2019 i14 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - ADELAIDE

Adelaide Sailing Club

9th January - 16th January

2018 i14 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - SAN FRANCISCO

Richmond Yacht Club

12th August - 25th August

Pos	Sail	Boat	Skipper	Hometown	Country	Yacht Club		1	2	3	4	5	6	7		Total	Pos
1	GBR 1559	Penguin Dance	Andy Partington/ Tom Partington	Emsworth, Hants	GBR	Hayling Island SC/		1	1	[25]	6	1	3	3		15	1
2	GBR 1553	Scrumpet	Neale Jones/ Edward FitzGerald	London, England	GBR	ISC/		2	5	[9]	4	3	4	5		23	2
3	GER 28	just in time	Georg Borkenstein/ Eike Dietrich	Krummwisch, SH	GER	WSCW/		3	9	3	1	[18]	2	7		25	3
4	AUS 663	Ronstan/Irwin sails	Lindsay Irwin/ Andrew Perry	Hampton East, Victoria	AUS	Black rock YC/		5	6	2	3	7	[10]	6		29	4
5	AUS 656	to late to stop now	mark krstic/ james lanati	Melbourne, Victoria	AUS	BRYC/		8	2	[12]	9	7.8/RDG	1	2		29.8	5
6	GBR 1556	Helly the Pelly	Daniel Holman/ Alex Knight	Southampton, Hampshire	GBR	Netley Sailing club/		4	[62/DNF]	13	2	2	7	4		32	6
7	AUS 677	Wang Wang	David Hayter/ Trent Neighbour	Hawthorne, Queensland	AUS	DPSS/		9	[13]	1	5	5	5	8		33	7
8	GBR 1561	Marilyn	Douglas Pattison/ Mark Tait	Itchenor, Chichester, England	GBR	Itchenor Sailing Club/		6	10	[17]	7	4	6	1		34	8
9	GBR 1530	SMAsh it	Andy FitzGErald/ Rich Dobson	Chichester, West Sussex	GBR	Itchenor SC/		7	8	4	[39]	9	8	9		45	9
10	USA 1162	Eris	Mikey Radziejowski/ Evan Sjostedt	Santa Cruz, CA	USA	Skiff Sailing Foundation/		[16]	11	11	8	6	9	13		58	10
11	AUS 657	Do you get it yet?	Roger Blasse/ Andrew Gilligan	Beaumaris, Victoria	AUS	Black Rock Yacht Club/		[62/DNF]	3	5	16	14	11	12		61	11
12	AUS 672	Alexander Sails	Dave Alexander/ Matt Balmer	West beach, SA	AUS	CYCSA/		12	4	8	12	11	[18]	18		65	12
13	GBR 1544	Pamela	Andy Shaw/ Rob Struckett	Havant, England	GBR	Itchenor SC/		10	[16]	15	10	8	15	10		68	13
14	GBR 1517	Poppet	George Yeoman/ Jack Yeoman	London, England	GBR	Itchenor SC/		11	17	[30]	15	10	12	11		76	14
15	AUS 659	Wembley Plumbing	Stuart Sloss/ Eike Ehrig	Karrinyup, Western Australia	AUS	Perth Dinghy Sailing Club/		19	12	6	14	[21]	13	15		79	15
16	GBR 1546	Jungle Fire	Charles Duchesne/ Adam Ovington	Northchapel, England	GBR	Itchenor Sailing Club/		13	7	22	13	15	17	[62/OCS]		87	16
17	USA 1168	MAPFRE Insurance	Paul Galvez/ Cameron McDonald	Mission Viejo, CA	USA	CBYC/DPYC/		15	18	7	18	17	20	[30]		95	17
18	AUS 676	The Joker	Anthony Anderson/ Dan Vaughan	Somerville, Victoria	AUS	McCrae Yacht Club/		17	[62/DNF]	20	17	16	14	14		98	18
19	AUS 637	Devine Intervention	Graeme Everett/ Andrew Wilson	Perth, WA	AUS	Perth Dinghy Sailing Club/		14	[62/DNF]	10	11	19	24	22		100	19
20	Can 622	Doug	Dan Cunningham/ Ian Struthers	Toronto, ON	CAN	RCYC/		20	21	23	[24]	12	19	17		112	20
