B14 Australian Championship at McCrae Yacht Club - Overall

by Jane Moffat 2 Jan 2015 07:41 GMT 27-31 December 2014

After two days blown out the B14 Australian Championship finally got underway at McCrae with a light westerly at 9 knots.

Race one and two were started under black flag revealing the eagerness of the sailors to get underway; but also the determination of Race Officer Peter Merritt to get in four races to complete a championship. The course was set close to shore so providing spectators a great view from the balcony of the club.

With a dying breeze race three was shortened but Chris Lewns and Tom Pygall GBR 761 prevailed taking the third bullet. However a wind shift of around 20 degrees to 330 meant some quick race management manoeuvres before the start of race 4.

The British contingent seemed to have relished the conditions with Mark Barnes and Alicia Clifford GBR 788 taking first in the final race. Clifford is a past Team GBR member and Nacra sailor. Finishing third overall we expect to see them at the top of the fleet for the Worlds.

Brent Frankcombe and Leigh Dunstan AUS 375 finished second overall and first Australian and so take the National Championship. Frankcombe and Dunstan recently won the B14 Victorian State Championship having only been sailing together for six months. With Dunstan’s sailing pedigree as a Moth sailor they will also be ones to watch over the next few days.

With Raceqs trackers on the boats sailors can review their races at raceqs.com/regattas/b14-australian-champs

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts
1	GBR 761	Chris Lewns	Tom Pygall	WYC	1	1	1	7	10
2	AUS 375	Brent Frankcombe	Leigh Dunstan	MMYC	2	2	9	3	16
3	GBR 788	Mark Barnes	Alica Clifford	WYC	11	5	3	1	20
4	AUS 780	Richard Reynolds	Lissa McMillan	WSC	6	9	2	6	23
5	AUS 782	Andre Webster	Craig Davidson	CYC	5	6	4	9	24
6	GBR 791	Mark Watts	Chris Bishop	WSC (Weston)	10	4	11	4	29
7	AUS 793	Guy Bancroft	Lachlan Imeneo	McCYC	14	8	7	2	31
8	GBR 785	Peter Knight	Crispin Taylor	RSC	4	3	16	10	33
9	AUS 378	Nick Darlow	David Grace	McCYC	9	12	5	12	38
10	AUS 371	Rick Plain	Alice Walker	MH16SC	15	7	10	8	40
11	GBR 786	Geraldine Fermor‑Brown	Leaky Fermor‑Brown	WYC	8	10	12	11	41
12	AUS 373	Ian Cunningham	David Cunningham	McCYC	7	15	21	5	48
13	GBR 787	Alan Davis	Kathy Sherratt	WSC (Weston)	3	14	19	14	50
14	GBR 764	Tony Blackmore	Meg Baker	SYC (Starcross)	17	20	6	17	60
15	AUS 361	Cole Dabner	Clare Cromarty	PDYC	13	22	8	21	64
16	AUS 792	Adrian Beswick	Jono LeBis	LYC	21	13	13	18	65
17	GBR 770	Simon Hadley	Nikki Hadley	WYC	12	16	22	16	66
18	AUS 781	Stuart Wood	Ben Jones	McCYC	18	11	25	13	67
19	AUS 367	Stephen Miller	Lauren Bird	MPYC	24	21	14	22	81
20	AUS 1378	Dave Lorimer	Scott Munro	McCYC	16	23	27	15	81
21	AUS 374	Allen Graham	James Reynolds	CYC	25	18	23	23	89
22	AUS 794	Kelvin Boyle	Amy Van Gaylen	McCYC	22	17	24	27	90
23	AUS 779	Mark Lainson	Mark O'Brien	McCYC	20	25	15	31	91
24	FRA 777	Sebastien Le Cam	Sophie Le Cam	PSS	19	19	18	BFD	96
25	AUS 372	Robert Hunt	David McAully	KBSC	26	28	28	19	101
26	AUS 355	Stephen Mitchell	Adrianne Daly	MPYC	23	26	30	26	105
27	GBR 735	Tom Gatehouse	Kate Wardle	NSC	29	DNF	17	20	106
28	AUS 376	Nathan Reynolds	Kate Fourneaux	CYC	33	24	20	30	107
29	AUS 357	Anthony House	Max Unruh	WSC	27	30	29	24	110
30	AUS 778	Sophie Hunt	Andrew Payne	WSC	28	29	33	25	115
31	AUS 351	Glenn Cardwell	Dylan Cardwell	PKSC	32	31	26	32	121
32	GBR 694	Alistair Moppett	Rory Moppett	BBSC	31	27	32	BFD	130
33	AUS 379	Ron Kane	Alex Albert	McCYC	36	32	34	28	130
34	AUS 280	Sarah Walker	Matthew Walker	RQYS	35	35	31	29	130
35	AUS 368	Geoff Waldon	Jim Gaal	WSC	30	33	36	34	133
36	AUS 156	Ewan Campbell	Tori Campbell	SBSC	34	34	35	33	136
37	AUS 354	Thomas O'Brien	Hugo Briggs	McCYC	37	36	37	35	145
38	AUS 299	Luis Miranda	Kostya Marchenko	WSC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	160
39	AUS 370	Freya Vickery	Ross Berryman	SYC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	160

Race one of the Worlds starts Friday 2 January. Updates via the McCrae Yacht Club Facebook page.

More information at www.mccraeyc.com.au