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South
Queensland Marblehead Championships - 5 July 2008
     
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Paradise Radio Yacht Club |
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Wind: SSW 1-12Kn.
Courses: Triangles, Windward/Leeward
OOD. Bill Clancy Scorer. Charmaine
White/John Preston |
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Pos |
SKIPPER |
Sail |
DESIGN |
3 Discards |
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Before |
Discard |
FINAL |
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No |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
Discard |
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SCORE |
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1 |
Ben leigh-Smith |
44 |
Walicki |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
23 |
6 |
17 |
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2 |
David Turton |
9 |
Vibe |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
44 |
11 |
33 |
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3 |
Tom Butler |
25 |
Tasman |
4 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
53 |
14 |
39 |
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4 |
Mark Patterson |
31 |
NRW3 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
76 |
17 |
59 |
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5 |
David Thomas |
88 |
Blink |
3 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
87 |
18 |
69 |
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6 |
Ian Thompson |
83 |
Scourge |
6 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
6 |
3 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
100 |
21 |
79 |
Winter
came to the Gold Coast on the morning of Saturday July 05. Strong
East winds and torrential rain greeted the skippers as they
arrived.Weather inproved as the morning went on with the wind
settling in to the SSW, moderating and the rain easing.Bill Clancy
got racing underway when the six starters fronted with Ben
Leigh-Smith and David Turton swapping first and second places for
the first six races. David Thomas up from Vic. with his ulra-narrow
local design showed some pace when his rig matched the wind
strength. Mark Patterson sailing a borrowed boat (Brian Leydon's)
got used to the boat as the day went on and was in the top
three-four places for most of the afternoon.Ian Thompson had one top
three placing and retired with electical problems. Tom Butler's
performance improved noticably after a bit of rig tuning. She was a
different boat after lunch and now sailing a little freer had a lot
of speed.By race 13 Tom had moved up to being only one point away
from second placed David turton who stayed in that place till the
end.The final points do not reflect the closeness for much of the
racing.There was enough variation in wind direction to keep all
skippers on the ball as often boat speed wasn't enough to keep the
faster boats in the lead when big gains were made by being on the
right side of the course for the lifts.David only got out of the top
three once and was very consistent all day.Ben's boat had
acceleration as well as speed and his scores reflect how well he
sailed. Apart from the rain it was a top days racing with many PRYC
members on duty to run the show.
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