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7:17 AM Sat 24 Jan 2009 GMT
Sydney sailor Graham Wood has sailed his Judel-Vrolijk TP 52 Wot Now, into the Skandia Geelong IRC series lead after the 34 mile Williamstown to Geelong Passage Race.
Wood commented this afternoon, 'Consistency wins. It's a very tough fleet, good boats and a good mix of conditions.
'We are better prepared than we've been before, there has been a lot of work making sure the boat is pretty much bullet proof and we have a very talented crew and so far with three seconds against a good fleet, we've been pretty much error free.
'We've modified this boat for a good IRC rating; more weight in bulb and a good suite of fast North Sails.
'Spike Dorian is on main, Julian Plante principal helmsman, Stan Tristan-Eldshaw is navigating.
Wood, who started early in the online accommodation scene with industry heavy weight Wot-if.com has become a racing fleet owner in recent years with a Farr 40, Sydney 47CR, the old TP52 and the new JV TP52.
'Some people are better at selling boats than I am.. .' he smiled.
Yesterday Michael Hiatt's new Farr 55 Living Doll has started the series with two wins, fell back through the fleet.
She was called over early by race officials and painfully had to sail back through the fleet to restart. Then she suffered gear failure and two of her crew were working on the foredeck for more than 30 minutes before she was able to tension her head sail. Hiatt commented this afternoon. 'I am pretty surprised we went so well all things consdiered.
Stephen Ainsworth's Reichel-Pugh 63 Loki is now third overall.
Audi Series Div 1
1 6952 WOT NOW Graeme Wood CYCA Judel Vrolijk 52 6.00 2.00 2.00 2.00
2 1.0S R55 LIVING DOLL Michael Hiatt RYCV Farr 55 11.00 9.00 1.00 1.00
3 AUS60000 LOKI Cameron Miles CYCA REICHEL PUGH 63 11.00 1.00 7.00 3.00
4 4.0S 52566 BLACKJACK Mark Bradford RQYS Riechel Pugh 66 19.00 4.00 9.00 6.00
5 YC46 EXILE Nick George CYCSA DK46 19.00 6.00 5.00 8.00
6 G4646R EXTASEA Paul Buchholz RGYC DK46 21.00 8.00 8.00 5.00
7 R50 SHOGUN Robert Hanna RGYC Cookson 50 29.00 12.00 10.00 7.00
8 3R 98888 LIMIT Alan Brierty CYCA reichel-pugh 62 31.00 3.00 4.00 24.00Q
9 3.0S SM46 DEKADENCE Philip Coombs SYC DK 46 31.00 24.00R 3.00 4.00
10 8880 GOLDFINGER Peter Blake Kate Mit SYC Farr 52 31.00 10.00 12.00 9.00
11 SM2008 AUDI CENTRE MELBOURN Chris Dare SYC CORBY IRC 49 34.00 7.00 17.00 10.00
12 M10 SKANDIA Grant Wharington MYC Jones 98 Maxi 37.50 5.00 13.50 19.00
13 CR1 OPTIMUS PRIME Trevor Taylor TCYC Marten 49 38.00 16.00 11.00 11.00
14 SM5200 COUGAR II Alan Whiteley SYC TP52 39.00 18.00 6.00 15.00
15 YC3300 SECRET MENS BUSINESS Geoff Boettcher CYCSA REICHEL PUGH 41.00 11.00 16.00 14.00
16 M330 SHAMROCK Tony Donnellan MYC Reichel Pugh 43.50 17.00 13.50 13.00
17 B45 RUSH John Paterson RBYC Farr 45 48.00 15.00 15.00 18.00
18 12.0S AUS8888 VOODOO CHILE Lloyd Clark RYCT farr 40 OD 50.00 20.00 18.00 12.00
19 R33 CHUTZPAH Bruce Taylor RYCV CAPRICE 40 50.00 14.00 20.00 16.00
20 B2700 BELLE David Currie RBYC IY60 56.00 13.00 23.00 20.00
21 5226 ONESTEEL Frazer Read RYCT Steiner 29 - Custom 60.00 22.00 21.00 17.00
22 3R SM1400 ISUZU MARINE Jock Macadie SYC Jones/Hart 14 62.00 19.00 22.00 21.00
23 SM460 XLR8 Ray Shaw SYC Reichel Pugh 46 62.00 21.00 19.00 22.00
(Ties: S=Score R=Race B= Bettered. Penalties: A=ARB B=BFD C=DNC D=DNE E=ESP F=DNF G=RDG L=Late Entrant M=DGM N=ENP O=OCS P=Protest Q=DSQ R=RAF S=DNS U=DUT V=AVG X=EXC Z=ZFP Y=SCP #=NoData [x.y]=Discarded)
Results by : TopYacht Software
by Rob Kothe
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