21	AUS 665	Argo goes to Alcatraz	Stewart Vickery/ James Patterson	Black Rock, Victoria	AUS	Sandringham Yacht Club/		18	19	[31]	21	23	16	19		116	21
22	GBR 1555	Roxanne	Martin Jones/ Adam Lees	Dell Quay, Chichester	GBR	Royal Yacht Squadron/		[30]	24	14	20	13	27	20		118	22
23	CAN 621	Pandamonium	Lauren Laventure/ Jason Lemieux	Toronto, ON	CAN	Royal Canadian Yacht Club/		21	14	26	22	[62/DSQ]	26	16		125	23
24	USA 1203	Crumpedero	Terence Gleeson/ JP Barnes	San Diego, CA	USA	Terence Gleeson/		28	[62/DNF]	19	23	24	21	34		149T	24
25	USA 1200	Brad Ruetenik	Brad Ruetenik/ Greg Dixon	Encinitas, CA	USA	San Diego Yacht Club/		24	26	24	27	[62/OCS]	25	23		149T	25
26	GER 24/1509		David Schafft/ Moritz Wiskemann	Dannau, SH	GER	Segelverein Selenter See/		34	[62/DNF]	16	25	29	23	25		152T	26
27	USA 1186	Atomic Punk	Kirk Twardowski/ Matt Skafel	Mountain View, CA	USA	RYC/		25	20	18	29	[37]	34	26		152T	27
28	CAN 601	Something Rude	Peter Hayward/ Birdman Koechli	Toronto, ON	CAN	RCYC/		27	15	29	28	30	[32]	31		160	28
29	USA 1195		chad freitas/ Philipp Berner	Albany, CA	USA	None/		32	23	[37]	26	27	29	27		164	29
30	GBR 1527	Blue Fire	Philip McDanell/ Luke Boughton	London, England	GBR	Royal Yacht Squadron/Itchenor/		22	29	28	[62/RET]	26	28	32		165	30
31	AUS 626	Snatch	Courtney Mahar/ Elliott Mahar	West End, QLD	AUS	Perth Dinghy Sailing Club/		52/TLE	[62/DNF]	27	19	28	22	28		176	31
32	USA 1187	Hwasong14	Garrett Brown/ Martin Fabiansson	Long Beach, CA	USA	Alamitos Bay Yacht Club/		39	25	[62/DNF]	62/DNF	20	31	21		198T	32
33	CAN 596	Down To Funk	Eric Tulk/ Evan Young	Toronto, ON	CAN	Royal Canadian Yacht Club/		31	30	38	32	34	33	[46]		198T	33
34	CAN 614	Beachslam	Christopher Leigh/ John Hudson	Toronto, ON	CAN	Royal Canadian Yacht Club/		36	[62/DNS]	32	37	32	38	29		204	34
35	GER 230	Goldfinger	Axel Reinsch/ Elena Stoffers	Hamburg, HH	GER	SVST/		[62/DNF]	62/DNF	21	33	31	35	24		206	35
36	CAN 618	G Force 3	Greg Loffree/ Ingrid Merry	Toronto, ON	CAN	Royal Canadian Yacht Club/		46	[62/DNF]	33	30	33	36	37		215	36
37	CAN 620	bOObie tOO	Matthew Davidge/ Doug McGhan	Ottawa, ON	CAN	Nepean Sailing Club/		44	[62/DNF]	35	34	25	37	43		218T	37
38	USA 1199	Pros and Cons	John Clark/ Michael Lazzaro	Point Richmond, CA	USA	Richmond Yacht Club/		48	27	34	31	42	[50]	36		218T	38
39	GER 218	Touristenexpress	Bjoern Frasch/ Oliver Peter	Tangstedt, SH	GER	Segel Verein Wakenitz/		23	[62/DNF]	40	36	40	62/DNF	35		236	39
40	GER 90		Stefan Lahmer/ Wolfgang Albrecht	Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpomme	GER	ASVzR/		43	31	36	40	47	[48]	41		238	40
41	GER 202		Lukas Sauerland/ Gregor Thiem	Gleichen, Niedersachsen	GER	Göttinger Segler Club/		40	[62/DNF]	43	41	35	41	39		239	41
