ADMIX B14 Worlds at Hobart, Tasmania

ADMIX B14 Worlds at Hobart, Tasmania - Day 4

by Richard Fisher 9 Jan 2009 08:59 GMT 6-10 January 2009

Four races are held on day 4 of the B14 worlds in Hobart © ADMIX B14 worlds media

With the fleet on the water for a morning start to try and recover the 2 race deficit on the schedule, it was an anxious wait whilst the wind filled in for the 50 teams.

Race 5 With a light SE wind filling in across the start the fleet were a little too eager to get underway with the tide pushing the fleet over the line leading to 4 general recalls and 11 boats, including a number of the top teams falling foul of the black flag.

With the start successfully underway on the 5th attempt the fleet split left and right with Mark Barnes/Pete Nicholson (Seavolution) leading the pack in from the left maintaining their lead over lap two from Chris Bines/Dave Gibbons (Quinta Raddison Ltd) and Nick Richardson/Alan Nicholas (Pigs Arse).

Race 6 and the fleet had learned to behave and got away cleanly at the first attempt. With many teams predicting the shift on the left of course being caught out by a big right hand shift. Dave Hayes/Sean Dwyer (MJF/North) capitalising on a good start from the committee boat end and leading in from the right hand side by a big margin maintaining this to finish first from Guy Bancroft/Nick Darlow (Sly Bone) and the consistent Pigs Arse third.

Race 7 and with the breeze slowly building the fleet again got away cleanly with a break left and right for the leading packs. Special mention must go to Tim Harrison/Johnny Radcliffe (Anthill Mob) for spectacularly failing to cross the fleet on Port!!

Alan Davis/Toby Barnsley-Dale (Hyde Sails) looked good leading the pack out the right with Quinta Raddison Ltd and Mark Watts/George Morris (Simmons&Simmons) coming in hard from the left to lead one two round the top mark. Down the run the lead pack split at the bottom with Simmons&Simmons leading round the bottom mark from Sly Bone and Richie Reynolds/Lissa McMillan (The Nude). With a consistent breeze up the final beat Quinta Raddison Ltd lead from Simmons&Simmons losing out at the finish by a nose to Simmons&Simmons with The Nude third.

Race 8 and with another clean start the fleet again split up the beat. The first run saw a big hole with The Nude capitalising to take a good lead at the bottom mark from Nick Craig/Matt Johnson (Team Gill). The Nude continued to finish strongly in first from Team Gill and Peter Ray/Karen Branch (Octopussy).

Many sore heads were seen on the race course following last nights return of the Sambuca challenge pub crawl sponsored by Kelvin! Possibly explaining the fleet’s inability to start in the first race of the day!

With today’s conditions providing more consistency, great racing and many of the event favourites recovering their form tomorrow is set for a big finale! Will the UK Team retain the ashes or will the Aussies finally get their hands on them!

Results after Day 4: (8 races, 2 discards)

