Hamilton Race Week

Log of L'attitude

Phase 2

HAHN PREMIUM HAMILTON ISLAND RACE WEEK 2006

Cruising White

Series Place	Sail No	Boat	Type of Boat	Class	Owner	Handicap	Series Points	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6
1	6702	Sunshine Coast Sailing	Jeannean S/F 37	CRU	John Bankart	261	18	2	7	2	7	3	4
2	717	L'attitude	Dehler 41DS	CRU	John Barter	265	21	1	3	1	8	8	16
3	1030	Muir	Beneteau 473	CRU	Ross Muir	261	24	6	1	15	16	1	1
4	10	Rag Top	Northshore 38 (mod)	CRU	Dudley Jacobs	281	26	5	5	4	9	24	3
5	3429	The Major	Swarbrick 9.9	CRU	Alan Stark	302	30	7	10	5	6	2	13
6	Z23	Iseulta	Bavaria 37	CRU	Robert Mulkearns	306	34	3	4	8	14	11	8
7	4260	Rising Farrst	Farr 1104	CRU	Peter Robbins	282	34	9	11	10	5	5	5
8	RP121	Baltic	Bavaria 38	CRU	Dennis Lever	297	37	14	14	3	2	12	6
9	HI27	Makaila	Beneteau 510	CRU	Robert Sceales	277	38	4	6	12	12	7	9
10	808	Lady Katherine	Peterson 12.8m	CRU	Ben Stark	290	43	11	9	7	4	15	12
11	66	Sandstone	Jenneau S/F 36	CRU	Mike Davies	282	44	8	8	11	3	14	24
12	W677	Sunrise	Elan 37	CRU	Helen & Jeff Shipsey	298	45	12	13	6	10	10	7
13	6236	CCCC	Bavaria 47	CRU	Leigh Buesnel	274	46	13	2	14	13	4	14
14	6226	Shiralee	Beneteau 473	CRU	Robert & Sue Segaert	290	53	10	12	13	11	9	11
15	B49	Grand Cru	Bavaria 49	CRU	Jonathan Altson	266	57	24	24	24	1	6	2
16	SM314	Forzado	Farr 1020	CRU	Bruce Dobbie	290	67	15	15	9	17	13	15
17	F473	Serenity II	Beneteau O 473	CRU	Stephen Smith	290	76	16	18	16	20	16	10
18	Z25	EIS-One	Beneteau 50	CRU	Craig Mathie	290	85	18	17	17	15	18	24
19	Z21	Why Do I Do It?	Beneteau 462	CRU	Wayne Banks-Smith	298	86	17	16	18	19	17	18
20	Z7	Madison	Beneteau 50	CRU	David Redfern	290	94	19	19	22	18	19	19
21	Z17	Silvershot	Beneteau 505	CRU	Peter Strain	300	101	24	20	21	22	21	17
22	Z24	LifeStyle Chef	Beneteau O 50	CRU	Brian Pozzey	300	101	20	21	19	21	20	24
23	Z11	Jaspe	Beneteau 50	CRU	David Seaman	290	108	21	22	20	23	22	24

