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As a six-year-old, Seisia Mair cruised the Pacific on her parents’ yacht and today, now aged 13, she will be the youngest skipper in the SB20 World Championship on Hobart’s River Derwent.

French youth sailor and former world champion Robin Follin has emerged as hot favourite for the SB20 World Championship on Hobart’s River Derwent, starting on Sunday. Helming Give Me 5 – French Youth Team, Follin (FRA) this afternoon won his third out of six races in the SB20 Pre-Worlds regatta, taking out the last race with French flair. (more…)

The waterfront lawn of the Derwent Sailing Squadron has proved a popular place to relax for local and international crews following the past two days of intensive racing on the Derwent in the SB20 Pre-Worlds regatta.
 
Each evening the top performing skippers overall and in various divisions have been presented with a photograph of their boats in action, taken by eminent marine photographer Jane Austin.
It’s a rush job for Jane, as after being on the water each day to capture all the action, she then has to distribute photos to print and digital media, locally, nationally and overseas. The photos chosen to present to skippers then have to be saved on a USB drive and taken up to Hobart to be printed and then rushed back to the DSS to be framed.
Last night three Masters skippers, David Graney, Nick Rogers and Jerry Hill, received a framed photo after each had scored the same number of points in races three and four.  Women skippers Clare Dabner and Colleen Darcey also scored equal points on the day and received a photo of their boats in action. Overall leader in the Pre-Worlds Robin Follin was also presented with a photo, again scoring highest points on day two. Robin is also the leading Youth sailor in the fleet.
 
Today is the final day of racing in the Pre-Worlds with tomorrow a lay day before the SB20 World Championship starts on Sunday.
 
Words: Peter Campbell
Photos: Jane Austin
5 January 2018

Day two of the SB0 pre-Worlds regatta has provided competitors with two exhilarating races on Hobart’s River Derwent today.

A north-west to west-nor’westerly breeze averaging 16-18 knots, with sharp gusts as high as 30 knots, has seen spectacular downwind sailing.

Positions changed as boats picked up the gusts and went surfing past others. Downwind gybing techniques were the key to gaining or retaining fleet positions
The strong wind has caused many retirements from the 33 boat pre-Worlds fleet, among them the French boat EOLIFT Racing which broke a spreader. EOLIFT Racing had been third in overall standings after day one. Others boats retired to save damage in the gusty conditions with the 2018 SB20 Worlds only three days away.

In race three Hypertronics (Steve Catchpool) retired after a collision at the windward mark in race one with Big Ted (Alice Grubb) taking a penalty turn. Catchpool then elected not to sail in race four, commenting “the pre-Worlds are in fact practice races for the Worlds and they are only three days away, the serious sailing starting on Sunday.” The Victorian Ikon20 (Kirwan Robb) broke its rudder in race four while at least two female crews retired from the last race.

Racing today began after a general recall for race three of the series, race one of the day, and produced two different race winners.

Results are provisional as there are potential protests following a number of collisions in the brisk breezes.

British boat Marvel (Richard Powell) followed his race two second place (he did not start in race one) with a win in race three. A close second was champion young French sailor Robin Follin sailing Give Me 5 – French Youth team, third place going to Australian champion Aeolus (Brett Cooper).

In race four, Hobart’s Michael Cooper sailed Export Roo to victory from another French boat, Le Grand Reservoir/Maze & A (Achille Nebout) and Victorian boat Flirtatious/Ambition Sailing Team (Chris Dare, AUS). Export Roo was a close runner-up in the 2017 Worlds at Cowes, England.

After four races of the SB20 pre-Worlds Give Me 5 (Robin Follin, Fra) is still provisional overall leader on 8 points (1-1-2-4) with Export Roo (Michael Cooper, AUS) moving up to second with 24 points (12-4-7-1). Australian SB20 champion Aeolus (Brett Cooper, AUS) is now third on 25 points (11-6-3-5) with defending World champion sportsboatworld.com (Jerry Hill, GBR) fourth on 28 points (5-3-8-12).

Words: Peter Campbell
Photos: Jane Austin
1630/4 January 2018

Sailors from around the world are contesting the SB20 one-design sportsboat world championship on Hobart’s River Derwent, including two young members of the Tamar Yacht Club, Joe Breen and Bailey Fisher. (more…)

French youth sailors showed their sportsboat skills on the opening day of the SB20 Pre-Worlds regatta on Hobart’s River Derwent today, with 2015 world champion Robin Follin heading the leader board and Hugo Feydit third in the standings. (more…)

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