ULUWATU WINS GOORANGAI TROPHY RACE

Congratulations to Mal Billings, Peter Geary and crew on board Uluwatu who were victorious in the HMAS Goorangai Memorial Trophy Race on Saturday 3rd November. This was their second victory, having also won the trophy in 2012.

The race was started off Royal Brighton YC at 09:30 by Club Captain Michael Phelan and was sailed in a strong westerly reaching 25+ knots with arrivals at QCYC soon after 13:00.

There were six starters. Second was Boomaroo (skipper Tom Hinton) with Serifa (Michael McTavish) and Imagine (Chris Laker) sharing third place. Dreamcatcher and Boots completed the fleet.

Results:

SAIL No	YACHT	SKIPPER	HCAP	ELAPSED	CORRECTED	RESULT
Q23	Boomaroo	Tom Hinton	0.658	250.43	164.78	2
S371	Boots	Robert Murraylee	0.785	237.52	186.45	5
G338	Castille	Richard Lowe	0.803			DNS
R123	Dreamcatcher	Ian Staley	0.807	232.5	187.63	6
Q270	Imagine	Chris Laker	0.805	210.02	169.07	=3*
R1363	Serifa	Mike MacTavish	0.528	320	168.96	=3*
SM 6662	Uluwatu	P.Geary/M.Billings	0.827	192.03	158.81	1

*Equal 3rd place was given by the Race Committee due to time errors from both Q270 and R1363

Photo: Boomaroo at the finish line (taken by Mike Phelan)

Last Modified on 09/11/2018 07:38

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