Race 1 South Molle/Daydream Island Race

Points	Sail No	Boat	Owner	Elapsed	Handicap	Corrected	Finishing Place	Comments	Points
1	717	L'attitude	John Barter	4:07:35	305	2:09:09	1		1
2	6702	Sunshine Coast Sailing	John Bankart	4:03:45	289	2:11:31	2		2
3	Z23	Iseulta	Robert Mulkearns	4:17:14	320	2:12:58	3		3
4	HI27	Makaila	Robert Sceales	4:06:29	285	2:15:49	4		4
5	10	Rag Top	Dudley Jacobs	4:12:46	295	2:18:13	5		5
6	1030	Muir	Ross Muir	4:10:41	285	2:20:01	6		6
7	3429	The Major	Alan Stark	4:26:10	318	2:22:41	7		7
8	66	Sandstone	Mike Davies	4:15:26	290	2:22:49	8		8
9	4260	Rising Farrst	Peter Robbins	4:16:05	290	2:23:28	9		9
10	6226	Shiralee	Robert & Sue Segaert	4:20:45	290	2:28:08	10		10
11	808	Lady Katherine	Ben Stark	4:23:06	296	2:28:09	11		11
12	W677	Sunrise	Helen & Jeff Shipsey	4:25:38	300	2:29:08	12		12
13	6236	CCCC	Leigh Buesnel	4:24:09	290	2:31:32	13		13
14	RP121	Baltic	Dennis Lever	4:33:54	315	2:31:35	14		14
15	SM314	Forzado	Bruce Dobbie	4:26:03	290	2:33:26	15		15
16	F473	Serenity II	Stephen Smith	4:27:06	290	2:34:29	16		16
17	Z21	Why Do I Do It?	Wayne Banks-Smith	4:30:26	298	2:34:43	17		17
18	Z25	EIS-One	Craig Mathie	4:42:36	290	2:49:59	18		18
19	Z7	Madison	David Redfern	4:47:39	290	2:55:02	19		19
20	Z24	LifeStyle Chef	Brian Pozzey	5:13:01	300	3:16:31	20		20
21	Z11	Jaspe	David Seaman	5:17:54	290	3:25:17	21		21
24	Z17	Silvershot	Peter Strain		300			DNF	24
24	B49	Grand Cru	Jonathan Altson		280			DNC	24

Race 2 Club Marine Long Island Rac

Points	Sail No	Boat	Owner	Elapsed	Handicap	Corrected	Finishing Place	Comments	Points
1	1030	Muir	Ross Muir	3:22:50	285	1:33:35	1		1
2	6236	CCCC	Leigh Buesnel	3:29:06	290	1:37:56	2		2
3	717	L'attitude	John Barter	3:34:36	293	1:42:17	3		3
4	Z23	Iseulta	Robert Mulkearns	3:44:51	312	1:45:15	4		4
5	10	Rag Top	Dudley Jacobs	3:38:40	291	1:47:07	5		5
6	HI27	Makaila	Robert Sceales	3:35:08	279	1:48:11	6		6
7	6702	Sunshine Coast Sailing	John Bankart	3:37:12	279	1:50:15	7		7
8	66	Sandstone	Mike Davies	3:41:42	290	1:50:32	8		8
9	808	Lady Katherine	Ben Stark	3:44:34	296	1:51:06	9		9
10	3429	The Major	Alan Stark	3:55:25	318	1:53:31	10		10
11	4260	Rising Farrst	Peter Robbins	3:45:27	290	1:54:17	11		11
12	6226	Shiralee	Robert & Sue Segaert	3:46:05	290	1:54:55	12		12
13	W677	Sunrise	Helen & Jeff Shipsey	3:50:19	300	1:55:19	13		13
14	RP121	Baltic	Dennis Lever	4:03:15	315	2:02:30	14		14
15	SM314	Forzado	Bruce Dobbie	3:57:57	290	2:06:47	15		15
16	Z21	Why Do I Do It?	Wayne Banks-Smith	4:04:01	298	2:09:47	16		16
17	Z25	EIS-One	Craig Mathie	4:03:35	290	2:12:25	17		17
18	F473	Serenity II	Stephen Smith	4:12:23	290	2:21:13	18		18
19	Z7	Madison	David Redfern	4:21:09	290	2:29:59	19		19
20	Z17	Silvershot	Peter Strain	4:32:09	300	2:37:09	20		20
21	Z24	LifeStyle Chef	Brian Pozzey	4:36:04	300	2:41:04	21		21
22	Z11	Jaspe	David Seaman	4:45:32	290	2:54:22	22		22
24	B49	Grand Cru	Jonathan Altson		280			DNC	24

Lay Day 1 (Monday)

We found an perfect BBQ setting with manicured gardens, a pavilion with BBQ and water all beside a lake covered with water lilies and of course ducks.

