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Marvellous Race for End of Year

Sunday Sailors Summer Series 2019-20 Race 6

A good course and good weather combined to make the last Sunday race of 2019 a

good one. A south south easterly breeze that averaged about 13 knots for the

morning saw 21 of the 23 starters complete the 9.8 nautical mile course 24 in an

average time of 1:58:59. There was a tight finish with a yacht crossing the finish line

at an average of every 40 seconds with 15 minutes 14 seconds separating first from

last – the closest finish of the summer so far.

There was a record set at the start of the race when 3 yachts, ALEGRIA (Simon

May), LEBROK (Theo Korbel) and SKULLDUGGERY (Garry McCarten) tied for Start

of the Day. BUSHRANGER (Tim Pearce) chalked up her 3rd podium finish of the

series when she was first to cross the finish line. In her 2nd race of the summer

MARAMA (Catherine Dawson) collected a glass by finishing 2nd followed 46 seconds

later by LEBROK in 3rd place. With a time of 1:41:36 BUSHRANGER proved to be

the fastest yacht around the course.

She now leads the summer aggregate with a total of 23 points from LA BELLE VIE

who finished 13th in this race and slips into 2nd place on 31 points with COPYRIGHT

(Stuart Morrison Jack) and HOT CHIPPS (John Chipp) both 2 points behind.

It’s LA BELLE VIE who leads the Sunday Plate from LA MER, DILLI GAFF (Paul

MacBain) and ALEGRIA with SKULLDUGGERY leading the Noelle Coram Trophy

from DEBONNAIRE (Phil Gomez) and RAZZLE DAZZLE (Andrew Stopp & Grahame

Jones).

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BUSHRANGER has completed all 5 races this

summer and is the only yacht to have 3 podium

finishes. She began this race from 22nd place 49

seconds late for her 42 handicap. Her elapsed time

was 6 minutes 50 seconds faster than her closest rival

and she crossed the finish line at 11:53:36 – 64

seconds ahead of MARAMA. BUSHRANGER has

improved her position in the aggregate after each race

and holds the lead with a margin of 8 points.

MARAMA made her best start of the summer crossing

the start line from 3rd place only 6 seconds late for her 4

minute handicap. She also made the best of her 3

minute handicap decrease by finishing 2nd in this race

after a 5th place in race 4. MARAMA had the same

handicap as AMICUS II but on this occasion sailed the

course 5 minutes 33 seconds faster to finish 10 places

ahead. MARAMA crossed the finish line at 11:54:40 and

this 2nd place helps her from 32nd to 25th in the

aggregate.

LEBROK is one of 10 yachts to have completed all 5

races this series. She started the race from 18th

place 4 seconds late for her 37 minute handicap

good enough to tie for start of the day. She sailed

the course in the 2nd fastest elapsed time of 1:48:26

and crossed the finish line at 11:55:26. This was the

best finish of the series for LEBROK who now has 3

top ten finishes from her 5 races. She was 10th in the

aggregate after race 5 and has now moved into 6th

place. She is 7th in the contest for the Sunday Plate

and 5th in line for the Noelle Coram Trophy.

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It wasn’t the fastest start of the series

but a record 3 yachts all made 4 second

starts in a following breeze. The

median start time was 22 seconds with

10 yachts starting within 10 seconds or

less of their handicaps. At the other end

of the scale 5 yachts were more than a

minute late with LA MER starting 4

seconds too soon.

The 23 starters crossed the start line more than 70 minutes apart but the gap closed

with 21 yachts finishing 15 minutes 14 seconds apart. The closest finish was

between HOT CHIPPS (John Chipp) who crossed the finish line in 8th place beating

FOGGY DEW (Frank

Hilliard & Joe

O’Grady) by 3

seconds. It was the

mid fleet and late

starters who fared

best in the race with 7

of them making up the

first eight to cross the

finish line.

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The median elapsed time for the race was

1:58:59. The fastest was BUSHRANGER

with LEBROK 2nd and with the help of a

blue and white spinnaker HO CHIPPS was

3rd fastest.

(Below left) WINSOME missed by 1 second being the 4th yacht to tie for Start

of the Day. (Below right) An early start by LA MER could have cost 10 places at

the finish.

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(Left) PANACHE

IV was first to

start but later

retired.

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LAWLESS was

able to get the

spinnaker flying.

(Left) CAFE RACER

started after

CASSANDRA (right)

but finished 56

seconds ahead.

(Below left) CHINOOK approaching with CAFE RACER & WINSOME (below

right) going around SYC 5.

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(Left) UPBEAT finished 6th –

her best result of the series

so far.

(Right) LA BELLE VIE was 13th

across the finish line but is 2nd

in the series aggregate.

(Below) heading for the finish line.

(Below) Both SKULLDUGGERY & Crew

dressed for the occasion.

The first race for 2020 is

scheduled for 5 Jan 2020