18ft Skiffs - Spring Championship, Race 2
Sunday, 21 October, 2018 - Sydney Harbour
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| Asko Photo: Frank Quealey/18 Foot Skiff League |
The Asko Appliances 18ft Skiff team of James Dorron, Harry Bethwaite and Paul Montague brilliantly won the start in today's Race 2 of the Spring Championship then dominated the race with a faultless exhibition to win by one minute and 15 seconds on Sydney Harbour.
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| Photo: Frank Quealey/18 Foot Skiff League |
From the back mark of the 3-buoys race, Finport Trade Finance (Keagan York, Matt Stenta and Charlie Gundy) came strongly through the fleet to finish in second place.
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| Photo: Frank Quealey/18 Foot Skiff League |
The young Rag & Famish Hotel team of Bryce Edwards, Rory Cox and Jacob Broom produced another solid performance to come home in third place, one minute and 39 seconds behind Finport.
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| Photo: Frank Quealey/18 Foot Skiff League |
Following some exciting battles through the fleet, Ilve (Jonathan Whitty) finished in fourth place, after crossing the finish line just one second ahead of Smeg (Ash Rooklyn). Last week's winner, Noakesailing (Sean Langman) was sixth in today's race.
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| Photo: Frank Quealey/18 Foot Skiff League |
Finport leads the pointscore on 5 points, followed by Noakesailing and Rag & Famish Hotel on 7, Bing Lee 12, Vintec (Kirk Mitchell) 13 with Smeg and
Appliancesonline.com.au (Brett Van Munster) equal on 14 points.
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| Photo: Frank Quealey/18 Foot Skiff League |
The breeze was around 10-15-knots but patchy, and the fleet had to battle hard, particularly on the tight reaches. While Asko Appliances controlled the race throughout, there were some great battles among the other leading skiffs.
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| Photo: Frank Quealey/18 Foot Skiff League |
Noakesailing challenged strongly on the first spinnaker run, before losing her position to Rag & Famish Hotel after the long work into Rose Bay on the first lap of the course. Finport was strong on this leg and was a close fourth behind Noakesailing as the fleet began a tricky leg across the harbour into Athol Bay.
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| Photo: Frank Quealey/18 Foot Skiff League |
Ilve was well back early but over the next two legs of the course had moved into second place, behind Asko, as the fleet headed on the next long spinnaker run. Positions were changing constantly in the struggle for the minor placings behind Asko, which held most of the interest for the spectators.
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