Keiran Mulcahy ’ s Soozal and Mark Tinworth and Mark Waterhouse ’ s Mercury did the work required to hold onto their respective second and third places overall .
Soozal , a King 40 , finished the day with 2-3-4 results , while Mercury , a modified Farr 40 was at her best on the windward / leeward courses with 3-2-1 results . She lifted up to place one point behind Soozal . The Mark Griffith skippered DK46 , LCE Old School Racing , won Race 5 to finish fourth overall .
The new NSW champion in Division 2 is Simon Grosser ’ s Young 88 , Young at Heart . Grosser also led from Day 1 and finished the way he started , adding a second and a pair of wins to his two wins and a fourth from the first two days .
“ We had great fun . It was really good to have other clubs come and compete and I hope we can return the favour . For us , it ’ s about sailing with a bunch of mates that like doing well . It ’ s an older boat , but as long as everything works and you sail well , you do well . You don ’ t need be a millionaire to go sailing and it ’ s good to kick butt
on an inexpensive boat ,” he said .
Shane Kearns kept the pressure on with Azzurro-White Bay 6 , to place second overall , which he carried over from day 1 . Windward / leewards are
not usually the S & S 34s forte , particularly in the
light breeze and sloppy seas that were offered up on day 2 . It was therefore a surprise to see him score 4-2-3 results to finish five points behind
Young at Heart .
Mark Hellyer ’ s Italia 11.98 , Cicero , was sitting in third place overall yesterday . She maintained that place by just one point , saved by victory in the first race of the day before scoring a pair of sixth places .
Supported by Sydney Marine Brokerage , the NSW ORC Championship was a three-day affair that started with two inshore races in Pittwater on Friday , followed by a 25 nautical mile passage race on Saturday and ended with three windward / leeward races on Sunday . A more diverse range of races and conditions would be hard to find and certainly decided who was the best of the best in
the two divisions .
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Peter Byford and David Hudson ( Conspiracy ) came into the 2nd day tied on points with Advanced Philosophy ( Peter Sorensen ) which had led overall on countback , but the defending
champions were not to be denied .
Two bullets and a second place on the offshore windward / leeward courses sealed the deal for the co-conspirators , who retain their Sydney 38
One Design NSW Championship title .
Sorro and his young crew of philosophers could not keep momentum from day 1 going . Their 3-6-1 results gave them second overall , helped
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