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Day 1 Report on JJ Giltinans

18ft Skiffs:
Winning Group 2013 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship
Today’s race sponsored by Asko Appliances
Friday, 15 February 2013
Sydney Harbour

An incident free race for the defending champion Gotta Love It 7 team proved a winning factor in a wonderful finish to Race 1 of the Winning Group 2013 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship sailed on Sydney Harbour today.

Seve Jarvin, Scott Babbage and Peter Harris were always near the lead and managed to manouvre their way around the south-east course without the dramas of their three main challengers.

At the end, Gotta Love It 7 finished just 4s ahead of Coopers-Rag & Famish Hotel (Jack Macartney, David Witt, Mark Kennedy), with Pure Blonde (Tom Clout, Rob Bell, Matt Wark) only 20s back in third place.

Thurlow Fisher Lawyers (Michael Coxon), Mojo Wine (James Dorron) and C-Tech (Alex Vallings) completed the top six placings.

Smeg (Nick Press) won the start, while Thurlow Fisher, Mojo Wine and De’Longhi-Rabbitohs (Simon Nearn) were nearby on the eastern side of the course.

When Gotta Love It 7 tacked to go o the west, Thurlow Fisher covered and the two favourites went to the east of Shark Island.

The move was a winner as Thurlow Fisher Lawyers won the race to the windward mark to lead Coopers-Rag & Famish Hotel by 35s.

Gotta Love It 7 was third, followed by Appliancesonline.com.au (Micah Lane), Pure Blonde, Smeg, De’Longhi-Rabbitohs, Yamaha (David McDiarmid) and C-Tech.

Thurlow Fisher Lawyers maintained her lead over the next two legs of the course and still held a 25s margin at the Clarke Island mark for the second spinnaker run into Chowder Bay.

Disaster struck the leader off Bradley Head when the wind disturbance off a passing Many Ferry caused a near capsize for Thurlow Fisher and gave Gotta Love It 7 the lead.

From that point ‘7’ was never headed but serious challengers by Coopers-Rag & Famish Hotel and Pure Blonde were hampered by separate incidents to those teams.

Skipper Jack Macartney fell overboard off ‘The Rag’ , while a port-and-starboard incident forced Pure Blonde to do a 360degree penalty turn at the final windward mark in Rose Bay.

Gotta Love It 7 certainly held a downwind speed advantage over ‘The Rag’ but was being pushed to the limit upwind.

A large ship leaving the harbour as the fleet made its way to the finish had a dramatic affect on many skiffs and changed the final placing throughout the fleet.

Despite a shifting wind which faded during the race, the spectacle was engrossing for spectators with so many close finishes.

A record was also set today when Alexandra South, Saskis Tidey and Lizzi Rountree became the first all girl crew in the 74 year history of the championship to complete the course.

The trio finished 28th in the 31-boat fleet in their Lomax Financial Group skiff.

Frank Quealey
Australian 18 Footers League
www.18footers.com.au

**Photoboy** · 02-18-2013, 02:57 PM

JJ Giltinans, A Boat Repaiers Paradise

Today we got run down by a 12 Meter Yacht before we even made it to the start line. We had all rights.Starboard wing is toast, hull may be the same. Possibility we could still race. No injuries. Thanks to Maritime and the League for the safe recovery and tow of our boat. Stay tuned Here is the evidence. This was taken approximately one and a half minutes after the initial impact.

Thanks to Lachlan Gilbert for this image. — with Ollie Hartas and Brad Greenrod.

Team Southern Cross

Thomas Quigley, son of 1996 Giltinan Championship-winning skipper and Class Measurer Stephen Quigley,
was on hand to snap an incident during Sunday’s Race 2 of the Winning Group 2013 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour.

The budding young photographer was on the Australian 18 Footers League spectator ferry with his dad when race leader Team Daly met an unfortunate end.

Skipper Nick Daly and his crew of John Walton and ‘Pistol’ Pete Nicholson were more than half-a-minute ahead of their nearest competitor on the second spinnaker run when the incident occurred.

