The inaugural QCYC short course regatta was held over the weekend of the 15th and 16th of May 2010.
There were two races per day, each approximately one hour in length, with all races counting towards the final placings.
Race One saw Out of Orbit, skippered by Scott Murphy, cross the finish line with a healthy lead over Sean Healy on Jaspa. Once the handicaps had been calculated, Out of Orbit had just done enough to beat Jaspa to 1st place with Sassy, helmed by Philip Lazzarini, taking a fine 3rd place, backing up her recent success on the Brisbane to Gladstone Race.
Race Two produced a much tighter finish with Out of Orbit finishing just 40 seconds in front of Samurai Jack, skippered by Noel Humphreys. On handicap, a new boat to the fleet took the honours with Firebrand, owned by Peter Bishopp posting a 1st place ahead of the consistent Jaspa and Free Expression.
With racing over for the day, “Rough Red” played live at the club on Saturday night to an enthusiastic crowd.
Day two and another two races were planned. Both became a tussle between the three fastest boats for both line honours and on handicap. Samurai Jack achieved line honours in both Race 3 and Race 4 but only managed to win Race 3 on handicap before being leapfrogged by both Jaspa and Out of Orbit in the final race.
Overall, Jaspa had shown excellent consistency and took the series with three 2nds and a 1st. 2nd place went to Out of Orbit whilst 3rd was awarded to John Farmer and Doctors Orders who with a 5th and three 4ths proved that reliability over the weekend is the key to a good result.
OVERALL RESULTS
Place |
Yacht |
Race 1 |
Race 2 |
Race 3 |
Race 4 |
OVERALL |
1st |
JASPA |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
2nd |
OUT OF ORBIT |
1 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
3rd |
DOCTORS ORDERS |
5 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
17 |
4th |
SAMURAI JACK |
11 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
21 |
5th |
SYNCHRONICITY |
4 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
22 |
6th |
FREE EXPRESSION |
6 |
3 |
7 |
6 |
22 |
7th |
FIREBRAND |
7 |
1 |
6 |
11 |
25 |
8th |
SASSY |
3 |
7 |
11 |
11 |
32 |
9th |
INFINITY |
11 |
9 |
8 |
9 |
37 |
10th |
TAHUA |
11 |
11 |
10 |
9 |
41 |
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