One Metre Class Australian Championship - FINAL

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2005 IOM Class Australian championship - FINAL 18 Races, 2 Discard
Pos	Name	Sail #	Design	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
1	Paul Jones	119	Cockatoo	50	3	8	11	4	1	6	1	2	4	1	2	4	7	3	1	2	1	11
2	Craig Smith	47	TS2	56	2	1	7	6	3	1	2	7	2	4	4	18	1	2	9	3	2	13
3	Brad Gibson	42	Disco	84	5	11	5	1	8	3	3	1	12	2	1	8	4	1	13	20	7	12
4	Michael Grieve	6	Disco	115	1	4	14	3	12	2	4	13	18	19	29	5	5	9	3	6	6	10
5	Keagan York	24	Disco	127	1	6	15	18	5	9	8	12	13	8	8	10	12	12	11	5	4	3
6	Ralph White	154	Italiko	138	2	9	2	7	9	4	13	3	10	5	12	2	18	11	17	21	15	17
7	Brad Johnstone	5	TS2	156	7	10	10	9	15	17	16	8	3	14	3	9	6	17	22	8	5	16
8	Jeff Byerley	14	Xtreme	174	9	36	1	2	2	7	10	6	1	10	15	21	11	16	23	17	23	29
9	Robin Deussen	110	TS2	178	1	14	25	19	19	19	21	19	9	12	7	12	9	7	10	11	3	7
10	Clayton White	55	Italiko	183	2	2	6	12	16	26	20	18	15	3	5	13	14	15	2	14	29	32
11	Rob O'Brien	28	TS2	188	3	12	9	8	13	8	9	11	8	16	16	14	13	4	16	28	38	54
12	Geoff Smale	61	X-Factor	191	14	62	36	14	25	11	6	14	5	7	10	1	3	8	7	7	67	23
13	Lachlan Callander	0	Disco	202	3	13	8	10	11	10	15	5	6	9	13	15	30	34	19	25	20	20
14	John Grattan	177	Disco	215	7	43	45	16	10	13	12	18	19	6	6	7	8	5	15	19	25	29
15	Daniel Weizman	17	Disco	240	4	7	12	11	14	20	5	10	16	24	25	24	22	25	20	26	17	9
16	Phillip Page	3	TS2	243	1	3	3	18	31	14	7	4	14	18	22	28	34	37	32	23	19	6
17	Lisa Blackwood	35	V5	249	6	35	23	31	24	30	43	31	25	23	18	6	2	13	6	1	9	1
18	Gary Cameron	162	TS3	255	2	17	19	5	6	15	24	20	28	32	21	67	35	10	5	9	13	29
19	Colin Court	80	Disco	268	6	25	17	31	4	12	11	9	7	11	17	27	43	33	36	22	18	18
19	Greg Torpy	114	Cockatoo	268	8	35	34	43	36	21	14	21	20	21	19	11	18	6	4	10	12	14
21	Thomas Butler	132	Stealth	296	3	16	18	23	21	24	28	37	41	43	36	22	10	14	18	12	10	4
22	Greg Willis	41	Disco	322	3	5	16	22	20	27	34	36	24	15	28	36	33	20	14	16	26	19
23	Dave Turton	9	Cockatoo	324	5	22	13	13	17	23	26	18	18	26	30	41	21	23	26	34	21	22
24	Jamie Bennett	33	Disco	328	10	49	43	33	7	16	22	24	23	13	11	16	30	22	25	37	31	8
25	Peter Kampe	90	V5	349	8	39	31	31	37	35	31	31	37	20	9	3	18	19	29	31	11	5
26	John Cole-Cooke	12	TBA	351	5	31	38	25	31	5	18	28	34	40	49	31	43	52	8	4	8	2
27	Rick Murray	39	Ice	362	4	23	4	15	31	34	19	22	11	18	20	18	18	30	42	53	67	69
28	Denis Mcloughlin	36	TS2	371	11	46	31	33	23	29	25	15	27	38	26	19	24	27	24	18	24	15
29	Scott Berry	191	Blowfly	397	6	21	22	21	22	18	23	25	22	29	34	37	32	18	27	40	42	50
30	Josh Torpy	52	Cockatoo	405	8	29	42	45	50	51	33	33	31	25	23	25	20	21	12	15	22	21
31	Allan Walker	68	Predator	418	6	20	31	38	32	33	36	23	21	30	14	20	19	26	31	38	47	41
32	Chris Dance	72	Gadget	476	11	55	37	36	31	25	18	27	32	33	43	47	43	45	44	13	14	24
33	Cassie Midgley	21	TS2	479	9	24	24	31	38	41	35	38	40	42	32	33	23	28	21	27	39	37
