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9:59 AM Thu 15 Jan 2009 GMT
John Bertrand (Triad) and his all star team of Andrew Palfrey and Ben Ainslie didn't disappoint today to win the 2009 Australian Etchells Championships for the fourth time, with a day to spare.
Interestingly he seems to win the championships every six years - the first time he won was back in 1990/91.
To win the event Bertrand scored a third in heat 6 and a win in heat 7 to have a seven point buffer over the Kiwi team of Alastair Gair on Valsheda, who also secured second place overall in the event with a day to spare, with a win in heat 6 and a third in heat 7.
Today's heat 6 started in S-SW winds starting at 16 knots and built to 23 knots at the finish of Heat 7 with two metre waves, which was challenging up wind and great surfing conditions downwind.
Andy Fethers - mainsheet hand on Bandwagon, was a little too energetic trimming the spinnaker on the first downwind in Heat 7 losing his balance and slipping over the side.
Luckily his Americas Cup training as a bowman told him 'Never Let Go', so after taking more than a few mouthfuls of St Vincent Gulf water he popped up a boat length astern still holding onto the spinnaker sheet and being dragged along at over ten knots surfing on his chest.
All hands to the job and after no more than thirty seconds we had dragged Andy back aboard and were off again - losing less than five to six lengths on the boats around us.
Our day on the water was one of trying a few new setups, which seemed to work pretty well with a ninth placing in heat 6 and fifth in heat 7, to bring our over score placing to 13th overall (discarding one of our 45 point worst scores). Still an outside chance to make the top ten.
Last race tomorrow with the expectation of similar fresh SW conditions, as we had today.
The team of Bandwagon would like to thank our sponsors SLAM sports wear, Club Marine boat insurance, Ronstan for their support.
Results
2009 Etchells Australian Championship
Hosted By RSAYS Updated: 15/01/2009 16:39:43 PROVISIONAL RESULTS PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR FULL RESULTS SERIES RESULTS Series Results [Elapsed Time] up to Race 7 (Drops = 1)| Place | Sail No | Boat Name | Bow no | Skipper | Crew | Crew. | Crew3 | Sers Score | Race 7 | Race 6 | Race 5 | Race 4 | Race 3 | Race 2 | Race 1 | | 1 | AUS1383 | TRIAD (M) | 40 | John Bertrand | Andrew Palfrey | Ben Ainslie | | 13.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 1.00 | [7.00] | 1.00 | | 2 | 950 | VELSHEDA | 38 | Alastair Gair | Dave Ridley | Rhys Johnston | Derek Scott | 20.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 7.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | [7.00] | | 3 | AUS1338 | CRITICAL BALANCE | 44 | Mark Bulka | James Ryssenbeek | Steve Young | | 26.00 | [14.00] | 4.00 | 11.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 6.00 | | 4 | AUS1318 | BANANAS IN PYJAMAS | 22 | Ian Johnson | Tim Ede | Mark Tonner-Joyce | | 32.00 | 2.00 | 7.00 | 2.00 | [19.00] | 3.00 | 13.00 | 5.00 | | 5 | AUS1270 | LA VIE DANSANTE | 30 | Chris Pratt | Simon Estella | Caillin Howard | | 33.00 | [12.00] | 5.00 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 7.00 | 5.00 | 8.00 | | 6 | AUS870 | RONI | 48 | Mark Bradford | Peter Merrington | Anthony Nositer | | 41.00 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 4.00 | 10.00 | 18.00 | 3.00 | [19.00] | | 7 | AUS1374 | STEAMPACKET 7 (M) | 21 | Rob Brown | Bruce Wookey | Garry Gudmunson | | 42.