42	GBR 1562	Agnes	Alasdair Cattanach/ Paul Anderson	Prestwick, Ayrshire	GBR	Prestwick Sailing Club/		41	[62/DNS]	39	38	36	45	42		241	42
43	USA 1201	For Sale	Katie Love-Gilmour/ Daniel “Sid Vicious” Roberts	Richmond, CA	USA	RYC/SDYC/		50	28	[62/DNC]	42	44	43	53		260T	43
44	GER 11	Golden Shower	Philipp Solbrig/ Andrew McConnell	Berlin, Berlin	GER	Deutsch-Britischer-Yacht-Club/		37	[62/DNF]	46	62/DNF	38	39	38		260T	44
45	GBR 1554	Magic Roundabout	Peter Crockford/ Jack Elsby-Hartman	Carnon Downs, Truro, Cornwall	GBR	Restronguet Sailing Club/		35	[62/DNF]	62/DNF	35	41	40	48		261	45
46	CAN 616	Suh Dude	Paul Throop/ Alex Throop	Burlington, ON	CAN	Royal Canadian Yacht Club/		26	[62/DNF]	62/DNS	62/DNC	22	30	62/DNC		264	46
47	USA 1177	Sweet Jane	Ron Boehm/ Aiden Mobley	Santa Barbara, CA	USA	Santa Barbara Yacht Club/		29	[62/DNF]	42	62/DNC	45	51	52		281T	47
48	GER 234	Lamborhghini Kickdown	Felix Piechowiak/ Paul Worrmann	Berlin, Berlin	GER	KaR/		42	[62/DNF]	45	46	43	55	50		281T	48
49	USA 1202	Blue Dragon	Greg Mitchell/ James Beninghaus	CAMPBELL, CA	USA	RYC/		[62/DNF]	22	62/DNF	62/DNC	39	47	51		283	49
50	USA 1198	Black and Blue	James Clarkson/ Joshua Leihe	Berkeley, CA	USA	Richmond Yacht Club/		38	[62/DNF]	62/DNC	44	50	46	49		289	50
51	ITA 1488	Elizabeth	Dominic van Essen/ Simona Saccani	Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte	ITA	Itchenor Sailing Club/		52/TLE	[62/DNC]	41	43	53	54	56		299	51
52	USA 1170	Woody	Michael Leitch/ Elizabeth Campbell	Los Angeles, CA	USA	Royal Victoria Yacht Club/		47	[62/DNS]	62/DNF	45	51	49	47		301	52
53	GER 2	Trinity	Tobias Merkel/ Jan-Martin Luehrs	Langballig, SH	GER	FYC/		33	[62/DNF]	62/DNS	62/DNC	62/DNC	44	40		303	53
54	USA 1194	Foolish Sometimes	Ted Rogers/ Tim Burks	Alameda, CA	USA	Richmond Yacht Club/		49	[62/DNS]	62/DNF	62/DNF	48	56	33		310	54
55	CAN 615	Redheaded Stepchild	Tim Bishop/ Hans Fischer	Toronto, ON	CAN	RCYC/		[62/DNF]	62/DNF	62/DNF	62/DNC	46	42	44		318	55
56	AUS 667	PTG	Phillip Tomamichel/ Geoffrey Tomamichel	Melbourne, Victoria	AUS	Frankston yacht club/		45	[62/DNF]	62/DNF	62/DNC	49	52	55		325	56
57	USA 1143	A Bumblebee Called Kate	Rand Arnold/ Gary Gremaux	Santa Clara, CA	USA	Richmond YC/		52/TLE	[62/DNF]	62/DNC	62/DNC	52	53	45		326	57
58	USA 1167	Nina	Andrew Bates/ Kevin Rogers	Kaneohe, HI	USA	Kaneohe YC Hawaii/		[62/DNF]	62/DNS	44	62/DNC	62/DNC	62/DNC	62/DNC		354	58
59	GBR 1564	RT4	Jonathon McGuire/ Andrew Smith	Gosport, Hants	GBR	Stokes Bay Sailing Club/		[62/DNF]	62/DNS	62/DNS	62/DNC	54	62/DNF	54		356	59
60	GER 15	Schnuckelchen	Michael Gerhold/ Georg Denninger	Tübingen, GER - Germany	GER	StSG/		[62/DNF]	62/DNS	62/DNF	62/DNF	55	62/DNF	57		360	60
61	CAN 602	Youthful Indiscretion	Ryan Hulsker/ Stefan Dalberg	Calgary, AB	CAN	CDA/		[62/DNC]	62/DNC	62/DNC	62/DNC	62/DNC	62/DNC	62/DNC		372	61

