wind speed (knots) wind direction (degrees) Long Course but Fast Time Wednesday Wonders Winter Series 218 Race 6 (9 May 218) With an average speed of about 18 knots from the NNW this was the strongest wind of the series so far. The breeze produced something of a lumpy sea but ensured all 39 yachts completed the.1 nautical mile course 28 in record time. By comparison the average course length of the first races was 8.3 miles. The average elapsed time was 1:46:38 compared to 2::19 for the first races. 3 3 2 2 1 WW Winter Series 217 Race 6 Wind Speed & Direction 13 133 14 143 1 13 16 163 17 173 Wind Speed 17 17 19 21 18 1 19 17 18 18 Wind Gusts 23 24 23 2 24 29 22 22 23 22 Wind Direction 337.337. 31 31 337.337. 36 337.337.337. 36 31 27 22 18 13 9 4 time It was the first time on the podium for two of the yachts and a second time for the third. With 14 seconds to spare SURI (Rick Blanck) was first across the finish line to record her first podium finish of the series. VIVE LA VIE (Mark Sutherland) followed in second place to record her second podium finish of the series. Also making her first podium finish of the series was ROLLER COASTER (Geoffrey Simpson) who finished third. It is proving difficult to keep WICKED (Mike Welsh) out of the limelight when she followed up 2 wins in the last two races with a perfect start to win Start of the Day. She becomes the 4 th yacht in the series to start a race right on her handicap. STAMPEDE (Christopher Gendala) showed she was more at home with the stronger breeze recording the fastest elapsed time. Five minutes eleven seconds faster than her closest rival ESPRIT (Garry Anderson). VINDALOO (John Taylor) stays at the top of the aggregate for another week with WICKED in 2 nd place. PIPPA (Jeffrey Woolhouse) is back in 3 rd place after a week down at number. There are yachts in the shadows of the leaders that are accumulating good sets of numbers. Among them is the 217-18 summer series aggregate winner WHITE POINTER (Tom Raft) along with ALIBI (Denis Hambleton), FUN & GAMES (Alan Edwards) and WIND SPEED (Les Browne).
It seems that SURI performs better in the stronger breezes. She has completed of the 6 races in the series and this is her best result so far. She started from 8 th place only 2 seconds late for her 2 minute handicap her best start. She sailed the first 4 legs of the course in 1:1: rounding number 4 for the first time in th place. At that stage of the race she was 6 minutes 41 seconds behind the race leader VIVE LA VIE. SURI was able to make up the difference in the last 4 legs of the race and after sailing the course in 1:49: she was first across the finish line at 1:39: fourteen seconds ahead of VIVE LA VIE. SURI started the race seconds ahead of MARIBEL (Graham Fraser) but proved to be 6 minutes 46 seconds faster. SURI improved her place in the aggregate from 32 nd to 19 th. The Hunter 36 VIVE LA VIE has had her ups and downs in the six races of the series. So expect the unexpected. She won race 3 after finishing 44 th in the first race of the series and came 2 nd in this race after finishing 31 st in race. She started this race from th place 13 seconds late for her 9 minute handicap. After completing the first 4 legs she had established a good lead over the remainder of the fleet. VIVE LA VIE sailed the course in 2:1:9 - the 7 th slowest time of the race - and crossed the finish line at 1:4:9. This second place lifted her from 29 th to 13 th in the aggregate, In her 4 previous races in the series the Hanse 38 ROLLER COASTER has an average finish place of about 27 th. Finishing 3 rd marks a big change. She started from 13 th place 11 seconds late for her 2 minute handicap. This was 1 minutes 8 seconds behind VIVE LA VIE. She sailed the first 4 legs of the course in 1::49 by which time she was in 8 th place still 12 minutes 9 seconds behind VIVE LA VIE. Although unable to catch her in the final 4 legs of the race she sailed fast enough to reduce the deficit to 23 seconds at the finish line. ROLLER COASTER sailed the course in 1:4:32 to cross the finish line at 1:4:32 to record her first podium finish of the series. She is currently 26 th in the aggregate.
