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8:05 PM Wed 7 Jan 2009 GMT
Sydneysider Lachlan Gilbert sailing with his son Finn in Stanley Crocodile took out the Sydney Ports 43rd Australian Mirror Championships sailed on Sydney's Middle Harbour from the Balmoral Sailing Club. Lachlan sailed an imported GRP Mark III Mirror for the event which created much interest in the boat park before racing began and even more interest after he had shown his speed in the Cliff Scott Memorial Invitation Race.
Last years winners Tasmanians Jessie Atherton and Katherine Maher in Kamikaze finished second overall in a count back from Greg and Ben Field in Juke Box. The heats were conducted in a variety of winds mainly in the 5 to 15 knot range with the occasional 15 to 20 knot bursts to liven up the sailing.
32 boats contested the series with some new faces getting back into the class after determining their children were now old enough to sail in the Mirror. Families featured extensively in the fleet with 19 of the entrants comprising parent and child or sibling pairings. Generally the parents were helming but the were exceptions including Robbie Hunt who gave up a spot in the Tasmanian Sabot Team to helm his father Quentin's Mirror Fizz, with Quentin moving forward to the crew position. The combination worked well for a well deserved 10th overall.
A notable performance was produced by former triple World Fireball Champion John Dransfield who had only recently got into a Mirror with his son Jesse. Late in the series after getting the hang of the Mirror, they were able to lead the fleet in both heats 8 and 9 but had to be content with a fourth and second by the end of these heats and a 9th overall.
There were four different heat winners with Stanley Crocodile winning six heats, Kamikaze winning two heats, Juke Box 1 heat and Mark Barrington and Molly Hutton in Kamikaze II winning one heat. The Tasmanian teenage girls in Kamikaze took out the Junior Title, while Kamikaze II took out the Veterans Title and was fourth overall - the first gaff rigged finisher, Jenny Graney and Daniel McAulley in Carpe Diem took out the Norm Deane Masters Title, and Juke Box took out the Frank Buxton Family Title.
The 2010-2011 Mirror World Championships will be sailed from the Princess Royal Sailing Club in Albany WA and the opportunity to sail in a world championship in Australia is expected to swell Australian Mirror fleets over the next couple of seasons.
OverallSailed:10, Discards:2, To count:8, Entries:32, Scoring system:Default scoring system| Rank | Points | Boat | SailNo | Helm | Crew | Club | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 4 | Race 5 | Race 6 | Race 7 | Race 8 | Race 9 | Race 10 |
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| 1st | 11.0 | Stanley Crocodile | 70464 | Lachlan Gilbert | Finn Gilbert | HHSC NSW | 1.0 | 2.0 | (4.0) | 1.0 | (4.0) | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | | 2nd | 20.0 | Kamikaze | 69196 | Jessie Atherton | Katherine Maher | KBSC Tas | 3.0 | (6.0) | 1.0 | 3.0 | (6.0) | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | | 3rd | 20.0 | Jukebox | 70170 | Greg Field | Ben Field | HHSC NSW | (4.0) | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | (4.0) | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | | 4th | 36.0 | Kamikaze II | 70063 | Mark Barrington | Molly Hutton | KBSC Tas | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | (7.0) | (8.0) | 4.0 | | 5th | 43.0 | Stealth | 70117 | Anita Scott-Murphy | Ben Cruse | WSC Vic | (33.0 OCS) | 8.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 9.0 | 5.0 | (11.0) | 6.0 | | 6th | 49.0 | Time & Tide | 57705 | Paul Taylor | Austin Taylor | PRSC WA | (10.0) | 9.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 8.0 | (18.0) | 3.0 | | 7th | 55.0 | Guppy Too | 70180 | Stephen Foster | Jack Harriss | HHSC NSW | 6.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 11.0 | (12.0) | 6.0 | 6.0 | (12.0) | | 8th | 57.0 | Predator | 70454 | Paddy Gilbert | Daniel Barnett | HHSC NSW | 2.0 | 3.0 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 9.0 | (14.0) | (13.0) | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | | 9th | 63.0 | Critical Path | 69360 | John Dransfield | Jesse Dransfield | MHYC NSW | 8.0 | (33.0 DNS) | 10.0 | 13.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | (33.0 DNF) | 4.0 | 2.0 | 9.0 | | 10th | 79.0 | Fizz | 70177 | Robert Hunt | Quentin Hunt | KBSC Tas | (16.0) | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 13.0 | (20.0) | 7.0 | | 11th | 80.0 | Ajax | 69161 | Phil Barnett | Ella Barnett | HHSC NSW | 7.0 | 7.