2016/2017 i14 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - PERTH

Perth Dinghy Sailing Club

28th December 2016 - 6th January 2017

Final Result for INT. 14 SKIFF i14 2016_2017 National Championship
after 7 races with 6 races to count

2016 i14 World Championships - France

Yacht Club de Carnac

21st August - 2nd September

• Yacht Club de Carnac website
• Yacht Club de Carnac Facebook page
• Victorian 14 Foot Sailing Council facebook page
• VR Sport Video footage

The i14 World Championships, sailed at Yacht Club de Carnac in France, are now all wrapped up! It was a fun filled regatta and the competition was of the highest level. The Brits are still unbeatable! Results below.

The best spot to find photos is on the Yacht Club de Carnac Facebook page under the photos link.

VR Sport TV are covering the event from a video perspective, so their website is best for viewing the most up to date videos.

Overall results

2016 i14 W.A. STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sailed at KBSC + PDSC

Well done to Brad Devine and Ian (Footy) Furlong on Del Boca Vista for taking out a perfect streak of race wins to take home the trophy.

Results include 1 drop.

2016 i14 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - SYDNEY

Woollahra Sailing Club

Congratulations to all who raced and in particular our podium finisehers El Diablo, Del Boco Vista and Ron Jeremy.

2015 i14 W.A. STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS - PDSC

Congratulations to Stuart Sloss, Ben Lawrie, Fang, Brad Devine.... Wembley Plumbing......the list goes on.

Pos'n Boat No Boat Name Skipper/Crew Total Nett 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1 AUS659 Wembley Plumbing Stuart Sloss/Ben lawrie 22 14 2( 2)3( 3)1( 1)1( 1)[ 8]( 8)3( 3)4( 4)