Daly said afterwards: “We were being followed by a camera boat when we hit a wave and slowed dramatically”,

“The camera boat hit the back of our boat causing damage in the form of a hole in the transom”.

Obviously, the team were forced to retire and the incident has become a subject of protest to be held later this week.

Repairs will now have to be done in time for tomorrow’s Race 3 of a closely-fought championship.

Crowds at yesterday’s race were more like those seen for the last race of Giltinan Championship regattas.

Even the Australian 18 Footers League were surprised with the unexpected crowds on their race ferry.

Frank Quealey

Australian 18 Footers League

www.18footers.com.au

Heat 2 Winning Group JJ Giltinan 18ftr International was eventually sailed over a 4 lap windward leeward Course 6 due to a very congested Sydney Harbour hosting amongst other activities a Farr 40 regatta. Gary Linacre opted for a Taylor Bay start for his Course 6, but once again, after one General Recall the fleet got away with two boats individually pinged, The Black Dog, and James Dorran's Mojo Wines.
Unfortunately for Mojo Wines which got to the front on the 3rd lap, and held 1st place to the end. Only when he crossed the line, he realised he was awarded a non finish due to the OCS and non return to restart. The race behind Mojo Wines was epic to say the least. The breeze during the race was flaky and variable at best, which shuffled the pack constantly up front but the real interest was the fact that the equal favourites for this years title were deep at the rear. Gotta Luv it 7 had a terrible start and Thurlow Fisher whilst in a podium position at the first turn mark had a disastrous 2nd beat and Rag & Famish were in deeper trouble at that point.

The podium at the completion of hostilities read 1st Thurlow Fisher Lawyers, 2nd Gotta Luv it 7, 3rd Rag & Famish Hotel....Gotta Luv it 7 leads on 3 points, Rag & Famish Hotel and Thurlow Fisher tied on 5 points. Heat 3 will be sailed on Tuesday 19th...
The very best in 18 foot skiff racing from Sydney Harbour.
See the full race @ www.18footerstv.com

**Photoboy** · 02-20-2013, 09:09 AM

Winning Group 2013 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship, Race 4.
Wednesday, 20 February 2013
Sydney Harbour

Words and photos © Frank Quealy

A three-way battle to win the Winning Group 2013 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship hotted up even further today on Sydney Harbour when Thurlow Fisher Lawyers scored and all the way win in Race 4.
Michael Coxon, Trent Barnabas and Dave O’Connor bounced back after a horror day in Race 3 yesterday, when they were forced to retire with a broken bobstay.Thurlow Fisher Lawyers grabbed the lead on the long beat into Rose Bay before racing away to score a commanding1m36s victory over New Zealanders Alex Vallings, Josh McCormack and Peter Burling in C-Tech.

The race for third placing produced an amazing finish with three skiffs crossing the finish line only 2s apart. Smeg (Nick Press, Dan Phillips, Dave Ewings) got the verdict, 1s ahead of Gotta Love It 7 (Seve Jarvin), which was a further 1s ahead of Pure Blonde (Tom Clout).After each skiff discards her worst performance to date, Gotta Love It 7 holds the lead on 4 points, followed by Thurlow Fisher Lawyers on 6, Coopers-Rag & Famish Hotel (Jack Macartney) on 7 and C-Tech on 11.

With some strong southerly winds predicted over the coming days, there will be great racing between the top teams as they strive for the elusive title of the best 18ft Skiff team in the world.
Today’s race was sailed in an ESE breeze below 10-knots, with many shifts in direction and variations in strength.Thurlow Fisher Lawyers held a 10s lead over Gotta Love It 7 at the first windward mark in Rose Bay, but extended this to 50s after the long spinnaker run to Kurraba Point.This was a poor leg for Gotta Love It 7, which fell back behind Smeg and C-Tech and was now 1m25s behind the leader.