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 15.0 | 8.0 | (33.0 DNF) | (19.0) | 7.0 | 13.0 | | 12th | 88.0 | Carpe Diem | 68678 | Jenny Graney | Daniel McAulley | KBSC Tas | 9.0 | 10.0 | (33.0 RAF) | 7.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 7.0 | 15.0 | (16.0) | 14.0 | | 13th | 91.4 | More Rhubarb | 68044 | Douglas Raftesaft | Edward Raftesaft | BSC NSW | 13.0 | 11.0 | 8.0 | (21.0) | 14.0 | (16.0) | 15.0 | 14.0 | 5.0 | 11.4 RDGc | | 14th | 97.0 | Foxy Lady | 70146 | Alex Hunt | David McAully | KBSC Tas | (17.0) | 15.0 | 16.0 | 10.0 | (19.0) | 10.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 17.0 | 8.0 | | 15th | 98.3 | Fria II | 68670 | Rick Longbottom | Rohan/Fergus Longbottom | CYC ACT | 14.0 | (33.0 DNS) | 12.3 RDGc | 17.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 6.0 | (33.0 OCS) | 14.0 | 11.0 | | 16th | 99.0 | Arrow | 69358 | Rebecca Price | Megan Price | OSC Qld | 11.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | (17.0) | 15.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 9.0 | (16.0) | | 17th | 119.0 | Spooky | 45291 | Jeejee Unwalla | Jessica Unwalla | HHSC NSW | 15.0 | (18.0) | 14.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | (18.0) | 14.0 | 16.0 | 13.0 | 15.0 | | 18th | 122.0 | Harmony | 69193 | Andrew Divola | Will Divola | Manly 18ft | 12.0 | (33.0 DNS) | 15.0 | 14.0 | 18.0 | 17.0 | 16.0 | (22.0) | 12.0 | 18.0 | | 19th | 138.0 | Quickstep II | 70064 | Lawson Taylor | Mitchell Sainty | PRSC WA | 19.0 | 14.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 20.0 | (22.0) | 19.0 | 9.0 | 21.0 | (33.0 DSQ) | | 20th | 142.0 | Sea Joule | 70192 | Celia May | Oliver Sevil | HHSC NSW | 18.0 | 17.0 | 19.0 | (20.0) | (21.0) | 19.0 | 17.0 | 20.0 | 15.0 | 17.0 | | 21st | 153.0 | Wet Stuff | 16034 | Carl Nicholls | Will Nicholls | HHSC NSW | 21.0 | 19.0 | 23.0 | 19.0 | 10.0 | (24.0) | 18.0 | 23.0 | (26.0) | 20.0 | | 22nd | 155.0 | Woody | 70169 | Tara Foster | Isabella Shields | HHSC NSW | 20.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | (23.0) | (33.0 DNS) | 23.0 | 23.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | | 23rd | 166.0 | Octopussy | 70068 | Rex Henderson | Brittany Henderson | RFBYC WA | (26.0) | 20.0 | 20.0 | (22.0) | 22.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 21.0 | | 24th | 190.0 | Mise | 70385 | Garnet Kinlay | Madaline Kinlay | BSC NSW | 22.0 | 21.0 | (33.0 DNF) | 25.0 | (33.0 DNS) | 26.0 | 22.0 | 26.0 | 25.0 | 23.0 | | 25th | 190.0 | Aquanaut | 63043 | Stuart Poignand | Max Poignand | HHSC NSW | 24.0 | 24.0 | 21.0 | (27.0) | 23.0 | 25.0 | (33.0 DNS) | 25.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | | 26th | 200.0 | One Step Beyond | 69362 | Andrew Dixon Hughes | Lucy/Polly Dixon Hughes | BSC NSW | 23.0 | (33.0 DNS) | 26.0 | 29.0 | 25.0 | (30.0) | 25.0 | 17.0 | 28.0 | 27.0 | | 27th | 204.0 | Sizzling Swan | 68655 | Alan Hornbuckle | Ben Alsop | BSC NSW | 25.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | (33.0 DNS) | (33.0 DNS) | 27.0 | 21.0 | 33.0 DNS | 27.0 | 25.0 | | 28th | 204.0 | Uppercut | 11719 | Anthony Mandl | Judy Engall | BSC NSW | 28.0 | (33.0 DNS) | 22.0 | 24.0 | 24.0 | (33.0 DNS) | 33.0 DNS | 24.0 | 23.0 | 26.0 | | 29th | 219.0 | Spiegel | 67800 | Steve Malone | Daniel Foster | BSC NSW | 27.0 | 25.0 | 27.0 | (33.0 DNS) | (33.0 DNS) | 28.0 | 24.0 | 29.0 | 30.0 | 29.0 | | 30th | 224.0 | Offcuts | 63727 | David Sanders | Thomas/Benjamin Sanders | HHSC NSW | (33.0 OCS) | 23.0 | (33.0 DNS) | 26.0 | 33.0 DNS | 21.0 | 33.0 DNS | 33.0 DNS | 33.0 DNS | 22.0 | | 31st | 227.0 | Tiger's Tail | 67151 | Matt Collis | James Carson | BSC NSW | (33.0 DNS) | (33.0 DNS) | 25.0 | 28.0 | 26.0 | 29.0 | 33.0 DNS | 27.0 | 31.0 | 28.0 | | 32nd | 227.0 | Scallywag 2 | 11428 | Ian Harriss | Bethany Harriss | HHSC NSW | 29.0 | 26.0 | 28.0 | 30.0 | 27.0 | (33.0 DNF) | (33.0 DNS) | 28.0 | 29.0 | 30.0 |
Scoring codes used| Code | Description | Points |
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| DNF | Started but did not finish | 33 | | DNS | Came to the start area but did nto start | 33 | | DSQ | Disqualification | 33 | | OCS | On course side at start or broke rule 30.1 | 33 | | RAF | Retired after finishing | 33 | | RDGc | Redress - average points for all non-discard races | Varies |
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