One Ton Cup Revisited in New Zealand - Race 3
by Alan Sefton 3 Mar 2015 07:23 GMT
1-7 March 2015
Rainbow II again
The second 20-mile Olympic course race of the One Ton Revisited series produced another classic day on the inner-Hauraki Gulf. The ENE breeze blew 10 to 12 knots at the start and built to 12 to 15 knots by the finish.
The recently restored, former One Ton Cup winner Rainbow II (Chris Bouzaid) was in her element and won by an impressive 6m 40s on IRC corrected time to increase her lead on overall points. Rainbow always was a light airs flyer and appears to have lost none of that S&S pedigree during her complete restoration in the Silverdale yard of Wayne Olsen's Horizon Boats.
The Farr 40 Pacific Sundance (Bernard Hyde) took line honours for the third race in a row, crossing the line more than 10m clear of the second-placed Lidgard design Result (Bevan Hill), but again she was unable to put enough time on the rest of the fleet around the six-leg course to make an impression on handicap.
Behind Rainbow, it was a real tussle for high placings, the Farr 36 Revolution (Tony Wallis/Max Cossey) finishing second on corrected time, just two seconds ahead of the 34ft Lidgard design Impact (Kevin Kelly).
t is a lay-day tomorrow (Wednesday) with Rainbow and Wai Aniwa both planning to tackle some small remedials – the Rainbows looking to deal to a mysterious small problem with her propeller shaft, while the Wai Aniwas will be dealing to a mast that appears to be slightly out of plumb. The series is scheduled to resume with the all-important, double-points, 35-mile Gulf Race on Thursday before the 1.5 points, 25-mile finale on Saturday.
Results after Day 3:
| Pos | Boat Name | R1 | R2 | R3 | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | Rainbow II | 2 (7.5) | 1 (6) | 1 (6) | 19.5 |
| 2= | Pacific Sundance | 1 (9) | 5 (2) | 6 (1) | 12 |
| 2= | Revolution | 5 (3) | 3 (4) | 2 (5) | 12 |
| 4 | Wai Aniwa | 4 (4.5) | 2 (5) | 5 (2) | 11.5 |
| 5 | Impact | 3 (6) | 6 (1) | 3 (4) | 11 |
| 6 | Result | 6 (1.5) | 4 (3) | 4 (3) | 7.5 |