Pos	Sail No	Boat Name	Helm	Crew	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts
1	AUS778	Sly Bone	Guy Bancroft	Nick Darlow	McYC	1	4	3	25	4	2	4	11	18
2	AUS372	Pigs Arse	Nick Richardson	Alan Nicholas	WYC	6	2	16	1	3	3	11	7	22
3	GBR768	Seavolution	Mark Barnes	Pete Nicholson	W/BYC	5	1	12.5	8	1	5	8	5	25
4	GBR775	Quinta Raddison Ltd	Chris Bines	Dave Gibbons	BSC	33	12	1	11	2	10	2	9	35
5	AUS374	Toxic	Dave Lorimer	Raf Heale	McYC	8	5	5	9	6	7	5	14	36
6	GBR772	Simmons & Simmons	Mark Watts	George Morris	WeSC	7	9	11	4	10	12	1	8	39
7	GBR773	Team Gill	Nick Craig	Matt Johnson	FPSC	3	7	12.5	10	51	11	6	2	39
8	AUS368	The Nude	Richie Reynolds	Lissa McMillan	WSC	15	10	17	6	5	15	3	1	40
9	AUS7	Bonework	Rhys Bancroft (Y)	Joey Randell	McYC	9	3	4	7	51	17	9	12	44
10	AUS371	bangbang	Kieran Livermore	Jonathan Branch	WSC	10	6	14	24	7	8	26	6	51
11	GBR757	MJF/North	David Hayes	Sean Dwyer		17	17	6	18	51	1	10	4	55
12	AUS379	Last Gasp	Chris Bibby	Scott Cunningham	McYC	16	18	2	3	11	20	14	16	62
13	AUS137	Aviva	Simon Morgan (Y)	Drew Latham	RYCT	11	14	9	2	17	14	28	18	67
14	GBR758	Anthill Mob	Tim Harrison	Jonathan Ratcliffe	HPYC	25	13	7	5	51	4	22	17	68
15	GBR763	Hyde Sails	Alan Davis	Toby Barsley-Dale	WeSC	2	16	24	17	9	19	12	23	75
16	AUS370	The Plumbers	Ian Cunningham	David Cunningham	McYC	13	11	10	27	51	13	18	15	80
17	AUS363	Just In Time	Ben Price (Y)	Jim Morgan	RYCT	4	28	28	15	51	6	13	19	85
18	GBR770	Compact Pussycat	Simon Hadley	Nikki Webster	WhYC	12	26	21	14	8	23	21	13	89
19	AUS375	Octopussy	Peter Ray	Karen Branch	WSC	27	22	23	30	51	16	7	3	98
20	AUS357	Buggar The Bone	Richard Fisher	Stuart McDonnell	TYC/PDYC	14	19	8	19	51	24	16	25	100
21	AUS359	Epic	Chris Wells	Dianne Maynard	DSC	18	8	19	51	16	21	25	30	107
22	AUS353	Dodge A Bullet	Andre Webster	Jacob Webster	CYC	19	27	26	20	15	36	20	21	121
23	AUS376	Hunt Leather	Sophie Hunt	Andrew Payne	WSC	21	23	25	29	12	30	17	27	125
24	GBR760	On Purpose	Geraldine Brown	Leaky Fermor		24	29	20	34	51	9	24	20	126
25	GBR777	Dynamic Ovington Boats	Chris Turner	Phil Eltringham	TSC	28	21	15	13	51	27	33	24	128
26	AUS369	Strait4devils Budget	Adrian Beswick (Y)	Josh Phillips	RYCT	23	15	34	31	22	28	36	10	129
27	AUS151	The George	James Patterson (Y)	James Huggett	McYC	20	24	22	23	23	29	19	22	129
28	AUS378	Siren	Kelvin Boyle	Josh Fullenger	McYC	31	25	18	32	13	22	23	29	130
29	AUS366	The Cunning Plan	Cole Dabner	Rob Moreton	PDYC	32	30	35	12	19	26	29	33	148
30	AUS377	Early Warning	Ross Daley	John Genders	MPYC	29	20	33	22	51	34	15	35	153
31	AUS182	Power Play	Simon Baker (Y)	Aaron Ellis	DSC	26	41	36	51	14	18	32	32	158
32	AUS155	Zone	Gemma Meincke	Danielle McKay	MPYC	40	35	41	21	21	32	30	28	167
33	AUS152	Not Just Yet	John Tanton	Benn Morgan	RYCT	30	43	44	28	18	25	35	34	170
34	AUS226	Esra Tew	Gavin Barwick (Y)	Simon Legge	TYC	34	51	37	33	20	31	27	26	171
35	AUS356	B-Sting	Daniel Watson	Derek Schaefer	WSC	39	36	29	16	26	35	38	38	180
36	AUS159	Partic Nasty Weather	William Short	Alan Short	KBSC	22	34	31	37	24	39	37	37	185
37	AUS250	B Alert	Tim Grant	Stuart Grant	MYC	38	31	40	26	25	37	42	39	196
38	AUS355	Bondi Tram	Stephen Mitchell	Amy Van Galen	MPYC	51	32	32	51	27	41	40	36	208
39	AUS361	Smokin'	David Cromarty (Y)	Cameron Gibson	TYC	51	37	27	36	31	38	41	40	209
40	AUS290	Serious Yahoo	Peter Fox	Mick Hawes	KYC	36	39	51	51	32	45	31	41	224
41	AUS367	Phantom	Stephen Miller	Lauren Keil	MPYC	51	51	51	51	28	33	34	31	228
42	AUS181	The Edge	Timothy Starkey	Mathieu Mongin	RYCT	37	40	38	38	33	42	46	44	228
43	AUS104	Austral Asia Line	Benjamin Zamstra	Peter Coad	DSS	51	38	39	51	34	43	39	43	236
44	GBR728	Hey Ho, Here We Go	Trevor Harris	Lucy Walter	BSC	51	42	42	51	29	40	43	42	238
45	AUS280	B+	Craig Macaulay	Louise Macaulay	BRYC	35	33	30	51	51	51	51	51	251
46	AUS103	Blow Me	Luke Cripps	Sam Cannamela	BYC	51	45	45	39	30	47	49	47	253
47	AUS313	Bring It On	Shaun Hancock	Sam Lowe	MPYC	51	51	51	35	35	44	44	45	254
48	AUS354	Bounce	Michael Semelbauer	John Semelbauer	MPYC	51	46	51	51	36	49	45	48	275
49	AUS299	Hurricane	Geoff Waldon	Rick Boughton	WSC	51	44	43	51	51	48	47	46	279
50	AUS362	Shmoo	Roger Board	Alex Board	RYCT	51	51	51	51	37	46	48	49	282