Following several days of less than good racing conditions, including yesterday’s postponement of Race 3, today’s Race 4 of the Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship provided spectacular racing on Sydney Harbour.
For the 2001 Giltinan Champion John Harris it was a welcome return to the winners list after a recent run of bad luck.
Harris, his brother Peter and Scott Babbage brought their skiff Rag & Famish Hotel home a narrow 19s winner over Thurlow Fisher Lawyers (Michael Coxon, Aaron Links, Trent Barnabas), with Race 2 winner Project Racing, of the UK, (Andy Budgen, james Barker, Matt Mc Govern) a further 37s back in third place.
Appliancesonline.com.au (John Winning Jr.) was fourth across the finishing line but failed to return after being recalled at the start.
Smeg (Nick Press) was placed fourth after this incident, with Slam WA (Grant Rollerson) fifth and an unlucky Gotta Love It 7 (Seve Jarvin) in sixth place.
Progress pointscore has Thurlow Fisher Lawyers leading the series with six points lost, ahead of Project Racing on eleven, Gotta Love It 7 on 13, Slam 24, New Zealand’s Yamaha (Scott Kennedy) on 29 and Rag & Famish Hotel on 36 points.
Appliancesonline.com.au led the race to the windward mark by 35s after sailing to the western side of Shark Island while most of the fleet had sailed to the east.
UK’s Rob Greenhalgh, Team PSP/Aust-Asia/Benny, was second ahead of Thurlow Fsiher Lawyers, Team Gill Sweden (Anders Lewander) and a tightly bunched fleet.
Appliancesonline.com.au continued to lead at the end of the following spinnaker run but there was a change when Gotta Love It 7 grabbed a narrow lead from Slam at the Clarke Island mark.
Rag & Famish Hotel had recovered well from an early setback to move into third place just ahead of Thurlow Fisher Lawyers, Project Racing and appliancesonline.com.au.
A major change came over the race when Gotta Love It 7 capsized while trying to avoid a Manly Ferry on its regular run from Circular Quay.
Rag & Famish Hotel took over the lead at Chowder Bay and never look likely of defeat although Thurlow Fisher Lawyers put strong pressure on over the concluding leg of the course.
Gotta Love It 7 staged a great comeback to finish sixth.
With a number of top competitors carrying points that they are hoping to discard, the overall pointscore will become closer after the next two races.
Protests have been lodged which may also alter some points.
| POS |
Name |
Nation |
Crew |
H1 |
H2 |
H3 |
H4 |
H5 |
H6 |
H7 |
Total |
| 1 |
Thurlow Fisher Lawyers |
Aust |
Michael Coxon, Aaron Links, Trent Barnabas |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| 2 |
Project Racing |
UK |
Andy Budgen, James Barker, Matt McGovern |
7 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
| 3 |
Gotta Love It 7 |
Aust |
Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton, Tom Clout |
3 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
| 4 |
Slam |
Aust |
Grant Rollerson, Anthony Young, Fang Warren |
9 |
10 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
| 5 |
Yamaha |
NZ |
Scott Kennedy, Andrew Fenwick, Nick Catley |
4 |
17 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
29 |
| 6 |
Rag & Famish Hotel |
Aust |
John Harris, Scott Babbage, Peter Harris |
32 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
36 |
| 7 |
Gill |
Aust |
Dave Alexander, Niall Kinch, Paul Schulz |
13 |
13 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
38 |
| 8 |
Fisher & Paykel |
Aust |
Trevor Barnabas, Andrew Cuddihy, Gerard Smith |
8 |
23 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
40 |
| 9 |
Smeg |
Aust |
Nick Press, Dan Phillips, Jim Beck |
32 |
6 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
42 |
| 10 |
Benny/PSP Aust-Asia |
UK |
Rob Greenhalgh, Dan Johnson, Phil Harmer |
6 |
5 |
0 |
32 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
43 |
| 11 |
Club Marine |
Aust |
Marcus Ashley Jones, Stewart Wells, Bert Schandevyl |
1 |
19 |
0 |
26 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
46 |
| 12 |
Team Gill Sweden |
SWE |
Anders Lewander, Peter Mickos, Peter Warner |
15 |
24 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
46 |
| 13 |
Yandoo |
Aust |
John Winning, Andrew Hay, Dave Gibson |
5 |
11 |
0 |
32 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
48 |
| 14 |
Coldwell Banker New Homes |
Aust |
Mark Kennedy, Tom Anderson, James Fleet |
11 |
12 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
48 |
| 15 |
appliancesonline.com.au |
Aust |
John Winning Jr., David Ewings, Tim Austin |
12 |
7 |
0 |
32 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
51 |
| 16 |
Harken |
USA |
Howie Hamlin, Fritz Lanzinger, Matt Noble |
32 |
8 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
53 |
| 17 |
Pure Blonde |
Aust |
James Francis, Brad Phillips, Rob Bell |
16 |
21 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
56 |
| 18 |
Red Claw |
Aust |
Matthew Searle, Darren McKavanagh, Cameron McDonald |
32 |
15 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
57 |
| 19 |
Boatmate Shipwrights |
Aust |
Jason Waterhouse, Jeremy Roberts, Michael McCormick |
10 |
22 |
0 |
27 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
59 |
| 20 |
Bassett Plumbing & Drainage |
NZ |
Chris Skinner, Luke Gower, Dave Healy |
32 |
9 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
59 |
| 21 |
De’Longhi |
Aust |
Simon Nearn, Craig Ferris, Chris Cleary |
32 |
14 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
60.1 |
| 22 |
Asko Appliances |
Aust |
Archie Massey, Dan Wilsdon, Cameron McDonald |
14 |
32 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
61 |
| 23 |
Kinder Caring Home Nursing |
Aust |
Brett Van Munster, Paul Montague, Drewe Waller |
32 |
16 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
64 |
| 24 |
CT Sailbattens |
NZ |
Alex Vallings, Chris Kitchen, Josh McCormack |
32 |
20 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
73 |
| 25 |
Sharks/Coldwell Banker Real Estate |
Aust |
Evan Walker, Ted Hackney, Rob Scrivenor |
32 |
18 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
74 |
| 26 |
Sydney Football Stadium |
Aust |
Oliver Merz, Gareth Collins, Matt Walker |
32 |
25 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
74 |
| 27 |
Panasonic |
Aust |
Jonathan Whitty, Dan Higlett, Reece Goldsmith |
32 |
32 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
75 |
| 28 |
RWD Technologies |
Aust |
James Birdsall, Tim Barraclough, Pedro Vozone |
32 |
27 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
79 |
| 29 |
Maersk Line |
NZ |
Graham Catley, Hayden Whitburn, Riley Dean |
32 |
26 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
80 |
| 30 |
Thurlow Fisher Consultants |
Aust |
Bruce Savage, Greg Windust, Chris Thomas |
32 |
28 |
0 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
83 |
| 31 |
JF Hillebrand |
NZ |
Phil Airey, Murray England, Sam Trethewey |
32 |
32 |
0 |
32 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
96 |