josh Paulson

13th – Out There – Liam Parker & Lachlan Wallace

14th – Hakuna Matata – Sienna Brown & Darcy Robbins

16th – Sketchy – Eva Attwood & Belle Holdsworth

18th – FireX – Daniel Leupen & Harry Browne

21st – AmFast – Orlando Springer & Will Troop

25th – 2960 – Sara Bruce & Hannan McCutcheon

26th – Double Trouble – Peper Attwood & Annabelle Sampson

30th – Notorious – Olivia Williams & Sabine Westley

36th – Albie Brown & Walter Tuite

38th – Sophie Aitken & Rose Cookson

41st – Cooper Bellingham & Oscar Verity

 

Hempel World Cup Series, Palma De Mallorca, Spain

49er Gold fleet – 12 races (one drop)
19th – Jim Colley and Shaun O’Connor (ASS)

A challenging last day in Palma saw Jim Colley & Shaun Connor end up 19th overall in their first international regatta in over 2 years. “Gratifying to see that the work we have put in whilst at home is paying off, and exciting that there is still so much to improve racing-wise. The goal of this regatta was to discover weaknesses, and we now have 10 more days of training in Palma to start addressing them before Hyeres at the end of the month” said Colley.

iQFOiL Men Silver fleet – 19 races (four drops)
60th – Will McMillan  (in his first World Cup event on the IQ Foil)

iQFOiL Women (74 entries) – 18 races (three drops)
38th – Natasha Bryant

49erFX Silver fleet – 12 races (one drop)

55th – Laura Harding and Annie Wilmot

Nacra 17 (38 entries) – 12 races (one drop)

33rd – Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin