Gotta Love It 7’s domination of the Giltinan 18ft
Skiff Championship continued on Sydney Harbour today when Seve Jarvin,
Sam Newton and Scott Babbage brought the red hulled flyer home an easy
winner of Race 5 in the regatta.
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| Photo: Frank Quealey/18 Foot Skiff League |
The champion team trailed
appliancesonline.com.au
(Micah Lane, Paul Montgomery and Tom Anderson) by 5s. at the first
windward mark, but a quick gybe soon after spinnakers were set for the
run to the wing mark off Shark Island saw Gotta Love It 7 take the lead
and from that point were never headed.
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| Photo: Frank Quealey/18 Foot Skiff League |
7 gave no other team a chance from that moment and finally crossed the finish line 3m16s ahead of
appliancesonline.com.au.
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| Photo: Frank Quealey/18 Foot Skiff League |
New
Zealand’s C-Tech (Alex Vallings, Nick Catley, Joshua McCormack) was a
further 20s back in third place, ahead of Rag & Famish Hotel (Jack
Macartney), Smeg (Nick Press) and Mojo Wine (Archie Massey).
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| Photo: Frank Quealey/18 Foot Skiff League |
With each team’s worst performance to date discarded, the progress pointscore is Gotta Love It 7 on four points,
Appliancesonline.com.au on 13, Mojo Wine 15, Thurlow Fisher Lawyers (Michael Coxon) 18, Smeg 18 and Rag & Famish Hotel on 19.
While 7’s win is likely, the race for second place should be the real highlight of the final two races on the weekend.
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| Photo: Frank Quealey/18 Foot Skiff League |
In
a 12-15-knot North East breeze today, Thurlow Fisher Lawyers, Asko
Appliances (Marcus Ashley-Jones), Gotta Love It 7 and Rag & Famish
Hotel won the start at the pin end of the line. Under
strong pressure from the 7 team, appliancesonline held on to lead at
the windward ,ark but once Gotta Love It 7 took the lead the margin
continually increased throughout the race.
By
the second windward mark, the margin was out to 1m24s, then 2m12s after
the following spinnaker run and finally 3m16s at the finish.
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| Photo: Frank Quealey/18 Foot Skiff League |
Thurlow
Fisher Lawyers and Rag & Famish were third and fourth at the top
mark the first time with each improving their position by one placing as
appliancesonline dropped back to fourth after the first spinnaker run.
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| Photo: Frank Quealey/18 Foot Skiff League |
While Gotta Love It 7 was dominating the race, all interest centred on the battle behind. Thurlow Fisher Lawyers and The Rag were re-joined by appliancesonline with C-Tech, Mojo Wine and Smeg also joining the battle.
With
second placing seemingly sealed, Thurlow Fisher Lawyers hit a wave and
the spinnaker dragged her into a capsize while saw the skiff drop back
to finish eighth. Appliancesonline
took full advantage of the situation and finished second to also take
second placing overall in the championship standings.
Frank Quealey
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