2 AUS673 Zero Tony Carr /Scott Cole 23 17 3( 3)2( 2)6( 6)3( 3)1( 1)2( 2)[ 6]( 6)

3 AUS670 Stealth Dave Lugg/David Bramley 30 22 5( 5)[ 8]( 8)5( 5)6( 6)2( 2)1( 1)3( 3)

4 AUS639 Reactor Ian Arber/Drew Farrar 35 22 6( 6)1( 1)2( 2)5( 5)3( 3)5( 5)[ 13](DNF)

5 AUS637 Devine Intervention Graeme Everett/Andrew Wilson 31 22 7( 7)[ 9]( 9)4( 4)2( 2)4( 4)4( 4)1( 1)

6 AUS631 Ventura Steve Vance /Blake Vance 30 24 4( 4)6( 6)3( 3)4( 4)5( 5)[ 6]( 6)2( 2)

7 AUS647 Quickshift Cameron Elliott/Sam Batt 58 45 1( 1)4( 4)7( 7)7( 7)13(DNF)13(DNC)[ 13](DNC)

8 AUS654 Shark Bait Tim Vance/Greg Vance 63 50 8( 8)7( 7)13(DNC)8( 8)[ 13](DNC)7( 7)7( 7)

9 AUS662 Carbon Comet 2Luke Devine/Ben Powell 64 51 9( 9)5( 5)8( 8)10( 10)6( 6)13(DNC)[ 13](DNF)

10 AUS608 Low Profile Justin Walford/Daniel Cappy 67 54 13(DNF)10( 10)9( 9)9( 9)[ 13](DNC)8( 8)5( 5)

11 AUS661 Del Boca Vista Brad Devine/Ian Furlong 85 72 13(DNC)13(DNC)13(DNC)13(DNC)7( 7)13(DNC)[ 13](DNC)

12 AUS655 Pink Bitz Nigel Smith/Dane Stead 91 78 13(DNC)13(DNC)13(DNC)13(DNC)13(DNC)13(DNC)[ 13](DNC)

2015 i14 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - GEELONG

Well done to all of those who sailed in the 2015 International 14's World Championships in Geelong over the January break.

Top 10 results were as follows:

1 GBR CRUMPET Glen Truswell / Sam Pascoe

2 GBR POPPET Ben McGrane / James Hughes

3 AUS DEL BOCA VISTA Brad Devine / Ian Furlong

4 GBR ZHIK CST Archie Massey / Harvey Hillary

5 GBR PENGUIN JUICE Andy Partington / Tom Partington

6 AUS RONSTAN/IRWINSAILS Lindsay Irwin / Andrew Perry

7 AUS EL DIABLO David Hayter / Trent Neighbour

8 AUS TOO LATE TO STOP NOW Mark Krstic / Cameron Mc Donald

9 GBR TBC Richard Bone / Chris Rodway

10 GBR ROBOROWSKI Katie Nurton / Nigel Ash

As for the National Championships which were run in conjunction with the Worlds:

1 AUS DEL BOCA VISTA Brad Devine / Ian Furlong

2 AUS RONSTAN/IRWINSAILS Lindsay Irwin / Andrew Perry

3 AUS EL DIABLO David Hayter / Trent Neighbour

For many great photos and videos of the event, please visit Sailing Shots and International 14's.

2011/2012 CITY WATERS PERTH

I14 AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Nationals  Wrap Up 

So the 2011/12 Nationals have now been run and won and I for one am knackered. It was a great carnival, and I reckon everyone involved in both competing and running the event should be proud of what they achieved.  

Firstly, I'd like to thank all the volunteers & organizers who helped out throughout the carnival as without them we'd really be struggling to get by. Secondly, I'd like to say thanks to all the competitors who made the trip across the Nullabor. It was a quality fleet that came over, and that was signified by battles all the way from first to last. I know its a fair way, but hopefully everyone who came over felt it was worth it. If you liked 20+ knots every day, then I'm sure you were happy. ;)

Thirdly, I'd like to thank all the sponsors who helped contribute to the event, especially the Von Feltens who as major sponsors (City Waters Hotel), helped make it all happen. 

 As far as the racing goes, there was 5 races worth of shenanigans to cover since my last report, so there's no way I'm gonna go over every leg of every race here. I'll just try to cover what i can remember, while keeping it brief enough so as not to put everyone reading to sleep. Congratulations go to Brad Devine & Ian "Footy" Furlong on Del Boca Vista who won every race. I'm not sure if that's ever been done before, but its an amazing effort as far as I'm concerned considering the quality of opposition they were racing against. Cam & Stu on Quickshift sailed sensationally to come second, and Dave Hayter & Trent Neighbour showed the lighter crews hows its done to finish third on El Diablo. 

 Basically, the story of the carnival after the second heat was wind wind wind!! It blew its frickin ass off, which might be great if you are 150kgs by yourself or you own a windfarm, but when you're the lightest crew in the fleet, that means a serious battle to make it around the course. It was like being stuck in a tent after eating nothing but beans for a week, though not as smelly.

