2 February 2014
South Australian State Championship Report 19/1/14
Largs Bay delivered very strong SW breezes for the deciding races of the championships. Even some of the top contenders had spills and thrills meaning lots of stories at the bar. It was so windy that Nick Neal thought he might reef his spinnaker around his spreaders.
Adding to the drama of the day, someone forgot the handbrake on the tractor.....
Overall results saw the
championship leaders "KISS" (Michael Thomson & Richard Watson)
and "Renegade" (John Heywood & Brett Littledike) tied on points
at the end of the series. In this situation each boat's race scores
shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first
point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in
favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores
shall be used. Amazingly the scores were still tied after this
process. As a result the championship was decided by their
finishing position in the final race, giving the KISS boys victory.
Well done Thomo & Havas!
Only 2 points further back were Matt Carter & Matt
Neale.
Handicap, junior and other special awards will be announced at presentation night.
Laura Best & Megan Williams
won the day 'Screwball award' for their reverse mast experiment,
which was unfortunately short lived. Apparently things don't line
up too well when the mast is put in back to front. At least they
didn't get it upside down as well!
Presentation night has been scheduled for Friday night the 21st Feb at the Bartley Tavern, West Lakes. Dinner from 6.30pm and presentation 8.30pm sharp. Be there, or be square.
Laura Best & Megan Williams won the day 'Screwball award' for their reverse mast experiment!!
Mini Mee's unconventional spinnaker trimming technique.
Whoops! - no handbrake!!