34	Owen Jarvis	82	Triple Crown	502	11	38	35	19	18	28	27	29	39	45	45	42	55	42	35	33	30	31
35	Michael Browne	79	Disco	527	4	27	33	39	51	31	32	34	26	27	43	40	48	46	45	29	33	38
36	Ivan Tan	118	Drumbeat	529	2	20	31	31	43	50	44	50	50	22	24	23	30	31	37	53	45	46
37	James Grieve	125	TS2	548	9	47	52	44	48	42	47	51	36	31	33	30	25	24	28	24	67	29
38	Gary Declauzel	20	Disco	556	1	15	21	24	27	36	40	44	43	46	55	61	50	32	39	45	48	45
39	Gary Cotterell	169	TS2	582	5	20	31	32	39	43	46	48	35	34	37	39	47	51	54	41	49	36
40	Maurice Fletcher	18	Disco	590	12	58	57	57	34	32	30	35	38	35	39	26	38	67	38	42	43	34
41	Rebecca Richards	182	Disco	598	5	30	40	47	49	49	37	41	45	50	50	46	36	36	34	32	32	39
42	Brett Osborn	63	TS2	624	11	63	60	55	58	60	60	32	33	37	35	38	30	48	33	35	34	25
43	Peter Zecchin	156	Disco	632	7	40	51	63	55	38	38	39	46	39	31	34	26	30	42	53	67	69
44	Ted Laing	46	TS2	633	10	51	55	53	35	40	49	26	29	36	38	49	37	38	51	56	37	54
45	Chris Lark	87	Bag	640	7	37	32	37	40	45	50	47	44	49	47	43	45	49	42	36	41	48
46	Mark Jones	108	SC4	647	6	26	20	20	26	22	29	42	52	52	61	63	62	59	59	54	57	63
47	Wade McGee	13	Blowfly	651	10	28	39	35	33	37	41	40	31	41	40	48	55	61	64	67	55	57
48	John Taylor	91	Smartie	652	10	50	46	34	41	55	67	46	48	55	55	58	55	35	30	30	29	33
49	Bill Heuchmer	190	Bag	657	4	35	41	55	60	44	45	43	47	51	48	44	55	47	43	39	36	35
50	Matt Visser	50	Stealth	667	7	41	47	49	46	39	43	45	43	44	46	52	44	54	46	43	44	40
51	Jon Wilson	45	Bag	669	9	45	50	46	43	55	55	57	67	28	27	32	39	39	49	48	50	54
52	Graham Payn	32	Cockatoo	741	4	35	31	40	55	58	56	58	62	61	56	55	58	60	55	55	35	30
53	Glynn Pulling	163	Disco	743	13	55	62	50	45	55	58	49	49	48	44	53	49	44	48	46	41	54
54	Ian Ritchie	25	Cockatoo	785	12	61	44	48	55	55	51	63	55	55	43	45	55	57	52	47	51	60
55	Rodger Taylor	65	Bandito	796	13	57	56	67	56	61	59	55	51	60	57	54	57	42	47	44	46	42
56	Phil Wells	96	Disco	802	8	42	53	62	57	46	39	53	61	55	51	67	64	56	50	61	52	56
57	Robert Page	22	TS2	804	10	48	49	43	52	56	64	66	56	62	59	35	43	50	62	62	59	58
58	Bruce Smith	49	Disco	807	13	52	64	59	47	47	53	62	60	56	52	57	46	43	53	49	61	59
59	Karl Peipman	77	Disco	814	8	44	54	52	44	48	52	59	59	58	58	59	61	54	57	63	53	55
60	Ken Dobbie	10	TBA	825	12	56	48	51	64	57	55	52	53	47	53	56	56	67	56	57	54	62
61	Ben O’Brien	117	Rat	864	9	55	67	60	61	64	48	54	57	57	64	51	59	67	63	53	62	47
62	Richard Harradine	171	Bag	905	11	60	58	67	66	62	62	56	54	59	62	50	68	62	58	58	60	69
63	Gary Esdaile	214	FFX	908	13	65	59	64	59	67	57	60	64	63	60	62	63	58	61	60	56	49
64	Brian Hard	29	H&H	930	13	67	63	58	62	59	61	61	63	66	67	64	68	55	60	59	58	61
65	David Walters	83	V3	960	12	64	61	61	63	63	65	64	58	65	63	60	60	67	67	67	67	69
66	Ian Smith	165	Blowfly	981	12	59	65	56	65	65	63	65	65	64	67	67	68	67	67	67	67	69