 Heat 3 in particular was 28 knots which meant for some sick rides under kite. When you're getting to the speed where everything starts to go all like the Matrix movies, you know you're seriously booking. I kept checking to see if i had my long black leather coat on like Neo, but i was only wearing my racing gear, so i hadn't fallen asleep on the couch again, nor was I actually in the Matrix movie. Neverless, i have to say that i was shitting myself on more than a few occasions while screaming downhill in that race. The two living legends in Billy Devine & DD on Joanne sailed a fantastic race in that heat. They had the big rig up and didn't have a swim which was amazing as far as I'm concerned coz we had about ten. I was pretty ropeable after battling all the way to the finish line to find it had been pulled because of a 30 minute time limit. I said more than a few swearwords when i got back to shore about the time limit and not being notified about our time being up until we'd ripped the kite and broken the tiller extension trying to finish. As someone else who never made the finish in the time limit said to me after the race, when learning they had to carry the same amount of points (33) as those who didn't start the race,.."what was the point of starting?". Luckily the race committee decided to extend the time limit to 45 minutes after that race. 

As the week went on, we had breeze from every direction of the compass, but it was all 20 knots plus which is unheard of. It was like Mother Nature was getting the flushes or something. All of that was just perfect for Brad & Footy who were so damn fast in the conditions it was unbelievable. We had start lines 30 metres away from a bank, and a top mark with its own varying wind patterns which could take anyone from hero to zero withing a metre. We had a stack at one stage near that mark trying to avoid the Mini-Vances who had stacked it in the same spot, so we both ended up on our sides on opposite tacks. (Blake actually sat between the two hulls and kept the boats from colliding while they were being righted which i thought was great sportsmanship). There was also plenty of hard luck stories during the regatta. The poor guys on Rumballs (which included a Mini Coutts) couldnt take a trick, with thier rudder box crapping itself to many times to count. The Mini-Vances broke a spreader arm and missed more than a couple of races while they waited for the carbon to cure enough to race. The Tomichael brothers also had thier fair share of bad luck with everything from broken foils to shattered mainsails to deal with which was sad to see. I can certainly empathise with everyone who had broken gear, having broken my fair share of gear in my first 14 Nats in 08/09. Ben Lawry was kept extremely busy trying to fix everything for everyone, so thanks for that Benny.

There were many standout performances during the carnival, probly too many too remember, but apart from Brad & Footy winning 7 zip, Stu & Cam getting second after teaming up earlier in the year for the first time, and the afore-mentioned Billy & DD smashing it in 28 knots with the full rig up, i was really impressed with the speed & performance of Nigel Smith & Rhys on Trim Tummy. They sailed extremely well during the whole carnival which was great to see. As for the rest of the WA fleet, WOW had a bit of a makeover just before the Nats with a near new set of sails and a tune-up making it an absolute rocketship when it was on the water. Lillis & JW got their rudder issues sorted and showed just how quick Royston Vasey still is with some great placings. Luggy & Super Brams on Bullet showed speed at times, and some serious guts when we both just missed a B14 that was heading upwind while both boats were side by side under kite, trying to stay off the bank near Tiwarri House or whatever its called up opposite Deepwater spit. Steve Walters & Ben Lawry in Sharkbait were as fast as usual, and it showed in thier outstanding 7th overall. Luke & Willow sailed extremely well on Carbon Comet 2 for a 10th place finish. After showing plenty of pace earlier in the season, Dave & Mike Von Felten on DVF Carpentry and Tony Carr & Simon on Zero probably didnt have the regatta they were hoping for, but had some great top ten results. The Vances were out in force and apart from the Mini Vances and thier broken spreader, fared pretty well overall. As for us, we sailed ok, but would of done better if we'd stayed upright more often. The best we could claim was 7th around the top mark in the first leg of one of the later heats, oh well, its a start.

