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Fleet is home while Sanyo Maris retires,
final results confirmed.
By CYCA Event Media.
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Photos and edited By Peter Andrews.
15:00 AEST, July 29, 2009.
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At midnight last night Ian Kiernan and Tiare Tomaszewski’s Tasman Seabird, Sanyo Maris, retired just south of Cape Byron due to wind conditions. Sanyo Maris was expected to arrive at Southport around 8.25 this morning. This meant that The Rum Consortium’s Davidson 12 Phillips Foote Witchdoctor was the last yacht to finish the 24th Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race at 9.31 last night.
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Ed Psaltis and Rob Thomas’ modified Farr 40 AFR Midnight Rambler was declared the IRC Overall Winner of the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 2009.

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Ed Psaltis and Rob Thomas' modified Farr 40 AFR Midnight Rambler was declared the IRC Overall Winner of the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 2009. Photo copyright Peter Andrews
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The National Jury heard four protests and three statutory declarations. Rod Jones’ Archambault 40 Algeria was given a 20 per cent scoring penalty of their placing for failing to report during a radio sked. Ray Sweeney’s Sydney 38 Mondo and Bruce Mackay’s Sayer 12 Wasabi were also given the same penalty for failing to report during a radio sked, breaching Sailing Instruction 24 and 34-37, which meant all three yachts were effectively penalised places in the overall standings.

Tony Levett’s Sydney 38 Eleni was disqualified from the race after missing several radio skeds breaching Sailing Instructions 24 and 34-37 inclusive.
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Ian Kiernan and Tiare Tomaszewski’s Tasman Seabird, Sanyo Maris, pictured here just after the start has retired from the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, just south of Cape Byron due to wind conditions.

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Ian Kiernan and Tiare Tomaszewski's Tasman Seabird, Sanyo Maris, pictured here just after the start has retired from the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race, just south of Cape Byron due to wind conditions. Photo copyright Peter Andrews.
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Bernie van’t Hof’s Swan 45 Tulip was penalised a 10 per cent scoring penalty for use of their engine to clear an obstruction. Bruce Foye’s Sydney 38 The Sub Zero Goat was also penalised 20 per cent for use of their engine. Both of these were breaches of the Racing Rules 44 and Sailing Instruction 22.
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The bowman onboard Robert Oatley’s Reichel Pugh 66 Wild Oats X. Wild Oats claimed line honours in the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 2009.

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The bowman onboard Robert Oatley's Reichel Pugh 66 Wild Oats X. Wild Oats claimed line honours in the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 2009. Photo copyright Peter Andrews.
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The 384 nautical race, which began at 13:00 AEST, Saturday July 25 from Sydney Harbour, had everything. Commencing with light and fluky wind conditions at either end of the starting line, this provided plenty tacking and gybing duels across the harbour, just to get to the heads.
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Robert Date's Reichel Pugh 52 Scarlett Runner finished first in IRC Division 1, in the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 2009.

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Robert Date's Reichel Pugh 52 Scarlett Runner finished first in IRC Division 1, in the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 2009. Photo copyright Peter Andrews.
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With yachts becalmed as they tried to clear the heads of Sydney Harbour, the wind was then hard on the nose for the rest of the first day and this was followed by a relatively calm but cold first evening.

Inshore yachts picked up nor’westerlies while offshore conditions that were very tough, forced many ‘make or break’ decisions by tacticians to be made. Finally, a fresh south to south sou’west breeze picked up the pace for remainder of the fleet, yet to finish at Southport.
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Murray Owens and Jenny King's Sydney 46 Mahligai finished first in PHS Division 1, in the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 2009.

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Murray Owens and Jenny King's Sydney 46 Mahligai finished first in PHS Division 1, in the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 2009. Photo copyright Peter Andrews.
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Whales, dolphins and flying fish provided momentary distractions from racing but the big decision all skippers and navigators had to make was whether to go offshore or to stay inside the rhumbline. Those that took the offshore decision got some gains, but also some rough conditions on the second night. Those who stayed inside had benefited from some of the land breezes in the evenings.
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Could this be a whale just off the bow of Andrew Short’s Reichel Pugh 80 Pricewaterhouse Coopers? Hard to say but it is the season for their passing off Sydney Heads.

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Could this be a whale just off the bow of Andrew Short’s Reichel Pugh 80 <em>Pricewaterhouse Coopers</em>? Hard to say but it is the season for their passing off Sydney Heads. Photo copyright Peter Andrews.
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The original fleet of 80 representing Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales and New Zealand had set off with light air spinnakers hoisted in a blaze of colour on Saturday afternoon. Just over 80 hours later, 69 boats had finished in Southport. Five boats retired due to damage sustained during the first day and night with gear and boat damage. A further six boats retired later from the race due to minor damage and conditions.
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Geoff Lavis' Inglis 50 UBS Wild Thing finished second in PHS Division 1, in the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 2009.