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DAY FOUR: Another great day with the weather breeze swinging from South East to North east and back again all day. Most boats stayed on their No. 1 rig all day.

We finished with a total of 18 races, with 5 heats in each, and a total 90 heats altogether.

1st was Paul Jones on 50 Points, Craig Smith 2nd on 56 Points & Brad Gibson 3rd on 84 Points.

The BG Radio Yachts & Sails Sportsman award went to Ivan Tan.

The Jeff Byerley Sportsman Award went to Graham Payn.

The Bruce Smith donated Rig Box award went to Karl Peipman for all his help over all classes in the championships.

The Kogarah Bay Sailing Club donated rig box went to Brian Hard for being the lowest placed finisher to have sailed in all races.

the Sportsman award as voted by the Skippers went to Paul Jones & Brad Gibson.

The Best Presented Boat as voted by the Skippers went to Denis McLoughlin & Greg Willis.

The Signed & Framed Cricket Bat went to Rob O'Brien for his early entry in the Marblehead Class.

The George Middleton Trophy was awarded to Allan Bicknell.

As Chairman of the NSW RYA Nationals Committee I would like to thank all the skippers who attended all classes over the duration of these championships, I believe that you all sailed well and a good time was there to be had. I would like to thank my fellow committee members, Daniel Weizman, Owen Jarvis, Brad Gibson, Robert Hales, Chris Stokes & Phillip Page, all of who did what was required and at who gave of there time freely.

I would like to thank all of our Sponsors for there generous donations of much needed money and gifts, the Kogarah Bay Sailing Club for the use of their Club and the catering and all the other things that just happened, the members of Kogarah Bay Radio Yacht Club who helped with all the logistics of running the Championships, even when sailing.

Thanks must go to Eddie Cowell for all the work done on the website and the organisation of the entries.

To all the Clubs in NSW for their support and organising & coordinating helpers and last but far from least to all the volunteers who helped with watching marks, scoring and all the other things that were done a big thank you.

Allan Bicknell

IOM PRO &

NSW RYA Nationals Committee Chairman

DAY THREE: We started with a North breeze that swung to the North East after the first few heats, this continued and built until about 4.30 pm when a storm came from the south west and I hade to call off the racing for the day because of lightening.

When interviewed after the racing finished for the day, this is what some of the skippers said;

Rebecca Richards Boat 182

"After a frustrating few days, my luck (and my sailing) finally turned and I ended up enjoying the close racing.

The conditions were ripe for fast "B" & "C" rig sailing and I think we all enjoyed the day.

The PRO topped off the day by rolling in a fierce thunderstorm to finish the racing.

Schweeettt:-)"

An unknown sailor (look for No. 14 in the results)

The first race of the day was a "C" Fleet race in the 10th round. Winds were 5 - 10 Knots from the north east. an early noticeable incident was Jeff Byerley launching in "A" Fleet without turning on the electrics!

With points between Craig Smith & Paul Jones each heat was producing a new leader. There was a lot of movement up & down the points table. After lunch the wind increased & boats quickly changed down through # 2 rigs to # 3 rigs.

At about 5 o'clock a severe storm cut short proceedings with Craig Smith holding a small lead over Paul Jones. Looking forward to the final day's sailing.

The anomous skipper.

Rob Deussen

"Today for me started anxiously hoping to stay in "A" heat after I spent one & a half days trying to get in, my start timing needs a bit of work I seem to be always that one second early (they pick on me) ("PRO"- I do not) because I always go back? and my boat stands out (Allan) but as the day went on my boat looks like a rainbow because I hit or was hit by nearly every other boat on the water.

I got top stay in "A" fleet so I should be around 15th which is a small gain from the first 2 days(how did he know he was in 15th?)

Tomorrow I am hoping to finish in the top 12 and stay in "A" fleet all day."

That's all for now, I look out over the sailing site as I write this and wonder why we are still not sailing as we have light, wind and not much chop, must be the time, it is 7pm & the fact that there is still the occasional lightening strike.

The last day is ahead of us with the lead still in the balance between the top 3 boat

PRO

Allan Bicknell

Day TWO: Not the wind direction that I wanted being east, straight in our faces, moved the course a lot today to try and get good racing for all.

After Sailing this is what some of the skippers said;

Paul Jones Boat - 119.

"My day started per the normal routine, a little bit of one up manship with J.B over breakfast, as you would expect

I had a good laugh at J.B's expense. Now to the sailing. On the way to the club all I could think about was the excellent breeze breeze surfing we had in yesterday's racing. A bit of a wobbly start in my first race with a 7th place after a good bit of come back sailing, It seems that a good start is the highest priority. I am still up near the leading boats and need a consistent day's sailing.