It was a top quality fleet, with most of the top guys making the trip across, so there were plenty of top boats to compete against. I certainly felt I learnt a lot from the races, with thanks to all the guys that helped out and offered advice or assistance, particularly Ray, Lindsay, Brad, Coutssy, The Vances and any I missed. Thats one of the great things about the 14's, the top guys are still happy to help out those of us who are still trying to get better. We also had guys who had finished thier race, helping those of us who had struggled around in 28 knots to get our boats up on shore. Dont get me wrong, when the racing was on it was competetive as possible, its certainly no "hippie-love-in" where everyone sits around and sings "koombaiyah", but the comraderie that exists in the class is something that I think helps to make the 14's a class above the rest.

I had some great times and some hard times during this carnival, and only after finishing it did i really appreciate it, as i was too busy stressing about dealing with 20+ knots every day to be able to relax as much as i would of liked, but it was worth the effort in the end. I met some great people and was lucky enough to play some tunes on NYE with some of the legends of the 14 fleet, so thanks to Billy D, Ray Hancock and Brad Devine for the opportunity to get my 50's & 60's rock n roll on. I have to say the efforts of those who dressed up for that night were awesome as well, especially the interstaters. I also have to thank my family who helped out during the carnival, DD for his letting me borrow his harness and particular my dad who worked on the boats helping the Javs as well as the 14's and my mum in the canteen.  

Now its time to rest up for a week or two and do that gardening and house fixing ive been avoiding for about 6months, before we get on with the second half of the season. See you out there..  

Rock n Rolla*

*this report is likely to be complete gibberish.. 

Another Luggy Moment

Overall Championship Results

Heat 5 TackTracker

Heat 5 Fastest Times

Heat 4 Overall Results

Heat 4 TACKTRACKER

HEAT 3 - Seabreeze Finally Arrived!

Big day on the river today, never seen so many tow ropes being used. The racing was very tight at the front between Del Boca Vista and Quickshift with Stuart and Cammy leading the way for the first couple of laps. Brad and Footy managed to get the lead at the gate the last time and managed to hang on from there to take the win. Lindsay Irwin & Rhys Bancroft on Ronstan/Irwin Sails sailed well to get into third position.

With so many boats going every direction not to sure on overall results but will be posted tomorrow morning as well as tack tracker information. 

Heat 3 Tack Tracker Results

Heat 3 Fastest Speeds

Click Here to view photos of Invitation, 1st & 2nd Heat.

Courtesy of PhotoFluid Marine Photography

Nationals Race Report-The Story So Far.. (Up to Heat 2)

This will be a short report as we're about to start a "5 race in 5 days" run. I'm doing this before we start race today's race.

Well we're 3 races down (including the Invitation Race) and we've had a continuation of the strange weather that has been a staple of this years racing season. Its been forecast for 20-30 knots most days, but its struggled to get above 10 once the race has gotten underway.

We've got a really great fleet assembled for this Nationals with lots of fantastic looking boats and great sailors having made the trip across to the west which is good to see.

The invitation race was a bit of a drifter, with Mark "Meaty" Kristic absolutely smashing the fleet but apparently sailing the wrong course along with Brad Devine so the win was picked up by Roger and Gilligan on Do You Get It.

Fridays first race (Heat 1) was set to be held in another 20-30 knot seabreeze, but it never arrived. We started out well, getting clear air and cruising along behind Couttsy in One More Grunt, but as the breeze started to die, we watched the fleet sail away from us as we were too slow to react in changing the rake settings & boat set ups as we kept thinking we were gonna get this 20 knot plus breeze. It never eventuated.

Meanwhile, up the front Brad Devine & Ian Footy Furlong were braining the fleet in Del Boca Vista, with Mark & Scott on To Late To Stop Now in second and Cam & Stuart on Quickshift doing well in third. Tony Carr has had an interesting series so far. After being on the wrong side of a port starboard infringement at the start of the invitation race, he had similar troubles in Heat 1 and then had to try and work his way back through the fleet. Luckily he has plenty of boatspeed onboard Zero as he managed to climb back up to mid fleet. Nigel on Trim Tummy has suddenly found some boatspeed and is sailing well. My dark horse for the top finishers in DVF Carpentry are struggling a bit at this stage which is disappointing because I'd like to see Dave & Mike Von Felten back up front doing well. In the end, Brad & Footy won the race by almost 6 minutes.

