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…)
Two times World champion in the SB20 one-design sports boat class, Englishman Jerry Hill had good reason to smile when he arrived in Hobart this week for the 2018 Worlds on the River Derwent.’ (more…)
Octogenarian yachtsman Don Calvert obviously has lost none of his tactical sailing skills on the River Derwent and Storm Bay with his 33-year-old Castro 40 Intrigue.
Calvert steered Intrigue to a double handicap victory in Group 1 of today’s Combined Clubs Summer Pennant race, winning both IRC and AMS scoring categories of the 29 nautical mile race to Betsey Island and return.
Calvert showed initiative at the start, in just two knots of breeze, electing to start to leeward of the fleet in clear air.
After a two-sail reach down the river, Intrigue was thus among the first boats to pick up the freshening seabreeze between Blackman’s Bay and the Iron Pot, then enjoying a fast spinnaker run back from Betsey Island in a 15-20 knots seabreeze
Under IRC scoring Intrigue won from Doctor Who (Rod Jackman) and Madness (Gavin Adamson). On AMS, Intrigue placed first on corrected time from Zephyr (Ian Johnston) and Wild West (Michael and Michelle Denney).
Wayne Banks-Smith’s Farr 40 War Games led the 46-boat fleet home, clear ahead of The Fork in the Road (Gary Smith). Group 1 PHS first place went to Filepro (Tim Gadsby) from Doctor Who and Madness.
Full report on club web site.
Words: Peter Campbell
Photos: Michelle Denney/ Peter Campbell
28 October 2017
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