Race 3 Tuesday Race

Points	Sail No	Boat	Owner	Elapsed	Handicap	Corrected	Finishing Place	Points
1	717	L'attitude	John Barter	4:01:11	285	3:05:37	1	1
2	6702	Sunshine Coast Sailing	John Bankart	4:06:02	279	3:11:38	2	2
3	RP121	Baltic	Dennis Lever	4:18:11	315	3:16:46	3	3
4	10	Rag Top	Dudley Jacobs	4:15:49	287	3:19:51	4	4
5	3429	The Major	Alan Stark	4:22:13	318	3:20:12	5	5
6	W677	Sunrise	Helen & Jeff Shipsey	4:22:51	300	3:24:21	6	6
7	808	Lady Katherine	Ben Stark	4:22:18	296	3:24:35	7	7
8	Z23	Iseulta	Robert Mulkearns	4:26:35	306	3:26:55	8	8
9	SM314	Forzado	Bruce Dobbie	4:23:39	290	3:27:06	9	9
10	4260	Rising Farrst	Peter Robbins	4:24:17	290	3:27:44	10	10
11	66	Sandstone	Mike Davies	4:25:44	290	3:29:11	11	11
12	HI27	Makaila	Robert Sceales	4:24:35	277	3:30:34	12	12
13	6226	Shiralee	Robert & Sue Segaert	4:27:30	290	3:30:57	13	13
14	6236	CCCC	Leigh Buesnel	4:26:25	280	3:31:49	14	14
15	1030	Muir	Ross Muir	4:26:02	273	3:32:48	15	15
16	F473	Serenity II	Stephen Smith	4:32:17	290	3:35:44	16	16
17	Z25	EIS-One	Craig Mathie	4:35:04	290	3:38:31	17	17
18	Z21	Why Do I Do It?	Wayne Banks-Smith	4:37:18	298	3:39:11	18	18
19	Z24	LifeStyle Chef	Brian Pozzey	4:40:05	300	3:41:35	19	19
20	Z11	Jaspe	David Seaman	4:39:11	290	3:42:38	20	20
21	Z17	Silvershot	Peter Strain	4:41:45	300	3:43:15	21	21
22	Z7	Madison	David Redfern	4:42:27	290	3:45:54	22	22

Race 4 Wednesday Race

Points	Sail No	Boat	Owner	Elapsed	Handicap	Corrected	Finishing Place	Points
1	B49	Grand Cru	Jonathan Altson	1:48:35	280	1:12:11	1	1
2	RP121	Baltic	Dennis Lever	1:56:14	307	1:16:19	2	2
3	66	Sandstone	Mike Davies	1:54:08	290	1:16:26	3	3
4	808	Lady Katherine	Ben Stark	1:54:59	296	1:16:30	4	4
5	4260	Rising Farrst	Peter Robbins	1:54:41	290	1:16:59	5	5
6	3429	The Major	Alan Stark	1:58:05	314	1:17:16	6	6
7	6702	Sunshine Coast Sailing	John Bankart	1:53:15	269	1:18:17	7	7
8	717	L'attitude	John Barter	1:53:01	265	1:18:34	8	8
9	10	Rag Top	Dudley Jacobs	1:55:53	281	1:19:21	9	9
10	W677	Sunrise	Helen & Jeff Shipsey	1:59:04	298	1:20:20	10	10
11	6226	Shiralee	Robert & Sue Segaert	1:58:22	290	1:20:40	11	11
12	HI27	Makaila	Robert Sceales	1:58:36	277	1:22:35	12	12
13	6236	CCCC	Leigh Buesnel	1:59:46	280	1:23:22	13	13
14	Z23	Iseulta	Robert Mulkearns	2:07:28	306	1:27:41	14	14
15	Z25	EIS-One	Craig Mathie	2:08:28	290	1:30:46	15	15
16	1030	Muir	Ross Muir	2:06:37	273	1:31:08	16	16
17	SM314	Forzado	Bruce Dobbie	2:11:44	290	1:34:02	17	17
18	Z7	Madison	David Redfern	2:15:55	290	1:38:13	18	18
19	Z21	Why Do I Do It?	Wayne Banks-Smith	2:18:35	298	1:39:51	19	19
20	F473	Serenity II	Stephen Smith	2:19:13	290	1:41:31	20	20
21	Z24	LifeStyle Chef	Brian Pozzey	2:24:11	300	1:45:11	21	21
22	Z17	Silvershot	Peter Strain	2:27:02	300	1:48:02	22	22
23	Z11	Jaspe	David Seaman	2:35:06	290	1:57:24	23	23