Saturday was another race forecasted for 20-30 knots and at the start line, it was blowing about 18 knots. There was a bit of carnage as Court & Elliott Mahar on Snatch were practising their capsize-retrieval procedure, going over about 4 times before the gun went. Once the start got under way, we were stuck under just about the whole fleet, and probably last. The breeze once again dropped away so we stood the rig up abit, but didnt really get the turn of speed we were looking for as we watched the fleet sail away. Brad wasnt actually leading the race for a change by the time we hit the top mark, but was in a close second. I'm not sure who was leading at that stage because i cant access tack tracker, maybe Super Brams can fill us in on that info later. Anyway, the breeze had dropped down to under 10 knots at times and it was swinging like a barn door at times. I couldnt really see what was happening up the mid to front part of the fleet so my apologies to those boats. I must say the majority of the visiting fleet from VIC, SA & NSW are very quick, so a lot of those positions are being filled by those boats. I don't recognise them all so hopefully as the series goes on we might get to know who's who a bit more. I did hear a story about Luggy & Super Brams being in 6th in Saturdays race (Heat 2) and failing to stay to the left of the gate marker buoy, so they withdrew after the race. Its a pity coz they were doing well. Brad & Footy won the race on Del Boca Vista, with To Late To Stop Now in second and Cam & Stuey on Quickshift in 3rd again. We managed to improve a little but are currently holding up the back end of the fleet. Not impressed. It was nice to see GE & Gazza make a brief cameo appearance in the race on WOW, hoefully we'll get to see them complete a race soon.

New Years Eve was fun at the club, with everyone dressing up in retro gear to celebrate the new year in style. We had three renditions of Auld Lang Syne as each timezone hit twelve, and then the place erupted to the sounds of "Sweet Caroline" sung by the one and only Gary "Head" Kerman which was one of the highlights of the night for me. It was great to see the efforts put in by everyone, including the band made up entirely of current & past I14 sailors with Billy Devine on lead guitar & vocals, Ray Hancock on rythym guitar and vocals, Brad "Cougar" Devine on drums and also vocals, and yours truly on bass, vocals, bad suits & sunglasses when making a brief apperance as "Cliff Hangar" (by unpopular demand).

Look forward to the next 5 races, and am hoping for some good sailing and great times being had by all.

See you out there!!*

Rock n Rolla,

*This report is likely to be influenced by lack of sleep..

Heat 2 Results

Heat 2 Tack Tracker Data

Heat 1: 

The forecast was 20-30 Knots but fortunately with overcast conditions we had a great 10-15knots with the occasional gust to 18 knots on the river. After a clean start Del Boca Vista (Brad Devine WA) was in a battle with To Late To Stop Now (Mark Krystic VIC). After getting around the top mark first Del Boca Vista went on to take the win from To Late To Stop Now and Quickshift (Stuart Sloss WA) coming in third.

Still waiting to get results from the club which hopefully will be posted today.

To follow yesterdays racing please click on the below link.

Heat 1 Tack Tracker.

Invitation Race :

Unfortanately the Sea Breeze didn't want to come in today so the fleet had the misfortune to race in a flukey Nor Wester where half the fleet didn't manage to cross the finish line before the time limit. The first five boats decided to do a extra lap than everyone else which allowed Read Between the Lines from Victoria to take the win.

Results from the days racing and also tack tracker  data from each skiff (besides the ones that couldn't work out how to turn them on). Will be updated on the website tomorrow.

Welcome to the Tack Tracker page.

To view the Tack Tracker results you need to install the player from here …

http://www.tacktracker.com/web/download

Just click on the Start Download button. You don’t need to install the GPS driver.

Then download the Tack Tracker results below …

Invitation Race Tack Tracker Results 

Measuring Day :

Regattas

Perth Nationals 2011/2012 NOR

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