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Geoff Lavis' Inglis 50 UBS Wild Thing finished second in PHS Division 1, in the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 2009. Photo copyright Peter Andrews.
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Robert Oatley’s Reichel Pugh 66 Wild Oats X claimed another line honours victory in a time of 2 days, 1 hour, 29 minutes, and 23 seconds. Ed Psaltis and Rob Thomas’ modified Farr 40 AFR Midnight Rambler was declared the IRC Overall Winner.
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Tony Donnellan's Reichel Pugh 45 Shamrock just below North Head, after the start of the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 2009.

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Tony Donnellan's Reichel Pugh 45 Shamrock just below North Head, after the start of the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 2009. Photo copyright Peter Andrews.
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Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s Commodore Matt Allen said this morning that the race had been full of colour and a very tough battle for crews.

"I have spoken with a few owners and they have all said that this was a tough race. Some are saying they feel like they have done a Hobart race rather than a nice race to the Gold Coast."
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Light spinnaker conditions at the start of the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 2009.

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Light spinnaker conditions at the start of the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race 2009. Photo copyright Peter Andrews.
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"This race had many contests to watch: the line honours battle between Wild Oats X, Loki, Pricewaterhouse Coopers and Black Jack; the IRC Overall battle which could have gone to any number of yachts; and the battle of the 50 footers such as Wot Now, Ragamuffin, Scarlett Runner and Shortwave. My congratulations to the crew of Wild Oats X and AFR Midnight Rambler on their wins and to all divisional winners and place getters," concluded Allen.

The trophy presentation for the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race was conducted at Southport Yacht Club at 10:00 this morning.
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Howard de Torres' Jepperson IMX 40, Nips-N-Tux; Tim Casey's Nelson Marek 46 St Hillires Quest; and Tony Kirby's Jeppesen X41 Patrice Six, all below North Head after the start of the Audi Sydney Gold Coast 2009.

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Howard de Torres' Jepperson IMX 40, Nips-N-Tux; Tim Casey's Nelson Marek 46 St Hillires Quest; and Tony Kirby's Jeppesen X41 Patrice Six, all below North Head after the start of the Audi Sydney Gold Coast 2009. Photo copyright Peter Andrews.
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Results

Line Honours
Wild Oats X (Reichel Pugh 66), Robert Oatley, NSW Elapsed Time 02:01:29:23.

IRC Overall
AFR Midnight Rambler (Farr 40 MOD) Ed Psaltis and Bob Thomas, NSW.

IRC Division O
1st - Wild Oats X (Reichel Pugh 66) Bob Oatley, NSW.
2nd - Black Jack (Reichel Pugh 66) Peter Harburg, QLD.

IRC Division 1
1st - Scarlett Runner (Reichel Pugh 52) Robert Date, VIC.
2nd - Yendys (Reichel Pugh 55) Geoff Ross, NSW.
3rd - Wot Now (Judel Vrolijik 52) Graeme Wood, NSW.

IRC Division 2
1st - AFR Midnight Rambler (Farr 40 MOD) Ed Psaltis and Bob Thomas, NSW.
2nd - Tow Truck (Kerr 11.3) Anthony Paterson, NSW.
3rd - Fresh (Sydney 47), Kym Clarke , SA.

IRC Division 3
1st - Swish (Sydney 38) Steven Proud, NSW.
2nd - Typhoon (Farr 395) Barry Kelly, NSW.
3rd - Imagination (First 47.4) Annette and Robin Hawthorn, NSW.

IRC Division 4
1st - Aileron (Sydney 36CR) Henk Wellemen, NSW.
2nd - Copernicus (Radford 12m) Greg Zyner, NSW.
3rd - Zephyr (Sea Nymph 33) James Connell and Alex Brandon, NSW.

PHS Division 1
1st - Mahligai (Sydney 46) Murray Owens and Jenny King, NSW.
2nd - UBS Wild Thing (Inglis 50) Geoff Lavis, NSW.
3rd - Vivacite (Beneteau 44.7) Darryl Hodgkinson, NSW.

PHS Division 2
1st - SES Inch by Winch (Peterson 44), Andrew Wenham, NSW.
2nd - Frantic (Sayer 40) Michael Martin, NSW.
3rd - Zora 1 (Salona 45) Phil King, NSW.

Official race website http://goldcoast.cyca.com.au.

For a full list of Audi Sydney Gold Coast entries go to http://goldcoast.cyca.com.au/yachts.asp?key=26.

For more information about the host club of the Audi Sydney to Gold Coast Yacht Race, the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, please visit their website at: http://www.cyca.com.au/.
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Previous Articles.
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AFR Midnight Rambler declared IRC Overall Winner - 13:00 AEST, July 28, 2009.
Mild south sou’westerly pushing the fleet home - 08:30 AEST, July 28, 2009.
Wild Oats X leading, Black Jack and Pricewaterhouse Coopers
tacking for third - 16:00 AEST, July 26, 2009.
Lahana retires, Wild Oats X leading - 09:00 AEST, July 26, 2009.
Loki and Wild Oats duelling for the lead - 22:30 AEST, July 25, 2009.
Light air spinnaker start - 16:00 AEST, July 25 2009.
Tactical Start and light winds up the coast - 10:00 AEST, July 25,2009.
Light north westerlies for the start of the Audi Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race - July 23, 2008.
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