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Changes at the top in Harour Pennant Series

Shifty conditions on the Derwent on Saturday saw three handicap division wins by Chris Sheehan’s Assagai and the Calverts’ Intrigue leapfrog Drew Latham’s Whistler in ORC Club rating division.

Melges 32 Assagai took PHS wins in both races on Saturday, and a first and second in ORC Club. A giant-killer in light conditions, Assagai took it up to the bigger boats snatching a line honours win in the second race of the day after finishing second across the line in the first race.

Intrigue handled the light and fluky conditions better than most and finished with two wins in IRC and one in ORC Club, leapfrogging series leader Whistler in ORC Club and closing the gap to one point in IRC.

Brent McKay’s Jazz Player, a Bakewell-White Z39, had a day out finishing with podiums in both races and racing hard for line honours with Gary Smith’s Fork in the Road.

Re-launched Farr 40 OD Plausible Alibi, sailed by Damon Wecker and his enthusiastic crew, showed some good form finishing just out of the places in both races and continues to improve with every outing.

Matthew Keal’s Heatwave had a tough day with a recall at the start in the first race of the day and a sixth place in the second race but continues to hold a narrow lead in PHS from Whistler and Assagai.

Group 2 sailed the longest race of the day, starting their harbour course to Tranmere in 10 knots of wind that dropped to nothing mid-race before filling in to bring the fleet home inside the time limit.

Steve Chau’s IYKYK, an X-Yachts Xp33, showed her potential opening an early lead over the fleet only to see much of that lead whittled away in the fickle breezes of the second lap. IYKYK took line honours after three and a half hours of racing from Andrew Parker’s J112e Arunga and Kevin Jacobson’s J99 Hildr.

ORC Club and PHS wins went to Andrew Crisp sailing Bandwagon, an Etchells class one-design keelboat, from series leader Hydrotherapy (Jim Thorpe) in second and Justin Barr’s Rumbeat third in ORC Club. Dave O’Neill’s Kamehameha was second on PHS from Hydrotherapy in third.

Sailing a shortened course, Group 3 was won by Neville Georgeson’s veteran Duncanson 34 Hornet from Peter Bosworth’s Astrolabe and series leader Camlet Way (Steve Mannering).

Words: Nick Hutton
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