12:11 AM Sun 24 Jan 2010 GMT
The Over the Moon Australian Spiral Championships kicked off yesterday on Lake Burley Griffin from the Canberra Yacht Club with a fleet of 65.
Murray Gordon defending champion will be wearing the Open leader vest today after having an flawless session in the gusty 10 to 25 knot northwester, with a 1, 1, 3.
Racing was tight with many taking turns and tips in the tricky Canberra breeze. With a few DSQ's for missing the distance marker at the top mark, and some also thinking the first heat was an invitation race it will be interesting to see what happens once the drops come into play. There are 11 races scheduled for the regatta, with seven making a series. Two drops at 10 races.
Pending results for the top ten are as follows:
1 883 The Great Muztake Murray Gordon 5 3 1 1
2 872 Sweetness and Light Jonathon Talbot 12 2 8 2
3 886 Lowe Act Tim Lowe 16 5 7
4 867 Rouge Racer Chris Eddes 19 9 6 4
5 860 Rapid Pulse Christopher Loring 20 7 3 10
6 841 Hectic Hugh Gallagher 26 8 2 16
7 888 Cheng Nou Henry Zylmans 28 19 4 5
8 842 Humbug Lachlan Brown 34 5 10 19
9 885 Ruff Stuff Hamish Roughley 8 35 13 14 8
10 825 Rumbos Keiran Searle 36 1 29 6
11 820 Escape for Jurasic P Andrew Reed 38 6 21 11
12 11.0S 878 Dynamite Merv Lotze 40 11 20 9
13 870 The One After Peter Eslick 40 18 9 13
14 859 No Quarter Matt Craig 42 16 23 3
15 852 Panacea Graeme Baker 42.5 20.5 7 15
16 804 Twist n Shout Bill Jauncey 50 17 12 21
17 834 Enterpirse Spencer McMahon 53 28 13 12
18 10.0S 810 Juggel Nicole Douglass 58 10 24 24
19 890 Circlework Karl Schlimbach 58 24 17 17
20 838 Twister Josh Owen 59 30 11 18
Deb Nowell of Over the Moon Promotions also a registered sailor for the event watched from the shore with a number of other spectators. 'The racing is so good to watch, I will be out there tomorrow' said Deb. 'It is great to see 65 boats on the start line here in Canberra'.
Racing will continue today, with a forecast of north east winds anything could happen on the Lake.
To keep up to date with the racing see
www.canberrayachtclub.com.au
by Nicole Douglass
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