2006 Central Qld RM Championships – Mackay Qld.

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      RACE                                                    
  SKIPPER SAIL # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 TOTAL
1 GREG TORPY 01   1 1 1 1 2 1 1 5 1 4 6 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 29
2 IAN ASHE 40   3 3 3 2 1 2 15 6 2 1 3 3 2 2 4 3 2 7 5 1 7 6 6 1 6 4 7 3 74.3
3 TIM ARLAND 24   7 4 2 15 15 5 2 2 5 5 2 2 7 9 9 10 3 4 6 3 8 4 4 6 2 2 2 4 100
4 BILL WRIGHT 34   2 2 4 3 3 8 3 15 4 9 4 4 4 3 3 6 11 3 7 5 2 3 7 9 13 13 5 2 105
5 MICHAEL BARFIELD 25   6 6 6 4 4 7 6 4 3 8 5 15 5 8 12 3 6 10 3 10 3 1 3 5 5 5 8 5 119
6 ROSS ANDERSON 39   4 7 12 6 6 9 4 1 6 2 9 7 6 6 2 13 4 2 9 6 6 5 2 10 8 8 4 8 128
7 TIM PARKER 75   8 14 5 5 11 10 7 3 7 3 1 5 1 5 7 7 5 6 2 4 4 13 10 8 3 6 6 10 128
8 BRUCE PURDIE 30   11 8 11 7 5 3 8 11 10 10 8 9 9 7 6 5 9 5 4 7 5 13 9 7 4 3 8 9 164.5
9 GREG HAMMON 02   9 5 7 10 15 12 15 9 11 6 10 6 8 4 5 2 7 8 14 15 15 15 5 2 9 7 3 6 180
10 HELENA KEMP 11   10 10 8 9 9 11 10 10 13 15 12 8 10 11 8 4 12 9 12 9 9 8 13 11 10 12 11 11 232
11 GARTH CHEWINGS 99   12 11 13 13 7 6 12 8 12 11 13 10 11 13 15 9 10 13 10 11 10 10 8 4 7 11 9 7 232
12 RAY PART 22   14 13 14 8 10 13 11 12 8 12 7 12 12 10 11 8 8 12 8 8 13 7 11 13 12 9 12 12 246
13 IAN THOMSON 45   13 12 9 12 12 14 9 13 14 13 14 13 15 12 10 11 13 11 11 12 11 9 12 12 11 10 10 13 274
14 ALAN KEMP 74   5 9 10 11 8 4 5 7 9 7 11 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 281

 

Race Summary
[Click to enlarge image]The racing started off with 14 boats nominated and they all were event checked and registered with racing under way at 10:30 am. The wind was very finicky on Saturday due to some storm cells that kept coming in and raining. Greg Torpy set the early pace as he showed excellent speed and acceleration while the rest tried to understand the way the wind shifts would work in their favour. Ian Ashe from Townsville and Bill Wright from Brisbane were having a lively contest for the minor places, while the rest of the fleet settled into personal battles with their peers. As the Race Officer, it was a real pleasure to see the penalties being done and skippers actually apologizing to each other over infringements. There were no major disputes which was unusual as the tricky conditions sometimes frustrates the skippers and they tend to mouth off. After 14 races on the first day, Greg Torpy held a 9 point advantage over Ian Ashe and Bill Wright, everyone then met at the Shamrock Hotel for a meal and a few drinks while being entertained by Sergio on the piano, a local Mackay Model Mariners member.

Sunday was a better day as the rain squalls had disappeared and a light to moderate breeze blew reasonably steady for the day, allowing the skippers to improve their boat speed and tactics. Unfortunately Alan Kemp from Townsville had to retire as his NRW 5 sustained severe damage to the fin box and split causing the boat to fill, but that did not upset Greg Torpy who kept on winning and by the end of the day had such a huge points advantage that he could of stopped sailing at lunch time.The best all-round improver was Tim Parker from the Whitsunday club who settled down and was able to finish regularly in the top five. Tim Arland from the Whitsunday also improved and started to give Bill Wright and Ian Ashe a scare for the minor placing's.

At the end of 28 races everyone agreed that they had enough and so the final results were tallied and the winner was Greg Torpy on 29 points, Ian Ashe on 74.3 points, Tim Arland on 100 pts followed by Bill Wright on 105 pts. The sailing was excellent,  the venue was great and everyone had a great time. A special thankyou to Greg & Bill for making the long trip north, and to the Mackay Model Mariners volunteers who helped with the scoring, buoy observing, the lunch orders, which all went towards making this event a huge success.