Pure Blonde made a spectacular challenge down this leg to be in fifth place and closing on the group behind Thurlow Fisher.7 made another ‘comeback’ into second place at the next windward mark (although still 1m20s behind Thurlow Fisher), but once more lost time on the spinnaker run.The third work to Rose Bay didn’t change the leading positions as Thurlow Fisher headed for home with a clear lead over C-Tech, with Smeg and Pure Blonde close together and Gotta Love It 7 back in fifth place.

As the breeze swung a little more to the south, most crews were forced to drop their spinnakers to make the finish line while the ‘7’ crew carried there spinnaker to create the exciting three-way finish for third place.

Coverage is also available at www.18skiff.com

Frank Quealey

Australian 18 Footers League

www.18footers.com.au

**Photoboy** · 02-24-2013, 10:08 AM

Finals of JJ Giltinans: Blowing Up Down Under

Mother nature and her assistants save the bast for last in the finale of the 2013 JJ' Gitinans, the unofficial world Championships of the 18' Skiff Class. After calling the race the day before with winds gusting up to 40 knots, the regattas last race was held in strong NE's and impressive conditions, fit to test the skills of all who ventured from shore!

Frank Quealy from the * Australian 18 Footers League files this final report:

Gotta Love It 7’s Seve Jarvin, Scott Babbage and Peter Harris became the 2013 champions when the took out Race 7 of the Winning Group JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today. Following yesterday’s wipe out in Race 6 of the championship it all came down to today’s final race in a strong North-East wind with Gotta Love It 7 and Coopers-Rag & Famish Hotel level on a net 8 points.

Allowing for discards being introduced, Coopers-Rag & Famish Hotel (Jack Macartney, David Witt and Mark Kennedy) had to finish within the first three placings today and ahead of Gotta Love It 7 to win the title. A great start by the ‘7’ crew saw the red flying machine quickly take the lead from The Rag as the fleet sped off towards Bradleys Head.

Gotta Love It 7 maintained her advantage over Coopers-Rag & Famish Hotel, and when the latter team capsized near the Beashel Buoy the title was as good as won by ‘7’. With their main challenger out of contention, the ‘7’ crew appeared to sail more conservatively (if you can sail an 18 conservatively in a 25-knot North East wind) as Thurlow Fisher Lawyers led the fleet down the spinnaker legs back to Clarke Island.

Spectators aboard the two club controlled ferries and others in a variety of vessels following the race were treated to some of the most spectacular action the 18s can provide. Thurlow Fisher Lawyers (Michael Coxon, Trent Barnabas, Dave O’Connor) led until the final rounding mark at Rose Bay but put on a performance to be remembered.

They had capsized on the second windward leg but came back to lead the fleet home, before a spectacular capsize on the gybe as the crew ‘gunned’ it hard. 7’s crew saw the swim and quickly pulled their kite down for the run between the islands to the finish. New Zealand’s C-Tech (Alex Vallings, Josh McCormack and Peter Burling) finished 34s behind Gotta Love It 7, with Coopers-Rag & Famish Hotel coming home another 3m15s back in third place.

The final placings in the championship gave Gotta Love It 7 (9 points) a two points victory over Coopers-Rag & Famish Hotel, with Thurlow Fisher Lawyers third on 19 points. C-Tech also finished the series on 9 points but lost to Thurlow Fisher on a countback. Smeg (Nick Press, Dan Phillips, Dave Ewings) was fifth on 21 points and Appliancesonline.com.au (Micah Lane, Paul Montague, Tom Anderson) sixth on 34 points.

All Images © Frank Quealy

GOTTA LOVE IT 7 A u s t Seve Jarvin, Scott Babbage, Peter Harris 1 2 1 4 4 0 1 13 9 1

COOPERS-RAG & FAMISH HOTEL A u s t J a c k M a c a r t n ey, David Witt, Mark Kennedy 2 3 2 6 1 0 3 17 11 2

THURLOW FISHER LAWYERS A u s t M ic h ael Coxon, Dave O’Connor, Trent Barnabas 4 1 32 1 8 0 5 51 19 3

