12:21 AM Sat 9 Jan 2010 GMT
With two days to go the top five boats are all closely placed. Boats have come from NSW, VIC and SA, with crews flying in from Adelaide, Perth and Mt Isa as well to compete in a highly competitive fleet.
The first day's racing saw medium breezes, with enormous shifts, keeping everyone on their toes, in the end Rob Douglas / Doug Rawson-Harris taking out the traditional Albert Cup first race of the series. Mark Thorpe / Roddy Johnson made the best of the shifts in the second race to win that heat.
Day two saw the wind pump up around 20 knots by the third race of the day. The results were all covered by Ian McCrossin / James Cook with three firsts, putting them easily into first overall, and the breeze tiring out most of the crews very effectively.
Day three was another contrast with light winds, and a raging tide making the race a real challenge to work out how best to find wind, and avoid tide. Peter Higgins looked to have sailed a fantastic race, only to discover he was OCS, giving the race to Ed Cox / Peter Bevis. AP was then hoisted in the heat, and eventually the second race of the day was blown off at 4pm.
Day four has also started under AP, with another review due at midday, in theory two races are due today, and one tomorrow to round out the series.
Two new boats imported from Europe in the last 12 months have ensured that the fleet is really flying, and keeping the Australian fleet at the front end of the World overall. This has also led to a few good quality used boats being available for people wanting to get into the class - check out
www.fd.net.au
Results after Saturday's Racing
|
Pl
|
Name
|
Boat
|
Sail
Num
|
State
|
Club
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
Total
Points
|
Net
Points
|
|
1
|
MCCROSSIN, Ian
COOK, James
|
Lupercus 60
|
33
|
NSW
|
SFS
|
(3)
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
(11)
DNF
|
25
|
11
|
|
|
2
|
COX, Edward
BEVIS, Peter
|
Utopia
|
7
|
NSW
|
RSYS
|
2.80
RDG
|
3
|
(6)
|
(5)
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
24.80
|
13.80
|
|
|
3
|
DOUGLASS, Robert
RAWSON-HARRIS, Douglas
|
WOOOSH
|
337
|
NSW
|
SFS
|
1
|
5
|
2
|
(6)
|
4
|
2
|
5
|
3
|
(6)
|
34
|
22
|
|
|
4
|
BARTELS, Peter
HAWES, Charles
|
Black Jack
|
21
|
VIC
|
PMYC
|
(8)
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
(5)
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
35
|
22
|
|
|
5
|
THORPE, Mark
JOHNSON, Roddy
|
Giulia
|
359
|
NSW
|
BYRA
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
(7)
|
(7)
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
4
|
39
|
25
|
|
|
6
|
HIGGINS, Peter
MCCOWAN, Simon
|
Jelly Fish
|
34
|
VIC
|
RhYC
|
2
|
7
|
5
|
3
|
5
|
(11)
OCS
|
(10)
|
7
|
5
|
55
|
34
|
|
|
7
|
MCCOWAN, Duncan
MCCOWAN, Andrew
|
Freight Train
|
001
|
VIC
|
RhYC
|
6
|
6
|
7
|
4
|
(10)
|
8
|
(9)
|
9
|
2
|
61
|
42
|
|
|
8
|
HAM, David
HAM, Andrew
|
Green Eggs & Ham
|
32
|
NSW
|
SFS
|
7.10
RDG
|
(9)
|
(8)
|
8
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
8
|
64.10
|
47.10
|
|
|
9
|
MITCHELL, Matthew
NOLAN, Michael
|
F @ Less
|
332
|
NSW
|
RSYS
|
5
|
8
|
(9)
|
(9)
|
9
|
7
|
7
|
8
|
7
|
69
|
51
|
|
|
10
|
RYAN, Kelly
MOORE, Matthew
|
Redemption
|
9
|
NSW
|
GRSC
|
7
|
10
|
10
|
10
|
8
|
(11)
DNF
|
8
|
10
|
(11)
DNF
|
85
|
63
|
|
10 Jan 2010 05:54
by Michael Nolan
|
Manly, QLD
