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GCCM Gold Coast Mackay Yacht Race: Race presentation and winning results

by Southport Yacht Club 5 Aug 04:57 BST

The final boat to finish the race and dock, 'She' crossed the line at 1409 hrs on Day 4, some 76 hours and 9 minutes after the start line off Cavill Avenue.

Immediately after their arrival, the Race Presentation kicked off in the Race Village, on the Marina foreshore outside Sails Sports Bar, with formalities thanking these and all other sponsors, supporters and volunteers for their assistance and dedication towards making this new race a permanent addition to the Australian yachting calendar.

Special recognition of seamanship was given to the crew aboard Damien Parkes 'Denali' who broke their boom on Day 1 of the race off the north tip of North Stradbroke Island, calmly assessed their situation, secured their boat and radioed Race Control to confirm they would continue to race under trisail.

It proved to be almost a clean sweep for the double-handed crew aboard the rebuilt 1904 classic 32 foot 'Maritimo Katwinchar', Michael Spies and Peter Vaicuirgis, who took out 1st place in IRC, ORC and PHS!

Greg Alder and his crew on 'Top Gun' earned the Jamie Morris OMR Perpetual Trophy, crossing the 01:17:39:44, also winning second place on Line Honours.

Taking out the GCCM Perpetual Line Honours Trophy was Grant Wharington and Adrian Seiffert's 'Wild Thing 100', with an impressive elapsed time of just 35 hours and 36 minutes (01:11:35:59). Grant and his crew's achievement in the Mackay race will be the record to beat for years to come.

Winning Placements below:

Line Honours

1st Place with an elapsed time of 01:11:35:59: WILD THING 100, AUS1001, Grant Wharington
2nd Place with an elapsed time of 01:17:39:44: TOP GUN, AUS8880, Greg Alder
3rd Place with an elapsed time of 2d 1h 39m 1s: ANTIPODES, GBR2888L, Geoffrey Hill

IRC

1st Place on corrected time of 02:17:34:31: MARITIMO KATWINCHAR, CYC8, Michael Spies & Peter Vaicuirgis 2nd Place on corrected time of 02:16:46:48: AMAYA II, B247, Matthew Kingsberry 3rd Place on corrected time of 02:18:00:43: TROUBLE & STRIFE, 8009, Matt Williams

PHS

1st Place on corrected time of 02:17:34:31: MARITIMO KATWINCHAR, CYC8, Michael Spies & Peter Vaicuirgis
2nd Place on corrected time of 02:12:50:34: TROUBLE & STRIFE, 8009, Matt Williams
3rd Place on corrected time of 02:14:17:54: CYAN MOON B47, Wayne Arnold Seaward

ORC

1st Place on corrected time of 02:17:34:31: MARITIMO KATWINCHAR, CYC8, Michael Spies & Peter Vaicuirgis
2nd Place on corrected time of 02:22:36:58: AMAYA II, B247, Matthew Kingsberry
3rd Place on corrected time of 03:00:03:16: TROUBLE & STRIFE, 8009, Matt Williams

OMR

1st Place on corrected time: 01:17:39:44: TOP GUN, AUS8880, Greg Alder.

Entries are now open to the 2025 Race

Race Highlights, All Placement Results, 2025 Entry Link is available on the official race website, goldcoastmackay.com

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