C-TECH NZ Alex Vallings, Josh McCormack, Peter Burling 6 5 4 2 32 0 2 51 19 4

SMEG A u s t Nick Press, Dan Phillips, Dave Ewings 9 4 8 3 2 0 4 30 21 5

APPLIANCESONLINE.COM.AU A u s t M ic ah Lane, Paul Montague, Tom Anderson 7 8 3 10 6 0 10 44 34 6

PURE BLONDE A u s t Tom Clout, Matthew Wark, Rob Bell 3 9 11 5 22 0 11 61 39 7

YAMAHA NZ David McDiarmid, Andrew Archibald, Mark Overington 11 15 9 8 5 0 8 56 41 8

YANDOO A u s t John Winning, Andrew Hay, Jim Beck 14 13 10 17 3 0 6 63 46 9

CST COMPOSITES USA Howie Hamlin, Matt McKinlay, Dave Gibson 8 7 13 7 13 0 13 61 48 10

PICA UK James Mears, Stewart Mears, Tristan Hutt 10 16 5 15 9 0 15 70 54 11

MOJO WINE A u s t James Dorron, Ricky Bridges, Mike McKensey 5 32 14 13 10 0 19 93 61 12

THE KITCHEN MAKER A u s t M alcolm Page, Darren McKavanagh, Cameron McDonald 12 14 15 18 13 0 7 79 61 13

LUMIX A u s t Jonathan Whitty, James Hozack, Aron Everett 16 17 6 16 12 0 18 85 67 14

THE BLACK DOG UK Jarrod Simpson, Euan McNicol, Geoff Bauchop 15 32 7 9 7 0 32 102 70 15

RABBITOHS-KENWOOD A u s t B rett Van Munster, Kieryn Cowan, Joel Castle 21 10 12 20 16 0 12 91 70 16

DE’LONGHI-RABBITOHS A u s t S imon Nearn, Keegan York, James Smithers 13 12 16 22 11 0 32 106 74 17

ASKO APPLIANCES A u s t M arcus Ashley-Jones, Ash Rooklyn, Jeronimo Harrison 18 19 18 14 17 0 9 95 76 18

EVENTS CLOTHING NZ Riley Dean, John Little, Scott Randell 20 6 23 19 19 0 14 101 78 19

TEAM DALY Aust Nick Daly, John Walton, Peter Nicholson 17 18 32 11 15 0 17 110 78 20

FISHER & PAYKEL A u s t A ndrew Chapman, Tim Baraclough, Ewan Duckworth 24 11 21 12 21 0 32 121 89 21

MAERSK LINE NZ Graham Catley, Chris Dawson, Brad Collins 19 20 17 23 18 0 32 129 97 22

BRISBANE 18 FOOTERS Aust Daniel Jack, Tristan Hamilton, Barry Flanagan 22 21 19 21 14 0 32 129 97 23

ASCC NZ Murray England, Rowan Swanson, Matt Randell 25 18 24 28 20 0 16 131 103 24

WINNING APPLIANCES Aust Shane Smith, Jake Restall, Shane Dickson 23 22 20 24 32 0 32 153 121 25

HAIER APPLIANCES A u s t P edro Vozone, Sam Ellis, James Slee 27 24 22 29 25 0 32 159 127 26

LOMAX FINANCIAL GROUP A u s t A l exandra South, Lizzi Rountree, Saskia Tidey 28 23 27 25 24 0 32 159 127 27

YAMAHA 2 NZ Sam Marshall, Tom Peet, Ben Gladwell 27 27 25 26 23 0 32 160 128 28

SOUTHERN ENGINEERING SERVICES U SA Katie Love, Christine Neville, C.C. Childers 32 25 28 27 26 0 32 170 138 29

BRIDGE MARINA TRAVELIFT NZ Kez Cameron, Adrian France, Stephen Jones 26 28 26 31 27 0 32 170 138 30

SOUTHERN CROSS A u s t Oliver Hartas, Brad Greenrod, Olly Jones 29 26 29 30 28 0 32 174 142 31
************************** DNS DNS 32 32 32 32 32 0 32 192 160 32
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