DOLPHIN PLAY WILLARIE PIPPA MIDNIGHT MAGIC VIVE LA VIE CAFE RACER CASSANDRA SURI MARIBEL BON VIVANT SUMMER WIND SALTSHAKER ROLLER COASTER MAGIC ARABESQUE LUSCIOUS PHOENIX VANTAGE WHITE POINTER FUN AND GAMES HOT CHIPPS UPBEAT PRIMO LEBROK WHITE NOISE VINDALOO ULUWATU BLUE TACK BACARDI ARCH DE TRIOMPHE ALIBI WIND SPEED BRANNEW ESPRIT BARNSTORMER STAMPEDE WICKED position With a median start time of 11 seconds (red line) this was the second best start of the series. ARCH DE TRIOMPHE (Murray/Davis/Taylor) and BARNSTORMER (Brian Barnes) started too soon by 2 and 3 seconds respectively, were penalised minutes and lost 6 and places. WICKED won Start of the Day but was challenged by SURI, SUMMER WIND (Martyn Sly) and PHOENIX (Alex Tseberg) each starting within 2 seconds of their handicaps. WICKED SURI SUMMER WIND PHOENIX WHITE NOISE VINDALOO STAMPEDE UPBEAT BON VIVANT ALIBI BRANNEW PRIMO VANTAGE PIPPA WHITE POINTER ESPRIT BLUE TACK LEBROK ROLLER COASTER FUN AND GAMES MARIBEL BACARDI VIVE LA VIE ARABESQUE WILLARIE CAFE RACER HOT CHIPPS MAGIC ULUWATU WIND SPEED CASSANDRA MELBOURNE SALTSHAKER LUSCIOUS MIDNIGHT MAGIC DOLPHIN PLAY ARCH DE TRIOMPHE BARNSTORMER y a c h t WW Winter Series 218 Race 6 Start of the Day time(seconds) 2 4 2 2 2 4 4 6 6 7 8 9 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 1 17 18 18 2 23 24 2 32 93 1 3 3 The fleet started 3 minutes 2 seconds apart, were 29 minutes 29 seconds apart after the first four legs and finished 22 minutes 44 seconds apart. With 8 of the 13 early starters among the early finishers the mid fleet starters found it difficult to near the front of the fleet. STAMPEDE was the most successful starting 37 th and finishing 9 th. 4 3 3 2 2 1 WW Winter Series 218 Race 6 Position at Start & Finish yacht start finish Linear (finish) The red line on the chart (left) indicates the median elapsed time of 1:42:21. This was the same time recorded by both (Brendan Kruger)
and PRIMO (Steve Copley) who had handicaps of 36 and 39 minutes respectively. For the second time STAMPEDE had the fastest time. By the Way y a c h t WW Winter Series 218 Race 6 Elapsed Time STAMPEDE ESPRIT WICKED BRANNEW ULUWATU WIND SPEED WHITE POINTER ALIBI HOT CHIPPS WHITE NOISE BARNSTORMER BLUE TACK UPBEAT BACARDI VANTAGE FUN AND GAMES PRIMO VINDALOO LEBROK PHOENIX ARCH DE TRIOMPHE ARABESQUE ROLLER COASTER SURI MAGIC SUMMER WIND MARIBEL BON VIVANT CASSANDRA MELBOURNE LUSCIOUS VIVE LA VIE PIPPA CAFE RACER SALTSHAKER WILLARIE MIDNIGHT MAGIC DOLPHIN PLAY time (hh:mm:ss) :: 1::12 3::24 1:22:4 1:26:18 1:29:1 1:3:6 1:34:6 1:34:38 1:3:6 1:3:8 1:36:6 1:37:33 1:37:9 1:38:2 1:39:38 1:39:41 1:4:33 1:41:4 1:42:21 1:42:21 1:42:46 1:42:6 1:43:27 1:44:11 1:44:37 1:4:32 1:49: 1::43 1:1:23 1:6:41 1:7:46 1:8:3 1:8:39 2:1:9 2:4:7 2::26 2::26 2::28 2:13:27 2:2:3 Is the winter series receiving more participation? At what is almost a quarter the way through the winter series an average of 4.7 yachts have contested each of the 6 races. This compares with an average of 37.7 yachts at the same time in the summer series. Result of Noelle Coram Trophy Reviewed The reviewed results are shown below NOELLE CORAM TROPHY SUMMER 217-18 YACHT WED WONDERS SUNDAY SAILORS COMBINE LEBROK* 4 7 11 RAZZLE DAZZLE 8 3 11 FOGGY DEW 12 9 21 THE SECRETARY 9 23 32 CASSANDRA MELBOURNE 31 14 4 BLUE TACK 19 27 46 ALLIANCE 27 2 47 MYUNA III 3 12 47 VIVE LA VIE 4 18 63 DOLPHIN PLAY 47 22 69 PERFECT SENSE 49 26 7 * LEBROK won being better placed in the Wednesday series
WILLARIE (Graeme Kaufman) finished 8 th her best result for the series. (Right) ARABESQUE (Milton Greene) receives some concentrated attention. Wind gusts reached 29 knots at Fawkner. Above SUMMER WIND (Martyn Sly) and MARIBEL (Graham Fraser) discovered a couple. WIND SPEED (Les Browne) & BLUE TACK (Andy Lynch) presenting as much sail as possible to the following breeze.
(Left) BON VIVANT (Russell Keyes) enjoying the race. (Right & below) Sails work well for both VANTAGE (Darren Hunter) & ESPRIT (Garry Anderson). The race is almost at an end for these 6 yachts. Wonder how these are paid Higher Perchase Photos by Bruce Parry Anyone wanting copies of Bruce s photo s can obtain them from the Boating Department. If you are able to provide a USB stick or other appropriate media device then the Boating Department can download your selection. Sami the Seagull