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8:40 AM Mon 26 Jan 2009 GMT
The inaugural Audi IRC Australian Championship winner, Rod Jones, got what he prayed for today to take out Division 2 of the Audi IRC Series at Skandia Geelong Week this afternoon.
All week long Jones and his Archambault 40 Alegria crew went head to head with Ruth Magic (Peter Hill) and Reverie (Alan Woodward) and while Jones saw Ruth Magic (NSW) as the main threat, it was Reverie that came home to finish the six-race series in second place.
Queenslander, Jones, who won the Audi IRC Australian Championship and a drove away in a brand new Audi Q7 SUV from Hamilton Island in 2007, thought that Ruth Magic, with 2008 Audi Championship winner Peter Sorensen at the helm and Beijing gold medallist Nathan Wilmot calling tactics, would be his downfall.
Thankfully, though, Jones prayers came to fruition when a 10-12 sea breeze kicked in on outer Corio Bay. 'We knew if it was light we'd have our best chance of beating Ruth Magic,' Jones said this afternoon.
While the Alegria crew did not win the final race, they did come home second, while Hill and his crew from Sydney scored their worst race result, a 13th place, and used it as their drop.
'It was a great race, really,' a happy Jones said. 'We got off the line attached to them and got ahead of them half way up the beat - the conditions didn't suit them, they go better in windy conditions,' Jones said, adding: 'we'll be in Sydney for the Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta - I want to be the first person to win a second Audi car - they're great cars,' he said.
While Alegria and Ruth Magic duked it out, Alan Woodward and his Royal Brighton Yacht Club crew did their own thing and came home to win the final race and claim second place overall.
Series Results [IRC] up to Race 6 (Drops = 1)| Place | Ties | Sail No | Boat Name | Skipper | From | Design | Sers Score | Race 6 | Race 5 | Race 4 | Race 3 | Race 2 | Race 1 | | 1 | | Q345 | ALEGRIA | Rod Jones | RQYS | Archambault A40rc | 11.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | [4.00] | 2.00 | 3.00 | | 2 | | B26 | REVERIE | Alan Woodward | RBYC | Beneteau FIRST 45 | 14.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | [7.00] | 2.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | | 3 | | 6443 | RUTH MAGIC | Peter Hill33a | MHYC | beneteau 45 | 16.00 | [13.00] | 1.00 | 5.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 8.00 | | 4 | | YC5974 | TRUE NORTH | Andrew Saies | CYCSA | Beneteau 40.7 | 22.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 | [6.00] | 1.00 | | 5 | | B2 | JUST A MINOR HICKUP | Peter Coleman | RBYC | Hick 39 R/C | 30.00 | 8.00 | 6.00 | 9.00 | 5.00 | [9.00] | 2.00 | | 6 | | R1121 | EXECUTIVE DECISION | Grant Botica | RYCV | Adams 10 | 35.00 | [16.00] | 4.00 | 11.00 | 10.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | | 7 | | AUS150 | SYNERGY | Alex Douglas | RQYS | MUMM30 | 38.00 | 6.00 | 11.00 | 1.00 | [19.00] | 11.00 | 9.00 | | 8 | | B63 | SCHUSS | Denis McConnell | RBYC | Beneteau First 45 | 40.00 | [18.00] | 12.00 | 15.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 7.00 | | 9 | | H6336 | THE BOOKMAKER | Andrew Slagmolen | HBYC | Nortshore NSX36 | 44.00 | 3.00 | 14.00 | 8.00 | 9.00 | [15.00] | 10.00 | | 10 | | AUS3093 | ASTERIX | Colin Loel | RQYS | Mumm30 | 45.00 | 5.00 | 7.00 | 3.00 | 18.00 | 12.00 | [18.00] | | 11 | | SM35 | ABSOLUT | Terry Hall | SYC | Archambault 35 | 47.00 | [22.00C] | 8.00 | 13.00 | 7.00 | 8.00 | 11.00 | | 12 | | R336 | SWORDFISH TROMBONE | Tim Olding | RYCV | MBD 36 | 58.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 14.00 | 11.00 | 13.00 | [16.00] | | 13 | | SM424 | BARNSTORMER | Brian Barnes | SYC | Bavaria Match 42 | 58.50 | 14.50 | 13.00 | 17.00 | 8.00 | [19.00] | 6.00 | | 14 | | AUS6151 | CLEOPATRA | Robert Davis | SYC | MUMM 30 | 60.00 | 7.00 | 15.00 | 4.00 | 17.00 | [20.00] | 17.00 | | 15 | | SM3639 | WIND SPEED | Les Browne | SYC | Sydney 36CR | 61.50 | 14.50 | [21.00F] | 12.00 | 13.00 | 7.00 | 15.00 | | 16 | | S14 | GIENAH | Rod Miller | RMYS | Seaquest RP36 | 63.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 | [18.00] | 15.00 | 16.00 | 14.00 | | 17 | | SM5985 | INSX | Robert Sill | SYC | NSX 38 | 73.00 | 11.00 | 21.00F | 19.00 | 12.00 | 10.00 | [22.00C] | | 18 | | TYC7771 | BLUE SKY | R And K Fisher | TYC | Beneteau 40.7 | 75.00 | 12.00 | 16.00 | 10.00 | 20.00 | 17.00 | [22.00C] | | 19 | | M9000 | GEOMATIC JOKER | Grant Chipperfield | MYC | Lyons/Jarkan 39 | 81.00 | 17.00 | 17.00 | [20.00] | 16.00 | 18.00 | 13.00 | | 20 | 12.0S | SA308 | SIX FISH | Caillin Howard | RSAYS | MUMM 30 | 92.00 | 22.00C | 22.00C | 22.00C | [22.00F] | 14.00 | 12.00 | | 21 | | H8118 | MERLION | Eddie Mackevicius | HBYC | Beneteau 40.7 | 92.00 | 22.00C | 18.00 | 16.00 | 14.00 | 22.00C | [22.00C] |
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