2007 Australian National Championships - IOM FINAL

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ARYA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP REGATTA 2007 INTERNATIONAL ONE-METRE CLASS

Results after Race 18 with 3 Discard(s)

Place

Skipper

Sail

State

Design

Total

Disc

Score

RACE NUMBER

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4

 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
1 CRAIG SMITH 47 VIC OBSESSION 81 37 44 1 18 6 1 1 5 7 1 2 5 2 3 12 7 1 2 3 4
2 PAUL JONES 119 NSW COCKATOO 2 87 32 55 6 3 3 7 2 4 6 4 1 1 1 2 10 5 9 1 10 12
3 DENIS McLOUGHLIN 36 TAS TOPIKO 161 57 104 7 2 1 10 14 19 24 5 13 13 7 4 7 11 7 13 1 3
4 GRAEME BIRD 184 QLD PUNK! 168 54 114 3 12 8 3 16 13 4 6 14 4 10 15 1 1 6 14 16 22
5 GRAHAM CROSS 164 NZ CROSSBREED 231 78 153 2 8 5 2 15 16 3 15 3 15 4 16 13 16 20 23 28 27
6 GREG TORPY 172 QLD COCKATOO 2 243.6 83 160.6 8 1 9 13 4 3 21 37 23 7 14 12 2 19 21 13.3 13.3 23
7 JOSHUA TORPY 114 QLD COCKATOO 2 241 77 164 5 22 24 25 22 9 9 10 4 10 6 13 9 21 28 3 8 13
8 COL CAMERON 29 QLD ECLIPSE 249 84 165 6 21 28 9 3 10 5 13 17 27 5 7 15 10 10 15 19 29
9 TOM BUTLER 125 QLD CROSSBRED 276 86 190 3 19 23 30 30 25 26 25 7 9 15 19 5 4 14 4 11 7
10 MAT GRAY 185 TAS V6 286 90 196 4 11 10 21 6 12 11 12 20 35 23 29 23 26 12 10 7 14
11 ROB GUYATT 196 SA DISCO 299 92 207 9 25 17 12 19 1 16 2 16 8 18 20 31 31 30 17 26 1
12 JON WILSON 131 QLD MUTINY 336.7 127 209.7 15 59 2 14 11 6 17 22 21 11 11 10 6 18 29 28 17.7 39
13 LISA BLACKWOOD 35 TAS ITALIKO 393 179 214 1 9 13 11 10 2 21 24 30 23 66 34 49 64 18 7 6 5
14 DAVID TURTON 09 QLD COCKATOO 2 340 122 218 11 37 41 44 17 29 10 7 11 3 13 17 21 24 3 11 17 24
15 GRANT COOPER 12 QLD COCKATOO 2 348 120 228 14 55 29 32 32 22 21 23 5 19 26 33 3 6 8 6 5 9
16 DANIEL WEIZMAN 17 NSW TRINITY 374 138 236 4 6 20 37 53 38 47 3 19 18 21 8 4 14 15 16 21 30
17 GEOFF WILSON 25 QLD TS2 326 89 237 7 28 4 5 20 30 1 19 24 21 28 31 11 13 19 20 25 20
18 BEN LEIGH-SMITH 65 QLD COCKATOO 2 365 115 250 2 13 15 17 25 31 32 34 39 6 3 5 19 29 34 42 4 15
19 NEIL FLYNN 34 NSW X-TREME 385 127 258 3 7 12 6 5 15 12 14 18 28 33 41 41 45 25 30 24 26
20 ASHLEY DEEKS 22 QLD BANDITO 358 97 261 7 21 21 23 37 26 30 30 9 12 8 18 29 17 23 25 20 2
