7th,-8th,-9th. June 2008
Hosted by
Mackay Model Mariners

"The Final day of racing saw the Breeze shift slightly to the South, and steadily increased during the day. PRO Tim Parker once again delayed the start until the breeze settled and finally the racing commenced, with all skippers enjoying the breeze. As the day progressed, Dave Turton kept a firm grasp on his lead and went on to win the 2008 IOM Championships, with Allan Walker, second but closely followed into third spot by Michael Bourke.The best of the Mackay locals was Col Cameron who finished with a credible 7th spot, when taking into consideration of the bad luck (weed) that seemed to be attracted to his boat and Grant Coopers Boat. Congratulations to David, he was by far the best skipper on the weekend, but a special mention to all the other skippers who showed good sportsmanship and courteous behaviour, though at times the pressure was causing a couple of headaches, however this was sorted pretty quickly, as the whole event only had 4 protests heard.

 

The Mackay Model Mariners have once again run an excellent event and they would like to thank the following, all the Skippers who travelled by plane, car etc from all over the state, the PRO, Mr Tim Parker from the Whitsunday Model Boat Club, and to David Black from the QRYA who provided the scoring and a special thanks to the sponsors of the prizes. Radio Yacht Supplies, BG Radio Yachts $ Sails, Rhumbline, HEK RC Yachts, and Allfinanz & Insurance Solutions. An extra special thanks goes to all the members of the Mackay club, they all worked together to provide the assistants to the PRO & Scorers, the meals that were cooked onsite every day, and the courteous friendley manner shown to all the visitors."

 

 

“ The Qld IOM Championships got underway on Saturday the 7^th June with 28 Boats in Light & Variable conditions but as the day progressed the wind settled from the SE and strengthened  so that racing was far more even, Dave Turton showed he still has it and had a healthy lead after the days racing. On Sunday, the wind had increased to the top end of A rig at times, with the odd shower of rain thrown in, it made for an interesting days sailing with only 2 redress protests being heard. After day 2, Dave Turton is still leading but a number of skippers are now challenging him, so the final days racing should be very interesting.”

Position	Skipper	Sail #	Club/City	Hull	Freq		Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
1	David Turton	9	Qld	Cockatoo	40.875		46	2	4	1	1	4	5	11	2	17	1	1	2	10	4	1	2	10	1	5
2	Allan Walker	26	Qld	Cockatoo 2	2.4.GHz		66	3	3	9	6	6	7	3	1	2	2	9	4	7	7	5	7	2	4	4
3	Michael Bourke	58	Qld	Ghost	36.47		68	7	5	4	2	10	1	4	3	5	9	7	6	2	9	2	4	1	6	17
4	Grant Cooper	12	Qld	Cockatoo 2	2.4 GHz		77	9	24	2	4	2	2	5	5	16	3	16	11	9	1	4	11	5	2	2
5	Peter Morris	31	Qld	Topiko	2.4 GHz		91	5	7	7	7	1	11	12	8	1	7	5	5	14	8	7	5	4	14	3
6	Geoffrey Morris	96	Qld	Cockatoo 8	2.4 GHz		103	1	2	3	5	9	12	24	17	7	17	3	1	6	15	13	1	9	15	1
7	Colin Cameron	94	Qld	Eclipsed- HEK MKY	2.4 GHz		109	4	9	10	10	5	4	7	6	3	8	14	12	5	10	16	16	3	7	6
8	Tim Brown	184	Qld	Punki	36.33		122	6	6	16	20	18	9	10	7	11	11	2	3	1	3	12	10	8	11	12
9	Jon Wilson	20	Qld	Muntiny	2.4 GHz		147	7	1	6	11	3	3	1	10	9	10	4	8	4	16	27	27	28	28	28
10	Glenn Foley	195	Qld	Bag	2.4 GHz		148	15	12	11	9	11	13	8	12	18	12	8	9	17	13	3	3	6	3	15
11	Lindsay Walker	50	NSW	Mojo	2.4 GHz		149.5	1	8	12	18	8	12	16	22	8	15	11	15	13	5	8	6	16	5	7
12	Roger Taylor	85	Qld	Cockatoo 2	36.59		152	5	13	15	8