The next race was just after lunch and the breeze had filled in a bit to around 8 knots, this time I had a good start about halfway down the starting line I had clear wind and could exploit my upwind boat speed. I won the race quite convincingly in the end and was looking forward to the next round. Next heat I also gained a good start and was laying up just behind B.G. I was happy to sail trouble free and finish second to B.G in this one. Now the day is drawing to a close we had to make a critical rig choose of either A or B rigs I ended up deciding for the B rig and it was the right choice as I had a bad start and was able to go from a mid fleet position to finish 4th, which places me in second place overall in the regatta with 2 days sailing to go.

the Sailing has been I good sportsmanship and very enjoyable so far, I am looking forward to the next 2 days of the regatta.

John Taylor Boat - 91

"Its hard to be positive after today for me. The day started with me in 44th place, but I had a positive determination to do well. My first race continued with the same sort of luck I had on the first day. (Not much). With no wind to fill my sails I ended the race out of time. Still I gave the crowd something to smile at, as I swam to retrieve my boat that was meters away from the finishing line. Therefore, that left me in E- Fleet. So the only way is up from now on. With the wind direction being from the east, the boats sail away from the competitors to the windward mark. It has been a major problem for me to judge the distance to round this mark. Many times I have found myself in good positions within a fleet, only to be ruined by my lack of judgement, rounding this windward mark. On the final race of the day and now in D - fleet, I thought I had finally mastered the rounding of the windward mark. Positioned in the fleet at the time in 4th, on the starboard tack, my yacht was heading for the windward mark, everything seemed great, (I thought). Suddenly, a yacht from suicide ally. (Port tack), had no mercy and collided with me, sending me back onto port tack. With no headway my stricken yacht was bate for the oncoming stbd tack yachts. Two of them collided, with me. Obviously furious, I decided to do the gentlemanly thing and retire. So from a potential promotional C- Fleet finish, I find myself back in E-Fleet again.

The race, the venue and the organization is first class. I just wish that some of the sailing could be just as good. Still being the only P.O.M.E here. I will still keep the good old British stiff upper lip. They will not get me down. Bring on tomorrow"

Lachlan Callander Boat - 00

"Good Conditions by the time "A" fleet kicked off at 12.30 PM Sailed "OK".

Top mark a real challenge judging withy the tide still running in & a shifty wind direction, many quick tacks thrown in to get around this sucker. Dropped out into "B" fleet but sailed straight back out.

Last "A" fleet race of the day should have been "B" rig but I struggled in "A" but could realty fly off the wind to pick up plenty of places, sitting in 8th & happy with that."

I hope for a better breeze tomorrow and to get through a few more heats and races, that is what everybody came here for, we start with Heat C of race No. 10.

Well its off to the ARYA AGM now, I hope it is a quiet affair as we need to get up and running early tomorrow.

PRO

Allan Bicknell

DAY ONE: Wow What a day, Winds from the North to North East reaching 15-20 knots. All down to "C" rig by days end. 5 Races completed with 5 heats in each.

What some skipper said when interviewed after the racing, over a beer:

No 28 Rob O'Brien,

"I had an enjoyable day, managed to stay in "A" Fleet all day. With the wind a true N/E at about 20 Knots and I had a chance to test all rigs on the boat and all stood the test."

No 47 Craig Smith,

"The day started with the usual pre race nerves; for myself & I'm sure many others.

Its always a little more difficult to concentrate when the sun is heating things up, however the races started and continued through the day with all settling in and very few problems.

Personally I had good results, but then again I think that was the case with most at all levels.

All in all the racing was very satisfying with more breeze than we actually knew what to do with.

Three races on No. 3 Rig was not usual but I feel we all had a great day and appreciate the guys that put it together& made it happen."

No. 42 Brad Gibson,

"The hardest racing that I have hade in a few months with so many quality boats & skippers in the fleet.

All Skippers should be congratulated for the condition in which all boats are prepared!

PRO Allan Bicknell is doing a fantastic job in keeping the racing flowing.

I need to get my head around the task at hand if I hope to gain a top place finish amongst a quality field.

A great 1st day, bring on the 2nd day."

No 41 Greg Willis,

"Started the regatta with a top 3 finish, everything going well with "A" rig seeding race 1 & race 2 the wheels fell off.

Apart from a little weed the venue, conditions & origination are fantastic. The PRO kept things running along with 25 heats being sailed. A,B & C rig everything thrown at us, this will really challenge Australia's top skippers, really looking forward to tomorrow."

Well that's how just 4 of the skippers felt after day 1, with 3 more to go we will be in for some top racing and great struggles for all placing's in this National Championships.

PRO

Allan Bicknell

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