21 ROB O'BRIEN 28 VIC COCKATOO 2 384 122 262 5 32 26 37 40 41 41 32 28 31 16 6 8 8 2 5 15 11
22 JABIN CRISP 04 QLD COCKATOO 2 396 130 266 5 26 32 15 13 7 15 66 22 26 30 21 27 25 32 22 2 10
23 GREG WILLIS 41 QLD DISCO 414 131 283 12 40 44 37 37 46 35 41 10 2 9 11 17 21 13 9 13 17
24 ALLAN WALKER 68 QLD COCKATOO 425 129 296 7 23 22 22 33 39 38 48 42 29 19 32 32 9 5 8 9 8
25 GEOFFREY SMALE 61 NZ EVOLUTION 419 121 298 12 39 49 28 27 27 2 17 25 33 29 25 22 2 17 29 30 6
26 MIKE GARDEN 59 NZ V5 485 157 328 1 15 7 8 12 17 28 31 31 25 24 30 24 33 42 44 50 63
27 ROGER TAYLOR 85 QLD COCKATOO 506 170 336 10 52 53 59 58 24 27 8 12 16 12 9 16 15 16 34 48 37
28 CASSIE MIDGLEY 15 TAS ITALIKO 468 126 342 6 24 31 24 7 21 25 29 35 40 51 23 26 27 24 27 27 21
29 JOHN WHITE 08 QLD COCKATOO 2 483.5 140 343.5 4 16 19 30.5 42 45 31 27 32 32 35 45 14 3 4 19 35 50
30 JAMES FINCH 99 QLD ECLIPSE 499 154 345 17 54 54 41 46 23 29 9 15 14 17 22 28 36 22 24 23 25
31 MATTHEW McANNA 64 NSW WIDGET 516 152 364 16 57 33 31 28 35 49 28 26 34 34 46 34 12 11 12 12 18
32 ROD MOLKENTIN 168 QLD COCKATOO 2 546 177 369 1 14 11 21 34 37 42 38 47 24 27 1 18 23 31 50 64 63
33 JEFF BYERLEY 192 QLD RAGE 572 198 374 2 5 14 4 8 8 8 11 6 21 37 53 65 66 66 66 66 66
34 GEOFFREY MORRIS 96 QLD X-TREME 532 157 375 9 37 37 38 24 21 18 35 51 65 41 14 20 22 33 18 18 31
35 OWEN JARVIS 82 NSW TRIPLE CROWN 495 108 387 8 27 34 29 21 34 33 40 27 22 31 24 30 28 26 26 22 33
36 BILL HEUCHNER 190 NSW BAG 548 146 402 4 4 18 26 31 32 34 50 40 46 39 26 33 35 50 21 31 28
37 MATT HUNTER 44 QLD DISCO 568 161 407 14 44 48 42 18 14 13 16 8 17 22 27 36 37 51 56 52 53
38 JOHN McPHERSON 142 NZ V5 559 137 422 10 38 27 21 23 11 14 18 36 44 37 48 45 42 43 31 37 34
39 CHRIS LARK 87 QLD MUTINY 625 182 443 2 10 16 16 9 18 23 33 37 43 43 44 50 64 54 52 64 47
40 TONY FANNIN 56 QLD GHOST 612 143 469 9 29 25 27 29 33 22 26 33 37 46 49 48 40 40 36 40 43
41 MALCOLM KAMPE 92 QLD GHOST 652 155 497 8 35 47 39 48 50 40 21 34 42 53 38 44 34 52 37 14 16
41 LACHLAN CALLANDER 00 QLD COCKATOO 2 677 180 497 11 43 39 45 44 28 37 39 29 30 32 28 25 30 37 50 64 66
43 JEFF PAUL 179 QLD ITALIKO 742 175 567 3 17 35 40 49 62 46 49 54 59 47 36 51 38 37 38 39 42