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | 10.00 | 2.00 | 12.00 | 6.00 | [18.00] | | 8 | AUS1346 | AVALON | 27 | Peter McNeill | Michael Bellingham | James Mayjor | | 57.00 | 11.00 | 11.00 | 9.00 | [11.00] | 8.00 | 8.00 | 10.00 | | 9 | AUS1131 | THE MOE SZYSLAK EXPE | 31 | Brendan Garner | Tim Clark | Michael ScHilt | | 64.00 | 9.00 | 18.00 | 12.00 | 5.00 | 9.00 | [19.00] | 11.00 | | 10 | AUS1244 | DR. EVIL (M) | 20 | Jake Gunther | Tony Mc Phail | Russel Tyson | | 70.00 | [17.00] | 12.00 | 8.00 | 12.00 | 6.00 | 16.00 | 16.00 | | 11 | AUS868 | YANDOO XX (M) | 45 | Jeanne-Claude Strong | Neville Wittey | Will Canty | Kieran Searle | 72.00 | 7.00 | 20.00 | 7.00 | [30.00] | 5.00 | 29.00 | 4.00 | | 12 | AUS1367 | CHILL PILL (M) | 19 | Rob Bird | Graeme Johnson | Nic Gray | | 72.00 | 8.00 | 17.00 | [18.00] | 8.00 | 16.00 | 14.00 | 9.00 | | 13 | AUS891 | BANDWAGON (M) | 17 | Skip Lissiman | Andy Fethers | Keith Swinton | Tyson Lamond | 77.00 | 5.00 | 9.00 | 6.00 | 45.00B | 11.00 | 1.00 | [45.00Q] | | 14 | AUS1276 | OVER ENGINEERED | 23 | Garrath James | Andrew Colliver | Blair Coventry | | 78.00 | [22.00] | 16.00 | 13.00 | 6.00 | 13.00 | 17.00 | 13.00 | | 15 | AUS1366 | PEDRO | 15 | Kirwan Robb | Jamie Thompson | Breeahn McCraken | Rodney Muller | 80.00 | 15.00 | 8.00 | 17.00 | 14.00 | [30.00] | 23.00 | 3.00 | | 16 | AUS1022 | SCREAMING PLUM (M) | 26 | Doug Kerr | Greg Kerr | Luke Paterson | | 86.00 | 13.00 | 19.00 | 15.00 | 9.00 | 28.00 | [45.00Q] | 2.00 | | 17 | AUS1160 | LIQUIDITY | 14 | Dirk Van Der Struyf | Nigel Nattrass | Adam Martin | | 89.00 | 10.00 | 23.00 | [45.00O] | 13.00 | 20.00 | 11.00 | 12.00 | | 18 | NZL1314 | ADDICTION (M) | 33 | Lindsay Kennedy | Mark Kennedy | Magnus Doole | | 92.00 | 21.00 | 10.00 | [30.00] | 27.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 14.00 | | 19 | AUS1288 | MAGIC BUZZ (M) | 49 | Steve Gunther | Adrian Hayes | Brad Jones | | 104.00 | 18.00 | 22.00 | 16.00 | 16.00 | 17.00 | 15.00 | [30.00] | | 20 | AUS1317 | UNA MAS (M) | 25 | Mark Dagge | Matthew Hansen | Josh Willis | | 106.00 | 26.00 | 13.00 | 24.00 | 15.00 | 19.00 | 9.00 | [32.00] | | 21 | AUS892 | SECOND WIND | 16 | Jeff Rose | Craig McCullam | Cam Gribble | | 114.00 | 16.00 | 14.00 | 19.00 | 23.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 | [23.00] | | 22 | AUS883 | TUSK | 24 | Gary Smith | Michail McAullay | Brett Shoebridge | | 121.00 | 20.00 | 15.00 | 20.00G | 18.00 | [35.00] | 22.00 | 26.00 | | 23 | AUS1321 | CHOICES (M,GM) | 46 | Ian Dixon | Mark O Brien | Nick Paterson | | 122.00 | [28.00] | 21.00 | 22.00 | 24.00 | 14.00 | 24.00 | 17.00 | | 24 | AUS1136 | DAYLIGHT COME (M) | 29 | Alastair McMichael | Andrew McAullay | Richard Edinger | | 125.00 | [34.00] | 25.00 | 21.00 | 20.00 | 15.00 | 20.00 | 24.00 | | 25 | AUS736 | WOOD DUCK (M) | 42 | Shane Deusson | Stephen Dunn | Myles Kohler | | 135.00 | 19.00 | 35.00 | 14.00 | 26.00 | 23.00 | 18.00 | [37.00] | | 26 | AUS1141 | MENS SHIRTS (M) | 34 | Peter Stubbings | Ann Stubbings | Ross Melville | | 146.00 | 24.00 | 24.00 | 20.00 | 25.00 | 25.00 | 28.00 | [29.00] | | 27 | AUS1311 | MYSTERY TAXI | 10 | Paul Henshall | Bruce Henshall | Jeremy Tustin | | 152.00 | 35.00 | 28.00 | 23.00 | 17.00 | 27.00 | [35.00] | 22.00 | | 28 | AUS1129 | MURPHYS LAW (M) | 52 | Geoff Boettcher | Tim Cowen | Jason Clark | | 158.00 | 27.00 | 33.00 | 25.00 | [36.00] | 26.00 | 12.00 | 35.00 | | 29 | AUS1272 | FOOLHARDY (M, GM) | 54 | James Hardy | Tom Hardy | Alan Bessell | | 162.00 | [36.00] | 27.00 | 34.00 | 21.00 | 24.00 | 31.00 | 25.00 | | 30 | AUS832 | BAD SQUIRREL (M, GM) | 51 | Andrew Short | Phil Webb | Brett Yardley | | 165.00 | 23.00 | 31.00 | 29.00 | 29.00 | [36.00] | 26.00 | 27.00 | | 31 | AUS1223 | TANGO (M) | 41 | Chris Hampton | Tim Godbert | Tom Connell | | 166.00 | 29.00 | 29.00 | 27.00 | 28.00 | 38.00 | [45.00F] | 15.00 | | 32 | AUS1117 | 7PS (M) | 53 | Ian Anderson | Stuart Emery | Malcolm Pearson | Ashleigh Emery | 170.00 | 25.00 | 26.00 | 26.00 | [45.00B] | 29.00 | 25.00 | 39.00 | | 33 | AUS1360 | ETCH (M,GM) | 37 | Jan Muysken | Ian Audsley | Peter Alexander | | 178.00 | [45.00F] | 34.00 | 31.00 | 33.00 | 22.00 | 27.00 | 31.00 | | 34 | AUS1258 | RUBY | 18 | Jason Ward | Damien McCaughey | Tim Cawley | | 184.00 | 30.00 | 32.00 | 37.00 | 31.00 | [41.00] | 34.00 | 20.00 | | 35 | AUS714 | FRENCH STICK (M) | 35 | Andrew Waterman | Andrew Ellison | Robert Howatt | | 186.00 | 31.00 | [45.00F] | 35.00 | 35.00 | 34.00 | 30.00 | 21.00 | | 36 | AUS608 | MEDIUM RARE | 39 | Wayne Knill | Russell Jones | Noel Paterson | | 191.00 | 45.00F | 30.00 | [45.00F] | 22.00 | 32.00 | 34.00G | 28.00 | | 37 | AUS1158 | NEW WAVE | 43 | Peter La Fontaine | Peter Cox | Sam Dryden | | 205.00 | 32.00 | 39.00 | 28.00 | [45.00B] | 37.00 | 33.00 | 36.00 | | 38 | AUS1218 | SUPERHEAT (M, GM) | 12 | David Henshall | Steve Jenkins | Dean Furniss | | 206.00 | 33.00 | 37.00 | 38.00 | 32.00 | [39.00] | 32.00 | 34.00 | | 39 | AUS1291 | THE DON (M) | 50 | Don Wilson | Eric Findlay | Dave Allinson | | 215.00 | 39.00 | 38.00 | 33.00 | [45.00B] | 33.00 | 39.00 | 33.00 | | 40 | AUS951 | FISH FACTORY (M, GM) | 47 | Michael Bradley | Guy Maegraith | Malcolm Larsen-Smith | | 216.00 | 45.00F | [45.00F] | 32.00 | 34.00 | 31.00 | 36.00 | 38.00 | | 41 | AUS775 | BANZAI (M, GM) | 32 | Robert Holyoak | Bruce Roberts | Robin Braendler | | 228.00 | 38.00 | 36.00 | 39.00 | 37.00 | [43.00] | 37.00 | 41.00 | | 42 | AUS609 | GOMAS (M, GM) | 28 | Richard Colebatch | David Biven | Ian Andrews | | 233.00 | 37.00 | 41.00 | 36.00 | 38.00 | 40.00 | 41.00 | [43.00] | | 43 | AUS215 | BARRACUDA | 36 | Liza Reynolds | Chris Heritage | Aaron Heritage | | 239.00 | [45.00F] | 40.00 | 40.00 | 39.00 | 42.00 | 38.00 | 40.00 | | 44 | AUS833 | MAXEN WLEDIG (M, GM) | 11 | Donald Halley | Dennis Fearnley | Richard Hunter | | 249.00 | [45.00F] | 42.00 | 41.00 | 40.00 | 44.00 | 40.00 | 42.00 |
| (Ties: S=Score R=Race B= Bettered. Penalties: A=ARB B=BFD C=DNC D=DNE E=ESP F=DNF G=RDG L=Late Entrant M=DGM N=ENP O=OCS P=Protest Q=DSQ R=RAF S=DNS U=DUT V=AVG X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=NoData [x.y]=Discarded) |
by Skip Lissiman
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