Lay Day 2 (Whitehaven)

Race 5 Friday Challenge

Points	Sail No	Boat	Owner	Elapsed	Handicap	Corrected	Finishing Place	Comments	Points
1	1030	Muir	Ross Muir	1:17:15	273	0:46:19	1		1
2	3429	The Major	Alan Stark	1:27:11	312	0:51:49	2		2
3	6702	Sunshine Coast Sailing	John Bankart	1:22:55	269	0:52:26	3		3
4	6236	CCCC	Leigh Buesnel	1:25:14	280	0:53:30	4		4
5	4260	Rising Farrst	Peter Robbins	1:25:58	286	0:53:33	5		5
6	B49	Grand Cru	Jonathan Altson	1:24:18	268	0:53:56	6		6
7	HI27	Makaila	Robert Sceales	1:25:21	277	0:53:57	7		7
8	717	L'attitude	John Barter	1:24:51	265	0:54:49	8		8
9	6226	Shiralee	Robert & Sue Segaert	1:28:59	290	0:56:07	9		9
10	W677	Sunrise	Helen & Jeff Shipsey	1:31:22	298	0:57:36	10		10
11	Z23	Iseulta	Robert Mulkearns	1:32:38	306	0:57:57	11		11
12	RP121	Baltic	Dennis Lever	1:32:34	297	0:58:54	12		12
13	SM314	Forzado	Bruce Dobbie	1:31:47	290	0:58:55	13		13
14	66	Sandstone	Mike Davies	1:31:45	282	0:59:47	14		14
15	808	Lady Katherine	Ben Stark	1:33:24	290	1:00:32	15		15
16	F473	Serenity II	Stephen Smith	1:38:56	290	1:06:04	16		16
17	Z21	Why Do I Do It?	Wayne Banks-Smith	1:40:13	298	1:06:27	17		17
18	Z25	EIS-One	Craig Mathie	1:39:22	290	1:06:30	18		18
19	Z7	Madison	David Redfern	1:42:00	290	1:09:08	19		19
20	Z24	LifeStyle Chef	Brian Pozzey	1:48:22	300	1:14:22	20		20
21	Z17	Silvershot	Peter Strain	1:48:53	300	1:14:53	21		21
22	Z11	Jaspe	David Seaman	1:49:47	290	1:16:55	22		22
24	10	Rag Top	Dudley Jacobs		281			DSQ	24

Race 6 Saturday Special (Blast)

Points	Sail No	Boat	Owner	Elapsed	Handicap	Corrected	Finishing Place	Comments	Points
1	1030	Muir	Ross Muir	2:03:32	261	1:10:02	1		1
2	B49	Grand Cru	Jonathan Altson	2:08:37	266	1:14:05	2		2
3	10	Rag Top	Dudley Jacobs	2:11:50	281	1:14:14	3		3
4	6702	Sunshine Coast Sailing	John Bankart	2:08:33	261	1:15:03	4		4
5	4260	Rising Farrst	Peter Robbins	2:13:01	282	1:15:12	5		5
6	RP121	Baltic	Dennis Lever	2:16:28	297	1:15:35	6		6
7	W677	Sunrise	Helen & Jeff Shipsey	2:17:10	298	1:16:05	7		7
8	Z23	Iseulta	Robert Mulkearns	2:22:13	306	1:19:29	8		8
9	HI27	Makaila	Robert Sceales	2:16:49	277	1:20:02	9		9
10	F473	Serenity II	Stephen Smith	2:20:21	290	1:20:54	10		10
11	6226	Shiralee	Robert & Sue Segaert	2:21:11	290	1:21:44	11		11
12	808	Lady Katherine	Ben Stark	2:21:18	290	1:21:51	12		12
13	3429	The Major	Alan Stark	2:23:57	302	1:22:02	13		13
14	6236	CCCC	Leigh Buesnel	2:18:15	274	1:22:05	14		14
15	SM314	Forzado	Bruce Dobbie	2:23:24	290	1:23:57	15		15
16	717	L'attitude	John Barter	2:19:41	265	1:25:22	16		16
17	Z17	Silvershot	Peter Strain	2:31:48	300	1:30:18	17		17
18	Z21	Why Do I Do It?	Wayne Banks-Smith	2:32:21	298	1:31:16	18		18
19	Z7	Madison	David Redfern	2:35:25	290	1:35:58	19		19
24	66	Sandstone	Mike Davies		282			DNC	24
24	Z11	Jaspe	David Seaman		290			DNC	24
24	Z24	LifeStyle Chef	Brian Pozzey		300			DNC	24
24	Z25	EIS-One	Craig Mathie		290			DNC	24