44 TED LAING 46 TAS COCKATOO 746 166 580 6 30 30 33 41 49 60 45 52 45 38 42 46 43 35 50 47 54
45 MICHAEL WILSON 27 NSW COCKATOO 2 781 177 604 11 51 62 53 62 53 37 51 46 41 50 39 39 46 38 41 29 32
46 LINDSAY WALKER 850 NSW MOJO 783 175 608 13 34 53 54 38 43 44 37 45 39 25 35 47 51 57 55 50 63
47 MARK WILSON 79 NSW X-TREME 786 170 616 18 62 38 47 39 44 48 44 38 38 49 55 38 52 53 50 35 38
48 DAVID LAURIE 76 QLD BANDIT 796 167 629 15 53 55 48 43 47 45 46 44 36 42 37 35 41 49 59 51 50
49 JIMMY MEE 53 QLD GHOST 828 187 641 15 61 64 62 54 42 39 47 49 47 44 40 43 47 45 40 41 48
50 JOHN PRESTON 144 QLD JOKER 833 187 646 14 49 58 56 60 48 51 60 62 65 45 43 42 32 27 32 43 46
51 GRAHAM PAYN 32 NSW COCKATOO 2 852 193 659 16 66 65 58 45 40 52 62 57 53 40 47 52 44 41 50 45 19
52 JOHN McLACHLAN 71 QLD OUTLAW 841 178 663 8 31 36 50 55 58 59 53 43 50 59 60 53 53 39 45 44 45
53 RICHARD HARRADINE 84 QLD BAG 865 188 677 12 46 40 49 53 56 55 43 50 61 54 59 65 57 62 35 32 36
54 ELIZABETH DATSON 02 QLD GADGET 869 188 681 10 45 43 43 47 51 62 58 59 57 53 64 62 39 46 43 46 41
55 IAN THOMPSON 19 QLD GHOST 886 197 689 11 48 42 53 66 66 61 57 65 65 57 54 37 48 44 39 38 35
56 NICK LINDSLEY 89 QLD ARES 885 184 701 13 41 45 46 26 37 50 54 56 55 61 57 55 56 55 64 59 55
57 JOHN McGUINESS 21 NSW ALBATROSS 925 186 739 15 56 63 64 57 57 54 42 48 48 48 50 58 59 59 53 54 40
58 BILL BUTLER 33 QLD TS2 947 191 756 13 63 59 61 63 54 43 52 53 53 65 51 56 55 63 57 42 44
59 BEN O'BRIEN 117 VIC RAT 962 185 777 14 58 60 55 53 59 53 56 60 56 58 61 40 50 60 64 53 52
60 ROSS SPENCER 94 NSW COCKATOO 2 971 191 780 10 47 50 63 61 60 63 59 65 54 56 56 60 49 61 51 55 51
61 CHRIS COOK 72 NSW BAG 973 192 781 9 50 57 60 64 61 64 64 41 49 55 63 54 58 56 54 58 56
62 GEOFFREY DATSON 593 QLD TRIPLE CROWN 976 192 784 12 42 46 53 56 63 57 61 55 51 65 58 61 64 58 58 57 59
63 CHARMAINE WHITE 100 QLD WIDGET 995 187 808 16 60 56 57 59 55 58 63 58 58 60 53 59 54 47 60 64 58
64 GEORGE MORPHETT 195 QLD BAG 1017 195 822 13 66 61 65 50 64 56 55 61 60 62 62 57 60 48 64 56 57
65 GARY COTTERELL 95 QLD TOPIKO 1039 198 841 5 33 53 66 37 53 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 66
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Days 1 & 2 – IOMs

