Pittwater to Coffs Harbour
Yacht Race 2022
After taking line honours and setting a new race record in the Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race yesterday ...
“ Black Jack clean sweeps Club Marine Pittwater to Coffs Harbour Yacht Race .”
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Peter Harburg ’ s 100ft Black Jack has today been declared the overall winner of the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club ’ s ( RPAYC ) 226 nautical mile race .
In the hands of Harburg ’ s long time skipper , Mark Bradford , Black Jack clean-swept the trophies , also winning IRC , ORCi and PHS classes in a race where the weather decided in favour of the big boat .
“ It ’ s so good that this race is back on the calendar ,” Bradford said . “ It ’ s pretty cool to win everything across the board too . It was a great test against fantastic competition .”
On the tactics employed , Bradford explained , “ When you close in on Coffs you have to time jumping into the westerly . We had a really smooth transition . It was pretty easy for us in the end , because the breeze lightened behind us , making it harder for those behind us to win . ”
Overnight the rest of the fleet battled the clock in attempts to beat Black Jack for the overall win . There were a handful of boats in contention at any given time , but as time ticked by , none were successful .
Ian Short ’ s TP52 , Fifty Two Hundred finished second IRC overall , having sailed in the top four for the majority of the race , as had the Mark Griffith skippered LCE Od School Racing , which claimed third place overall and won Division 2 from Pretty Woman and Sail Exchange .
Griffith recounted their race : “ It was a tough one . Very shifty . The guys worked hard and were constantly trimming . It was quite tactical too . Pretty Woman kept us on our toes . We had very close racing with them . At times we were only metres apart .
“ We had a good tactical and consistent race
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