Race week is now over. A disappointing last race, however we did well to get a second overall. The last race was to be the Lindeman Island race which would of suited us, but instead the race committee decided to delay the start and set a short course starting and finishing in Dent Passage. I had been nervous about the starts all week with over 70 boats in our division. This start was a particularly dangerous line encouraging boats to start on port and starboard. We decided to start with the number 3 Genoa just to give us a bit more manoeuvrability at the start and then change to the code 0 when we had clear air.

As it turned out we were starting close to the only boat we had to beat when a 50' Beneteau came bearing down on us on port. I couldn't go up or tack because of starboard boats above and it was obvious the Beneteau couldn't turn behind. I was convinced we were going to be cut in half. Fortunately Greg got the message through to go up. At the same time I when up into a small gap in-between the boats above and to my great surprise we did not hit.

Unfortunately it then took so long to sail into clear air that the boat we needed to cover had bolted by cleverly doing a number of short tacks and worked his way out of the bunch into clear air.

Some of the onshore activities during Race Week


The tree adventurers doing a helicopter ride over Heart Reef.

Breakfast with the Koalas	Catseye Beach

Post Race week (Trip around the Island with Adam, Margi, Declan and Lucien

The forecast is for three days of good weather with 10 knot winds then for the winds to increase reaching 33 knots by the weekend. So the plan is to go around the eastern side early in the week and to return down the western side sheltered from the high winds. So we set of on Monday for Chalkies with an overnight stop ay Tongue Bay. Chalkies was great, the reef was good with good colour and a lot of fish, lobsters and turtles. On Tuesday we headed for Butterfly Bay (eventually stayed at Maureen Cove) with a stopover at Crayfish Bay. The weather is still good.

Crayfish Bay
Overnight the wind started to increase as forecast. I tried to book Hayman for a visit but could only get a booking for Thursday. So today we will go to Blue Pearl and head for Airlie for an overnight stay and catch up on Charlie who has the other Dehler 41DS.

Blue Pearl Bay (Note: fish around Lucien)
Had a good day at Airlie. Lucien loved the pools and I had a chance to meet up with Charlie. Picture shows to two 41DS's at Able point Marina. Had dinner with Charlie and Betty at the Airlie yacht club. we were lucky that Wednesday is their race day and the day the club puts on a magnificent roast dinner. (We all agreed it was one of the best we have ever had.
The following morning (Thursday) we left Airlie early for Hayman. The weather has turned bad with 30 knot winds and rain. However, when we arrived they took us in early and we had the run of the resort and took full advantage inside with the weather so bad outside.
	Margaret showing Lucien the swans Lucien playing with the big boys.
	Some of the magnificent gardens. The famous pool in not so good weather.
Thursday night was spent in Nara. The wind is still blowing strongly but we had a good snug anchorage for the night. We then returned to Hamilton on Friday morning. Adam, Margi, Declan and Lucien return home on the morning flight. We will also return home for a short stay on Monday. But first we need to do washing and fix up all the little things that go wrong to prepare the boat for the home trip. Dave and Elda Shaw will join us on Thursday and help us bring the boat back.

End of Phase 2