 

Australian National Championships

 

Lake Kurwongbah, Pine Rivers, Queensland

 

11 January 2007

68 One Metre sailors were expected on the first morning, exactly the right number to fill 4 fleets – 16, 16, 16 and 20, but three did not show.  They began arriving yesterday from five states and New Zealand to register and have their boats measured and weighed.  All 68 sailors were divided up into 4 heats of 17 skippers each, by rankings and finally by random assignment of the unranked registrants.

 

Bill Clancy had the job of PRO and would keep that job for the rest of the regatta.  He had to set a course in the light and shifting wind, which was basically nor’east, but it was backing to north and veering to the east and further, too frequently.  Bill and the skippers persevered. 

 

The Heat Management System, HMS, for 68 boats was put into effect.  Basically it worked like this– The first 4 heats were sailed.  The first 4 finishers in each heat went into A fleet.  The next 4 finishers in each heat went into B fleet.  The next 4 boats in each heat went into C fleet.  The last 5 boats in each heat went into D fleet.  That was the first race.  For the next race the slowest heat, D fleet, sailed its 20 boats first.  The top 4 finishers were promoted to C fleet, which became 20 boats.  C fleet sailed next.  The top 4 finishers were promoted to B fleet, which became 20 boats.  B fleet sailed next.  The top 4 finishers were promoted to A fleet, which became 20 boats.  A fleet sailed next.  Those 20 boats got the first 20 places in the order they finished.  The 16 boats still in B fleet got the next 16 places, 21st to 36th, in the order they finished.  The 16 boats still in C fleet got the next 16 places, 37th to 52nd, in the order they finished.  The 16 boats still in D fleet got the last 16 places, 53rd to 68th, in the order they finished.  That was the second race, done in 4 heats.  The bottom 4 boats in C fleet got demoted to D fleet, which became 20 boats again.  The bottom 4 boats in B fleet got demoted to C fleet, which became 16 boats again.  The bottom 4 boats in A fleet got demoted to B fleet, which became 16 boats again.  This left 16 boats in A fleet again.  The HMS was now ready for the next race.

 

About 1 pm Bill called lunch, a total halt for 30 minutes.  After lunch they started again where they had left off.  It was hot and sunny, and the wind was 6 – 8 knots.  After 4:30 pm no more heats were started.  4 races had been completed and each skipper was allowed one drop.  Craig Smith dropped an 18th and popped from about 9th place back up to 1st place on 8 points.  Graham Cross popped up into 2nd place on 9 points after dropping an 8th.  Denis McLoughlin, who had been in 1st place after 3 races, dropped a 10th and slumped to 3rd place overall on 10 points.  Jeff Byerley, who had been in 1st place after 2 races, dropped a 14th and moved up to 4th place on 11 points.  Paul Jones, who was lying 2nd overall, dropped a 7th and fell back to 5th on 12 points.  Did you notice the 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 points, respectively?

 

Day 2

 

Much the same weather as Day 1, sunny and warm, fickle winds a little more from the north.  Racing picked up where it left off on Day 1.  Round and round they went, shouting, crashing and protesting.  The wind was getting up to 10+ knots.  Bill called the lunch break.  A few skippers switched to B rigs and racing recommenced.  The wind did not last, but the northerly direction had blown a lot of weed from the top of the lake down into our sailing area.  Bill and the skippers debated halting for the day, but he decided not to stop.  The right hand course was used because it was partly behind a headland which provided a little protection.

 

By day’s end 9 races had been completed.  Craig Smith on 17 points was leading Paul Jones on 23 points.  Graham Cross on 38 points was third with Jeff Byerley close behind on 41.

 

 

Day 3 – IOMs

 

Australian National Championships

 

Lake Kurwongbah, Pine Rivers, Queensland

13 January 2007

 

The One Metre Class Regatta is ¾ over this evening; 14 races have been finished at the close of racing today, plus another race in D Fleet.  Last night Craig Smith led Paul Jones by 6 points, but today Paul beat Craig in all five races and Paul now leads Craig by 3 points.  Graeme Bird, who was in 5th, is now in 3rd place 38 points further back.  Denis McLoughlin, who was in 6th, is in 4th 15 points behind Graeme.  Graham Cross, who was in 3rd, is in 5th just 7 points behind Denis.  The first five boats are all different designs, and the skippers are from four different states and NZ.

 

Every skipper’s place changed today up to 30th place; John White was in 31st place this morning and still is.  Five other sailors below John, higher scores, also kept their places exactly today.

 

Today’s racing was in mixed conditions.  This morning it started in light and frustratingly very light winds from the nor’east under cloudy skies with little of the weed that plagued us yesterday.  The sun soon cooked its way through the clouds and the day was warm.  The wind flexed a little back and forth, but we used the same course all day.  This afternoon it was blowing 8 or 9 knots and gusting to 12 to 14; almost everyone was using B rigs.  It eased off somewhat after midafternoon; most skippers, or pit crews, switched back to A rigs.

 

The skippers practising their usual enthusiasm for carnage at the marks was more than Bill Clancy, the PRO, was willing to tolerate.  He called them all together and gave them a dressing down.  It seemed to help but it did not stop the flow of useless protests; useless because all but one or two were just dismissed.  After lunch we lost nearly an hour waiting for a protest – dismissed!

