Combined Clubs Harbour Pennant Series – Day Two

Heatwave On Top

After three races in Group 1 of the Combined Clubs Harbour Series, Bellerive Yacht Club’s Heatwave Fish Frenzy (Matthew Keal) leads the performance handicap division on countback from Wayne Banks-Smith’s War Games.

Saturday’s two races saw Heatwave Fish Frenzy take a sixth and a win, enough to move her to the top of the leaderboard.

Group 1 IRC and ORC are being led by David Calvert’s Intrigue, but she is not having everything her own way with strong challenges from Michelle & Paul Boutchard’s Young Magic and Heatwave Fish Frenzy.

Saturday’s racing started with a general recall and the second attempt at a start abandoned after a major wind shift made the course unfair. The RYCT Race Committee moved the course to the new 15-20 knot northerly and fired off two races in quick succession for Group 1, and one each for Groups 2 & 3.

Sam Tiedemann and a crack crew on board the Melges 32 Cockwomble took line honours in both Group 1 races.

Group 2 PHS was won by Andrew Crisp’s Bandwagon, followed by Arunga (Andrew Parker) and Wings Three (Peter Haros). Bandwagon also took ORC from Xcite (The Xciters) and Steve Chau’s IYKYK. IYKYK won IRC from Arunga and The Dog House (Stephen Duggan & Peter Coad).

Racing on the same course as Group 1, the long windward legs gave the Group 2 boats time to exploit the better breeze on the eastern side of the course, with the winners coming from the Howrah shore.

Group 3 boats sailed a River course that took them from Howrah Point to Tranmere, across to Cartwright’s Point at Taroona and to the finish at Castray Esplanade. Steve Mannering’s Camlet Way resumed battle with traditional rival Innovator (Ian Smith & Dean Aberle) with Graham Hall’s Serenity rounding out the podium.

Words: Nick Hutton
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Combined Clubs Harbour Pennant Series This Saturday

Round 2 of the Combined Clubs Harbour Series starts at 1:30 tomorrow, hosted by The Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania with over 35 of Tasmania’s sharpest racing crews doing battle on the Derwent.

With a forecast of a 15 to 20 knot northerly for the afternoon, racing should be fast and furious.

Coming off her recent 40th birthday celebrations Intrigue (David Calvert) remains a strong favourite but is not having it all her own way so far this season. In Group 1 performance handicap racing, Gary Smith’s Fork in the Road, Matthew Keal’s Heatwave, Gary Cripps’ Guilty Pleasures VI and Wayne Banks-Smith’s War Games were there or thereabouts with Intrigue in Round 1.

Under the more stringent IRC ratings, Intrigue is being challenged by relative newcomer to the fleet, Malo Leseigneur’s Sydney 38 Eye Candy. While Malo is settling in nicely to the keelboat scene, he has a strong background in the Olympic Laser class and is now busy sharing his knowledge and experience coaching the younger RYCT Off-The-Beach sailors.

In Group 2, veteran Serica (Charles Peacock) is out to an early PHS lead, followed by the slippery Xcite, sailed by the Xciters syndicate, and Chris Sheehan’s born-again Young 88 Saga. The forecast for tomorrow looks to be more suited to Xcite, but nothing is certain in sailing, with challenges likely from Steve Chau’s IYKYK and Stephen Duggan & Peter Coad’s The Dog House.

Group 3 has a large field of 13 competitors and while Steve Mannering’s Camlet Way and Innovator (Dean Aberle & Ian Smith) are having their customary battles, newcomer Centinela (James Ashmore) is something of an unknown quantity and my well upset the established order.

We wish all competitors the best of luck and great sailing.

Words: Nick Hutton
Image: Peter Watson

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