 

About 4:15 pm Bill called a halt to the racing for the day.  All the boats and equipment were packed up while the host club, the Pine Rivers Radio Yacht Club, cooked a barbecue for everyone.  It included bangers and meat patties with onions, all the salad bits, bread & butter and tea or coffee, very nice indeed!

 

Today was the penultimate day of racing.  Tomorrow will be Day 4, the ultimate day of racing, the last chance to trophy, the last chance for glory.

 

Remember… port gives way to starboard!

 

 

Day 4 – IOMs

 

Australian National Championships

 

Lake Kurwongbah, Pine Rivers, Queensland

14 January 2007

 

The 2007 IOM national champion has been found; it is Craig Smith, again.

 

Paul Jones was the overnight leader by just 3 points.  He had been very consistent, as usual, and was sitting on 38 points after 14 races, having dropped a 10 and a 7.  Craig had already discarded an 18 and a 12 and was backed into a corner.

 

Craig won the first race today, while Paul was 9th.  That gave the lead back to Craig but only by 3 points, since Paul could usefully swap drops.  The lead in this regatta had already changed 5 times.  The next race could be critical.  And,… after 16 races a third discard would come into play.

 

Paul won Race 16, but Craig was second.  Paul dropped a 7, Craig dropped a 7.  This was definitely not critical.  Paul was now only 2 points behind.  The next race could be ….

 

Race 17 was critical!  Craig got 3rd place and Paul got 10th.  Craig now led by 6 points, since Paul could still usefully swap discards.  There was less than two hours left to sail – the next race could be the last race.  Paul was backed into that corner.

 

Tick, tock!  The lower placings were being sorted out in the D, C and B heats.  The wind had been pretty consistent today, middle of A rig.  It had been shifting around a bit between north and east-nor’east.  The weed problem of earlier days was not much of a problem today, but one could be unlucky.  The sun was behind some clouds in the midafternoon and the light was rather flat; judging distance could have been harder.

 

Race 18.  19 skippers were jockeying for position.  All of the major placings in this regatta were on the line and could be adjusted at this race’s finishing line.  Craig Smith was 6 points ahead of Paul Jones for the championship, and neither could fall down to 3rd.  Craig had to finish not more than 5 places behind Paul to win outright.

Spectators were forming at the back of the sailing area.  Tension was high.

 

The first start was a good start.  On this first upwind leg the skippers were sorting themselves out in their usual vociferously enthusiastic way.  Neither Craig nor Paul was near the front.  Around the first mark and coming down the reaching leg Craig was about 5th place and Paul was another handful back.  All Craig had to do was keep out of trouble and finish the race.  It could be all over, … and it was.  Rob Guyatt crossed the finishing line first, Ashley Deeks crossed 2nd, Denis McLoughlin crossed 3rd and stole third place overall with 104 points.  Craig crossed the finishing line in 4th place to a round of applause; first overall with a score of 44 points, and a 1st, a 2nd, a 3rd and a 4th today.  That is an average score of just under 3 points per race.  Lisa Blackwood crossed next and stole 13th overall.  6th across the finishing line was Goeffrey Smale, the grand, elderly gentleman from New Zealand.  Paul Jones crossed 12th, his worst result of the regatta, while 64 other skippers wished 12th was their worst.  He swapped drops and finished on 55 points, second overall.  Paul was the only skipper to sail all four days only in A Fleet.

 

After the big cleanup Ray Nasmith and Graeme Turk made all the appropriate ‘Thank you’s to the competitors, the sponsors, the workers and the host club.  Daniel Weizman, ARYA president, and David Dwyer, the local Pine Rivers Shire Councillor, then presented all the trophies and prizes to the winning place getters.  Encouragement Awards went to Chris Cook and George Morphett.  Both stuck it out to the end in spite of flat tyres and other adversities.  A few speeches were made, a few corks were popped and a thousand hands were shaken.

 

Everyone drifted away.  Congratulations to Craig Smith, National Champion and still current World Champion!  Better luck to everyone else at the 2008 National Championships in Victoria.

 

Gareth

gcryc@iprimus.com.au